Oh my God, you guys have no idea how happy you've made me with all those reviews. I can't thank you guys enough for that! So I'll just try thanking you, THANK YOU, THANK YOU my lovely readers!

One of you said that Elena was acting childish. Well I meant for her to act that way, she's hypersensitive about Damon and she's in love with him plus she's only 17.

Okay now onto the story.

It took Damon a moment to register what had actually happened. He had made Miss Gilbert cry…unintentionally. He knew what had exactly happened; after all it happened right before his very eyes. She was hurt due to the fact that he had just responded to Katherine.

He swallowed all of this in and took a deep breath, Katharine was chattering away about something at his side but he wasn't paying any attention to her. No, he was too busy concealing his anger and thinking about the current situation.

'That little fool', he thought as he started walking towards the direction Elena had gone. 'How could someone be so stupid and sensitive', he increased his pace as he caught a glimpse of Elena's back entering the school's corridor through the back door. He fell into a full sprint after that and almost caught her, almost that is if it weren't for the empty classroom's door that was now separating the two of them.

"Miss Gilbert, open the door this instant!" Damon ordered harshly.

As expected there was no response from the other side of the door.

"Miss Gilbert you know I don't do patience on stupid matters, so you might as well open the door before I break it down!" He growled.

On the other side of the door Elena's sobs became frantic after she heard his harsh words; each word that he spat broke her a little more. And she knew his threats weren't empty, he always did what he said; he would break the door down. That would leave her even more humiliated than now. She couldn't face him like this, not right now. 'God what might he be thinking about her',With that a thousand other thoughts ran through her mind.

"Miss Gilbert…" she heard him growl again, "You leave me with no choice then, now at the count of three, I'll break the door," after hearing him say that Elena panicked

'Oh god he's gonna break the door', "One!"

'I wish the earth would swallow me', "Two!"

'GOD! I think, I should just come clean, yeah that's it!' Damon positioned himself in a kicking stance to break the door down, this was the easy part for him, but the difficult part was; dealing with the girl on the other side of the door. He stretched his left leg back to the fullest, bent his right leg which was placed forward, and just as he raised his leg and spun it around with force, he heard a weak sound calling his name. "Damon…" His foot paused midair, he realized it was only a hair's breadth away from coming in contact with the door.

He sighed and replied, "Yes miss Gilbert?" After a moments pause which; was excruciatingly long she responded in a barely audible whisper, "I'm embarrassed."

"I know." Damon responded in his matter-of-fact tone.

"I don't wanna come out." as she said that another stream of tears followed.

Damon could hear the hurt and humiliation in her words, but he only blamed her for it. If she didn't act the way she had in the first place; she wouldn't be in this position.

"You know you can't stay in there forever because I won't let you, you know that." His voice almost sounded bored now.

"I know," she whimpered.

"Then why don't you be a nice little girl and come out." His anger was now barely concealed and he had spoken in a manner one speaks to a toddler in.

Silence followed Damon's last statement, and then he heard a click. The door opened and Elena came out. She stood right in front of him and stared him dead in the eye. "Stop. Treating. Me. Like. A. Kid!" She pronounced each and every word individually through clenched teeth. The irritation in her eyes didn't go unnoticed by Damon even if her big brown orbs were lined with tears.

In return Damon stared at her coldly and yelled, "Then stop acting like one! You miss Gilbert, claim again and again that you're not a kid, but you know what I think? I think differently… I think that your nothing but a rich brat who only cares about herself and what she wants and the instant you're shown reality, you can't cope with it and then you go on and do the only things you can do, you go whine, cry or hide or do all three. You're annoying, frustrating and infuriating. And it's my bad luck that I have to spend almost twenty four hours, everyday with you!"

His sudden outburst startled Elena but the anger and seriousness in his eyes scared her to the core. She didn't know how to reply to whatever he said, she knew he was right about everything, she did act childish, and she was hypersensitive, mostly towards matters concerning him. She tried to muster a reply, she wanted to defend herself; she especially didn't want him to see her in such a bad light. But she couldn't even utter a single word, not when he was scrutinizing her with an angry glare. It was terrifying.

What was even more terrifying, was when he turned around and started walking away towards the exit. It was so unlike him or his duty to leave her like that; especially like that in the middle of the school corridor. In a broken and strangled voice Elena asked, "Where you going?"

Damon stopped in his tracks and replied in a hard voice, "To set up a meeting with your father." Hearing this caused Elena's breath to hitch in her throat and she started trembling.

"Why?" she whispered with a dread coated voice.

Damon turned around casually, "I think it's high time your father looks for another bodyguard to protect his daughter."

TO BE CONTINUED…

Didn't expect that now did ya? Anyways if you make me super happy with the reviews like the last time, I might drop the next chapter tomorrow! So don't forget to review guys.