This missing scene begins shortly after Damon sends Andie away near the end of the episode "Klaus"…

He heard his name whispered through his closed door. He answered in a normal, annoyed voice.

"What do you want, Elena?"

She took it as permission for her to enter. She did so quietly and closed the door behind her. She took a few seconds to look around his room before looking at him, trying to read his expression. He looked upset.

"You sent Andie away didn't you?"

He hesitated, waiting for more, before speaking. "This is what you came here for?"

"You sent her away because she's not safe with you when you're this upset."

She watched a glare form on his face as he spoke, "So why are you here? Isn't it dangerous?"

"You won't hurt me." She managed to say it without flinching.

He looked at her for a second before looking at his drink. "What do you want, Elena?"

She released a breath and closed her eyes before looking at him. His eyes met hers again, though the glare had softened slightly.

"I don't ask for much, Damon, especially not from you. But I'm asking you to apologize to Elijah."

He quickly turned away from her, looking at his drink before moving the glass to his lips again.

She watched him, but he didn't turn back to her.

"Damon, please. As a favor for me."

He did turn back now, glare almost there again. "Shall I apologize to the arrow for keeping it from your heart?"

The girl, lowered her head, closed her eyes and tired to think of a response. He spoke before she had one.

"Will you apologize to the sheriff for stopping her from killing Stefan and me?"

"It's not the same, Damon," she whispered, eyes still closed.

He waited for her to open her eyes to respond. He spoke slowly, enunciating each word. "I will never apologize for protecting you."

"Stefan did, and you know he wants to protect me."

Damon laughed humorlessly. "He does. He will protect you from everyone but yourself. And maybe him."

She looked down but kept her eyes open this time. "He wants me safe, you want me safe. I told you, Elijah explained it all to me. I don't have to die. None of us does."

"Funny that he left that part out until we killed him. Twice."

She looked back up at him. At least the glare was gone, not that it helped. This wasn't working.

"Damon, please. For me. I thought you'd do anything for me. We need him."

Damon nodded. "I would do anything for you – anything but let you kill yourself."

She bit her lip. "That's not what this is about. You said you hoped we would find a different way. This is it."

"Maybe it is, maybe not. But if I think he's keeping anything from us, he's gone."

Elena face reflected the shock she felt briefly before she was able to control herself again. "No. Damon, no. Don't even try. He's got the dagger – you couldn't kill him anyway."

He could see that she really didn't believe what she had just said. "That's not the only way to kill an original." His eyes gave her a meaningful look.

This obviously upset her. "No Damon. Leave Bonnie out of it. I'll go to her anyway, convince her. She won't help you."

"Yeah, you're doing a lot of convincing with her. Is she listening yet?"

"Damon, please. So don't apologize, but please don't interfere."

He was a little taken aback that she was so upset, but didn't soften his stare.

"No promises, Elena. If it comes down to you and Bonnie or you and Elijah or you and anyone else, you know what my choice will be."

She held his eyes as long as she could before dropping hers as she nodded. "At least stop fighting with Stefan."

He watched her eyes return to his before responding. "Do you know what we were fighting about?"

She nodded. "I don't want you two to fight."

"I'm not the one bringing the subject up. Do you want me to deny the truth? What you both already know?"

She thought of the words she had said to him before, 'Be the better man, Damon'. She didn't say them, and he was speaking again anyway.

"You know what I'll do, Elena. I'm not going to follow you around like a little puppy, or agree with everything you say, and I'm not going to deny what you already know. I am going to protect you from everyone, including yourself. Don't expect anything less from me."

She released a breath and nodded. She had known when she had come up what the answers would be, but it didn't help. As she turned around, she was again conflicted in her feelings about what he was doing – upset that her requests were being rejected, yet comforted that she had someone who would, no matter what, do everything he could to protect her.

"Goodnight, Damon," she whispered before closing the door behind her.