This missing scene begins on…well, Mother's Day…May 8, 2011…
It was Mother's Day, so Elena went to her mother's grave. Well, first to Isobel's marker, then to her mother's grave. Now she was where Jenna had been buried.
Of course, Jenna was closer to her sister than mother, more like cousin than aunt or guardian. But she had become Elena's mother in all of the ways that counted. Isobel hadn't been even that much, but as she watched the vampire die, she understood that Isobel did love her – whether it showed or not.
She felt the tears trickle down her cheeks – again. As she was wiping them away he spoke from behind her.
"You came alone?"
Hearing Damon's voice brought the mixture of emotions it always did. The anger over so much, the feeling of complete safety in his presence, the unexpressed gratitude for what he had done for her.
She didn't turn around. "I…I asked Stefan to let me come alone. I didn't want him to see me like this."
"To see you grieve." Damon had to shake his head as he said under his breath "He leaves you alone after all you've been through."
"I asked him to, and Klaus and Elijah are gone."
"There's always someone…" He was still speaking softly, she barely heard him but she did. Her suppressed anger and hurt flared.
"What do you care?" She still just looked at the newly turned earth at her feet. "You didn't even come to the…after…we buried them." She felt more tears starting to form.
Damon felt the sting, but he couldn't respond. It might give her a clue of the truth. He couldn't do that to her – somehow he thought news of his imminent death would be worse for her.
She waited a minute, her eyes closed, trying to stop the tears. When she glanced back at him, he was stone-faced, no emotion. She didn't know whether to be infuriated or hurt. She chose hurt and turned to the grave again.
It took a few seconds to calm herself before she spoke again. "Some say I should thank you…" She let her voice trail.
'Some' Damon thought. No one he knew would tell her that.
She didn't say anything for a minute, so he asked, "Have we ever thanked each other?"
That caused her to turn around again, to face him again. It was all he could do to keep his face blank.
She saw that his expression hadn't changed, shrugged, and turned her back to him again whispering "I don't know."
"Some things don't need to be spoken to be understood."
His voice was still emotionless. She couldn't stand this. She didn't really agree, something should be said, but didn't know what. She just nodded and let the tears form now.
Damon watched, having more and more trouble keeping his emotions under control. It couldn't last. It wouldn't last, and he couldn't give her any clue about the bite.
"Can I do anything?"
'Yes!' she screamed in her head. 'Show me that you care!'
It was all she could do to hold back, to not turn around and hug him. From the way he was acting, she thought it would be one of those times she hugged him while he just stood there. Like when she hugged him after he had killed Rose.
She shook her head and only managed a whisper. "No. I'll be fine."
She turned around to look at him and thought he didn't look quite right. "Are you OK?"
Damon tersely nodded, said "Be safe" and was gone.
She couldn't see him at all a few seconds later – he left at full vampire speed.
She didn't understand him. Save her life and leave her alone. She would never understand him. But as she tried to gather herself together to return home, to return to one of her homes, she realized even more what he had done for her, what she owed him. She realized that, if not for Damon, her own grave would be here somewhere, among those of her mothers.
Happy Mother's Day to everyone who reads this stuff and to who the title now applies or will apply in the future.
No such greeting to Kevin Williamson or Julie Plec who killed off everyone Elena had that was close to a mother. Couldn't they wait a week? Not that they should, no waiting or delay of any kind. But they still are EVIL (which is probably why I still play…)