This missing scene occurs after the end of Season 4, Episode 11 – Catch Me if You Can…
It was late when Elena heard Jeremy's voice – so late that it startled her a little.
"What's wrong?" the Hunter asked his sister.
He was in the doorway of her room. She was sitting at the window, sitting where she had seen Damon sit so often.
"Jer," she said, regaining her composure, but remaining seated. "You should be asleep."
"You need rest yourself," he replied. As she nodded, he repeated himself. "What's wrong?"
"Kol," she said softly, looking down. "Rebekah, Stefan. What isn't wrong?"
"You mean Damon," he said flatly.
Elena raised her head suddenly, then lowered it again and shrugged, nodding slightly. "I miss him."
Jeremy nodded as Elena continued, "And the worst part is, when Damon finally let me go to him, to the Lake House, there was no hug or kiss. Just a crisis, an argument, then he was sending me away again."
"The sire bond is strong," Jeremy noted.
Elena shrugged again. "I guess," she began, "but it's not really the bond. I miss him because I love…"
She let her voice trail off and glanced up at him. She wasn't sure what his expression showed, so she said, "But you don't think he loves me."
Jeremy snorted. "I know he loves you." She looked at him curiously as he continued. "He missed you after he sent you away as much as you missed him. He kept listening to his voicemail, he even asked me if I had talked to you."
She smiled a little. "And he's watching out for you."
"Because of you. Because I can help him find the cure for you."
Elena scowled a little as he continued. "Stefan and Caroline say that everything he does is for you. He doesn't care about anybody else."
Elena stood and took a step towards him, her eyes earnest. "Don't listen to them. They're only alive because of Damon."
"Do they know that?" he asked. "They don't have anything good to say about the guy."
"It's easy for them to forget."
Jeremey shook his head. There was still several feet between him and his sister. "Not just them, Elena. You didn't have much good to say about him for a long time."
She looked down. "I know. I just see things clearer now."
"Do you? Because I don't think he has much use for Matt or me, or anyone else. He just does what he thinks you want him to. Everything he does is for you. Everything."
She shook her head, her expression moving to confusion. "What are you saying?"
"I thought you were bonded to him. I thought you were the one who would do anything to make him happy, but it's obvious he'd do anything for you."
She took another step towards him, but stopped. "That doesn't take away from what he's done, Jeremy. It doesn't matter that he saved Caroline to try to keep Klaus from killing me, it doesn't matter that he went with me to save Stefan because I asked. They're still alive because of him, just like I am."
Jeremy was a little taken aback by her words. "Look, I know he does whatever he has to do to help you…"
"And you, Jer," she interrupted. "He helped you get away from Kol. Then while Damon was trying to kill you because he was compelled, he was telling you to get away, telling me to take you away."
Jeremy closed his eyes and drew in a breath. "And when he caught me, he told me to shoot him in the heart with a wooden bullet."
Elena's nodded. "Kol tortured him. Damon stood up to an Original to save you, and gave you a chance to kill him to save you. You need to remember that when…whoever is bad-mouthing him."
Jeremy hesitated. "I wasn't trying to criticize him."
"Good."
Jeremy looked down and took a calming breath. "I mean, I want to do anything I can to help you, too."
"And Damon and I will do whatever we can to help you."
He wasn't sure he should say it, but Jeremy added, "Stefan helped tonight."
Elena scowled. "Stefan wants to hurt Damon and he wants to hurt me." She shook her head at the memory of her encounter with Stefan. "Do you know what it would take to keep a vampire imprisoned without vervain?"
Jeremy shook his head.
"Neither do I, but whatever it was, Stefan did it to Damon. All I want to do right now is go to Damon, and help him get better. But I can't - not while he's compelled."
The brother nodded. "Yeah, I hope you've got a plan for that. I don't know how I'm going to take down an Original."
Elena closed the gap and took hold of his arm. "We'll ask Bonnie. I'm sure she and Shane can figure something out."
"I hope so. I'm not feeling all that good about it."
She pulled him into a hug. "You're inner Hunter is afraid of an Original?"
Jeremy shook his head. "Nope. The Hunter wants to kill him." He took a step back from her. "It wants to kill you, too. It's the part of me that is controlling the Hunter that's worried."
Elena's brow furrowed, and she pointed towards the door. "Yeah, before you lose control, I'm sending you back to bed. You need some sleep. I'll keep watch."
"You mean you'll stress about Damon," he grumbled as he left.
"Yeah," she said as Jeremy left the room. "I'll keep watch, and stress. And think about when I see him again - and we'll have nothing to argue about."
Delena intact, though a bit strained (kind of like my knee). And Stefan is sort of helping strengthen the Delena. He really is a twerp...
Stelena people must be besides themselves...