Damon's POV

The past few years I've been miserable and angry inside. I was arrogant and cocky but overall an asshole. I took my pain out on everyone and everything in my path. I've felt alone and fighting to change for my brother's sake. I did change but not because I wanted to but because I had to for Stefan. I did it all for him. I was still so unhappy, so depressed. I didn't care about myself but suddenly I find myself smiling when I think about Elena. She makes me want to be better not for her but for myself. She makes me want to be happy. It's crazy at how fast I fell for her but it feels so right. I felt so lucky to be with someone like Elena. She's so warm and kind.

"So what are we doing tonight?" I smiled as I sat down at the lunch table next to my gorgeous girlfriend.

She kissed my cheek. "I don't know if I'm up for much. I'm kinda tired." Elena mentions.

I nodded. "We can watch a movie on the couch or something?" I asked her. We had off from school tomorrow so it was kind like the weekend.

"Yeah that sounds nice." She smiled as she tucked her hair behind her ear.

"Awesome. I'll come by around six?" I asked her.

Her eyes widened. "Uh why don't I come over to your house instead."

"Why is your uncle going to be home or something?" I wondered. I didn't know if I was ready to have her over my house yet.

"Yeah and it just isn't a good idea." She frowned. "But I'm more than happy to come over your house."

I rubbed my head. "I don't know." I said nervously.

"Why what's going on?" She wondered. "It's just you and Stefan right?"

"Yeah." I took a breath. "It's fine you can come over, sorry about that. It's just messy." She laughed.

"I don't mind." Elena smiled.

I wasn't going to let my fears ruin this relationship. I had to face the fact that Elena is going to find out the things that happened here. I wanted to keep her from it as long as I could but I trust her not to walk away from this because I have a difficult past.

Elena's POV

I went home with Damon after school. I was excited to get out of the house. I couldn't handle another beating from John. My body needed to rest and I felt safe around Damon. We pulled up to his house and Damon opened my door. I stepped out of the car and my eyes widened.

"Wow this house is so big!" I said, shocked.

"Yeah it's been in the family forever. It use to be a boarding school." Damon explained as we walked to the front door.

We walked into his house and it was really nice inside. "I can't believe you live here." I looked around the room.

"Yeah it's pretty big." Damon said uncomfortably.

"I'm sorry." I said realizing he was uncomfortable.

"It's fine." He smiled and kissed me. "Let's go to my room."

We walked up the staircase and into his room. It was pretty big as well, he had his own fireplace and bathroom. His room was really dark and spacious.

I sat on his king sized bed. "I like your room." I looked around.

He sat next to me. "I like you." He smirked as he kissed me.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back. He slipped his tongue into my mouth, deepening the kiss. His lips were so soft. We fought for dominance. This felt so right. I laid on my back and Damon climbed on top of me. Damon was so gentle with me. I unbuttoned his navy blue shirt and rubbed my hands over his hard lithe muscles. He was in such good shape. I kissed him passionately and felt his hand rubbing against my upper thigh. I ran my fingers through his jet black hair and he kissed my neck.

"Damon." I moaned, feeling his hot breath on my neck.

He looked into my eyes. "You're so breathtaking." He whispered softly, cuping my face.

I felt so wanted in that moment. "We should slow down." I said nervously, hoping he wasn't disappointed.

Damon nodded. "Yeah of course. You're right." He rolled over and I sat up.

I wanted to keep going but I couldn't risk him seeing my bruises. My body wasn't exactly beautiful with the scars and bruises. I looked horrifying in the mirror. Damon buttoned his shirt and looked over at me. I couldn't help but smile as he reached out for my hand. We intertwined hands and he pulled me into his arms. We laid there in each others arms for a while till we drifted off to sleep.

Damon's POV

I woke up to the sound of crying. I rubbed my eyes, thinking it was the tv but it was turned off. I sat up in confusion, looking over at Elena. I realized we had fallen asleep on accident. She was sweating and I noticed she was breathing really heavy. She was having a nightmare as someone that had frequent nightmares seeing someone else have one was hard to watch. Elena was mumbling things under her breath. I couldn't make anything out but she sounded scared.

I kissed her cheek softly and rubbed her arm. "Elena?" She didn't move. "It's okay. You're okay." I tucked the hair in her face behind her ears.

Her eyes blinked open and stared at me with confusion. "Damon?" She slowly sat up. "What's wrong?" Elena asked with concern.

"You were having a bad dream." I informed her. "Do you remember it?" I was curious to know what was making her so scared.

She shook her head. "Sorry about that I didn't mean to scare you." Elena felt bad. "I don't usually have bad dreams."

"Don't apologize it's perfectly okay." I pulled her in close, holding her in my arms. "I get nightmares so I understand how they can be really scary." She was still shaking.

"I'm sorry you have to deal with that. It must be really difficult." She took my hand into hers, sympathizing with my pain. "If you want to talk about them I'm here always."

I smiled at her realizing how lucky I was in this moment. "I'm really happy to have found you." She blushed.

"Ditto." Elena smiled and it turned into a yawn.

I looked at the clock and my eyes widen. "It's 3 in the morning!" I jumped out of bed grabbing my phone and keys.

Elena sat there watching me panic. "Damon it's fine." She motioned for me to stop getting ready to leave.

"Isn't your uncle going to freak out that you stayed out so late?" I looked at her wondering why she wasn't freaking out like I was.

"No he probably won't notice I'm not there." She said staring at her fingers, uncomfortable.

"I thought he was so overprotective that you couldn't even tell him about us? How would he not notice you were gone if that was the case?" I questioned her, she tensed up.

"He's not overprotective he's just an asshole and if he knew I wasn't home then I would be getting calls." She held up her phone with zero notifications on it. "He won't notice I'm not there but if I sneak in the odds of him waking up." She exhaled with fear in her tone of voice, covering her face with her hands.

I sat on the bed next to her and rubbed her back. "Hey it's fine." I whispered. "You can stay here tonight."

"Thank you." She said softly, placing a kiss on my lips.

I laid back in my bed and Elena cuddled into my chest. It felt so nice having her here with me. It was comforting not to be so anxious. I was worried about her not about me. The nightmare and the fear I noticed in her voice. It scared me and I wanted to take her fears away.

Author's Note:

Thank you for the reviews if you keep it up I'll update more. This story is very emotional to write.