Elena came in and called out in her cheery voice, “Stefan, are آپ here?”
Damon gritted his teeth and took a heavy swig of his bourbon. It was just a few days پہلے that he killed a woman named Jessica out on the road سے طرف کی feeding off of her. Then last night he had spent a meaningless night in a bubble bath with reporter Andie Star. He could care less for either woman since all they provided for him was a distraction from Elena and food. As much as he tried nothing could erase the pain he was feeling and no one else would be her. سے طرف کی now he was pretty drunk but he didn’t care.
Elena came in the study and found him sitting in a chair staring vacantly at the wall.
“Damon, are آپ alright?” she asked, concerned for him.
“What do آپ care? Shouldn’t آپ be looking for your little lover boy and go off on another little romantic interlude?,” he drawled nastily as he took another swig from his glass.
“You’re drunk,” she replied.
“Well, duh! Thank آپ Captain Obvious!” he snapped sarcastically.
She came to stand in front of him and looked down at him and said, “I know what you’re doing. You’re trying to drive me away سے طرف کی pretending آپ don’t care.”
“That’s because I don’t care, Elena. I don’t give a damn!” he کہا standing abruptly up to leer down at her.
“You’re lying and deep down آپ know I’m right. How can I help آپ if آپ keep pushing me away?” she کہا as she gently placed her hand on his arm.
“I don’t need یا want your help, so just leave me alone! Just go! I can’t do this anymore! I’m not who آپ think یا want me to be,” he blurted shaking her hand off.
She looked at him and saw pain etched in his face and tears welling in his eyes that he refused to let spill. “Please, Damon, you’re better than that. Please, let me help you. Talk to me,” she urged in an attempt to console him.
“No! No, I’m not, Elena. You’d like to believe that but I’m not who آپ want me to be. I tried. I can’t. I just can’t be who آپ want me to be,” he told her; his eyes spilling over now.
Startled سے طرف کی Damon’s emotional outburst she went to embrace him. He resisted but she didn’t give up. She wrapped him in her arms consoling him. He stood stiffly in her arms quietly sobbing.
“It’s okay, Damon. I don’t want آپ to be anyone but who آپ are. I would never ask آپ to be anything but yourself,” she whispered as she stroked the back of his head.
“You don’t understand. I can’t be who آپ want me to be to make آپ love me,” he کہا pulling back to look at her.
“What? But,..Damon, I do…I really care for you,” she کہا looking at how distraught Damon was. She hated seeing him like this. She had never seen him so vulnerable.
He laughed an ugly, sarcastic laugh. “That’s not enough for me, Elena,” he کہا and turned to leave.
“Damon! Wait!” Elena cried as she reached for his arm and grabbed hold of him. She pulled him towards her and did the one thing that came to her mind. He looked down at her about to say something snide but was caught off guard سے طرف کی her bringing her mouth firmly on his.
The world collapsed around him and nothing else existed except for Elena’s lips on his in a fierce, passionate kiss. He wrapped hi arms around her drawing her up against him. She wrapped her arms مزید tightly around him and cupped one of her hands around the nape of his neck.
Their kiss deepened and Elena found herself lost in the kiss as much as Damon. How could she be so blind? He loved her and she loved him. She didn’t know when exactly she fell for him but she did, and she denied it. She couldn’t deny it any longer. She wouldn’t hurt him anymore.
Damon gritted his teeth and took a heavy swig of his bourbon. It was just a few days پہلے that he killed a woman named Jessica out on the road سے طرف کی feeding off of her. Then last night he had spent a meaningless night in a bubble bath with reporter Andie Star. He could care less for either woman since all they provided for him was a distraction from Elena and food. As much as he tried nothing could erase the pain he was feeling and no one else would be her. سے طرف کی now he was pretty drunk but he didn’t care.
Elena came in the study and found him sitting in a chair staring vacantly at the wall.
“Damon, are آپ alright?” she asked, concerned for him.
“What do آپ care? Shouldn’t آپ be looking for your little lover boy and go off on another little romantic interlude?,” he drawled nastily as he took another swig from his glass.
“You’re drunk,” she replied.
“Well, duh! Thank آپ Captain Obvious!” he snapped sarcastically.
She came to stand in front of him and looked down at him and said, “I know what you’re doing. You’re trying to drive me away سے طرف کی pretending آپ don’t care.”
“That’s because I don’t care, Elena. I don’t give a damn!” he کہا standing abruptly up to leer down at her.
“You’re lying and deep down آپ know I’m right. How can I help آپ if آپ keep pushing me away?” she کہا as she gently placed her hand on his arm.
“I don’t need یا want your help, so just leave me alone! Just go! I can’t do this anymore! I’m not who آپ think یا want me to be,” he blurted shaking her hand off.
She looked at him and saw pain etched in his face and tears welling in his eyes that he refused to let spill. “Please, Damon, you’re better than that. Please, let me help you. Talk to me,” she urged in an attempt to console him.
“No! No, I’m not, Elena. You’d like to believe that but I’m not who آپ want me to be. I tried. I can’t. I just can’t be who آپ want me to be,” he told her; his eyes spilling over now.
Startled سے طرف کی Damon’s emotional outburst she went to embrace him. He resisted but she didn’t give up. She wrapped him in her arms consoling him. He stood stiffly in her arms quietly sobbing.
“It’s okay, Damon. I don’t want آپ to be anyone but who آپ are. I would never ask آپ to be anything but yourself,” she whispered as she stroked the back of his head.
“You don’t understand. I can’t be who آپ want me to be to make آپ love me,” he کہا pulling back to look at her.
“What? But,..Damon, I do…I really care for you,” she کہا looking at how distraught Damon was. She hated seeing him like this. She had never seen him so vulnerable.
He laughed an ugly, sarcastic laugh. “That’s not enough for me, Elena,” he کہا and turned to leave.
“Damon! Wait!” Elena cried as she reached for his arm and grabbed hold of him. She pulled him towards her and did the one thing that came to her mind. He looked down at her about to say something snide but was caught off guard سے طرف کی her bringing her mouth firmly on his.
The world collapsed around him and nothing else existed except for Elena’s lips on his in a fierce, passionate kiss. He wrapped hi arms around her drawing her up against him. She wrapped her arms مزید tightly around him and cupped one of her hands around the nape of his neck.
Their kiss deepened and Elena found herself lost in the kiss as much as Damon. How could she be so blind? He loved her and she loved him. She didn’t know when exactly she fell for him but she did, and she denied it. She couldn’t deny it any longer. She wouldn’t hurt him anymore.
