A Twist Through Time (A TVDU fic)

Chapter 15

((Mystic Falls | Same Day as Chapter 14))

Elena slowly opened her eyes as the sun came through her curtain. For a moment, she had forgotten the night's events. That is, until it all suddenly hit her. What happened to her. What happened to Stefan. Poor Bonnie in the middle of this again because of her. Stefan was under Klaus's control, and he had no humanity. And he had orders to watch her.

Damon gently draped his arm around Elena, beginning to slowly wake up. After yesterday he didn't want to leave her alone and somewhere along the line he fell asleep as well. "Mm. Morning." He mumbled tiredly as he opened his eyes and looked at her.

Elena looked to her left and met his eye contact. For a brief moment she struggled on saying anything. "Morning" she said, looking at him.

Damon couldn't help but smile as he looked at her. Waking up next to her had to be the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. "Hi." He whispered and slowly sat up on the bed. "Sorry I uh fell asleep on your bed."

"It's fine" Elena said, sitting up as well. It had been a long day anyways. And she knew he wanted to make sure she was alright. Besides he just fell asleep. Its not like anything happened. "Ill need to talk to Bonnie about Hope today. See what she knows"

Damon gave her a small nod, and despite how much he didn't want to, he forced himself to get out of the bed. He would give anything in the world to have been able to stay there with her. To hold her in his arms for real instead having to imagine it. "I'll come with you." He offered though he knew it was hardly a question. He wasn't going to risk her being all alone again. Even with Klaus out of town. "Do you want some breakfast?"

When Damon mentioned food, Elena suddenly realized she was in fact hungry. She nodded a little, getting off of her bed. "I'm kind of hungry. But we probably have poptarts or something. You dont need to worry about making anything"

Damon gave her a look. "Poptarts? Klaus practically drained you yesterday and you expect me to just let you eat poptarts for breakfast?" He chuckled. "Shower, get dressed, and I'll worry about making you an actual healthy breakfast that doesn't involve six pounds of sugar and artificial flavors."

"Hey. Poptarts is a great breakfast for people who have very little cooking knowledge" Elena chuckled and nodded.

Damon chuckled. "Well it's not a very healthy one. It barely counts as a snack." He said giving her a playful look before heading for the door. "I'll see you in a bit." He said before exiting her room and shutting the door behind him.

Elena rolled her eyes with a slight chuckle. Once Damon was gone, she let out a sigh, feeling the pain hit her again. She picked up the photo of her and Stefan for a moment, running her thumb over the photo. She set it back down finally and went to take a shower.

Damon headed into the kitchen and began his task of cooking breakfast for her. He enjoyed cooking for her, plus it was a good distraction from everything that was going on.

Elena enjoyed the hot shower, but all of the thoughts resurfaced in her mind. She closed her eyes and ran a hand through her wet hair. The events of yesterday came crashing back to her. Elena got out of the shower and started getting ready, feeling a bit numb. Stefan was Klaus' slave and had no humanity. She was a human bloodbag. Klaus had a very powerful witch on his side that could heal like a vampire. And she wasn't sure if there was anything they could do to stop her.

Elena came downstairs, her hair damp but mostly dry. She took a seat slowly, still a bit surprised over dinner and breakfast. Damon couldn't help but smile when he heard Elena. "Alright. We have pancakes, eggs, bacon, and freshly squeezed orange juice." He said looking over at her as he set the plate of bacon near the rest.