Bounded

Chapter 1

It was a summer night, and Mystic Falls was experiencing much hotter weather then any.

The town was no different from before having experienced the supernatural activities, but now it was much under control than before.

Elena's life had turned into mundane routine. Going hospital in the morning and coming home post dinner time, and not forgetting the load of paperwork that came with it was hectic. She was happy, or she had no time to think that she was happy or not. Now a days her life roamed around her patients. Her husband Damon, the gorgeous man had his own business, a bar. He was often late, tipsy. If not for Alaric to drop him, he was a lost case.

Elena had just washed her empty dinner plate, when her cell phone rang in the quite summer night.

She looked at her phone, and saw it was Ric. She smiled and picked up the call.

" Hello. How are you Ric? "
He was her father figure, and only close person left to call family-ish.

" Hi. I am fine. But, we can't say anything about Damon! " He sounded much low in spirits today, and hanged his sentence in worry.

Hearing about her husband, Elena's heart became unsettled.
" Why? What happened, is he okay?! "
Saying so, she started collecting the keys of their home and her car from the bowl placed on living room cabinet.

Ric could hear her shuffling and tried to calm her.
" Hey. It's not like he is physically harmed. Relax, he is just too much drunk right now. He is not in his senses. "

" Oh. Okay. I will get him Ric, and am on my way. "

Damon wasn't well these days. He felt alone, with Bonnie out for world tour, Ric and Caroline managing the Salvatore Boarding school, and nothing interesting was in Matt. He wanted to share his feelings with someone, that he felt so neglected by Elena. It was like she didn't need him, or loved him like before. He can't even remember when they had dinner together or even made love recently.
And today, when he saw a teen blonde crying over her breakup with a jock of her school, and getting drunk, Damon couldn't hold back his own anxieties. He had always masked his emotions with others but Elena. And now, it was as if she wasn't the part of his life.

So he too became drunk, and blabbered everything he felt in front of a sobbing teenage girl.
" You know. It feels like I have found my drinking buddy. "
He grinned at girl, and she nodded her head.
"We don't need anyone. Best friends forever!!!! "

" Hell yeah!!!!! "
They high-fived.

Mike, the bar's manager had seen their banter from past two hours, and had decided to call Alaric. He knew not, how to stop his boss.

Elena's heart was unsettled and made her feel nauseous for unknown reason. She and Damon were Vampire before, and later had seen life more then century. They had just taken cure with the hustle that came with supernatural life, of mystic Falls, or more correctly their fate. Now only thing that kept Elena at the edge was the health of Damon and her. But it was life and she knew she had to face it, the cons of mortal life.

She took deep breathe as she parked her car beside the sidewalk, and made her way towards the bar. She found Alaric, as soon as she entered and he took her towards Damon, who was now dozing with soft snores.

Elena placed her palm, on his check and smiled down at him. She removed his messy bangs from his forehead, leaned down and placed a chaste kiss on his forehead. The girl sitting in front of him, spoke to Elena.

" I don't know where his wife is, such a bad woman to not accompany Damon when he needs her the most. "

Elena felt pang in her heart, and she looked at her husband whose face now she could read even with his eyes closed. He certainly looked like child in pain, when neglected by his mother. And she realised her mistake, she hadn't paid attention to Damon, since what- five months. She was so into her career that she hadn't spent much time with the love of her life.

Seeing the guilt in Elena's eyes, Ric offered his help. They instructed Mike to call the girl's parents, or sibling to take her home.

On the way home, Elena's mind couldn't stop processing her guilt. The weight that was now on her chest. Stopping at gas station she took a moment of break, and purchased a water bottle and lime soda for Damon. She knew he would need it, and now she had made up her mind what she was gonna do.

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