One and Only

Chapter Nine

CHAPTER NINE-One And Only-

Elena's P.O.V.

Love. It's like a dagger to the heart when it goes wrong. We were all only made for one person, to love them. To cherish and to hold onto the hope that when things go wrong. That we will find our way back to them. But, it's not that easy. This weight is heavy in my heart, it weighs me down as I watch Matt walk up the stairs, a huge golf ball sized shiner underneath his right eye.

He looks up at me, his face is swollen, his eye's almost shut when he sits down next to me. I don't know what to think, it's hard to be accusatory against someone. But, if I had to choose between the things that could or might have happened to him. I'd say that Stefan found him.

"He did this to you?" I ask, standing up and holding Matt's face into my cold hands as he winces from the pain. I watch as he closes his eyes and shrugs his shoulders, not wanting to clearly talk about it. But, I press on, begging him to tell me what the hell exactly happened. Because truth be told, I'm angry at Stefan..Even if Matt deserved it. He didn't have a right do what he did. It wasn't fair.

I know your probably thinking. Oh, shut up.. Elena! You don't know the whole story. But as I watch Matt go into the house, telling me over his shoulder that he's going to go lay down for a while. I plan it out in my head. It all seems perfect, drop the kids off at Bonnie and Damon's, so that Matt can rest. Call up Caroline and ask what hotel Stefan is staying at. Because, it's clear that he won't stop his anger, his jealous rage against Matt and I until he and I sit down and talk this through...everything through.

I'm nervous as I buckle Sammy and Olivia into the backseat, determination in my eyes as Olivia giggles at me when I accidentally hit my head off the door frame of the car door. It hurts like hell when I finally buckle up and start the car, driving door the street in a hurry. I quickly remind myself that I've left Matt a note, telling him that I'm running errands with the kids.

I don't want to bother him. He was exhausted when he got home and it was the right thing to do. To take the kids with me and to just go with my plan. I'm furious when I get closer towards Bonnie and Damon's. I exhale deeply when I finally park the car in front of the house.

"Momma, Why are we at Uncle Damon's?" Sammy asks, poking Olivia in the cheek as I hear her squirm in her seat and watch as she punches her little brother hard in the shoulder, sending a loud and wailing cry coming out of Sammy's mouth. I open the back door quickly, unbuckling Sammy first, scolding Olivia in the process and I don't even notice that anyone's standing behind me until I turn around when I hear Olivia shout "Mom, Look!"

I slowly place Sam onto the ground and turn to unbuckle Olivia, my hands are trembling and I'm overcome with a fit of rage when I hear him clear his throat as he says "I can help you with that."

Stefan's P.O.V.

She's beautiful, They're beautiful and I wish more than anything that I could fix this, that we could make this all go away and that it could be easier for us. I miss her, I love her and watching her shake her head, turning her back away from me and finally getting Olivia unbuckled and out of the car. My heart hurts as my kids look up at me, not even bothering to give me a second glance and run towards the house. I quickly look up and watch when Bonnie embraces them, closing the door behind her when she takes them inside the house.

"What are you doing here?" I ask, trying my hardest to not show her how much it hurts. How much my heart aches for her, for what we once were.

"Looking for you actually! How dare you hit Matt!" She bellows, pushing herself off the closed car door and walking up to me, standing in front of me with that intoxicating smell of lavender and vanilla, the one that I knew was hers all along. Elena's scent swirls around my head and I catch myself closing my eyes tightly, trying to in vision what it was like when we were happy, when the last time it was that we were together, I mean..really together and hearing as she bickers on and on about how much I screwed up Matt's 'precious' face. I block her out and get lost in my own head once again, the memories swirling as I look past her and remember a better time between us...