Dancing with Danger

The Choice

"I am so sorry, Stefan. I would never want to hurt you. But I can't keep stringing you along. I can't deny what's going on with Damon and me. He makes me feel so alive. Everything is so unpredictable. When I'm with him it's... He just consumes me." Elena says to Stefan while sitting in his car in the pouring rain.

"Please Elena. Spare me the details. I saw this coming the day Damon came to Mystic Falls. I knew it was just a matter of time before you left me for him." Stefan speaks to Elena but continues staring straight ahead of him.

"I didn't plan this. This isn't something that I wanted to happen." Tears begin to roll down her cheek.

"But it did happen, Elena. So please just get out of my car. I don't want to talk about this anymore."

"Stef-"

"Elena just go!"

Elena gets out of the car and runs through the rain to her front door. She leans against the door and drops to the ground crying. She hears something upstairs and wipes the tears off of her face and stands up.

"Hello?" She calls out loud enough for anyone who was there to hear her.

"Hello? Is anyone there?"

She vamp speeds upstairs and then walks to the doorway of her bedroom and slowly and cautiously opens the door.

"Hey." Damon says.

"Oh my god Damon! You scared me half to death!" She tells at him.

"Umm, sorry to break it to you but you're already dead."

They both laugh.

"What's wrong? You look like you've been crying."

"Yeah.. Um. I finally talked to Stefan today." She looks at her feet as she tears up again.

"Elena it's gonna be okay. He's gonna get over it and he'll be fine." He says comforting her.

She starts crying harder.

"He hates me Damon. Stefan hates me.

He walks over to her and hugs her, trying to calm her down.

"Hey, hey, hey. He doesn't hate you. He hates that I'm with you.. Come lay down."

They lay in Elena's bed and Elena lays her head on Damon's chest and they fall into a deep sleep.