Reckless Love

Chapter 7

-Damons POV-

This absolutely outrageous! How can Stefan even do this to me I should have known him coming back to mystic falls would always be a big joke! 'I've found her' what the hell is he thinking I don't even want to think of him never mind see him!!!!

~flashback~
"Damon you mustn't" my hopeless 18 year old brother whined on and on father and the council are looking for her what are two young sons of Giuseppe Salvatore, one of the many looked up to gentlemen of Mystic Falls, going to do to save such a troubled girl she should not have brung this on god only knows how Stefan plans to save the day! Always got to be the 'hero'. I must explain to father at once though he would have my guts for dinner plated with a gravy boat to nicely pour over to take away the taste of his stupid son.
Although Stefan should be the punished I cannot stop myself from blaming me rather than him when it comes to Giuseppe.

That night father had sworn upon starvation for me while Stefan ate gracefully at the family table ''elbows off the table young man didn't your mother and I teach you" Stefan quick to apologise. Mother sneaks me a bread crust but no trick goes past him. "He has disgraced this family and the town"  his cold just like he hand snatch the bit of food from my hands only a crumb falling to the floor for the mice later.

Stefan cannot do this! I protected him against father but I just cannot protect him from her.
Not even the strong alcohol and keep my mind from this the only thing able to change the direction in which my mind goes is my sweet Elena
OH CRAP ELENA
I turn around and she sits there helpless on my bed all I just want to grab her and squeeze her so tight, I shuffle my weight until I'm beside her and she smiles up at me "everything okay" she barely whispers everything's perfect so long you're around me her silk brown hair tucked behind her perfect ears "yes just Stefan getting on my nerves like brothers do" I laugh it off and she nods adding "been there" I sit beside her admiring every inch of her face.
She holds her hands on my wrist but I flinch and pull away my arm

~flashback~
"You can sit in here for as long as I like boy. Think long and hard about what you have done and you better pray to the big man in the sky that you still have friends after what you have done" I sit alone for weeks cuffed to the walls of the Salvatore basement my eyes never adjusting to the dark that surrounds me my wrists and eyes are becoming sore and then numb and I'm asleep.

"Sorry did I hurt you?" She worries and I reassure her that it did not hurt and that her hands just felt a little cold though they are warm and soft, my sweet Elena I wish I could have stayed away. "It must be your house because you're so cold too" I just smile and agree "uncle zach will have to pay for more gas huh" she laughs a little "hey zach is a good man Damon" I know Elena I know "should I be worried you're defending an even older guy aren't I old enough or are you into those cougars" she fakes a look of being offended and nudges her elbow straight into mine "ouch straight in the funny bone"
"not so funny is it?" she jokes, ha ha.

As she sits laughing and joking I cant help but feel so god damn happy to have her but so god damn scared of what could happen to her. if Stefan brings back that stupid girl into our lives without even a shed of a thought on how I'd feel about it then I would have to give up my sweet Elena, my god damn selfish brother wouldn't even care if I was to beg of him not to bring back the second bitterness of our life he wouldn't listen. I cannot risk Elena getting hurt or worse maybe even killed! there's no way out of this, I have to do right by Elena.

"i need to get going i told the girls they could stay the night" she stands to put on her dark leather jacket that fits perfectly and compliments her, but then again so does everything about her.
"whaaat no Damon sleepover?" i whine "erm no boys allowed, girls only"
"come on i can be a girl for the night" she shakes her head and turns on her heels then begins to walk out of the room. i offer to drive her home but she already has her car here so it would be pointless. she says a quick bye to uncle Zach and leaves the house, i stand on the porch and kiss her goodnight, i say a quick prayer to whoever, praying Stefan doesn't bring her here.

i head back inside once Elena has left and i go see if Stefan is home, to my surprise he actually is, tapping away on his phone as he types to someone, the anger within me quickly rises up making it unbearable to hold in, i launch myself at Stefan with all i have knocking him from where he stood i yell at him over and over "DONT BRING HER HERE" "DONT DO IT STEFAN" im so angry i want to kill him i grab the nearest object which happens to be a lamp and i hit Stefan across the head twice before it crumbles in my hands, he pushes me back with all his strength "i wouldn't bother even trying Damon! I'm going to get her there's nothing you can do to stop me" he just stirs my anger more and more "don't you see if you bring her here i have to loose Elena? she will get hurt if not killed Stefan you were starting to be somewhat happy and alive?" he laughs in my face "you almost forgot didn't you how little i give a damn about your perfect little life Damon you and i know 100% she's already been hurt don't we? you lied to her before you even fell for her and you didn't tell her? why?"

"BECAUSE I DIDNT WANT TO HURT HER MORE STEFAN" i shout at the top of my lungs "but you already have by lying you left her believing she was so pathetic that she ran through the woods and fell and did that much damage, so i don't think me bringing her back will make anything worse except your perfect life, have fun brother" he put his hand on my shoulder and left. i was bad news to Elena right from the start, by protecting her I've made things worse.

I go back upstairs to my room and there she was

perched on the end of my bed like a lonely bird on a branch. i swallow but there's nothing to swallow, my mouth suddenly becomes dry and i cannot move i am numbed on the spot unable to even speak. i stand open mouthed dumbfounded and petrified. what is she doing here?