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Stefans fangs were still buried in Elena's neck when he suddenly flew through the air. He smacked against the railing of the first class and fell down. He landed on his feet and growled towards the one who had separated him from his victim.

Damon sat on his knees next to Elena. His held his wrist against her mouth and begged her to wake up. 'Please, Elena, open your eyes,' he whispered. 'Don't be dead…'

She wasn't dead. He could hear her heartbeat. But why wasn't she moving? He looked at her pale face.

'Go away,' he said to his little brother when he heard him coming. He looked up and saw that Stefan's face was covered in blood. His eyes were filled with blood and he wasn't going to give up on his prey.

Damon's vampire face appeared and he growled to his own brother. A few seconds they stared at each other; testing each other. Damon knew that he could beat his brother if he needed to, but he didn't want to fight Stefan. Stefan was clearly not himself.

He heard a soft sigh and looked down at the girl. He felt her drinking his blood and her hand grabbed his arm to prevent him from moving. He looked at his brother again. Stefan didn't move, but he had regained control over himself. His face was normal again – still covered in blood, but his eyes were normal.

'I'm sorry,' he whispered.

Damon sighed. 'Go to our room, Stefan. I'll be there in a few minutes.' He looked at his brothers guilt and felt a sting of pity for him. 'Don't worry,' he added. 'She'll be okay.'

Stefan wanted to say something, but he didn't know what he could say. He sighed and turned around, tears burning in his eyes. 'Stefan,' Damon said. 'It's okay. Really. She won't remember anything.'

Stefan looked at Damon and Damon nodded.

'Now go,' he said.

Stefan walked away. Behind him he heard the faint heartbeat of the girl and he still tasted her blood on his lips. He sped away towards his room. Damon looked down at Elena again and carefully removed his wrist. Her eyes opened in protest, but he laid one finger against her lips. 'You won't remember anything from tonight,' he compelled her. He looked at the blood at her neck and at her lips and sought for a handkerchief. 'You'll clean yourself and your dress, okay?'

He tried to wipe the blood away from her neck.

'Okay,' Elena said. 'I'll keep this a secret.'

Damon sped away, leaving Elena alone. He found his brother sitting on his bed, crying. 'God, Stefan, there's no need to be sad,' Damon told him. He sat down next to his brother.

'You just lost control. But she's okay. It's okay.'

'I would have killed her,' Stefan sniffed.

'But I was there,' Damon said softly. 'That's were big brothers are for, right? To help their stupid, little brothers.' He smiled and patted Stefans back. 'Everything's okay.'

He wanted to go to sleep and stood up, but Stefan grabbed his hand. Damon turned around and looked at him.

'Brother, I'm happy you're here,' Stefan told him. 'I missed you. I miss how close we were when…'

'Go to sleep,' Damon told him. 'Everything will be alright.'

Elena walked back to her room. She assumed that her fiancée was still talking with the other men, but she wasn't sure. Elijah, the name of her fiancée, was crazy about her. He thought that he truly loved her. But Elena didn't love him back. She was eighteen years old, she didn't know anything about love. She had never been in love before, and know she was going to marry Original! Elijah had told her everything about his history, about he and his brothers and sister became vampires and how she would become a vampire. She shivered with the idea of becoming a vampire. Being with Elijah for ever… So there was only one option left. She wanted to jump of the boat, so that Elijah couldn't turn her. But before she could do it, she was attacked by another vampire. And before he could kill her, another vampire, apparently his brother, had saved her. She was confused, but she still had to think about that vampire. He had been sweet to her, had saved her. He had cleaned her neck and he had asked her to keep this a secret.

Did Elijah know that there was another vampire on this boat? Two more vampires actually? Maybe even more… Well, most likely he did, because he had forced her to drink vervain to make sure she was protected.

She found her room, opened the door and sighed in relief when she saw no Elijah. 'Alexandra, please make me a baht,' she yelled to her maid. She walked to her room. Alexandra was busy filling a bath. 'Can you help me?' she asked. 'I can't get out of my dress.'

She had to smile while saying it.

'Sure, Madame,' Alexandra said. She helped to get the dress over her head and hang it in the closet. Elena stood there in her corset. 'Can you untie for me?' she asked, looking at her reflecting in het mirror. She started to untie her hair; it was curly because of the braids.

'Of course,' Elijah said.

Elena scared up. 'Elijah. You're back.'

'I am,' he said. He walked towards her and started to loosen the laces who held the corset together. His hands were cold and send shivers down her spine.

'You look beautiful,' he told her.

'Thank you,' Elena answered, trying to hide her fear. She wasn't comfortable being alone with her and looked for Alexandra, who was in her bathroom.

When he was done, she held her corset pressed against her body. 'I'm going to take a bath,' she said without looking at him. She turned around and he caught her gaze through the mirror. 'You look worried,' he said.

'I'm tired,' Elena said.

Elijah caressed her cheek. 'Not just now,' he said.

Elena felt nervous. She didn't want Elijah to know how she felt. 'I'm nervous,' she said.

'Don't be,' Elijah comforted her. 'I'll protect you from everything.'

She looked into the mirror and saw that her eyes were blurry. Elijah looked do down to her shoulder, where his hand lay.

'I'm going to take my bath,' Elena repeated. 'Excuse me.'

She walked into the bathroom, Alexandra left and she closed the door. When she had locked it, she felt the tears stream down her face. She let go of her corset and sank down in the water. While trying to cry soft, because of Elijah, she laid her head down and closed her eyes. The only thing that proved she wasn't dead was the rising of her chest.

'Damon,' she said.

The vampire turned around and faced her with a confused look. 'Hello,' he said. It was morning; the day after Stefan had almost killed her. Damon looked at her as if he had already forgotten.

'It's me, Elena,' Elena said, wondering if he had forgotten her. It hurt a bit, but she was distracted by the fact that he was so ridiculously hot.

'Do you know me?' Damon asked.

Elena rolled her eyes. 'Of course I do. You're quite hard to forget after last night, don't you think?'

Damon watched her with a combination of horror and surprise. 'You remember that?'

'Yes,' Elena said. 'Of course.'

'But I compelled you,' Damon said.

'No, you didn't. Well, you did, but I drink vervain so you couldn't,' Elena said.

'You know about vampires?' Damon asked.

'You can say that,' Elena said. 'I'm about to marry one.' She smiled at Damon.

'Anyway, I wanted to thank you for saving my life. You know, for saving me from your brother.'

Damon grabbed her hands. 'Please don't tell anyone about this,' he begged her.

'Of course not!' Elena said. 'I just wanted to thank you.'

She smiled at Damon. 'And I was wondering if there are more of… your kind on the ship.'

'Vampires?' Damon asked. 'I'm not sure.'

'How's your brother doing?' Elena asked, not sure if it was an appropriate question.

Damon sighed. 'He's a mess. But it's not your fault, Stefan has had a lot of problems last years. But he'll be okay. And you? How are you doing?'

Elena sighed. 'Let's talk about other things. How about… what are you guys going to do in America?'

Damon had to smile. 'Stefan and I were born in Mystic Falls. And we're planning on going home,' Damon said. 'My brother and I… we have a complicated relation. Until two weeks ago, we hadn't seen each other in decades. '

'And now you're going home together?'

'Stefan needs my help,' Damon said. 'What about you?'

'My fiancée is busy planning our wedding,' Elena said. 'He wants to throw a big party in New York.'

'That's great,' Damon said. 'You're looking forward to it?'

'Not really,' Elena said. 'He wants to turn me into a vampire.'

Why on earth had she said that? 'And you don't want to,' Damon conclude. Elena kept silent.

'If I were you, I would want to stay human too,' Damon said. 'Maybe he'll understand.'

'No, he won't,' Elena said. 'Damon, I need to go. Elijah and I need to do some wedding business or so.'

'Elijah, as in Elijah the original vampire?' Damon asked.

'The one and only,' Elena said. 'I hope I'll see you around?'

'Sure,' Damon said. 'How about you come to my room after you're done with your wedding business?'

Elena had to blush. 'Sure,' she said.

Damon smiled and gave her his room number. 'See you soon then,' he said.

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