AN: I love writing things from the perspective of characters that don't have the full story. It's always so different than someone who knows what's going on. So this fic will be from five different POVs. Jenna, Alaric, Bonnie, Caroline, and Anna/Jeremy

Warning: None

Disclaimer: I don't own the Vampire Diaries.

With Damon?

"What is she doing with Damon?" the words slip past my lips as a whisper. A better question might have been "where is Stefan?" But all I'm thinking is that Elena is dancing with her boyfriend's brother and it looks almost…intimate.

He's staring at her with an intensity I've never seen before. Stefan never looks at her like that. Stefan looks at her with love and affection and a warm need to protect her from all her hurts. Damon, Damon is looking at her with forbidden desire and conflicting emotions and a dark sense of willing to kill to save her.

Stefan is the one that should be here with Elena, his large, secure hand wrapping her delicate, slender one in its warmth and safety as they dance. Stefan is the one who should be looking at my niece like something to be protected and loved.

But it is Damon's long, graceful fingers that curl around Elena's. It's Damon that's here, his other hand strong and firm against her back as they dance. It is Damon who looks at Elena like he would die before hurting her and would kill anyone who tried.

Damon is not a good man. I can tell. The darkness that dominates his eyes, sometimes so heavily that even I can see it, comes much too easily. The subtle way he seems to exude death and pain without ever having to try. Damon is dangerous. The darker brother, shrouded in mystery.

Stefan is the better man. Calmer, sweeter, more dependable. The one who will swoop in to whisk the girl to safety, instead of the one who would slaughter the fools who sought to harm her. Stefan is safe. The white knight on his white horse, wearing his heart out on his sleeve for all the world to see.

It should be Stefan. Stefan dancing with Elena. Stefan loving Elena. Stefan saving Elena from the darkness of pain and loss with his gentle love. Stefan should be the one.

But it's Damon. It's always been Damon. Anyone watching the way they dance together can see it. Even if she doesn't know the choice is there, Elena has already decided.

It should be Stefan. Stefan makes sense.

But love doesn't make sense. Love isn't logical.

So it's Damon.