THIS STORY HAS MENTIONS OF RAPE, ABUSE, DRUG USAGE AND THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE

JUST A HEAD'S UP ELENA'S BROTHER IN THE STORY IS DAMON, HE AND STEFAN ARE BEST FRIENDS

ELENA AND DAMON'S LAST NAME IS PIERCE AND KATHERINE IS NOT IN THE STORY BUT WILL BE MENTIONED, SHE IS THEIR MOTHER WHICH WHY SHE AND ELENA LOOK IDENTICAL.

Friday, January 25, 2008

"Please stop, please!" Tears are streaming down my face as I beg and beg. "He didn't do anything, please let him go!" A big ugly police officer jumps in my face, his spit flying as he yells, "Get back right now or I will throw your ass in there with him!" "No, you can't do this!" I yell back as my brother Damon picks me up holding me against him. "Elena stop, you're not helping!" he screams into my ear, my hair is falling around my face making it hard to see what was going on. "Do something Damon he's your best friend, you know he's innocent!"

"I'm going to take care of this alright, just go get in the car and call Ric." My brother says calmly placing me back onto the cold concrete. I have no shoes, outside in my black tank top and purple pajama shorts, rain's starting to pour down and I'm freezing my ass off as I take off to Damon's brand new black Camaro. I yank open the door and slide inside on the cold leather and find his cell phone in the cup holder. My hands are shaking violently as I dial Ric's number, looking back over to the four cop cars that were on the street. The blue lights blinding everything as I hear a tired voice on the other end.

"This better be good." Ric says and I start bawling my eyes out. "Hey, Elena is that you?" he asks in a panic and all I can do is nod even though he can't see me. "It's me Ric, the cops... the cops have Stefan." Clearing his throat Ric shouts over the line, "What do you mean the cops have Stefan, what the hell is going on over there Elena?" I grip the phone in my hand as more tears escape my tired eyes, one in the morning and we're dealing with this shit, "The cops just started banging on the door saying they have a warrant for Stefan's arrest, they said that his fingerprints were on three stolen cars found at a chop shop that were delivered there two days ago."

"What?" Ric sounds just as confused as we all were. "That makes no sense, Stefan hasn't boosted cars in two years and even when he did, he always wore damn leather gloves." I nod my head again watching cops getting statements from everyone at the shop, owning a mechanic shop and having a bad reputation in this town boasted for trouble. Having a Pierce and a Salvatore in a business together was even worse considering both parties have a record longer than my body. "I know, someone is framing him Ric, I don't see how its possible, how in the hell did they get his fingerprints on the damn cars?"

Sighing Ric answers me, "Damn, I know what this is about. Stefan didn't boost the cars, but he was taking them to Lorenzo's shop for mechanic work, he called Stef the other day when we were having lunch and asked if he could take them over to his shop. He said he would pay him for doing it that he had just bought the Imports and needed someone he trusted to deliver them." Shaking my head I am now furious, "No, no that can't be right, Stefan said that he wouldn't work for that sleaze ever again!" This is a fucking nightmare, Stefan was in deep with Enzo back in the day, working for him at 17 when he moved here. Stefan was the best at boosting cars, trucks and Harley's for him, but after he was almost caught he quit. His only crimes that had him serving jail time was possession with intent to sell, underage drinking, disturbing the peace and domestic violence. He has been legit for a while now, he was done with the criminal status, giving Enzo all of the money he made, he bowed out and started over.

"He said that it was legit work, hell he even picked the cars up from Lorenzo's other shop across town and took it to his primary one, so yeah doll he's being set up. You and I both know that he didn't want Stefan to leave, he was his best worker and well the rumor is that his business has gone down hill since Stefan and Damon opened their shop. Matt was just telling us yesterday that all of Lorenzo's dirty business is severely lacking as well, so this is classic revenge, no one wants to get involved with him and he's losing money."

"Ok, so all he has to say is that right, I mean you were with him when Enzo called." I bite my lip as I watch a woman police officer approaches the car. "I would say yes, but I didn't hear the conversation Elena, Stefan walked away to take the call, when he came back all he said was that Enzo wanted a favor and that was just to drive the cars from one place to another. I advised him not to do it, but Stef said that it was a legit job." This has got to be a nightmare, "Motherfucker, look I've got to go, can you head down to the station and bail him out?" Alaric 'Ric' Saltzman is not only a friend, but a bail bondsman, he'll get Stefan out in no time. "Yeah, I'm getting dressed now." "Thanks Ric." And with that I hang up an exit the car as the woman officer taps on the glass, signaling for me to get out.

"Yes ma'am?" I ask wiping my eyes, my vision is blurry thanks to all the damn crying. "He asked me to give you this." I look down at her hand as she opens it, tears flood my eyes once again. This was his way of letting us all know that he is fucked, Lorenzo St. John has fucking won! All because he's pissed at Stefan who only wants to better himself, to grow the fuck up and start a real fucking life. "Thanks." I say as she hands over the one thing that Stefan never takes off, he said that if he were to ever be without it then something bad would have had to happen. I guess this was it.

I clutch his ring that has been in his family for generations, it's been handed down to all the men in his family and when Stefan was 15 he inherited it and never took it off. He had received it in an envelope from his birth father who explained in the letter that he should have it, that it belonged to the last of the Salvatore men. As I get closer I see the cop who yelled at me shutting the car door, I take off running towards them my feet are numb from the cold night, but I don't care. When I get to his window, my hand touches it and I let my tears fall freely, he smiles at me as my almond brown eyes lock with his sour apple green ones and then they drive away into the night.

Ric couldn't get Stefan out on bail and even if he could it wouldn't have mattered because Stefan plead guilty. Damon told me not to attend the court hearing because I'd just be upset, that Stefan needed a clear head. That he shouldn't see any of us upset because it makes things worse for everyone. My brother also said that I wasn't on the list to visit Stefan after he was sentenced, my instructions were clear from both Damon and Stefan. Saying I was too young to come into a place like that even for visits, such bullshit!

The night he was arrested was the last time I saw Stefan Salvatore, my brother's best friend and the only man who ever had a piece of me. My boyfriend, my first everything.