WARNING! This chapter contains attempt rape, you have been warned. WARNING!

Around a week had passed since Stefan won what the student body of Mystic Falls High called 'The Battle of the Dates' and the first football game was tomorrow. And of course, in typical Mystic Falls fashion, there was going to be a party the night before. Seriously, did they have a party for everything?

Every day Mr. Tanners looks got worse and worse and Elena didn't know what to do. She felt uncomfortable walking in to the history class room, and it didn't matter what she was wearing either. One day Elena had come to school dressed in Jeremys clothes and still Mr. Tanner stared and leered and he even 'accidentally' dragged his hand across her breasts or ass on several different occasions.

Elena hadn't told anyone about the touches, she didn't want to worry anyone. Stefan knew about the leering and suggestive looks and he tended to glare at Tanner when he had the chance and Elena had told Caroline when she asked if Caroline knew if Tanner looked at anyone else like he did her. Elena was both relived and scared when Caroline told her that it was only Elena Tanner seemed to look at. She had, of course, sworn Caroline to secrecy about it.

Anyway, back to the party, Elena had promised to meet both Stefan and Caroline in the parking lot before the party. Just as she stared to wonder where her friends had gotten to, she was ambushed in a hug from behind.

"I love your outfit!" Caroline squealed in her ear.

"Thank you." Elena smiled and looked down at what she was wearing. Tight, black, skinny jeans, sneakers and one of Jeremys t-shirts tied under her breasts, showing of her flat stomach.

"Do you think Jeremy would let me borrow one of his shirts to?" Caroline asked with a smile.

"You could always ask, the worst thing that can happen is that he says no." Elena shrugged and started to walk towards Stefan who she just noticed coming their way. "Nice jersey."

"Thanks." Stefan laughed while fiddling with a box and Elena remembered the necklace filled with vervain from the tv-show.

"Stefan, you okay?" Caroline asked when it looked like he was only going to stand there.

"You two are my best friends here, actually you are my only friends, so I wanted to give you two something." Stefan opened the box. Inside there was the necklace that Elena remembers from the show and beside that was a beautiful armband with four charms hanging from it, a heart that looks like it opens, which is probably were the vervain is, a paw print, a blue stone and a key. "You can decide between you which one gets what but I hope you'll both wear them."

"They are stunning." Caroline breathed out. "And they look really expensive."

"They have been in my family for a while so they didn't cost me anything." Stefan admitted.

Elena and Caroline had a silent conversation between them. Then with a nod and a smile to Elena Caroline picked up the necklace. "If you are sure, who am I to turn down such a beautiful gift."

"Can you help me put it on?" Elena asked softly, feeling like she's forgetting something that has to do with the necklace but can recall what.

"Of course." Stefan smiled relived and helped Elena put the armband on her left wrist.

"I might need a little help to." Caroline admitted with a sigh. "I keep on getting stuck in my hair."

Stefan chuckled along with Elena and went to help Caroline with the necklace. He still had feelings for Elena, she was such a kind, beautiful soul, the exact opposite of Kathrine, but he was happy being just friends with her. He didn't really have any friends except Lexi, and hanging out with Caroline and Elena was fun.

"Let's go party!!" Caroline chirped and started to drag Stefan along with her towards the main party.

"Go on with out me, I just need to talk to Jeremy." Elena waved them of and walked over to Jeremy, who was standing with a couple of friends closer to the school.

"Hey Jeremy and friends." Elena greeted them with a smile.

"Hey Lena." Jeremy said back with a head tilt. "What can I do for you this fine evening?"

"I was wondering if you were planning on drinking tonight?" Elena wondered.

"What you gonna bust him?" One of the guys with Jeremy asked defensively.

"Chill, dude, Lena's awesome." Jeremy defended his older sister.

"No, I'm not gonna bust him, that would be highly hypocritical of me, don't you think?" Elena answered calmly then she turned back to Jeremy. "I'm asking because if you weren't planning on drinking, I was going to allow you do take my car back home."

"Won't you need it?" Jeremy asked shocked as he registered what Elena just told him.

"Nah I'm staying at Carolines place tonight." Elena smiled.

"I promise that I shall not drink even a single drop of alcohol tonight." Jeremy swore somnolently.

"I'm trusting you." Elena held out her car keys towards him.

"Thank you." Jeremy smiled brightly then he turned to his friends. "Come on, lets go to the grill instead."

Elena laughed as she watched them leave, she turned to go towards the rest of the party, to find Caroline and Stefan, when she heard a voice behind her. "You are so beautiful."

Elena turned around quickly, "Mr. Tanner?"

"Before Summer you were already beautiful, your sorrow even enhanced it, but now with this new confidence you are truly breathtaking." As Tanner was talking, he walked closer to Elena until she had her back against the wall and he was in her space.

"Mr. Tanner what are you doing?" Elena asked softly with a slight tremor of fear in her voice.

"God, I want you!" Tanner licked her neck and was about to do more when they heard a voice call out. "Coach Tanner?!" and then Tanner was several feet away from her, going to meet the football player who had called for him, all the while sending Elena heated looks as he subtly rubbed his crotch.

For several minutes after Tanner had left, Elena stood there trying to get her heartbeat under control. Fear was coursing through her veins as she breathed deeply. What the fuck just happened? This was definitely not in the tv-show.

After she had calmed down, she walked towards the party but before she got there she bumped into Damon.

"Damon? What are you doing here?" Elena asked, happy to have something else to focus on.

"I'm hiding from Amanda." Damon said it like it was some big secret or something. "She just talks and talks and talks and she is so young."

"Should have thought of that before you started dating her." Elena sassed at him, starting to feel more like herself again.

Suddenly Damon was in front of her, staring into her eyes. "You want me."

"What?" Elena asked, startled.

"You feel drawn to me, you want me and now you're going to kiss me." Damon told her and leaned towards her.

At first Elena was confused then she remembered compulsions and decided to mess with Damon a little. "Are you drunk or just arrogant?"

"What?" Damon stepped back in shock.

"Maybe it's both." Elena hummed to herself. "Do you want me to get Stefan so he can get you home?"

"I can make my own way home." Damon declared and walked away quickly.

Elena laughed to herself and was finally able to make her way to the party. When she found Stefan and Caroline the looked a little worried.

"Where have you been?" Caroline asked as she hugged Elena. "I was worried sick."

"I ran into Stefans brother Damon." Elena explained and turned towards Stefan. "I think he was drunk because he was saying weird things but when I offered to go get you so you could take him home, he insisted that he could make his own way home and left."

The rest of the evening was a success and Caroline and Elena didn't make it to bed before 0300. Luckily, they could sleep in the next morning.

XOXOXOX

Elena hurried her way down the stairs, she was already late for god's sake! If she just hadn't taken so long to choose an outfit she would already been at the school by now. She hurriedly put on her glossy black mary jane ankle strapped platform pumps that matched her black princess dress and maroon leather jacket.

She jumped into her car and quickly drove off towards the school. When she got there the parking lot was empty. Elena quickly made her way to the bleachers to watch the game which had already begun. It was a good game and the home team won.

After the game Elena made her way down to the field to congratulate Stefan on the win and Caroline for the awesome cheerleading routine. They talked for a while until Carolines mother called for her and they noticed they were basically the only ones left.

"I should hit the showers." Stefan smiled slightly.

"I promised mom I would spend the evening with her." Caroline informed them as she started to run toward where her mother was waiting. "I'll see you when I see you."

Both Stefan and Elena laughed, then Elena turned to Stefan. "Do you want a ride home? I can wait in my car for you to be done in the showers."

"That would be very appreciated." Stefan accepted and went to take a shower in the locker-room and Elena made her way to her car.

Elena was just about to unlock her car and when she was turned around and pushed up against the car while the one who did it showed himself between her thighs.

"Look at you." Tanner growled lustfully in her ear. "You are just begging for it, aren't you?"

"What?" Elena asked a little dazed from when her head hit the car.

Tanner kissed her, forcing his tongue into her mouth all the while he shoved his hand under her dress and into her panties.

"By the gods, you are tight." Tanner groaned as he pulled back from the kiss. "Are you a virgin?" That prospect seemed to excite him even more as he ground his hard cock against her thigh.

"NO! STOP!" Elena did her best to fight and scream but it didn't seem to deter Tanner. She felt him bite down on her neck and push two fingers inside her. She was crying and screaming for all she was worth but Tanner had placed a hand over her mouth.

And then he was suddenly off her and Elena would have fallen to the ground if Stefan hadn't caught her. The panic and the earlier hit to the head made her pass out so she missed Damon ripping Tanners throat out with his teeth while Stefan watched on in dark satisfaction.

XOXOXOX

At first when she woke up Elena didn't remember what happened, until she moved her head and it throbbed painfully. Then she sat up in a panic and started to cry, feeling dirty all over. Why would Tanner do that?

"Elena, calm down, you're safe." Stefan rushed into the room.

"Stefan?" Elena asked softly, still scared.

"Yeah, its me." Stefan looked at her earnestly.

"Did you save me?" Elena wondered.

"It was a team effort." Stefan admitted. "I checked on you while Damon knocked Tanner out and left him there in the parking lot while we brought you here."

"And where is 'here'?" Elena had started to calm down.

"Stefans room." Came Damons voice from the doorway. He walked into the room carrying a tray with soft foods on.

"Oh, sorry for stealing your bed." Elena whispered.

"That's no problem." Stefan reassured her. "I slept on the couch in the parlor, it was surprisingly comfy."

"I might actually bring some good news." Damon smirked as he placed the try in Elenas lap. "Tanner is dead. After I knocked him out and left him in the parking lot a wild animal must have found him and decide to make a meal out of him or something."

"Does it make me a bad person if I'm happy that he's dead?" Elena wondered sadly, knowing that 'the wild animal' was in actuality Damon.

"Absolutely not." Damon said strongly and Stefan nodded in agreement.

After that they were quiet as Elena ate what Damon had brought her and Elena decided to stay at the boarding house for the weekend. She might have taken around seven showers that first day to not feel dirty and she did get a little kick out of hearing Damon curse when he had to take a cold shower. Elena decided to tell Jenna, Jeremy and Caroline what had happened, but she choose to wait until Sunday evening.

That talk went as well as Elena expected, Jenna was fluctuating between sadness and anger, while Caroline cried and hugged Elena close almost refusing to let go and Jeremy had started to pace back and forth like a caged animal, spitting and growling in rage.

All three of them wanted Elena to tell the police but Elena refused. What good would that do? Tanner was already dead and couldn't hurt her again, but after some needling from Caroline, Elena relented and agreed to talk to the cops or at least Carolines mom.

"So, what's going on?" Sherriff Liz Forbes asked as Caroline led her into the Gilberts living room. "The only thing Caroline would tell me was that you might have some information on Tanner and why he was in the parking lot."

Elena sat curled up against Jeremy in one of his hoddies and sweatpants. She hesitated but at the encouraging smile from Jenna and Jeremys tightening arms she took a deep breath.

"On Friday after the game I got caught up talking with Caroline and Stefan and it wasn't until you called for Caroline that we all noticed that almost everyone had left. Because Caroline was going with you, I offered Stefan a ride home which he accepted." Elena had to take a drink of water as her throat felt parched and dried out.

"That was nice of you." Liz smiled but she felt worry start to gnaw in her stomach.

"I went to wait in my car while Stefan took a shower. When I got to my car someone forcefully turned me around and pushed me up against my car with enough force that my head banged against it. I was dazed at first but I recognized Mr. Tanner, he was saying weird things." Elena pressed herself closer to Jeremy for comfort.

"Weird how?" Liz asked slowly.

"Stuff like that he wanted me and that I was begging for it. Then he forced his tongue into my mouth and..." Elena had started to cry.

"And what?" Liz dreaded the answer but she needed to know.

"He forced his hand into my underwear, while asking if I was a virgin. If Stefan and his brother Damon hadn't come when they did, I don't know what would have happened. What I do know is that Stefan took care of me while Damon knocked Tanner out and then they brought me to the boarding house." In the end Elena was shaking with tears running down her face.

"Why not bring you to the hospital?" Liz asked even as she felt rage boil deep in her stomach.

"I asked them not to." Elena lied. "I didn't want anyone to know but Caroline, Jeremy and aunt Jenna convinced me I should tell someone."

"You did the right thing." Liz reassured as she placed a hand on Elenas knee. "I would recommend that you go to the hospital and do a rape kit."

"No!" Elena said strongly. "That's not necessary. It was only his fingers."

Before Liz could try and convince her, she got a call on the radio. "Sheriff you really need to get down to Tanners apartment." A deputy said, sounding slightly freaked out.

"I'll be right there." Liz confirmed and stood to leave. "Thank you for telling me, it was very brave." Liz smiled at Elena the she left.

When Liz arrived at Tanners apartment she was meet by Rogers at the door. "What you are about to see is very disturbing." He warned her and led her into Tanners bedroom.

Liz stopped and stared in horror. All over the room there were pictures of Elena Gilbert. Most of them taken in school, at the grill or out in the town but some were from Elenas bedroom, like someone had sat outside Elenas bedroom widow and taken photos of her. Those were the most disturbing ones because in most of them she was either sleeping or in her underwear.

On one photo in which Elena was wearing only a bra and panties there was some sort of dried substance and Liz really didn't want to know what it was but she was afraid that she already knew. One thing was for sure, if Tanner hadn't already been dead, Liz would have shot him.

XOXOXOX

Five days after 'the incident' Elena was almost back to normal again, sure she flinched if someone came up behind her without her knowing and she had some nightmares ending with her walking to Jeremys room and asking if she could sleep there, but otherwise she was fine. Thank god she was good at compartmentalizing in her last life and could still do it now.

Jeremy had become more protective of her and would glare at people he didn't trust that got to close to her. He also couldn't decide if he liked Stefan for saving her or if he hated him for being a man close to Jeremys vulnerable sister.

Elena walked into the kitchen to see Jenna cursing at the tv. "Scum ball! Scum Bucket!"

"Who are you talking to?" Elena asked with a giggle.

"Him!" Jenna gestured to the tv were a news reporter was talking about the animal which had been terrorizing Mystic Falls had been caught.

"The news guy?" Elena asked.

"Also known as Logan 'Scum' Fell. Did your mom ever tell you why I moved away from Mystic falls?" Jenna sneered at the tv.

"Oh, no way! You and him?" Elena laughed with a shrug and walked over to a box that was on the floor. "I guess he's cute, if you go for that sort of guy."

"There is nothing cute about him!" Jenna declared fiercely. "What are you doing with that?"

"I went and got it from the safety deposit box yesterday. Mom had promised Mrs. Lockwood she would loan it to the founder's council for their heritage display." Elena informed her as she looked through the box while quietly thanking Elena for writing it in the calendar to remember it.

"Is that grandma Beth's wedding ring?" Jenna looked intrigued.

"Originally it was great-great-grandma Mary's wedding ring." Elena smiled, glad that she had read as much about the Gilbert history as she could when she had just woken up in this world.

"How much do you think this stuff is worth? You know, like on eBay?" Jeremy joked as he came in.

"Money and not a penny more." Elena teased back.

"You're not giving it away, right? This is mom and dad's stuff." Jeremy asked uncertainty.

"I'm not giving it away, it's just a loan to Mrs. Lockwood and should anything be missing when we get it back there shall be hell to pay!" Elena declared with a glare at the wall.

Elena stopped what she was doing when her hand touched a specific piece in the box, she picked it up and walked over to Jeremy.

"Jeremy, dad was supposed to give this to you but he never had the chance. This is a pocket watch passed down from fathers to their first-born son and it is now yours." Elena said softly and held out a pocket watch to Jeremy.

Jeremy accepted the watch carefully with tears in his eyes and slowly pulled Elena into an emotional hug. "Thank you." He sniffled in her shoulder.

"I love you, little brother." Elena murmured as she hugged back just as tightly.

"Love you to, Lena." Jeremy smiled slightly as he pulled back.

XOXOXOX

Elena was sitting at her window in her room crocheting when her phone started to ring and without thinking she answered "Lena's BDSM Boutique. All of our operators are tied up at the moment, can I take a message you bad, bad boy?" Then she froze in mortification and hastily added, "Please, please, please ignore that!"