Aftermath of Truth

Chapter 1

"What now Elena?" Damon asked expectantly. She could she the worry in his eyes and it aggravated her. He should know that this didn't affect anything for her, but she understood his insecurity. She would have felt the same if Katherine had walked through the door.

She ignored Damon's question and looked at Stefan coldly, "What do you want Stefan?" she asked, obviously unhappy with his sudden presence. "Elena, I came back to see you. I missed you" Stefan explained not caring when Damon left the room and walked back upstairs to dress quickly and bring Elena clothes. Damon was back in seconds, handing her jeans. She placed them on the kitchen counter, "I need to clean this up" she cautiously walked to the pantry to clean up the shattered glass from the milk she dropped. She bent over to sweep up the glass and both men could see her ass where Damon's shirt didn't cover.

"Elena, could you put the jeans on first? You really are leaving little to the imagination back here" Damon asked, pissed that his brother could see her. This was supposed to be their alone time and Stefan was ruining it.

"Nothing I haven't seen before" Stefan quipped with a smirk causing Damon to growl warningly at him. "Nothing I haven't seen recently" Damon retorted back reminding everyone in the room of Elena and Damon's activities minutes before Stefan's interruption, Stefan's face fell at the reminder.

"God damn it, both of you stop" Elena yelled while pulling her jeans on, forgetting about the glass on the floor and cutting her feet. "Ouch, fuck" she cursed in pain. The scent of her blood quickly filled the room and Damon jumped into action picking up Elena and carrying her to the living room, pushing past Stefan.

"Out" was all Damon said to him. Damon could feel his brother stiffen the second the glass had pierced the skin of her feet. He was immediately worried for her safety; between the blood lust and the scene placed in front of them, it wouldn't take much more for Stefan to react violently. Damon grabbed a rag and started to tend to Elena's cuts, her aggravation caused her to wave him off. She needed to do something to take her mind off of the current situation they were placed in.

"What are you really doing here Stefan? It's been three months since you took off on me and I'm not stupid enough to believe that all of a sudden you miss me now" she asked, not buying any of his bullshit. "What is it Stefan? Does Katherine want something from us? Oh I know, you figured that Damon and I would be happy by now so you figured you would show up with that poisonous bitch to try and fuck everything up" she pretended to contemplate, she had never been more frustrated.

"Elena, what makes you think I have any idea where Katherine is?" he asked.

"Oh, don't play dumb little brother" Damon piped up, watching his brother squirm under Elena's accusatory glare was making him feel better about the situation. "Just spit it out Stefan, we would like to get back to what you rudely interrupted as quickly as possible and you are wasting our time" Damon taunted causing Elena to give him a small smile.

"Wow that's disgusting" Stefan murmured to himself causing the couple to glare at him.

"Thinking about what you gave up Stefan? Am I going to get an explanation for your sudden disappearance or not?" Elena taunted taking a page out of Damon's book. Stefan was lost. He didn't recognize the woman before him, the one he had loved so much had become a female version of his brother, he had to bring out the one her loved that was buried inside her.

"She threatened you Elena. She told me if I didn't leave you, then she would kill you and hold me hostage to watch her suck you dry. I didn't have a choice" he explained quietly, her eyes softened at his confession and Damon tensed again.

"So she is going to come after me? I'm assuming that's what that means if you are coming back" Elena asked suddenly afraid for her life.

"I'm afraid so, but I have a plan Elena. I'm not going to let her anywhere near you" Stefan reassured but she didn't believe him. It had been said many times, if Katherine wanted her dead, then she would be dead. It was only a matter of time. She shivered at the reality of that realization and Stefan tried to take a step forward to comfort her but Damon cut him off, "Oh no little brother. No longer your job" he warned while wrapping his arm around Elena's shoulder, she immediately relaxed into him.

"So you're staying?" Elena asked, receiving an affirmative nod from Stefan as his only response, his eyes avoiding hers. "Okay well let's clear up the elephant in the room then" she started, capturing both brothers undivided attention, "Stefan, you left, without any explanation. I was miserable for a month and a half before I finally reached out to Damon. He helped me get over you and that's exactly what I did. I know you felt like you were making the right decision in leaving but you have to deal with the consequences of that decision. I am with Damon. I love him and we are happy. None of that will be changing just because you are back. I only want to be your friend and even that is going to take some time for me to be comfortable with. I love you Stefan, but I am no longer in love with you. So that is where we stand" Elena explained, Damon face broke into a genuine smile and Stefan avoided all eyes as he nodded and walked up the stairs to his bedroom, shutting the door behind him.

Elena exhaled loudly before pushing herself away from Damon's embrace. She looked over at him with sad eyes and he immediately tensed. "I know that look, what did I do now? I barely said anything" he asked locking eyes with her.

"I'm pissed Damon; you assumed that I would run back to Stefan the minute he walked in the door, even after everything we went through to get where we are. You think it means nothing to me" she explained while standing up, she flinched for a second, forgetting about her cuts but walking up the stairs anyway.

"Elena, that is not true" he said forcefully while following behind her, afraid she would stumble.

"Oh so you didn't think I was going back to him?" she challenged, "because that's not what your body language was saying. You can't lie to me Damon, I know you" her reminder ringing in his head. He thought he had been calm during their encounter with his brother; it was starting to seem scary how well she really did know him.

They walked back into his room and shut the door behind him; she walked straight into the bathroom to grab a towel to clean up her wounds. "Elena…"he started but words seem to escape him, he didn't know how to make her understand. They sat together on the edge of the bed, his eyes avoiding hers.

"Please just talk to me. I want to get it. If it's not you really doubting me then I need to understand what's going on in your mind. Please Damon" she begged. She could physically see him crumble under her gaze, as much as being honest and open with her scared the hell out of him, he actually wanted her to understand.

"I don't doubt you. Honestly. It's just with Stefan… there are a lot of unresolved issues there. He was the perfect brother that got everything handed to him. If Katherine hadn't turned him he would have been a family man, on the council by our father's side. Literally the Mystic Falls poster boy of the late 1800's and I knew that and that was fine. I never wanted any of that. I wanted Katherine and eternity, and he took that from me, or so I thought. Fast forward to now, and I can see us being very happy together. I love you so much it's scary. But you didn't see how you were when he took off on you. He did some damage that scared the hell out of me. Then he just waltzed back in, I didn't know what to expect" he explained and Elena's whole face softened.
"Oh my god, you were scared of losing me" she realized, he avoided her eyes. Being scared was not something he liked to admit but with Elena it was a common emotion.

"I haven't been happy in all of my undead life. But then there you were and I was on cloud nine. I figured if anyone had the power to take that from me, it would be Stefan" he murmured, still not looking up at her.

Elena's eyes filled with tears as she placed one hand on each of his cheeks, forcing him to look at her. "I love you, and there is no one in the world that could ever change that. I am yours and I'm not going anywhere" she promised, his beautiful pale blue eyes swallowing her whole. She leaned up and softly placed a kiss to his lips before snuggling her face into his neck, his arms wrapping possessively around her and lightly falling backward onto the bed.

"I love you too. You're it for me, you know that right?" he asked with rubbing up and down her back. She nodded into his neck; "same here" was all she said. They both fully relaxed, happy that everything had worked out so quickly.

After a few minutes Elena raised her head to look at him. "You know, if we keep up this whole talking thing, I think we might be able to make it through anything" she mused with a smile. He smirked, "yes but then where would the make up sex come into play" he joked. She rolled off of him laughing hysterically at his logic.

"I guess you have a point. I mean 50 years down the road we could always make up stuff to fight about specifically for the make up sex" she reasoned and he smiled. She really did love it when he did that; his smile was amazing and as much as she secretly loved his smirk, the smile really did top it all.

"I love the way that mind works" he laughed, rolling over so he was facing her, her body tightly pressed against his side, form fitting.

"Since technically this was our first fight and in theory our only fight, we should probably take advantage of the opportunity for make up sex" she tried to propose in mock seriousness but the second she saw his smirk, a smile broke the tone.

"I told you you wouldn't be able to get enough of me" he seductively whispered into her ear before kissing her neck and licking at her pulse point. A sound Elena had never heard before rumbled through her body, it was like a moan only lower toned. She shivered at the sound and Damon chuckled. The laugh made her feel playful, she wanted to tease him.

"On second thought," she said while wiggling away from him and getting off the bed, "maybe I'll just go take a shower instead" she smiled at the pout that was visible on his lips.

"Why do you torture me woman?" he questioned rolling onto his back on the bed in defeat. She shrugged, "'cause it's fun" she quipped before walking into the bathroom and turning on the shower.

Without shutting the bathroom door, Elena slowly started to unbutton his shirt before letting it fall to the floor. Then she pulled off her jeans and underwear in one quick movement. She shook out her hair and stepped into the large bathtub.

Damon watched her intently. He was shocked by her attitude; not once did she seem shy during her little strip tease. He was very turned on by her constant confidence. She closed the glass shower door and he watched her frame through it. The water cascaded down her perfect frame and her nipple stiffened at the temperature change; her body was calling to him, but he remained perfectly still on the bed.

Then she poked her head out and looked at him, "Well, are you coming?" she smirked at him before closing the shower door again. He was up in a flash, shedding his jeans and boxers and stepping into the shower with her.

He wrapped his arms around her from behind and bent his head to kiss her shoulder and up to her neck. He nipped at her ear and palmed both breasts while whispering in her ear, "You are evil". She shivered against him and lulled her head backward onto his shoulder, he continued to kiss and lick her neck. "I've never heard that one before" she answered in mock innocence, "how am I evil? I would love to have it explained to me by an expert" she challenged, trying not to let him see how deeply she was affected by his movements.

He lightly bit her neck, his slightly extended fangs gently scraping her skin, she moaned. In that moment, she wanted him to bite her and that realization shocked her. "Well" he started to explain, bringing her mentally back to the present, "you like to pretend to be shy or innocent and then you do something as sexy as getting me all riled up and then walking away. Then the strip tease and the glass shower door, making me watch you aroused. It's all very naughty" he explained as his hands traveled from where they were palming her breasts to down her stomach and to her thighs. Then he ran his hands up her sides slowly, gently brushing the sides of her breasts. He was teasing now and it was driving her crazy.

"That doesn't sound evil, that just sounds horny" she countered softly and he chuckled. "I knew I was going to create a monster" he responded as her turned around in his embrace. She pushed herself tightly against him and pulled him with her into the warm spray of the shower. She leaned forward and gently bit his neck; she immediately felt his lower region stiffen at the act. She lightly scrapped her nails down his back while lifting up her head to look up into his eyes. He watched her intently, she exhaled at his gaze, he looked at her like she hung the moon, like she was his salvation. In reality, she was.

He turned them sideway and lifted her up, she instinctively wrapped her legs around his waist. "I have a confession" Elena said as soon as her back hit the shower wall, "when I felt your fangs a few minutes ago, I wanted you to bite me" she whispered while moving forward to place her forehead against his. If he hadn't been a vampire, he probably wouldn't have heard her confession over the sound of the water hitting their sides. He pulled his face away from hers to get a better look at her expression before answering, "Elena, I don't want you to feel like this has to happen just because you are human and I'm a vampire. You aren't food" he explained, never denying his urge to bite her. Earlier that night when they made love, Damon had been very tempted to bite her. He knew exactly how to do it so it would heighten the intensity of her orgasm but he wanted to talk to her about it first.

"I know I'm not food to you, but I want you too. I can't explain why, my body just craves it. Kinda like how it craves you" she whispered in his ear, causing him to shiver and kiss her hard. They both felt no need to continue this conversation; they needed each other, no words needed. Her last statement had made him painfully hard and he couldn't wait any longer. Damon reached down between them and found her clit. Expertly, he rolled it with his thumb causing her whole body to stiffen. She shook her head, "no prep needed baby, just take me" she whispered. With that he thrust himself into her, filling her to the hilt. She screamed his name and the sound echoed off the walls of the shower.

Elena rocked her hips around him causing him to growl at her. She enjoyed the power she had over him in these moments when she did something he didn't expect. He pounded into her a few times before she leaned forward and kissed him with bruising force. Leaning forward caused him to hit a magic spot inside her tight sheath and she moaned into his mouth. She pulled away and moved her mouth to his neck, lick and sucking underneath his ear before panting "Damon, please. So close. Bite me. Please".

He continued to pull all the way out of her before slamming back in completely filling her. Then she felt her walls start to clench around him and he twitched inside of her in response. He moved his mouth right above where her neck meets her shoulder, feeling her heavily thumping pulse. His fangs elongated and pierced her soft skin. Elena felt no pain from the bite as her whole body spasmed violently in orgasm. Her head floated as she felt him gently draw her blood. She never wanted him to stop. Damon moaned into her neck before withdrawing his fangs and thrusting one last time to spill his seed deep inside her. He moved to look into her eyes and she looked down at his mouth, still covered in her blood. She leaned up and gently kissed him, licking her blood off of his lips.

For the first time in all of Damon's insanely long life, he left accepted, like being a vampire didn't really matter. He eyes held such unconditional love and he never wanted to look away. The woman in his arms had completely altered him as a person, he would never be the same and he was okay with it.

Elena reached over and turned off the now cold shower. Not really seeing the point in the spray anymore, they had been ignoring it anyway. She unwrapped her legs from his hips and stumbled slightly before finding her balance and walking out of the shower. He followed her out of the shower and found towels for them under the sink. Elena walked into the bedroom and flung herself onto the bed. He laughed at her facial expression. "What are you laughing at?" she asked playfully. He laid down next to her, "Oh nothing, just your present state. The term 'well fucked' comes to mind" he explained. She really did look completely dazed and satisfied. Elena curled up into a ball and started laughing hysterically.

"I guess that would be a way to describe me right now" She continued to laugh not knowing anything else to say. "How does that cheesecake sound? Cause I'm hungry" she asked before getting up to find her clothes. He watched her dress, not wanting her to leave the room but not bold enough to deny her anything. Damon stayed in place on the bed, towel wrapped around his waist as Elena walked out the bedroom door.

Elena walked down the stairs and into the kitchen, stopping in the living room to turn on the stereo. She immediately recognized the song, The Undeveloped Story by Anberlin. She started to sing while walking into the kitchen, "Once in a lifetime, I could feel this way, once in a lifetime, you could feel it too". She reached for the white box holding the cheesecake and placed two pieces on a plate. She turned around to see Stefan leaning up against the counter. She didn't react this time. She wanted her damn cheesecake.

"Okay déjà vu" she said before trying to walk out of the kitchen. Stefan stepped into her way before she could comprehend any of his movements. "Elena, I think we need to talk" he requested while looking longingly into her eyes before taking a step closer to her.

"Stefan, back off" she warned while taking a step back. "I'm pretty sure I made myself clear about where we stand earlier. What could you probably have to talk to me about?" she asked, clearly annoyed that he was ruining her good mood.

"I want to talk about us. I want you to completely understand why I left and what's coming and what I found out" he tried to explain while Elena was doing nothing but looking for an escape route. She really just wanted to call for Damon but she didn't want to cause a fight either. "There is no us Stefan, you made sure of that when you left. The rest can wait until tomorrow" she said trying again to dodge him but he wasn't budging. She was getting really aggravated now. "God damn it. Move. I don't want to deal with you broody bullshit right now. You are killing my post fuck buzz, now fucking move" she yelled in his face affectively shocking him into a frozen position. She ducked around him in the walk way and started to the stairs, cheesecake in hand. She walked into the bedroom to see Damon on his side laughing hysterically. "That was awesome" he stated during gut wrenching laughter. She just laughed and sat beside him with the cheesecake in between them. "He was pissing me off and I wanted my damn cheesecake" she explained with a shy smile.

"God, I love you" was all he said before they dove into the dessert placed in between them on the bed.

A.N. okay, first chapter of the sequel. I really have no idea where I am going with this so bare with me. Ideas would be greatly appreciated. Let me know what you think. The more reviews I get, the faster I update. Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to write a review. They mean the world to me.

Thanks- Ashley