Rick was right and this was really happening I got the girl, Elena was mine. Stefan had just given up, finally sick and tired of trying to fight I guess. What was it he had said to me before driving off with Lexi? "I'm not happy about Elena but I'm not not happy for you" his own way of saying he had finally forgiven me for all the crap I had caused and Elena was my prize.
God she was beautiful, her perfect petite frame and her lapis Lazuli blue eyes, so much like Katherine's had been, shining brightly, her long brown hair, so smooth but lightly ruffled in places by the small breeze that was blowing, her bow shaped lips slightly pink from the breeze and cool to the touch when I lightly planted a kiss on them.
I can still remember the first time I saw her face, I thought that my past had come back to haunt me. She looked so innocent I almost felt sorry for her, seeing as she was so unaware of what was happening or going to happen and how it would change her life so dramatically. But time and time again she proved herself to be strong and forceful whilst still remaining kind and caring which showed me that she was nothing like Katherine. I had tried and time and time again to get her to be mine and I had told her that she wouldn't be able to change the way I was, not even when we were accidently sired to each other when she went through her transition and became a vampire but that was a lie, she had changed me she made me feel more human than I ever had done before and that made me love her even more and she had proved my first thoughts of her completely wrong on more than one occasion.
'Damon? Are you listening to me?' Elena's voice popped into my head, I blinked out of my daydream and she was looking at me slightly worried.
'Yes of course I am love.' I smiled and kissed her hair, 'let's go back inside' I wrapped my arm around her waist and she did the same, leaning her head on my shoulder