Alright, so this is a parallel universe where Damon and Stefan aren't brothers. Damon, Stefan and Elena are both the same age and have just finished tenth grade. So they are all about 16-17 years old. I know a lot of things are different. They are human here. this is just a classic kind of off love story . I hope that you guys enjoy it!

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Standing in front of me, Damon -who was 5'9 in height with a big body, I guessed because of his being part of the varsity swimming team. He had short cropped hair and shady gray eyes- he always made me smile with his jokes and that cute smile. I don't even know why he isn't so popular. He looked ten times better than I did ; I was 5'6 with hair I could never get to look like how I wanted it to. I wasn't chubby per say but I wasn't model worthy either. My brown hair matched as people say my light brown eyes and the shape of them always accented my face.

"Elena! Are you even listening to me?" Damon asks, clearly annoyed that I had day-dreamed away from our conversation.

"Oh, sorry Damon. I was just thinking about something." I apologize as I walk the hallway with him.

"Elena, please listen. This is really important. Tomorrow I'll be...," But just as he started to talk, the bell rings showing that the last class is about to begin.

"Hey, I'll see you later by the ramp okay? I have to submit my report on Greek mythology to Mr. Smith and cross your fingers that he'll pass me and my summer won't have to be stuck in this stupid school." I say as I gather my books from English lit.

"But El.."He says as he takes my hand.

"We'll have our very serious talk later okay?" I take hold of his hand and look him in the eyes."I promise." I hug him tight and start to head to the 3rd floor, leaving Damon standing in the hallway.

"Okay, it's a promise" He shouts from across the hall as he gives me a smile, hiding his dissapointment. I wonder what he wants to talk about. It must be pretty serious.

An final class later , I run over to the ramp and quckly spot Damon eating what was left on his bacon and egg sandwich, I put my hand on his shoulder. He turns around and greets me with a warm smile.

"Hey, It's finally summer! How'd your report go with ?" Damon says as I sit down beside him and pull away a piece of his sandwich.

"I know right? I'm so excited. I have great news too! Mr. Smith loved my paper so he gave it an A- which means I'm passing!Woohoo!" I say as I playfully continue to punch Dan's arm and dance around for a bit.

"That's good to hear ely, congrats!" He exclaims as he hugs me tighter than the normal.

"So? What's your big news about?" I say acting all excited and even start drumming my lap.

"Well.." But before he can say anything, I snoop in.

"Do you have a gf huh? or are you failing? Wait, oh my gosh you're sick!" I say trying to goof off with him, but what comes after was a surprise. He grabs my two hands and says," I'm leaving Virginia El and I dont think I'm coming back."

"Wha..What?" The smile leaves my face.

" As you've known, my grandma's been really sick for a while now and she needs us to take care of her. If worse comes to worse and she.. well, if she moves on to a better place. My family and I are gonna stay in her home in Los Angeles."

As he spoke, the words started sounding blurry and my brain wasn't understanding what was happening. Damon was leaving? How could this happen? And summer had just started, I want to spend it with my bestfriend.

"What do you mean that you won't come back? D, we just ended the school year and we were supposed to spend this summer together remember?" I pretend to be chill and reasonable but inside I'm totally freaking out, and I know that Damon knew that I was. He knew me too well not to.

"Wait El, that's not the main reason i wanted to talk to you. I need to tell you something before I leave."

"Damon, don't say that! We'll still be talking right? It's not the end of our friendship," Tears coming from my eyes as I rapidly speak.

"But i have to tell you this.. El, I..."

"We can still chat and.," I interrupt him.

"Elena, I..," He tries to continue.

"And we can still email each other 24/7," I join in again naming all that we could do.

"wait, Elena, I L..," He starts getting annoyed at my interuptions.

"And you can visit here once a month and we can still exchange stories and we can.." I say stating out all the possibilities if where we could still communicate.

"EL! I LOVE YOU!" He shouts finally sick of not being able to finish his sentence.

"You L..Love me?" I stutter.

"Yeah, remember that one afternoon when you got really sick and we had to bring you to the hospital and I freaked out cause your temp was so high. I almost cried El, I thought I was actually gonna lose you. That's when I realized that I couldn't stand seeing you hurt. And from then on, I knew I was in love with you Elena." He said as he held my hand.

I can't believe it, well I don't want to. I had gotten sick when I was 6th grade so he had been in love with me for that long? Woah! That's basically 4 years since they had just finished 10th grade today.

"Elena, say something.." he says looking rather anxious and embarassed.

"Uhmm.." I reply looking for something to talk about.

"that was a really long time ago." I decide to say as I fidget with my black and blue backpack.

"That's it? that's all you're gonna say?"He stands up, dumbfounded with my reply.

"Let me explain,I don't know if I love you or not, I mean we've been bestfriends since like forever. We used to share our snack packs together and well, you mean so much to me but I don't know exactly how far that can go," I explain trying to sound as sorry as I could. The sky was changing color now, as it faded to the hint of orange. Everyone was heading out, either going home or to the mall of hang out.

"Oh.. well then, i guess I said all I need to say. Goodbye Elena." He say as he grabs his backpack from the ground, sweeps away some of the dust at the bottom and lunges it to his back.

"What? No! You can't do that. You're still my best friend right? " I start freaking out as he clearly starts to leave.

He turns back, looks at me and smiles, "Of course I am, and I'll always be but I need to let go of this emotion El, I've liked you for a long time and now that you've said you don't feel the same, I need to deal with it. So uhmmm, We're leaving in at midnight so if you wanna avisit and say goodbye." He stood up and grabs his bag, his eyes clearly filled with sadness and I just couldn't and didn't want him to go.

"So see you later?" He asks.

I answer him slowly but surely," yeah, after I go to cheer practice and after I babysit the twins of Mrs. Anderson I'll hop over to your place."

"Yeah sure, have fun with that, I still have finish packing. Goodbye elena" He leans over and gives me a hug, and as he hugged me I could smell the perfume he's been using since he was 10. I just stand there wondering if hugging him back would be a good decision. He lets go of me as I'm sure he felt that the hug was getting awkward and weird.

During cheer practice, I practiced extra hard because I thought that cheerleading would distract me from thinking about Damon but it didn't work that way. Damon filled my head more than it had ever and it scared me ten times as much that I thought how great it would be if they were a couple. But that doesn't mean that I liked him right? I was just thinking of the possibilities.

After cheer practice I was sweaty and practice had been more tiring than I imagined. I decided to ask Bonnie to take over the babysitting for me. I didn't think that I could handle a night full of running after some hyper kids. As I walked home I thought about everything that made up my friendship with Damon. All those hugs and jokes about being a couple meant something different to him. It meant something more...

Slowly I was realizing, it meant something more to me too, I didn't know it when he said it to me since I was too shocked by his revelation but it was so clear to me now. I was in love with him too and he needed to know that. I needed to tell him right now before he left for LA where he might never come back. So as I walked down that sidewalk, I suddenly began fastening my pace to my house to go get my old bike.

As I rode my bike, I imagined life where I and Damon were together and realized that not much would really change. We already seemed like such a couple. Suddenly the feeling of how tired I was sunk in, my legs were killing me as were my arms and oddly, my vision was getting slightly blurry but I need to go to Damon's house fast. I fell myself losing breathe from the biking and I feel the ache in my lungs gasping for air. Then as quick as I thought about it, my arms give in and I feel my own body jump away from the seat of the old blue bike and feel myself caving in to the pavement. I feel my own human body lay down on that cold hard pavement. Trying to stand up but my legs don't respond, I'm supposed to be focusing on my well-being but all I can think about was Damon.

I can't let him go, he has to know. He has to know that I feel the same way too and that I love him. I try once again to catch someone's attention. I take the deepest breathe I've ever taken and shout for help. But my voice comes out to a whisper, everthing starts disappearing until the only thing I can see is the dark star-filled sky and soon after, darkness...

"Elena! Can you hear me? Wake up ely, please wake up," the echoing voice seems so familiar. I open my eyes and blurry images start forming. I'm in a white, strongly lighted room. Jeremy standing 5'8 tal. His light brown hair covering the light from the ceiling and her beautiful dark brown eyes is looking at me full with concern. Jeremy isn't really skinny but she has about the same body as those male models you see on TV.

"Ow!Jer?" I rub my head and ask.

"Elena! Oh Thank god! What the hell is wrong with you? Were you drunk? Are you doing drugs because if you are, so help me I will call aunt jenna and tell him whats been going on with you!" He shouts so loudly that everyone in the room stares at us and looks at me as if I was a juvenile delinquent.

"Jeremy,! relax! I'm not a drinker or a smoker so please just take it easy cause everybodys staring at us. I've never seen you act like this before." trying to calm him down.

"I just got really scared when I heard about what happened okay? I don't wanna lose you elena," He sighs.

"You won't," I smile.

"Okay, Docter Gomez. Is she okay? Does she have any concussion of some sort?"Jeremy asks a man in a white coat holding a some kind of didn't I see him standing there? I thought.

I was still kind of out of it when I realized that we were actually in the hospital.

"She's gonna be fine,she has a wound on her head and her ankle got bruised a little when she fainted. Some bruises here and there but no major injuries." The doctor informs him.

"Why did she faint doc?" Jeremy asks as he looks at me. I see my brother's worried-upset face and feel the guilt that I hadn't stopped earlier even when I knew something was wrong when my lungs started hurting. I look at him, his worried eyes looking at me and I promise myself to never do this will never happen again. I won't put him in this situation ever again.

"Well Elena, you were very dehydrated and you lost all your energy biking somewhere. Thank god you arrived so near the brown's home that they were able to bring you to the hospital." Doctor Gomez replies as he scans my chart.

"I'm sorry doc, I'll make sure to drink lots when I come home. I can go home right?" I ask, praying that I won't have to start my summer in a hospital bed.

"Of course you can. Just contact me if you feel anymore dizziness. I've got to head off, i have to prep for surgery in an hour. Goodbye Elena, Jeremy."

"Goodbye doc and thank you."

We call up a cab and Jeremy tells the driver our address. I'm still out of it so I'm just sitting quietly in the back seat.

I begin to remember what had happened before I fainted. Yes, I was biking really fast. but for what? Wait, It was for Damon! he's leaving town and he isn't coming back. and I didnt tell him how I feel about him yet...

"Elena, are you okay? You seem sad. What's wrong? " He asks as if he was waiting for me to burst into tears.

"It's Damon, I was trying to stop him before he left but I couldn't catch up, maybe he's still here. Can we go to their house? I wasn't able to say goodbye and I didn't tell him that.. that.." I feel the wetness of the tears in covering my eyes.

"Oh, I'm really sorry El but after they dropped you in the hospital, they immediatly left for the airport. Eleanor, his mother contacted me to say goodbye. She even asked if you wanted to say goodbye to Damon but you were still unconcious at that time" He answered as he slowly tries to comfort me but it's to late as I've already started crying hard.

"I didn't... I... He... gone..see..him.. anymore.. was ..bestfriend.." I can't even talk properly because I'm crying too hard.

"Shh,, it's gonna be okay Elena, you can still talk to him." He's trying to comfort me but its no use. I know that I've lost my chance to show him and I'm going to get it back.

Guess this is goodbye?

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