Elena kept feeling as though she was having deja vu as she walked into her room. She was tired; it had been a long day. She now knew it was all her fault; and not only did she feel guilt and despair, she felt a sense of miserable-ness that she had only felt when she thought Stefan still loved Kathrine. Or, Katerina, whichever. She fell back onto her bed in annoyance, and just sleepieness. She felt a draft and sat up. Damon was standing at the window.
"What are you doing here?" Elena sighed.
"I know what you did last summer, Elena." Damon chuckled, sitting at the edge of her bed. He sighed and looked into the distance. "I heard about Kathrine."
"You mean Katerina?" Elena said, scooting to sit next to him.
He nodded and looked up at her. "And I want you to know that it isn't all your fault. You can't help being you."
"You mean, Katherine's beautifull doppleganger?" Elena said bitterly, looking at the floor.
Damon shook his head. "Well, yes, but you're you. You may look like Katherine, but you were never the same person, and I should have known that."
Elena looked up at him. She looked into his sad eyes. "Damon..."
"Elena, I slept with Rose." he said miserably.
Elena felt like someone had stabbed her.
"And it only made me realize how much I want you, and don't deserve you." Damon continued. "So...I'm leaving town."
Elena's mouth fell open. She struggled to close it as Damon stood up. He gave her one last meaningfull glance and started slowly towards the window.
"Damon!" she said. She stood up and grabbed his arm. He turned around and looked at her sadly. He took her arms and kissed her forehead, and in a second, he was gone. She stared at the window for a long time, expecting him to come back and say he was joking. But in her heart, she knew he wouldn't. She finally fell to her knees and started crying. That's when she realized, that she had always been in love with HIM. Not Stefan. She started shaking, and prayed that he could hear her, said slowly, "Damon...I love you. Come back to me."
She heard nothing and continued crying. She fell asleep soon after. But the next morning...she woke up in his arms.