I don't own the vampire diaries and I don't own the characters.

Damon and Elena have had a whirlwind romance. They met when they were 17 the summer before their senior year. They fell in love hard and fast. Each had separate plans for their lives, but now their plans are the same, be together. Can they stay together and get through their senior year and then their college years with their love still in tact? Here is their story.

Right now I just have these few chapters. My twilight/tvd crossover has been put on hold temporarily and honestly I don't know when I'll finish it. My other all human story is coming along slow because I still have writers block on that one every now and then. I will finish it though. Right now it's just this one and that one and I'll take turns updating them. Each chapter in this story will start and end with what Damon and Elena are doing in the present but there will be flashbacks to the past. Katherine is not related to Elena and they don't look alike; Katherine looks like she is described in the books blonde hair and blue eyes; Katherine is actually one of Elena's best friends in this story and no she is not out to make Damon fall in love with her. Stefan is not in love with Elena and never has been. Elena is not adopted but her parents are still dead.

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Chapter 1.

A week.

I'd been here at Texas A&M a week and was still only half unpacked. I don't think I really wanted to unpack the whole way.

I stood there in the apartment I had rented off campus and stared at the boxes. It was a one bedroom, one bathroom apartment, it was nice but it wasn't home. I sighed and sat down on the couch. I twirled the silver band that was on the third finger of my left hand and felt my heart break more. I could do this, I had to do this...I didn't want to do this. I was 20 years old off at college and supposed to have the most fun I'd ever have yet I was already counting the days until the first holiday. I pulled out my phone and slid my fingers over the keys to unlock it. I scrolled until I found the right number and typed my message.

To: Elena
Got schedule today. 2 months until Thanksgiving. 1 month until first holiday, if you call a day off a holiday. I miss you. I love you. XOXO

I sat my phone on the kitchen counter and grab a box that was left unlabeled. I roll my eyes as I pull out the box of condoms with the note from Stefan telling me to 'be safe' and chunk it in the trash. I won't be needing those. I took out the miscellaneous bathroom stuff and put it up before I heard a knock of my door. I grumbled all the way there as I grabbed my phone off the counter to see if she hopefully texted me back.

Nothing. I sigh as I open the door and shove the offensive phone in my pocket.

"Hey Dammy. 2 months and then we can go home. Sucks huh?"

I looked at the blonde that was my life long best friend/greatest annoyance/little brothers girlfriend, Katherine Pierce. I don't say anything. I turn around and leave the door open behind me. I hear it close and hear the clicking of her annoying high heels on the floor.

"You're more unpacked than I am though. I know we haven't talked much since the...arguments before we left but I do have one question though, it was one that Caroline asked me before I left."

I plop down on the couch next to her and hand her a soda. "Shoot Kat."

"If you could go back in life, would you change anything?"

"No." My heart said no my head said yes.

She nods her head. "Not even your senior year?"

I look up at her and she's staring at me. I leaned forward and grabbed the picture of Elena and I at graduation. "Would I change my senior year?...No. It was the one year of my life that I would never change."

It was hands down the best year of my life. Who knew that meeting Elena Gilbert would change me forever?

It was the summer before senior year and I found myself driving to my coach's house for a 'welcome back to school party'. All the football players, cheerleaders, and basically the whole school was invited but almost nobody showed up. Who would come to a teachers house on a Friday? I pulled up and noticed that it was just my car out front, great alone with the coach again unless little brother and his annoying peppy cheerleader girlfriend showed up...doubtful. I got out and rang the doorbell. I waited a couple of minutes then gave up, I shrugged and turned around when I heard the door open.

I turned around and stopped dead in my tracks. She was not coach nor was she the coach's wife Jenna, this girl was...perfect. I was having what Katherine would call a girly moment. All my thoughts fled from my mind and were replaced by this one gorgeous girl. Her hair was brown and beautiful and fell all the way down her back. Her eyes were so brown it was like looking at melted chocolate. She was wearing a Metallica t-shirt with blue jeans and converse, she was perfectly perfect.

"You're here for Ric's party right?"

God her voice was like angels singing. I gulped and stepped forward towards her. "Yeah. I'm Damon." I held out my hand.

"I'm Elena. Come in." She took my hand and I swear her skin was softer than anything I've ever felt. "Ric is upstairs so I'll just go get him. There's pizza and drinks in the kitchen."

I watch her run up the stairs before I force my legs to move again. Who the hell was she? The thought came to me too late as I entered the kitchen and looked at the pizza box. Was one pizza going to be enough, even if Stefan and Katherine showed up along with the handful of other football players and cheerleaders that usually came one pizza would barely feed us all. I heard voices come from the stairs as Ric was walking towards the kitchen.

"It'll be fine Elena. Have fun for once." He called the words back up the stairs as he came face to face with me. "Salvatore, just the one I wanted to see. I see you got my note in your locker."

"Yeah the party. One pizza will not feed the people who actually show up this year Saltzman."

He chuckles. "Yeah about that...it's actually just going to be you and Elena. No party this year." I started to object but he cut me off. "Let me explain. Elena is my niece, well Jenna's niece, her and her brother Jeremy have moved in with us and I need you to get to know Elena. Jenna and I are taking Jeremy out to meet some kids his age and then we're going to a movie. Elena's a special girl and she's been through a lot Damon. I know you're a good kid even though most people think you're a dick. Just talk to her so at least when school starts in a month she'll have one friend. But promise me something okay?"

"You want me to get to know Elena so she has a friend? That's...bad parenting right? Setting up who her friends are..." He gives me this no nonsense look so I shrug it off. "Fine. What do you need me to promise?"

He looks back towards the door where Jenna is now standing with Elena and a guy who looks just about 3 years younger than me before he turns back to me. "Don't hurt her. I know that you will love her, don't hurt her." He doesn't wait for a reply before he walks to the door and kisses Elena's forehead and closes the door behind him.

Did he seriously just tell me I'd fall in love with this girl I don't even know? I'm Damon freaking Salvatore, I don't fall in love. I stand there for a few more seconds before I start to walk towards the door. "Well. It was nice to meet you Elena but I think I'll head out." It was clear before that she didn't want to be left alone with a guy she didn't know. I didn't hear what she told Ric but she didn't sound happy. I got to the porch steps before I heard her voice again.

"Wait, Damon. I can't eat a whole pizza myself."

I turn around and stare at the gorgeous creature in front of me. "You want me to stay?"

She smirks. "What's better than a free pizza with a mysterious stranger?"

I smirk back. "Absolutely nothing."

-1 month later-

"No I'm not going to school Lena." I called out to her through the door. My parents were already gone for work and Stefan had left with Katherine earlier, most likely for a quickie before school.

"Come on Damon. They're just glasses. It's not that bad."

I open the door and come face to face with my girlfriend. "Not that bad. I dropped my last pair of contacts down the sink and I can't get new ones until after school. I'm sorry but I'm skipping today." There was no way in hell I was going to school without my contacts. No one; well besides her, Stefan, and Katherine; knew I wore glasses. I was determined to keep it that way.

"You're going to leave me all alone in a new school?" She looked away as she walked past me to sit on my bed.

I shook my head and followed her. I knelt down in front of her and placed my hands on her knees. "You won't be alone. You'll have Stef and Kat." She looks up at me and I swear that look should be illegal. Damn saying no to her is like telling a puppy you don't love it, impossible. I sigh and grab my bag from my bed. "Lets go. We'll be late if we don't leave now. But...if anyone comments on my glasses I might need you to make me feel better."

She smiles and throws her arms around my neck. "I will definitely make you feel better."

I put my arm around her waist as we walk downstairs to my car. Ever since that one night we ate pizza we've been inseparable. Today was the first day of school and I knew Elena would be just fine. Kat was going to introduce her to the cheerleaders today and her first practice would be today after school. I parked my car next to Stefan's and as predicted Kat was there to whisk my girlfriend away from me.

"Elena! You have to meet everyone! Come on!" Kat looped her arm through Elena's and pulled her away from me. 'I love you.' She mouthed the words and I mouthed them back.

Stefan threw his arms around me and walked me into the school behind them. "Your senior year big brother. I have a feeling big things are going to happen to you this year. Starting with Elena Gilbert."

I smiled and followed after him. I had no idea just how many things my senior year held for me. The school year started to fly by. Elena and I were always together and we were the talk of the school. Damon Salvatore, the number one football player and school man whore, now had a steady girlfriend. Elena Gilbert, hot new cheerleader and Coach Saltzman's niece, who was dating Damon Salvatore. Football was going great and we were already planning out what colleges we could go to together. We had almost every class together. Elena was adjusting to being in a new school like a pro, and Jeremy had even found himself a girlfriend who was quickly becoming a best friend to Elena, Bonnie Bennett.

Little did I know that after a month and a half of school our lives we going to change already.

-1 ½ months later- (they've been dating 2 ½ months)

I climbed in her window and saw her pacing back and forth. It had been a month and a half since Elena and I both made the decision to show each other how much we loved each other. I never thought it would lead us to this morning. "Are you sure Elena?"

She gives me this 'are you serious' look. "Yes Damon, I'm sure. I'm late. The test is there." She points towards her desk and I walk over to it. "It takes 3 minutes. I just took it so we have to wait."

I nod. Luckily it was 6am and no one else was awake in her house yet. I took her in my arms and held her. I told her everything would be okay and she just nodded her head.

"It's been 3 minutes. I'll look at it." She gets up and leaves me sitting on her bed.

I look down at my class ring and can't help but think about the last couple of months. I never expected to meet Elena but that night we shared a pizza changed everything. I was never the boyfriend type but with Elena, I wanted to be better for her. I wanted to be someone who deserved to be her boyfriend. We got close that night. She was born in Mystic Falls but raised in Atlanta. She loves to write and she wants to be a journalist. She loves her little brother and she moved back to Mystic Falls after her parents died in a car accident. Her favorite food is sweet and sour chicken and her favorite movie is A Walk To Remember. She steals the covers when she sleeps, and she makes the cutest sounds when she dreams. After that night we sent text messages back and forth to each other every night and when we weren't on the phone with each other we were actually with each other. My parents liked her (or so I thought). Jenna and Ric liked me. Every time I touched her it was like electricity was going through me. I'd never felt like this about anyone before and I knew I never would again. I was completely and irrevocably in love with Elena Gilbert. I wanted a family with her, no matter when that family came along I knew I wanted that. I'd had dreams about it before this morning. I wanted her, forever. I took off my class ring and took a deep breath.

"Elena wait." She turns around before she picks up the test. "Come here. I need to tell you something before you look at that test okay?"

"What is it Damon? You look like you're sick. You're pale." She cups my face and I smile and lean into her hands.

I grab her hands and place them at her sides while keeping her left one in my hands. "I love you Elena. I know that we've been dating for 2 ½ months, hell we've known each other that long, but I know that I love you. I've never felt this way before and I know I won't feel it with anyone but you. You're special, and warm, and pure, and honestly I don't see what I did to deserve you. I know we are 17 but for me 17, 27, 77, 107...I'd still feel the same way at any of those ages that I do now. I...I want to do this before you look at the test because I don't want your answer to be based on that okay?" She nods and I see the gears clicking her head. She's smart and I'd bet my Camaro that she knows what's coming. I get on one knee with my class ring in my hand. "I promise I will buy you the best wedding ring but this is all I have right now. I want a future with you Elena, I always have and always will. I want a family with you...kids, marriage, dog, the whole 9 yards. Will you marry me?"

I wait there, for how long I'm not quite sure. She never looks away from my eyes and it makes me happy. She's not considering this because of that test on her desk, she's considering it because I'm offering her me out of my love for her not obligation. "Yes." I hear the word and I slip the ring on her finger first then I pick her up and spin her around as my lips find hers for a tender, loving kiss.

I frown momentarily. "It's too big. Sorry." She smiles and grabs some scotch tape off her desk and tears some off to wrap around the bottom of the ring, when she slips it back on her finger it fits. "You're amazing. I never would have thought of that. Now to the elephant my love, shall we look?"

She nods and I watch her pick it up. She looks at it, then the box, then it, and then at me. "Two lines." I look over her shoulder at the picture on the box. One line means not pregnant, two lines means... "I'm pregnant Damon."

I turn her around and shake my head. "No. WE are pregnant Elena."

After talking to Elena for about an hour I decide to go home and get my parents and Stefan and come back to her house. We don't know how far along she is exactly but we do know that we should probably tell our families now. My dad was not too happy when I told him that we had to go to Elena's to talk and that Stefan and I would miss school but he came anyways. I could see my mom was worried and she kept looking at me like she knew what was coming. Stefan was silent, he hadn't said a word since I told him we were missing school to talk with Elena's family. When we got there I knocked on the door and Jeremy led us to the living room where he sat in the recliner. Jenna and Ric were on the love seat; while Stefan, my mom, and my dad were on the couch. I walked and joined Elena in front of the fireplace and felt her nervousness. Everyone was staring at us and suddenly I felt like I was about to pull a pin out of a grenade and everything would blow up. Elena squeezed my hand and we both took a deep breath.

"We're getting married." We both say it at the same time. I look at the people in the room and think to myself, the pin has been pulled and now the grenade is blowing up.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN MARRIED DAMON!" That was my father. He stood up and I could see the anger in his face.

Jeremy and Stefan were still silent but they came and stood next to Elena and I, they were showing they were on our side no matter what our reasons were.

"Elena married at 17?" That was Ric. It was like a question and a statement at one time. I don't think he really objected though I had no idea why, he was her Uncle. He should be pissed.

"Damon are you sure you want to do this?" I look at my mom and nod my head.

"Wait. Elena, I'm your aunt and I know you. There is more. Tell me now." I watch as Elena meets Jenna's eyes and she shrinks into my side. My father looks from Jenna to Elena to me to the boys behind us and then he steps towards Elena. I move myself to stand in front of her.

"Jenna please." Elena is still looking at her aunt but Jenna gives her this stern look that says she's not messing around. "I'm pregnant."

So many things happen at once. Jenna falls back into Ric's arms with what looks like acceptance and happiness on her face, my mom sits back on the couch in utter shock, Jeremy grabs Elena and puts her behind him and Stefan plants himself in front of Jeremy while I push my father back towards the couch when he took one more step towards Elena.

"YOU LYING LITTLE GIRL! MY SON WOULD NOT GET ANYONE PREGNANT!"

"IT'S NOT HER FAULT DAD! It wasn't meant to happen but I did! It's my baby and I damn sure will be there for the baby and Elena." For the next 5 minutes my dad and I forget that there are other people in the room.

"What about school Damon? You can't go to school and raise a child. Colleges won't offer you that football scholarship with a wife and baby. The NFL won't want someone who wasn't number 1 in high school and college. What will you do Damon?"

I scoff. "What if I don't want to play football? The NFL is YOUR dream dad. What if I want to be a lawyer, a doctor, make my own business, maybe be a veterinarian. But get this right now, I will finish high school and so will Elena. We will graduate and we will raise our child and we will do it TOGETHER!"

"So that's your choice? Her?" The way he says her makes me want to strangle him. He's talking about Elena like she's gum on the bottom of his fucking shoe. Bastard.

"I love Elena." Every word is spoken with unwavering resolve and truth.

My dad doesn't hesitate in his next statement. "Then pack your shit and get out of my house. You are not my son anymore. That girl ruined you Damon. Abigail, Stefan we are leaving." I stare at him as he turns to walk out of the house with my mom right behind him, she doesn't even look at me. Stefan doesn't move. My dad pauses and looks at him. "Stefan we are leaving. NOW!" I turn around and place my hands on Stefan's shoulders.

"Go Stef. I'll see you at home when I come for my stuff. We'll talk later but you need to go with him okay?" I will protect my brother as I always have, and right now that means he needs to go with our dad.

He nods once. "Congratulations big brother." He smiles and hugs Elena before he follows my father out the door.

The next moment Elena is in my arms and Jeremy is sitting down on the recliner with his head in his hands. I lead Elena over to the couch and notice that Jenna hasn't taken her eyes off the front door. She looks pissed.

"Damon. Where will you stay?" She turns to me when she asks the question and Elena looks at her with shock in her eyes.

I shake my head. "I guess I'll call around and see if I can bunk with Matt or Tyler until I can get some money for a hotel."

She gets up and sits on the coffee table across from Elena and I. "I know you both are smart and that you both have some strong bond between the two of you. Do I wish you would have waited to have kids, yeah but dammit I can't be the pot that calls the kettle black. I was there just like Jeremy when Miranda told our parents she was pregnant at your age. I watched them do what Giuseppe did to Damon and I can't do that. My sister had to live in a hotel with Grayson because he left his home because his parents didn't have room for Miranda and a baby. We have room here. Damon you can move in here. We will all help you both and if you want to get married before or after the baby it doesn't matter we will be there just the same. You still have family." She puts her arms around Elena and pulls back stroking her hair. "I'll let you two talk alone. Ric, Jeremy...kitchen!" They get up and follow her while Elena turns back to me.

No words need to be said. I can see it in her eyes that she's scared. After a few minutes we both walk into the kitchen to find out Jenna made us all breakfast. Ric and Jeremy congratulate us and offer to help me go pack up my stuff. After we eat the three of us leave while Elena goes to make room in her room for my stuff. We haven't decided on a wedding date yet but we definitely want it to be before the baby comes and before we graduate. My parents don't say a word as I start packing up my stuff. I only take what is important to me, I leave behind all my football trophies. I never wanted any of them anyway the only reason I played was because my dad wanted me to. I like to play it yeah but I don't want to do that for the rest of my life. We carry box after box out to the Camaro, Ric's SUV and Jeremy's audi. By the end of the day I'm all moved into Elena's room. We lay down in her bed that night and start to talk about dates.

"This is getting us no where Lena. Let's just put this on hold. How about we celebrate our new stage in our relationship?" I wiggle my eyebrows and roll over on top of her.

I capture her lips in mine and kiss her passionately. Our tongues are dancing and our bodies are already molding together as one. Her hands slowly grasp the bottom of my shirt and pull it over my head. I grab her shirt and throw it behind me and hear her giggle as it lands on the lamp. Our shorts are the next thing to go, she's left only in her little green thong that is such a fucking turn on. I kiss my way down her neck and take one of her pert little nipples in my mouth.

"2 weeks."

She moans the words and my hands stop roaming over her body and I pull my mouth away from her nipple. "What?"

She laughs and bites her bottom lip. "2 weeks. Our 3 month anniversary. That should be the date."

The wedding. She's talking about the wedding while I'm trying to make love to her. Yet I do love the idea she has. I smile back at her. "2 weeks it is. Now may we continue we do have school tomorrow love." She nods and I grab her nipple back as my hands pull her thong from her body. No other words are spoken between us as we make love to each other. We fall asleep and I can't help but think about how much our lives are going to change but I never knew to expect what I would soon encounter the next day.

We woke up the next morning and left for school with Jeremy. Stefan met us in the parking lot and we told Katherine about the baby and wedding, she was ecstatic but said she already knew. What the hell? How would she already know, our families were the only ones who knew and they wouldn't spread it around school? It was 1st period that I heard the whispers of what happened. April Fell had seen Elena at the drug store buying the test, one thing led to another and she figured it out. Everyone thought I was only marrying Elena because she trapped me into it. Some people said I was ruining my life and Elena's by letting her keep this child. By lunch I was fuming mad by everyone's assumptions and Elena was no where to be seen. I went in search for her and found her in the principals office with Jeremy who looked quite pissed. I walk in and nothing could have prepared me for what I heard.

"I'm going to get my Uncle because this is wrong on so many levels!" Jeremy stormed past me and I stared at his retreating figure for a second before placing my stare on the principal.

"What's going on?"

"Mr. Salvatore. I was just suggesting to Ms. Gilbert that maybe she would be more comfortable attending another school...more suited to her...needs."

I narrow my eyes and glance at Elena. Something tells me that what was said in here was not what was told to me. "I don't agree. I think Elena can get a good education right here."

"That's true but due to recent events, I think she would be more comfortable somewhere else."

I scoff and raise my eyebrows. "You mean because she's having MY baby?" I grab Elena's hand and pull her to stand next to me. "I go where she goes. I know for a fact YOU want a football team that can take you to state and WIN. The team can't do that without me, so if you send my WIFE away you send ME away with her. The fact that she is pregnant is hurting no one at this school except what you think people will think of your school. You know where she lives...we live...when you want to apologize to her for your rudeness come and do it. Goodbye." I turn on my heel and walk out with my hand still in Elena's. We walk to the car and I drive us to the house. I didn't really care about playing football anymore but I knew that the principal would want a winning season and I knew I was the best shot at that happening, the shallow bitch. Would anyone really care if Elena walked across that stage pregnant, probably not because she stayed in school when most girls would drop out.

"Damon maybe she was right. Maybe I should go to another school, she gave me brochures."

I take the brochures from Elena and tear them in two. "She's not right Elena. You are having a baby not planning a mass murder or something. You don't deserve to be kicked out of school for that. Plus it takes two to do the horizontal tango and I love doing it with you baby." I wink at her and wiggle my eyebrows. She slaps me on the arm but blushes at me. I love that blush.

There is a knock on the door and I answer it to find Principal McArthur on the other side. "I owe Ms. Gilbert an apology and I hope that both of you will forgive me and come back to school. Starting Monday." She apologizes to Elena and we both accept it. Jeremy comes home with Stefan and Katherine 15 minutes later and tells us what really happened to get the principal here.

"Okay you guys seriously have almost the whole school standing behind you guys. Honestly after lunch when people heard what happened half the school started boycotting. No one went to classes and some people..." He looks at Katherine and Stefan. "threatened to drop out or transfer to RICHMOND! Our rival school! McArthur was furious and...it will probably go down in history." Jeremy plops down in the recliner and starts laughing. "I only wish I had a camera so I could have recorded it."

I laugh. "Would have made good TV. I have good news though. Lena and I set a date, for the wedding." This brings Jenna in from the kitchen and all four of them are waiting anxiously for the date. "2 weeks from today. Friday September 27."

"What can I get for you?" The waitress was waiting to take our order at the cafe Katherine had suggested we eat at.

"2 burgers with fries and 2 cokes." I order without looking up, I'm once again staring at my phone willing her to answer.

I'm not good company anymore. Hell I haven't been out to eat anywhere for 6 months. I can feel Kat staring at me and I try to think of something to say, anything to make a conversation start, yet I come up empty. Kat is Elena's best friend, they formed a bond stronger than the one I had with Elena that summer. "You should hate me Kat." She has every right and honestly I hate myself.

She sighs and I look up to see her put her face in her hands. "I know I should Dammy but I...I just need to know why? You love her I know you do so why?"

Before I could answer a woman comes over to the table and places a beer on a coaster. "You look like you could use a beer and I have an extra. I'm Rose by the way."

I glance up at her. "Ok."

Her face falls. Suddenly Kat takes the beer from in front of me. "Thank you so much Rose. And I will be sure to like it when I drink it. By the way I'll be the one taking him home so you can go now." I turn to face Kat and her face holds the same fury I saw before I left Mystic Falls, when she had found out what I did.

"You're his girlfriend then?"

Kat smiles at the woman, Rose, and I know that smile. It's not a genuine smile. "No. I'm his wife's best friend and his babies Aunt." And on that note Rose walks away. "Hm, apparently babies and wives don't make you irresistible. Now do you want to tell me what happened months ago and why you were a complete DICK to my best friend aka your wife?"

I sigh and let my head fall and bang on to the table. At that moment my phone rings.

Three thirty in the morning, not a soul in sight.
The city's lookin like a ghost town on a moonless summer night.
Raindrops on the windshield, there's a storm movin in.
He's headin back from somewhere, that he never should have been.
And the thunder rolls.
And the thunder rolls.

"You put that as her ring tone?" She seems puzzled as I let the song play and it went to voicemail. I had missed a call from Elena because I had been relieving that moment that the song talked about. That was the exact scene from 6 months ago and it still hurt every damn day.

"God, Damon. You are still punishing yourself aren't you? You still love her and want to be her husband again don't you?" I don't answer her. I haven't been Elena's husband for 4 months now and it's killed me every day. I can't take off the ring even though something tells me she took it off a long time ago. I can't stop loving her even though Elena might not love me anymore, she has every reason not to love me. I'm not good for her. I hurt her. I did what Ric asked me not to do. I only look up when Kat sighs and grabs my hand across the table.

"She still loves you Damon." She touches my ring and I see the emotion in her eyes. "She still wears hers too you know. Papers are papers Damon but it's like the minister said 'Your love for each other is like the rings you give to each other. A perfect circle. Never ending.' I don't hate you but I do think it's time that both you and Lena stop being stubborn ass's and talk to each other about what you really want."

"She won't forgive me Kat. I can't even forgive myself. I have to go listen to her voice mail. I'll be right back." I don't wait for her reply.

I get up and walk outside and press the 1 and call my voice mail. I enter the password and listen to her message.

I got your text. I'll send Kaylee with Stefan for thanksgiving. I hope you're settling in at school alright. I...I...she sighs...I need to go help Jeremy and Kaylee finish cleaning up from dinner. I'll talk to you later Snuggles.

I save the message and press the end button. I didn't want Kaylee to come here for thanksgiving, I wanted to go there. I want Elena to be there for thanksgiving too. I can't do this every other weekend and every other holiday shit no matter what the papers say. I love Elena and I love Kaylee. It doesn't hit me that she said snuggles before she hung up. She used the nickname she gave me that summer we met, she hasn't used that since our senior year. "Kat. She called me Snuggles."

I hear her chuckle. "Maybe that circle crap is right after all. Don't give up hope yet Dammy. Elena's still there, you just have to work a little harder to win back her heart than before."

I nod and we eat our dinner. Kat's right. Before it was life changing and easy for both Elena and I to give our hearts to each other, we both needed them protected and loved. I had broken hers and in turn broken mine. We aren't those carefree 17 year olds who shared a pizza with a stranger, we were 20 year olds who knew exactly how it felt to have your heart ripped from your chest. We both had walls that we built up to ensure it never happened again.

Now I just have to prove to Elena that I can be that guy again. I need to love her and show her that I'm willing to do whatever it takes to get her back, even if it means going to a college that is thousands of miles away from the two girls I love the most. "I'll get her back Kat. I love her. I'll make it right."

"I know."

I smile and take a fry from her plate and that starts the food swiping war. I should have noticed Kat's smile that would have told me that thousands of miles away someone else would be having a conversation much like the one I just had. I didn't notice it though.