"I can't do this!" sighed Elena as she layed on her bed next to Damon, "I'm sick of trying to save Stefan; he obviously doesn't want to be saved. I can't even remember why I was doing this in the first place, he obviously doesn't love me." with another sigh she turns and looks at Damons surprised expression.

"Elena," he said as his blue eyes watered, "Stefan loved you, and he will again once we free him from Klaus." he explained as a sad expression came upon his face.

Elena smiled a little. "Damon, I just can't do this. I don't even love him anymore." She sniffled as tears ran down her cheek, and smiles a little as Damon wipes her tears away and layed back more, making her rest her head on his chest while he started stroking her hair.

Damon with so many emotions running through him, mainly shock though managed to get words out. "Why are you doing this then? If you don't love him, why are you trying to save him?" he waited quietly for a reply while comforting Elena in his arms.

Elena took her head of his chest and looked at his deep and saddened blue eyes. "Because this is my fault, all of it! I wish Klaus would've just killed me, but everyone was so determined to keep me alive."

Damon was shocked; he couldn't believe Elena would think such things. As he saw Elena rest her head on his chest he whispered in her ear, "because I can't live without you Elena, and if anyone's to blame, it's me, he did it to save me." He smiled his all-popular smirk as he heard her heart race and shivers go down her spine.

After about a minute, waiting for a reply but not receiving one he moved his body to look at Elena, and found out she was asleep. He stroked her face and sighed, saying, "God I wish you knew. I love you." and rested his body again watching her sleep.

Elena didn't know what to do, she loved him, and he loved her. I wonder if he knew I wasn't asleep and heard him at his weakest time would he admit it? No of course he wouldn't, it's Damon. After lying with her eyes shut for what seemed a life-time she opened them and noticed something. He was gone.

She sat up in her bed and felt dizzy all of a sudden and looked at the clock. It was 5:30am, she swore she didn't fall asleep, it felt all so real, but maybe she did, maybe it was a dream. Damon has started to really mess with her mind.

Elena wanted answers. She was determined to tell Damon how she felt, now but then she looked at her pyjamas; she'd need a shower first.

Once she got out of the shower she saw something in her room that made her heart skip a beat. Damon.

Damon smirked at her reaction of his presence. "Are you ok? Did you have a bad dream, or was it a good dream, so good you were saddened when you realised it was a dream?" he winked at Elena. Great she thought, he made her dream all of what she thought was real. Elena sighed, "Look Damon, stop messing with my head!" she sat on her bed frustratingly. "Elena," Damon said softly, "the dream, I made you dream, yes, but what I said and did in the dream is how I feel." he sighed and sat next to Elena on the bed.

"What?" Elena said, really confused.

"Oh my god Elena, do I need to spell it out for you?" he smirked, and then sighed, taking a deep breath, "I love you!"

Elena giggled as he frowned. "I know," she said smiling at him, "I just wanted to hear you say it. Damon Salvatore, I love you as well, I always have, and I'm sorry it took me so long to admit it."

Damon was shocked, he couldn't believe, Elena loved him. After all this time, someone loved him. His face glowed of happiness, Elena could tell and wrapped her arms around him for the first time and melted her lips into his. Not ever wanting this moment to end.