A/N: Heyy Guys *Sheepish Wave* This is my first fanfic and I hope it turns out alright! I hope to do at least 20 chapters for this story and I hope you like it! Any ideas or comments , critical or other :D are very welcome!

* I do NOT own The Vampire Diaries ( No matter how much I wish I did! ) I do NOT own the characters ( If I did Elena and Damon would have been together long before now!) I also have NO influence or power over the actors/actresses ( If I did Ian would be shirtless all the time! )

To those that have already read this chapter , I have only just read through it again and realised how many mistakes were in it! So I have replaced it , Chapter 2 will be up later today! :)

She felt the world blur out of focus as more tears welled up in her eyes, how could they have let this happen. She sat next to Damon on the bed as his breaths were getting shorter and shorter. He'd been bitten by a werewolf and as all vampires knew it was fatal; without a cure they'd all found that out during Rose's experience. Damon lay on the bed covered in sweat and his face had gone deadly pale. He lay on his bed waiting for the end to come next to Elena. "Elena" he thought to himself. He loved her so much and had decided that if he was going to die he was a lot happier knowing that she would be there until the very end. Well as happy as you could be, knowing you were about to die.

"This is even more pitiful than I thought" he murmured, lying in her arms.

"There's still hope Damon" she said quietly. He gasped in pain as he reached over and gently held her hand.

"I've made a lot of choices in life that have gotten me here. I deserve this. I deserve to die" He mumbled

"No!" She said shaking her head and lying down beside him

"I do, Elena. It's ok, because if I had chosen any differently I would never have met you" He looked at me with his feelings for me clearly written all over his face. "I'm sorry; I've done so many things to hurt you"

"It's ok, I forgive you"

"I know you love Stefan and that it will always be Stefan" He whispered.

She felt her heart sink; "if only I could tell him the truth that he means so much more to me than Stefan ever did and seeing him like this is killing me but if I tell Damon how I really felt then I would be opening herself up for more hurt if I even think of the life I could have with Damon if he hadn't ended up in this situation." She thought to herself. It was then that she promised to herself that if by some miracle Damon pulled through this she would certainly not hold back in telling him how much he meant to her and that she would leave Stefan in a second if he genuinely wanted to be with her.

"Elena I love you, you should know that "he said quietly. Elena began to fall apart letting a few tears slide down her face.

"I doknow" She said voice breaking as she tried desperately not to start crying.

"You should have met me in 1864 you would have liked me" he said smiling.

"I like you now "She said, and that's when it hit her she could really lose Damon, forever. It was really now or never.

"Actually Damon. I don't just like you. I love you now in this century just the way you are" She said. She cupped his hot, pale face in her hands and gently pressed her lips against his. She slowly pulled away and gave him a small smile, she saw the corners of his mouth twitch upwards slightly but he seemed too weak to even smile. She leant her head against his chest and cried softly.

"Thank you Elena, even if you didn't mean it. Thank you" He barely even whispered.

" I do mean it , and your welcome" She smiled even though she had tears pouring down her face.

"Well it's me you should be thanking, I mean i'm the one that tricked Klaus into telling me the antidote and even though Stefan made a deal with him to actually get the antidote it's still all really because of me. So you're welcome." We heard a familiar voice say. Elena stood up to see Katherine standing there she threw a little glass bottle at her which she caught easily and then Katherine ran off. She turned to Damon who had his eyes shut and looked completely lifeless

"Damon?" She said. When he didn't reply she shook him softly and said a little louder "Damon?" when he still didn't reply She began to panic "Was it too late?!" She thought to herself. Just then his eyes flickered slightly and she felt relief wash over her "Dear God Damon you frightened the hell out of me!" She growled. She tipped the content of the bottle into his mouth quickly and then threw it behind her not caring if it smashed or not. "So, how do you feel? Are you feeling any better? Is it not working?!" She babbled praying that the antidote would work.

"Calm down Elena" He laughed sitting up easily. She threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly.

"I thought I'd lost you" she whispered

"Nah, it'll take much more than a fatal wolf bite to get rid of me "He laughed weakly and even though it wasn't that funny she began to giggle. He grinned, but then became serious "Anyway you better get back to Stefan he'll be missing you" He said with an odd tone in his voice and that's when she realised; he thought she was lying to him about loving him. He thought she had only said it because he was dying.

"Damon-" she began to tell him that she really meant it when he cut her off.

"Elena, no. You just said it because I was dying. I KNOWyou didn't mean it because you LOVE Stefan"

"Not nearly as much as I love youDamon. I mean that really I do. I haven't told you because I don't want to be the reason that you and Stefan argue"

"That's bull Elena and you know it, If you LOVE me so much then why are you still with St Stefan?!"

"I was going to break up with him but then I found out that the night my parents car drove off wickery bridge Stefan was the one that pulled me out of the car and took me to the hospital. He saved my life Damon and ever since then I have this feeling that I can't leave him because he's the reason I'm standing here right now. But I'm tired of being with someone I don't truly love because as amazing as Stefan is he's SOpredictable and safe and there's just no passion there. You on the other hand are so unpredictable I never have any idea what you're going to do next and it's exciting. You push me and make me determined to do things that Stefan would have advised me against and that's why I love you, because you're so good for me. I LOVE YOU DAMON!"

"And when were you planning to tell ME that Elena?!" A steely voice said. She spun around to see Stefan stood in the doorway with his arms crossed with a furious look on his face.

"Stefan-" Elena began to say.

"Shut up Elena , I think you've said enough!" He yelled. The next thing Elena saw was a blur as Stefan ran over to Damon and slammed him against the stone wall , his hands around Damon's throat.

"I'm going to destroy you Damon" He growled.