Damon was sat thinking about what had happened the night before. He had had sex in the past, but with Elena, this was different. He actually made love. Where Katherine had been a white kitten, Elena was a snow-white tigress, and he loved it. Her love was so pure and it felt like home, which in his 148 years of existence, he had never experienced before. He didn't need to be questioned about his feelings for this girl, he loved her. Yes, she was the girl he loved for 145 years' doppelganger, but he wasn't like Stefan, falling for her because she was like her, and dumping her like an old toy when Katherine returned; Damon loved her for being the clumsy, popular, beautiful, human Elena Gilbert. Nothing more, nothing less. Damon's thoughts were interrupted as the shower stopped, within five minutes, Elena returned from the en-suite in his button down top she had ripped off of him last night and some fresh underwear she kept in his draw. Damon stared in awe and wonder, he would never see anything as beautiful in his entire life, and wouldn't have too after Elena finishes college.

"So I was thinking about what you were saying when I was in the shower" Elena said whilst brushing her long, mahogany hair. "Why wait until college, I'm going to be older than you when I turn!" Damon snorted loudly, receiving a confused look off Elena.

"Princess, I am 148, you are 130 years my junior. No matter what you do, I have and always will be older than you!" Elena sighed.

"Yeah, but I will be 21 when I finish my journalism degree and well, you were turned at 18, so I will look so old" she looked down. "Besides, if I was a vampire now, I could compel the big newspapers to give me a good job with lots of money without needing to go on some stupid course! More time with you and no time wasted on college". She was set and Damon didn't want to change that, but he wanted her to live her life normally, well, try at least.

"Lena, you have an eternity of time to waste. You will pick up valuable techniques and skills, plus you will have so much fun. I will follow you wherever and you know that. We can buy an apartment together in New York, you can go to school, I can… be me, and then, I will turn you myself and we can live happily ever after" he smirked at her and she knew she was defeated.

"You don't understand, right now, I want to be a vampire. I want to be with you for eternity and I want it now. Selfish or not, I've never been so sure of anything. Yeah, we can't have our own children, but we will be happy. We have each other, we have our supernatural friends and family that mean so much to us, and I'm just sorry for wanting something so bad that I-" She couldn't finish as she started crying. Her whole life plan would change for Damon, but she didn't care. The life she could've had would be impossible, but all she wanted was to be with Damon forever.

"Okay" Damon mumbled into her hair, whilst calming her down from her mini-breakdown.

"Okay? What do you mean 'okay?'" she looked up, a smile playing on her lips.

"I will turn you soon if you do one thing for me" Elena steadied herself for what was coming, she was expecting to have to leave Mystic Falls, or compel Jeremey away, but she didn't in her wildest dreams expect this.

"Marry me."