A/N: Okay guys here's how this is gonna go; I'm starting this up at the end of season 2 episode 7 where Katherine gets thrown into the tomb. But here is my twist, because I don't want to write the same thing everyone's going to be watching every Thursday night on CWTV this is what I'm doing.

We are going to retract Elijah's involvement in the show so far. So that I'm swinging this like Katherine had her 'Plan C' in case something had gone wrong at the party. She had it set up so that some vampire lackeys of hers would kidnap Elena so she could bargain her for the stone.

This may be a little rocky starting up but I promise it will be worth it for you Delena fans. I'm going to keep true to the characters as best I can which I'm normally very good at ^-^ mainly making sure Damon doesn't go OOC. So just work with me few the first couple of chapters and as always PLEASE give me your feedback it's how I know what I need to improve.

~Prologue~

I waited outside the tomb entrance for Katherine to come to I wanted to see her face when she realized what we had done. I moved to face her as she stumbled to the barrier of the tomb a grimace on her face a satisfied smirk on mine.

"Hello Katherine."

"Where am i?" She spat leaning against the stone wall.

"Where you should have been all along." I retorted. " I thought you would have learned your lesson by now, messing with a Bennett witch."

She stood and glared up at me. "You should have killed me."

My jaw clenched my eyes narrowed. No why should she get the easy way out, after all she had put me through after what she had done to Elena- No. "Death would have been to kind."

As I went to close the tomb door all I could hear was her meaningless pleading. 'no Damon please don't- blah like that was really going to work.'

"Damon you can't do this, if you do you will never see Elena again." She said not quite cocky but with a slight sharpness to her tongue.

I peeked my head around the tomb door. "And why is that?" I said I was way passed playing 'let's make a deal'

"Come on Damon don't you think I would have a plan C in case things didn't go right tonight?" Katherine crossed her arms and leaned again against the wall.

"What are you talking about?"

"Let me out, and I'll take you to her." Her voice anxious.

"How about you tell me now and I might send you a cheerleader down here so you don't desiccate." I spat at her, going after Elena was not going to get her out of here.

"That's not how this works Damon; let me go or no deal. They will kill her."

"The only way you're leaving this tomb is with a stake through your heart."- Not saying she has one. "This is all probably just another one of you lies. You always lie Katherine." And with that I started to close the door.

"Wait- wait! I'm not lying Damon please-"

"Goodbye Katherine."

"She's at empty estate fifteen minutes from my hotel! - If you don't believe me, let me out of here I can take you to her! - Please don't leave me in here Damon!"

I closed the tomb and faltered only for a moment, a small part of me the tiniest part of me still felt something for Katherine. Not love- not even close, just something.

"You need me Damon! – Don't leave me here!"…

It didn't take long for me and Stefan to establish Katherine hadn't been lying and even less time after to find the hideout of the kidnappers with the help of the Bennett witch Bonnie. We blazed in there like something out of a fantasy novel. We were the knights coming to rescue the damsel in distress, only minus the horses… And the armor…. And the swords…. Okay and the catchy 'here to save the girl lines.' Well, all that and normally its only one knight that's comes to the rescue – unless she is like some freaking queen and is dressed in a diamond dress with the deeds to the land stuck down her corset- anyways so there we were.

'da da da da daa - da da da da daa - da da da daa'

It was over so fast we had taken out all four of them, young male vampires probably only a few months old. They had swarmed us at the door.

I looked up at the stairs in time to see Elena tired and her wounds were bleeding, but she looked down at me and her eyes lit up and she grinned. My chest tightened briefly before Stefan came into my eyesight and I knew then what had happened…

I watched them the damsel and her knight and choosing now was one of those moments it was good to choose not to feel.

Taking a short trip around the house to where they had kept her captive I found her necklace wedge in the old wood flooring of the house. 'they must have taken this off her to try and find out what Katherine wanted with her.' I mused slipping it into my pocket.

~Elena~

I almost fell over with relief when they got me back to Damon's car, because Damon's car meant he was driving which meant he was speeding and that in probably a hour I could be home in my shower forgetting today ever happened. I laid down taking up most of the back seat while the boys rode up front. I had the beginnings of a killer headache and I searched the floor for a bottle or a can of something to drink. "Hey Damon do you have anything to drink in this car?" I groaned laying on my back in the seat my arm covering my eyes.

"Why yes Elena, there happens to be a cooler in the trunk packed full with blood bags." He said in his usual sarcasm. " Look check Alaric's bag he might have some water or something in there. I found some candy bars in the thing, it's like a black hole in there."

"Yea, there's probably something in there." I mumbled and fished around until I found a small six ounce plastic bottle of water. 'sure enough, just what I needed.' I mused drinking it all like a withered plant. Cotton mouth has this neat way of making the best things taste like crap and on top of that I had the pleasant taste of blood mixed into it where I cut the inside of my mouth on my tooth when one of my kidnappers had hit me.

All and all it didn't help much anyways my head still throbbed and I concluded only my shower would fix it. That and lots of sleep.

When they got me home I said goodnight to both brothers and went straight to the shower after calming a mildly hysterical Bonnie and hugging Jeremy. I don't know how long I stayed in there I got out after the water ran cold. I dressed and brushed my teeth before heading into my room.

"Cute Pj's." Damon said sitting at the bench beneath my window. I wasn't in the moved for his antics not now, not tonight. I just couldn't take anymore.

"I'm tired Damon." I said shifting on my feet as he walked up to me.

"I brought you this-" He said holding out my necklace in between us. I was shocked when I saw it.

"I thought that was gone… Thank you."

I waited for him to give it back and when he didn't I started to get nervous. "Please give it back." I said sternly.

He lowered his hand and stepped closer to me. " I just have to say something." He said and I took a few steps back as he kept coming closer.

"Why do you have to say it with my necklace?" I retorted, not even trying to hide the worried look on my face.

Damon paused and seemed like he was tripping on the words at the tip of his tongue. But when he spoke I could tell instantly that this was important to him. "Because what I'm about to say… Is probably the most selfish thing I've ever said in my life."

I shook my head knowing where he was taking this. " Damon don't go there." But he was already on his path and there was no taking him off it.

"Look i just have to say this once, you just need to hear it." He walked closer to me and I stood there unsure of what to do. When he was standing only inches from my face he just stared at me, I couldn't help feeling… feeling mixed up about what I knew was about to happen.

Damon's blue eyes searched mine and then it happened…

"Elena, I love you.-" Starring up at him I couldn't help my breath hitch at how he could just say it Damon never opened up to anyone- Damon choose not to feel…

"And its because I love you… that I can't be selfish with you" I saw how hard this was for him to say and as he spoke I felt mesmerized by his words and his gaze and just this side of him.

"It's why you can't know this. I don't deserve you, but my bother does." I searched his eyes, my heart racing my stomach flipping my mind numb with so many questions. My eyes stung back tears but I didn't know why.

Damon leaned in and pressed his soft lips to my forehead making me let out a shaky breath I forgot I was holding. 'he is going to make me forget.' And as the thought surged through my mind, my chest panged 'I don't want to forget this, I don't want to forget that this Damon exists.' I was so unsure of it all but I wanted the right to be able to sit and wonder what all this meant later.

"God, I wish you didn't have to forget this.-"

It was this moment where I did something I couldn't explain why even to myself. Weather it was because of his words, or the look in his eyes, or because I wanted to.

I stood up on my tip toes enough to grab his face gently guiding his lips to mine, shutting my eyes I felt two streaks go down my cheeks. I knew I wouldn't remember this but I somehow felt content knowing he would. The kiss was simple, soft, and before either of us knew it, it was gone and he looked at me and thumbed the wetness from the side of my face and I knew this was it he was gonna compel me to forget.

A lone tear slipped down his face as he told me to forget he was ever here tonight. As he stopped talking I closed my eyes and sighed, only to open them and realize he was gone…

My necklace was on…

But my memories were intact.

I still remembered…

I walked backwards uneasily to my bed my knees bending as the edge of the bed hit them. 'How did I remember?- Why did I kiss Damon? – What should I do, do I tell Damon- do I tell Stefan? – are me and Stefan going to get back together now? – Why did I kiss Damon? – Why did he say those things? – If he wasn't going to let me remember why kiss my forehead? – Why was he so gentle so kind so not Damon?-' I screamed my frustration into my pillow.

I think my brain was experiencing an overload, curling around my pillow I decided this whole event was best left to be hashed out tomorrow over lots and lots of coffee…

A/N: So guys, what do you think? Please give me your thoughts and let me know! I'll post Q.A's at the start of the next Chapter so hurry hurry! Faster you R.R the faster I post :P well most times lol.

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Until Next time,

Nei ^_^