A/N This is my version of what takes place after episode 8. Hope you like it. Reviews and comments are greatly appreciated.

Disclamer: I own nothing.

Elena sat in front of her mirror combing her hair. She was tired and the bed reflecting in the mirror looked extra comfortable. Putting her brush down, she noticed movement from the corner of her eye. Knowing it would be Stefan she let out a slight sigh, as much as she loved him there wasn't enough strength in her body to deal with him tonight. Turning around to face him she was surprised to see Damon making himself quite comfortable on her bed. Rolling her eyes she turned back towards the mirror and picked up her brush.

"Is knocking a habit unknown to vampires?" her voice reflected the annoyance she felt towards him

"Do you make Stefan knock?" he was in a playful mood

"That's different" she shot back

"Oh come on Elena" he stood up from the bed "You know you're happy to see me"

"I'm happy to see you leave" her annoyance hasn't diminished

He walked up to her standing behind her chair. She looked up at his reflection in the mirror her eyes gave no indication that she wanted him near her. He smiled seeing her getting worked up over him being close to her. He gently moved her hair away from her shoulder exposing her neck.

"Damon what are you doing?" she demanded to know

"You can't deny your feelings Elena" she leaned in closer to her neck

"Damon don't" she warned him

He kissed her neck lightly sending a shudder through her body

"No" she was pleading with him "I love Stefan"

"Then why aren't you fighting this" she smiled and kissed her neck again.

In her head she knew she had to resist him, but his kiss felt too good to stop. Taking a full advantage of her confusion Damon moved up her neck towards her lips. She didn't fight him. Turning her head slightly towards him he stopped barely an inch away from her lips. She could feel his cold breath her body was on fire from having his so close to her.

"This is what you really want" he whispered and his lips touched hers.

Passion overtook her as his lips melted into hers. She didn't fight him nor did she want to. Their kiss held more passion then anything she ever experienced with Stefan. He wasted little time on foreplay as he grabbed her out of the chair and carried her towards the bed, his lips never left hers. Laying her down on the bed he took off his shirt revealing his muscular body. She smiled breathing heavily, her body craved him.

"Tell me" his eyes were intense

"What?" her breath was heavy she wanted him to be near her

"You know what I want to hear" he purposely stayed away from her making her yearn for him

Her heart was racing at a million miles per second, she prompted herself up on the bed placing her hand on Damon's face and pulling him towards her "It's you Damon. You're the one I want" she pulled him in for a passionate kiss as a wave of ecstasy hit her.

The sound of an alarm clock awoke Elena from a deep sleep. She sat up on the bed her heart was beating at an accelerated rate. It took her a few minutes to differentiate reality from the dream. She had to look around a few times to make sure that Damon wasn't really there.

"It's just a dream" she reassured herself

A knock at the door shifter her attention.

"Come in"

Jenna peeked into her room "Just want to make sure you were up" she smiled at her "Breakfast will be ready in five"

Elena nodded and Jenna closed the door behind her.

Elena barely remembered getting dressed, breakfast or the conversation she has with Jenna and Jeremy as they drove to school. Walking down the crowded hallway her thoughts kept drifting to the dream she had. Her efforts to think of other things failed as the image of Damon shirtless kept popping into her head. Almost on constant replay she kept seeing Damon kiss her over and over. Her head was spinning with all the dreams she ever had about Stefan none were ever that vivid.

"Hey" as always Stefan appeared out of nowhere

"Hi" Elena purposefully was looking ahead to avoid any eyes contact

"You OK? You seem a bit flustered"

"I'm fine" she couldn't even face Stefan it was as if she had cheated on him

"Can we talk?" he was genuinely concerned

"I have class Stefan" she hated being cold to him, but if they were to stay apart she had to be and plus her mind was already drifting back towards the dream she had.

"During lunch then?" he wasn't pleased with her being so distant

"No" she stopped and faced him "Stefan I can't"

"You necklace?" his eyes stared at it

Her hand covered it "I found it this morning"

"Where?" he didn't like someone else being in her room knowing fully well that she lost when she was kidnapped

"It was on my neck when I woke up" she didn't care to explain it further.

"Damon?"

The mere mention of Damon made her feel guilty again "Stefan I have to go" she turned away from him and briskly walked down the hallway.

The events of the day were pretty blurry her thoughts were only occupied with Damon. The words "It's you Damon. You're the one I want" kept replaying in her head over and over. No matter how hard she tried to brush it off as just a dream, the images and all that was said kept hunting her. Was there some truth to that dream? she kept wondering. Of course not, it was just a dream she tried to comfort herself I love Stefan

"Ms. Gilbert?" the voice of her science teacher snapped her out of the daydream "Were you planning on joining us today?"

She looked around as the whole class including Caroline was staring at her. Flustered by the unwanted attention she smiled "I'm sorry"

"Please see me after class" his voice was stern.

She nodded and he went back to the lesson.

The bell couldn't have rung fast enough, seeing an opportunity for escape as several students approached the teacher with questions she slipped out of the classroom unnoticed. The last thing she needed today was a lecture.

"Wait up" Caroline walked briskly to catch up with her "Is everything alright?"

"Yes" she snapped "Why does everyone keep asking me that?"

Taken aback by her sudden attitude Caroline lowered her voice "Damon told me about your kidnapping. I just wanted to make sure you were OK"

"Of course" Elena's sweet nature came back "I'm fine. Thanks Caroline"

"You seem on edge" Caroline wasn't about to let her off the hook

"I've been through worse" Elena tried to reassure her "Just part of our normal everyday life" she attempted to joke with her.

Caroline laughed "What's normal about our life?"

She smiled at Caroline trying to think of a way to get out of this conversation.

"Are things any better between you and Stefan?" Caroline had no intention of ending their conversation.

Elena's mind was already drifting back to Damon, she kept seeing in her head him pushing her hair way and kissing her on the neck. The kiss they shared kept replaying itself. She could no longer control her own mind. The images were just too strong to ignore. It would have helped it she could talk to someone, perhaps hear it out of someone else's mouth that it was only a dream and it meant nothing. Maybe it would have helped, but the only someone else in front of her was Caroline and as much as she liked her she still carried a lot of mistrust towards her after she spied on her and Stefan for Katherine.

She shook her head "I really should get to my next class" she gave Caroline a quick smile and rushed off in the completely opposite direction of where her next classroom was situated.

Reaching a point of almost running she barged into the nearby bathroom. Her mind kept putting in the images of Damon into, his voice was imprinted in her mind "This is what you really want". She tried to be rational about the whole situation, but somewhere deep inside she knew exactly why the dream had such a profound effect on her. She did her best to push those thoughts away not about to deal with what her sub consciousness was telling her.

"I love Stefan" she looked at her own reflection "I love Stefan" she kept repeating the words attempting to push any other thoughts far away. It wasn't something that she had to make herself believe. She did love Stefan and being apart didn't change things and she wasn't about to let some meaningless dream change anything either.

"What are you doing?" Bonnie stood behind her

Elena looked toward her, eyes welling up in tears "I'm so confused Bonnie" she finally broke down.

Bonnie rushed to her hugging her tight "What's wrong?"

"It's just a dream" Elena kept repeating through the tears "I don't know why I'm so upset"

Bonnie looked at her "What dream?"

Elena fought the urge to confess about her thoughts of Damon, but nobody would have her back more than Bonnie. She knew she could trust her and so she spilled everything almost in one breath. Telling her in full detail about the dream she had and how it has been bothering her all day.

Bonnie listened patiently and after Elena was done gave her a reassuring smile "You can't work yourself up like that. You right it's only a dream"

Elena wiped her tears away "I don't know why it's bothering me this much"

Seeing her friend in pain wasn't something Bonnie would allow and even though she promised Jeremy to slow down on magic she had to help Elena out.

"Look if it's really bothering you. I know a spell"

Elena quickly perked up. Of course Bonnie was the right person to help her deal with this. "What will it do?"

"It will reveal your true feelings" Bonnie reached into her backpack and took out a notebook and a pen. Opening the notebook she ripped out a blank sheet of paper and handed it to Elena along with a pen "Now press the pen against the paper with your right hand and give me your left hand"

Elena followed her directions

"Close your eyes" Bonnie took Elena's hand and closed her eyes along with her.

Concentrating her lips moved as she read a spell until she heard the pen moving against the paper. As Elena finished writing Bonnie let go of her hand and opened her eyes. Elena was standing her eyes were still closed. Bonnie didn't look at what was written on the paper and folded it.

"Open your eyes" Bonnie held on to the folded paper.

Elena looked at Bonnie and her gaze instantly fell upon the folded piece of paper. Her heart rate accelerated as thoughts began to flood back into her head. She didn't remember what just happened but her mind was a completely blank for the time that Bonnie did her spell.

Bonnie handed her the paper "All your answers are in there"

Elena was almost afraid to touch the paper let alone open it. As sure as she was that she would see Stefan's name written there still there were doubts in her head. Was she really ready to know the whole truth and was she ready to deal with the consequences of knowing. Her hand shook as she took the paper from Bonnie's hand. Occupied completely by her thoughts she failed to see as Bonnie wiped blood away from her nose. Elena thoughts were only with that name written on that piece of paper.

"Do you want me to leave?" Bonnie couldn't understand why Elena still didn't look at it

"No" Elena would need Bonnie's help no matter what name was on that piece of paper.

Taking a deep breath she unfolded the paper.