"Damon, Im coming with you" Stefan said.

Damon rolled his eyes "let me guess, you don't believe that Im going to be able to do what I need to do?"

"No, I don't" Caroline said. She folded her arms and glared at Damon.

Damon rolled his eyes "fine"

...

Elena was putting the alcohol bottles away. She heard footsteps and turned around. She saw Stefan, Caroline, and Damon. They each had different expressions on their face. Stefan looked pleased, yet guilty. Caroline looked overly excited and smirked an evil smirk. Damon looked like he was in pain. "Whats going on?" Elena asked

"Elena, we need to talk" Damon said walking towards Elena.

"I know that Im sired to you, Damon. Caroline told me"

"yeah, thats why we need to talk"

"Tyler told me the bond doesn't affect how I feel, my feelings for you haven't changed Damon, nothings changed"

"Elena, there is a way for me to break the sire bond"

"how?"

Damon swallowed hard "I have to set you free"

Elena shook her head "Damon, no!" She tried to reach out for him but he backed away.

"Please, Elena, don't make this any harder on me than it already is"

"Damon, you can't do this to me!" Elena said beginning to cry.

"Elena, he is doing the right thing" Stefan said.

Elena looked at Stefan then back to Damon. Then, her eyes widened. She turned back to Stefan "you told him to do this, didn't you?!"

"Its the only way to break it, Elena"

"I don't want it broken!"

"Elena, Stefan is right. The only solution is to have Damon set you free. And he is going to do it, right now. Trust me Elena, you will be fine" Caroline said.

"NO! I won't Caroline. God! You two just won't stop will you? You can't except the fact that I chose Damon and that I want to be with Damon, can you?! The only thing you two want to do is fix me." Elena said.

Damon walked closer to Elena and cupped her face. He kissed her one last time and sighed. He looked into her eyes and saw her smiling. "Elena, your going to forget-"

"NO!" Elena said pulling away. "Don't do this to me Damon. I've lost so many people, I can't loose you to" Elena's eyes filled up with tears.

"Elena, Im sorry, but I have to...your going to forget about us being together. Your going to...get the cure and live a happy human life. You will forget about me..."

Elena's mouth opened as she continued to cry.

"That is what I want you to do, this is what will make me happy" Damon kissed her forehead "No matter what, I will always love you...goodbye Elena"

Damon walked away from her as tears fell down his face.

Before he could get too far he was thrown into a wall "Damon, please!"

Damon sighed "Im sorry Elena, just please do as I say." and with that Damon sped outside of the boarding house and got in his car and drove off.

Elena put her hand over her chest and fell to the ground. She cried harder. She was calling out for Damon, screaming she loved him, when she felt her memory of him start to fade. "No, no, no, no, Damon!" and then she stopped screaming.

She had forgotten about being with Damon and who he was. The only thing she remembers was being with Stefan after she turned into a vampire.

The one thing that questioned her was why she felt like her heart was shattered.

"Elena, your fine. Stefan is here, and you guys can be together again" Caroline said smiling.

Elena looked up at Caroline. "I-I...no, I can't"

"yes, you can, Elena"

Stefan walked over to Elena "Ill help you with being a vampire, and now we can be together again"

Elena shook her head "no, no. I-I want to be left alone" and Elena ran upstairs.

She didn't go into Stefan's room, she went into Damon's room. She knew it looked familiar but she didn't know how. She thought that she had been in here before, slept in here. She sighed and laid down on the bed. She smelled someone's cologne. It was Damon's cologne but she didn't know that. She closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Back downstairs, Caroline looked back at Stefan "I thought Damon broke it?"

"He...he did" Stefan said.

"than, how is she still in pain. She wouldn't have cared if he left town."

"Caroline, she had feelings for him before she turned. Thats how the bond was created."

"Well, she doesn't need to know that. She needs to be with you, Im not going to let her go back to Damon"

"Caroline, she can't. She doesn't remember who Damon is"

Caroline nodded.

...

Damon went to the grille and decided to get drunk.

"you okay?"

Damon put down his glass and sighed frustratingly. "what do you want, Stefan?"

"I came to make sure you were ok"

"lets skip the part where you pretend that your not enjoying this"

Stefan sighed "Damon, you and I both know what you did was the right thing. Damon, I think you should leave town"

"Don't worry Stefan, I've already planned on leaving. I can't stay here and watch you two go back to your unicorns and rainbows relationship" Damon swallowed the last of the bourbon and got up. He walked out to his car and drove out of town. He didn't want to say goodbye to Stefan. He knew Stefan was gloating inside.

He passed the 'You are now leaving Mystic Falls' sign and realized that he would never come back.