I love this song, and I wanted to use it to make a one shot. It's Tomorrow by Chris Young. I hope you like it!
Tomorrow, Elena thinks, that's when she'll let him go. Because right now he's fighting with her like she's still that same old Elena he use to fight with, and it makes her feel so damn alive.
It's sad really, she's not that same old Elena. At least she doesn't think so, but he does. For some reason that is the only thing that matters to her these days, she's still his same Elena. Every-time she looks into his ice blue eyes she sees the same amount of love and trust that has always been there.
Tomorrow I'm gonna leave here
And the one department she has always been selfish in is him. She has a need to hold onto him that she has never been able to explain. She has told him that it would always be Stefan, that he had lost her forever, that she wouldn't forgive him, and that she had to let him go.
I'm gonna let you go and walk away like every day I said I would
Except it wouldn't always be Stefan, he could never lose her forever, she would always forgive him, and she just can't let him go.
And tomorrow, I'm gonna listen
But she's hurting him. She knows it, and she can't seem to stop. She has to let him go. She has to break up with Stefan, and fix herself before she can ever be ready for Damon. She has to show Damon that he's worth something other than second best. She has to show him that she has always wanted him, and in order to do that she has to show him she loves him enough to let him go. To be as unselfish with him with him as he has always been with her.
To that voice of reason inside my head telling me that we're no good
The simple truth is that they are no good for each other right now.
Yes, Damon was right. They are right, just not right now.
But tonight I'm gonna give it one last time
He waits until he knows Stefan is gone, so he has time alone with her.
Elena's sitting by the fire thinking and he's in front of her before she can blink. He's yelling at her. telling her that she just can't try Stefan's diet of animals and blood bags, that she's too new, that the animals won't suffice. He tells her he knows how Stefan coddles her, but he knows she doesn't need it. She is strong enough, she can do this.
So right now, she's going to give in. She's going to love him right now. She needs to feel the way only he can make her feel. And when her lips meet his she can feel that this is what they both need.
Rock you strong in these arms of mine
His lips are soft and rough, and he pulls and grabs her harder than he would have weeks ago, he know she can take it now.
They both know how wrong it is, but something that feels so right can't be so wrong.
His touch burns her, sets her on fire. 'You want passion.' His words ring though in her head. Yes, she wanted passion. This is more than want, this is need.
Forget all the regrets that are bound to follow
She should regret this, they both should. Except that it never happens, neither of them say they regret, and that is what counts.
That was the thing about Elena and Damon. No words were needed for the other to see how they felt.
He could see it in her eyes, what she wasn't ready to say.
And for her? He whispers the words he knows she wants to hear, and no matter how selfish she's being by pleading with those big doe eyes she knows he can't refuse, he gives in.
'I love you, Elena.'
It's all so wrong, but still so right.
We're like fire and gasoline
They're like fire and gasoline. When you put them together they explode. With anger, with love. With them anything is possible.
I'm no good for you, you're no good for me
Everyone says that they aren't good for each other, but maybe, just maybe they are.
Maybe they are exactly what each other needs. That extra push or shove the other needs, that no one else can give them that but each other.
This list could go on. She knows it could, and so does he.
We only bring each other tears and sorrow
He hurts her, she hurts him. She sheds tears for him, and surprisingly enough he sheds tears for her. She has seen Damon Salvatore near tears for her a few times, and once in a compelled away memory that was now remembered.
Oh, they fight about that too.
"Why would you take them away?"
"You know why."
"Enlighten me Damon."
"Because I'm selfish. I didn't want anyone to know about me, especially you. I talked to you for three minutes and I wanted more. That was not part of my plan. Then that little confession was something I needed to say. I knew it was wrong, but I didn't care. I needed to tell you, but I couldn't let you remember either. I loved you before I ever knew you felt something. I never deserved you, but I still wanted you."
But tonight, I'm gonna love you like there's no tomorrow
His words are what do her in every-time. How does he expect her to let him go if he just keeps being this better man? He's still inherently Damon, but just more of the Damon he would have been if he didn't keep getting screwed over and hurt.
I'll be stronger
She tries to be strong. She wants to see herself the way he sees her. She just wants to feel that strong. She's just so afraid to break, and mess things up so badly that she takes everyone down with her.
I'm not gonna break down and call you up when my heart cries out for you
She tries to handle everything on her own. She tries to be everything she can be for Jeremy. She helps Caroline deal with her Tyler situation. She works on being a vampire. She tries to handle it all, and when she just can't anymore she calls. Even when she knows she shouldn't. He comes of course, and each time she promises him that she won't call anymore.
And tomorrow, you won't believe it
They both know she's lying.
Neither say anything.
But when I pass your house, I won't stop no matter how bad I want to
She wishes someone would compel her to stay away from him. Because no matter how damn hard she tries, she gives in.
She sees him at Ric's grave, she hears him, and it breaks her heart.
'I have no clue what I'm doing. She's making me crazy, but I can't leave her. No matter how bad I will always be for her. I won't let anything happen to her. I still think you suck, who the hell am I going to drink with now?'
He knows she is there but he ignores her and gets into his car. Halfway home he turns around, and he doesn't have far to go because he sees her car coming towards him.
But tonight I'm gonna give it one last time
It's carnal, but hey, they are just that.
She slams him into a tree, and he lets her. He just needs to feel her. Fast. Now.
Their lips connect, and it's just the two of them. The world outside of that doesn't exist for them right now.
Rock you strong in these arms of mine
"We can't keep doing this Elena."
"I know."
"You said you were going to let me go."
"I know."
"Yeah, you know. You are with Stefan, but somehow your not. Do you know how you feel?"
"I know."
"Will you finally admit it?"
"Yes."
Forget all the regrets that are bound to follow
The feelings she had were consuming. As she had said before, as he had told her she wanted.
Yet she was still afraid to let Stefan go. She didn't want to hurt him, he had risked everything for Damon. He had done so much for her, but to tell him she was in love with his brother?
Her first regret was that it always came down to her hurting one of them. The second was telling Damon she had to let him go.
Baby when we're good, you know we're great
It had been three months since she had turned, and three months of stolen moments with Damon.
Every alone minute, every stolen glance, every single touch was engrained into her memory.
When they were good, they were great, and when they weren't either of those somehow they were still great then too.
But tonight I'm gonna give it one last time
They are curled up by the fire, in just a blanket, she's leaning back against him. His arms are wrapped around her, and it's these moments that give her so much hope for them.
"I told him I'd leave if you chose him."
"You didn't."
"I promised you I'd never leave you again."
"He's okay with that?"
"He knows you needed my help."
Forget all the regrets that are bound to follow
Sadly Stefan knew more. None of what he was willing to admit. In reality Stefan was glad Damon didn't leave, even if they weren't on the best terms. He still needed his brother, and so did Elena.
But tonight, I'm gonna love you like there's no tomorrow,
He knows why she's here, knows that she's not coming back for a while. So he loves her like he's never loved anyone else.
He holds her, touches her, kisses her like she's his whole world. Because she is, and he needs her to know. He needs to give her something to hold onto.
Afterward when they are lying there tangled in each other she knows it's time to tell him.
"I have to do this Damon. We both need space. I have to work on myself. You need to fix things with Stefan. You need to forgive each other."
"Who says we even can?"
"I know you can, he can. You love each other. That's why you continue to fight for each other, and each other. You need to do this Damon."
"Okay."
He says, and it's simple, and true.
And tomorrow I'm gonna leave here
"Before I leave, I need you to know that I love you. I need you to hold onto that."
"I love you too."
He can't say anything else. She would just fight whatever he said, and for once he doesn't want to fight with her. Especially on their last night together.
I'm gonna let you go and walk away like every day I said I would
Today, she's going to let him go. She's going to leave Stefan. She's going to prove to Damon that she knows what shes doing. That he is the right choice, her final choice. The one she should have made so long ago.
She packs up her things at the Boarding House, and heads to the door. Not before looking back, because she knows he's there. She gives him a small tear filled smile, and he nods in return.
He knows she needs this, so he gives it to her. Like he always gives her what she needs.
They both know that when she comes back to this house she would be coming back to him.
No matter what had happened, what would happen they loved too much, too hard to ever let each other go.