One Shot! Reponse to the KISS at the end of Season 3 Episode 10 between Damon and Elena. Im sorry to say this is not Delena...sort of. I wont give anything else away. Please no flames. I do have the right to have an opinion.

Here it goes...


Damon broke the kiss and looked straight into Elena's beautiful chocolate brown eyes. Her bottom lip quivered and small breathes came from her mouth. He kissed her again, there lips meeting. Damon searched for feeling, for that spark.

And to his astonishment, felt nothing. At that moment Damon realized something. His love for Elena wasn't real. He may have loved her as a friend and cared for her well being but there was nothing more. There may have been a point where he loved her but what provoked it. Was it her faithful understanding of him and caring or his habitual habit to ruin Stefan's life?

Damon staggered back in shock. Elena looked at him worryingly, "What's wrong?"concern laced her voice.

"I can't" he said. "You can't, what?" she responded surprised.

Damon looked at her, she was confused. "I waited for you, for your love and finally have it. But you never loved me enough to choose me over Stefan. To you I will always be your second choice. Someone to fill the void he left. Tell me, if Stefan came back would you tell him that you love me…

"Damon…"she drifted off, avoiding his gaze.

"Don't avoid the question Elena. I did everything for you! I protected you, and almost died because of it. I didn't have to stay here. I didn't have to do anything for you! You just trust that I will always be there, even if I'm not your first choice."

"Damon, it's not like that!"

"Then what is it like. I was never loved by anyone, my entire existence. Katharine chose Stefan, hell my family even chose Stefan. Then you."

She went over and put a hand on his shoulder. He shrugged it off.

"I don't want to be someone's second choice. I don't want to love you and think every day that if Stefan was here, you wouldn't want me." Damon whispered.

"Damon, I'm sorry."

"No you're not. But I'm sorry."

"For what?"

Damon suddenly ripped off her vervain bracelet and compelled her.

Damon spoke using all her energy to compel her, "Elena Gilbert. You will forget the past year entirely. You will remember that after your parent's death, you moved to Denver with your brother. You will not remember vampires, werewolves, witches and any other supernatural being ever existed. You will change your name, accept that Mystic Falls is in your past and never return. You will live a long happy life, join the cheerleading team and make new friends. And find a nice human boyfriend. You will forget Stefan. And you will forget me. Goodbye Elena."

Then Damon sped off.


Alaric and Damon sat at the bar, drinking.

"I still don't understand why?"Alaric said for the tenth time.

"She didn't need to be in this mess. Plus she never wanted to be a vampire, she deserves happiness after all the pain and death in her life."

"You need to drink some more buddy."Alaric said passing over the bottle of scotch.

Damon took a swig of scotch, "Its better this way."

Damon knew the path ahead would be rough, and they all might not make it out alive, but Elena would.

"It's better this way."


Sooooo, for all you Delena fans. Dont you think Damon deserves more. He has been through so much, he deserves true love. Sorry to say, I hope they dont get together.

:( I accept criticism but no flames. Im just voicing by opinion, and I do understand Delena. I used to ship Delena for awhile.