***What if Damon and Elena had been together from the beginning of season 4?***

"Everything is heightened. Taste. Smell. Sight. Touch," Damon whispered seductively in Elena's ear as he stood behind her.

Elena started breathing heavily as Damon kissed, sucked, and nipped at her neck. She tilted her head to give him better access and moaned in pleasure when he continued his actions. Not being able to stay away from his lips much longer, Elena spun around and crashed her mouth onto Damon's, surprising them both.

Damon eagerly kissed her back and grabbed the backs of her thighs so that her legs were wrapped tightly around his waist. He vamp-sped them back against a tree and sat Elena back on her feet. She continued to kiss him passionately until she felt something churn in her stomach. Having a pretty good idea what was coming, she pushed Damon off of her and sped away, leaving him confused.

Damon followed after Elena to find her violently coughing up the animal blood she'd insisted on drinking. He pulled her hair back and asked her what was wrong. "I don't know. It just- It tastes disgusting, and I just- I don't know."

Damon rubbed her back sympathetically and helped her stand up. "You okay?" he asked as he wiped the remaining blood from her face.

She nodded and looked at him sadly. "Damon, what am I gonna do? I can't keep the animal blood down."

Damon thought for a moment and suddenly he knew what needed to be done.

"You need warm blood from the vein," Damon said simply.

"You know I don't wanna hurt anyone!" Elena protested.

"I know. That's not what I was talking about . . . "

"Then what . . . ?".

Damon sighed. "Maybe you could try . . . Drinking my blood."

Elena contemplated this and said, "Do you really think it'll work?"

"We'll never know unless we try." Elena nodded and watched as Damon quickly bit into his wrist and held it out to her.

She glanced at him one more time to make sure he was okay with it and a slight nod told her to dig in.

She sunk her fangs into the indentations his had just made and started to lap up Damon's deliciously tangy blood. One of her hands wrapped around his fingers, while the other held onto his arm. She laid her head against his muscular chest as he ran his fingers through her hair, pulling her even closer.

Damon stumbled back against a tree and let his head fall back in pleasure. Blood sharing was like "vamp sex" and Damon was loving every second of it.

As Elena continued to suck blood from Damon's palm, he was sure that she was drinking up his soul. It just felt so damn good!

When Damon started to feel a little woozy he knew that she was taking too much. "Elena," he breathed, "you need to stop."

She didn't listen though and kept going. When she felt him start to slink down a bit she quickly contained herself and pulled away.

"Are you okay?" Elena asked worriedly, afraid she'd hurt him.

"Yep," he panted. "Fine."

Elena looked down shamefully. "If you were a human you'd be dead right now."

Damon did that sexy little eye thing he always seemed to do when he was trying to cover up his emotions/feelings. "But I'm not. So, no worries."

Elena rolled her eyes and smiled shyly at him. "Thank you, Damon."

"No problem," he said simply.

"No, really, Damon; thank you. Not just for this, but for helping me with what Stefan couldn't, and being there for me when he wasn't."

Damon, not being used to people thanking him, looked away and whispered, "You're welcome."

The two stared at the ground awkwardly for a few moments until Elena finally broke the silence. "It's late. Maybe we should go home."

Damon agreed and the two ran to the boarding house where Stefan, who had accepted Elena's choice of his elder brother, was waiting.

"So how'd it go?" Stefan asked, curious to how Elena's first hunt turned out.

Just as Damon was about to answer Elena vamp-sped outside and started throwing up for the second time that day.

Stefan and Damon looked at each other worriedly before running out to see if Elena was alright.

"Hey, you okay?" Damon asked as he helped her up. Stefan stood on the driveway awkwardly, not being used to the whole Damon/Elena thing.

Elena nodded and wiped her mouth with her arm, feeling embarrassed. "I can't believe this happened again! What is wrong with me?"

"Wait, this has already happened today?" Stefan's brow furrowed.

"Yeah. Apparently your little 'bunny diet' isn't working too well for her. Heck, she can't even keep my blood down." As soon as Damon realized what he'd said he felt guilty. He knew that Elena was with him now, but he still felt bad for rubbing it in his brother's face.

Damon watched Stefan take a deep breath and clench his fists. "You two shared blood?" he tried to ask nonchalantly but totally failed.

Damon and Elena both nodded slowly.

"Oh." Stefan, Damon, and Elena stood there awkwardly and stared down until Stefan spoke up. "Well, I gotta go. I've um, got something to do."

Elena and Damon waved as Stefan vamp-sped away. Once he was gone, Elena let out a sigh of relief. "So what should we do now?"

"Now," Damon said, "we need to get some blood in you."

When Elena let out a noise of disagreement Damon spoke again. "I know you don't wanna hurt anyone, Elena, and you don't have to. You can make it enjoyable for whoever you pick. And I won't let you drain anyone. After you're done we'll compel them, and then we'll leave."

"Alright," Elena agreed, though still a bit skeptical. "When and where?"

"Tonightat that Halloween frat party. There will be plenty of douches for you to feed on," Damon answered. "So we need costumes!"

A couple hours later Damon and Elena were still trying to think of costume ideas for the party, which would start in an hour. Suddenly an idea popped into Damon's head. "Hey, 'Lena, why don't you see if Judgy wants to tag along? She can help you with your costume."

"Um, okay," Elena replied warily. Damon dropped her off at Bonnie's and headed out to get his costume.

"So," Elena said to Bonnie, "what should we go as?"

"Hm. I think you should be a vampire."

Elena rolled her eyes. "Haha; very funny."

"No, I'm serious. You should dress up all sexily and drive Damon crazy!"

Bonnie and Elena just stared at each other for a few seconds until both of them burst out laughing.

"I'll only be a 'sexy vampire' if you dress up as a witch," Elena said.

"Deal."

"I wonder what Damon is going to be . . . "

Bonnie rolled her eyes and then the two supernatural creatures set off to find their Halloween costumes.

Once Elena was dressed up as a 'sexy vampire' and Bonnie a witch, the two headed for the party.

A/N: Was anyone else SUPER disappointed by Thursday's ep? I mean, the dance scene was great and all but I expected more! Anyway, please review and tell me what you thought (: