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Chapter 2

As I arrived home I saw that Damon's car was parked outside our house and I instantly knew that this was going to be extremely hard to say goodbye.

I walked inside and heard Ric and Damon laughing in the kitchen and I could hear that Jeremy was watching some program on TV. I closed the front door and headed up to my room to collect my thought before I had to do the impossible.

Once I was in my room I locked the door and went and had a shower to clear my head. I then put on a pair of sweat pants and a tank top and sat down on my bed to towel dry and brush my wet hair. When I was certain that I couldn't prolong this anymore, I headed back downstairs and into the kitchen.

As I walked in the kitchen, Ric and Damon enthusiastically said "Elena!" together and then I was bear hugged by Damon who then proceeded to mess up my damp hair. I could tell by the greeting, the bear hug, the messing up of my hair and also the bottle of Bourbon on the counter that Ric and Damon were drunk. But when I thought about it this would make saying goodbye easier so I wasn't too angry with them.

"Where have you been, Elena?" Ric slurred, "You missed out on the drinking game me and Damon had!" "Yeah, Elena, it was so much fun." Damon said dragging out the o and the n. "I was at Bonnie's. She said that I needed to come over and it must have got later than we thought." I said with a shrug. "That's okay," said Damon, "You here now so why don't you have a drink?" I had a glass of bourbon shoved into my hand while Damon said "Cheers!" gleefully but I wasn't going to drink the bourbon so I said "I'm fine thank you, although I think that you two have had quite enough bourbon for one night." And I took Damon and Ric's glasses from them as they complained "Elena!"

"Why did you do that?" Damon asked. "Are you drunk?" I asked him in return. "Justa little bit" he said as he showed me with his fingers 'a little bit'. "That's why I took it away, Damon." "Awww, Elena's the party police!" said Ric from the counter that he was steadying himself on. I walked over to Ric and said "I think it is time you went to bed Ric." He just nodded as I helped him get up the stairs and into his bedroom. I went back downstairs into the TV room and saw that Jeremy was asleep so I shook him awake and sent him to bed too.

When I finally went back into the kitchen Damon was slightly more sober and he was cleaning up the glasses and putting away the bourbon. When he was done he turned around and looked at me. "Thanks for cleaning that up." I said as I walked and sat down on one of the counter chairs.

"No problem." He said as he came and took the seat next to me. "Elena?" "Yes, Damon?" "What's wrong? Why do you look so sad?" "I don't, Damon." "Yes, you do Elena. Come on you can tell me." he said as he lifted my chin up and forced me to look at him. "I don't want to tell you." "And why not?" "Because you are going to be angry and hate me and that's not how I want to remember you!" "Tell me Elena, it can't be that bad. You didn't do something stupid like make a deal with Klaus, did you?" "No" "Then you can tell me, Elena, and I will promise not to get mad." As I looked into his beautiful cerulean blue eyes it was all too much for me and I was about to tell him when I said "I can't! I'm sorry Damon!" I said and I ran upstairs.

When I got to my room I ran to my bed and buried my face in my pillow and tried not to cry. "Elena." I heard Damon say and then I felt him trying to turn me over and look at him so I just squeezed my eyes shut and hoped that I wouldn't cry. A single tear slid down my cheek "Hey," Damon cooed and he pulled me onto his lap and cradled me, "It's alright you don't have to cry." He said as more and more tears slid down my face. "Please Elena, tell me what's wrong." "I can't Damon you're going to hate me" "Elena, I give you my word that I will not get mad or angry when you tell me and Elena," he said as he tilted my face up so that he could see my eyes, "I will never hate you not for as long as I exist!"

I looked at him. "I have to say goodbye to you and Ric and everyone!" I said as I burst into tears again.

"Shhhhhh. It's alright I won't let anyone take you away."

"No Damon you don't understand. I'm leaving."

"What?"

"Damon I'm leaving. Bonnie found a spell that will send me back in time. She is going to send me back to before the car crash that killed my parents so my parents and Aunt Jenna will still be alive."

I let him process this and then he said "Will you remember anything from now? And what will happen to the now?"

"Well Bonnie doesn't know if I will be able to remember or not. The now will not exist anymore, Damon."

"Are you sure about doing this, Elena?"

"Yes I am Damon. I'm sorry but my life is crazy now and this way I will get to go back and see everyone again when it was normal!"

"Alright. At least I will be able to see you again thou."

"I'm not sure you will Damon because Stefan won't have to save me from the car crash and so he won't come back to Mystic Falls and start a life here."

"No Elena I will because I was searching for how to get Katherine out the tomb as well as following Stefan when I first came to Mystic Falls. I will defiantly see you again."

"That's good. Damon, thank you for not being mad at me for choosing this."

"No problem, Elena." He said as he wiped my tears away. "Now I think you should go to sleep."

"Okay." I said as I lay down. "Goodnight Damon and goodbye for now."

"Goodnight Elena. See you soon." He said as he kissed my forehead and turned to leave.

I grabbed his hand and he turned back to look at me and I said "Please don't leave, Damon. I don't want to be alone."

"I will never leave you." He said as he came to lie next to me.

I put my head onto his chest and took a deep breath. I would never forget his smell. It smelt of cologne and something else that I couldn't think of.

I sighed contently and said "Thank you Damon."

"It's always my pleasure Elena but for what exactly?"

"For always being there for me and taking care of me."

"Well Elena, you are most welcome. Now sleep."

"Mmm'k." I said as I closed my eyes and feel asleep in Damon's arms.