Damon walked up the stairs with cat-like footsteps that Elena would never be able to match. She envied him for being so dangerous and she wanted him lately in ways she hadn't before. If anything, he had become the better choice in the end for her. Damon was sweet when he wanted to be, and he didn't let her get her way all the time. He spoiled her all the same though by getting all the things he could for her, when he could get them. He'd die for her and those were the unspoken words between them. Stefan had wanted something else, he had wanted Katherine. Those were the unspoken words between Elena and Stefan that drove ironically a stake in their relationship. Elena wasn't Katherine, and Stefan wasn't who he said he was either. He was- a lie. That was the word Elena often thought of when Stefan came to mind. A lie, his whole lifestyle was a lie.

Elena was following Damon into his room, he was still all smiles and she didn't know if that made her scared or if she should be jumping for joy "What is it?" She asked getting a little irritated with his silence.

"It's been three weeks since you and Saint Stefan broke up" That was a known fact by everyone; She didn't know why he was even stating that in the first place. Another uncomfortable silence later he spoke again "Elena, would you go on a date with me?"

Elena's mouth fell open in one of those cliché moment scenes; Of course she wanted to go… She had been falling in love with Damon. Call her old fashion, but she had been waiting for him to make the official first move. "Yes" Elena cheerfully hugged him; Damon was the shocked one now. He hugged her back and then started to talk about where he wanted to go.

It surfaced the fear inside of her. "Damon…" She trailed off as he started to talk the time "I have something to tell you, but you have to promise you won't freak out" She reached into her back pocket pulling out of the letter. She wanted to retract her words, and tuck the letter back into its safe place but that didn't seem to be happening as Damon took it from her hands with a warm smile on his face.

"What is this?" He asked skimming it, and then he dropped the piece of paper completely. She saw fear in his eyes, but she didn't know if that was fear of her, or for her. Then she was anger and she hoped that anger was because this happened to her.

"I'm cursed, Damon" Elena cried, the words barely got out of her mouth before Damon threw his hands up in the air. "Say something"

"I-I can't" Was Damon about to cry? Elena didn't have time to comfort him he was gone as soon as his words were out. She bent down to pick up the letter, it took all she had not to crumble it up and throw it. She huffed as tears started to well up in her eyes. Great She thought Day one and it's already ruining my life. She wasn't going to wait for Damon to calm down, instead she was going to leave the house completely- if he wanted her, he could find her.

Her phone was ringing, she realized that she probably should answer it. It could be Jenna again "Hello" She said wiping her eyes with the back of her hand.

"Hey, is something wrong?" Bonnie questioned back.

"I'll meet you in the park" Elena said running down the stairs, she grabbed her car keys and her books slamming the door shut and running right into Stefan. "Please move" She said and when he did she bolted for her car.

"Seriously Elena? Do you think it's funny what I am?" Bonnie said in a nasty tone "Funny, really funny! After all I've done for you and your vampire boys you want to make up lies that you're a kind of witch"

"I'm not lying Bonnie!" Elena tried to keep her voice in a hushed whisper but that wasn't going too well for her, she was angry with Bonnie who was even more angry with her. "I'm cursed!" Elena said pulling the letter out, as if Bonnie would take that as some kind of proof. Wrong answer!

"Being a witch is a gift and you mocking me for it is a real bitch move!"

"But Bonnie-" Elena called out after her, but Bonnie was gone. Elena left the park bench, she wandered the streets until she found Mystic Grill. She got seated and waited for Matt to wait on her.

After an hour of watching him wait tables, she almost left. But as she went to get her things Matt appeared= apron off and smiling "Matt" She couldn't help but cry as she explained everything, he looked oddly calm. She had hope that he would say something that meant something to her. That he would have something to say that would comfort her through this mess. "And John's letter said it'd be painful and I'm so scared" She hadn't said that to anyone else, because no one else would give her the chance to. It was the truth though, she was scared to change into something that wasn't human. "Life just got sort of normal for me again"

"As normal as a life can be in a town full of vampires and other mythical creatures..." Matt trailed off.

"So that's about it" Elena wiped her eyes once more, her eyes were stinging.

"You are kidding right? This is one of those lessons you used to give me" The words that she knew Matt wanted to say never came out 'when we were dating'.

"No" Elena admitted "It's not, but I wish it was" Matt sobered up, fixed his open mouth and stood tears in his eyes.

"I have to get back to work" Elena's hands were pressed against her face, how was no one understanding that this wasn't some sick joke-besides Damon who still hadn't called or text once. "Why the frown?" Caroline said in her jealous tone "You and Matt looked cozy a few seconds ago"

"It's not like that!" Finally, all the building anger came out "Damon freaked, Bonnie thinks I'm lying and Matt's stuck between wanting to hate me and wanting to kiss me and you're being jealous when you're with Tyler of the time I spend talking to Matt- that's great Caroline!"

"You know how I feel about matt!" It was like Caroline hadn't heard a word.

"Whatever Caroline" Elena got up and left the Grill, she seemed to be isolated here. Her friends weren't listening, she had no one to talk to. She wandered pass a shop that sold their items outside, no one seemed to be outside at the moment though. She took the most deadly bottle of liquor and knew no one would ever suspect her. (Cause kids don't do that in this small town!) She kept walking, hiding it until she found herself at the falls. She stood on the bridge, shrugged and kept walking to the tip of the rock. There she sat down and opened the bottle with a loud pop, her legs dangled over the edge as she swallowed the burning drink.

She heard a complicated sound coming from the bridge a few feet away from her, her head managed to correct it though. Heavy breathing and jogging footsteps. She turned around to see Tyler wearing his work out pants listening to something on his iPod. She returned to what she was doing, her and Tyler never really talked. He was always talking to Caroline and she had better things to do. "Elena?" She heard him ask as the jogging stopped. He was still breathing heavy, probably on some strong man work out that a normal guy couldn't do. "What are you doing here?" She heard him jump over the bridge post and join her. They didn't speak for a long time but soon enough Tyler's hand extended to what she was drinking. He said with a bit of humor in his voice "Elena Gilbert, drinking on the edge of the falls, who would have figured?" Pause "Usually it's me doing the reckless things"

"I don't do this often" Elena said, taking the bottle back from him "But hey, aren't we all reckless?"

"True story" Tyler laughed stealing the bottle back and taking a long swig, Elena laughed. She didn't know if it was because Tyler looked like a mess or if it was the liquor kicking in. "So, what's your excuse?"

"I got a letter today from John" She still had a hint of a smile on her face, one of those sarcastic smiles "Says I'm cursed"

"No kiddin'" He sighed "Well that's my excuse too" He held the bottle up, as to toast the fact they were screwed from ever having a norma life again "To family curses" He handed Elena the bottle and smiled starting some other useless conversation.

"To family curses" Elena whispered, they talked for a long time like they had been best friends all their life. Thanks to Caroline they knew everything about each other, even the things that they shouldn't. Thinking of Caroline, Elena got satisfaction of her possibly walking by here and freaking out at them laughing and telling their stories to each other. When the sun started to set on the sky, Elena stood up and checked her phone. Damon had called more than once, "I have to go"

"Elena..." Tyler said still sitting, looking down at the bottle in his hands "I'm here for you, trust me I know how it feels to be cursed"

"Thanks Tyler" She smiled at him, and started walking back to the Boarding House wondering where her car was. She hoped Stefan wasn't at the house still, that would be an awkward run in now wouldn't it? Damon was sitting in the living room when she walked in "Hey"

"I called" Damon said "Where were you? I looked almost everywhere!" He was standing in front of her now, grabbing her shoulders. "Everywhere"

"Not everywhere, Damon... I was at the falls" She didn't say anything about Tyler, because knowing Damon he'd get mad and shout it out to the world.

"Oh" Was Damon's only response then he started doing some serious apologizing "I'm sorry I walked out, It was just too much to handle. I can't see you go through that... I don't want you to ever have to go through something like that. It isn't fair. They burned Ginny, knowing this town- they would do it again."

"I know" Elena whispered, Damon's lips crashed into hers. In that moment it was her and him without any curse mixed into it. They were just kissing, without getting interrupted. She had never been kissed like that before, he was strong but sweet and the kiss was the fairy princess kind of kiss that no one could ever match "I love you Damon" Most of the time, when girls said that in movies or books Elena would laugh at them. They barely knew who they were loving, and if they just started dating it was just a major crush but this was love because she couldn't see herself feeling this way for anyone else. Plus, she knew every key thing about Damon. She'd like to know a little more about his past but she could wait for that.

"I love you too"

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