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The sunlight shown through the window as Elena woke up in Damon's arms. She couldn't remember the last time she had slept that good. She felt content and safe, but also a little sad because she didn't know when or if she would get the chance again. She looked up to find his gorgeous blue eyes staring down at her.
"Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah, a little. Thank you for last night Damon, and for always being there when I need you."
Damon smirked, "Hey it's what I'm here for."
"I'm serious Damon. I wanted to call you last night, but I didn't and you showed up anyway."
"Why didn't you?" Damon asked looking into her eyes.
"I couldn't," Elena replied looking down. Damon put his finger under her chin and lifted her face so her eyes would meet his once again.
"You can always call me Elena. I know things have been a little weird since I kiss-"
"It's not that Damon," Elena cut him off.
"Then what is it?"
Elena looked away again.
"Right Stefan, always Stefan," Damon said and started to get up out of bed. "Don't worry Elena, I'm sure once he kills Klaus he'll be back to the old Stefan in no time and he'll be here to comfort you when you're upset."
"Damon stop, it's not like that," Elena was angry as she got up out of bed. "You're right Stefan was the reason I didn't call, but not because I would have rather had him here last night, it's because I wouldn't."
Damon stopped and looked up.
"I love Stefan, I always will, but I'm not in love with Stefan. Even if he kills Klaus, and magically turns back into the same old Stefan, things will never be the same between us again. Stefan and I are really over, because I've finally admitted something to myself."
"Yeah and what's that?" Damon asked.
"I'm in love with someone else. Damon the reason I couldn't call you last night is because I'm in love with you, but I can't be with you yet. We just got Stefan to turn his humanity back on, and us getting together might be enough for him to turn it off again. I can't be the reason you lose your brother. I can't be like Katherine."
Damon just stood there staring at her for a moment before he crossed the room and stood in front of her. He reached out and held her face in his hands making sure that she was looking at him.
"Elena you are nothing like Katherine. You are the most amazing, sweet, selfless person I have ever met; you always put the needs of everyone around you above your own. You gave your life to keep us all safe from Klaus. Even now you're more worried about my relationship with my brother than your own happiness. You never have to worry about becoming Katherine."
Elena felt the tears sting her eyes and then roll down her cheeks as Damon spoke. He looked at her tenderly and then wiped them away with his thumbs before placing a kiss to her forehead and pulling her into his chest. She wrapped her arms around his waist and held him close to her, wishing that things were different and they could just be together now.
"So what do we do now?" She asked looking up at him.
"We help Stefan find a way to kill Klaus, and get him to a point where we're not in danger of him plunging off the deep end again, then I guess we just break it to him gently, it won't be easy and we'll have to give him some time to come terms with things before everything settles down and we can be together around him without it being awkward, but he loves you Elena, and Stefan in his right mind wouldn't do anything to make you unhappy. If you're really sure this is what you want, that being with me will make you happy, then Stefan will be Stefan, he'll play the martyr and let you go."
"Damon…" Elena glared up at him.
Damon just smirked and shrugged his shoulders, and then he got serious and looked down at her. "Look Elena I know firsthand what it's like to have to watch you be happy and in love with my brother when I want nothing more than for you to be happy and in love with me. It's hell, and the worst part of all this is, is that I am in no way good enough to be with you, but he is. You should be with Stefan and not me, he's the better guy, but I am in love with you. I will never hurt you and I will always be there for you. Even if you decide that you would rather go back to him."
"Damon…I love you, I'm in love with you," Elena started, taking his face in her hands. "You say that you don't deserve me and Stefan is the better person, but if you were such a bad person you wouldn't be here saying that, you wouldn't think about Stefan at all, you would just take what you want. You are a good person Damon. You saved me and this town more times than I can count, so don't act like you're not good enough to be loved!"
Elena once again had tears streaming down her face as she pulled Damon's mouth down to meet hers in a searing kiss. Damon pulled her closer to him and felt her body meld into his. He ran his tongue over her bottom lip and she opened her mouth to grant him access, their tongues fighting for dominance, both holding on to the other as tight as they could. When Elena pulled back to catch her breath Damon started kissing down her neck to her collarbone and back up to nibble her ear making her shiver. He loved seeing what he could do to her with so little effort but knew they couldn't continue or he wouldn't be able to stop. He placed one more soft sweet kiss on her lips and looked into her eyes that were hazy with passion. He smiled at her, a real smile and not his trademark smirk, and she smiled back up at him.
"I love you Damon."
"I love you Elena." He kissed the tip of her nose. "I should probably get going."
Elena nodded, "See you later?"
"Of course," he said as he slipped on his shoes and his leather jacket. He placed a soft kiss to her lips one last time and disappeared out the window.
Well there is chapter two. I hope you enjoy it and let me know what you think!