"Elena?"

Elena jumped and slowly turned her body to see who it was. She recognized the sexy blue eyed vampire. "Damon?"

Damon nodded and walked over to her and sat down next to her. "what are you doing?"

"wh-what do you mean?" Elena asked trying to play dumb.

Damon gave her a 'seriously?!' look "you know what I mean, why did you stop the wedding?"

Elena sighed and turned away from him "I-I don't know, I guess I realized I didn't want to marry him"

Damon furrowed his brow "why not? I thought the two of you were all rainbows and unicorns?" Damon smirked.

Elena chuckled at his comment "I did to, but I...I guess were not"

Damon sighed "what made you stop the wedding?"

Elena swallowed hard. She knew the exact reason why she called it off, because she was in love with someone else. "I don't think I love him anymore Damon" She turned and looked at him as tears were falling down her face.

Damon sighed and pulled her into a hug and she buried her face in his chest "what made you stop loving him"

Elena bit her bottom lip "whenever I-I kissed him, it felt we were meant to be together forever, there was this spark. But, these last few days, I haven't been feeling that anymore. Its like we were only meant to be friends" Elena lied. She looked up at Damon.

Damon looked away and nodded. "well, you will just have to tell him that"

Elena sighed and pulled out of his grasp "hes going to hate me, Damon"

"no he won't. He will just go back to his brooding old bunny snacking self" Damon smirked causing Elena to laugh.

"yeah maybe"

They sat there silently for a few moments. Then Damon's phone rang. Damon looked at the called ID and saw it was Stefan.

D "yes"

S "have you found Elena yet?"

Before Damon answered he looked over at Elena. Elena shook her head and he sighed.

D "nope, have you"

S "no, I don't know where else to look. Do you think she is in trouble?"

D "nope, doubt it."

S "maybe she just needed a drink to calm down the nerves"

D "Stef, I highly doubt Elena would stop marrying you to get drunk at the grille"

S "well, I don't know what would have"

D "well, when you find her, ask her...got to go bye"

Damon hung up before Stefan could say anything else.

"thank you" Elena said smiling.

Damon gave a huge grin "no problem"

Elena sighed ripping the grass out of the ground.

Damon noticed it "Elena, what has that grass ever done to you"

"nothing, its just a way for me to take my anger out on something instead of someone"

"Ok, so your angry. At yourself or at someone else" Damon asked.

Elena looked up at him "myself...not for stopping the wedding, but for continuing to go through with it"

"Elena, are you in love with someone else?" Damon asked.

Elena gasped and widened her eyes. That was all Damon needed to know but he waited for her to answer.

Elena looked away from him and sighed "I-I don't know, I think...think so"

Damon let out a huge sigh "then just tell Stefan that your in love with someone else and that you can't be with him. Just make sure he doesn't go and eat bunnies and squirrels. My friend called me and told me the squirrel and bunny population is decreasing rapidly around Mystic Falls"

Elena smiled "looks like Ill have to face him sooner or later"

"If I were you, Id make it later" Damon stood up and held out his hand to help her up "come on, lets go find them."

Elena hesitated before getting up but stood up.

They walked over to Damon's car and Damon opened the passenger door for her.

...

They arrived at the boarding house where they found everyone else there.

"Elena! Oh my god, where have you been" Caroline asked hugging her.

Elena hugged her back "I needed some time to myself" Elena said smiling.

"Damon, how did you find her" Bonnie asked.

Damon shrugged, "I know more about Elena then you think I do"

Caroline glared at him. She had this strange feeling that it was his fault that Elena left the church.

Stefan walked over to Elena and hugged her "Hey, are you okay? Are you hurt?" Stefan asked.

Elena didn't smile, she just sighed "Stefan..."

"What happened? Why did you run off like that?" Stefan interrupted.

Elena swallowed "because...I-I can't...marry you, Stefan"

Caroline and Bonnie gasped.

"Wh-what do you mean?" Stefan asked in a sad voice.

"Im sorry, but I...I just don't feel that way for you anymore." Elena said starting to cry.

"Elena, please, Ill do anything" Stefan said getting down on his knees.

Damon rolled his eyes and sighed.

Elena looked away from Stefan. "There isn't anything you can do, Stefan. You didn't do anything wrong, its just, that spark between us...its not there anymore" Elena said with a pity look on her face.

Stefan got up and nodded. "Ill...Ill just be upstairs than." Stefan smiled sadly and left everyone else.

Elena was upset. The last think she wanted to do was hurt him. Well, the last thing she wanted to do was hurt Damon, but she didn't want to hurt Stefan either.

Caroline groaned in frustration. She turned around to Damon "this is your fault!" Caroline screamed poking Damon in the chest.

"Okay, one. Never touch me again, and two, how is it my fault?"

Elena turned around to see the two of them arguing.

"You used your charm to purposefully make her fall in love with you, so you could take her from Stefan."

Damon smirked "Well, Caroline. Im glad you think my charm is irresistible, but, no, I didn't make her fall in love with me. We are just friends"

"bull shit! You love her" Caroline said with her hands on her hips.

"Of course I do, but I would never do that to her! I like the fact that every time Elena and Stefan have a problem, you blame me for it!" Damon said angrily.

"you just hate the fact that your always second best!" Caroline gave her evil smirk.

Damon laughed "yes, coming from the girl who is always and will always be second best" Damon snapped. He walked past the girls and went to his room.

Elena watched him leave and sighed.

Bonnie glared at Caroline. "was that really necessary?"

"What?! Am I the only one who notices that Damon doesn't do anything for himself, he is trying to trick Elena into-"

"No he isn't, Caroline!" Elena screamed at her.

Bonnie and Caroline turned and looked at her.

"You were right, Damon is the reason why I stopped the wedding. But, I-I love him. I always have and it took me until now to realize it! He never forced me into loving him, Caroline"

"Elena, don't you remember what Damon did?" Caroline asked.

"Yes, Caroline, I haven't forgotten. He has changed though, and you can't help the people you fall in love with"

"Elena, Im your friend, and as your friend, Im going to tell you my opinion. Stefan is your soulmate, Stefan will always be the one for you"

"Caroline...stop" Bonnie said. "we all knew this would happen one day"

Caroline sighed "yeah, well, I was hoping that some miracle would happen and it wouldn't"

Elena sighed "look, I-I need to go home, clear my head. Today is just, its too much"

Bonnie nodded and Elena left.

Caroline sighed frustratingly. "Caroline, lets go" Bonnie said.

"stupid Damon and his charm" Caroline muttered walking out of the boarding house with Bonnie.

...

Damon didn't want to hear the girl's conversation so he had his music up and took a shower while they were downstairs most likely talking about him and Stefan.

He walked out of the shower and heard a knock at his door. He wrapped a towel around his waist and opened it "yes, Stef?"

Stefan walked inside Damon's room.

"sure, Stef, walk right in without permission" Damon said sarcastically.

"I want to know what has been going on between you and Elena" Stefan said.

Damon groaned and rolled his eyes "not you to. Elena and I are just friends, Stefan. We have never kissed except in Denver."

"what?" Stefan asked.

Damon sighed "when we went to get Jeremy back, we...well we kissed. It was your fault for telling her to figure out if she had feelings for me"

Stefan sighed "your right, I shouldn't have left with Klaus, none of this would have happened."

"ok, stop blaming Klaus for all your problems. Yes, he took you away from Mystic Falls and Elena and I got closer. But, when you were finally free, you didn't go straight to Elena. You chose to piss off and Original and risk her life. Which, if I remember correctly, you did!"

"Oh, don't give me that Damon! Its not like you haven't forced blood down her throat"

"At least when I did it, it was because I was afraid of loosing her, you did it to piss off Klaus!...Stop blaming other people for your mistakes and own up to yours!" Damon grabbed a shirt. "get out, Im changing"

Stefan nodded and left closing the door behind him.

Damon got dressed and walked downstairs.

"where are you going?" Stefan asked.

"away from you" Damon answered shutting the door behind him.

...

Damon drove to Elena's house and got out of the car.

He walked up to the porch and knocked.

Jeremy answered "shes upstairs" Jeremy said, moving to let Damon in.

Damon walked in and walked into Elena's room.

Elena was laying in her bed. She looked up at him "you know, you could have knocked"

Damon smirked "well, I didn't need an invitation" Damon said walking to sit on the edge of her bed.

Elena smiled at him and starred back up at the ceiling.

Damon sighed "is what Caroline said true?"

Elena looked at Damon and furrowed her brow.

"that Im the reason you broke up with Stefan?" Damon said swallowing hard.

Elena went to speak but couldn't. She sighed and looked away from him. "yes"

Elena looked back at Damon. She could see a mix of emotions on his face. Surprise, happiness, love.

Damon sighed "you know we can't jump straight into a relationship. Even though Stefan accused me of trying to break you to up, hes still my brother"

Elena sighed "I know" she was disappointed. She wanted to start a relationship with Damon so bad. But, she understood why Damon said no.

"Listen, why don't we just go on a trip. You and me for a weekend. You can get away from Stefan, neurotic control freak barbie."

Elena laughed at his last statement "yeah, your right...lets do that"

Damon was shocked.

"what?"

Damon shook his head "nothing I-I just thought you'd say no"

Elena laughed "nope, Im saying yes. Your right, this could be out time out for five minutes" she said quoting him from Georgia.

Damon grinned at her "well, you can pick where and when you want to go"

Elena smiled and nodded.

Damon put his hand on her knee "well, I should probably get going...Stefan will probably think I seduced you"

"Ok, bye"

"Bye, Elena" Damon kissed her forehead and left leaving Elena speechless.