"Elena? Elena wake up." Elena was awake now, but she was too afraid to open her eyes.
"Your heartbeat just picked up. I know your awake." Dang. So he really must be then. A vampire. She sat up, and opened her eyes.
"Is it true?" Elena asked, hoping it was all a dream; though she knew it wasn't.
"Would I lie to you Elena?" He looked so sad; so sincere.
No, she almost said. But instead, "But you have. All this time. You never told me."
He looked hurt. "I had to know I could trust you! Elena, this secret, if it were to get out, could cost me my life."
She hadn't thought of it that way. "But you do now? You trust me?"
"With all my soul. Elena, you changed me. You gave me motivation to be a better person. For that, I owed you my love, and my trust. You now have both." She couldn't take it any longer. She wasn't scared, she never really was. she practically leaped forward, and his lips met hers. This was what love felt like. Tilting her chin up, she exposed her neck. She wanted him to feed.
"No, Elena. I can't" He began kissing her neck.
"Yes. Damon, yes." Suddenly, she felt two sharp pinches at her throat, and then she was in a world of pleasure. Their souls merged into one, and she could sense him in a whole new way. They were open. They were free.
Elena, Damon said, but not with words. Somehow, she could hear him with her mind.
Yes, my love?
This shouldn't be happening. I'm taking advantage of you. And I haven't told you everything.
Then he started pulling away.
No! Too late.
"Damon." Elena said, and pouted.
"Elena, sweetheart, I can't take too much. Plus you really should know more about me."
"Fine." And then he explained it all. How to kill him, how he survives, how he was turned, and even about Katherine, which confused Elena. But right before he got to the part about Stefan, and that he, too, was in Mystic Falls, there was a man at the door.
"Damon? What are you doing? And who's that?" It was Stefan. What was he doing here?
"Brother, I'll be out in just a minute. If you could please walk out and shut the door, I'd be most appreciative." Brother?
"Damon, what's going on? Why did you call Stefan 'brother'?" What is happening, Elena wondered.
"Damon, is that Elena?"
"Get out, Brother. Now!" Damon said.
"Stefan, I may not know why you're here, but I would appreciate it if you would leave us alone for just a minute." Elena said, trying to make sense of things. Stefan just looked at she stepped in to the light, he saw the two small holes,quickly healing on her throat.
"You fed on her?" He sounded disgusted. "I should have known you would do this." Now looking at Elena, "You two have 5 minutes alone before I come back." Then he stomped out of the room.
"This is why I should have told you everything before our little... Activity." Damon said.
"So Stefan's your brother then?" Elena asked, already pretty sure of the answer.
"Yes. Stefan is my brother."
"So is he a..?"
"Yes. He's a vampire too."
"How many of you are there?" Elena asked. If there are already two, there could be more.
"Here? 2 as far as I can tell. All over the world. Thousands." Damon responded.
And then Stefan walked back in to the room. Crap. They had some explaining to do - Both of them.