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Elena POV

Damon and I were cast under the shadows in the back seat of my car, my head pressed against his chest whilst his hand drew patterns on my stomach sending shivers through my body. Our naked bodies pressed together still, only being covered by a blanket that had been in the boot of my car. It had been used when I first got my car and I went to the Lake House, I would sneak out in the dead of night and just watch the lake letting my thoughts consuming me but the stilled waters never failed to bring me peace, hope and comfort. Now my blanket was wrapped around me and Damon after we relieved ourselves of the pressing need to just touch each other, worship each other.

"I didn't think you would show." I whispered my eyes looking down onto my stomach where his hand rested softly.

"My self –control was slipping, Elena. I missed you and I just wanted to see you then I saw your message…I had to see you." He whispered back.

Damon's eyes were filled with nothing other than need and desperation, the need for him to be near was practically radiating from him and it made my heart stop in my chest. I meant that much to someone. Damon loved me that much that he didn't just want me, he needed me with him and only lately had Stefan seemed to feel that towards me. It was a magnetic pull between two people who had nobody else to turn or simply just wanted each other to turn to in their time of need. It was beyond magical.

My hand reached out voluntarily to caresses his cheek as I planted a soft kiss on his lips. It was sweet, simple, soft but still it was magical and full of love. Damon smiled briefly under the kiss and his hands were on my back pressing me closer to him. As soon as my body had the slightest contact to his skin the kiss had become more passionate and it like his lips was slowly bringing me back to life. It was overwhelming.

"Elena…" He moaned softly into to the kiss.

"Yes?" I breathed.

"We still need to talk." He sighed softly before resting back in our earlier position. "Elena, you still need to make your choice."

"Damon. I'm here and I'm with you." I kissed his cheek again softly. "I'm here. Doesn't that make my choice clear?" I asked him smiling with eyebrows raised.

I knew he had never been first choice for anyone in his life. Katherine, the first woman he loved, had always chose Stefan and always made it clear that Damon was nothing other than someone she could have a little fun with. She played games with his head saying she loved them both which had only added to his confusion but none of that mattered because at the end of the day she would always choose Stefan even if he didn't choose her. His father only increased Damon's insecurity. His father had always favoured Stefan and constantly reminded Damon of Stefan's victories whilst only reminded Damon of his failures. Giuseppe had blamed Damon for the death of his wife, Damon's mother and Damon didn't help the matters when he refused to be the model son that Giuseppe wanted. Everyone had always choose Stefan over him and maybe that's why he had the bewildered look on his face, he doubted that someone would actually choose him.

Damon's eyes were filled with so much emotion you could almost see the doubt, the suspicion, the pain and the hope that I was implying that I had finally chose him. His eyes closed for a brief moment as he let out a deep breath he had been holding but he didn't open his eyes. No he kept them shut and didn't look at me causing my heart to sink in my chest. Did he actually doubt my love for him?

"Elena if you're joking or I'm reading into what you said…I don't know but I have to hear you say it." He tumbled over the right choice of his words but the desperation for me to love him was rung loud and clear throughout his voice.

Ever since I first met Damon I had never heard him stumble for the right choice of words. He had always seemed so cocky, so thoughtful and always seemed to know exactly what he was going to say without having to think about it. It always felt like he had a thesaurus permanently in his mind, constantly flicking through the pages to find the best word that would best fit his sentence that was about to flow effortlessly from his lips. He always seemed so sure of everything and even me but now this was different. The choice between him and his brother was something that had never been before and if it had everyone had seemed to choose his younger brother.

"Damon." I breathed, my fingertips caressing the silk skin of his cheek. "I love you so much, you're the reason I'm here today."

I held his hand in mine and slowly brought it to my lips my eyes never leaving his as I tenderly kissed each knuckle. His blue eyes were filled with both hope and pain, wondering whether they would finally have a reason to be happy and to smile without worry of the happiness fading away. I brought his hand to my chest before letting go of it completely, his palm stretched against my chest where all he could feel was the soft pounding of my heart.

"You hear that? That beats because you risked your life to save me so many times that I can't even begin to count. You brought me back to life, Damon. You brought back the girl who should have died in the car crash with her parents and yes, Stefan saved me. He made me willing to fall in love again but you…you changed everything for me. Damon Salvatore, you saved me from everything that I had been hiding from. I feel, I hope, I believe in everything because of you and yeah we fight but that's what love is. It's proving to each other that no matter comes between us we will always be there for each other. We will always find a way back to each other, we always survive. It's you. Damon Salvatore, I chose you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you." I let out a large breathe that I felt I had been holding in ever since I had met Damon Salvatore in the Boarding House when ironically I had gone looking for Stefan. It was like fate's twisted way of showing me that I wanted someone like Stefan but Damon would always be there for me in ways that would not always be able to be justified but nevertheless Damon would always be there.

Damon smiled and softly pressed his lips against mine. His blue crystal eyes were like stormy waters, the different shades of blue in his eyes showing different emotions. A smile tugged at his lips and his mouth opened as if to speak but he just shook his head completely speechless by my declaration. I mirrored his smile and moved his hand from my heart kissing his fingertips along the way as my heart melted from the way he looked at me with a sense of relief. Would he always have that smile when I told him I loved him? Would he never believe he was worthy of loving?

"Let's go somewhere today." Damon said. "Let's go back to Georgia again."


We arrived in the middle of a little town in Georgia a few hours afterwards. My cell phone lay forgotten in my bag along with Damon's who had placed his cell phone in there too. He had said 'no distractions' and he was right because I didn't want to be distracted today by anything all I wanted was to be with Damon and just enjoy this day with him. We were both having a time out similar to our first trip to Georgia where I first began to trust Damon and where I saved his life in return for all those times he had saved me. To anyone in Georgia we were just a random couple and we were no longer a vampire and his brother's girl, no we were just the couple in love like were supposed to be.

The little town was similar to Mystic Falls with the small shops and houses that looked a hundred of years old. All of the flowers in the gardens were kept neat and tidy, the sun shining down on them as the flowers bathed in the sunlight growing more beautiful with each sun beam. Children played with their bikes on the road with no fear of racing cars coming speeding down the road but all of them equally excited and happy. I watched the children from the car as I waited for Damon to come back with refreshments from the shop. I smiled sadly; none of the children had anything to fear or suffered from the punishment of guilt.

"Are you okay?" Damon asked handing me a cup of coffee. His eyes searching mine to see what was bothering me.

"I'm okay. They're just so innocent." I told him as I pointed to the young children.

Damon nodded thoughtfully to himself. "Yeah and then they grow up and make all the mistakes that make them human."

"What are we doing today?" I asked him ignoring his earlier comment.

Damon reached into the pocket of his leather jacket and pulled out a piece of paper that was folded halfway. His fingertips caressed the paper and folded it back to its normal state but my eyes didn't leave his fingers, thoughts of last night and the way he touched me lingered inside my mind causing me to momentarily blush. Damon caught my gaze smirking, his spare hand coming down to my thigh and stroking me against my jeans whilst he waved the poster in front of my face. I opened my eyes wider to read the text but I couldn't concentrate as he began to place soft kisses on my neck.

"Damon…stop." I moaned.

A chuckle echoed from his lips but he obliged to my command and pulled away. He fell against the back of the driver's seat the smile never leaving his perfectly shaped face. Damon picked up the poster that had managed to fall onto to the floor and placed it on my lap. My eyes scanned the text on the poster and I couldn't help but smile.

"You want to take me to the fair?" I asked taking a sip of my coffee and turning in my seat to look at him.

"I want to take you on top of the Ferris wheel and just kiss you because I know that's your big romantic fantasy. I know you did it with Stefan but I promise you it will be better." He smirked suggestively and drove off to the fair.


By the time we reached the location of the town fair night had once again reached us and all I could think about was that a blissful distraction day would soon be over and I would be back in the confinements of bedroom planning on what I was going to tell Stefan and praying that he wouldn't be mad. I wasn't ready to go back yet but I still had a few hours left and I still had to go on the ferris wheel with the love of my life. We parked onto one of the fields that had been labelled 'Parking' before getting out into the night's air.

Damon opened the car door and smiled at me taking my hand in his and leading me into the fairground. The majority of the grounds were filled with teenagers and younger couples who would occasionally stop to kiss each other, their arms around each other as they laughed without any care in the world. Seeing couples so free and in love just gave me the extra push to want to tell Stefan about me and Damon because as soon as that bit was over the faster me and Damon could move on and be free.

"Cotton candy?" Damon asked even though he was already buying me some from the counter. I couldn't help but laugh.

He handed me the cotton candy and I placed some in my mouth loving the sugary strawberry taste that tingled on my tongue. I grinned smiling up at Damon and wrapped my arms around his neck kissing him with everything I had without even thinking twice about it even if I wasn't one of those young and free couples yet I could just be the part for a few more hours. Damon pulled away from me but kept me pressed tightly against him, his eyes lingering on my lips before making a heated gaze towards my lips. My hand gripped the cotton candy bag tighter as I felt my blush flood my cheeks. Damon smiled softly before pressing a soft kiss to my cheek mouthing the words 'I love you' against my skin and my heart fluttered in my chest. How could a love this epic exist outside of fiction?

"Let's go, love." He whispered, his fingers curling around mine and leading me towards the ferris wheel.

Laughing I followed him as he practically dragged me towards the seats of the wheel. The cotton candy in my hand was long but forgotten as we took a seats and one of the fairground workers strapped us so we were safe. The seats swayed as they went up in the air and my laugh echoed around the fairground causing Damon to grin wickedly next to me. I leaned back into my seat twisting my body so I could get a better look at the perfect man in front of me. Damon squeezed my hand and pointed towards the fairground which seemed so tiny from where we were almost at the top. The seats buckled backwards and forwards again before coming to a halt at the very top of the wheel.

"I believe this is where you kiss me, Mr Salvatore." I smirked, capturing my lower lip in between my teeth.

"I believe so." Damon laughed.

Very slowly he leaned closer towards me till our lips were barely touching and I could feel every unnecessary breath that he took. Memories of last night entered my mind and everything inside me burned with need for Damon to finally kiss me, for his lips to finally touch mine. I had never felt such a compulsive need in my life so without even realizing I closed the gap between our lips and crashed our lips together. My hands wound their way into Damon's hair, tugging on the strands that fell into my grasp. Damon moaned into my lips and pulled me closer to him.

"Put her down mate!" A British tourist shouted from behind us causing us to pull apart immediately.

Damon swore under his breath but I didn't care about the British guy interrupting because there would be so many more kisses that would be left with no interruptions and that would go on forever. I didn't care about anything in this moment other than just being with the man I loved without worrying about anyone seeing us and as Damon squeezed my hand softly I didn't care about what would happen tomorrow in Mystic Falls. Right here, right now, Damon and I were free. We were normal, happy and free. We were free.


I could almost vomit at the sight of Damon and Elena kissing on top of the big wheel like love struck teenagers that thought their love was true. It was interesting how Elena and Damon were in this pathetic little town when she was supposed to be with Stefan in Mystic Falls. A sly grin emerged on my face I wondered if Stefan knew that his precious Elena was actually sleeping with his older brother. Well even if he didn't know he was about to find out. I smiled, turning around and facing the direction of Mystic Falls.


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