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Damon and Stefan had stayed at the hospital waiting for Elena to wake up for three days and now both boys were soundly asleep.

Over the last those days, Damon was feeling empty. Incomplete. Something was missing and he knew exactly what it was. Elena Gilbert. After what happened to Elena, he let Stefan out of his "cage" and told him. They both were constantly visiting the hospital, checking to see if Elena was wake. Damon had even compelled the nurses to let them sleep in the chairs in Elena's room and he had been to the hospital enough times to know everyone on a first name base.

Stefan's life, on the other hand, wasn't that different. Yes, he did miss Elena and loved her, but he should have felt... hollow without her, but he didn't. Though Elena's accident didn't have an effect on him, it had a huge on his brother. Stefan found himself having to remind Damon to sleep, and sometimes to even to feed.

Flashback-Damon's P.O.V:

Before the game started, the "Kiss Cam" went around to random couples and made them kiss. We were one of those couples.

"Aww! Wasn't that couple cute? Let's go to the next lucky couple." The female announcer said, searching for the next couple. Then the camera was on us.

"Alright! Now, you have to kiss!" The female announcer said.

"Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" The fans around us cheered.

Elena and I looked at each other, and then she kissed me. The crowd went insane.

"Now, that is the cutest couple." The announcer stated. She replayed the kiss 3 times, making Elena blush.

"You guys are a cute couple." A petite, short woman with black hair and very light brown eyes said that was in front of us said.

"We are actually-" I was cut off by Elena nudging me.

"We are actually... getting married in a few weeks." Elena said and winked at me.

"I popped the question one month ago. She said yes and I took her to a baseball game afterwards to celebrate. We're just reliving the moment." I said looking at Elena.

Nobody's POV

Damon pulled his phone out his pocket and Elena and Damon had the following text convocation:

Damon: Why did you say that we're engaged?

Elena: I like the attention and you have a chance to kiss me and be all over me. I get tired of guys hitting on me. It's a win/win!

Damon: Fine wife! But any rules?

Elena: No rules... both of us are single...

Then the game started and all was well until the Cardinals hit a foul ball and it hit Elena in the back of head. She was knocked out and Damon took her to the hospital.

The doctor said that she was in a coma and she should only be in it for a couple of days. Only 37% of patients don't make it. They could only hope that Elena was one of the 63%.

Elena's eyes fluttered open as she took in her surroundings. She had to blink rapidly to adjust to the bright white lights. She was in a small room with whitewashed walls, a brown leather couch, and 3 tan upholstered chairs that looked extremely uncomfortable. Sitting in those incredibly uncomfortable chairs were two men, one in his late teens and one in his early twenties. Elena was puzzled considering she didn't know where she was or who those two people were, but something inside of her was screaming that they looked familiar. "Umm...hi?" Elena said looking at the two men.

Damon woke up to the sound of her voice and relief washed over his features. "Thank god you're awake!" He said as he ran to get a hug from her, but the second he was within arm's reach she pushed him away.

"Look, you're really cute and..." She ran her hand down his chest, feeling his abs. "...really hot, but do I know you?" Elena said and pointed to Stefan. "Do I know him?"

Damon stared blankly at Elena for a few moments before running his hand though his raven hair and letting out an annoyed sigh. "Great, you lost your memory." He mumbled to himself. "Elena, I'm Damon and that's Stefan." He said pointing at his sleeping brother. "You broke up with him and we were at a baseball game and you got hit in the head with a foul ball. That probably explains why you don't know us. But Stefan cheated on you with Katharine, your doppelganger. She-" Damon's quick explanation was cut off by a wide eyed and confused looking Elena.

"I have a doppelganger? Ok this is too much!" Elena blurted out throwing her arms above her head in agitation.

"Elena, you have to listen to me!" Damon groaned in annoyance.

"WHO IS ELENA?"

"YOU! Your name is Elena!" Damon said in a loud, but calm voice.

Elena sat puzzled for some time and spent the next two minutes taking everything in. Having all of this information thrown at her was not helping her pounding headache, which now that she had been told she had been hit in the head made sense. Damon could almost see the wheels in her head turning as he sat himself down back in a seat to the right of the bed.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" Elena said in a raspy voice sounding a lot like Caroline.

Damon looked back at a curious Elena. "What? No." 'Did she really just say that?' Damon thought in his head. He was overflowing with emotions at that time. He was confused. He was astonished. He was overjoyed.

"Good to know." Elena said smiling at Damon who smirked back.

With all the noise in the room, Stefan woke up. "Elena." He breathed as he moved in for a kiss.

She was barely able to keep him away from her because of his strength, but she keep pushing and pushing. "What are you doing? I don't know you!" A befuddled and peevishly Elena hissed.

"What the- You don't remember me?" Stefan asked.

"No!" Elena snapped crossing her skinny arms over her chest. "Wait... are you Stefan?" She asked smiling. Damon realized where she was going and smirked.

"Yes! Yes! I'm Stefan!" Stefan said, getting happy.

"Good to know." Elena smirked as she drew her hand back and hit him across his face. His face automatically flew to the left and he raised his hand to readjust his jaw.

Stefan winced in pain, while Elena was detaching the tubes from her arms and Damon was laughing so hard he started crying.

"What was that for?" Stefan squeaked out.

Elena rolled her eyes as she was putting her clothes on. "That was for...cheating on me with that Elena girl and-"

"Your name is Elena! He cheated on you with Katharine!" Damon said correcting Elena.

"Right. The slap was for cheating and any other pain you caused me. You're too hot not to have caused pain to me." Elena said and left.

Damon jumped up and followed her out the door. He caught up with her and turned her around so she was looking at him.

"Where are you going?" he asked as calmly as he could.

"You said you knew me, right?" Damon nodded. "Well, drive me home. You know where, right?" Elena asked walking away. "Let's go."

Damon and Elena rode in silence until they reached Elena's house.

Elena looked at Damon. "Are you and Stefan…brothers?"

Damon sighed and said, "Yes. We are the famous Salvatore brothers."

"Whoa. You're famous?" Elena asked with wide eyes.

"No, but everyone in this town knows us." Damon said laughing at her reaction.

"Oh." Elena said sadly. "Did I date you?"

"No. I'm in love with you, but you dated Stefan instead." Damon said sadly.

"You do? Why didn't I choose you? I mean, you're hot, funny, and...Hot." Elena said feeling his biceps.

Damon chuckled at her words. "Only you know why. Let's go inside." Damon said and used his super speed to help Elena out of the car.

"Whoa! How did you do that?" Elena asked with big eyes.

"I'm a vampire, remember? Stefan's one, too, but don't tell anyone."

"Oh. Did you ever... bite me?" Elena quizzed, while Damon picked her up.

"Me? Never! Stefan? Yes, he bit you last night when you were sleeping in my bed."

"I slept in your bed before? Are you sure we haven't dated?"

"I'm sure. But do you want us to date?" Damon asked sarcastically.

Elena thought for a second. "Yes, I do."

"Sure..." Damon said and rang the door bell.

A few minutes later soft thuds and a muffled "I'll get it!" could be heard from the other side of the door before Ric answered.

"What happened?" Ric said through clenched teeth ready to punch Damon if need be.

Damon saw the anger and confusion in his face. "Don't worry, she was hit with a foul ball and she forgot everything... including the people in her everyday life.

Elena walked over to Jeremy and made eye contact with him.

"Please tell me that you aren't my cousin or something!" Elena pled and put her hand on his chest.

"Sorry, but I'm your brother." Jeremy said and removed her hand. He would admit, his sister's a beautiful girl, but he would never look at her in that way. He scrunched up his face just thinking of her like that.

"Eww...that's..." Elena trailed off because words couldn't describe how she felt.

Ric, Jeremy, and Damon quickly told her everything about everything going on in her life.

Damon was about to leave, but Elena grabbed his wrist.

"Yes?" Damon said in a sing- song voice with a smirk slapped on his face.

Elena was staring at him, in deep thought. She sat and admired his perfect body and features. "Sorry, can we go somewhere tomorrow?" Elena asked, slightly pouting.

"Hmm... Is Elena Gilbert asking me on a date?" He teased. As much as he wanted her, but couldn't have her, he could at least tease her. He then chuckled at her wide eyes and lightly parted lips. "Sure. Anywhere you want to go; we'll go, no matter how much it costs me."

"Ok." Elena smiled and watched him walk away.

Elena found her room and started searching for any clues that might remind her of her old life. Only finding pictures of her, Damon, and that Stefan guy, she gave up and went to sleep.

The Next Day

Elena woke up and checked her phone, 1 text message. It was from Damon.

When you think of something you want to do today, meet me at the old Salvatore Boarding House. I'm free all day. If you don't remember something, call me. Someone might be tricking you.

-Damon, the insanely hot guy from last night

Elena quickly got ready by taking a shower and putting on clothes. She wore a red, cropped in the front, sleeveless shirt, with white skinny jeans and red high heels. She got directions from Ric and drove to the Boarding House. She got out her car and the door swung open without her knocking.

Damon answered and said, "Hi. You look hot. I mean... you usually don't dress like that."

"Hello. Thanks." Elena said and blushed. "Who's that guy at my house? You didn't tell me about him." She said while plopping on the couch.

Damon sat next to her, and said, "His name is Alaric Saltzman, or Ric. He is Jeremy's guardian since..." Damon didn't want to tell her about her parents or Jenna."...stuff happened."

"Oh OK. I want to go to the bar tonight... and I want you to go with me." Elena said smiling.

"OK we'll go at 7:30." Damon did his signature eye thing and left to get a blood bag and came back.

Elena walked over to him. "Has Stefan really bitten me? Like vampire hard?" She frowned at his smirking.

Damon looked her straight in the eye and said, "Yes, vampire hard. And I wasn't laughing, I was... smirking."

"Have you ever murdered anyone... not for blood, just because?"

"Yes, to be honest, many times. In my defense, they all were trying to kill me." Damon said while throwing his blood bag away. "You see that necklace on your neck? Keep it on every second of the day." Damon said changing the subject.

Elena felt her neck and seen the necklace. "Yeah, what about it?"

"Vampires can't compel you. Compelling is when vampires tell you to do something and it's basically tricking you. Like... ok, take off your necklace and look me in the eye."

Elena did as she was told and looked at his icy blue eyes.

Damon walked to the fridge and grabbed a pickle. "You will eat this pickle." Damon said while giving her a small, juicy pickle.

Without hesitation, Elena grabbed the pickle, took a bite, and made a disgusted face making Damon laugh.

"Why did you make me eat a pickle?" Elena asked while getting a bottle of water and drinking half of it.

"I was just showing you how easily vampires can make you do stuff without your pretty little necklace. Vervain burns vampires and too much of it is fatal." Damon said and handed over her necklace. He let it burn him so she would see what he was talking about.

"Ok. Mr. Salvatore. Anything else?" Elena said, eager to learn more about vampires.

"That necklace is important and..." Damon said while Elena spaced out.

Elena looked him up and down and carefully examined him. She looked at every single detail of his perfect body. It was like he was built to be a perfect person; perfect hair, perfect skin, perfect eyes... perfect everything. What she didn't realize was that Damon was staring back at her, smirking.

Elena blushed. "Sorry. You're just so... perfect."

She quickly realized that she was just feeding his ego and Damon's smirk was getting bigger by the second. "Thank you, Kitten."

"How are you so perfect?"

"It's one of the perks of being a vampire. I have super strength, speed, agility, quick healing, I can compel people, and I don't age. Oh and I can control your dreams."

Elena narrowed her eyes and asked, "How are you not married, or at least a girlfriend?"

"I can't trust a lot of people with my secret. So I don't date, but I do use my charms to lure and trick people into letting me drink from them. Pass me a knife from the kitchen, please."

Elena did as she was told again and sat in a chair next to him. Damon then grabbed her hand and made a large, deep cut in the shape of a 'D'.

Elena winced in pain and slapped Damon, but he caught her hand and said, "I'm trying to make a point, Elena." Damon then licked the knife and cut his wrist and let the blood drip in a glass.

"You make points by cutting me? You basically just marked me like a cow!" An angry Elena screamed at a smirking Damon.

Damon pushed the glass to her and said, "Drink this and see what it does… Or I might be overwhelmed with the smell and feed on you." He said. Of course he was lying because he could never lose control near Elena.

Without hesitation, Elena drank his blood, looked at her healing hand, and said, "Whoa, Your blood heals me?"

"Not just my blood, all vampire blood, and not just you, all humans." Damon smirked.

"Sorry for swinging at you. Is it weird that I want to hear more?" Elena asked playing with her healed hand. It looked as though he never cut her and the pain was gone.

"Come here." Damon led her to the couch and sat her down. He explained everything to her about vampires, witches, hybrids, werewolves, and all the other supernatural stuff in Mystic Falls. They talked and laughed for almost 2 hours. Then they went to the Grill.

"I'll have gin." Elena said and gave the barmaid a 50 dollar bill.

Damon took the 50 and replaced it with a 100 dollar bill. "I'll have bourbon and I'll pay."

"You don't have too you know." Elena said and showed him 100 hundred dollar bills taking up the majority of the space in her purse. "I have money."

Damon gave her a confused look and said, "Did you rob a bank?"

"No. I was looking around my room last night and found this in my vent. I have no idea where it came from, but I like it." Elena said smiling.

Damon was about to say something, but the barmaid had brought their drinks over.

"Can I just have the bottle, please?" Elena said with a smile.

"Sure darling!" The obvious southern belle barmaid left and brought the gin bottle back.

"Thanks." Elena said and looked at Damon, who was looking at her.

"I love the new you. I hope you never remember the old Elena." Damon said and ordered more bourbon.

An hour and many drinks later, Elena had finished the bottle of gin and was drunk. Damon had drunk 10 shots, but wasn't drunk.

"Elena, you OK?" Damon said while nudging her.

"I'M FINE, NEVER BETTER! WHY?" She screamed.

"Well, you're screaming and you were just flirting with Jeremy...again. We're leaving, let's go." Damon said and picked her up.

"Ok. I don't know what I would do without you. I love you." Elena said and touched his face. Damon didn't know what to do, but then he realized it was probably just the alcohol talking.

"Yeah, I love you too. I wish you'll say that when you're sober." Damon said sadly and quietly.

Elena still heard his comment and snuggled into his arms.

"I love you." Elena repeated and smiled again.

"Yeah, we're defiantly taking you home now." Damon said and put her in his car. She went to sleep before they reached the Boarding House.

When they arrived home Damon carried her in and laid her on his bed. Then he got a text.

Jeremy: Hey, did you take my sister home? She was drunk and I think Katherine or Klaus got her! We have to do something! –Jer

Damon: First of all, I would punch you though the phone if I could. Second, do you really thing I would let you go with me to get her? It would be another Gilbert suicide mission. Third, she right here with me, in my bed. Do you want a picture?

Jeremy: Oh ok. No, the last thing I would want is a picture! Thanks. I own you one. Don't hurt her and please keep her safe.

Damon smiled at the text. His mind went back to how Stefan handed himself over to Klaus to cure him from the werewolf bite. Younger siblings always feel the need to protect the older one, when it should be the other way around.

Damon turned back to a sleeping Elena. He touched her face and gave her a small amount of blood so that she wouldn't be hung-over in the morning. He moved for the door when Elena rolled over and said, "Hey. I have something to tell you."

"And what is that, Elena?" Damon said and turned to face Elena.

"I don't love you anymore. I hate you. I love him."

Damon had a confused look on his face and said, "Who? Who do you love?" Damon sat Elena up in bed and she stood all the way up.

"I ...love... him. His... name is- is..." Elena spat out slowly before she passed-out.

"I love you being drunk, but you're making everything hard for me." Damon stated and put Elena on the bed.

Damon sighed and lied next to her and quickly fell asleep.

Two Hours Later - Elena's POV

I woke up and looked around. I didn't recognize where I was, but I saw someone lying next to me. I freaked out for a second, but quickly realized that it was just Damon. I reached over Damon and grabbed my necklace, since I was supposed to wear it all the time.

While I was leaning over him, he grabbed my waist and pinned me to the bed with one hand. I tried to wiggle out of his grip, but I forgot he was a big bad vampire.

"What are you doing?" Damon asked with his eyes still closed and pinning me down.

"Relax; I'm Elena, not my doppelganger. I was just getting my necklace." Elena said and stopped fighting.

"Oh...OK." Damon said and released my waist.

"Oh how cute." A voice came from behind me and it sounded like... me.

like... me.