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Elena's POV

It had been almost 2 weeks since I had seen Damon thankfully it was pretty easy to avoid him and pretty much everyone else working at the hospital had pretty much became my life and I was okay with that. It was keeping me distracted from thinking about Damon I was still so pissed at him for asking me about my bruises. I was pissed that I had met Liam that I dated him, pissed that he's the reason I came back to Mystic Falls where Damon was. I was just mad in general the only time I seemed to forget about everything was work.

But today work wasn't going to distract me it was my day off and I promised Hayley we would go to lunch. I grab my purse, keys and phone texting Hayley "Hey i'm leaving my house i'll be there soon!" I hurry and rush out my door heading out to my car when I look up from my phone I see Damon and my chest tightens what the hell was he doing here.. I let out a sigh and run my hand through my hair as he gets off his bike and walks up towards me "Damon what are you doing here?"

He holds up his hands "I'm just here to apologize for the other day i'm assuming that's why you haven't been around lately" he says leaning against my car before I can open my door I roll my eyes "I haven't been around because i've been working a lot the club isn't my whole life anymore now can you please move i'm gonna be late meeting Hayley" our eyes lock and he stays silent for a moment before moving and opening my car door for me

"Wouldn't want you to be late" he says I eye him for a moment before climbing in my car and looking back up at him "I know your club isn't your life Elena but your friends and family still are so don't push them out you just barley got back and for the record I am sorry for the other day it wasn't the right way or place to bring it up" he says giving me a small smile shutting the door

I watch him walk to his bike put on his helmet get on his bike and drive off "Don't think about it Elena just go" I mumble to myself before turning on my car and speeding to meet Hayley hoping I wouldn't be late but the entire way there I couldn't stop thinking about what Damon said and that he was right.. yes I had been working a lot but I also had been avoiding everyone not just him..

"Hey sorry i'm a few minutes late" I say sitting down across from Hayley giving her a smile "Don't worry about it I already ordered us some wine and salad for us to start out on" she says smiling back at me "Thank god I could use something to drink" I say setting my purse down and picking up the menu to look over I feel her eyes on me when I look up she has a little smirk

"What?" I say raising an eyebrow she shakes her head "Nothing i'm just guessing Damon had a part in why you were late" I laugh lightly and nod my head "Yeah how did you know" I ask as the waiter walks out and sets our glasses of wine down "I'll be right back with the salad and to take your order" he says smiling before turning and walking away my attention going back to Hayley

"You just have that look on your face whenever Damon has gotten under your skin. I used to see it all the time" she says smirking before taking a sip of her wine "So what did he do this time?" she asks I let out a small sigh "Just showed up out of the blue and called me out on ignoring everyone lately" I say rolling my eyes making her smile "Well you have kind of been MIA lately.."

"I know" I say biting my lip "And trust me I feel bad about it I've just been working as much as I can to keep myself distracted" she tilts her head slightly "Distracted from what? Damon?" I take a sip of my wine "Yes.. the night of the party when he brought me home he saw some of my bruises from Liam.. and then asked me about it the next day"

"I'm assuming you didn't tell him?" She asks I shake my head "No it pissed me off that he asked me in the first place it's not like we're friends. He just still gets under my skin so easily" I say honestly feeling relief of finally getting some of this off of my chest and telling Hayley felt right she was always almost always level headed and very understanding but she wasn't afraid to be honest which is the reason I loved her

"I get why you wouldn't want to tell him about the Liam situation when he asked it was only the second time you'd talked to him after 4 years of silence.. but to be fair he was only asking because he cares about you Elena" I laugh a little bit "Why does he care so much about me now? he sure didn't before I left when he was actually with me"

"Elena you know damn well that boy was in love with you and cared about you he was just young and stupid and made a lot of bad choices that sadly ended up pushing you away from not just him but everyone and that's ok I would have done exactly what you did if I was in your situation" she says giving me a small smile "But he never stopped caring about you over the last 4 years trust me. Just remember he's grown up a lot he's changed the whole club has just keep that in mind"

"Way to put me in my place" I say smiling back "I get what you're saying and it's been a long time I should probably just forgive and forget it's just easier said then done.. like even today when I saw him a part of me was so furious that he just showed up out of the blue but then another part of me felt excited that he was there and then I couldn't stop thinking about how attracted I still am to him because after all this time a small part of me still cares for him loves him even" I say letting out a frustrated groan

After spending the day with Hayley and talking about everything involving me and Damon I couldn't seem to stop thinking about the past.. once I was home I started to dig in the chest at the foot of my bed that held everything from mine and Damon's relationship it had everything from pictures, ticket stubs, letters he had wrote me, my first leather jacket, my old helmet, my old favorite t-shirt of his that I used to sleep in all the time. I just never could seem to part with any of it.

I start looking through the pictures smiling at all the crazy memories we used to have together.. I stop at one of us kissing in the pouring rain we had went on a weekend ride with Klaus and Caroline one weekend and had stopped at this beautiful place we found the stars were so bright and clear me and Damon were standing together when we saw these shooting stars..

Even though we were soaking wet from the rain that came out of no where everything in this moment was perfect as I kissed Damon. Anytime we kissed it was full of passion and love but there was something about this kiss right now that was more intense then any other kiss we had shared.. maybe it was because we were standing in a beautiful place in the pouring rain fulfilling my fantasy of a notebook kiss but I knew it was more then that it was the pure love I was feeling while kissing him

And the look on his face as we slowly separated I knew he was feeling the same way I was that this was a moment we would never forget..

"Promise me this is forever" my heart was beating a thousand miles an hour and my skin was tingling as the rain continued to pour down on us and that beautiful smile on his face as he says "I promise" made me catch my breath and stand completely still when all I wanted to do was pull him back to me and never stop kissing him but thankfully I didn't have to his arms were already wrapped around me holding me tight his lips pressing against mine.

I replayed the moment over in my head as I stared at the picture remembering how perfect that moment was. How I knew for a fact in that moment that we were so in love with each other and that I never wanted to be with anyone else Damon was the one for me and that kiss.. it beat all our other kisses. And Caroline had saw us and decided to take a picture I remember her saying "It was a perfect moment I had to take a picture so you guys can have it on your wedding day"

I wiped away the tears that had started to fall down my face as I set the picture down and grab the t-shrit pulling it close to my face hoping that the scent of him still lingered somewhere.. I had done this so many times over the years anytime I would take a moment to think about the past and us.. but unfortunately the scent of him had faded over the years.

"What are you doing Elena" I groan to myself as I pick up my phone and going to mine and Damon's text messages "Hey, can we get together and talk?"

before I can change my mind I hit send. I had no idea what I was doing but all I know is I need to talk to Damon.. I wanted to talk to Damon.

Authors note

Let me know what you think! I know it's short so the next one will be longer and feature more Damon I swear!

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