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Hello everyone! You must be wondering why it has taken me so long to update, well... I was getting ready for my B-day Partyyy! Oh yeah, that's right. I'm turning 17 baby. Well actually I'm not turning 17 until Thursday, but I'm having my party Sunday. So that's why I wan't able to ubdate in a while because I was getting everything ready. By the way thanks to everyone for review/favourite/alerted my story. It still amazes me that you all like my story :D


Damon

As soon as I saw Tyler or Klaus standing in the foyer, I put myself in between him and Elena. I watched every move he made, shifting my body accordingly. My body was tense and coiled, ready for an attack. I felt Elena's hand rest on my back, in between my shoulder blades. In my peripheral vision I saw Caroline taking a step towards him.

"What are you doing here Klaus?" Elena's voice rang out from behind me, penetrating the silence that fell upon us. Klaus took his eyes off of Caroline and looked at me. We both sized each other up, waiting for the other to make a move.

"Oh relax mate, I'm not here for a fight." Amusement clouded Klaus' voice, as he took in my tense body. Despite his words, I still didn't relax my stance. I felt Elena try to move out from behind me, but I shot my hand out to halt her movement.

"Then what do you want?" I demanded him, not believing he was here for a social call. I expanded my hearing, listening to see if I can hear Stefan in the house somewhere. After hearing nothing, I surmised that he probably left after the scene between Elena and me.

"I want to make a deal." I couldn't help but scoff at him, how stupid does he think we are? Why would we make a deal with someone who has made our life a living hell?

"What kind of deal?" Obviously it was Elena's who wants to make this deal; I swear sometimes I think she's not playing with a full deck of cards. I shift my body so I was facing her, but still blocking Klaus.

"Are you crazy? We are not making a deal with the crazy psycho hybrid, which has made it his life's purpose to use you as a human blood bag." I looked at Elena, debating if I should send her off to the insane asylum. Seriously has she not learned anything from all the other times she trusted these Originals?

"Damon, he can't hurt me anymore." Her hand was on my bicep, rubbing it up and down. Her voice was soothing and made me relax slightly. I still didn't believe this was a good idea, but the least I can do is listen to the deal.

I turned so I was facing Klaus fully again, watching as he stood there with an amused smirk. I narrowed my eyes at; scrutinizing him to make sure he isn't trying to pull something.

"Fine, what's the deal?" I was really weary of what he wanted and my voice betrayed my suspicion. I don't want to make a deal with this douche, but Elena's right. What can Klaus possibly do now that Elena's a vampire?

"Well you see now that Elena's a vampire, I can't make hybrids. That doesn't matter now because my family and I are leaving." I think my mouth dropped at that.

Klaus is leaving.

It's too good to be true. Why would Klaus leave without having some sort of revenge on us? No there has to be some ulterior motive.

"Okay... What's our part of the deal?" I sighed in relief; at least Elena has some wit about her. I'm happy she's not completely trusting in this guy.

"Caroline comes with us." I felt my jaw drop at that. He will leave us all alone if Caroline goes with him? I heard Elena and Caroline gasp, I looked over to Caroline. She looked excited and guilty. I seriously couldn't comprehend this situation at all.

"Caroline, you don't have to go with him." Elena walked over to Caroline, grabbing a hold of her hands. I kept my eyes on Klaus, still not completely trusting him.

"Come on Caroline, don't you want to get out of this hick of a town and explore the world?" I looked out of the corner of my eye, trying to gauge her reaction. She looked like she was having an internal battle with herself.

Klaus was now wholly focused on Caroline; his eyes looked like they were pleading with her. I was totally flabbergasted; Klaus seems to have genuine feelings for Caroline no matter how twisted he is. The instant I saw Caroline look into Klaus' eyes I saw the fight leave her body.

"Okay..." Her whole body looked resigned, but I could see the excitement in her eyes. Elena was shaking her head back and forth, her eyes also pleading with Caroline but for a completely different reason.

"Caroline..." Elena's voice was sad, but more resigned then anything. Caroline wrapped her arms around Elena's frame, holding each other in a death grip.

"Don't worry Elena, I need to leave anyways. The council is still looking for Tyler and me, so it's the best way for now." I saw Elena nod her head, tears streaming down both their faces. I felt my heart squeeze at Elena's tears, she looked so sad.

I caught her eyes over Caroline's shoulder and she gave me a sad smile, I gave her a small smile in return. She let go of Caroline and stepped back, both giving each other sad smiles.

"Don't worry Elena; we'll see each other again. We do have an eternity." Elena let out a sad laugh, hugging Caroline one last time before letting her go. Caroline took a deep breath and then stepped forward, walking to Klaus' side.

Elena walked back over to my side as we both watched Caroline and Klaus leave the boarding house. When the door slammed shut, Elena turned to me and buried her face into my chest. Her tears stained my shirt, but I let her continue to cry.

"What if he hurts her?" Her voice was muffled by my shirt, but I could still hear the sadness and worry that was emanated. I put my chin on her head, and wrapped my hands around her waist. I held her tightly to my chest, using one of my hands to rub soothing circles into her back.

"Don't worry about it he won't hurt her, he has a major crush on her." I felt Elena's giggle as it shook her frame and mine. I felt a smile tug up the corners of my mouth. I held her in my arms for what felt like hours when I felt her mouth trail kisses up my peck, to my neck.

"Elena..." My voice was strained, trying to hold back the impulse to take her right here and now. I felt her shake her head back and forth as she whispered shh. I don't know how much my heart can take with all these kisses Elena has been giving me.

She has already chosen Stefan, but she has been kissing me. The thought that she might be playing with me like Katherine did flashed through my mind, but I know Elena's not like that. The confusion was overwhelming, why is she doing this to me?

Doesn't she know that all this is torture to me? Having her like this, but knowing she belongs to my brother. No I'm not going through all this again, she chose so she has to live with it. She can't have her cake and eat it too.

I push her away from me, walking over to the drink cart to put distance between us. Maybe I should leave, like I promised Stefan. That way they can live out their fairy tale ending without me interfering. Elena's emotions are heightened right now, so she is probably messed up right now. When she gets her emotions under control, she will regret all this.

"Damon listen," Elena came up behind me and put her hand on my arm, trying to turn me around. I shook her hand off, pouring myself a drink.

"I'm leaving" My voice was cool, betraying no emotion. I heard her breath hitch, it took all the control I had not to turn around and tell her I was joking. I felt her hand on my arm again and this time I didn't resist her because I simply couldn't.

"No you're not." Her voice was firm; I raised my eyebrow up at her in question. I was about to retort with some smart ass remark when she put her index finger on my lips.

"Let me talk." Her eyes held the well know Petrova fire. All I could do was nod my head obediently.

"I. Love. You. I choose Stefan because it felt safe and familiar. With everything going on, I craved the familiarity and I was scared of the love that you had for me. His love was safe because it was controllable, but with you..." I felt my heart clench in my chest, she loves me. Elena Gilbert loves me.

"It was out of control and consuming, I was afraid of that. I knew that if I gave myself to you, I would be giving you everything. I wasn't ready for that kind of love Damon, but I am now and if you will have me I promise I will love you for an eternity." My heart exploded in my chest, the overwhelming feeling of being loved filled me.

I was literally speechless at her speech; I never knew I could feel like this. Like the weight of the world was lifted off of my shoulders, I felt genuinely happy. I must have taken too long to speak because I watched as Elena's face fell.

"Elena I..." I didn't understand why she looked so sad because right now is the happiest time of my life. The girl I love finally loves me back.

"No Damon I get it, I hurt you so much and you deserve to move on from it." I scrunched my eyes in confusion, what the hell is she talking about? Before I can ask her what she means she was already out of the house, taking off into the night.

What the hell just happened?

A/N: Yeah...So...What did you all think? See I don't really have a team Klaus/Tyler so I think it is a win, win that Caroline has Tyler's body and Klaus' mind? Well whatever I thought the episode where Klaus was like "don't you wan't to explore the world" pretty cool and I thought this was the perfect time. So please review and tell me what you thought.