"You put your arms around me and I'm home." Christina Perri, Arms

Ch. 11

Damon and Elena drove away from the town line with one thing on their minds: each other. Elena couldn't stop her gazes from drifting towards Damon's face and his angular features. His jawline was firm, and soft curling lashes surrounded his blue eyes. She also noticed that his black hair was just touching the collar of his dark V-neck shirt. She longed to run her fingers through the silky softness of his hair again, and get lost in his soft, sensual lips. Instead she settled for grabbing his hand as they drove. The car filled with comfortable silence as they listened to Damon's retro themed music.

"So seriously where are you taking me Damon?" Elena asked. The suspense was killing her. She hated secrets, and was impatient to boot.

"My favorite spot in town. I'm taking you to see The Falls. I figured that would be the best place." He stated.

"Best place for what?" she asked, her interest was piqued.

"You'll see." He said smirking and giving her a side wink.

Although she was excited to spend a day with Damon, as they turned the corner to the falls Elena's heart sunk in her chest. It had been the one place that had been hers and Stefan's. Rationally she knew that he was probably trying to be romantic, but her subconscious didn't seem to give a damn. She pouted as she realized this wouldn't be the fun filled romantic day she had hoped for. Instead it would be a stroll down memory lane. Elena sighed in frustration and chose to let it go. After all this was Damon, not Stefan. Even though they were brothers they seemed completely different, and Elena was determined to keep it that way.

Damon stopped the car in front of the quarry and got out. Then he opened up his backseat and grabbed for a bag. Elena glanced over at him realizing it was a camera bag. Her imagination went into overdrive thinking about what sort of images they could take out here in the middle of nowhere.

She slowly made her way out of her seat and shut the door. Looking out across the water she gasped. The sun was just starting to set below the horizon and the remaining beams set off a spectrum of colors across the water. The falls made the water ripple which sent out silvery sparks of light in all directions. She found herself getting lost in the beauty around her. The trees framed the grove below, and Elena found herself thinking about how secluded they really were from the world.

Damon came up behind Elena, and saw an opportunity. He quickly and quietly grabbed his camera, turned it on and focused the lens on Elena.

His breath caught at her beauty. She was breathtaking in the twilight with her olive skin and brown hair framing her face. She had just let her hair down, and Damon was mesmerized.

Elena turned when she heard the click of the camera, and caught Damon in the act beside her.

"Hey!" She said grabbing for the camera.

"Uh uh no no," said Damon waving a finger in front of her. "This is exactly what I needed. Pose for me baby."

Elena rolled her eyes and cocked her hip out while resting her hand on it. She gave him her best 'come and get it' stare, and Damon clicked away on his camera. Starting to get into it Elena posed like 'vogue' and began to giggle ferociously. Damon couldn't help himself from laughing with her. It was so easy to be happy around her that he found himself smiling continuously.

After a few more clicks, Elena grabbed for his camera. He was usually very protective of his possessions, but for some reason when Elena reached for his camera he found himself giving it to her willingly. Leaving the strap around his neck she lifted the body so that the lens focused on both of them. "Time to take a selfie with me!" She cried, clicking the button and giving the image her cheesiest smile. Being so close to Elena, Damon found his hand circling around her waist. He pressed his cheek to hers for the first picture and then glanced to the side for the second. Drinking her smooth skin in he found he couldn't stop himself from kissing her. Images of their shared kisses on the porch jumped into his mind, and he quickly turned her head to capture her lips with his. Elena moaned in surprise and then sunk into his kiss. She pressed the camera button one last time, before releasing it. It fell to rest on Damon's chest with the help of the strap and Damon took the opportunity to grab for Elena's body with his free hand. His tongue traced her bottom lip, and Elena granted him entry instantly. His body molded to hers and forced her up against the nearest tree. His hands quickly raced across her body, and Elena moaned as his hands found her skin under her tank. She felt Damon smile against her lips and then in the next moment felt her shirt being raised up off her body. Damon stepped back to enjoy the view. Elena's chest was heaving as she fought to catch her breath and Damon's eyes focused on the swell of her breasts underneath a restrictive blue bra. After her shirt had been taken off, Elena felt exposed, but the second she had seen Damon's reaction all thoughts of being self-conscious slipped away. He was looking at her with such intensity that she couldn't imagine he didn't like what he saw. Elena grinned, and went to return the favor while coming up with a clever plan. "Its hot isn't it?" she asked as she skimmed off his V-neck shirt and camera. He raised his hands and muttered an "Mmmhmmm" while running his hands across her abdomen and grazing her breasts.

"We should go for a swim." He stated after a moment, finding his voice.

Elena squealed with glee as he grabbed her and picked her up throwing her over his shoulder. He reached the river and set her down, giving her one last kiss as he dove into the water with ease. Elena watched in fascination as the water enveloped him. She still thought he was wearing too many clothes, so she came up with a better idea to get him to strip.

Damon rose up out of the water halfway, waiting for Elena to join him.

"Come on beautiful, the waters fine." He yelled out coaxing her in.

"I think I need to lose something first." She said while reaching for the button on her shorts. Damon's eyes grew wide as he took in the scene before him. Elena was taking off her shorts slowly while shimmying her hips out of the denim fabric. He found he couldn't help it, he was rock hard in the water waiting, and he wanted her now more than ever before.

He took in her slender voluptuous form, her blue bra, and neon green bikini panties. Christ she looked like sex on legs.

"You about done?" He asked waiting for her to join him. He needed her to join him.

"Just about." She said reaching for a rope Damon hadn't known was there. This must have been the swimming hole, but he wasn't aware of it until now. He watched as she grabbed the rope and swung herself into the crisp water. The splash made him look away for a moment and when she surfaced right before him he was lost. Lost in the water cascading down her body, and the beauty of her face covered in tiny droplets of water. When he looked into her eyes he saw heat, and he knew what she wanted. It was what he had wanted too. Slowly she reached for him and grasped his waist. Her breasts pressed against his hard chest, her nipples hardening on his flesh. He moaned and grasped her head in his hands claiming her mouth once again. He loved feeling her lips on his. She was warm and inviting, and always ready for him. He took immense pleasure in knowing he could be the one to make her melt. He simply wanted to know how ready for him she was. Dipping his hands lower under the water, Damon found the rim of her soaked panties and dipped his finger inside the top lower band. He began tracing the back of her bottom and came up under her center. Elena groaned at the sensation of his hand on her and losing control grabbed for Damon's jeans. She undid the button and worked him out of them. Throwing them back to the shore she went for his boxers, only to discover he had none. She gasped in surprise just as Damon's finger found her lower folds. Her eyes flashed up to his, and she saw them dark with desire. Even in the water he'd felt her wetness for him, and he was more than ready to make her his. She trembled thinking about him being naked in the water with her. She had stripped him of his pants thinking he would be wearing something underneath, but instead had gotten a huge surprise. His length was now hard and pressing up against her hip. He drew her deeper into the water pushing her towards a tree on the side of the shore. He kissed her hard to show her how much he needed her, and she kissed him back with just as much force hungrily wanting him. Her hips began grinding into his seeking friction for the release she most desperately needed. Damon's lips briefly left hers to kiss the sweet softness of her neck. Elena gasped as his lips continued lower and his hand released one of her breasts. "So beautiful." Damon breathed looking at Elena. His lips quickly covered her nipple and she cried out in ecstasy as his teeth nibbled on her sensitive peak. Damon seized the opportunity and tilted his hips so that her center came into contact with his throbbing need. "Oh yeah that's where I like it." Elena breathed grabbing hold of Damon's head and forcing his lips back to hers. She rode his hard on through her panties, grinding her hips up and down and giving them both a taste of what they truly desired.

"God Elena, I'm not going to last…"Damon breathed out gruffly in between Elena's forceful kisses.

"Oh God Damon, take me!" She screamed nearing her release.

Damon didn't need another invitation. He ripped her panties off of her wet skin and grabbed his hardness pressing himself up to her warm wet center.

"Please" Elena moaned, and Damon lost it. As he entered her they moaned together in pleasure both of them taking pleasure in becoming one. He pulled out again and then drove into her once more causing them to cry out in ecstasy. In that moment their eyes met, and for a brief second they both felt an alarming connection, knowing somewhere inside that this time would be different. Finally, with his hands clinging to her hips, he began to thrust harder within her, wanting to show her how much he needed her.

"Oh Damon." She breathed feeling him fill her to the hilt. He stretched her so much she couldn't remember ever feeling so full of someone before or of wanting someone so much. He completely consumed her, his lips, his hands, even his gaze made her hunger for him. Feeling her release build Elena met Damon trust for trust. Suddenly he raised her up out of the water, carrying both of them to the shore. He gently laid her on the soft warm grass and entered her again moaning out her name. "Elena…God you feel amazing." He said huskily, making Elena want him more.

The new position he had her in made Elena's legs go up higher, and suddenly Damon hit a spot that made her see stars. She cried out against him, and felt herself let go.

"OH God…. Damon!" She screamed, clawing at his back. He felt her close tightly around him, and then lost all control spilling into her.

"Elena…" he breathed kissing her lips once more before collapsing onto her.

He was careful to roll slowly to the side and remove himself from her body.

Soon Elena's mind begin to take in the events of what had just happened as her body began to tremble remembering.

Stefan.

He had taken her here. This had been the exact spot where they used to laugh, and make love. How could she have forgotten? Elena suddenly felt sick to her stomach realizing what she had just done with his brother.

Damon had been nothing like Stefan. He had been warm, passionate, and attentive to her needs and yet now all she felt was fear.

Because what did they have? A one-time fling at the falls? Elena was shocked to discover just how much of herself she had given up, and so freely. She should have known better than that. She glanced over at Damon. His face looked utterly sated, and she felt shame in herself for letting him take that part of her so soon. She wasn't some floosy, and he barely knew her. She slowly rose to sit up and grabbed for her shorts.

"Damon I need you to take me home." She said shakily.

Damon's head flashed to the side looking up at Elena quickly dressing in front of him.
"Why? What's wrong?" He asked, sensing the distance she had begun to put between them.

"Its nothing, its just there's a history here you know nothing about. God I can't believe we did this." She said gruffly throwing on her tank top.

Damon rose up grabbing his damp jeans and shrugging them on. "What are you talking about Elena? I thought you wanted this. I thought you wanted me."

Her eyes met his and saw torment, and confusion. She didn't want to hurt him, but how could she explain without doing both?

"I do. I did…" she said confused.

"What so now that you've fucked me you're done with me is that it?" he said coming closer to her. He looked furious and Elena didn't blame him.

"Don't be so vulgar with me. We both got lost in the moment. I'm not blaming you, but it doesn't make this any less awkward."

"What's so awkward?" he asked his eyes boring into hers.

"You know." She said waiting for him to put two and two together.

"You're going to have to spell it out for me Elena. Especially if you're going to ruin perhaps the best moment of my life in the process."

Elena gasped; she hadn't expected to hear that. Being a one-time conquest would have almost been better than this. She sighed knowing she need to tell him the truth, "I've been here before...with Stefan…"

"So what? It is a public place I'm sure you've had dates here before with lots of guys." Damon asked not fully understanding

"No Damon, like we were just now." Elena said pointing towards the water and hoping he understood.

Realization struck Damon and washed over him like ice. She had slept with Stefan. Here. He felt like he was going to be sick.

"Ok I got it Elena. Lets just go." He said walking towards his car and picking up his shirt along with his camera on the ground.

Damon found he didn't need to know all the reasons for her indifference; he just needed to get her out of here and now.

Elena was torn, she knew what she had felt with Damon had been more, but something inside of her just couldn't let the past go. There was too much here. Too many memories, and Damon was almost a stranger. A mysterious being that had drifted into her life, and she couldn't trust him with her heart. Not yet.

Damon thrust his keys into the ignition as Elena sunk into the passenger seat. Her shirt sticking to her wet skin and her wet hair curling in ringlets around her head. They drove towards the Gilbert house in silence. Damon and Elena found themselves silently regretting the events that had happened, and both of them mourned the loss of what could have been.

Damon found his anger slowly subsiding and a slight pain beginning to replace it. He knew he wanted Elena. He wanted her with a passion that he couldn't even recognized himself. Damon had spent months trying to get over Katherine, and when he was with Elena, all that pain had melted away. He hadn't thought of anyone else but her and in spite of all the horrible messy and complicated history, he still wanted her and it pained him that he couldn't make her see he was genuine. That he wasn't Stefan, and he never would be.

Stopping the car at her house, Damon decided on a last ditch effort; reaching for her hand he clasped his fingers around hers.

Surprisingly Elena let him take it, and she looked up into his eyes once more. Wishing silently that they could mend this broken bridge.

"I know you have a past with Stefan, Elena. But I want you to know I'm not him. I never will be. Maybe that scares you, and makes you wish for a simpler time, back when you had a different life. But you'll never get back what you lost." Damon paused as he watched Elena's eyes fill with tears. Leaving her with a reassuring squeeze he removed his hand and said,

"When you decide what you want, I'll be here."

Elena slowly nodded her head while fighting back tears, and opened the car door to get out. Before leaving she turned to look at Damon one last time.

She found her voice and said, "Goodbye Damon." Before exiting the car and walking away from the one man she knew she would never forget.

*AUTHORS NOTE*

Oh wow was that an angsty hot chapter or what? I know that most of you might be upset with me for rocking the Delena boat, but don't we always face conflict as Delena shippers? Its just apart of the reason we love them. Anyways I sure hope you enjoyed the racy sex scene it was a lot of fun to write!

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