Elena agreed to tell Damon what happened in the dream.. but then she remembered what Luka said. So for the moment, she had to lie to him, at least until she talked to Bonnie. She couldn't put her own life and of the ones she loved at risk once again; and for a damned book!

"So..?" Damon asked sweetely yet impatient.

She remembered what he told her before.. that she couldn't lie to him, he knew her too well. But she had to try and do her best.

"Well.. nothing so important. I think I just overreacted." she responded.

Damon's face went dark.. of course he understood that she was lying to him – again. He seemed slightly hurt and disappointed. Elena couldn't blame him, after all, talking to him was so easy for her and they never lied to each other.. but this time she just couldn't. Luka and his father were powerful and weren't kidding about hurting her and the people she loved.

"Again Elena, again! Damn it! Why won't you talk to me?" he said frustrated.

Elena knew that he was angry at her because it seemed that she didn't want to talk to him or didn't trust him enough, but she had to be careful.

"I told you.. it's nothing, really!" she lied again even if it pained her to.

He laughed sarcastically. "Oh yes, because waking up panicking, yelling at me and telling things like 'what did you do' or 'stefan loves katherine' are really nothing, Elena!" he then said.

"I really can't believe this." Damon breathed shooking his head.

Elena couldn't handle this anymore, she had to do something, now.

"Call Bonnie." she then decided.

Damon gave her a 'wtf' look. "What?"

"Just call her, Damon!"

He was confused, but so he did.

"It's Damon.. yeah, well Elena wants to see you – yes, now. I know it's late, Bonnie! – Okay. Bye."

Elena gave him a questioning look. He still seemed pretty angry at her.

"She's coming. She'll be here in an hour or so." he said pacing around the room impatiently.

"Damon.." Elena said cautionally.

"What?" he asked, still slightly mad.

"I'm not cutting you out, I promise. I would never do that and you know it.. you're my lover, my best friend, my person. Talking to you it's one of the easiest thing – but trust me, there's a reason. Just be patient, okay?" she then said.

"Okay.." he replied with now a little smile on his beautiful face. He then took the sit next to her again, taking her in his arms.

"Sorry if I yelled." Damon said softly.

She kissed him.

"I just want to know something.. are you okay now? I believe you, you'll tell me what it is when you're ready.. but just tell me if you're okay or not, Elena. It scared the shit out of me seeing you like that before. I didn't know what to do." he then said.

"Don't worry. I'm okay now.. just hold me." she said, snuggling into his chest.

In that moment John Gilbert entered into the room – with an upset look on his face.

"What the hell.." he said looking at Damon and Elena.

Damon glanced at him glacialy, and both of them didn't care to move.

"What do you want, John?" Damon asked, holding Elena thighter.

"I want to know what the hell are you doing in bed with my daugther!" John almost yelled.

"Stop calling me your daugther." she replied giving him a dirty look.

"Stefan wasn't enough Elena? Wow, Isobel was right. You're becoming just like her." John spat out.

At this Damon let out an animalistic growl and was about to rose and attack John but Elena stopped him.

"Not to mention – that this monster even slept with your mother, Elena. So classy! Imagine if he could procreate.. maybe he could have been your father right now! Quite disgusting thinking that where you born, he put his – " John was about to finish with his amused tone.

"STOP IT! Why don't you just leave me alone!" Elena yelled. Oh god, she couldn't handle even this man right now.

This time Damon rosed for good and grabbed John by the throat.

"Now you listen to me, pathetic idiot. You leave Elena alone, and for good, or I'll rip you piece by piece." he pushed him to the wall harder. "To be honest I'm tired of just threatening you, the next time I'm going to kill you. I will be glad to reuse this old habit for you!" Damon finished with his classic bitchy tone and an evil smile on the face.

Wow, he could be such sweet and adorable and yet a cruel beast. Damon truly was a bomb – at everything..

"Damon let it go! It's not worth it!" Elena strongly said at him.

John used Damon's momentary distraction to losen up his grip and spoke again. "No Elena, HE is not worth it! HE IS NOT WORTH OF YOU!" John repeated. "Why can't you see it?" he then asked desperately.

Elena gave him another dirty look. Who the hell did he think he was? He was an ignorant man – he judged without even knowing. True, Damon wasn't a Saint but John had too much hate in him for everyone. Killing Anna was a perfect example. She didn't deserve to die, she was a good vampire and so was her mother, and yet John killed them with coldness.

"You don't care about me. You are just possessive – that's not love. Now if you don't mind, please get out of my room." Elena demanded calmly yet cold.

John stared at her with pity. "Whatever, but you are gonna regret being his Katherine replacement." with that said, he was out.

Elena let out a loud breath and brought her hands on her head.

"I just can't do it anymore." she affirmed, shooking her head and keeping the tears that were threatening to escape.

In a second Damon was beside her, taking her hands in his.

"Hey, hey.. do you remember what I told you? That from now on, no matter what and who, we will always face problems together? That you will always have me? I meant it, Elena." he reassured her.

"Really?" she asked with that adorable face of her.

"Really, baby." he said again, kissing her hand.

"Oh come here!" she affirmed, feeling the urge of holding him tightly.

"Thank you for being here."

"You're welcome." he replied smiling.

"Can you take me home? I hate hospitals – and besides, knowing that John is still here makes me mad. We'll tell Bonnie to come over there."

He studied her face carefully. "Are you sure it's a good idea? You're still pretty weak, Elena."

"That's not a problem.. it's not like I have to go to the marathon." she said smiling amused.

"Okay."

After asking to the doctors the permission (and there hasn't even been the need to compel them!) and they agreed, Damon took Elena at the Boarding House. He told her that at the moment it was safer for her living there for a while – so he and Stefan could protect her in every moment. Heh, in that case there had been the need to compel Jenna though!

Elena was still weak and the stab in her chest still hurt no matter the painkillers, so Damon had to help her walking.

"Easy there.." Damon said holding her waist carefully when they arrived at the frontdoor steps.

"Relax, I can do it." she replied smiling.

When they entered the house, Stefan and Caroline should have heard them, since they ran to them.

"Oh my god! Elena!" Caroline said running to her friend, in tears. "I've been so scared. How are you?" she said hugging her.

"Ouch Car, easy." Elena said.

"Oops. Sorry!" she giggled.

"I'm good, don't worry. Still hurt a little but the doctor said that I'll be fine in a few weeks."

"I see.. but who did this to you?" Caroline then asked concerned.

This made Elena uncomfortable since she couldn't talk about this, not yet at least. So she avoided her question like she did with Damon.

"I – I really don't want to talk about it.. plus it all happened so fast.." she managed to say. All of them looked at her confused, beside Damon.

"Okay.."

Then she saw Stefan and even him took her in his embrace. Such thing seemed to not bother Caroline at all, but she could see the slightly annoyed look on Damon's face.

"Oh Elena.. I'm so sorry.." Stefan said holding her thigh and breathing the scent of her hair.

"It's okay."

Damon cleared his throat and they awkwardly stepped out from their embrace.

"I think it's time for Elena to rest a little. Blondie, call the witch and tell her to come tomorrow in the evening; please."

Caroline nodded and Damon took Elena in his room.

"Damon! I can't believe you're still jealous of Stefan!" Elena snapped once in his room.

"I'm not jealous.." he replied rolling his eyes.

Elena made a face. "Well if that wasn't jealousy then tell me what it was. You're unbeliavable!"

"Look – I'm sorry, okay? It's not that I'm jealous but hell, you know that when it comes to you I'm always vulnerable and insecure. And that one, god that one seemed one of your hugs."

"What's that supposed to mean? 'Our' hugs?" she asked confused and annoyed.

"Yes. And I always end up watching you in misery, feeling like I'm burning inside. You may not remember, but I do, Elena. And it sucks!"

Now she understood what he meant. Like when Isobel told her Damon was in love with her, and yet the minute after she was hugging Stefan. Or when Damon and Stefan rescued her from Rose, Trevor and Elijah. Still there she ended up hugging Stefan when Damon watched her on the stairs with so much love and happiness. In that moment, though, she already knew that she was in love with him.. but thinking that she could hurt Stefan stopped her. And that was even the day that Damon told her he loved her – compelling her to forget…

"Oh right.. one of the examples may be the same night that you told me you loved me?" she spat out firmly, crossing her arms.

Damon looked at her in shock, clearly not expecting it. At all.

"You know. You always knew." he breathed, still shocked.

"I love you, Elena. And it's because I love you that I can't be selfish with you. And it's why you can't know this. I don't deserve you.. but my brother does. God, I wish you didn't have to forget this. But you do." Elena slowly repeated each word, feeling her eyes full of tears ready to escape. Damon seemed a statue, his facial expression never changing.

"Why did you want me to forget? Why? I loved you, Damon!" she yelled almost shaking at the memory.

"I – I.." he was still speechless. Maybe even more.

They looked at each other intensly for a brief moment, and then she captured his lips. He kissed her passionately, savoring her. So did she, and all the pain that she felt disappeared.

She put her arms around Damon's neck and kissed him with more urge and passion. She felt his hard erection pressed to her when he pulled her against him, and Elena herself began to feel lust and need.

He gently grabbed her to his bed and Elena wrapped her legs around his waist. She was undressing him, when he stopped her.

"I don't know if that's a good idea – you're still weak, 'Lena. I don't want to hurt you."

"But you won't. Please make love to me, Damon. I need you." she said with her big brown doe eyes. In a matter of seconds they were both naked.

He kissed her cheeck, then her lips and went to her neck placing hot wet kisses down her collarbone. A moan escaped from Elena's mouth as he buried his head down her breasts and lightly bit her nipples. His erection grow harder against her and Elena felt herself getting wet.

He kissed her chest, paying particulary attention where she had been stabbed and placing gentle kisses on her wound. When he went lower, Elena instintively closed her thighs knowing what he was going to do.

She blushed and nervousely bit her bottom lip. He smirked at her.

"Nobody has ever went down on you?"

"'Nobody', Damon? Seriously? It's not like I have this much of experience you know! The only one before you was Stefan… and no, he never did." she admitted nervousely. His gaze was soft and reassuring.

"I'll make it good for you, I promise. Now relax, Elena." he demanded.

Elena hesitantly did, spreading her legs a little wider.

He softly kissed her belly, and then went down in her hot wet center. At his touch Elena arched her back and another moan escaped from her mouth. "Oh Jesus." she breathed.

Damon started to tease her clit with his thumb and then working with his tongue, inserting even two fingers. "You taste awesome."

Elena could feel she was almost reaching her climax, and she let out a loud cry of pleasure. "Oh god- Damon.. don't stop.. please!" she begged, buring her hands in his hair. When she reached her orgasm, she moaned loudly and let him savor all her juices. He was now on top of her again, kissing her passionately.

"I need you.." she whispered in his ear.

With that he rolled them over and now she was on top of him. Damon's face was totally full of lust, passion and love. He lifted his hips to make her understand that he was oh-so ready. She then took his erection in her hands, making him moan loudly, and he entered her.

He took possession of her hips with his hands to keep her stable, and Elena began to thrust with such passion that she didn't even think it was possible. At first she was slow and careful, but when she felt his pre-cum inside of her she began to move and thrust faster. Fast breaths and moans escaped from both of them while they were both reaching their climax.

"Fuck Elena! You are so fucking good.." Damon breathed out, now teasing one of her nipples and her clit.

"Oh god.. Damon, I'm-I'm coming!" she cried.

Damon felt her walls tightening, and with one last thrust they reached their orgasms screaming each other's name.

Elena went down to kiss him with all the love that she had.

"I love you." she said, still catching her breath, pressing her forehead against his.

"I love you too." he replied smiling. "Why don't we have a bath.. relaxing.. together.." he then proposed, still smiling.

"With pleasure."

They were now in Damon's bathub, completely relaxing and savoring the moment. That was just what she needed; some good – amazing – sex with the most amazing man in the world and a pleasuring moments like this.

Elena let out a sigh of pleasure and closed her eyes. "I could stay like this forever."

She rested her head on Damon's shoulder, who was behind her, holding her waist. "Me too.. and I actually could." he replied laughing.

After a few minutes like that, he went serious.

"I still don't get why you don't want to tell me what the hell happened, Lena. You better give a good explanation tomorrow when Bonnie'll get here." he said frustrated.

"I promise I will." she replied serious, kissing him.

After other few minutes of silence – Elena broke it.

"God, I've kept your confession with me for so long.."

"Elena I…" he didn't know what to say.

"It's okay, Damon. I understand. You thought it was for the good.. the one who made the mistake was me, I've let you go." she then said full of frustration and sadness.

"But I'm here now, silly." he replied smiling, kissing and nipping at her neck.

"Well but you had other people to keep you company.." – "Rose and Andie.." she mumbled.

She was so adorable when she was jealous – so cute and awkward.

"Mmmh someone's jealous here.." he chuckled.

"Oh yes. Very much. And I thought that we already went through that! I'm a jealous psycopath, 'kay? And I'm proud of that.. you're mine like I'm yours, try to remember this in that head of yours." she affirmed proudly.

"Okay, okay.." he laughed again.

"Damon?"

"Yes?" he responded, while kissing her hand and lightly biting and sucking her fingers. He just loved touching and teasing her the whole time!

"I think that's pretty serious.. but before you freak out, it has nothing to do with vampires and stuff." she nervousely spat out. "Okay could you stop doing that? I can't concentrate!"

He smirked at her last affirmation. "Okay.. what is it?"

"I think that Alaric is cheating on Jenna."

He frowned. This really caught him by surpsise. It just couldn't be. Alaric cheating? On Jenna? Pffth.

"And what makes you think that?"

"I don't know.. he's acting so weird lately, and he's even become mysterious. Once I've even caught him whispering at the phone.. not to mention that almost every night he goes out in the middle of the night." Elena confessed.

"You watch way too many movies!"

"Oh come on Damon! I'm serious!" she slapped him on the shoulder. "And I was thinking.. since you two seem so close.. if you could investigate a little.. please?" she asked with her adorable pout. Ha, he just couldn't say no.

He rolled his eyes and sighed. "Okay, even if I think that you're wrong. But at one condition; after all the situation with what happened to you ends." he said firmly.

"Alriiiight."

"Good girl." he smirked at her.

After an hour of amazing sex and another one of relax, Damon carried Elena to bed but not before giving her the medicine that the doctor gave to her – which of course she hated -.

Once the lights were off and they were in bed.. Elena felt the fear rushing through her veins. What if she had another nightmare? What if this time was even worse? Oh God.

She held Damon's body so tight that if he was human she could actually hurt him.

"Easy there. I'm not going anywhere." Damon said sweetely, caressing her back.

"I'm scared.." she whispered.

"You don't have to. Not as long as you're with me. Look, if this could make you feel better I'll stay awake until you wake up and I'll be here with you the whole time.. okay?" he asked reassuringly, with that adorable expression that Elena loved.

"Are you sure? What if you get tired?"

"Not happening. I don't have to sleep Elena, I can, but I don't have to. So don't worry about me.. but now sleep." he finished, kissing her forehead – and with him by her side she wasn't scared of anything and she finally fell asleep.

Elena slept really good. Not waking up or having any kind of troubles, she woke up at 9.00 am. She immediatly patted the room next to her but it was empty. For some reasons, she felt the same fear that the felt last night.

"Damon?" she questioned preoccupied, looking at every part of the room.

After a minute of silence, the door suddenly went open. She jumped and put a hand on her heart. "Jeez!" she exclaimed when she saw Damon, letting out a sigh of relief.

"Sorry!" he replied innocently. And.. he took her breakfast! Sweet!

"Oh Damon.. you didn't have to!"

"Yes I had. I wanted to.. and after last night, I think that you need some extra food.." he said with his cocky smirk. She punched him lightly on the head. "Thank you." she then said smiling.

"You are very welcome." he replied with a kiss.

He made her pancakes, french-toasts, strawberries, coffee, orange juice – and even some eggs! Elena ate all very quickly, with Damon looking at her amused for how hungry she was. She cleaned-up and then put on one of Damon's T-shirts on.

"You are very sexy in that.."

"Mmh.. not sexier than you." she replied laughing.

"How did you sleep? Everything's fine?"

"I slept perfectly!" she reassured him.

"Okay. Bonnie will be here in an hour."