Chapter 10.

Let there to be lonely I'm ready to grieve

Love I've been holding on to

I've tried so hard to keep saying you're mine

Now it's time, now it's time

"I want to open with I'm A Girl, and then take it from there." Elena said strongly, biting in the end of her pen as Caroline made adjustments to the schedule.

"I think you should end with Telescope. It'll be a good finish." Caroline added and Elena nodded.

Alaric and Damon watched the two girls with small smiles on their faces. No one could ever accuse Elena and Caroline for not working hard.

"I'm adding Cowboy Casanova in here, the fans will love it." Elena smirked at Caroline when the blonde said that.

"Alright." She drawled out and placed her feet on the table.

"I can't believe this starts tomorrow." She smiled slightly as Alaric chuckled.

"A part of me thought that we wouldn't get here. I was pretty sure that one of you would have killed the other by now."

Damon smirked at that. Alaric was right, it was either all or nothing with him and Elena. They could never seem to just be around each other without fighting. Or kissing. Not that he was complaining, he wouldn't have it any other way.

"Damon's just lucky I'm not near anything sharp when I'm with him." Elena commented sarcastically.

They hadn't talked about that kiss, it had been a week and they hadn't talked about anything other than the tour. It was killing Damon. She was trying to act like it hadn't happened.

"That's still not what the press are saying. I swear to God, every time you both even walk out here at around the same time it splashed on the news front page that the two of you are together! No matter what stings I pull they always find a way." Caroline huffed.

After her and Elena's little chat in the café she had done everything in her power to make sure that no more speculation of Elena and Damon's relationship was released. Needless to say, things still got out.

The only thing Caroline was still thankful for was that no one knew about their past yet. She didn't think that Elena could deal with that.

"Its fine, Caroline. We all knew that the rumours would be, we just didn't expect to see them on the front of every magazine and paper in the country." Damon chuckled, more than amused that everyone seemed convinced that they were dating.

A part of him wished they were.

"Back to planning," Elena interjected quickly.

"Come on Care, I want to give the band the checklist now." She added, dragging the blonde out by her arm.

The quicker Elena could get away from there the better, since the kiss in the studio she had been taking every possible chance to avoid him. And today was her last day of freedom before they went on this tour and basically spent every waking moment with each other.

. . .

"I'm willing to bet you didn't expect that." Alaric commented as he watched Damon intently.

"Expect what?"

"That Elena would be so involved, that she actually cared about her music. I know you thought that everyone did everything for her and she just turned up to sing and look pretty."

Alaric knew how Damon thought, knew how he viewed Elena. But there was something in the way Damon looked at her now that was different from a few weeks ago; something that worried Alaric a lot.

"I used to. Once we started writing again I knew she still cared about the music. You're right though, I didn't expect her to be this involved."

Damon sighed, he couldn't keep going like this. Pretending like he didn't care about her.

"What are you doing with her, Damon?"

"What are you talkin' about old man?" Damon tried to laugh it off.

Alaric couldn't know about that kiss, could he?

"I see the way you look at her, the way you talk about her even. You still love her." It wasn't a question, it was a statement.

A statement that Damon really couldn't bear to hear.

"I'm not in love with her, Ric. I don't think she's as much of a bitch as she was, but I'm definitely not in love with her."

"You know you never could lie to me, Damon."

"I'm not in love with her Ric. I barely like her." Damon lied through his teeth.

"There's a very fine line between love and hate Damon. I'm just looking out for her, and for you, I don't want to see either of you hurt. Just, don't push her. I know that you think that's the only way you can get her to react to thing, and most of the time it's true, but not with this okay? She'll lash out and then you'll both end up hurt again. Give it time, she'll release soon enough that she never stopped loving you either."

Damon buried his head in his hands, he couldn't take in what Ric had just told him. He wasn't in love with Elena. The only thing that he really had left was the voice in his head that convinced him that he wasn't in love with her anymore; that he might still care but that didn't mean love.

"I can't lose her again." Damon groaned as he thought about the train wreak that was him and Elena.

"You think I don't know that? I saw it the first time around, I sure as Hell don't want to see it again. But she's always been better at you in covering up her emotions, you just have to play along with her until she's ready to admit them."

"That's the problem, I'm sick of playing in her games. It's time I took a little of the control."

Damon decided there that that's what he would do. He would show her that he wasn't something that she could use and throw away like her other toys when she got bored. She had let him kiss her and then completely ignored him and he wasn't having it.

Elena was going to admit that she wanted him tonight whether she liked it or not.

. . .

"We should go out tonight. Celebrate." Caroline mused as her and Elena sat, waiting for Damon and Alaric to finish talking to the set people.

"Celebrate? You do that after the tour, Care." Elena laughed as Caroline rolled her eyes.

"I think we deserve a drink, don't you think? We could make a big deal of it, 'Lena. Me, you, Alaric, maybe Stefan and that girl you said to get passes for? If she's with Stefan she's bound to be lovely. What do you think?"

Caroline's optimism and happiness was infectious, Elena couldn't help but get excited about the idea of the mini-party Caroline was planning in her head.

"Fine," Elena answered with mock exhaustion.

"Nothing big though, we'll just go out for a few drinks. Save the big party for our last night."

Caroline winked, knowing the party girl in Elena never could resist what she was offering. And besides, once she heard that Elena and Stefan had seen each other for the first time in years and he had an almost girlfriend made Caroline extremely nosy.

She had always been fond of the younger Salvatore. They seemed to run in the same social circles. And he had always been so different from his older, more reckless, brother. But the poor boy and always been so buttoned up, and painfully shy, so when Elena had told her that he had been on the Bluebird stage singing with another girl Caroline knew that she had to special.

"Alaric! We're having a party!" Caroline squealed excitedly as the older man smiled affectionately at her.

"We're not having a party. It's just a few drinks Ric, don't get your hopes up." Elena cut in, but Alaric saw how happy the brunette seemed to be at the thought of them all going out.

"And who all do you plan on coming?" Ric asked warily, afraid of the list of people Caroline would be capable of running off.

"Just you, me, Elena, Damon, Stefan and his new- eh- friend." Caroline said, refraining from saying girlfriend.

"Stefan? As in my brother?" Damon asked, annoyed that neither girl had acknowledged his presence.

"What other Stefan?" Elena rolled her eyes as Damon glared at her.

"Why would he and Rebekah be coming?"

"Because Stefan used to be one of my closest friends, and I want to get to know Rebekah better. Make sure that she hasn't got that famous Mikealson personality." Elena quipped.

"You don't have to go into your protective mode. That's my job. And Stefan will be fine with Rebekah, he can handle himself."

Why was she so insistent on his brother coming? Not that he didn't want him there, but making Elena admit her feelings was going to be harder with her attention focused on Stefan and the Mikealson girl.

"Well I'm going to make sure anyway." Elena smirked before turning her attention back to Alaric.

"So are you in?" She smiled as he ruffled her hair.

"'Course I am."

"I'll call Stefan and let him know that he and Rebekah have been summoned." Damon said dryly as she glared at him.

He was such a dick.

"Great. Tell them to meet us Bar 21 at nine. I'll see you all later!" Caroline said brightly before skipping off to her car.

Elena smiled to herself as she walked to her own car, she was going to have fun tonight. For a while she would forget about that stupid kiss and how Damon was so mad at her. Tomorrow all her hard work would start and she needed a drink just thinking about it.

She needed a little stress relief.

. . .

Elena growled and threw half of her wardrobe on her bed. She couldn't find anything to wear. Everything she seemed to look at either seemed far too simple or much too dressy, and she mentally slapped herself for thinking about what Damon would like her in.

She didn't care. Honestly. She didn't need Damon and his stupid smirk and his addicting kisses. At least she hoped she didn't.

Elena returned to poking through her closet and found a black cocktail dress hidden at the back and smirked as she felt the lace and silk. It was perfect. She pulled off her clothes and changed her underwear, she couldn't exactly not wear a strapless bra with a strapless dress could she? She slipped on her black stilettos and put a coat of red lipstick on her lips.

She looked at her reflection in the floor length mirror and wondered what tonight would be like. She accepted Rebekah the last time they had met, but tonight she was going to make sure that no hurt was going to come to Stefan. He was as much family to her as Alaric was.

And then there was Damon. Damon, Damon, Damon. Sweet, not so innocent Damon.

Elena knew that she couldn't trust him, not after he had been willing to sleep with Katherine the minute things got even slightly rough. She couldn't trust herself around him either. She didn't know what she was doing going to this little party. She knew that he was going to push her.

But this time, she was going to be stronger, and not give into him like she always did. She was a big girl now and she could take care of herself. This time around, she wouldn't just give in as soon as he kissed her.

No, Elena wasn't the same girl. But he wasn't the same guy. In a way, she liked how he had changed, he wasn't afraid to fight with her anymore. He was stronger, hotter, but still the same Damon she had fallen in love with.

. . .

"Elena!" Caroline shouted from their table and Elena smirked as she walked over.

Every person in the bar was staring at her and her group in awe. Just the way she like it.

"Hi Care." Elena rolled her eyes and reached over to give the girl a hug.

"I'm glad you came honey." Ric said, from his place beside Damon.

"I was hardly goin' to bail out of it." She giggled.

She turned her gaze to the young couple beside her.

"It's nice to see you two again." She winked at Stefan who rolled his eyes at her.

"You too 'Lena."

Elena looked at Rebekah beside him and saw how wide her clear blue eyes were, clearly in shock that she was standing in front of her.

"Hi M-miss Gilbert." Rebekah stuttered out and Elena shook her head as she sat down beside her.

"What did I say about that? You can call me Elena you know." Elena replied softly.

She didn't want to be mean to her, the blonde looked as innocent and sweet as the boy beside her. It was only the fact that she happened to share blood with Elijah Mikealson that she was worried, the man had ripped everything apart. Maybe without knowing it, but still.

He still tried to poach her from her record label. She would get a phone call from his assistant every year asking her to consider a deal, and when she said that there wouldn't be a chance in hell the girl would ask her to reconsider on Elijah's behalf.

He knew that Alaric was family to her and he didn't care. He just wanted her because she was the best at what she did- with the exception of Damon- not because he cared about the music or the real her. Like Ric did.

"Okay." Rebekah breathed out, and grabbed Stefan's hand under the table, squeezing it tight.

Elena couldn't help but smile at that, it might not be clear to them, but it was very obvious that Stefan and Rebekah were in love with each other. The way she immediately grabbed his hand for reassurance and how he gladly took his chance to comfort her.

It reminded her of how her Damon used to be. She just hoped their relationship wouldn't turn out as twisted as Damon and hers had, after all, they had been that innocent at one time too.

"You never really told us what this was all about." Stefan raised his eyebrows at his brother who chuckled at him.

"I know you weren't the brightest crayon in the box, but do you seriously not know what starts tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow's when Damon and Elena's tour starts Stef. I though I told you that a few days ago." Rebekah chastised him softly, never taking her eyes off of him.

"But I thought that you had the party after the tour? Not before it."

"That's how it works. Usually. But Caroline wanted to celebrate the fact that Damon and I haven't tore each other's heads off yet. I think that's quite an accomplishment." Elena answered smugly as Caroline scoffed at her.

"Please, the only thing that's an accomplishment is the fact that you and Damon haven't tore each other's clothes off yet. Not your heads."

Elena narrowed her eyes at that. She didn't need that particular topic brought up right now.

"How do you know we haven't?" Damon did his eyebrow thing to Caroline, before switching back to stare at Elena again.

Like he had been doing the moment she walked in.

"Because if you had then I'm pretty sure Elena would have come to me about having chlamydia. God knows what you're carrying, especially after you're Katherine period." Caroline snarked as he rolled his eyes at her.

"That's what a condom is for, my dear Miss Forbes."

"And what in Hell's name would I be doin' sleepin' with you?" Elena crossed her arms over her chest, and Damon found it harder not to openly stare at a certain part of her body.

"You did it once sweetheart, you could easily do it again."

They all heard a little surprised gasp from Rebekah and they guessed that Stefan hadn't told her about Elena and Damon's past.

"You didn't know?" Elena asked her gently as the blonde bit her lip.

"Know what exactly?"

"That Damon and I used to date? I mean, no one apart from this group does; it was before our music started getting' played on radios. I thought Stefan might have told you."

"It wasn't my place to say Elena. You know that I wouldn't do that." Stefan interjected quickly.

Good Stefan. Far better than Damon. And yet, she always had been drawn to the bad brother.

"Well I'm pretty sure it's the best kept secret in the music industry." Caroline said to the group.

"It's just you and your amazing PR skills, Care." Elena winked and relaxed back in her seat.

"So you and Damon? I can imagine that." Rebekah giggled at Elena's expression.

"Imagine us together? Damon do you hear that? Someone actually think we might have worked." She teased the blue eyed man as he placed his elbows on the table, leaning towards her.

"Well that's a shock. I mean, not even you thinks that we worked."

"Having fun playing the victim?" Her lip curled upwards as he smirked at her.

"It's refreshing. Usually you always have that role snapped right up."

Damon and Elena continued to glare at each other from across the table as Alaric and Stefan chuckled. They should have known that things were going to get intense between them.

"Don't worry, Rebekah, they do this all the time. It's really best just to ignore them." Caroline giggled at the young girls shock.

"They must be damn well good actors. They look so close to each other when their on TV."

"They can be friends when they choose to be," Caroline explained to Rebekah,

"All the fighting and the glaring right now? It's sexual tension." The two blondes laughed at how Damon and Elena didn't even break eye contact with that comment.

"Don't think I didn't hear that, bitch." Elena hissed under her breath as the two other girls just laughed harder.

"You know ladies, you shouldn't be laughing about it. You hit the nail on the head, Caroline; it is sexual tension. 'Lay just doesn't want to admit it." Damon said, but not looking away from Elena.

"God you're an ass." Elena kicked him under the table and he narrowed his eyes at her.

"You love my ass. And don't kick me when you're wearing heels. It hurts."

"That was the intent. You're so full of yourself it makes me happy to bring you down a peg or two." Elena smirked at him.

"Really? You're so far up your own ass that you can't even see how much of a bitch you turned out."

Damon was mad now, he know he shouldn't do this in front of the people they cared about but he couldn't help it. She drove him insane. Especially when she looked like that.

It should have been illegal for Elena to look like that, in her slinky black dress that made her legs look a mile long. She was so God damn beautiful and there was nothing he could do about it, so he took it out on her. Caroline was right after all, it all boiled down to sexual tension.

"You weren't sayin' that a few days ago." She said, looking at him through her eyelashes.

"I guess I changed my mind." Damon replied lowly.

"Don't lie to me, Damon."

If there was one thing Elena hated about Damon it was when he lied to her. And she could tell right now that he was. He wanted her; that much was clear even to her, but her body had got her attention before.

She knew that Damon would always think she was beautiful, no matter how evil she was to him. Like she would always be able to appreciate how handsome he was.

"Come on. We're getting the next round." Damon grabbed Elena's arm and pulled her towards the bar, away from their little group.

. . .

"Are they always like that now?" Stefan asked Alaric and Caroline, placing his arm around Rebekah's shoulders.

"Nearly always. Their only different when their writing, it's like they forget about everything and just pour themselves into the music. That and when they think no one else is looking and they just stare at each other." Caroline said softly, trying hard to keep her gaze away from her best friend at the bar.

"She's changed." Stefan sighed.

"She had to Stefan. You're brother broke her heart." Caroline narrowed her eyes as Alaric gave her a pointed look.

"They're both to blame. Damon screwed everything up, and Elena seems intent on screwing it up now." Alaric said wisely as Rebekah leaned into Stefan.

"They would be adorable together." Rebekah sighed dreamily.

"They were." Stefan said softly.

"They still could be, if they both stopped fighting what is clearly in front of them." Caroline huffed as Alaric chuckled.

"Elena and Damon are both far too stubborn for their own good. They push each other's buttons and it's only a short amount of time before they give into it. Besides, why do you think I was so adamant on them going on this tour? It's about time I saw Elena and Damon happy. I have Jenna and I just want the other two main people in my life to have each other." Alaric said strongly.

Alaric loved Jenna more than anything, that's why they were getting married, but it was all thanks to Elena. And all Alaric wanted was for his almost-niece to be happy, and he believed that Damon was the only one capable of that.

"I just hope that they know what they're doing. I don't want to see her as broken as she was when she first came to us." Caroline whimpered into Alaric's shoulder as he rubbed her arm.

Caroline was, as far as he was concerned, another adopted niece.

"They got hurt that bad?" Stefan asked, tightening his grip on Rebekah.

"You have no idea." Caroline told him and saw the pain clearly in his green eyes.

Stefan had always seen Elena as the sister he had never had, and it hurt him that his brother had hurt her.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Rebekah asked softly, staring at the couple who were bickering at the bar.

"We'll never know." Caroline sighed.

And she was probably right, what went on between Damon and Elena, no one ever knew.

. . .

"I don't get what you're problem is." Elena growled at him as he still refused to let go of her arm.

"My problem is that you are acting like that kiss never happened. It's like you've forgot." He hissed under his breath, so no one else would hear.

"You think I can forget about that? I have tried so hard to, and I can't." She stopped trying to pull away from his then, tired of fighting him already.

"You know, how badly I want you," He placed his hands on her waist and tugged at it she her chest was placed against his.

"And you know, that I can't give you what you want." She said breathlessly back.

"Come home with me, Elena." He begged in her ear, gently trailing his fingers over her hips.

"Damon don't ask me that."

"It's not that way Elena. I want you to hear something, a song that I wrote."

"Can't it wait to tomorrow?" She couldn't even look in his eyes,

Elena knows if she does she'll melt and she can't afford that right now.

"You know that once this tour starts that's all we're goin' to be able to concentrate on. Please 'Lay, I really need you to hear it."

He needed her to hear it, he had finished it last night and he had put every inch of him into it. He wanted her to look him in the eyes after he sang that song to her and dare to tell him that she still didn't want him. He knew she couldn't.

"Okay," She said shakily and picked up some of the glasses from the table, signalling for Damon to take the rest.

"And about Rebekah? You don't need to interrogate her. Caroline told me about your little plan and I've had that talk already."

"You have?" Elena answered warily,

Damon was protective of his little brother for all the fighting they did. He would have tended to be a little colder towards the people he didn't trust, and if Elena wasn't sure how could Damon be?

"Yup," He popped the 'p'.

"She told me all about how her family had disowned her when she said she didn't want to be a part of the family business. She lost everything and she said the only person she trusted growing up was one of her brothers. Klaus, I think his name is. He's an artist. But he's far too afraid of his family disowning him too, to tell them about what he wants to do. She's different Elena, just another little girl trying to make it in this industry."

Elena bit her lip hard, she should have known Rebekah would have been different. Stefan would never have fallen for her if she had have been a complete and utter bitch.

"What about her and Stefan?"

"She says they're not dating, I wouldn't believe it though. They're just like we were three years ago." Damon sighed as they began walking again back to their table.

"I just hope that nothing happens to them that will make them turn out like us." Elena said softly, her heart breaking at the thought of it.

"I don't think we turned out that bad, in the end."

Elena didn't reply, she kept her eyes on the group of people not far in front of her and thought only about them. Not that she was about to home with Damon Salvatore.

"Took you that long to get a drink?" Caroline winked and Elena ignored her, searching for something in her clutch.

"Here," She said to Rebekah, holding out her hand.

"These are for you and Stefan tomorrow night. Backstage passes."

Rebekah took them with shaky hands and looked at them like Elena had handed her gold dust. To be far, that's what the tickets itself were like.

"I can't wait."

Elena giggled and gave the girl a quick hug.

"I meant what I said before, Rebekah. You're part of the family now, there's no going back." She teased.

"I wouldn't have it any other way."

"Good. I'll let you have some quality time with Caroline and Ric. Damon and I are going home now, big tour tomorrow and all." She tried to laugh it off, but Elena saw the look Caroline gave her.

"Both going home huh?" Caroline asked, with her eyebrows raised.

"I'm tired Care."

"Sure you are."

Caroline didn't believe that Elena was going back to her own house. Not for a second.

"Bye." She said sweetly and pressed a kiss to Alaric's cheek and then one to Stefan's.

"Bye Elena, thanks for the tickets and passes." Stefan answered kindly.

"They were nothin'." Elena drawled out and stood back, letting Damon say his goodbyes.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow little brother."

"I guess you will."

Damon smirked slightly before turning to Alaric.

"Bye Ric."

"Bye buddy."

Damon walked to Elena and placed his hand on the small of her back, ready to guide her out of the bar.

"Bye Barbie's!" He called out behind him and Damon could practically hear the two girl's eyes rolling.

"You don't have to be so mean to them all the time."

"I have a reputation to uphold darling, besides Forbes practically asks for it," He chuckled as he led her to her car.

"Just follow me." He said softly before hopping into his own car.

Elena got into her own car and ran her hands through her hair. She had no idea what she was doing, going back with him. She just couldn't find it in her to say no to him after that kiss.

She just prayed to God that it wouldn't happen again. She knew that there was no distractions this time around, and that's what scared her the most.

. . .

Elena stepped out of her car and walked over to Damon who was leaning on his Camaro. She couldn't deny how hot he looked right now.

"It's beautiful here."

She meant what she said, it was exactly how she pictured him living. It was one of those houses that looked like it had been built in the 19th Century, knowing Damon it probably had been.

"I suppose so. Come on in." Damon took her hand before she could protest and half dragged her into the house.

"Damon, I'm not sure I should be here."

She looked up at him from underneath her eyelashes, afraid of how he'd take it. He never had been good with rejection.

"You're here now. Don't leave." He begged and led her to the couch.

"I wish I could." She whispered and noticed how his eyes hardened.

"I don't want you're pity Elena. If that's why you're here than I'd rather you left." He spat and moved away from her.

Couldn't he see? Elena thought, that she was afraid of what would happen after he sang to her. He had to know that if he kissed her again she wouldn't stop him.

"I don't pity you Damon. I wish that I didn't want to be here. But I do. So sing the damn song already."

Damon couldn't help the small smile that had worked its way onto his face. The fact that she wanted to be here was enough to make him happy. He picked up his guitar and sat right beside her, placing his finger underneath her chin.

"I don't want you to look away, is that clear?" He asked as his eyes locked with hers.

"Crystal."

Let there to be lonely I'm ready to grieve

Love I've been holding on to

I've tried so hard to keep saying you're mine

Now it's time, now it's time

Let there be hurting I'm craving the tears

That are appeared in my eyes for so long

I want to feel every drop of the pain

As I cry, as I cry

I'm gonna suffer the aching I've earned

Mark this one down as a lesson I´ve learned

´Cause the only way out of here

It's the only way out of here

Let there be daggers that tear through my skin

Down to my heart will go holding

Make me a new one and I'll love again

Until then, until then

Let there be lonely

It's the only way out of here

Oh the only way out of here

Let there to be lonely I'm ready to grieve

Love I've been holding on to

I've tried so hard to keep saying you're mine

Now it's time, now it's time

Elena closed her eyes for two seconds, letting the song replay in her mind. She opened them again to find his bright blue ones boring into hers. She couldn't take it anymore.

She took the guitar and placed it on the table in front of them, before swinging her legs over his so she was straddling him.

"What are you doin' 'Lay?" He asked breathlessly and let his hands drop to his sides.

"Something I should have done a long time ago."

And then she crashed her lips to his.

It took Damon a moment to realise what was happening, but when he felt her soft lips against his and her hands threading in his hair it didn't take him long to act on it. Hi placed his hands on her waist and trailed kisses down her neck.

"I can't keep fighting this Damon." She whispered he flipped them over, pinning her beneath him.

"I don't want you to," He replied as she wrapped her legs around him.

"You keep this up and I won't be able to stop." He moaned as she tugged lightly on his bottom lip.

"I don't want you to." She mocked and he picked her up, never once taking his lips away from hers.

He walked up the stairs carefully, nipping on her throat as she placed her arms around his neck. Damon threw her down on the bed and slid in between her legs.

"Damon." Elena whimpered as he threw her dress on the floor as she kicked off her heels.

"I've wanted to do this since we sang Undermine in the back of your truck." He growled in her ear as she ripped off his shirt.

It wasn't long before the two of them were in their underwear. Something they had both wanted for longer than they would like to admit.

"We shouldn't be doin' this. If anyone finds out we're screwed." Elena panted as Damon circled his tongue around her belly button.

"The press are already saying those things. We might as well get the reward from it,"

. . .

Elena laid with her head on Damon's chest as he combed his fingers through her hair, both feeling more at peace than they had in three years.

"Where do we go from here?" Damon asked gently,

"I can't seem to stop myself from wanting you Damon. I never will be able to. But I can't trust you again, not after what happened between us. I can't feel what I used to, I shut those kind of emotions off a long time ago."

The small smile that was on Damon's face fell.

"So we're keeping this no strings attached."

Elena knew that was the only way she could keep doing this, she couldn't get into a real relationship with him. Her heart would just end up in tatters again, it was something she wasn't willing to risk. But she wanted him, more than ever. She couldn't just let him go.

"You know that's it's the only way it can work."

"I know that."

"Damon if you don't want this, you just have to say." Elena said quietly as he held her a little closer.

"You know how badly I want you. I'm not letting you walk out this door again." Damon groaned as she leaned up on her elbows so she could look at him properly.

She was so beautiful now, with her sex hair and bright eyes, her skin practically glowing. How could he not keep doing this? He needed her more than she needed him.

"Then we can't let feelings get involved. We can't ruin this tour for Alaric. For all of us."

In Elena's mind everything made perfect sense, but in Damon's all he wanted to do was scream at her to admit that all of this was a cover up for what she felt for him. But he couldn't, because he couldn't let her leave him again.

Damon watched her yawn and nestle her head into the crook of his neck.

"Get some rest, 'Lay. You're tired and we've got an early start." He soothed in her ear and ran his fingers down her spine.

"It's your fault that I'm tired."

"Please, you were the one who initiated the third round." He teased and rested his chin against her head, burying his nose in her hair.

"You didn't have to go along with it." She argued.

"It's impossible to deny you anything."

And wasn't that the truest thing he had ever said.

"Good night Damon." She whispered and snuggled closer to him.

"Good night Elena."

He held her as close to him as he could, because he knew that in the morning she would be gone. And the worst part? He had to act like he was okay with it.

A/N: Hi y'all! You are seriously the most amazing reviewers ever! A special thanks to Delena4eva, who reviewed all the chapters and gave lovely comments. But seriously, I think that's the most amount of reviews I've ever had for a chapter and you are all to thank for that.

How did you all like this one? I know some of you will be sad or angry that Delena sex happened like this, but it's a step up for them. Kind of. But I think progression wise, that they need this. Don't worry my dears I have everything all worked out. How did you all like it anyway? Next chapter the tour starts! WHOO!

The song used was Let There Be Lonely performed by Jonathon Jackson as Avery Barkley on the TV show Nashville. It really is beautiful and I would recommend you go listen to it now!

Thank you all again and remember, more Delena goodness comes when reviews are given ;). READ AND REVIEW! All my love until next time xxx.