AN: I'll keep this one short. Enjoy!

Damon laughed at her. Laughed at her! "Gwen, please. You're gullible, naïve even. Sure you're hot and that kiss was great but you're human. And I don't fall in love with my food."

Gwen bolted forward but was held back by Klaus. "Fuck you Damon! Fuck you!"

Something flashed in Damon's eyes but it was gone too quickly for Gwen to name it. "Don't get all emotional babe. It wasn't anything personal."

"Surely you didn't think he loved you little Gwendolyn." Klaus said.

"I should have guessed. He never actually said the words." Gwen replied. "I should have known."

"You can't blame yourself for being stupid." Klaus said. "That would cause you a lot of blame."

A strangled cry spilled from the lips of one of the vampires surrounding them as a stake was shoved through his heart. He collapsed to the ground. On the other side, another strangled cry. Another death. One by one the surrounding vampires had a stake shoved through their hearts and then crumbled to the ground. Klaus hissed and outstretched his arm. He held Elijah by the throat. "I didn't think I would see you so soon."

"Too bad for you then." Elijah spat out.

"No." Klaus said smiling. "Too bad for you."

Gwen saw Klaus's inattention and prepared to run. Damon got to her first. He picked her up and held her in his arms wedding style. Then he ran. Of course, vampires are fast. Very fast. To Gwen everything was a blur; brilliant colors that blended together. It was intoxicating to move so fast. Faster than the wind. Faster than the eye could see. She managed to look up at Damon who was only concentrating on watching where he was going. She'd never seen him so serious. He might have managed to look even hotter. All that arrogance was gone while he ran. "Damon. Stop."

"I can't stop." Damon replied. "He'll catch up."

"Oh." Was all Gwen could say.

Eventually, after what felt like forever they did stop…in the middle of a cornfield. Damon set Gwen down. She wobbled slightly but Damon held onto her arm while she got her bearings. "Gwen. I was lying. I needed him to believe I didn't care for you."

"Really? Or are you stringing along Gullible Gwen until Klaus offers another chance at getting the bracelets off." Gwen asked. She took a careful step away from him, despite the fact she now knew he could stop her before she could complete the thought to run.

Damon smirked. "Gullible Gwen?"

"Don't make fun of me right now Damon. I'm serious, very serious." Gwen said. She crossed her arms under her chest.

Unfortunately that pushed her breasts up drawing Damon's attention there. "You're cute when you're angry."

She dropped her arms, blushing, and snapped her fingers in front of his face. "Focus Damon! Please tell me the honest truth. Are you going to back out on me if you're given a better offer?"

Damon smiled. "There is no better offer than you Gwen."

"Then why don't you say it?" Gwen asked.

Damon tensed realizing she was talking about feelings. And not just any feelings; she was talking about those three words. "I can't."

"Why?" Gwen asked.

Damon glared. "Why don't you say it?" Her eyes widened. "Not so easy when you have to say it is it?"

"I…I asked you first." Gwen said. No way was she going to offer up her heart to him when he'd just stabbed it for Klaus.

Damon raised an eyebrow. "You asked me first? Are we three now?"

"I might as well be. You're like a billion years old!" Gwen yelled. "Maybe everything I do seems childish to you."

"Now we're insulting my age?" Damon asked. "And for your information everything you do does seem childish and I'm insulted that I have to put up with it."

"Because you're sooooo mature aren't you?" Gwen said sarcastically. She laughed. "And for a moment I let myself believe you had feelings. Real feelings past 'Oh my god she's hot'."

"If this was just about looks," Damon started. "I could have found someone else."

Gwen's mouth opened to respond but nothing came out. Damon's jaw went slack as he realized what he'd just said. "Gwen I'm sorry. That's not what I meant."

"And what exactly did you mean?" Gwen said through gritted teeth. She thought, I will not cry in front of this big headed extremely hot fanged dick head.

"I meant that there are millions of attractive woman out there." Damon said. "But none of them are as beautiful on the inside. Gwen, I…I…"

"I love you too Damon." Gwen said. Then she walked over to him, stood on her toes, and kissed him.

"Well." A voice said. "You must be Gwen."

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Damon flung Gwen behind him for protection then relaxed when he saw it was just Stephan. "You're gonna get yourself killed one of these days little brother."

Gwen peeked around from behind Damon. "That's your little brother. Somehow I imagined him older. You don't look any older than, what, seventeen? Eighteen?"

Damon frowned. For all intents and purposes, Gwen was older than Stephan. She continued. "You don't even look old enough to drink."

"I'm over a century old." Stephan said.

"But the important part is that you don't look it." Gwen pushed.

Stephan looked at Damon. "Does she do that a lot?"

"What?" Damon asked.

"Insult people as soon as she meets them." Stephan replied.

"Yeah, she does. Me, you, Klaus. No one is safe." Damon said. He smirked at Gwen.

"I take offense to that buddy." Gwen said.

"Did you guys eventually meet up with Elijah?" Stephan asked.

"He ran us off the road." Gwen said.

"Moments after we left Gwen's psychic grandmother." Damon added.

"But then he attacked Klaus's goons so we could escape." Gwen said.

Stephan whistled. "You guys have really been getting around haven't you?"

"You could say that." Damon said. "Bonnie at the house?"

Stephan nodded. "Let's get those bracelets off you before Klaus realizes that Elijah is just a distraction."

Damon nodded and Stephan led them through the field.

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Elijah gasped for air as Klaus squeezed his neck. "Not…a very…nice welcome…brother."

"You are quickly becoming more of a problem than your worth." Klaus said.

Elijah's eyes watched Klaus. "Then….kill….me."

Klaus laughed. "And put you out of your misery so easily? That would be merciful and I am anything but." He dropped the struggling vampire.

"You're letting me go?" Elijah asked.

Klaus rolled his eyes annoyed. "Obviously." He waved at the car where Damon and Gwen had been only recently. "You let them get away."

"It's not my fault you were so easily distracted." Elijah said.

"Of course it's not your fault." Klaus said. "Unfortunately I now have no time to reach them and kill the girl. You have ruined another plan of mine brother."

"I hope you aren't expecting an apology." Elijah said.

"No apologies." Klaus said. "I've had a backup plan since this started. That will simply have to go into effect now."

"What's your plan?" Elijah asked.

Klaus was silent for a moment before he looked at his brother, still sitting on the ground. "That is none of your business. I suggest you run far, far away."

"I'm not going to run Klaus." Elijah said.

"Run!" Klaus shouted. "Or the next person I'm coming after is you."

Elijah glared at his brother before disappearing.

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The bracelets were hot, extremely hot as Bonnie poured more and more power into the wood. "Another genius idea from Klaus that only I can fix."

"It's amazing to meet someone with so much power." Gwen said. "I mean, Damon's great and all but all he can do is run fast and pick up heavy objects. Apparently he can compel people too but it's not all that great if he can't even compel me."

Bonnie laughed as Damon said. "Thank you for those glowing compliments."

"I'm sorry but it's the truth." Gwen replied. Finally the bracelets shattered and little splinters of wood fell to the floor. "Go Bonnie!"

Damon just rolled his eyes and stayed silent. Elena scoffed. "Damon stays silent in the face of an insult. The world truly must be ending."

Stephan, Elena, and Bonnie smiled in understanding. Bonnie asked. "So how was working with a human Damon?"

"I'm sure it would have been painful if she was a human." Damon replied. "But being a psychic and all, she was actually helpful every once in a while."

"Just every once in a while?" Gwen asked. Then she thought about it. "Yeah, probably."

"Psychics don't exist." Bonnie said.

"That's awful funny coming from a witch." Damon said, almost word for word what Gwen had said to him.

"Where did the witches and the druids and the shamans and the vampires come from?" Gwen asked. "Every race had to start somewhere."

"Very true." Stephan said. "Let's just hope that Klaus never discovers your abilities. He'd be thrilled for a new race to add to his collection."

"On a happier note," Damon said, glaring at his brother who had scared Gwen slightly. "we are home. We are happy. And for now, we are alive."

"Cheers." Gwen said laughing.

"Cheers." They all repeated.

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AN: Well, that was fun. I know this seems like the end but….it's not. There is one more chapter left. Please stay tuned for that. Last but not least please review. I need your input and I except criticism, compliments, and credit cards. (That was my failed attempt at a joke.) Don't forget the poll on my profile which will help me decide what story to write next. The choice is Damon/Gwen sequel or Tyler/OC. The Tyler/OC will be related to the Damon/Gwen story which means that Gwen will be included but it will focus on Tyler.