Hello lovely readers! We're back after almost… well, a very long time! School got super crazy, which is never fun, and ruined our free time. But never fear for summer break is soon which means updates! Now on with the chapter!

Elena's P.O.V.

I was laying on my back at the edge of my bed. My head was slightly hanging off, and I probably looked vaguely dazed. I hugged my pillow closer to my chest. After we busted in on the guys they agreed to tell us their big secret thing. Personally, I doubted that it was that big of a deal, at least not enough of an incident to earn Alaric the cold shoulder from Meredith.

"Well you see," started Alaric. "I'm not too sure how to put this." He looked nervous. Poor guy, I always did like him.

"Oh come on Rick, it's not that hard. Here, this is how you do it."

"Ugh," I moaned. I threw my pillow at Damon's head. "It's rude to interrupt people." He swiftly caught it and threw it back at me. I rolled right side up to catch it. I then proceeded by crossing my arms on top my pillow and laying my chin down.

"No, what's rude is throwing pillows at people's heads. Now where was I, oh right, watch and learn Rick."

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"Okay, so let me get this straight, wait… no I can't because I don't believe you!" I practically screamed at Damon. I was definitely awake now.

"Well, I certainly watched you Damon, and I learned exactly how not to break secrets to girls." said Rick.

Some things in my life have changed to a whole new level of weird this week, but this… this was where I was drawing the line. There were just certain facts in your life that you knew for certain would never change, like the sky was blue and the grass was green. Well, most of those were already gone, thanks to the past few days, so there was no way in hell that I would believe that somehow, behind our backs, that Damon and Rick were off on multiple evil vampire killing sprees.

I mean since I already lost my one for sure thing in my life, which was that Stefan could be the only man in the world that I'd love, I thought I deserved one sure thing in my life. And this just tipped the bizarreness scale causing me to go (briefly, or possibly permanently) insane. I admit that this really shouldn't be that big of a shock to me. Like seriously figuring out in the car ride here that I was in love with Damon was less of a surprise! Maybe I really was going crazy… oh but wait, crazy people never think that they're crazy so I guess that just makes me mentally unstable. Ugh! Even when I was insane I could still use logic to make me sound even more insane!

"Elena," started Meredith. "I know that this is kind of a shock but you're blowing this way out of proportion!" She was looked at me with an intense gaze, trying to compel me into calming down (and if she were a vampire it would have worked too).

I really did want to calm down, but all my bottled up emotions just weren't staying bottled up anymore. And quite frankly I'm tired of having to keep my emotions to myself. I mean it's not like I have school anymore to release all of my negative energy on so now I guess this will have to do instead. Although, it is pretty sad that I have to use little situations, that shouldn't bother me at all, to release my anger. You know awhile back a councilor did suggest that I might have anger management issues. Maybe he was right.

"Okay so I just might be over reacting a bit, but come on this cannot be happening right now!"

"But you do realize that this is actually a good thing right?" questioned Bonnie.

"No! I mean yes. I mean ugh I don't know what I'm saying anymore! How can you sit there so calmly when everything we've ever known keeps being proven wrong? Nothing in our lives has been true in the past year! Everything, one by one, keeps falling from my grasp. Sometimes I'm not even sure I can tell what's up from down anymore. Huh, for all I know, maybe down really is up. Maybe the sky is really green." I sounded like a mental case right now… Ugh! I shoved my face into the fluffy pillow on my bed.

"Okay," spoke Damon. It was the first time he had said anything since my bizarre reaction to his news. "Someone obviously needs to clear her head of her current insanity state." I only nodded in response, not daring to open my mouth again, just in case more foolish words came out. "Come on, let's go for a walk." He jerked his head in the direction of the door.

I rolled off the double bed feet first, and followed the retreating Damon. Behind me I heard the others talking.

"Do you really think we should let her go with him?" whispered Meredith.

"Well, what's the worst that could happen?" replied Bonnie.

"She could end up dead, or a vampire, or Fremont has some of his defenders show up."

"I think we should give them some time alone," interjected Alaric. "They'll be fine."

"Yeah but she's going to be ALONE with HIM." Pointed out Meredith.

"What's the big deal?" quipped Bonnie and Alaric in unison.

"Well, hmm… he's Damon. And oh yeah! She's in love with him and Stefan at the same time. But besides that, nothing." I froze mid stride.

I was right in front of the door now as I felt three sets of questioning eyes boring into my back as I failed to make my escape. Just then the door cracked back open and a long arm grabbed me and dragged me out.

"Thanks for getting me out of there Dam- whoa there. You are so obviously not Damon."

"That would be correct." I detected a faint Russian accent. "My name is Dimitri and my colleague over there with your vampire, is Eddie. First and foremost I am to tell you that we mean no harm and only wish to deliver you a message."

"If you mean no harm then why is your friend Eddie holding a stake to Damon's heart?" Up against the wall, Damon was forced down on his knees and a young man around my own age was holding the stake.

"Just as a precaution. We were informed that he would make it difficult to converse with you. Back to the matter at hand, Fremont would like to talk to you about a proposition. Now if you would please come with me." Fremont wants to talk to me? Well, this is strange, but I think I'm going to jump at the opportunity to possibly be able to double cross Fremont.

"Don't do it Elena! These two aren't normal, they aren't humans, and they aren't vampires either. They're half-breeds!" screamed Damon. Half-breeds? Is that even possible? I never knew that there was half human half vampire things running around. I glanced at Damon and it broke my heart to do what I did next.

"Okay, I'll come with you, but you have to promise to let Damon go unscratched."

"Your wish is my command."

"No Elena you can't do this to me! No, forget about me, you can't do this to Stefan! He wouldn't want you walking right into the lion's den. Think about Stefan, the love of your life, what would he say to you right now if he could see you?"

"That's the thing Damon, Stefan isn't here right now. So that means he can't stop me."

"Then think about Rick, Bonnie, and Meredith. Think about what it will do to them knowing that you willing gave yourself over to the enemy. That's not the Elena they know, and it's certainly not the one I know either. The Elena I know is strong, beautiful, brave, and courageous. That's the Elena that I'm in love with." He finally said it; he's in love with me. I've been waiting for the day those words would pass his lips, but I never dreamed they would be under these circumstances.

"I'm sorry Damon. I'm so, so sorry, but I have to fix this. It's my fault that Stefan's locked up somewhere. It's my fault and I have to fix it!"

"Elena," spoke Damon.

"No, I have to do this, for me, for Stefan, for us. Good-bye Damon. I love you." There I said it too. Even if this is a trap, at least Damon will know the truth, that I love him too.

Okay, the end… just kidding! There should be a new chapter up soon! Stay tuned and keep on reading, and remember reviews make happy writers :)