So, one reviewer brought up that after being blind Elena would probably need to wear the sunglasses or have the lights dimmed since she isn't used to the brightness. This is my mistake! I brought it up once in the very beginning but Elena has been able to see light and colour it would just all mix together. So she's always been used to the light except for the past week where she just needs the lights dimmed when she first gets the patch removed.

Anyways-enjoy!

Chapter 13:

Elena woke abruptly immediately jumping from her bed with a high pitched squeal. Today was finally the day she would see again. She jumped in a circle for a moment before stopping at giggling at herself. She couldn't remember ever feeling this happy in her entire life.

"'Lena?" Damon asked, smiling at her from the doorway.

"Damon, let's go!" Elena said hearing his voice.

Damon laughed at her enthusiasm. "You might want to get dressed first." He said. "And breakfast might be a good idea."

"Okay, okay." Elena said with a sigh. "Now go on so I can get changed." She rushed.

Damon laughed once again but walked out the room, closing the door. Elena felt her way to her closet for the last time and chose an outfit that Miranda had chosen for her for the last time. She felt her way to the bathroom and brushed her hair blindly for the last time. She wasn't sad at all at all the things that were happening for the last time. She was excited to be putting them all in her past.

She finally made her way to her bedroom door after getting ready. As soon as she stepped out Damon's arms were around her back and he was lifting her in the air in an excited, loving embrace. Her feet lifted and she crossed her ankles behind her as he placed a sweet kiss on her lips.

"Excited?" He asked placing her back on the ground.

"That's an understatement." Elena said taking his hand and practically skipping to the kitchen.

"Careful!" Damon laughed grabbing her by the waist as she almost skipped into the wall.

Elena just giggled and soon Damon was laughing with her. They got to the kitchen and were wrapped in each others arms laughing.

Miranda and David watched from their different places in the kitchen smiling at the image the young couple created together. Both Miranda and David knew that they had never seen their son so carefree with a girl since before Katherine.

Damon instantly straightened up a little but the smirk stayed on his lips. Elena followed and quieted a little but the smile stayed bright on her features.

"Your breakfast is on the table." David told them.

"You'll have to leave as soon as you're done." Miranda explained.

Elena nodded dragging Damon towards the table impatiently. Once they were seated and Damon told her where everything was on her plate Elena dug in, not even bothering to eat politely. She ate large mouthfuls and swallowed quickly, barely registering the burn of the scrambled eggs as they slid down her throat.

"Okay Damon, let's go!" Elena said standing up and tugging his hand.

Damon looked at his plate startled. He wasn't even half way done and her plate was empty. He grumbled a little but easily complied at the excited look on her face. She really didn't know the power she held over him.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." He grumbled through his grin as she tugged his arm even harder.

He led her to the door and helped her slip on her converse and soon they were out on the road.

Elena was practically bouncing in her seat as they drove down the road. It looked as if she was hiked up on caffeine and sugar.

"How long do you think it will take?" Damon asked, remembering how nervous and anxious he had been while waiting for her the last time.

"No more than an hour." Elena told him. "They will remove the patch, do some vision tests making sure that I can see properly and that I'm not bothered by different focuses of light and stuff." Elena explained.

"Oh okay." Damon said in understanding as they pulled into the parking lot. "We're here." He said with a smile as he parked the car.

Elena squealed and hopped out of the car. Damon ran around and took her hand before she could bounce her way into traffic.

He guided her through the parking lot and into the optometrist for the last time and he relished in her trust. He knew that this would be the last time she would give him everything she had, every ounce of trust and vulnerability.

They signed her in and in mere minutes the secretary was in guiding her into Dr. Harper's office.

As the time ticked on and on Damon's stomach started doing flips. His mind was laced with all his previous nerves and doubts about the possibility of Elena not finding him attractive, or finding someone else better looking.

Elena stared into her Doctor's face in awe. The lights were slightly dimmed to help her after her week in the dark.

"Elena, can you make out my features?" Dr. Harper asked tilting her head to the right slightly, a movement Elena could now see.

Elena covered her mouth with her hands and the tears leaked down her cheeks. She nodded around her cries of happiness and amazement.

The doctor smiled brightly at Elena's reaction and obvious happiness. She lived for this part of her job, the smile and reassurance that she changed someone's life for the better.

"Okay," She said choking back some emotion. "We will just have to do some tests on your eyes to make sure everything is working properly."

Elena wiped the tears from her eyes and nodded.

"But first." Dr. Harper said pausing, a small smile lighting her face as she turned and grabbed something from the table behind her. She reappeared with a small mirror and handed it to Elena.

Elena took the mirror in her shaky hands and stared into the image.

One hand returned to covering her mouth. She really was pretty. She removed her hand from her face and smiled at the image and she realized as Damon had said, it lit up her face.

"You're a beautiful girl Elena." The doctor said.

"Thank you." Elena whispered, actually believing the words for once.

"Well, I guess we can get started on the tests." She said before setting Elena up at many different machines.

Damon glanced at the clock for the twentieth time in the past ten minutes. It was closing in on an hour and Damon couldn't help but get nervous that it didn't work right. He sat praying that everything worked out well.

He was staring at the ground when from the corner of his eye he saw the door open. He looked up and his eyes widened. There she was, beside doctor Harper his angel was looking around at the faces of everyone with wide eyes and an even wider smile.

He sat in shock for a moment just watching her and relishing in her happiness.

Elena walked through the doors and looked around at the waiting room. She smiled looking at the paintings on the walls, the scruffy chairs, the faces of the people around her.

She instantly tried to pick out which one was Damon. There were several guys looking at her, as expected when she stood in the doorway with a huge, silly grin on her face.

One stood out to her but he was too exceptionally handsome to even be considered. She didn't want her gaze to linger on him with Damon around but her eyes were entranced by the unique shade of bright blue in his eyes framed by the silky raven locks.

She scanned back around and her smile was beginning to fade. No one was coming forward to see her. A frown soon set upon her features, when suddenly he started toward her. The blue eyed stranger, or maybe not a stranger?

Damon noticed the frown setting on her face as he just stared at her. He realized she was waiting for him.

He then started towards her and noticed her eyes widening and the frown becoming a look of shock.

"Elena?" he said slowly approaching her.

"Damon?" She asked, her mouth popping open.

Damon leaned from his right foot to his left uncomfortably, not knowing whether the reaction was positive or not.

"The one and only." He said attempting a confident voice.

He was instantly embraced, her arms locked around his waist. He didn't hesitate to wrap his arms around her middle and place a kiss on her forehead. She pulled away and for a second just looked into his eyes, and then her eyes swept over his face before returning to his eyes.

The sheer lust in her gaze did him in and he leaned down and captured her lips in a passionate kiss.

They heard the murmurs around them and Elena instantly flushed. She pulled away and took Damon's hand. Damon smiled glad that even though she didn't need his guidance she still wanted to hold his hand. He gave her hand a little squeeze leading her to his car.

"Nice car." She commented shyly as they stopped at his Black Ferrari.

Damon gave her a wink before opening her door.

Elena smiled at him and her heart raced as he smiled back. She couldn't believe the handsome blue eyed man was the one she was in love with and the one that loved her back.

He climbed in the driver's seat and as much as Elena knew she was being irrational, she grew nervous around him. She had known him and lived with him for weeks and he told her he loved her and yet seeing him and how absolutely gorgeous he was made her resort to the feeling of a young school girl.

He glanced over with his stunning blue eyes and she could swear her heart stopped in her chest for a second.

"Ready to head home?" He asked raising his eyebrows.

Elena nodded her head, not trusting herself to speak. She took a deep breath looking at the window, shaking her head in embarrassment with herself. She knew him so well, why was she acting so… shy all of a sudden. Oh yeah it's because he was overwhelmingly gorgeous. She saw herself in the mirror and she thought she was pretty but nowhere near his standard.

Damon, himself was feeling the doubts much stronger in his chest. She was barely talking to him. He hoped his little pit stop would help her open up but his mind kept going back to the thought 'what if she thought he was ugly'.

He shook his head and tried to concentrate on the road until they got to their destination.

They got home and Elena was instantly taken into tight hugs by David and Miranda. Elena's eyes swept over their faces. They were a good looking couple, both with their bright smiles. Miranda's blue eyes were sparkling and her black hair sat beautifully around her face. Elena realized that's where Damon must have got the radiant blue eyes from and stunning black locks. David's eyes were a mixture of greens and blues framed by his tan skin and brown hair.

Miranda looked down at Elena and her eyes got slightly watery. "So everything is okay?" Miranda said. "Everything worked out?"

Elena nodded, misty eyed as well.

Miranda instantly pulled her into another hug. "I'm so happy for you." She whispered in her ear.

"Thank you." Elena whispered back, a single tear falling down her cheek.

Once she pulled back she instantly wiped it away and smiled at the couple. "You guys have really been amazing." Elena said. "I'm glad I could share this… experience with you." Elena said.

"Oh honey, you need to stop that or you're going to make me cry again." Miranda said shaking her head with a smile, wiping at her eyes.

"We're glad we could share this with you too sweetie." David said smiling at her.

"So, what do you want to see first?" Damon asked her.

"My room?" Elena asked.

"Absolutely." Damon said taking her head and threading his fingers through hers.

Elena's stomach jumped when he did that, smiling at her as he did. It was one of those things that she would have to get used to because she couldn't imagine the reaction to him stopping any time soon, especially when he did the flirty little eye thing.

"Well, here we are." Damon said opening the door. Elena stepped in and her eyes widened in amazement. She knew the room was big but she never imagined it was this big along with the antique feeling to it. She had her little paths, one to the bathroom, one to the closet and one to the door. She never would have imagined…

The bed was larger than she thought it was when she felt it. The headboard was antique white and the duvet and pillows were a mixture of gold's and whites.

The bedside table and the dresser both were an off white giving them an old fashioned look. Elena saw the white door to the walk-in closet and decided she would have to see that after she finished the tour of her room. She hadn't even known that there was a step up into another part of her room. Her cane had hit the step and she just figured it was the rest of the wall.

She looked in and was amazed to see another room almost the size of her main bedroom. There was a large fireplace and a golden chaise lounge matching her bedding.

One whole wall was filled with books of every interest she could have, or genre she liked. The light overhead was a chandelier, casting shards of light around the room as the sun came through the window and hit the crystals.

"Wow, Damon this is amazing." Elena breathed turning towards him.

"You haven't even seen your closet or bathroom yet." He said with a smirk. She nodded dumbly in agreement and followed as he led her to the antique style bathroom. It was completely white except for the hints of gold here and there to create a sense of unity with the room.

The closet was last. Damon opened the door for her and she looked around in awe. It must have been the size of her whole room at the foster home. Shoes lined the back wall and she knew Miranda must have done some sneaky shopping because there was no possible way they bought that many shoes on their trip.

Her eyes fluttered over to the dresses for special occasions. There were pink puffy ones and short black ones. There was a deep green silk one and a tight red one that she felt was the one she must have worn to the party. Her eyes continued their way around the closet and found the jeans and shirts that she wore on a daily basis. She smiled liking the choices Miranda had made for her. They were all beautiful clothing, but not too dressy.

Elena turned back to Damon with a smile. "Wow, I can't believe they have done all of this for me. The room, the bathroom, the closet, it's all amazing." Elena said shaking her head.

"This room was already set up." Damon said. "But we all thought it would be perfect for you."

"It is. It's absolutely perfect." Elena nodded.

"So, dinner's ready." Damon said and they walked towards the kitchen. "After we're done eating I want to show you something."

"Okay." Elena said quietly.

They ate dinner and kept up a comfortable conversation. Elena was still in shock that after all that time she could see again. They mainly talked about all the things Elena would like to see, and the people.

Once they were done Damon led her outside and through a path in the forest. They walked for a few minutes, fingers laced together, which had Elena blushing when Elena finally heard something.

"Damon," Elena said smelling the air and listening to gurgling of water. "Is this…"

"The cottage and brook, yeah." Damon said smiling.

Elena's answer was a brightening smile. She took a few last steps through the brush and stared in awe. The cottage was adorable and looked amazing against the purple sky of the sunset. It was made of stone with ivy running up the walls and pink, red and white roses growing in the surrounding garden. The brook ran through the clearing several feet away and sitting a few feet from the cottage was a blanket and picnic basket.

Elena's hands covered her mouth and once again tears of happiness filled her eyes. "Oh Damon, you didn't have to do this." She said unable to rip her eyes away from the beautiful image.

"I know, but I wanted to." Damon whispered in her ear, his arms enveloping her from behind. She easily placed her hands over his and leaned into his embrace. She felt so relaxed and comfortable in her place and realized that even if he was utterly gorgeous, he was still her Damon.

"Ready to eat?" Damon asked releasing her but taking her hand in his.

Elena nodded and followed him as he sat down on the blanket.

He dipped into the basket pulling out chocolate covered strawberries, reminding Elena of the first time they came here.

He laid on his back on the blanket and Elena followed, resting on her side propping her head up with her hand.

He lifted a strawberry and held it in front of her. She bit into it and her eyes closed just like they had before at how amazing the strawberry tasted. "Mmm." She moaned.

Damon watched in shock as she took his hand and sucked the juice of his finger keeping her eyes locked on his. Earlier she was barely talking to him and now she was giving him the perfect start to many of his fantasy's with her.

She sat up and moved closer so that she was leaning over him. She leaned down and kissed him deeply. Not even Elena had any idea where the confidence came from but she felt it had to do with the way he was looking at her.

He instantly responded and grabbed her hip maneuvering her body so she was straddling him. He nearly moaned, tasting the strawberry's on her lips. Elena ground her hips against his and he couldn't control the moan he released against her mouth. Elena smirked against his lips at the reaction but could feel her own control slipping.

She had never been intimate with anyone and here was this amazing, gorgeous man in front of her that told her he loved her. She sighed happily into his mouth and pulled away for a moment, resting her forehead against his and breathing heavy.

He felt her hot breath on his lips and felt the need to capture her lips once again, but held back. He asked the question that had been on the tip of his tongue since she initiated this.

"Elena," He started in a breathy voice. Her eyes popped open and she looked down at his, lust filling her gaze. "Why were you so quiet today?" he asked.

Elena looked down and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "Why?" She asked in a quiet voice.

"'Lena?" Damon pushed. "Just tell me, love."

He felt her hips move as she tried to get off his lap but his hands held her hips, keeping her there. She looked at him, and he noticed there was a hint of panic in her eyes. He instantly let go and she rolled off of his lap.

She moved and sat cross legged in front of him staring down at her lap.

His eyebrows came together knowing that whatever it was it would have to be bad to get this reaction from her.

"You can tell me anything." He said placing his finger under her chin and pulling her head up so he could meet her eyes.

"I know." Elena said meeting his gaze before turning her eyes to the right. "But I'm embarrassed." She admitted.

Damon's eyes widened at that. He thought she would say that she didn't think he was good looking, or she thought that he would be different. "What would you ever be embarrassed about?" Damon asked.

"C'mon Damon." Elena said wringing her hands together nervously. "You have to know that you're gorgeous." Elena said refusing to meet his gaze.

Damon looked at her, baffled. That was the last thing he thought would come out of her lips.

"I mean, I know I'm kind of pretty but nowhere near your standards." She said, finally voicing her concerns.

Damon couldn't help letting a humored smile grace his features. "We are both too insecure I guess." Damon said chuckling.

Elena looked up at him with a questioning gaze.

"I thought you were going to say you thought I was ugly, or I was different than what you expected." Damon explained. "And not in a good way."

Elena looked as shocked as Damon had felt. "How could you think that?" Elena asked honestly startled.

"How could you think that you're anything less than perfect?" Damon shot back with a smile.

Elena blushed and turned her head down with a smile.

"I love you Damon." She said meeting his gaze once again.

"Love you too." He said before meeting her lips once again.

I hoped you guys liked Elena getting her vision back.

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