This missing scene occurs after the end of Season 4, Episode 10 – After School Special

Elena drove to the Lake House faster than she had ever done it before. Her mind was racing, it seemed like forever since she had been close to Damon, forever since she had given him a small kiss and left him.

She knew he was just as eager to see her, she was sure of it – until he wasn't waiting to hug and kiss her upon her arrival.

She was out of her car and in the house immediately, calling for him, looking everywhere she could think of. She was almost frantic, when she finally heard his voice at the front door.

"Well you must have driven like a bat out of hell."

She had her arms around him before he finished the statement, and was actually a little relieved when his arms were around her. It had been so long since he was willing to do that.

"I drove like a vamp to her sire," Elena whispered, trying to make a joke. It didn't occur to her that he might not take it as meant it until he flinched a little, but he kept his arms tightly around her.

She was going to try to say something else, something to tell him she had meant it as a joke, but his lips were on hers, and she quit caring.

She had no idea how long had passed before they were sitting on a couch, side by side, but leaning into each other, and Damon was saying, "I guess I'm forgiven for sending you away."

She looked into his eyes as she responded, "I knew what you were doing. I guess I finally convinced you that my feelings are real. All I had to do was tell you that I love you?"

He smirked a little. "You had to tell me twice."

"Whatever it takes," she said softly, pulling him in for another kiss. She managed to say "I love you" just before their lips met.

"I believe you," he whispered when they had separated again.

Elena nodded and let her eyes close for a moment. "Finally. So no more sending me away?"

"No more. You'll have to leave me of your own accord to go back to Stefan now."

Elena grimaced. "Not going to happen. Stefan hates me now."

Her eyes were open, but she was looking away, so Damon reached over to gently pull her chin so she faced him again. "I don't believe that. He's not capable of hating you."

"That's what I thought, but," she had to shake herself to continue, "what Rebekah made me say, right to his face…"

Damon pulled back and almost stood, but stayed seated. "Rebekah?"

Elena nodded. "She's back."

"She hates you." He shook his head. "If I had any idea...but she let you live?"

Elena leaned forward and closed her eyes as she nodded. "It's like when you turned Abby into a vampire to save me. She said it then, and she said it again today – she wants me to live knowing that people I love are hurting because of me."

Damon's arms were around her again as she continued, "She made tell Stefan the truth – that I slept with you because I'm in love with you, that I feel free when I'm with you and feel like a project, like something broken, when I'm with him. It was awful."

When she hesitated, Damon whispered, "You never spared me the truth."

Elena cringed again, but nodded. "You never took it like Stefan. Rebekah made him tell me that what I said hurt. He wouldn't even talk to me when she let us go. He just walked away. He hates me."

"So he didn't actually tell you that?"

She shook her head. "He didn't have to. It was obvious."

Damon laughed a little. "He's just being Stefan the drama queen."

"You didn't see his face."

"I've seen it a lot," Damon said soothingly, "and take my word for it – he doesn't hate you. He hates me, he blames me."

"You didn't even come up. He never said your name."

"I live in his head, Elena," he said. "He still can't believe that you would ever just want me."

She finally pulled back enough to look into his eyes. "But I do. I want you, love you, need you – all of it."

"Hey," Damon said, backing away and putting his arms up as if to surrender. "I believe it, that's why you're here. I'm more concerned about Barbie Klaus being back."

Elena shrugged. "Rebekah wants the cure for some reason, torturing Stefan and me was just her having fun."

"So I'm guessing she's not on team Klaus with the cure."

"No," Elena said, looking at him questioningly, "but neither are we. Klaus just wants me human so he can use my blood."

"At least we know what he wants. Do you know what she wants with it?"

Elena shook her head again.

"Well, it's a matter of choosing between the Original we know, or the Original we don't know."

Elena was confused again. "What are you talking about?"

Damon pulled Elena towards the door. "Come on. We need to go to Jeremy."

Elena's mind immediately went to her bother. She nodded and went with him. "Where is he?"

"You'll see. And I'll see just how much you really do love me."

They were out of the house now, Elena wasn't sure where they were going when she asked, "Damon, you know I love you. What do you mean 'how much'?"

"We'll also see just how much you trust me. Or maybe how dark, how much like me, you've become…"


What ho! I'm back. My knee hurts after surgery, but that just shows me that it is still there, and it will get better.

And, amazingly, the Delena on TVD is only getting stronger, even though every week I wonder if this is the week it will end. May I wonder that for the rest of Season 4, or longer…