Elena has her life all mapped out, but after disappointing news, she's forced to take in the mysterious Damon Salvatore as a roommate. Can the arrangement work? Sure. As long as she can accept his past, embrace his demons and maintain a firm grip on her heart. AU. AH.

**THIS STORY HAS BEEN REMOVED. PLEASE SEE AUTHOR'S NOTE**AU. I was young and wild and free. The world couldn't touch me. One crazy night changes everything and now I'm left with the memory of what I lost and a pair of gorgeous blue eyes trying to take his place.

Five years ago, I left everything behind. My family. My hometown. Him. I stayed away and vowed to start over, but I'm catapulted back in a heartbeat by the only thing on earth that could bring me home - the possibility of really losing him forever. **THIS STORY HAS BEEN REMOVED AND CONVERTED TO AN ORIGINAL STORY**

Sequel to Cannonball - Finally free from the clutches of Mystic Falls and their rivaling families, Damon and Elena are home free. Their love and loyalty to each other is stronger than ever, however they will soon learn that being on the run isn't all that easy. DE.

Elena just wants to forget. She moved away for college, and is trying to make a life for herself, when her roommate invites her to her family's ranch for a summer that could change Elena's life. Damon Salvatore is a flirt. But the only girl he's ever really loved is the daughter he's fighting for custody of. Then his sister brings home a friend for summer and everything changes.

"Five years from now where do you see yourself? "Easy with you" fate is being kind to Damon Salvatore for once as it grants him the five year prophesy of the love of his life waking. With this being the final season of Vampire Diaries I wanted to write something deserving of the ending that Damon and Elena should be given.

She's a piano-playing graduate student who's writing a historical novel. He's the new professor in the History department who has gone out of his way to avoid music since he was a boy. A story about choice, transformation, and the people who inspire others to do both.