Author's Note: Hello everyone I hope this chapter finds everyone healthy and happy in these trying times. COVID-19 is sweeping across the world and we all must do our part to stop it, so clean your hands, keep your distance from anyone who isn't family and stay at home as much as possible.

The PSA done I hope you all enjoy this chapter, I decided that Delena needed a reunion chapter all to their own. Now here comes some shameless self-promotion, I have started a second Vampire Diaries Story called A Road trip Changes Everything, I have posted below. As usual it is a Delena ship fic, but I haven't really decided on the other pairings; it is a complete Season AU, below is the Summary, if you're not interested simply skip to the chapter, anyways on with the show:

In 1994 when Damon asked his brother to hit the road with him instead of saying no Stefan says yes and together the Salvatore's leave Mystic Falls. Now seventeen years later Stefan calls his brother from their hometown, desperate for help in protecting Elena Gilbert. Damon had no idea the events that would be waiting for him or the woman that would change his life forever...

Chapter 23: Transitions

Gilbert Residence, Mystic Falls, Virginia

Friday, Afternoon, 2011

Damon Point of View

Elena was clinging to me so tightly that I could almost feel bones breaking, her strength sends a stab of pain through my heart at the realization of what was happening to her. Suddenly Elena shot back and grabbed her mouth crying out in pain and moving away from him to the other side of the room. Elena's cry caused Alaric, Bonnie and Caroline to burst back into the room. Caroline hurried over to Elena and quickly looked at her for a moment before she dragged her into the adjoining bathroom. After the door clicked shut Damon was suddenly hit by a small body and he quickly realised that Bonnie was pulling him into a hug almost as painful as Elena's.

"It's good to see you too Bonnie…but someone want to explain to me what the hell happened?" Damon asked as he pulled Bonnie into a hug whilst Alaric simply clapped him on his shoulder as if to confirm he was in fact there.

"Yeah, I'm back Ric" Damon responded for once being serious and smiling at his friend, but his hearing quickly picked up Elena's tears coming from the bathroom.

"Look as much as I want to continue this moment, Elena needs me" Damon responded pulling away from Bonnie but smiling down at her quite shocked to see tears streaming down her eyes.

"It's ok Damon, Bonnie and Caroline explained what happened, go Elena needs you" Alaric responded pulling Bonnie away whilst Damon strode over to the bathroom.

"Elena, baby open the door" Damon said softly trying to coax her to open the door, after a few moments Caroline appeared at the door. There was a smile on her face, it was a bit twisted though as if she was happy and sad at the same time.

"It's good to see you Damon" Caroline said walking by him, grabbing his arm and gently squeezing before walking out of the room.

Damon waited until the door clicked shut behind her before he turned back and walked into the bathroom. Elena was standing in front of the mirror; her face was hidden behind a curtain of hair as if she was no ashamed of what she saw. At the moment he knew what the veins beneath her eyes would be rippling with blood, but her fangs wouldn't fully come down…not until she fed. He knew what she was thinking; the main difference in Elena's eyes between them had been fact that Elena was human, and Katherine was a vampire. He walked up slowly behind her and gently wrapped an arm around her waist whilst the other went up to softly brush her hair back to show her face.

"Elena…all I see when I look at you now is that stubborn girl who would do anything for the people she loves. Including turning herself into a vampire which we will be talking about once we have time" Damon murmured as Elena hands came up to rest on his that was wrapped around her waist.

"You can say whatever you want but it worked…you're here, really here" Elena murmured her eyes still closed as she leaned into Damon and a soft purr started to come from her chest as she felt him come into contact with her.

"You need blood, come on" Damon murmured grabbing her hand gently and leading her back into the bedroom, he sat her on the bed and went to turn to the window.

"Caroline keeps a blood bag in the fridge downstairs, for emergencies" Elena murmured causing Damon to stop and walk back out her bedroom door, he walked down the stairs a little unsteady himself and as he walked back into the kitchen he found two blood bags sitting on the counter top.

As Damon walked back up the stairs and into Elena's room, he realised that the house was empty, Alaric, Bonnie and Caroline must of cleared out to give them some space. The thought of his brother crossed his mind for a moment before a growl coming from the bed snapped him out of his thoughts. Elena's eyes were wide open, the veins beneath her eyes were there for the whole world to see but she was watching the blood bags with a hungry stare.

"Elena, breathe ok, just breathe" Damon murmured as Elena looked back at him for a moment, shame breaking out on her face.

"Oh god, I just all I could think about was…" Elena trailed off burying her head in her hands as Damon came to sit beside her keeping careful watch of the blood bags.

"You're a vampire now, blood is your bodies number one priority. I'm not going anywhere Elena, I'll be here with you the whole way" Damon murmured was he held out the blood bag for her, she looked at it for a moment before she slowly took it.

As she clicked the plastic lip of the top and gently brough the tube to her mouth Damon gently wrapped arm around her as she started to drain the bag. Suddenly Elena dropped the bag and grabbed her mouth, Damon knew her fangs were now breaking through for the first time and it wasn't the most pleasant experience in the world to happen for the first time. Suddenly Elena sniffed the air and her face snapped to look at the other blood bag, Damon gently lifted the cap off and gave it to her.

"Slowly, Elena, slowly ok" Damon spoke causing Elena to lean into him more and start to pull even more gently from the bag.

After Elena stopped drinking from the bag, she slowly leaned further into him, but she was still hiding her face behind a curtain of brown hair. Damon reached and brushed her hair back again to reveal her face, it revealed Elena fully vamped out. It was on odd look; the predator was in full view, but she looked almost scared of his reaction. Damon simply let his fangs bare and the blood rush under his eyes revealing the vampire in him; he and Elena simply stared at each other for a few moments before she buried her face in his neck and started to breathe deeply.

"It's ok Elena, you don't have to hide from me. You're still the same gorgeous person you have always been" Damon murmured as he felt her hand reach up and start the run through his hair making him relax.

"How long was I gone?" Damon asked causing Elena to freeze and pull back from him.

"Six months Damon, you've been gone six months" Elena murmured looking over at her bedside table where several journals lay making him raise his eyebrows.

"I wrote those for you…it was the only way I could feel connected to you. Nobody would let me near the crypt" Elena murmured burying herself in his arms.

The residual blood in the air made him growl and caused her to pull back to look at him in the eye.

"You haven't fed have you?" Elena murmured causing Damon to shake his head, Elena stood up and started to pull him towards the window.

Damon stopped her for a moment, he wanted to grab the journals before he left and as he came to stand by Elena at the window he looked into her eyes and felt for the blood bond for the first time since turning; when he found it he pushed all the love he was feeling for her through it causing her to gasp and stumble into him.

"Oh my god…that so intense" Elena murmured going to bury herself in him before he ducked around her and jumped out the window.

Elena gasped as Damon came to a stop beside the tree up to her room, he winked at her and beckoned with his head to come with him. She looked uncertain for a moment before she jumped from the window, landing with a small stumble before righting herself and speeding over to him with a grin on her face.

"That wasn't fair Salvatore" Elena murmured as walked up to him and jumped on his back and pretending to bite into his neck causing Damon to laugh and wrap his arms around her legs hoisting her closer.

"I don't play fair remember" Damon murmured, his words caused her to smirk deviously before she felt for the bond herself and pushed all her love through. Damon gasped and stumbled dropping her, but she smoothly landed and raced around in front of him.

"Catch me if you can" Elena said before she grinned and disappeared racing from into the forest towards the boarding house. Damon grinned before he raced off after her into the night.

He was able to catch up to her due to his older age but he simply slowed and ran beside her grabbing her hand and squeezing gently as they jumped over a log and landed over twenty feet away causing Elena to gasp and laugh in exhilaration. The boarding house came into view and they both slowed to a walk, one of Damon's hands was occupied with the journals from Elena's room and the other was taken by Elena's hand. The lack of cars out the front of the boarding house, the lack of lights and no noise caused Damon to stop and look down at Elena who had also stopped beside Damon.

"Where's my brother?" Damon asked with trepidation in his voice, but Elena smiled reassuringly at him.

"He's been travelling, trying to find a witch or a spell to help wake you up. But he's back tomorrow morning for graduation" Elena murmured dragging Damon up the stairs who had a dumbfounded look on his face.

"Graduation-wait your graduation…" Damon replied trailing off and following Elena up the stairs as she took a key out and unlocked the door.

"I told you Damon it's been six months…why don't you have a shower and I'll grab you some blood bags" Elena murmured walking off towards the basement leaving Damon in the entryway.

Damon turned and walked up the stairs, as he came into his room and switched the light on. The room was messier than he was used to in this time, but he took in the subtle changes that had taken place. Elena's clothes were scattered around the room. Textbooks and books were piled next to his small stack of books he had by the side of his bed but the thing that had changed the most was the overwhelming smell of Elena that was now permeated through the whole room. As he walked into the bathroom, he noticed that a great amount of Elena's toiletries was now scattered amongst his bathroom. As he turned on the shower and got undressed getting rid of the outfit from homecoming he was still wearing, he stepped under the sprays of the shower sighing in relief as he felt the water cascade down him. He felt a woosh after several moments and he opened his eyes to see Elena standing there with three blood bags in her hands Elena simply stood there taking him in for a moment before she reached out offering the blood bags.

Damon took them and drained them quickly the hunger for blood overtaking his senses. After he drained two, he realised that Elena no longer stood outside the shower, in fact he sensed she was behind him. He drained the last bag as he felt Elena wrap her arms around him his waist and press her body into his pressing her lips softly into his back. He turned around and softly took her in his arms pulling deeper into the spray, he quickly covered her lips with his devouring her mouth. She responded with a desperation that surprised him causing him to gasp into her mouth and stumble back into the tile wall.

"Elena…wait-" Damon started but was cut off as Elena pushed her lips back onto his.

"For once Damon, just shut up and kiss me" Elena spoke after a moment causing Damon to smile.

He wrapped his legs under her thighs hoisting her up and pushing her into the tile wall, being much rougher than he was used to being with her. She pulled back looking into his eyes as she gently she lowered herself down on him causing him to gasp and push into her deeper one hand coming down to cover her ass and pull her closer. Their coupling was desperate, Elena hands dug into his back so hard he could feel the breaking of his skin and the smell of his blood wafted through the air.

Damon placed his palm next to her as he started to drive into her deeper and faster causing her to gasp and bury her face in his neck but after a few moments Damon felt her start to gasp as she started to thrust herself down faster on him. Damon pulled her closer as her gasp turned into a scream as she felt her tightening around him causing him to pull him closer with one hand whilst the other pushed so hard into the wall, he felt the tiles breaking under his hands. The feeling of her tightening around him send him gasping and hurtling over the edge with her as he buried his face in her neck and softly place kisses there.

After a few moments Elena gently separated them and placed her feet on the ground, Damon back away slightly but kept his arms around her gently caressing her back causing her to pull herself closer to him and gently kiss him on the lips. After a few moments she grabbed the shampoo bottle there and poured some into her hands before she started to massage it into his hair causing him to tilt his head back and sigh in pleasure. Damon rinsed his hair as Elena stepped out of the shower, slipping a towel up around herself as Damon turned the taps off and stepped out as well. Damon sauntered over to her disregarding a towel, he pulled her into his arms as he gently smiled at her.

"When does Stefan get back?" Damon asked a mischievous look in his eyes, his question caused him to laugh and pull him back towards.

"Not until lunch time, we have all night to ourselves" Elena smiled letting the towel drop down to the floor as he grabbed and gently fell into the sheets.

The rest of the night was a blur for the reunited lovers, they quickly fell into the passion that had been bottled up for the last six months. As Elena fell asleep in Damon's arms in the soft light of the morning, he looked over at the journals that she had written. Gently sliding out beneath her Damon started to read; perhaps it had something to do with the spell or maybe he was simply on edge, but he felt no need for sleep. As he read Damon's heart started to constrict painfully as he took in the journal entries, softly stroking Elena's back as he read about Elena's life without him.

End of Chapter Note: What did everyone think, I am currently writing two story so I will be alternating updating between the two depending which one I feel like writing more at the time. Anyways I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and as always let me know what you think with a review.