Once again, I own nothing. I just love Damon and Elena too much to only rely on the show to get what I want. So I've decided to take matters into my own hands and make them my puppets for yours and my entertainment.

Enjoy…

Previously on "Cure For The Past"...

Maybe this is all just some bizarre dream because none of this is adding up. Unless…nooo there's no way that, that happened. Elena and the rest of them were warned that there could be some unknown, but harmless consequences with the cure. However, never in her wildest dreams would she had believed that the cure of vampirism wouldn't just make her human again, but completely send her back to a time that she was human.

"OH FUCK!"

Indeed, Elena was officially reliving one of the most exhausting points in her life. A time she never wished to return to. Although, this time around she had the upper hand. She had the answers for everything and everyone. She could defeat Klaus and save Alaric and Jenna. Maybe this was all a blessing in disguise. But first she needed to deal with the small things; like Katherine, Stefan, and Damon.

Elena stood at the front door of the Boarding House, nervous to see Damon after their conversation on the phone just a mere two hours ago. *Knock Knock* No answer. "Damon I know you're home, your car is here. And I'm sure you heard me pull up so don't ignore me I just-" She didn't even get to finish before the door flung open to reveal her, not so boyfriend anymore, Damon. He was dressed in his usual dark wash jeans, a black fitted button-down, and wore his signature smirk.

"Yes?" He asked ignorantly.

"Hi." She was suddenly shy. "I wanted to come by and apologize in person. Can I come in?"

"It's a free country, do what you like." Damon moved aside so she could enter and they walked towards the parlor. Damon instantly went to the liquor cart (assuming he didn't want to be sober during her little talk) and Elena sat on the couch waiting for him to join her.

As soon as Damon sat down a safe distance from Elena he turned to look at her, giving her a nod and took a sip of his bourbon hinting to her to say what she intended to say.

"So." She paused and looked everywhere except for at Damon. Why am I so nervous around him? For fuck sakes he's seen me naked, even if 'This Damon' may not know that, I know it. Just talk to him, god Elena, talk. She was having an inner-battle with herself, and there was such a long awkward pause that it suddenly became unsettling. Damon himself hated silence so he decided to break it.

"Elena, what was it that you wanted to talk about? Didn't you mention something about an apology?"

"Right. Umm, I wanted to say that I'm sorry for calling and yelling at you about all that nonsense. I had a disturbingly vivid dream and the first thing I did was call you. I myself was very confused. The dream just freaked me out and…well it doesn't matter. Just know that I'm sorry for acting like a nutcase." She smiled nervously and let out a quiet chuckle.

"Apology accepted. And that must have been a pretty intense dream you had. I was thinking after you got off the phone with me that maybe Katherine stopped by to play with your head a bit; she has the ability to alter dreams so no worries, I'm not going to hold your temporary insanity against you." Damon gave her a playful smirk and took another sip of his drink.

"Well good. Anyway, there was something else I wanted to address while I was here. I know that last night I told you that you 'Lost me forever.'" Damon instantly had a look of vulnerability plastered on his face as he continued to look at Elena deep into her eyes. He was worried about where she was going with this and didn't want to relive the hurt he felt when he realized that he had finally crossed the line and pushed her away for good. However, she took him off guard by what she said next. "But I want you to know that I thought a lot about what it would mean to cut you out of my life. It would mean that I'd be letting go of a very special person to me. You're one of my closest friends Damon, I care for you and I count on you. I couldn't imagine a world without you in it. I was just so upset at what you did to Jeremy, but I never stopped to think about what you had gone through with Katherine. I know you would never intentionally hurt me which is why I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt and I've decided to accept your apology for killing my brother. I just want us to move on." Elena's eyes had unshed tears in them as she smiled at Damon waiting for his response.

Damon was so stunned, he didn't even know what to do or say. No one has ever taken his feelings into account for anything in any situation. Yet, here was Elena apologizing to him for not thinking of him sooner? God she's amazing. He thought to himself.

"You're right Elena I wouldn't ever hurt you and I apologize again for Killing Jeremy." He gave her a shy smile and Elena had thought hands down that, that was the cutest thing she had ever seen.

"Can I ask you what it was that Katherine did or said to piss you off?" Elena had always wondered what had happened that night before he came to see her. She was always afraid to ask in case it set him off again.

He suddenly had a look of pain grace his beautiful face and Elena instantly wanted to kill the bitch for hurting him like that. "She told me that she never loved me and that it had always been Stefan." He spat out in a bitter tone. And then it hit Elena. I had said almost the same exact thing to him that same night. She was quickly overcome with a wave of guilt. She looked at him with so much sadness.

"And then I said something eerily similar to you again that night." She said it so quietly he almost didn't hear her. "I'm sorry." She couldn't hold back the tears anymore; a few rolled down her face.

"It's alright I'm used to being second best, especially to my brother." That statement alone stopped Elena's heart. Is that really what he thought all that time? I was so stupid.

"No. Don't ever say that again."

"Elena don't worry its-"

She cut him off. And looked him dead in the eyes and with a stern voice told him what she should have told him back then the first time this had all happened. "You are so much more than you or anyone else thinks. You're nothing like you're brother and that's a good thing, that's also why you should never compare yourself to him. You're passionate and loyal, and yes you can also be an ass," they both let out a little laugh. "But that's part of your charm. There are moments where you do something completely vindictive, but no one stops to see your reason underneath it all. Everything you do you do with a purpose, and usually that purpose is love. You act on emotion, whether its anger, hurt or any other feeling. That's why you're worth forgiving and that's the part of you that I like, the part that feels. Just…maybe work on your impulses a little." She smiled at him and he smiled back.

They ended up spending the rest of the day talking and laughing.

"Wow when did it become 3:15?" Elena slurred a bit.

"Somewhere between lunch and you're forth glass of whiskey." Damon responded with a raise of his empty glass. "More for the lady?"

"Umm-"

"Hey Damon are you home?" Stefan walked in the door and Elena froze. She still hadn't talked to him and as far as he knows they're still together.

"In here little bro."

Stefan walked in and came to an abrupt stop when he saw Elena and Damon sitting on the couch with a drink in each of their hands. "Elena you weren't at school, I assumed you were sick, but it looks as though you're fine." He said with venom in his voice as he looked past her and glared at Damon.

Elena looked down at her glass not sure what to say. "Oh settle down Stef, she just needed some 'Damon-time'".

"Yeah and now it's over, thanks for an awesome day Damon, it was nice reconnecting, but I should probably get home before Jenna finds out I wasn't at home sick." She smiled at Damon and set down her glass on the coffee table. "I'll talk to you later Damon." He nodded at her. Then she turned to Stefan. "Could you drive me home, I want to talk to you." She asked him softly.

"Sure." Stefan threw on a fake smile for her benefit and then tried to kiss her, but Elena turned her face and he got her cheek. That confused him, but he figured he'd address it on the car ride home.

As they settled into the car and drove off Stefan was the first to talk. "So what's wrong Elena?"

"Well I don't want to beat around the bush so I'm just going to say it." She stopped to take a deep breath. "We need to break up." She blurted out quickly.

"WHAT?!"

"Look Stefan it's just that with Katherine back in town, and apparently she's still in love with you, I'd just rather not piss her off by being with you. I don't want her taking her jealousy out on people I care about." With that said, it reminded her of the night her aunt Jenna stabbed herself due to Katherine's compulsion.

"Are you sure this has nothing to do with Damon?" Stefan was beyond confused and a bit pissed off now.

"I'd be lying if I said it didn't, but I'm not going to go off and be with him. Katherine just broke his heart and we have bigger issues to deal with." She tried to explain in hopes that he would settle down.

"Oh yeah, and what would they be?" Crap! She had forgotten that no one knows about Klaus yet so she had to improvise.

"Well Katherine's back and there must be a reason, right?"

"Yes I suppose you're right. But I think you're just using this Katherine excuse to cover up the fact that you're falling for Damon. God, how could I be so stupid to not see this coming?" He stopped to collect his thoughts and Elena sat silently in the passenger seat waiting for him to continue. "You know what, maybe you're right, and maybe we shouldn't be together because I can't stand the idea of you secretly pining for my brother while still with me. I'm not going through that again." Just as he finished talking he pulled up to Elena's house.

"Stefan I'm sorry."

"I know, just go Elena. I hope in the end you make the right choice."

And with that, Elena climbed out of the car and watched Stefan speed away.