I know it's been awhile, and I apologize. So as a "sorry" to you guys I'm going to make this entire chapter a Delena one.

Enjoy…

Previously on "Cure for the Past"...

"I know about Klaus." Elena spat it out as fast as she could so that Katherine could hear her before she sped away. She knew that Katherine would be surprised that anyone would know that name at this point in time, and when Katherine stopped dead in her tracks Elena also knew she had Katherine's interest.

Katherine slowly turned around to look at Elena dead in the eye with a smiled plastered on her face. "Now you have my attention."

They headed back into Katherine's suite to talk. Elena knew that in order for Katherine to be on her side she had to explain how she knew everything that she did. She explained to Katherine how she was from the future and got her up to speed as to where Elena left off in 'Her Time'. She hated the idea of trusting Katherine of all people with this information, but they both wanted the same thing. They wanted Klaus dead. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. Elena reminded herself.

After Elena left Katherine at the Bed and Breakfast she was staying at she headed home to the barbecue that was probably already in full swing.

Sure enough, as she walked into the living room she saw Damon, Mason, Alaric, Jenna, and Caroline playing Charades. Damon was drawing a picture of some sort of dog looking thing in a tutu. Elena laughed at herself in her head. God I love this man's playful side. "Dances wolves". Mason finally guessed his answer, which seemed to be correct because Damon gave him a knowing smile. Elena knew that look, it was a look he made when things were going his way and she knew from that point on Damon would only get himself into trouble so she thought quickly and came up with a little plan to deter Damon from his masterful plan of pissing Mason off.

"Hey guys!" Elena said as she waltzed into the room. Everyone looked at her and smiled. "Damon can I talk to you in the kitchen please?" He didn't reply, he just followed her into the kitchen.

Elena turned around and leaned on the island in the middle of the kitchen and looked at Damon.

"So what is it that you want to talk about because I have plans to kill a wolf tonight." Damon gave her his sexy smirk. God I want to jump him right now and let him do dirty things to me on this counter. She thought to herself.

"Well change of plans you and I are going to The Grill for some drinks."

"And why would I agree to this?"

"Because we're friends, and I asked you nicely, and…" She stopped and rolled her eyes. She wasn't very good at being persuasive, obviously. "Just come on. PLEASE?!" She gave him her best puppy-dog eyes and then she saw something in him shift, that's when she knew she had won him over.

"Fine! But I get to choose what we drink."

"Deal." She flashed him one of her kilowatt smiles as she grabbed his hand and headed toward the front door. As they passed through the living room she briefly said goodbye to everyone, Damon following aimlessly behind her.

The two of them arrived at The Grill and walked over to a booth in the back corner. They sat in silence for about a minute or two before a waiter came by to take their orders. Elena recognized the boy from one of her classes and smiled politely at him, but he took that as an invitation to flirt a bit.

"Hey Elena, you're looking good as usual. What can I get you and you're…uncle is it?"

Damon glared at the young boy. Who does he think he is? Where does he gain the right to flirt with 'My Elena'? He doesn't deserve her; I could make her so much happier both emotionally and physically. Damon thought to himself while imagining all the different ways he'd like to make her scream in pure bliss.

"Hahaha, no Kyle this is my ex, Stefan's, older brother Damon." She replied smiling because she could tell that Kyle was making Damon jealous.

"Oh so is this like a date or something?" Kyle asked, curious.

"No." Elena said while Damon simultaneously replied.

"Yes." Damon said at the same time.

Kyle and Damon glared at each other. "Well which is it?" He asked Elena while still glaring at Damon. "Because I heard Sarah Miller was throwing a party next week and I thought maybe you'd like to go." Kyle finally looked at Elena when asking her this.

"Oh, well I don't know. I just broke up with Stefan so I think it may be too soon." She lied. If I were to go to that party with anyone it would be with my future boyfriend, Damon, and no one else. She thought silently.

"I understand." He nodded, slightly disappointed. "So what will you be having?" Kyle had his back entirely to Damon and was only really asking Elena.

"We'll have two beers and keep them coming. Now run along Keith". Damon answered for Elena.

"It's Kyle."

"Like I care. Now leave." Damon dismissed him.

Elena was enjoying this far too much. God he's hot when he's jealous.

Damon snapped her out of her daydream. "So what's this that you broke up with Stefan? Was his dick too small? Because I do believe that I was graced with the bigger-"

Elena cut him off. "Damon!" All he did was smile at her. "No it wasn't anything like that." Though I'd be lying if I said you weren't monstrous in comparison to Stefan and that you've ruined me for ALL men. Elena thought to herself. "I just realized that though I still love him, I'm not in love with him. I'm not the same broken girl I was when I first met him". She noticed that Damon was watching her intensely and she began to blush. It looked as though he was about to comment on it, but then Kyle came over and set down two beers for them and anything he was about to say died on the tip of his tongue.

"Cheers." Elena held up her bottle.

"Cheers." Damon clinked his bottle with hers. Elena watched as his face contorted in thought. "So why was it that you wanted to hangout with me?" Damon took a sip of the beer and looked Elena in her eyes waiting for a response.

"Honestly I thought that I was just asking you to leave with me because I didn't want you pissing Mason off or killing him. Whatever your plan was, I just didn't want you to go through with it. However, sitting here with you now I realize that I think I just really wanted to hangout with you, like we did in Georgia or at your house the other day. That was fun, and sometimes people just need fun."

Damon nodded in understanding "Fair enough". He took another swig of his beer. "Well I'm glad you asked me, you tend to be quite the fun drunk". They smiled at each other for what felt like ten minutes, but realistically it couldn't have been more than ten seconds.

Elena broke the silence. "So what do you say we play a round of pool so I can kick your ass?" She asked with a mischievous smile.

"You're on."

The pair drank, played pool, and laughed for several hours.

Once Elena started slurring Damon took it upon himself to take her home. Once he got there he picked her sleeping form out of his car and jumped up through her bedroom window. He laid her on her bed and tucked her in. He leaned down to kiss her forehead and unintentionally woke her up. Elena fluttered her eyes open and peered into Damon's bright blue eyes.

"You have pretty eyes." She told him.

"Thanks." He chuckled a bit at her drunken state. "Go to sleep." He whispered to her.

"Only if you stay with me."

"No Elena." He sounded pained.

"Why? Don't you like me?" Her eyes began to fill up with tears. "Of course you don't, you probably didn't have feelings for me yet at this point." She thought she said that in her head, but evidently she said it out loud because Damon was giving her a weird wide-eyed look.

"Look Elena, I like you." Hell I think I may be falling in love with you. He thought to himself. "But you're drunk and I don't want you to wake up tomorrow morning with me in your bed and then get all mad at me." He hoped that she'd understand.

"Fine, then just stay with me until I fall back asleep."

"Okay. Scoot over, 'Oh Stubborn One'."

Elena moved over so Damon could lie next to her. He got comfortable, with his arm behind his head on her pillow and lying down completely on his back. Elena moved closer to him and laid her head on his chest and cuddled up to him so every inch of her was touching him.

They both smiled in contentment as they both fell into a deep sleep. Neither one of them realized that they were both dreaming the same thing. They dreamt of a happy future together.