Hi people. Here's another chapter for you. So the bombshell was dropped previously. And things are pretty steamy around them. Not in a good way. Just like I mentioned, one kiss doesn't change anything. But they'll work it, because true love never dies. How'll they work for it? Guess you'll just have to be patient.

Damon didn't know how much time passed, while he was crying. It felt as if years of self-loathing all came down at him all at once. The look on Elena's face when she understood that he was indeed in Katherine's place that day made every part of his heart wreck with pain. He hurt her. Even though he can't remember a single thing that day at a bar, he can't help but feel disgusted with himself.

For the past years, all he did was hate that woman for introducing him to lethal addiction. He hated the firemen for not able to extinguish the fire and save them. He hated that driver for sending his brother to coma. All he did was hate those people so that he didn't have to feel hatred for himself. If he didn't go for lust and discriminated between right and wrong instead, he would not have been addicted. If he checked the stove for gas leak after dinner, then the house wouldn't have blew up. If he did not repeatedly call Stefan while he was driving he wouldn't have to spend 2 years in coma.

At least at that time he had someone to channel that hate to. This time he had no one. He just broke the best thing of his existence and there was no one to blame but himself.

"Damon." He thought he was hallucinating at first. But ever since he felt the warmth of his brother's hand he knew Stefan came all the way to comfort him. He looked up to meet his brother eyes.

His green one was suddenly overcomes by confusion after seeing his brother's puffy eyes and broken state.

"Damon what happened?" he asked. Damon stood up and hugged his little brother for dear life. Damon was never the one to open up emotions to anyone. However Stefan was more than happy to provide his brother with comfort if that's what he wanted.

"I screwed up Stef." He said through tears.

This has to be something very serious.

Tears now stopped streaming. She had known all along didn't she? So why was she wasting her time crying? Maybe it was because there was little glimmer of hope that he didn't take things far after what she saw. But that was gone now. He slept with her. Whether consciously or unconsciously he did the unthinkable. So it was impossible for her to see his face at that moment.

And the sad news is even after all this she still loved him to death. He was the love of her life. The only one that understood what she was going through after her parent's death. He was the one who talked to her through every step when she didn't know what to do. He was still the one that made her feel alive. He challenged her to read every corner of his heart that was unknown to the rest of the world. He turned her into the girl whose world stops moving for a guy. He filled in all the things, as he said, everybody wants. He gave her the love that consumed her every moment of her day. He gave her passion in a level that made her weak on her knees. He gave her the thrill of adventure when she was searching every piece of him and herself like a puzzle. But he did break her heart. She spent the entire 8 months secretly hoping he'll come to find her because her world wasn't working efficiently. The pain never went away and it all came back like a rollercoaster 10 minutes ago.

Even though at that moment she wasn't sure if they would ever go back to how things were, she knew she can't take Sarah away from Damon again. Even after he got drunk enough to slept with Katherine, he did love their daughter. Elena knew it; she saw it; she felt it. She can't let this beef between them affect their relationship with their daughter. Sarah deserved both of her parents, even if they're not together.

After listening what Damon had to say about his worst mistake, Stefan went on processing everything he was saying. At first he was having a hard time not wondering what the fuck just happened. Ric was right. This was some sort of sick telenovela going on. Only he forgot to mention or didn't know the points that made it sicker.

He knew that if Damon weren't over taken by guilt and self-loathing, he would've also caught the points where the story wasn't adding up. And the theory that was being created on his head just made this sicker and sicker.

For what Damon said he went to the bar to clear his mind, as both his and Elena's life were about to change. So in clearing mind, only few drinks are required cause he was sure as hell planning to get back and talk to her about the pregnancy. He knew that for the past 4 years or so Damon drank enough alcohol to make him immune to a few shots of bourbon. Then magically he blanks out where supposedly his lunatic, druggy ex appears, kisses him and drives Elena out of his life. With the perfect timing, sounds like she was planning to. Which was apparently not surprising him, since she already tried that once in the ball. The next thing he remembers is being shirtless in Katherine's bed, feeling the master of hangovers and dizziness. It was too much of a coincidence. And one thing was certain; Katherine put some of her stash in Damon's drink and raped him. Not the best terms. Stefan thought. Well some things never change.

"Brother." Damon called out. Stefan looked up to meet his eyes. "Say something."

"All I have to say is that if you weren't overtaken by depression, I would've kicked your ass." Stefan said.

"Guess I deserve more than getting my ass kicked." Damon snorted. Stefan knew he thought of his statement differently.

"No, Damon not for that." Damon looked at him confused. "I meant for not seeing all the missing point I'm seeing."

"What do you mean?" Then more half and hour was spent explaining where the story went wrong and rising theory. Where there was some relief, there was also embarrassment for being used and not noticing earlier and overwhelming hatred for that woman yet again. "You should ask Ric to check the CCTV footage of that night. I feel like I already know who was behind the mystery letter, but it doesn't hurt to get proof."

How can she do this? She already destroyed him once. It seemed as if he had moved on, but she still had an affect on him. It wasn't until Elena came along and filled his heart with love instead of hate. He still found himself slipping when he was with Katherine in the ball. But he also realized that night that the hate was not worth his life. His love for Elena was, is and will be.

"You need to tell her Damon." Stefan said.

"I will. And I will get her back. But first I need to teach somebody a lesson. So that she stays out of my future." Damon replied.

"How exactly do you plan on doing that?" Stefan raised his eyebrows.

"Brother being the owner of a big company does lead you to grab a private investigator and a lot more useful stuff. If Katherine still has hold over her drugs, she will get what she deserved all those years ago."

Just then Vicki and Klaus decided to show upwith Sarah on her arms. All the tension dissolved from both the Salvatore's body upon seeing the baby.

"Hey…" Vicki started, but went silent after taking in Damon's puffy red eyes and the man by his side. "Hi. I'm Vicki." She extended her hand.

"Stefan, Damon's brother." He shook her hand and gave her a stretched polite smile. Then his eyes shift to Sarah and a genuine smile spread.

She returned the smile and turned toward Damon. "So I'm guessing the talk finally happened." Vicki said.

"Yeah it did. Didn't turn out as I thought. I actually screwed up." He sighed looking down.

"Damon getting drugged into doing unstable thing by your ex-girlfriend is not your fault." Stefan said.

"Okay… I see it's not a conversation to be done in front of a baby." She said, before entering Elena's room to place Sarah in her crib.

It didn't come to her surprise Elena would be in the same state. However she cried to sleep and Vicki didn't have it in her to bring her out of peace. Elena was like a big sister for her. The day she came through the door heartbroken, pregnant. She swore that whoever caused her to be like this, she'll castrate him so he can't be with anybody else. However after spending each day with Elena, she realized that the person might have loved her too as much as Elena loved him. But something was in between from both sides. Then when she saw him panicking for her, she knew that she assumed right.

After quietly putting Sarah on the crib beside Elena's bed, she silently made her way out of the room. She opened the door to see the three men talking.

"Okay, now tell me every single details."

Not much of Damon and Elena. It just shows how they were coping up, and the solving of the mystery. Guess what? It was Katherine. It was kind of obvious. Who else would want them to be apart? This story doesn't have that much of antagonists other than her. Now lets see what she gets from doing it.

The song used is 'It's my Life' by Bon Jovi.