Next Chapter 3 Obviously Elena has some things to think through! Enjoy :)

Elena had plenty to think about as well, as she sank down into the warm water. What Katherine said made sense, in a diobolical, twisted way. The only way to assure their safety was to obviously produce an heir and continue the Petrova bloodline, but wouldn't it still be wrong to impose the danger on some distant descendant? That didn't seem right or fair. She could end it with her. Refuse to have children, end the whole thing, and Klaus would have no way to make anymore hybrids. Plausable yes, but she had agreed to marry Damon. And usually, especially in this time, children were expected in marriage. And it would be shameful for Damon not to have children. But what did that mean for her? That she do as Katherine suggest? Live out her life here, peacefully, with Damon, and act like she didn't know the things she did. Didn't know that she had friends and family still waiting for her? Didn't know that the cycle was never ending and that as long as she lived Klaus would be hunting? None of it made sense, and all of it sounded selfish. She had made her choice, hadn't she? She'd chose to be with Damon, to stay with him, while they were both human, but what exactly did that mean for the future? She closed her eyes, feeling a headache building. Could she really do this? Stay here, and forget her previous life? Is that really what she wanted? She wanted Damon. A normal, human, life, but as a Petrova Doppelganger, could her life ever really be normal? And Damon was still himself in the future, just changed by years of misery. If she did return, could she ever get this side of him, the side that she had fallen so completey and madly in love with, to resurface? Or had he truly changed beyond the brink of no return?

So many choices...when did things get so messed up? She almost wanted to blame Katherine. She'd been sure of herself before she'd talked with her vampire look-a-like. But inside, she knew it wasn't true. She would have always had these doubts, just no urge to really think them through, because ultimately she knew what was the right thing to do. To let what history wanted to happen, happen, and to return home, where she was suppose to be. Only she wasn't sure she could. Not only because she didn't want to leave Damon, and the life she'd began to form for herself, but also because of the chance that her actions had already changed the future. If Damon stayed human for her, and she returned to her time, would he even be alive? Or would he have remained human and died of old age a century before she was even born? Maybe the wrong thing to do was to get this involved at all. She could have kept her mouth shut, and kept her distance, let both of the brothers fall all over Katherine, let them turn, and then somehow return to her own time, everything would be exactly as she left it. But then, things weren't in such great shape where she left them either. Maybe it was too late to do the right thing, and she should just go along with the plan now, however selfish, and just be happy. It seemed to be what everyone else wanted. So perhaps that's what she needed to do.

She sighed again, as she finished washing up, wrapping a towel around herself, and going to find her nightgown. Once everything was in place, she very quietly exited her room. The hall was dark, yet had a light glow where the moonlight splayed in from the windows. She glanced out one on her way to Damon's room. The sky was bright and clear, the moon hung high, shining down. Closing her eyes, she murmered a silent wish that this was the right thing to do, then continued her way down the hallway.

Damon was shirtless, stretched out on the bed, reading, when she entered the room. As usual, when he saw her, his face broke out in a smile, one she couldn't help returning.

"Bout time," He teased, glancing back at the book. Elena made her way to the bed, playfully jumping down on it. He pretended to give her a stern look as he finished the page, but she knew there was no real threat behind it.

"Sorry, my mind wandered." She told him truthfully, snuggling into his side. He shifted his arm so she could rest her head on it. Finishing up, he marked and closed the book, before laying it on the nightstand.

"You know they say that where ever you're mind wonders, there you will find you're heart also."

She smiled up at him. "Oh is that what they say?"

"Among many things...they say a lot,"He assured her.

She laughed. "That they do."

"Actually, that's something my mother use to tell me." He told her." But of course, my mind was wandering to things like Christmas, horses, and guns."

"Of course it was," she kissed his chin.

"So where was yours wandering off to?" He asked after a moment.

"Of lots of things to think through," She told him.

He was quite for a moment. "Things like us?" He eventually asked. And she saw what he meant.

"Oh, Damon, no. I'm sure that I want to marry you. Other things have been on my mind though. Mainly my...past." She added the last word awkwardly.

"You still can't remember what happend." He assumed. "There's nothing wrong with that Elena. If it comes back, it comes back, if not...we'll just have to make lots of new memories."

She smiled at his kind words, deciding not to elaborate on what was really bothering her. "You're right, Sweetheart, I just need to relax, I think."

"I can help with that." He said with a smirk, making her giggle again.

"Damonnnn-"

"No, I was being serious!" He defended. "Here, roll over."

Curious, she did as he asked. She turned so that her back was facing him, her head still on his arm, and she could feel the heat from his body in the few inches seperating it from her own. And then he began rubbing her shoulder, and she had to admit that it did feel rather good. He worked from her shoulder, down her arm, back up, and down to her back. By the time he made his way up to her neck, she was practically purring. "See, I told you I could help," he gloated.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," she waved it off, "Just keep that up." He chuckled a little, before continuing his work. She closed her eyes, just enjoying the feel of it, and she noticed that he was humming. She listened for a moment and the tune was really catchy, and very peaceful.

"What is that?" She asked after a moment of just listening.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"That song. The one you're humming. I've never heard anything like it. It's beautiful."

She could hear the blush in his voice when he answered. "It's an old lullaby my mother use to sing. It's the only way I can remember her voice."

"You were close to her, weren't you?" She wondered.

"Yes, she was my mentor, everything I espired to be as a person. Of course I spent a good amount of time with my father, learning the fine arts of hunting, driving, sports, horses, and what was expected as a member of the founding families, but it was always the time spent with Mother that I enjoyed more. She taught me to read and write, how to care for the plants and animals, and even how to cook some things. She had a passion for arts, history, and music, she loved to sing, and she was very fond of decorating. He was a marvelous host too. The majority of the old founding parties were held here. And she use to make quilts for the babies of the towns women, during their pregnancy. Everybody loved my mother. Especially Father, he doesn't smile like he use to. Losing her was a hard thing for him, for all of us I supose."

Elena felt her heart break for her love. There was so much pain in that one memory, that she could barely fathom how he lived through the loss of so much more. "She sounds absolutely wonderful," she encouraged him, with a little smile.

He smiled back sadly. "She was. And she would have loved you, Elena, I'm sure of it."

"Would you sing the song? Please? I'd love to hear the words."

He smiled before complying. And she wasn't suprised to leard he had a beauiful voice.

"My child, you and I, We will sing our lullaby.

Hush, my dear, Sing sweet and low;

Baby now to rest will go;

Hush thee, hush thee, Singing soft and low;

Darling, you and I, We will sing our lullaby.

Tired blue eyes,Will gently close;

Sleepy now the baby grows;

Hush thee, hush thee, Sleep in sweet repose."

After he sang the last line, they both lay there in silence. Neither wanting to disturb it. Gently, Elena turned back around to face him. A little stunned to see his eyes slightly watered. And all she wanted was to make his pain go away.

"I love you, Damon." She told him, leaning up and softly kissing his lips.

"I love you too."

He pulled her against his body, and she didn't complain when he kissed her again. Harder this time, more wanting. Then in a blink, she was under him, their lips still attached. She had a feeling they were heading for dangerous territory, but at the moment she didn't care.

She twisted her hand in his hair, and he deepened the kiss. One of his hands went behind her head, while the other gripped her waist. She moaned into his mouth, which sent him in a frenzy. His hands were suddenly all over her, and she couldn't pull a single coherant thought. His lips moved to her throat, and she knew she was lost. All she could feel was Damon, everywhere, and she absolutely loved it, loved the weight of his body over hers and loved how every line of them was touching. She could feel his hands on her skin now, as he had pushed up her gown to reveal her flat stomache. His lips trailed down kissing her until he reached her belly button, then he started back up again, teasing her.

When he reached her lips again, she wrapped her legs around his waist, holding him in place as she ran her hands down his back, feeling his every muscle contrast as she did so. She wasn't sure they could get any closer as she kissed him over and over, and she loved the way he was holding her so possesively. Part of her brain was telling her that she shouldn't be doing this yet, not until she had figured out everything with her situation, but his glorious body and obvious desire pressed so hard against her made it hard to think of anything else. All she could do was enjoy the ride.

Okay, I know, I know. But I had to keep it close to the T rating lol. I might change it to M for later chapters. But I needed some fluff, so tada, here you go :)