I wake up the next morning in Damon's arms. Last night had been, for lack of a better word, defining. After fighting my feelings for so long, being supernaturally bound, losing all my emotions, and then turning them back on, I finally knew how I felt and who I felt it for. I told Damon I wasn't sorry for anything that had happened and the look on his face when I finally admitted that he'd gotten the girl took my breath away. That kiss we shared was filled with every emotion, every moment that led to this point in our relationship. We were finally together, no strings attached, nothing standing in our way. I couldn't face Stefan after that moment, because although I was no longer in love with him, he was still someone I cared for and I knew that this whole situation would crush him.

Damon's gentle stroking of my hair distracts me from my guilt ridden thoughts about how Stefan's night had gone. I snuggle closer to Damon and look up into his mesmerizing cobalt eyes staring back down at me with a look I don't remember ever seeing on his face before.
"Hey." He says, unable to contain the face splitting smile that breaks across his face.
"Hey." I meekly say back, unsure of what else to say. Although I am positive I made the right decision, it's still a little awkward, having him so close. If I still could, I'd be blushing right now. I was hopelessly in love with the man smiling down at me, and it made me feel like a little kid again. Butterflies fly all throughout my body as he reaches down to tuck a loose strand of hair behind my ear.
"Have you talked to him yet?" He asks, cautiously reading my face as I answer.
"Nope. I figured I could wait until today. No reason to ruin my amazing feelings last night, right?"
"Right. He did talk to me, though."
"Oh, what did he say?" When had this happened?
"That even though he's not happy about losing you to me, that he was still happy for me. It was touching, really." Damon smirks at me.
"Wow, well I guess that talk with me will go better than expected?" I hopefully reply. I am too damn happy for broody Stefan to drag me down. "I guess I'll go talk to him, then..." I say as I started getting out of bed. Before I could make it to the door Damon's voice stops me.
"Uh, Lena? Don't think he'll take you seriously...naked." I look down and realize that I am naked. Entirely naked. Yeah, that would not make the right impression on Stefan, not that he hasn't seen it all already. Sigh. I turn around, and seeing the enormous smirk plastered across my boyfriend's face, promptly chuck a shoe at him and make my way to my dresser to get dressed so I can get this sob fest over with.
Once I'm decent, I blow a kiss Damon's way and head toward Stefan's room. It's empty. I check the kitchen, empty. Basement? Nope. Main room? Nada. I finally go outside and realize that Stefan's car is missing.
"Damon!" I yell upstairs. In a moment he's by my side. "Yes, princess?" I smile at his nickname for me. "Where is Stefan? I have looked all over this house for him, and he's nowhere to be found. I looked outside and his car is still gone. Any ideas?"
"Um...unless he's gone all ripper on us again" Damon makes an incredibly adorable clawing gesture "then I haven't a clue. Not normal for baby bro." He jokes, but the concern is evident all over his face. "Give me a minute." He mumbles while he walks away, deep in thought.
"Something is officially not right." I finally say. I could feel that there was something off.
"Should we get ahold of witchy?" Damon calls from the library. Shit. "Actually, I don't know where she is. I never found her and Jer last night. Kinda distracted by a certain now human doppelgänger." I call back, smiling to myself at the memory of Katherine in human form.
This summer was going to be so very entertaining just because I would get to watch her suffer.
I try to call Bonnie and almost drop the phone when it's answered after the third ring.


Elena's face loses its color as her call is answered. "This is impossible." She mumbles, looking at her phone like it has caught fire.
I grab the phone from her hand, not knowing what tot expect.
"Hello? Elena? You ok?" Jeremy says.
"She's okay, Jeremy. Just a little...shocked. Can't say that I'm not surprised myself."
"Yeah, it's kind of a long story. Mind if I come over and explain?"
"You're always welcome here, Little Gilbert." I joke.
"Great. See you in a few."
"Oh and Jeremy?"
"Y-yeah?" Jeremy stutters, obviously about to hang up.
"Welcome back to the land of the living." I smile as I hang up Elena's phone.
"Was that? It's impossible..." Elena stammers, sitting down on the bed.
"Yeah. Jeremy's alive...again. Apparently for good now." I sit down next to her and tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. "You ok?"
"No I am not okay, Damon. My brother was dead and now he's not and I called my best friend and he answered. Where is Bonnie? What happened?" She begins crying.
"Well, I guess we'll get our answers soon. He's on his way over right now." I try to smile but am only half way successful.