A/N: Special thanks to Pacem and Katherineelena for there reviews, without them I wouldn't have had any idea how to continue the story. Thanks also to everyone who reviewed.

After Stefan left the room Elena got dressed in silence. She left the room and as she closed the door behind her she looked into the same green eyes she had stared into a hundred times before. She was however not used to the steely look in them and shrunk back against the door. Stefan looked away then asked,

"I've put up with a lot from Damon. He's evil and he is just trying to play with you."

Elena was a little shocked at his attitude and after taking a moment she replied,

"Damon isn't evil anymore, he's just human and he is being a lot nicer than you at the moment. I still love you but did you ever consider that your constant anger is driving us together?"

Stefan slammed his hand against the door near Elena's head and growled in a dangerously low voice, "After everything he's done to me and you, you want to be with him?" completely ignoring the part where she said she loved him.

Elena had now pressed herself as close to the door as she could and summoning up all her courage simply nodded her head. Stefan's face turned into a mask of fury and Elena felt fear well up in her before the door opened and she fell back into gentle, leather clad arms. As she looked up she saw the anger in Damon and suddenly the fear was a hundred times worse but it wasn't fear for herself but for the Salvatore brothers. She wasn't surprised to find that her fear was greatest for Damon. He moved Elena behind him and stood in front of her protectively. When she realised they were about to fight that is when her fear reached a record high and she suddenly felt like she had exploded.

Damon and Stefan were pushed across the hallway and pinned to the wall be what felt like warm restraints. They both looked up into the eyes of a very literal angel. Elena was floating 2 feet off the ground with perfectly white wings spread out behind her. She was also faintly glowing. She felt almost like the power was controlling her and had made no conscious decision to speak when a beautifully pure voice said,

"I have the power of millions, please don't fight over me," she realised that it had been her speaking a second before she fell to the floor and faded into unconsciousness.

When she finally became conscious again she was in the car and her head was resting against Sage's shoulder. Slightly dazed and confused she moves away and lays her head back on the headrest and contemplates how she got such a massive headache. As the details come swarming back Sage joked,

"Thank goodness your awake I thought you were going to start drooling on me." He pretended to wipe drool off his sleeve and Elena gave a small laugh. She then noticed the tension between the brothers sat in the front of the car and realised why it was Sage sat next to her. They would probably had a fight over who sat next to her. After another twenty minutes and a few more attempts by Sage to make a joke she finally decided to go back to sleep. Her head once again slumped onto Sage's shoulder and she quickly fell asleep.

She woke up again when it was night time and the car pulled up outside a quiet little bed and breakfast. They had the similar one room situation but on the bright side there was room service which the humans quickly ordered. They hadn't stopped all day so that they could make it to this place by the night.

As soon as Stefan realised that Elena and Damon were to share a bed he walked straight out. Once again Sage followed him out with an apologetic look on his face. Elena sat on the bed and ran her hands through her hair and let out a big sigh. Damon sat down next to her and put a reassuring hand on her back as she said, "Why does he keep acting like that?"

"I think he's jealous. I would be jealous as well if he were in my situation." Elena looked at him completely shocked, then she asked, "Do you mean you are glad you are human?" he looked deep into her eyes and it was like she could read his mind. He paused for a few moments then whispered, "That's not what I was talking about but there are definitely more good sides to being human than I first imagined."

"Like what?" He looked at her as if to say the answer was obvious and then she realised he was talking about her. She looked down and he put his finger under her chin and lifted her head very gently. It felt as if they were looking at each there for years just drinking in each others features. He finally put his mouth to her ear and murmured, "It wouldn't be a tragedy if the witch said no," then he rested his head on her shoulder and they shared an unusual embrace. Again it could have been years and they reluctantly broke apart when the door opened. They looked over just in time to see a shocked Stefan and then he whirled around saying, "I'll sleep in the car tonight," nearly knocking over Sage in his attempt to get out. Sage shrugged, climbed onto the sofa and immediately fell asleep. Trying to forget about the moment her and Damon just shared and failing she got ready for bed.

She took out her diary and this time Damon did not even attempt to read over her shoulder. She gathered her thoughts and started to write down everything she wished she could say to Damon.

Dear Diary, What I am feeling is impossible. If when I first met the Salvatore brothers someone had told me that it was Damon that I would fall for, I would have laughed at them but now…

Stefan is pushing me away and I told him that's what he was doing but he doesn't seem to care. He is still pushing me into the arms of his older brother. Not that I mind.

I had to stop them fighting today and I used my powers! The trigger was fear. I was so afraid that Stefan might hurt Damon and then I felt I had full access to my powers. I don't think I'll let anyone down now when we go to meet the witch as I should be afraid enough to heal anyone who needs it. I hope.

Damon's POV

I thought it was best if I didn't even sit near Elena when she wrote in her diary as I knew how important it was for her to confide in it completely. When she finally closed it and turned off the light a sense of nervousness came over me. She had fought for me today and said she wanted me over Stefan. It made me feel like whooping but the thought that things had definitely changed came into my brain as she pulled the covers over her.

Ever since I had become human I had lost the power to flip a switch and turn off my emotions. Sometimes it makes me think things that a girl would think but it also means I get the good emotions too. I thought I was in love with Elena before but as a vampire you can't know love like a human. I love her even more know then I thought possible. See what I said sometimes I think things a girl would think but I guess that's part of being human.

I still feel anger as well like when Stefan was scaring Elena I wish it was in my power to make him hurt but I will just have to settle for protecting Elena and being there for her when my stupid brother can't. At least Elena likes me more now that I'm human.

As I was thinking all these things I hadn't realised that Elena had fallen asleep and had turned around. I stared at her beautiful face for a while and then she reached out for me. I couldn't help myself and I pulled her into my arms and felt the warmth of her skin on mine. She rested her head on my chest and let out a sigh of contentment. I fell asleep a happy man.

The next few days continued in much the same way with them stopping to go to diner's and motels but always in out of the way places. Sage explained that this was to keep anybody unfriendly from following them. Eventually they realised that the demand for clothes for Elena was high as she had been in a rush and not packed very much. As they were still a week from California they decided to stop off at a small mall on the outskirts of a little town. As they entered a little second hand clothes shop Elena started to feel relieved as she had hardly any clothes and the shop was filled with cheap items.

She started to quickly buy the necessities however when she paused to deliberate over a lime green tank top, Damon sneaked up behind her. He put some brown leather cowgirl boots in front of her face and whispered in her ear, "How `bout it cowgirl there only a dollar." She spun around in a panic then realised what had happened gave a small chuckle and said, "They look great and there your size. I'll pay." She wafted a dollar note in front of his face and he took it and used it to pay for the boots with a sly smile on his face. She full out laughed at that and deciding to get the tank top proceeded to pay. As the items were being scanned she thought, he never used to be so light and joking when he was a vampire. This was definitely a side she was drawn to.

She continued theses thoughts as they walked to the food court and she ordered a salad. When the food came she came back to the real world to see Damon dipping his freshly salted fries into a strawberry milkshake. She wrinkled her nose and said, "Damon that is totally unhealthy not to mention disgusting." he looked up at her with an incredulous expression and then said, "This is the most amazing thing in the world, you can't say you never tried it?"

"No of course not."

"Well after today you won't be able to say that any more." He picked a fresh fry and dipped it in before holding it out for her to try. With the encouraging expression on his face she hesitated only a second before taking a big bite. Before she had finished chewing he asked, "Well?"

"Its actually really good."

"Well then I don't mind sharing," he said pushing the milkshake and fries in between them. "Thanks." she said taking a fry and liberally coating it with pink goodness. She then heard a chair scraping and turned to see Stefan leave once again. Watching his retreating form and remembering how many times she had seen it over the past few days made her realise she had made her choice. Looking back into Damon `s eyes she determined that she would make her move tonight.

A/N: I hoped you like the part from Damon's POV, as I wanted to show that he really has changed and is in love with Elena. Also I added in the Milkshake and fries part because I think it's the best food ever. What do you think? Please R&R