~ This chapter is a bit shorter than the other chapters for this story, but I think it's pretty good regardless.
~ There is a mention of a character that might possibly show up later in the story (Only because I kind of want to write him in). I have an idea on when he could make an appearance, but I don't know when I'll be writing it in.
~ The first thing in the chapter was originally going to be a flashback, but when I took a break from writing (like a few hours break) and then came back to it, it came out differently then I had planned.

ENJOY!


Elena's POV


I was walking down the stairs after waking up this morning. I checked Damon's room and he wasn't in his bed. 'He's probably making some food.' I smiled at the thought of tasting his cooking again. He is actually the best cook I know, but he has had over a hundred years of experience. The whole boarding house smelled like breakfast food. It just smelled delicious.

I was about to walk into the kitchen before being turned around, away from the kitchen.
"Damon?" I asked as I saw his face. "Wha….I…..uh… thought you were in the kitchen." I said slightly confused. He looked at me with his head titled to the side. He looked at me with fascination, like when he first met me. "Damon?" I asked him again. "It's Elena." I said to him. His eyes went a little wide.
"How could I have mistaken." He said to me with his expression changing. "Elena." I smiled when he said my name.
"Damon." I said as I reached my hand out and touched his chin, holding it him my palm. I went closer to Damon, closing my eyes. Our lips touched as we kissed. It felt the same as our others, but something felt wrong.

I pulled away from Damon and he looked surprised.
"Elena." I turned my head to see Stefan. There was hurt and surprise written over his face. "What's going on?" He asked as he stepped closer to us. "Why did you kiss him?"
"Does it matter?" I asked him. "We're no longer together Stefan." Stefan looked at me with confusion.
"Since when did this happen?" Damon asked.
That was it, I was officially confused. I backed away, so I could get a good look at the both of them. "Don't either of you remember?" I looked between the both of them. "I broke up with Stefan," looked at Damon before looking over at Stefan. ", and then Damon and I went on a trip a few days after." I looked between the two of them again. "Don't you guys remember?" I asked them.
"What are you talking about Elena?" Stefan asked me. Tears started to gather in my eyes no matter how much I tried to hold them back. "Never mind." I said before going back upstairs, straight to Damon's room.

I dropped onto Damon's bed, holding the pillow. 'How could they not remember anything? What's wrong with them?' I couldn't help but let the tears run down from my eyes. I closed my eyes to think, to try to get my mind off of what had just happened.

My eyes were closed for a few minutes before I felt someone lying down next to me.
"Elena," Damon said to me. I turned my head "You should have vervain in your system." He said to me.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Well, first of all you're not really in my room. You're in my car." He slightly smiled at me. "You seemed upset so I tried to see if I could make it better." I slightly smiled.
"So, you're basically compelling the dream now?" Damon nodded his head. "Should I wake up if you are driving? So we don't get into an accident?"
"You being awake would be more distracting to me than you asleep." Damon said to me with a smirk.


I slowly opened my eyes and saw trees pass me by. My body felt tired as I tried to get into a more comfortable position.
"Damon," I started, still slightly tired. ", where are we?" I asked him.
"Sleeping beauty is finally awake." Damon looked at me and smiled before looking back to the road. "Right now we are on the highway." I sat up, looking forward out the windshield. "But we are no in Mystic Falls anymore."
"So, then where are we?" I asked him again.
"It's going to be a surprise." Damon looked at me. "What happened?" He asked me.
"What do you mean?"
"What were you dreaming about? I didn't peak until I noticed that you were upset."
"How could you tell?"
"I looked over to you and while you were sleeping your expression was sad. I figured I could at least try and help you feel better." I smiled.
"Thanks." I turned my head towards the trees. "I don't want to talk about it." I told him.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah." I said quietly watching the trees as we passed them.


We were still passing by trees, but they started to disappear, starting to show more farmland and some building. "Are we there yet?" I asked Damon.
"Not yet Elena." He said to me. I felt my pocket vibrate so I reached to get my phone out.
"I got a text from Bonnie." I said out loud. I opened up the text and read it silently to myself.

~You won't believe who stopped by Mystic Falls after you left.~ Bonnie
~Who?~Elena
~Klaus~ Bonnie
~What? Why was he there?~ Elena
~Apparently he wanted to make more hybrids or something, he didn't say. But he said once he finds out where you are, he's coming for you.~ Bonnie
'Looks like I have another thing to worry about'
I thought after reading her text.

"Damon…." I said to him.
"What is it Elena?" He asked, taking his eyes off the road for a second to look at me.
"We have to go back."
"Why?"
"Because, for some reason, Klaus is back." I tried to say calmly to Damon.
"What? Why would that hybrid dick go back to Mystic Falls after the last time he was there?"
"I don't like the fact that he went back either Damon. But the fact that we are not Mystic Falls, I know he won't hurt anyone there. Not if he wants to get what he wants." I looked at Damon, who was keeping his eyes on the road. "We know how to deal with him now."
"We don't have leverage against him anymore Elena. He has his coffins."
"I'm the leverage Damon. He can't create more Hybrids without me." I put my hand on Damon's leg. "We'll get through this together Damon. We always do." I saw a small smile appear on Damon's face before I took back my hand and looked at the road in front of us. "Let's not worry about that now though." I took a deep breath. "Let's think about what we could do when we get to where we are going."
"I'm still not telling you where we are going Elena." He said looking at me.
I turned my head towards him. "Party pooper." He smiled before looking back at the road.

"Damon, what does that sign say up ahead?" I asked him. There was a green sign that seemed like it had very little writing on it from where we were.
"It says close your eyes so you can't read it." I looked over to Damon and he smiled.
"It doesn't."
"How do you know, you can't read it from here." I couldn't help but smile.
"I just know that's not what it says." I turned my head back to the road, so I could try to see what the sign says. Damon didn't say anything as we got closer to the sign. 'Got it' I thought as I started to see what was written on the sign more clearly.


Damon was still driving as we entered into the city. I still haven't said anything to him about what the sign said, but I'm pretty sure he knows what I know where we are now. I looked towards the side, where I saw the beach pass us by. 'I haven't seen the beach in a while.' I thought as I looked at the waves.

"We are almost there Elena." I heard Damn say to me.
"Finally." I said joking with him.
"I could have carried you here quicker than me driving you know. But then we couldn't bring anything because my hands would be full of you." I looked over to Damon, who looked over to me at the same time. "Not that it's a bad thing." I squinted my eyes at him. He smiled at my reaction before turning his attention back to the road.


Damon eventually pulled up to a house that looked like a cross of my house and his house back in Mystic Falls.
"Wow." I said out loud while looking at the house.
"Glad you like it." Damon said. I turned to Damon who was looking at me.
"What do you mean?"
"This is where we are staying." I widened my eyes at Damon.
"Really?"
"Yeah." His eyes shifted to the house behind me. "I would stay here over the years after the town was officially founded."
"So, is it your house?" I couldn't help but ask him. He nodded his head and I couldn't help by smile a little.

I blinked and Damon was gone. There was a shadow out the corner of my eye. I turned my head back towards the house and saw that Damon was holding the car door handle. He opened the door for me so I could get out. I smiled at him as I slowly got out of the car.
"I'll show you the inside first before we bring the stuff in." I nodded at him when he shut the car door and started to walk up to the house. I followed behind him.

Damon stood in front of me as he opened the door showing me the house. He stepped in the house before me and stepped to the side. "It looks clean." I couldn't help but saw when I couldn't help but say.
"I bring you to my own place, away from Mystic Falls, and you say it's clean?" I looked at Damon and smiled. "It's clean for someone who hasn't been here in a while." I said to him before taking a few more steps into the house to get a better look. "I'll get our stuff." Damon said to me before walking outside to the car.

The first thing that captured my eyes was the glass doors on the other side of the house. 'A view of the beach.' I thought as I stepped closer, looking out them. "Enjoying the view?" I heard Damon say from behind me. I shook my head and smiled. "I didn't think that you would have a beach view." I said to Damon, stepping closer to him. "Oh, Elena." He said, stepping closer to me. "There are still things that you don't know about me." He smiled as he brushed some of my hair behind my ear. I couldn't help but smiled before I looked into his eyes. Damon got closer to me and smiled. I found myself moving my eyes to his lips. The next thing I know we closed the gap between them as we kissed. Every worry, every sad thought left away as the rest of the world faded into the background. There was only me and Damon.


~ I'm getting used to writing in first person again (which you can probably tell by this chapter).
~ Just to give you a hint on where Damon and Elena went to, it's somewhere in California. (At least that's where I want them to have gone.)
~ If you have any ideas on what they could do, or if other characters could come in (rather it's in a text, call, or a 'unexpected' visit) leave the idea in the reviews.
~ The more reviews with your ideas and thoughts on this story, make it better and help it get written faster.

R&R 'till the next update.