(Elena walks back into Damon's room. He sees her and smiles weakly before he starts convulsing in pain. Elena runs over to him quickly.)
I think I quote from everybody's favorite bad vampire would sum up this chapter pretty good. "I need you to listen to me, and prepare yourself for what I'm about to tell you." Oh, SNAP! Seriously guys, grab your tissue box.
Elena: "Damon!" (Elena's hands flutter over him, not knowing what to do. Stefan is suddenly next to her, eyes wide.)
Stefan: "What's happening?"
Elena: (Crying again.) "I don't know! Damon? Damon!" (Damon stops shaking, his body relaxes. Elena gets up on his bed and strokes his hair.) "Damon, honey, are you okay?"
Damon: (Sounds so freaking weak it makes Elena's heart hurt.) "Elena?"
Elena: "I'm right here."
Damon: "I need you to do something for me."
Elena: "Anything."
Damon: "Good, I need you to take this," (Damon picks up a wooden stake that was on his bedside dresser and hands it to her.) "and drive it through my heart."
Elena: (Cries harder and looks at Damon in disbelief.) "What? Damon, how could you say that?"
Damon: "Elena," (Damon puts his hands on her cheeks and tries to wipe away her tears. He looks into her deep, beautiful, brown eyes.) "there is nothing I want more than to spend the rest of eternity with you. It sucks that we don't have more time. But, I can't live another minute like this. Up until I met you, my life was meaningless. You gave me meaning. You took away all my pain. So, I'm asking the love of my long life to take away the last of it." (Elena's tears start to fall again, but she nodds sadly. She climbs on top of him, one knee on each side of his torso, and grips the stake tightly. She kisses him softly, and it tastes like tears because they're both crying now. She cups his face in her hands and blinks hard, trying to get rid of the tears.)
Elena: "I love you."
Damon: "I love you too."
(Elena wipes away her tears and balances the point of the stake on Damon's heart. And then, she pushes down on it as hard as she can. She hears a quiet choking sound from Damon but keeps her eyes closed. When she finallt opens them her eyes, she finds herself in Stefan's bed, in her pajamas.)
I'm almost scared to ask what you thought of this chapter. Do you hate me? There's no reason to, I promise this story has a happy delena ending! Keep reading, even if you want to murder me at this point...