Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries or these characters. Unfortunately I dont own Ian Somerhalder also...

Author's note: Again I want to apologize for any grammar/word mistakes you will find, since English is not my mother language and its difficult for me to express my thoughts in it.

Elena walked into the photo shop to find Mr Williamson seating behind the corner like usual. He pushed his glasses down onto his nose, looked at her and smiled.

-"Elena" he said cheerfully and got up from the booth.

-"Hello Mr. Williamson. How are you?"

- "I am fine" he said with a big smile "Wow, its been a long time. You used to be here, almost every day. Anyway, do you have any new pictures that you want me to print"?

- "No, actually I came here to talk to you about some old pictures" he raised his eyebrows in question and Elena continued "I lost some pictures, that meant a lot to me. The pictures I took the summer of 2008. Is there a chance that you can find them? Do you keep a file or something?"

- "Well, actually I do." Mr. Williamson said "Come back tomorrow and..."

- "No" Elena gasped forcing the old man to look at her with surprise

-"Please Mr. Williamson. I need them now" she begged him

The man sighed and then he smiled "You are my favorite girl. How can I say no? Just give me 20 to 30 minutes and I will have them for you" and with that he disappeared into the back of the store. He returned 25 minute later holding a file.

-"Here" he said smiling at her "free of charge"

Elena thanked him, walked on to her car and got inside. She took a deep breath and opened the file. She saw a picture of her parents, laughing. Jeremy, her and Jeremy, a beautiful lake, Matt next to his new car and then... she frowned. There he was. Damon... He was obviously surprised and he looked like he was trying to prevent her from taking the picture. He had his left hand in front of his face, but his eyes were looking straight into the camera. She could see his eyes and that was all she needed to see to know that it was him. She would recognize those eyes everywhere. Anytime.So Its true she said to herself But what happened exactly? I cannot ask him. I don't trust him any more. Since he erased my memory, he doesn't want me to know. Could I have spoken to anyone else about him? Instantly her diary came to her mind. There must be something there she thought and started her car's engine.

He didn't know where to look for her, so he stayed out of her house. Hoping and praying that those news wouldnt destroy their relationship. Their friendship. Of course they will a voice inside of his mind told him What did you think? She will never forgive you.

He took a deep breath and he thought about the day that he had returned to Mystic Falls. It was so hard for him, when she looked at his eyes and obviously, she didn't recognize him.

"You must be Elena. I'm Damon"

It was torture. But he knew that he has done the right thing by erasing her memories back then. He had to do it. Because he loved her…

Elena got home and run up to her bedroom without saying a word to Jenna or Jeremy who were sitting in the living room. She grabbed her diary and searched for what she was looking for. Nothing. She tried to relax and looked again.

June 8th 2008

She flipped to the next page and read the date

August 15th 2008. Nothing in between. Someone had ripped off the pages. Two months of her life had just vanished. She had lost two whole months. She let all the rage inside come out. She threw her diary to the wall and started taking her clothes out of the closet, throwing them everywhere in the room. Searching for the pages, although she already knew that she wouldn't find them there. Then she walked to her draw she opened it ready to continue searching, but she stopped as she heard his voice. "There are not there". She turned around and saw Damon standing in the door. Her eyes were burning from the tears and her arms were shaking from the nerves. "Where are the pages of my diary?" she asked slowly with a shaking voice.

-"Stop this, Elena" he whispered

-"Stop it"? she screamed "how dare you saying this to me"?

-"It was not important" Damon said firmly. Elena walked to him and slapped him. She was trembling and suddenly she started laughing through her tears. "Wow. This is the 3rd time since we met that I felt the need to do that. But wait… Is it? The 3rd time I mean? Please Damon, enlighten me. Did we share moments like these before? "

Damon didn't say a word. She could see the pain in his eyes and she felt her heart ache at the intensity of his look. Suddenly he… vanished. Just like that he disappeared of her sight. Elena took a deep breath and sat on her bed. She felt so tired and so helpless. But, before she knew, Damon was standing in front of her again, holding the pages of her diary. "I had them in my car." He said and extended his hand to her direction. Elena looked at the pages, but she didn't move.

"I don't want to read about my life Damon" she said, her voice barely coming out of her throat. "My life is not a novel. I want to remember what happened. I want to know what you did. What happened between us. I want my memories back"

Damon sighed. "I cannot do anything about that. Since they have been erased, there is no turning back. But honestly, I am not sorry for what I did. I had to. It was for the best. Anyway, even If I wanted to bring them back, I cant".

-" I can"

Damon and Elena turned around surprised and saw Bonnie standing next to the door.

-" I can put a spell into those pages and you will remember everything. If that's what you want, then I would do it" Bonnie told her

Elena turned her eyes to Damon. "Yes. That's what I want" she replied, staring at him. He shook his head slowly and she saw desperation in his eyes "Don't do it"

-" Too bad that you don't agree, but I already made up my mind. Goodbye, now, Damon" Elena said and pointed the door.

So we will get to see what happened then between Elena and Damon. I want to thank you again for reading this and If you have any suggestions, please let me know. Thank you.