Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries or these characters. Unfortunately I don't own Ian Somerhalder also...

Author's note: Special thanks to Meaghan for her help. Meaghan you are a treasure!

Elena ignored another call from Stefan. She wasn't ready to speak with him. She felt betrayed that he kept a secret this important from her. She needed to remember everything that happened before she could talk to anyone.

She took the next diary page in her hand and started reading

June 10th 2008

Dear Diary

Today is a special day. I have a date with Damon….

Two years ago

She woke up and looked at the clock. It was still 6 a.m. She was so nervous and excited about the upcoming date with this mysterious and gorgeous man, that the hours seemed to stay still. "Thirteen hours until I see him again" she said out loud then she panicked. "What should I wear?" She asked herself as she jumped out of the bed and went to her closet. She spent almost the entire morning going through her clothes trying to decide what to wear. Changing her mind a dozen times, finally she sat on her bed, thinking that nothing was good enough. 'Ok. I have to relax, otherwise I will definitely mess this up' she thought and tried her favorite black dress once again. She looked at herself in the mirror deciding that it was not so bad after all.

This man was certainly dangerous. He had an effect on her, that almost scared her.

She was ready at 6.00 pm, sitting in her room, looking at the clock every two minutes. Finally, the time had come. She got up and took a deep breath. "Its time." she whispered, she gave one last look at herself in the mirror before walking out of her room.

Damon was already there when she arrived outside. He was standing next to his car, smiling at her. He gave her an approving look and his gaze was so intense that her breath caught in her throat. For a moment, she felt like an animal caught in a hunter's sight.

"Hi Elena" he said playfully and opened the passenger door pointing at the seat. "Get in"

Elena stood still for a second and then she asked "Where are we going?"

"Dinner and dancing. Come on. Get in." he said making a motion with his head.

Elena sighed and got into the car.

"There is a great place, in a town nearby. We will be there in thirty minutes." he said looking at the road

"Couldn't you find something in Mystic Falls?" she asked raising her eyebrows

"Nothing that you haven't already seen" he replied with a smirk.

They started chatting about Elena's life and Damon showed an honest interest in learning more about her family and friends. Before she knew it they had arrived in a beautiful restaurant with a deck overlooking a small lake. Soft light emanating from small candles on the tables and peaceful background music was playing making the scenery so much like a movie. It was gorgeous and the views were absolutely spectacular.

They sat on a corner table and soon a waiter came and gave them the menus.

"Let me order for both of us" Damon said

"You think that you have figured me out. Don't you?" Elena asked raising her eyebrows

"But I have." Damon replied

"Ok, then. Tell me"

"You are honest. You care about people. You try to see the good in them. You always say what you think and… you still believe that your life can be a fairytale" He lowered his voice as he finished his sentence. Elena felt a chill in her back. He was looking straight into her eyes, and she was looking right into his, she felt her body burning. When the waiter came again to take their order Elena snapped out of his hypnotic gaze.

The next two hours passed quickly. Elena had to admit that the dish that Damon chose for her was perfect. She asked him about the countries that he had visited and she laughed with his unique stories.

"My favorite city is Athens." he said

"And why is that?" Elena asked

"Well, besides of the history, I admire that the people of this city live like… vampires" Damon replied slowly, smirking.

"Vampires?"

"Yes. This city has more life at night. It's like the people are sleeping during the day and step outside of their homes when the sun sets"

"I couldn't live like that" she said firmly. "I am a morning person."

"Then I wont take you to Athens with me, the next time I visit."

"Well, let me think" Elena made a funny expression pretending that she was giving it a second thought and said "I could handle it for a couple of nights, I guess."

Damon laughed and suddenly got up from his chair and extended his hand to her. "Will you dance with me?"

"Here? Now?" Elena asked looking around

"Yes"

"But no one is dancing"

"So?" he asked looking at her like she was crazy.

Elena smiled and took his hand. A second later she was in his embrace, dancing with him. She looked into his eyes and she felt like she had known him much longer than just this short time. She felt like she was home. No one else existed except the two of them. He had a small smile on his face and Elena smiled back. They continued dancing, in silence until the music stopped.

Present Day

Elena wiped away her tears with the back of her hand and swallowed hard. Her head hurt from crying her throat aching from too many sobs.

She thought back to the ' Miss Mystic Falls Pageant'. It had felt so right, being in his arms while they danced she had been lost in his gaze while the song played forgetting about everything and everyone, including Stefan. For that, she felt guilty. She silently scolded herself, she shouldn't feel guilty because it wasn't the first time that they had danced together. Although, at the time, she didn't remember the first dance they shared on the deck of the restaurant, her heart remembered...

She sobbed harder with this revelation clutching her chest in pain her heart felt as though it were cracking too pieces. She dried her eyes as best she could, took a deep breath and continued to read..

Two years ago

They returned back to Mystic Falls in complete silence. Elena had closed her eyes, smelling his cologne, thinking that If this was a dream she never wanted to wake up. They arrived at her house, he turned off the engine of his car. He got out and opened the car door for her and gave her his hand. Elena took it and stepped out, she wanted nothing more than for him to kiss her right now.

"I had a wonderful time." she said

"Well, I have to admit that you are not the worst company in the world Elena." he said playfully.

"So, Goodnight" she said smiling.

"Goodnight" she turned around to leave but he grabbed her hand and stopped her.

"Wait a minute" He said and she felt her heart start beating rapidly

He leaned into his car and took a box from inside. "This, is for you"

"For me?" Elena asked confused

"Yes. Open it" he ordered.

She opened the box revealing a beautiful silver bracelet.

Elena was speechless

"Let me help you" Damon said and put it around her hand

"Its beautiful" Elena finally whispered.

"Do you see this small lock?" Damon asked. When she nodded he continued "Inside there is a plant called Vervain. It will keep you safe"

"From what?"

"From me." Damon said smiling. He kissed the back of her hand and got into his car. "I will see you tomorrow" he said and left, while Elena was still trying to understand what he meant.

Present day

Elena got up and went to her jewelry box, searching for the bracelet. She found it, hidden in a box. She put it in her hand and her mind went to another conversation she had with Damon not too long ago

"I didn't compel you in Atlanta because we were having fan and I wanted to be real"

'That's why he gave me this' she thought looking at the bracelet 'because he wanted to make sure that it was real…'

So, That was it. Please let me know what you think about it. Did you like it? Do you have any suggestions? Please let me know. We will start to get to the main story now, that will lead us to why Damon erased Elena's memories. Thank you so much for reading this!