Ok. So this is the last chapter! I really hope that you like it. I want to thank you for reading this story and especially for reviewing it. I am really grateful.

Special thanks to Peachie X, who helped a lot with this story. Meaghan you are a great writer.

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

Elena drove with no thought to speed limits and got to the school in no time. She ran down the hall to Alaric's office and slammed open the door her eyes scanned the room wildly. Alaric turned to face her, surprised by the suddenness of her arrival, staying silent as she caught her breath.

"Where is he?" she asked, her voice still unsteady from running.

"Who?" He asked

"Damon, Alaric. Don't act like you don't know who I am talking about. Where is Damon?" Elena snapped.

Alaric paused for a moment, searching for the right thing to say.

"Well?" Elena asked again, throwing her hands in the air as she walked closer to him.

"He is going to kill me." Alaric stated raising his eyebrows.

"If you don't start talking, then I will kill you." Elena said firmly trying to put threat behind her voice.

Alaric sighed and ran his hands through his hair realizing that there is no way out of this for him "I don't know where he is."

"But you speak with him. Every day! Jenna told me, so, start talking." Elena said

"Well, before he left he came to find me. He told me about..."

"Us" Elena interrupted

"Yup"

"...And?"

"And, he asked me to keep an eye on you. He gave me his new number and he told me, no actually he demanded in true Damon fashion, that I would call him immediately if anything was wrong. So, we speak once a day, just so I can tell him everything is OK."

"Did you tell him that Stefan and I broke up?"

Alaric looked surprise "I didn't know." he said honestly

Elena sighed and collapsed into a chair by Alaric's desk. "Don't. I want you to call him, right now and tell him that I am missing."

"What?" Alaric asked raising his voice

"You heard me. Call him and tell him that I left my house yesterday and no one knows where I am."

"No. no, no, no"! Alaric said firmly, shaking his head back and forth. "He will kill me Elena."

"No he wont, and if he does, luckily, you have a ring for just such an occasion." Elena smirked and stood up to walk over to him, resting a hand on his shoulder she plead with him. "Please. He has to come back and you know he will come immediately if he thinks that I may be in danger. Please Ric. Help me. I love him." Elena confessed her voice full of desperation. After looking at her for a moment he let out a surrendering sigh and grabbed his cellphone, as a bright smile covered Elena's face "Thank you" she whispered and he couldn't help but smile too.

Alaric dialed and put the phone to his ear. "Hey Damon." He said after a few seconds "I think you have to come back... Now." After he explained to Damon, that Elena was 'missing' he hung up the phone. He furrowed his eyebrows, "Vampires don't get heart attacks right?"

"No, Ric. They don't" Elena laughed rolling her eyes at him.

"Oh, okay" he sighed "He ordered that I go to the boarding house and wait for him and call him if anything changes. He will be back in 3-4 hours tops."

"Thank you." Elena said smiling and gave him a big hug.

"I am a dead man" Alaric joked and hugged her back. Pulling away he asked "So, now what we do?"

"We do what he asked." Elena said "We 'll go to the boarding house and wait for him."

They heard his car speed up the driveway, stopping quickly with tires screeching. Damon stormed into the house, shouting "Alaric! Stefan!" as he walked into the living room. He suddenly stopped short and frowned when he saw them. His eyes widened in surprise and confusion as he glanced at Alaric, Stefan and Elena who were sitting in the room, comfortably. He stood still, his mouth was open but no words came as he tried to understand what was going on. Alaric got up from his chair and walked towards the door pausing next to Damon he smiled "In case you want to kill me, I'll be in at Jenna's." At the same time Stefan grabbed his jacket "I am going hunting." He said as he also left the room. Elena got up from her seat and faced Damon. "Are you okay?" He asked after a moment, concern obvious in his face.

"Well, I wasn' t missing if that's what you are asking. But other than that, no Damon. I am not Okay." She snapped at him and put her hands on her waist. Damon didn't say anything, so she continued "You have no idea how mad I am with you. Why did you leave like that? Why didn't you wait to speak with me, after everything? How can you be such a fool and so selfish that you didnt stay here to face me, after you knew that I would remember what happened between us two years ago?" She closed the distance between them. She felt her blood boiling as her hands clenched into fists at her sides "And you just left me a letter? Oh, that was soooo Damon. Always having the last word. Right? Well, think again!" She said raising her voice "Because you are going to hear what I have to say about it whether you like it or not." Damon stumbled a step back from her obviously startled by her rant. "You cant walk away from this every time you feel like it. You will stay here and you will deal with this situation and with our feelings. Do you have any idea how I felt, when I came to see you and I found out that you were gone? Leaving me a letter? A letter Damon? Really? How can I say 'I love you too' to a letter?" she screamed "You are the most arrogant, stubborn ..."

Elena's tirade was interrupted as Damon pulled her firmly against him and captured her mouth with his and kissed her passionately. Elena wrapped her arms around his neck returning the kiss with equal fervor. All their frustration, pain and love, was poured into the kiss. Elena felt her heart sing as electricity ran rampant through her body. His hands pushed under her shirt and trailed up her back as he explored her mouth with his tongue and moaned when she did the same. They were lost to this kiss, they never wanted it to be over. Their need for one another so pent up for so long it was impossible for either of them to stop now, had they actually wanted to.

Elena pushed off his jacket as he backed her into a wall, she found herself effortlessly lifted up and wrapped her legs around his waist. The heat from their bodies at this angle caused a blissful reaction as they claimed one another. This wasn't about desperation as their time together before had been. This was purely about need and passion. No one was going to run or try and escape, they had time later to explore and be sweet with one another. Now, was simply about satisfying the burning desire they had for one another. Elena was expressing all of her want for Damon through the passionate way she touched him.

Elena's hands made their way to the bottom of his shirt grabbing the end and pulling it over his head in one quick motion. Her breath coming out in a gasp as he took the easy way and ripped her shirt from her body, throwing the tattered remains to the floor. He carried her to the couch, his lips never leaving hers, except to occasionally leave a trail of burning kisses down her neck as she regained her breath. She dug her nails into his back, clutching him to her, refusing to ever let him go. She nibbled on his ear whispering to him 'Damon, I want you.' She was surprised how her voice came out low and out of breath. He smiled against her neck and within moments they were rid of all of their confining clothes. This moment was about forgetting the past, forgetting the pain and becoming one without the fear of losing one another.

As they finally connected Elena was overwhelmed with the perfection, as her hips met his in perfect time. She felt her heart explode as familiar stars quickly filled her vision. They called to one another, their names holding promises of the future to come. She felt complete when they were like this, nothing else in the world mattered but Damon.

While taking a break from ravaging each other, they were lying in front of the fire, his arms around her waist holding her close.

"What you did, two years ago, it was a mistake. You shouldn't have made me forget." Elena whispered against his chest breaking the silence.

"All I wanted to do was to take away your pain." Damon sincerely replied.

She pulled away briefly her brown eyes poured into his blue ones.

"I know that you think you took it away, but it was still there. Even If I couldn't remember why, I still felt empty and alone. Making me forget didn't fix that. It couldn't fix what was really wrong. Because my heart remembered it was missing you, it missed us, together." She said softly. Leaning over him she took his face in her hands.

"Damon, I always knew that it was you who I loved. I was so scared by those feelings because I didn't understand. But it has always been you and I am not afraid any more."

He pressed his lips to hers kissing them slowly "Are you sure?" He asked as he brushed his hand over her face.

"I am." Elena replied with certainty "I love you."

Damon rolled them over so he was pressed against her holding her beneath him.

"I love you too." he said, as he captured her lips.

THE END

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