N: So, here is the second chapter, yay! I would say you guys don't like the story, but I actually got a few alerts on it…but not so many reviews, I don't know why…. If there's something wrong with it, you can always tell me! That having been said, on with the second chappy.

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"Why do I look like her, Damon?" I asked, almost crying.

"Isn't this a question you should ask your boyfriend?" Damon raised an eyebrow.

"Why? I mean, you're the brutally honest one…."

"True…" he said, shrugging. "Come on, let's get you to your room and we'll talk about this in the morning."

"No, I want to talk about it now!" I demanded.

"Elena…"

"Damon…we don't just have the same hair or the same eye color…it's like we're the same person. How is that even possible?"

"Elena, I don't think now is the time to…"

"Damon, please, I need to know, I have the right to know. Tell me what you know!" I begged.

"You were adopted," he said and I went speechless for a few moments.

"What…how…how do you know that?" I asked weakly.

"Do you really want to know that? It's really…not that important."

"I do, Damon. It's important to me," I said, looking him directly in the eyes.

"Well, that day…at the Boarding House, when you bumped into me. That day wasn't the first time we met…"

"When was it then?" I asked.

"May 23th, 2009…"

"But that's the day…"

"The day your parents' car went off the bridge. Yeah, I know," He interrupted me. "I was there that night. Actually, I returned to Mystic Falls just two weeks before. I saw you, the day I arrived, at the Grill…and you looked just like her. I immediately knew that you weren't her. There was just something about you…you were so…full of life. You got my attention and I was looking for the perfect opportunity to introduce myself. I decided to do so at the party you went to that night; but when I got there, you were already leaving with your mom and dad. I didn't have a reason to stay, so I left a few minutes after. I heard the accident. I ran there as fast as I could, but…I was too late. Your dad was still semi-conscious and I wanted to help him, but he wouldn't let me. He wanted me to help you…so I did. I picked you up and I took you to the hospital…"

"So that's how I got there…"

"I left you with a nurse and went back, but…I'm sorry, Elena, I'm so sorry…"

"You saved my life back then; and you saved my life today," I mumbled.

"Yeah, it's kind of a hobby of mine," he said, smiling.

"But that doesn't explain how you know I was adopted."

"Well, I visited you in the hospital, every day…well, every night actually. You were asleep most of the time, so I had to keep myself busy. While I was there, I checked your birth certificate. Your parents' names were on it, but it didn't make any sense, you looked way to much like Katherine for it to be just a coincidence; so I did some digging. Turned out that your mom was never pregnant, not with you anyway; she had been pregnant only once, in 1995…with a baby boy."

Hot heavy tears were running down my cheek. I couldn't believe that this was actually happening.

"I tried to find your birth mother. That's why I left Mystic Falls, but I got to a dead end pretty soon. I came back…and when I did, you were already all over my brother," he said, smiling sadly.

I couldn't believe he did that for me. Looking for my birth mother…but then it hit me; he didn't do it for me, not really. He did it because I looked like her… Because to them, I was just her replacement.

"It's because I look like her…that's why you saved me…that's why you keep saving me. You loved her and I look like her…."

"No, no, God, Elena…you're nothing, nothing like her. You two couldn't be more different, actually. I admit that that's what caught my attention the first time I saw you, but that was it, the rest was you…all you. Your kindness, your selfishness and your ability to put others first…I just…I felt a need to protect you like I've never felt before," he said and I smiled weakly. "After your parents' death, you were so sad…I watched you and it pained me to see you like that. That's the reason I came back, I decided to get to know you and be there for you. I wanted to make you smile again…you have simply the most beautiful smile I've ever seen. Well, I came back, but you and Stefan… It was what happened with Katherine all over again…"

"I'm not Katherine," I cut him off.

"I know, but it felt too much like a 'déjà vu' and I…I just lost it. I was hurt and angry…"

"I'm sorry…" I said softly, even though I didn't know what exactly I was sorry for.

"Nah, don't worry about it. Just about everything I want ends up with my brother anyway. That's just the way it is."

"So Katherine ended up with Stefan after she had been with you?"

I don't know how things worked back then, but now, I had heard about some kind of 'guys' code'; something about not dating the same woman?

"I saw her and fell for her in an instant. She liked me too, or at least I thought she did. We'd…been together once or twice before I had to leave for the war. When I came back a few weeks later, she was all over Stefan. I didn't 'catch them in the act', like you would say it this days, but I could tell there was something going on between them."

"Just like Stefan can tell there's something going on between you and me," I heard myself say.

"Excuse me?"

"I said just like…"

"I heard what you said. I'm just surprised to hear you admit that."

"Are you denying it?" I asked.

"No, I don't. I just…I thought you'd be in denial."

"Well, what would be the point…?"

"So, what exactly is there between us, Elena?" he asked while his signature smirk appeared on his face.

All of a sudden I was fully aware of the fact that I was sitting in his lap; that his hand was resting on my lower back and my arm was around his neck.

"Well…I'm definitely attracted to you, but I guess you're used to women falling for you like that."

"Is that all it is? Just physical attraction?"

"No it's…I don't know how to explain it. I look at you and I have this chemical reaction…I can't help but wonder what it would feel like to do more than just look at you…"

"What's stopping you?" he asked in the most seductive voice I had ever heard.

"Absolutely nothing," I said and grabbed his shirt, pulling him towards me.

Our kiss started slow and deep, but all too soon it became passionate and…carnal even. And then we were devouring each other like there was no tomorrow.

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