The next morning Elena woke up on her right side and felt Damon's arm around her waist. She turned to her back to look at him and he was still sleeping facing her. She smiled and lifted his hand up as she turned onto her left side to face him and put his arm back on her waist. She laid there for about five minutes staring at him. He was smiling in his sleep and looked so peaceful.

He started to speak but still had his eyes closed. "is this your thing now? To stare at people while they sleep." She smiled. "No, you just looked so happy and its hard not to stare at you." Damon opened his eyes and smiled back at her. He rolled onto his back and stared at the ceiling. "Wheres Jeremy?" Elena shrugged "I think he stayed the night at Bonnie's, why?" Damon moved his head to look at her. "Just wondering"

He went to sit up to get out of bed but Elena grabbed his arm and pulled him back down. She kissed him passionately and Damon kissed her back. Damon rolled on top of her and she buried her hands in his hair while Damon held himself up with his arms to keep from crushing her. Elena moved her hands to the buttons on his shirt and undid the all. Damon sat up and took his shirt off and threw it across the room. Elena pulled hers off to while Damon widened his eyes when he saw her lacy black bra.

Elena smiled and pulled him down for another kiss. He kissed her jaw then her neck and she moaned when she felt his lips on her skin. She undid the buckle of his pants and was having trouble pulling them down. He smirked and helped her and then helped her undo her pants. Eventually they were naked and made love to each other. The whole time they just stared into each other's eyes.

He collapsed onto her but held himself up with his elbows and buried his face into her hair. He went to roll off but she pulled him back.

"Don't, I wanna lay like this forever" Damon laughed but he didn't move. They were tired after their mind blowing sex and just fell asleep in that position.

LATER

Elena woke up to find out that she was in bed alone. She turned on her back and sighed. Then, she heard someone in the kitchen. She went downstairs to find Damon cooking bacon and eggs.

"Morning sunshine"

Elena gave him a confused look. Damon turned around to look at her. "What?"

"Are you cooking?"

"No I decided to play with a spatula for no reason" Elena rolled her eyes, Damon turned back around to the stove and Elena sat down at the dining room table and yawned.

"Looks like someone still needs some sleep"

"Well we did have sex last night, and whenever I have sex with you I can't walk the next day".

Damon smirked"Well I do have good skills in bed"

Elena walked to the couch grabbed a pillow, and threw it at Damon"

Damon caught it and said "Now now, there shall be no flying objects in the kitchen while Im cooking"

Elena rolled her eyes again. "Alright, go get Jeremy his breakfast is ready"

Elena was shocked to hear him say that. "What?"

"You cooked for Jeremy?" Damon nodded "Yes, is it that hard to believe that I care about that Xbox brain?"

Elena glared at him and Damon put his hands up in defense "Im kidding, Im kidding"

Elena walked upstairs. "Hey, Jer?"

Jeremy got up"yea whats up?"

"Damon made you breakfast" Jeremy gave her a confused look. "Ok, next joke please." Elena giggled "No Im serious, he actually made you breakfast it smells real good."

Jeremy sighed and got up to go downstairs with Elena. Damon had set the table while Elena went upstairs. Elena and Jeremy both looked at Damon trying to figure out what he was up to. "Jeremy, I decided to be a good person today and made you breakfast."

Jeremy walked over to the table and sat down. "So, either you poisoned my food or you want something out of me."

Damon rolled his eyes. "Is it that hard to believe that I am capable of doing something nice for someone other than myself and Elena?" Jeremy and Elena both looked at each other and said "yes".

"whatever just eat your food...besides if I was going to kill you I wouldn't poison your food, Id have a dinner party" Damon smirked.

Elena gave Damon a 'come here' look and Damon got it and followed her upstairs. They both walked in her bedroom and Elena shut the door behind them.

Damon sighed knowing what was about to happen. Elena walked up to him and started kissing him. She pulled back when she noticed he wasn't kissing her back.

"whats wrong?"

Damon couldn't look at her so he just looked at the floor. "Elena, I don't want to take advantage of you"

Elena smiled and cupped his face so he would look at her. "Your not Damon. I want this, I want to show you how much I love you."

Damon swallowed and tried to keep it together. He knew he shouldn't do this with her but his whole entire body was telling him to rip her clothes off and throw her on the bed.

He pulled away from her "Elena, I love you so much and you have no idea how much I want to be with you. Until this sire bond breaks, we can't do this."

Tears started pouring out of Elena's eyes. "What do you mean?"

Damon tried to keep himself from crying along with her "We can still see each other but only as friends Elena. When this sire bond breaks, and those feelings you say you have for me are real and you still want to be with me. Then yes, we can be together. But until then, we have to stop this"

Elena was still crying. Damon walked up to her and kissed her forehead and whispered "Im sorry" and walked out of her house and drove back to his house.

Elena walked over to her bed and buried her face in the pillow Damon slept on. She could smell his scent and everything. Only, this made her cry worse.

"Elena? Are you ok?"

Elena wiped her tears away "yeah Jer Im fine"

"What happened? Did Damon hurt you?!"

"No, Jer, he didn't. He just, said that we should just be friends until we break the sire bond. He thinks, by being with me, that he is taking advantage of me."

Jeremy's eyes got wide and his jaw dropped "Damon? Damon Salvatore actually said that?"

Elena looked at him confused. "Yeah, why?

Jeremy started laughing, "nothing I just never pictured Damon saying something like that"

Elena nodded her head "Alright well Im going hang out with Matt today, do you need anything?"

Elena smiled "No, Im good thanks."

Elena was left alone in the house and decided to get ready and go over to Damons. He didn't say she couldn't come over, he just said they need to be friends.

Elena got to the Salvatore mansion and walked inside. She was welcomed anytime she wanted. She heard Damon upstairs in his room and decided to sneak up on him. His bedroom door was opened and his back was turned towards the door. He was shuffling through some papers. When Elena tip toed closer to his room, Damon stopped what he was doing and sighed.

"Elena what are you doing here?" He turned around to look at her.

Elena walked into his room and leaned up against the door. "you never told me I couldn't come over" She gave him a seductive grin.

"Elena please don't make this any harder for me than it is."

"Im not doing anything." As she said with a smirk.

Damon sat on his bed and rolled his eyes. "Elena, you know damn well what your doing. I told you, I can't take adv-"

"Yea I get it Damon, but your not." She walked over and stood in-between Damon's legs. "If you I thought you were, Id be screaming at the top of my lungs right now telling you that I hate you. But Im not, Im telling you that I love you and I want to be with you for the rest of my life."

Damon gave up and buried his head in her stomach. She wrapped her arms around him and pushed him on the bed so she was on top of him. She began to kiss him and thankfully he kissed her back. He then flipped them so she was on her back and he was on top of her. But, when she went to undo his shirt he stopped. "Elena, no" and rolled off of her. Elena sighed in frustration and sat up. "Damon, I don't know what else to say to you. I am telling you how much I love you and that I want to be with you and you keep pushing me away." Damon turned his back to her and had his pain expression on his face.

Elena crawled up behind him and wrapped her arms around his neck and nuzzled her face in the back of his neck and shoulder. She closed her eyes and just sat there on the bed for what felt like the longest time. Damon sighed.

Damon didn't know what to do. Everyone keeps telling him how selfish he is being with this sire bond. They made him feel like he is taking advantage of her. But, he also was completely in love with Elena, and him pushing her away seems more painful then his werewolf bite he had gotten before Stefan left with Klaus.

He got out of her grasp and left Elena sitting on the bed confused. He walked out of the room and Elena just sighed and looked down at his bed.

When Damon, got downstairs, Stefan and Rebekah walked in together.

"Sorry to ruin your fun Damon, but Stefan and I are gonna be busy for the next hour or so." Stefan looked down, he didn't want to look at his brother's evil grin.

"Well, baby bro, I take it you took out a page of my revenge sex handbook."

Stefan just gave him a grin and walked upstairs to his bedroom.

Damon shook his head and laughed a little bit. He went to the bar and got himself some bourbon. Elena came running downstairs. "Who the hell is blasting music?"

"Oh thats Stefan and his date."

"Oh, I didn't know he was dating, anyways I want to talk to you about-"

"Elena your not gonna like who his date is."

"Damon, I don't really care, I just wanna talk to you about this sire bond"

Damon rolled his eyes and sighed. "Alright fine."

They walked over to the couch and sat at opposite ends. "Ok, I wanna tell you that I have facts that can back up the fact that this sire bond is not that literal."

"Elena, please, it is that literal. As much as I hate it, it is. We won't be able to know if your feelings for me are real unless we find this cure or...I could die and it would break."

Elena had anger build up inside her. "Damon I swear!...Killing yourself is not an option and it isn't even a solution!"

"Elena, the easier way to break this is if I die, then you will be free and happy."

"HAPPY?! You honestly think Ill be happy if your dead!"

"Elena I don't have time for this" He started to walk away.

"Damon!..." Damon stopped but still had his back turned towards her. "If you die, I die!"

Still with his back facing her "Your not gonna kill yourself over me dying, ok Elena?"

Elena's eyes started to tear up. "Are you seriously gonna kill yourself just to break this damn sire bond."

Damon turned back around to face her. "It seems like its the only option since we are failing epically at finding this cure"

"Damon, Im not kidding when I said I would kill myself if you died. I wouldn't be able to live with the guilt and pain of loosing you."

"Elena its not your fault that your sired to me. Why would you feel guilty?"

"Because your gonna kill yourself to free me!" Tears were pouring out of her eyes. She sobbed and lost her balance and sank to her knees. Damon walked over to her and bent down in front of her. He pulled her chin up so she would look at him.

"Im gonna be honest with you." Elena nodded her head and sniffled. "Theres other reasons why we can't be together right now. Ive already stated one. The main reason is that I don't want you to regret everything that happened to you as a vampire. These last few weeks, have been the best weeks of my entire life. I will always love you Elena no matter what. Ok?"

She nodded her and buried her face in his chest. He wrapped his arms around her. She felt not only safe, but happy. Damon makes her happy. He is the only one who knows how to make her laugh at hard times. Thats one of the reasons she fell in love with him.