After Elena and Damon's little emotional moment, Elena asked if she could stay the night. Damon sighed but eventually said yes. Elena drove home to get her overnight bag. She was so excited that she vamp sped all across her room to just make the time go faster.

Back at the Salvatore house, Damon was pouring himself another glass of bourbon when Stefan walked in.

They exchanged looks and Damon said "Whats up baby bro?" Stefan rolled his eyes about the comment he made. "Nothing, was just getting my bag to stay the night at Caroline's house." Damon choked on his drink "So your dating Caroline now?"

"No, Damon, Im sleeping on the couch, because I don't want to listen to Elena and you in bed together"

"Stef, Im not gonna do that to you. As much as I want to, your my brother and I will always choose you over her".

Stefan smirked "That goes both ways, but if you will excuse me I have to go get my stuff" Damon gave him a nod.

Within about 30 minutes Stefan left the house and Elena arrived at the Salvatore Mansion. She went upstairs to Damon's room to find Damon staring out the window.

"Hey you" Damon said with his back still facing her.

Elena smiled "Hey, whats up" Damon turned around and gave her a little smile. "Nothing much, Stefan came by, he is staying at Caroline's house."

Elena's smiled faded "He doesn't want to stay here when Im here does he?"

"Nope, I can't really blame the guy I mean I have been in that situation" Elena gave him a confused look.

"The downside of vampire hearing is that I can hear every little sound in this house."

Elena's eyes grew wide, "So, does that...that mean you heard Stefan and I-"

Damon laughed "Yes Elena every conversation, and of course his attempts to seduce you, but as I recall, he failed." He gave her that smartass look.

"Damon, Im so sorry, had I known, I wouldn't have done it here."

Damon shrugged "its ok, I got over it"

Elena sighed "so what do you want to do tonight?"

"Your not seducing me if thats what you mean. I made it clear Elena, we can't do anything romantic right now. As much as I want to, we can't."

Anger and rage boiled up inside Elena "WHY?! Because Im sired to you! Because you think my feelings for you aren't real?! Damon I had feelings for you before I turned! So which means the sire bond didn't create them...why can't you accept that?"

Damon looked down and sighed, he couldn't bare to look at her. He hated it when she was upset especially if he was the one who caused it. "You chose me after you turned, that was when the sire bond was created. There is so much evidence that tells me the sire bond is causing this."

Elena got even angry, she started to cry. "Fine! Since you obviously don't want me here, Ill just go home!"

"Elena, thats not true and you know it." She ignored what he said and walked out of his room. He vamp sped in front of her. She looked up at him. "Elena, you have no idea how much I want to be with you. Once this sire bond is broken, and you still want to be with me, then yes we can but until then, we can't...Im sorry" Damon kept himself from shedding tears. She was the one person who understood him, cared for him, and finally loved him, but it was crushed by the bond.

"Fine, then Ill go home and we will go back to how we were. You know, when you first came to Mystic Falls, and I hated you. If thats what you want from me, then fine" She walked past him and out the door and went home.

Damon leaned up against the wall and sunk to the floor. He began to cry, he never wanted her to hate him.

Damon thought of an idea. He went on his laptop and searched anything about sire bonds. He wanted to know if there was a way to break it. Of course, the easiest way was for him to die. He remembered the promise he gave to Elena, but he just had to release her. She deserved to be free, to live a happy normal life without him.

He thought about killing himself right there but he remembered his last conversation with Elena. She would lose it if that was the last time she saw him before she died. So, he decided to go to her house.

Elena got home and got ready for bed. She came out of the bathroom and saw Damon sitting on her window sill.

"What do you want Damon?"

"I came to say Im sorry, I didn't mean to upset you like that. Im just...just trying to do the right thing here. Everyone got under my skin about the bond that I felt guilty. I was being selfish with you."

"Wait, what do you mean everyone, Damon?"

Damon sighed, "Klaus said that I didn't love you enough, that you were only with me because of the bond. Shane said that Im gonna loose everything once your human."

Elena sighed "your not gonna loose me Damon. Im not going anywhere. I will still love you when Im human again."

Damon got up and walked closer to her. He cupped her face and said "I give up, I can't go another minute without kissing you."

Elena smiled and looked up into his eyes and she saw love and he saw the same thing. Damon leaned forward and kissed her. Elena wrapped her arms around his neck and Damon wrapped his arms around her waist.

They were lost in the kiss, their tongues battling for dominance. She then lifted off the ground and wrapped her legs around his waist. He carried her to her bed and got on top of her. She ripped his shirt off and took hers.

He glared at her. Elena looked confused "what?"

"So your shirt gets to survive and mine doesn't"

Elena giggled "sorry" and pulled him down for a kiss. Within minutes their clothes were on the floor and they made love for what seemed the whole night.

The next morning, Elena woke up and found herself in Damon's arms. She smiled and snuggled closer into him. Damon sighed "Ive got to go home, I have errands to do."

Elena sighed with disappointment, she wasn't ready to let him leave yet. As Damon got up she pulled his arm and pulled him down for a kiss. Their foreheads touching each other. "I love you, Damon." Damon swallowed "I love you to Elena"

They broke apart and Damon left her house.

When he got back to his house, he decided that he was going to break the bond. He grabbed a stake from his room and aimed it at his heart. Just before he could stake himself, his bedroom door flew open. Damon turned to look at the intruder. It was the hunter that tortured the hell out of him.

"You must be Damon"

Damon swallowed. "Look I know you hate bloodsuckers and that you want them dead and all. You must know I am one. Hey, you could do me a favor."

"What would that be."

"Stake me"

The hunter looked at him confused. Before he could speak Damon said "Look, I hate life, you hate vampires so we kind of make a team."

Damon handed to hunter the stake and stood there making his chest a clean shot. "Just tell, Elena Im sorry and that I love her."

The hunter said "Yea no chance in hell!" He plunged the stake in Damon's heart and Damon groaned and fell to the ground. His body turned gray.

The hunter walked out of the room with his head held high.

Elena was with Bonnie and Caroline at her house. She gasped all of a sudden. Bonnie looked at her "Elena, are you ok"

"I don't know, I feel different."

Caroline and Bonnie exchanged looks then turned back to Elena. "What do you mean you feel different?"

"I-I don't know, my body is telling me that Damon is in danger. I have to go see him."

Bonnie understood but Caroline rolled her eyes. Bonnie drove Elena to the boarding house and Elena ran upstairs to Damon's room. Bonnie waited for her downstairs but then she heard Elena scream.

Bonnie quickly ran upstairs to see what was wrong. She saw Elena on her knees in front of Damon's body. She gasped.

Elena was sobbing and put her head on Damon's chest. "DAMON PLEASE! PLEASE YOU HAVE TO WAKE UP!"

She couldn't finish what she was going to say. More and more tears kept pouring out of her eyes. Bonnie bent down and comforted Elena. Elena leaned into Bonnie.

"Hes gone! Ill never see him again. I will never-never be able to kiss him or hug him. I-I won't be in his arms anymore. I can't live without him Bonnie."

Stefan just got home and ran upstairs to see what was happening. His eyes widened when he saw Damon's body. He bent down on the other side of his body and he began to cry. Elena left everyone and ran into the woods. She wanted to be left alone.

She called Klaus:

K: "to what do I owe the pleasure miss Gilbert"

E: "Damon's dead."

K:"I always knew he would have it coming, why are you telling me this."

E:"because there must be a way to bring him back. I will do anything you want please"

K"sorry hun not interested"

Klaus hung up. Elena dropped her phone, and dropped down on her knees and began to cry again. Just then she heard someone walking behind her. She quickly turned around to find out it was Shane.

"What are you doing here?"

"Bonnie told me about Damon. Im so sorry Elena."

"It doesn't matter anymore, hes gone, the person I love the most in the world is gone."

Shane gave her a confused look "You truly loved him."

"Of course I did, I wasn't lying" It dawned on her that the sire bond broke. "Im not sired anymore am I?"

Shane shook his head. "Im sorry I honestly believed the sire bond created those feelings"

Elena sighed, "It doesn't matter, Im deciding what to do."

Shane cocked his head "what do you mean?"

Elena looked at him "I can't live in a world without Damon. So, Im either, going to kill myself or shut off my humanity"

"Elena, you don't want to do that. Think about what Damon would want you to do"

Elena turned her head and thought about it.

"What would Damon want you to do if he wasn't here?"

"He would want me to live the life Ive always wanted. To be honest, I wanted to grow old and have children. Then I fell in love with Damon and I, just, I can't do that. I want to be with Damon. So if he is gone, Ill live my life the way I want to. With no humanity. No pain, no guilt."

Shane was trying so hard to convince her to change her mind. "I highly doubt thats what Damon wants you to do."

Elena sighed "well its my decision, and I decided that my humanity is gone." She went to walk away.

"Elena, wait!" Elena turned back around to face Shane.

"What if there was a way to bring him back?"

Elena ran back over to him "What, what do you mean?"

"I came across a spell on my travels. One that can bring people back. I have it in my apartment. If you want it, we can go get it."

Elena was happy. "Yes! Lets go right now!"