"Let me get that, you shouldn't have to wash dishes, you're a guest." Damon said, grabbing the sponge from her and begun to wash dishes as Elena watched, finishing her mimosa. "So Damon, tell me about yourself." Damon smiled at her attitude, "Well, I was born in 1843; I have one sister and two parents, all of which are diseased. I met Katherine in 1864; I was 21 years old and she 464. She's the one that turned me; I was head over heels for her the moment I laid eyes on her. I knew that if I truly loved her I would want to be by her side as long as she was alive and so I asked for her to turn me. 61 years later in 1925, Katherine met my good friend Mason and then four months later ran away with him; I guess she got tired of me. So then I decided to change, I was in such a state of heartbreak that I got into the wrong crowd, drug dealers, druggies, alcoholics, the like and I was just partying all night, sleeping all day until I saw Katherine again in 1965. Because I am a vampire, none of the drugs could really damage my body but when I saw her alone, she snapped me right out of my high."
Elena listened intently to the story; it was completely different hearing a story about someone who was 169 years old. Damon continued as he walked into the living room sitting down as Elena sat beside him, "So I begged for her back, I told her that I couldn't live without her, I know pathetic right? Well she just laughed at me but gave me a look. Now I've seen this look before from her and she made a deal with me. The deal was that she would come back if and only if I helped her find her bloodline. You see, back in 1400, Katherine was only about eighteen, nineteen and she had a daughter, but her father wouldn't let her keep her and instead they gave it away to another family who they believed was old enough there for mature enough. Her loss of the baby led her to meet the wrong people. She met a man, Klaus Mickaelson and they were together but then she set her eyes on his brother Elijah. I'm glad I don't have a brother because who knows; maybe Katherine would have found him more worthy of the change than me, but anyways. Klaus found out that Katherine was seeing his brother at the same time they were together and Klaus grew jealous, he threatened her saying that if he ever saw her again, he'd kill her, plus at the time she was the doppelganger and he knew it. He wanted her dead so she was on the run for years when she met a guy who promised to help her, he took her back to his friend who gave her vampire blood only to heal, but instead of healing Katherine decided to kill herself knowing she'd come back as a vampire, therefore severing all ties of her blood being used for evil. Klaus no longer could use her."
"So when she asked me to help find her bloodline, I knew she wanted to know if her daughter survived and if her family continued, it was the only way." Elena felt like a child being told a fairytale, "Well did you find her bloodline?" Damon smirked, "I did, back in that time though your mother was only a baby. Your mother was Katherine's great granddaughter of sorts and you are as well." "So what happened after that? You obviously aren't together, are you?" Damon smiled weakly, "No, we were together up until 1988, I came home from college one day to find her gone. She left her stuff behind so I figured she must have just gone out, it took me a year to figure out that she wasn't coming back and I haven't seen her since." Elena nodded, "Wow, that's some story." Damon grinned, "You're the first person I ever told it to." "Really?" "Really." Elena placed a hand over his that rested on his knee, looking into his eyes, "Thank-you for telling me." Damon looked from her eyes to her lips, "Anytime." Elena's eyes were roaming as well as they both leaned in, kissing for the first time.