Chapter 13
CPOV
She broke her own rule about not stepping foot back in the boarding house. She decided as much as she hated the fact that he doesn't feel the same way she can't help herself, besides Elena said he wasn't there. She walked in and the first person she saw was the one she'd been avoiding for days.
"Where's Elena?" She asked not looking at him.
"Jeremy called and said he needed to talk to her, she said she wouldn't be long" He told her.
"Great" She whispered.
"Take a seat, you can wait for her if you like" He said.
"No thanks" She snapped.
"Please Caroline", we need to talk" He pleaded.
"No we don't" She snapped again turning and heading for the door.
"Caroline" He said softly.
"What? We have nothing to talk about. You said enough the other day, I don't need to hear anymore about being a substitute for Elena" She yelled at him.
She marched up to him and slapped his face, tear were again threathening to fall.
"Im done crying over you, the nerve you have to speak to me after making me fall in love with you, then smashing my heart. You cruel insensitive brute" She ranted.
"You're in love with me?" He whispered.
"What? No! Whatever gave you such a foolish idea" She yelled after realising what she'd just said. She started for the door again "Just stay the hell away form me" She yelled.
In a flash he was in front of her.
"How can you even say you're in love with me when I saw you Caroline, I saw you kissing Tyler Lockwood" He yelled.
Hearing this made her even angier.
"What the hell do you care, i'm just a replacement for Elena. What the hell does it matter who I kiss?" She screamed at him.
"Because I love you, you stupid little fool" He yelled back at her.
And before she could say anything he was kissing her. All the pent up emotions love,lust,anger and frustration all came rushing to the surface. And she couldn't resist him even if she wanted too. In a flash they were in his room, he undressed her slowly kissing every inch of her body. She felt every sensation, and when they both exploded she saw fireworks. She drifted off to sleep with his arms around her and her head resting on his chest.
Caroline woke a few hours later with his arms still around her, she kept her eyes closed, she didn't want to move. She didn't want reality to intrude on such a perfect moment. She didn't want to realise this was just a dream and if she moved he'd disappear and leave her shattered.
"Hello beautiful" He said.
"Hmm" She mumbled.
"Caroline look at me" He told her.
She shook her head no
"Why?" He asked her.
"Because, if I open my eyes you'll disappear and i'll find this is a dream and i'll be shattered" She answered him.
She missed the smile that flashed across his face.
"Oh my beautiful love, trust me it's real and perfect I might add" He said kissing the top of her head.
Slowly she raised her head and looked in his eyes, and the love she saw there took her breath away.
" You told me I was just a replacement for Elena, why?" She asked him with hurt in her eyes.
Pain crossed his face before he answered.
"I'm so sorry, I saw you kissing Lockwood, and I was hurt and angry and I said those things to hurt you the way I was hurt" He whispered.
"I never kissed him, he kissed me, I was occupied with thoughts of you that I didn't even see it coming. I told him I only thought of him as a friend and that I liked someone else" She told him honestly.
"I'm sorry" He whispered.
" I can't do this" She said leaping from the bed and grabbing her clothes.
"What?" He asked jumping up.
"Stefan, I love you but if there's any chance that i'm a replacement for Elena..." she let the sentence trail off.
"Caroline no, I love you. Yes I love Elena, but i'm not in love with her. Not the way I am with you, she'll always be in my heart, but more like a sister or good friend" He told her.
She desperately wanted to believe him. She felt his arms go around her and she couldn't resist leaning back against his chest.
"Give me a chance Caroline, I love you and i'll spend eternity proving it to you" He whispered.
She realised she couldn't let this chance slip away, love was worth fighting for and she was going to grab hold with both hands and fight for it.
"Ok" She said turning in his arms and looking at him. She saw the love in his eyes and now all she had to do was trust in it. When he lowered his head and kissed her she forgot everything and was lost in the kiss.
EPOV
She walked into the boarding house hoping the hadn't killed each other.
"Elena!" Caroline screeched rushing up to hug her.
Elena laughed and hugged her back. " So I take it that everything worked out well?" She asked with a big smile.
"Oh it's better than well, it's perfect" Caroline gushed.
"I'm so glad, I thought I was going to walk in here to find you'd killed each other" She said with a laugh.
"Oh thank you, if you hadn't done this, I still wouldn't be talking to him." She said with the biggest smile.
"Oh I don't know, i'm sure he would have found a way to make you listen" Elena laughed.
"I love him" Caroline whispered.
"I'm glad to hear that, cause I love you too" Stefan said coming up behind her and wrapping his arms around her.
"I'm glad you're both happy, I knew you'd work it out. You both just needed a little push" She said truthfully happy for them both.
"We both owe you" Stefan said.
"Just be happy" She told him.
"Well then, we both thank you" He said.
"You're welcome, but i'm sure you both would have worked it out eventually. Where's Damon?" She asked.
"In his room" Caroline said.
"Ok, well i'll talk to you later" She told them as she walked up the stairs.
She entered Damon's room and found him reading a book, she sat down on the bed and leaned over and kissed him.
"What's that for?" He asked.
"Do I need a reason to kiss you?" She asked.
"No, definitely not" He said with a smirk.
"Well I missed you" She told him.
"We were only apart for an hour" He laughed.
"Even an hour's to long" She said seriously.
He patted the bed beside him and she snuggled down next to him. It wasn't long before she was alseep.
DPOV
He laid there watching her sleep, and for once she wasn't having a nightmare. Whatever she was dreaming about had her smiling in her sleep. She'd only been sleeping for about an hour before she woke.
"Hey sleepyhead" He said kissing the top of her head.
"Hey. I just had the weirdest dream" She told him.
"What about?" He asked.
"You kidnapped me and took me to Georgia" She said frowning.
It was the look he was giving her, that had her realising that it wasn't a dream but a memory.
"It wasn't a dream, was it" She said.
"No, with everything that was happening I wanted you to have a bit of you time. Time to just have a little fun for awhile" He told her.
"I remember" She said.
"Thats good, it means you will get your memory back in time" He told her.
"But?" She asked.
"No buts" He said.
But she knew him, she knew when something was bothering him.
"What is it Damon, somethings bothering you. What?" She asked.
"I know you love me Elena, but before you lost your memories you loved Stefan. What if when you get them back, you find it's Stefan you really love?" He asked.
"Damon, I love you I can't believe the way I feel, how strongly I feel for you could ever be taken away. Also I can't believe that I didn't feel something for you before I lost my memory. It's just too strong for there to be nothing there before" She told him honestly.
"I hope so, because I can't lose you" He said.
"I know so" She told him conferdently.
And deep down she was praying she was right.
EPOV
She woke the next morning to find herself alone, she laid there lost in thought remembering when she was a little girl. She used to love waking up to a bight sunny day with the birds chripping outside her window. She sat up suddenly she remembered, she remembered everything from when she was a little girl to now. She remembered her love for Stefan and now her love for Damon. He love for Stefan was steady and safe, but, her love for Damon was wild and unpredictable and passionate everything she now knew she needed. She jumped out of bed and dressed in record time, she needed to find Damon.
She ran out of the room and stumbled into stefan.
"Steady on Elena, where's the fire?" He asked smiling.
"I need to find Damon" She said.
"Wait, I have something for you" He said holding out her necklace.
"Oh, I thought i'd lost it" She whispered.
"The clasp is broken, you might want to get it fixed" He said handing it to her.
"I remember when you gave it to me" She said without thinking.
"You do?" He asked.
"Yes, oh stefan isn't it wonderful I remember everything. I love you" She said throwing her arms around him.
DPOV
He was just on his way up to see Elena, when he heard her tell Stefan she loved him and that she remembered everything. He stopped in his tracks and felt his heart being ripped out, he turned around and went back downstairs. He needed a drink, he was dying inside, but he knew he'd hurt her by trying to hold on. He loved her with every fibre of his being and if he had to let her go for her to be happy, then it's something he'd do even if it killed him. Just then she came running into the parlour and threw her arms around him, he stiffened for about two seconds before he wrapped his arms around her.
"Damon, I remember , I remember everything" She whispered.
"What? How?" He asked pretending to be surprised.
"I don't know, I woke up this morning and everything was back" She told him with such joy, that he couldn't, wouldn't spoil it for her.
" Thats wonderful" He said kissing the top of her head, before refilling his glass.
"What's wrong?" She asked him.
"Nothing" He answered.
"Damon, I know you, there's something wrong what? Please tell me" She begged.
"I knew you had your memory back, I was coming up to see you when I heard you tell Stefan" He told her sadly.
He saw her eyes widden with surprise, then saw her face transform into understanding. Then a big smile spread across her face.
"Then you ran away, didn't you? Without waiting to hear anything more" She accused.
"Guilty" Was his only reply.
"Well, my dark haired prince, if you'd waited to hear the rest, you wouldn't be trying to drown your sorrows in alcohol " She said a smile still playing around her lips.
He felt hope stirring in him, since hearing her tell Stefan she loved him.
"Yes, I told Stefan I loved him, and i'll always love him. But Damon, i'm in love with you, It's you who sets me on fire just by looking at me, it's you who's arms I want to hold me, it's you who I want to make love too and it's you I want to spend eternity with" She told him.
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"Yes my love, you are my hearts one true desire" She told him lovingly.
She led him to the couch and they sat down together while she told him about the dream hallucination thingy she had before she woke up without her memories.
EPOV
She was on her way back to the boarding house from Jenna's. Everyone was happy that she'd gotten her memory back, they all had a sigh of relief that she still loved Damon and that Stefan was more like a brother to her now. Truthfully life was coming along nicely everyone was happy. She was just getting out of her car when she heard someone behind her, slowly she turned around. "Kathrine" She whispered.
"Well, Well, Well, what do we have here, little miss Elena out on her lonesome" Kathrine said.
What do you want?" She snapped.
"Ahh, I see you have your memory back" She said with a cold smile.
"What do you want" She snapped again.
"Ahh Elena why so hostile?" Kathrine taunted.
"You even have to ask after all the evil things you've done" She said getting annoyed.
"Well, i'm about to do some more evil" She said with a cold smile slowly advancing on Elena.
Elena gave a sharp scream when Kathrine grabbed her.
"What are you doing?" Elena gasped.
"I've realised these past few weeks as i've watched you and Damon. That it's Damon I want, I like the new Damon. But I have one little problem, you! With you around he's never going to look at me, so i'm sorry my little friend you have to go" Kathrine told her evilly .
"He's never going to love you, not after everything you've done to him" Elena said.
"We shall see won't we, so goodbye little Elena" Kathrine said coldly snapping Elena's neck.
A/N hehehe, not my longest chapter, but most certainly my most evil. Oh no! Elena dead?