"Did you use it?" Damon asked as she handed him back his credit card.

"No." She shook her head.

" 'Lena I gave it to you for a reason." Damon said.

"It didn't feel right to use it." She said truthfully.

"Huh, alright. Do you want to get out of here and grab something to eat. I'm buying." Damon said smiling at her.

"Sounds good." She said. She got up and started to grab her bags but Damon already had them all in his hands.

"Damon, I can carry my bags." Elena said.

"It's fine Elena." He said. He shifted all the bags to his right hand and then took her hand into his left.

"Thank you." Elena said to him. She smiled at the hand holding. If someone told her three years ago that she would be holding hands with Damon's hand that he was sweet and romantic in his own way, she would have laughed at them and called them crazy. She's glad she turned out to be wrong about him the first time she met him all those years ago. She took his hand and gently kissed the back of it and then scooted to walk closer. Damon led them to the car and after throwing the bags in the trunk they both got into the car and started to go find some lunch.

Elena stood in the bathroom drying herself off. She suddenly felt nervous about the whole date with Damon and instantly thought about all the negatives; if he didn't like how she was dressed, or if she was over dressed. She cursed him silently for not telling her more about where they were going. She put on one of the hotels nice white fluffy robes and went to work on drying her hair. After drying her hair she opened her dress bag and smiled. She pulled it on over her new Victoria Secret Undergarments and then went to fix her hair up and add some light make up, careful not to overdo it. She put on her silver pearly earrings. She was glad she already painted her nails and toes. Even though she was going to wear her ankle cut off black boots, but it still made her happy.

Damon stood in the living room all ready for the date. He was waiting patiently for Elena to come out and her could easily pick up her heart beat and he smiled as he picked up. She was nervous. He made one more quick look over what he was wearing. The black slacks were wrinkle free, the white shirt was already buttoned to the top. He heard the bathroom door open and heard the clink of her heals getting closer. He slowly turned and when he saw her his heart squeezed and made him smile. She stood at the door of the bedroom. She was wearing black ankle boots heals, a grey mid-thigh dress. The dress was spaghetti strap dress, tight at the chest and to the hip and then it poofed out. He looked up and saw her hair in gently curls. She looked amazing.

He noticed her pulling at the sides of her dress and realized that he stood quiet for to long.

"Elena you look gorgeous." Damon said and went over to kiss her.

"You're not too shabby yourself." She smiled and blushed at his outfit. He smiled, he had to start the date soon otherwise he wouldn't be able to stop himself from taking her to bed.

"Are you all ready?" He asked extending his elbow.

"Yes, thank you." She said curling her arm threw him. They walked outside to the car and Damon drove them to the restaurant.

Elena watched as Damon pulled into a fancy restaurant .

"Ready?" he asked opening the door fr her.

"Yup." She smiled The dinner was fantastic they had a great time. They talked about everything and then Damon took her to a club.

"A club really Damon?" Elena asked rolling her eyes.

"What? You don't like it? We can leave." Damon said already turning around to leave.

"No Damon- I want to stay." She said. Damon sighed in relief for a second there he thought he messed up their date.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Yeah." She said smiling.

Damon took her to a booth and then ordered them both drinks.

"Are you trying to get me drunk?" Elena asked as he got her another shot of vodka.

"No, no worries I won't let you get too drunk." Damon smirked.

The sunlight came threw the windows hitting Elena in the face. She slowly woke up and smiled when she remembered the date she had last night with Damon. She rolled over and cuddled closer into Damon. H She rolled over and cuddled closer into Damon. He was still asleep so she rested her head on his chest and her hand on his side. She felt Damon stiffen and pull her closer. She closed her eyes and breathed in his scent.

Damon smiled when he felt her settle back into his arms. Last night was perfect but he only hoped she wouldn't regret it. He licked his lips and still tasted the residue of her blood. Last night he drank from her and surprisingly she drank from him. He of course was ecstatic but also worried that she would regret it. If she died she would turn into a vampire- not that he would let her die, but if she was to turn he wanted her to be absolutely sure.

He opened his eyes and carefully got out from under her now sleeping form. He kissed her check and slide out of bed and pulled on some pants. He smiled at the clothes that were thrown around the room in their rush to get them off. He tip-toed into the kitchen and got the room services menu and called for the best breakfast they had.

It took maybe minutes before they were knocking on the door. Damon answered and gave the deliverer a tip. He took the tray and walked into the bedroom. He saw Elena was slightly stirring and he walked around and climbed onto the bed. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. She looked around and pulled on a shirt, which just happened to be Damon's shirt.

"Good morning." Damon said. She looked over and saw Damon sitting with a bare chest and a plate of food.

"Morning." She said.

"I got you breakfast." He smiled.

"Thank you."

They sat there eating. Damon was sitting on one side of the tray and Elena sat criss cross on the other side.

"So this may be a stupid question-." Elena started.

"Nothing you say could be stupid." Damon interrupts.

"Thanks, So your Italian- Have you ever gone back to see where other members of your family lived?"

"I'm sure the original Salvatore house in Italy maybe really dirty but it's there and still live able. We left Italy when I was really young maybe 4. I haven't been there for a while but I kind of miss it."

"How long has it been?"

" 70 years."

"Maybe you should go there?"

"maybe."

"Is that your parents' house our whose?"

"It's been passed down through generations. It was built in the late 1700's early 1800's.

"Amazing- is it all original or has it had a lot of reconstruction?"

"It's all original, if we got it cleaned it would probably be live able."

"wow."

"This is really good." Elena said taking a bite of the chocolate chip pancakes with strawberries and whip cream on the top.

"I'm glad." Damon smiled.

"So you know we only have a couple more days before we go home."

"I know- its so sad."

"Well today how about we go to some local shops and see some sites."

"Sounds fun." Elena said smiling.

They spent the day going around to landscapes and took pictures of things. After lunch Damon was going to take her to local shops.

'You know you don't have to pay for everything." Elena said.

"I know." Damon smiled. They walked into a candy store.

"Yum." Elena said looking at all the treats.

"We should take some home back to the others." She said.

"If their lucky."

"Damon."

"Alright." He smiled.

"What can I help you with?" a lady asked the two.

"Oh...um can I get a chocolate chunk cupcake, a vanilla cupcake and a red velvet cupcake?" Elena asked.

Damon laughed. "And I'll get the mint chocolate fudge and the cookies and cream fudge."

"Your total is $11.25." The lady said. Damon paid and then they walked to the other hops.

"Oh we should go ice skating!" Elena asked excitedly like a little kid.

"No." Damon said simply.

"Damon!"

"No."

"Please?" Elena asked putting out a pouty lip.

"Fine." He said. They had a great time, Elena only fell 3 times and took Damon down once before she finally got a hang of the skating.

She wasn't happy to be leaving but she was glad to be going home. Damon and her relationship has gotten better and they have established that they were together and dating.

Elena walked into her house and was bombarded with questions from Jenna. Elena knew Jenna was worried but it was kind of ridiculous. She was nearly an adult and could make more decisions for herself.

"What did you guys do?" Jenna asked trying to get to the bottom of what went on between her 18 year old niece and the 24 year old town playboy.

"We went shopping and we had a lot of fun." Elena said trying to get to her room.

" Elena! That's all I get?" Jenna snapped.

"What do you want me to say Jenna. I'm just tired. I'm going to bed." She said and walked up the stairs to her bedroom. She walked into her room and nearly had a heart attack when she say Damon sititng on her bed waiting for her.

"Jesh Damon." She said, " You have to go. Jenna's mad and if she sees you she's gonna-." She slide into the bed as she talked and was cut of by Damon who said, "She wont see me. Super hearing, remember." He smirked and kissed her on the cheek.

"Ok, no funny business though." She smiled and laid her head down on his chest and fell asleep listening to his slow heartbeat.