"AND WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY?" Damon shouted back, throwing his hands in the air in exasperation.
"I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN YOU!" Elena said exasperated.
Damon's Point of View
I couldn't believe it. For the first time in over 145 years, someone would have chosen me. Someone would have chosen me to be with. To fall in love with. To spend eternity with. And not even just someone…had I not erased her memory, Elena would have chosen me. The joy and wonder was quickly erased with the sadness and defeat that consumed me. But I did erase her memory – and she didn't choose me. She chose Stefan. She said she'd always choose Stefan. I realized now, looking at her tiny frame that was no doubt freezing from the rain – that she was waiting for me to say something.
"Don't do that!" I said fiercely. Elena took a small step back and looked at me as her eyes widened in what was perceived as fear.
"Don't do what?" she asked, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion.
"Don't make it seem like it's my fault and things would've been different had I not erased your memory!" I said loudly. A small smile played on the edge of her lips as she ran her fingers through her very tangled hair.
"You came to your own conclusion. You assumed I'd be Katherine…and not choose you" she said quietly.
"Well sooo-rrrry!" I said sarcastically. "Sorry that I looked at my history with you and Katherine as a means to protect whatever dignity I have left, you would have chosen Stefan cause I've never been anyone's first choice!"
"Oh shut up!" Elena said curtly. I'd be lying if I said that her choice of words didn't surprise me. Before I could open my mouth, Elena continued. "You need to just shut the hell up and accept the fact that you are my first choice, damn it!" Elena said, her voice escalating.
"I can't!" I said, my tone matching hers.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because how could someone like you…someone as kind and gentle and caring as you care about a sadistic, murderous, impulsive vampire?" I asked her.
Elena approached me slowly before standing right in front of me. The rain had washed away all her makeup, and her previously wavy hair was now soaked and framing her face. She looked beautiful.
"And how could someone like you…love someone like me? I'm only human. I'm nothing special. I'm just an ordinary girl with a psychotic doppelganger, a murderous ex boyfriend, a witch and vampire for best friends, a werewolf for a friend and a Haley Joel Osment wanna-be brother?" she asked me. I chuckled slightly at her choice of words, especially for Jeremy.
"But I can accept the fact that we live in a world with vampires and witches and werewolves," she continued. "I can deal with the fact that my life is practically a Stephen King novel…and that means you'll just have to deal with the fact that I pick you. That I choose you. And that I love you…whether you're capable of letting me or not!" she said finally.
And there it was. The three words I've been waiting for what seems like eternity to hear. Suddenly, it wasn't my mind that was guiding my actions. It was my heart.
I closed the space between us and took her face in my hands. Her arms wrapped around my neck as Elena tangled her fingers in my hair. I lifted her up and she wrapped her arms around my waist. Within seconds, she and I were standing in front of the large four poster bed. We were both soaked to the bone, but we didn't care. I gently lay Elena down on the bed and I lifted my lips from hers and planted soft kisses down her neck. A soft moan escaped her mouth as she brought my face back to hers and kissed me hungrily.
I opened my eyes to see that Elena was smiling at me. I gently placed both of my hands on either side of her hips and we sat there, gazing at eachother. Elena's hands moved to the zipper on the back of her dress and she gently slid out of it. I watched as her dress fell to the floor and now all that was covering her was her black lace bra and underwear.
She waited and looked at me with her doe eyes and I slowly moved my hands to the button on the top of my shirt. And then the next one. Elena's hands covered mine as she gently took off my shirt and added it to the pile that was becoming our clothes. I undid my own belt buckle as Elena undid my pants. Now the only thing that was separating us was our underwear and personal walls.
Elena gently grabbed my hair and brought my face down to hers and kissed me. I returned her kiss with more passion as she ran her hands across my back. We moved further up the bed. I grabbed Elena's wrists and pinned them above her head so I could kiss her jaw line and neck and collar bone freely.
I opened my eyes to see that Elena was staring at me intently. I loosened my grip on her wrist and she brought her hand up to my face and caressed my cheek. I turned my face into the palm of her hand and sighed in contentment.
"Elena…" I whispered. She looked at me and waited for me to continue "if we do this…there's no turning back…" I said. A small smile was on her lips as her hands moved to her underwear. My hands replaced hers as they slid off her legs. Her hands then moved to mine as we were now almost completely naked. I moved my hand to her bra-strap and slid that off as well.
The two of us were naked. Physically and emotionally. I felt like I was stripped of every wall I tried to build around me. The walls around my heart, my façade, my will power all came crashing down the moment Elena's lips met mine. I continued to kiss her and I felt my metaphoric heart beat race at the taste of her lips. My hands traced the contours of her body as she moved her hand across my bare chest.
"Damon?" she whispered quietly. I opened my blue eyes to see her doe eyes staring fiercely into mine. I swear, if I had a soul – her eyes would be the only thing that could reach it. I felt my body freeze slightly as I grew worried that she changed her mind.
"There's a place in your heart where nobody's been…take me there… she murmured against my lips.
"You've been there all along…" I whispered back.
(I hope you all liked this chapter! It was a little shorter than the others but I think the saying "Quality is better than Quantity" applies in this case! I'm not an erotic author, but I hope the love scene was done both tastefully and respectfully. Please please please review! Thanks so much for all the lovely comments so far. Love you all! Xo.)