I grabbed my bag and shoved my clothes in to it. The sun was shining through to window just slightly enough to cast a shadow.
It had been four days since the meeting and I couldn't get Katherine out of my head. Damon had finally healed enough to get up out of bed. For the past days he had just lay there.
Things had been quiet. With Damon laid up things with Stefan and I were awkward. We barley talked and by the end of the week I was happy that Jenna and Alaric were coming back.
It was a reason to take some time at home.
I did regret not telling Stefan in the beginning but I couldn't face the fact that I loved them both. Katherine was right it was too late for history to repeat because it already had.
I was scared of the truth but in the end things felt better when they were out.
I heard footsteps behind me and turned to find Damon.
"Hey." I said, shoving my converse into my bag.
He looked down at my bag with a questioning look.
"You're leaving?"
I sighed. "Jenna and Alaric are coming home tomorrow, so I figured I would head." I said.
"What about John." He asked.
"I don't know." I said. "Hopefully he will be leaving tomorrow but I can deal with him for one more night."
He nodded his head.
"I just wanted to thank you." He said.
"For what."
"For taking care of me." He said.
He didn't seem to want to admit that he had to have my help.
"It's fine." I said. "I owed you anyways."
He leaned down to kiss me.
"Where is Stefan?" I asked.
He straightened up.
"Upstairs thinking about his existence." Damon said.
"Well can you tell him I said goodbye?" I asked.
He nodded.
I grabbed my bag and headed for the door.
"Elena." Damon said.
I turned to see his chest.
He leaned down and I felt his soft lips touch my forehead.
I smiled at him.
"Bye." I said.
I watched Elena pull out of the driveway and walked up the stairs.
Stefan was sitting on the edge of his bed, slumped over. He looked up as I walked in.
"What is with the depressed crap?" I said. "All is well. Elena is safe and Katherine won't be back for a while."
"You just don't get it do you?" He said.
"Get what?"
"You won Damon." He said. "You won."
I raised my eyebrows at him.
"You don't even try, you can be a complete jackass and still get the girl. I protected her, took care of her, and made sure she was always happy. But in the end you still ended up with her. Your inconsiderate, rude, and cocky but yet you still won."
I rolled my eyes.
"It's just like with Katherine. She still chose you over me." He spat.
"No Stefan I'm afraid you don't get it." I said.
He looked up at me.
"It's not a game Stefan. You can't just throw a dart at them and choose. That's the idea, I didn't try she just came to me and I connected with her. She isn't a prize that you have to work for or do whatever it takes to please just so you can have her. Love isn't about working to make sure everything is perfect with no disagreements. It's about having to go through struggles and have some things be a complete mess. But that is the beauty of it; you don't have to constantly please. You can be happy, you can be yourself. That's your problem you look at it like a game when its not. You try too hard for something to work and then it just falls apart." I said.
He sat and didn't say a word.
I turned and walked out the door.
So the next chapter is the last chapter! I hope you liked it! ;)