Chapter 3: Fools Rush In

"Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay
Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you." –Elvis Presley

Elena sat nervously in the small café just on the edge of town and awaited the person to arrive that she had needed to talk to nearly all day. Stefan and Bonnie's words still fought in her head as she slowly sipped her coffee, but Damon's beautiful, but cautious smile invaded her thoughts even more so than her friends troubling words. When Elena had told Damon that she had wanted to turn that night she had meant it. She had meant that she wanted to turn and that she wanted to turn for him because for the first time in her entire life she felt as if she loved someone with everything that she was and for everything they were; flaws and all. The date she had picked out, however, had been one of desperation and even she could admit, not clear thinking.

The past year had been nearly unbearable for Elena. She had spent her days trying to pay attention in the journalism class she was taking at the local University and her nights longing for just a glimpse of Damon's face. She had nearly lost Damon more times than she had cared to remember and she had nearly died herself even more than that over the past two years. Her decision to turn that night was not made out of concise planning…instead her decision was based in fear. Fear that if she didn't turn soon Klaus or one of their other many enemies would make sure that she and Damon never saw an eternity together. So there Elena sat at a small table in a café just on the edge of town and waited for the one person that she knew would understand her, not judge her and hopefully give her the advice that she so desperately needed.

"Wow, someone looks like they haven't slept in a while. Have you ever heard of makeup, Elena?" Caroline's bubbly voice burst into Elena's mind and jolted her head up to see the beautiful smile and flowing blonde curls that could only belong to the only vampire she knew that still would never leave the house without a good coat of makeup on.

"Yeah sorry about that, it's been a rough day." Elena said as she lifted her coffee cup to her lips once more and took a long drink. Caroline nodded and plopped herself down in the chair across from Elena.

"So, you want to tell me why I got the urgent text to meet you here, or am I going to have to drag it out of you like usual?" She asked with a smile as she waved to the waitress for another cup of coffee. Elena took in a long deep breath and nodded.

"Yes, I am going to tell you, but I need you to know Caroline, I asked you here because I need your opinion and I need you to really listen, okay?" She asked as she locked her eyes with Caroline's. Caroline smiled and nodded.

"Deal, now spill." She said as her blue eye's glittered with excitement. Elena took in a long deep breath once again and then tried her best to explain the nonsense that had been running around in her brain ever since that morning.

"I told Damon I wanted to turn." She blurted out as she stared at her friend. Caroline's eyes widen and her smile faded quickly from her perfect rose colored lips.

"Okay….so may I ask why?" Caroline asked as she tried to keep herself under control and not reach across the table and try to slap some sense into her friend. Elena swallowed and looked out the window of the café.

"Because I have almost died more times than I can count over the past two years and if I don't turn then I risk dying and then….well then we won't be together forever and forever with Damon is all that I want." She said in almost a whisper as she turned and looked down at her coffee. Caroline smiled.

"You would be with him for your forever, Elena." She said quickly. Elena looked up and gave Caroline a sarcastic glare.

"You know what I mean Caroline; I want to be with him for his forever. I love him." She said softly. Caroline smiled gently and nodded. She reached across the table and took Elena's hand in hers.

"I know Elena. I knew ever since the last time you drug me to this café that you loved Damon and I am really happy that you have finally admitted it to yourself, but this is definitely something you should think about. This is…like the biggest decision of your life…and death." Caroline said quickly with a smile. Elena smiled and nodded as she once again looked down.

"I told him I wanted to turn tonight." Elena whispered as she kept her gaze down toward the table and immediately felt Caroline's hand slip from hers. Elena raised her head slowly and stared at Caroline who now was not smiling at all.

"Elena…now I am going to sound like Bonnie for a second…but are you freaking out of your mind?" She asked as she stared at her. Elena shrugged her shoulders.

"I am not out of my mind I just want to be with him forever…and forever could start tonight." She said as she avoided Caroline's eyes. Caroline let out a breath and then reached back out for Elena's hand. Elena raised her eyes to Caroline's once again and for a moment actually listened to her friend.

"Elena, please listen to me. I was not given a choice in turning…and trust me being seventeen forever is not all it's cracked up to be. I don't regret becoming a vampire, but if I would have had a choice I would have thought about it longer than a day. This is not something you decide in a day or week or whatever. This is something that you take time and think about, if you and Damon are meant to be together forever then you will be. For now just take time and think about it. Think to yourself if you want this life because it's a life you are going to have for eternity and that is a very long time." Caroline said in a serious and mothering tone that Elena hadn't heard from her in a very long time. Elena swallowed and nodded and knew in that moment that Caroline was right.

"What do I tell Damon? He's going to be mad at me; he's going to think that I've changed my mind." She said as she shook her head and closed her eyes. Caroline laughed to herself and then squeezed Elena's hand.

"I think Damon will be a lot more understanding than you think. If I didn't know better, I would think he's kind of nervous about all this himself." She said with a smile. Elena looked at her in confusion.

"What are you talking about?" She asked as she let go of Caroline's hand. Caroline smiled and then nodded toward the small bar that sat just a few feet from them and there sitting on a bar stool nursing a tumbler of bourbon sat Damon in his leather jacket and black jeans. Elena smiled softly and then looked to Caroline. Caroline smiled and nodded.

"I'm going, just remember Elena this is your decision. Take your time and don't let anyone tell you what to do, one way or another." She said as she pushed herself up from the table and grabbed her purse. Elena smiled and stood and then hugged Caroline before she turned and began to make her way toward the bar.

"Hello stranger." Elena said as she sat down next to Damon and studied his profile in the dim lighting. Damon smiled.

"Hello yourself." He said as he raised his glass of bourbon to his lips and took a long swig. Elena looked down at the oak bar and began to drum her fingers nervously.

"How much of that did you hear?" She asked knowing very well that if Damon was in that café, he had definitely heard at least some of her and Caroline's conversation.

"Enough. Why didn't you tell me about this Elena, I would never ask you to turn period, let alone before you were ready? Why didn't you come to me?" He asked and even though Elena couldn't quite tell if he was angry, she could however sense a pain in his voice. Elena shrugged her shoulders and looked down at the bar.

"I didn't want you to be upset. I do want to turn, I would have never said it if I didn't mean it, but I know I should think about it longer than a week and I was just afraid to tell you. I was afraid that you would think it was because I didn't love you enough and the truth is…" Elena stopped as she finally lifted her head and turned back toward Damon. Damon slowly lifted his head and looked at her. His eyes were blood shot and she knew that he was nearing the brink of intoxication very rapidly.

"What is the truth, Elena? Now is as good of time as any. I have enough bourbon in me to get me through any human truths you might have for me." He said coldly. Elena was right; he thought it was because she didn't love him. Slowly, Elena reached up and touched her hand to the side of Damon's neck. She stared into his beautiful cobalt blue eyes and took in a deep breath.

"The truth is, the reason I wanted to turn so quickly is because since Klaus seems to want me dead and I have incredibly bad luck when it comes to the supernatural, I just wanted to do it before I lost you. I wanted to turn so I could spend eternity with you and any time I had here on earth as a human just didn't and doesn't still sound like enough. I am in love with you Damon; I want to turn…but maybe just not tonight. I want to love you as a human for a little bit longer." She said softly as she kept her gaze locked with his. Damon stared at her and slowly moved his hand up over hers and then swallowed hard before he spoke.

"Let's get out of here." He whispered. Elena nodded and then before she knew it she was out of the bar and in the passenger seat of Damon's car as they sped down the highway toward the Boarding House.

Elena's back hit the front door of the Boarding House as Damon's body crushed against hers in a heated rush only moments after they had closed the doors to his blue Camaro. His lips caressed hers with a soft intensity that seemed to burn through her skin and deep into her aching core that begged for his touches to never stop.

"Damon…we have to go inside…" Elena moaned as she felt Damon's mouth begin to trail hot open mouthed kisses down her neck moving closer to her collarbone.

"Relax; he won't be home for a while. He's hunting." Damon groaned as he ran his teeth carefully over the soft skin of her chest as he began ripping open buttons to her form fitting crimson top.

"Damon…we…can't do this outside." Elena moaned as she felt Damon's mouth slide over the satin fabric of her bra and let his tongue caress her nipple through the thin material that was soon becoming wet from his dripping wet mouth.

"We can…and we are." He moaned just as Elena felt Damon's teeth rip into the thin fabric of her bra and in an instant it was lying on the ground.

"Damon." Elena moaned and she tangled her fingers in his hair. Damon moaned and then let his tongue run up over her taut nipple and then the expanse of her chest and up her throat once again. He slowly moved his mouth just over her lips and stared into her chocolate brown eyes. Elena's breath caught in her chest as his beautiful blue eyes seemed to be on fire and his breathing hit hard against her wet hot skin.

"Did you really mean it when you said you wanted to love me like a human for a little longer?" Damon asked breathlessly against her lips. Elena swallowed hard and simply nodded her head as she felt her words being lost around her. Damon nodded as he leaned down and ran his tongue slowly over Elena's bottom lip. Elena shivered and felt goose bumps break out of her skin as she tried to control her rampantly beating heart.

"Yes Damon, I want to love you…anyway that I can for as long as I can." She finally mumbled as she tried to keep herself collected. Damon nodded as he swallowed thickly and then moved from Elena's trembling lips to the side of her face where he just let his lips graze the soft and delicate skin of her ear as he spoke.

"Then I promise you, until the moment that I make you mine for eternity, I will give you every sensation you could possibly imagine and make every moment that heart beats inside of you worthwhile." He whispered huskily. Elena swallowed and nodded as she felt Damon nibble just on the side of her ear as his hands ran over her now trembling flesh.

"Every….sensation." He whispered. Elena let out a breath and before she knew it she was off her feet and Damon had pressed her harder against the large oak door that separated them from the inside of the Boarding House. Elena quickly wrapped her legs around Damon and before she could speak his lips crushed down on hers and claimed her once again as his.

Elena's mouth moved hard against Damon's as she felt his hands roam over her semi-clothed body and with every kiss she felt herself needing more. She felt her shirt and skirt hit the ground below them and before she knew it, her panties had been ripped from her body and she was naked against the smooth cool oak. Under normal circumstances she would have been worried about getting caught, but on this perfect cool night she didn't care who saw them. She had hidden how she felt about Damon for long enough and if someone found them like this now she didn't care. All she cared about in that moment was showing Damon that she loved him and that no matter if she was human or a vampire, she was his…forever.

"What do you want, Elena?" Damon's voice was low and thick as he pulled away suddenly from her swollen wet lips. Elena swallowed hard and leaned closer to let her mouth linger on his once more so not to lose the sweet and addictive connection that sparked between them.

"I want you Damon. God, I want you." She whispered as she tried to connect their mouths more tightly once again, but felt Damon once again pull away.

"What do you want right now, in this moment?" He asked as he stared at her. Elena looked into the beautiful blue orbs that danced in the moonlight before her and she felt her body become even weaker than before.

"I want to feel you Damon…all of you." She whispered as she panted out her nearly every word. Damon nodded as he licked his lips.

"You have no idea how long I've waited for all of this Elena. I have wanted you like this since I first met you. Having you is like…" He stopped for a moment, but Elena slid her hands up from his shoulders and to his face as she stared at him.

"What?" She asked softly. Damon swallowed and then leaned closer to her and pressed his body hard against hers. Elena moaned as she felt the length of him against her trembling core and in that moment she was ready to beg for whatever he had to give her.

"It's like being human again. You make me feel…alive." He whispered and in that second Elena felt her heart pound even harder against her chest. She was willing to die for him to become a vampire and yet her humanity is what made him feel the way he longed to feel since 1864. They both gave each other something the other needed, but at the same time was willing to give it all away just for the sake of their tumultuous and imperfect love.

"You are alive and I love you." Elena whispered and then crushed her mouth against his and joined them once again.

Finally, Elena pulled back from Damon's mouth and just as she did she felt him position himself between her legs. Elena tightened her legs around him and as she felt his mouth come down on hers carefully but full of passion. She took in a ragged deep breath and just as she closed her eyes and bit down on the side of Damon's neck she felt him push himself deep inside of her and suddenly the fire that had sparked between them ignited and nearly exploded into the cool night sky.

"Mmmm…" Elena moaned as her teeth dug in slightly deeper to Damon's flesh as she gripped his body as tight as she could. Damon groaned as he began to move faster inside of her and with every moan she made he only wanted her more.

Soon, Elena felt her body being slammed against the large oak door and even though it hurt she felt her orgasm beginning to build. The connection between her and Damon, the pressure from hitting the surface behind her and the feeling of Damon deep inside her made her feel as if she were going to explode. Just as she felt herself nearing her release and her body tightening around her she felt Damon begin to slow down and eventually stop.

"Why are you stopping? What's wrong?" She asked breathlessly. Damon smiled and quickly pulled her body closer to his.

"Stefan, he's back. He's coming out of the woods. We gotta move…quickly." He said with a grin and then quickly wrapped his arms around her body and opened the large door as he held her tight against him.

Elena had never felt her body move so fast in her entire life. Damon held her tightly in his arms and flew up the stairs at inhuman speed just as Elena heard the downstairs door opening once again behind them. Her vision was blurred as they reached the top of the stairs, but in a slight moment of clarity Elena's eyes locked with a pair of piercing green eyes that stood at the bottom of the staircase. In that moment she watched as Stefan swallowed the silent pain that she knew was crushing him from the inside out. The silent pain that she had caused when she had chosen Damon over him...the pain she would never be able to take away and a pain he would never be able to forget.

Please read and review! OK, so what did you all think of that? I wanted to show that the reason Elena wanted to turn so quickly was her fear of losing Damon forever by her being killed or anything really that could happen to her mortal body. I wanted Caroline to be the helper in this because in my stories their bond is always tight. Did you like the way this chapter was better than last? I hope so. OK, so more to come, more smut, drama, Stefan angst and yes at some point a vampire Elena. I want things to flow naturally though as to try to follow character. Let me know what you all think, please hit the button below and review. Thank you everyone for reading, I appreciate it tons!