Here's chapter 5! I suffered serious writer's block with this chapter so it's not the best but I hope you enjoy it all the same. The song is Whatever It Takes ~ Lifehouse, brilliant song!

I'll do whatever it takes,

To turn this around.

I know what's at stake,

I know that I've let you down.

I walked down the familiar old staircase like nothing had changed, like I was still the old person who watched his brother with the love of his life but everything had changed. Nothing would be the same after today. Today was the day that I would fight for Elena, fight for her love and affection that I had made her forget so long ago.

Stefan was nowhere to be found around the house and immediately I assumed that he had stayed the night at Elena's but I could have sworn I had heard him come home in the late hours of the morning. Stefan could possibly be hunting or he may have gone back to Elena's house to see her again. I rolled my eyes at the thought and made my way to the door, after all I couldn't be late for mine and Caroline's meeting.

I opened the door and to my surprise Elena was stood behind it. She had a purple scarf wrapped around her delicate neck and she hugged her brown leather jacket closer to her body. She did a double take when she saw me open the door and then she smiled as a form of early morning greeting.

"Hey, Damon. Is Stefan here?" She asked me politely, not making direct eye contact with me for some strange unknown reason.

"Nope, I think he's hunting with his woodland creatures." I replied, doing my infamous eye thing that she loved though she would never admit to it.

"Oh okay thanks. Can I come in and wait for him?"

Really? The only time Elena wanted to come into my home when Stefan hadn't been there was now, when I was going to see her friend about how to get Elena back in my arms? Nope, that wasn't twisted or annoying at all.

"Sure but you will be waiting by yourself. I have to go and meet someone."

"That's fine."

I walked out of the door wanting to say something else to her to say something that would make her trust me or at least make her feel something for me. She smiled at me and then walked into the house and I just stood outside watching her. It had just been so long since I had last been able to watch her without prying eyes and as I watched take off her jacket and scarf to put it on the coat hangers. Elena had to stretch her toes to place her jacket on the coat hanger so I used my vampire speed and flashed by the side of her.

"Here let me." I said taking her jacket and scarf and placing them neatly on the coat hangers that had been there for centuries.

"Thanks." She muttered gazing up at me from underneath her long eyelashes.

"Anytime."

We stayed there for a moment just staring at each other, just simply looking at each other. For a moment I thought nothing had changed, that we were still together wrapped up in our little bubble that didn't involve anyone but us. Elena glanced down at the floor quickly and everything shattered. She wasn't mine anymore, she belonged to Stefan but that could easily be justified.

"I better go." I told her and she nodded moving out of my way so I could leave the Salvatore Boarding House behind.

"Thank you for what you did for Caroline yesterday. You know stopping her from drinking that woman's blood, thank you for that." She whispered.

In my entire life many people had said to me 'thank you' but it never meant that much to me but when she told me thank you, even though it was for something that I hadn't done, I couldn't help but smile. When Elena told me thank you it meant more to me than anything or anyone in my life.

"It was no problem."

Elena nodded with a smile on her face and it was the second time in a matter of minutes where we just looked at each other. She blushed slightly and looked at the floor trying to avoid eye contact with me, hoping that I hadn't noticed the blush that she wore on her face.

"I should go." I told her trying not to laugh at her embarrassment, she was just so beautiful and cute.

"Yeah, bye."

"Bye."

I was sprawled across Caroline's bed and she was pacing in front of me thinking of ideas of how I could make Elena remember our past relationship. I thought I just had to get close enough and then compel her to remember but Caroline was totally against that. Caroline thought I should gain Elena's trust, become her friend and then tell her about the past relationship. Caroline thought that would be best because then Elena could chose whether or not she was ready to remember and that I would have to wait until she was ready for me to compel her.

"I think that's better than do something against her will for the second time, Damon." She hissed at me when I told her I didn't want to have to wait that long for her to know.

The words tugged at me and I knew Caroline was right. I would have to wait, I had already betrayed her trust and compelled her to forget me, I couldn't do that again. I wouldn't do that again, Elena deserved more than that. Elena was worth the wait and maybe it wouldn't take that long for me to gain her trust.

"You're right. I can't do that to her again." I whispered to Caroline knowing that her vampire hearing could pick it up what I just said.

I jumped off the bed and made my way to her bedroom window. She had a different view of Mystic Falls to Elena. Caroline's view was of a crowded pedestrian street that never seemed lifeless, there was always someone walking around and living their lives. Elena's view was of the forest that surrounded Mystic Falls. In a way it symbolised their different personalities, Elena was always surrounded and sheltered by someone or something and Caroline always liked gossip and she knew everything about everyone.

"You really love her don't you?" Caroline whispered her head tilting to the side.

"Yeah, I really do."

I wanted to leave and just run away as fast as I could. I didn't want to get sentimental, especially with Caroline. Caroline may be helping me with Elena but we weren't friends and sometimes we didn't even like each other so why should I show her the human side to me when I had never shown it to anyone else other than Elena?

"Look Caroline thank you for your help but I think I should go now plus don't you have some High School studying to do or something?" I muttered under my breath as I made way to the door, hoping to leave as soon as possible.

"Yeah I guess. Come over here after I finish school tomorrow?"

"Sure."

I didn't even thank her for the help she was giving me and I knew I should because she was risking her friendship with Elena by helping me but I just couldn't bring myself to say the two the words. I would repay her for all the help she had given me but that wouldn't be today. I would tell her thank you when all this was over and Elena was back in my arms because that's when the plan would have worked, that would be when Caroline's help would actually be significant to me.

I drove home in utter silence. Mystic Falls looked empty tonight, no citizen wondered the streets, no children played on the sidewalk. There was nothing. When I passed the Mystic Grill came into sight, I saw Matt Donovan and Tyler Lockwood outside trying their best to stand straight and not to look they were drunk. I smirked, did teenagers really have nothing else to do these days but get smashed?

I pulled up outside the Boarding House and seen Elena's car parked in the driveway. Her car instantly reminded me of the moment we had shared earlier with no one around and I could feel the ache in my chest roar, my heart wanted more than just the odd moments with Elena. I wanted more than that, I wanted all of her.

I slammed my car door shut with a groan and didn't even bother to lock it. The night's air was cold and there was a slight wind that would pierce your skin and turn it red but you would only feel that if you were human, not a monster. I shrugged my leather jacket off not even bothering to wait till I was inside and folded it over my arm.

The Boarding House was empty downstairs and all I could hear from upstairs was a tiny little heartbeat that was beating at a considerable amount per second. I walked up the stairs hesitantly just in case my brother was with Elena but I couldn't hear him or his fake laboured breathing that was unnecessary to his living condition. I followed the sound of her heartbeat and I didn't find her in Stefan's room like I had expected to. No, instead I found her waiting in my room with tears streaming down her face.

"Elena? What happened? What's wrong?" I whispered softly to her.

I sat down on my knees in front of her, looking her directly in the eye trying to see what was wrong by the emotion that held in her eyes but unfortunately they were unreadable. Elena run her hands through her hair and she stopped crying yet she still looked extremely frail and hurt.

"What the hell is this Damon?" She whispered back at me and confusion swept over both of our faces.

Elena lifted her hand in front of my face and I peered down at her delicate fingers. First I saw the torn edges of a photograph and as Elena flattened the photograph and flicked the remains of dust off of the photograph making it more clear to the human eye. The picture came into sight before it actually processed into my brain, no this couldn't be happening.

"What is this Damon?" Elena asked again her eyes flickering from the photo to me.

I didn't know what to say or do as Elena held up the photograph of me and her together as a couple. This was not going to plan, what was I supposed to tell her? I couldn't lie to her, not again. I had to tell her the truth, I had to tell her everything.

"Elena, I'm not going to lie to you, okay? Everything I am about to tell you is the truth."

And if you give me a chance,

And give me a break,

I'll keep us together.

I know you deserve much better.