Katherine blinked back tears.
"Oh jeez, stop acting like such a girl. You've been through worse." She said, softly, to herself.
He had reminded her of the time when he was human, and she had fallen for both him and Stefan.
Oh well. At least he's gotten his happy ending.
Life.
It can twist your heart
Put you in the dark.
Not that it made her feel any better.
She scoffed, wiping her eyes, and kept walking.
x-x
Damon was in one of the worst moments of his undead-life.
He felt…wrong.
Like, something of his had got away and now he needed it more than ever but he was never going to find it again.
And that was Katherine, but he wasn't going to admit it that easily.
His thoughts were interrupted as Elena barged in.
"Um, I thought about my feelings. And I broke up with Stefan. I want to be with you, Damon." She said, walking towards him.
Somehow, those words didn't really have the effect he wanted.
Why was that, again?
Oh yeah. Because he had been an idiot and listened to Katherine's way to get the girl.
Sure it had worked, but, it had done something worse.
It had left him, confused, sick, and drunk.
"I don't know what to say." He said, honest.
She came towards him, and kissed him. But he didn't feel that spark.
Why did he desperately want that?
That thing he felt with…her.
His phone rang.
He pulled away, and walked over to it, and picked it up.
"Go for Damon." He said, wondering who it was.
"Hey, Damon? It's Zach. Angie's, um, dying. She wants you here." His old friend said, faltering at her name.
"What?" Damon asked, still not able to wrap his head around it.
Angie was his best friend for six decades, back since 1920.
She'd always been there for him, never judging, offering 'benefits' when he needed, allowing him to get through his phases.
She'd been his best friend. And then, she's found 'the one' for herself. Zach. And she loved him, and they had gotten married, and were happy as ever. And she had waved him off for his quest for Katherine.
"She wants to talk to you." Zach said, barely hiding the emotion in his voice.
"Yeah, um, put her on." Damon replied, still in the throes of shock.
'Excuse me' he mouthed to Elena, before walking out.
"Hey, Damon." Angie's frail voice spoke over from the phone.
"Angie, what the hell happened?" he yelled into the phone, freaking out.
"Everything ends someday, Damon. Vampires just die later than ever. My blood's been poisoned. Never mind that. I had to give you some last minute advice." She said, breathing heavily.
"Angie, we can, find a cure. We can do something. Come on. Don't leave." He said, trying to swallow the lump in his dry throat.
"Shhhh. I don't have much time left. And I wanna spend it with Zach. Now you listen to me, Damon. I don't know how your love life's been lately, but, I want you to know, it's time for you to wake up and live. It's time for you to be happy again. Just, promise me, that's you're going to be happy. Okay?" she said, coughing in the middle.
"Angie, I'm so confused about everything. And now, you…and I can't focus." He said, sighing.
"Look, Damon. I've lived a century more than you. I've been through a lot. And I'm telling you Damon, the thing you want, is right there. It's right in front of you. You just gotta shove all the other stuff into the sides and think about it. But don't think for too long. Go get that idiot, whoever she maybe." She said, her breathing getting heavily.
"I'm going to miss you, angie." He said, before sighing.
"I'm going to miss you too, dumbass. You're my best friend. Anyways, I know you'll get your happy ending. Jus know, it's not always happy, and it's never the ending. It's just the beginning. Figure it out, and then run. Listen, I gotta go. I need to say goodbye to Zach and listen to highway to hell." She said, coughing a little.
"Yeah, it was your favorite song. Just didn't know you were going to add it on your, 'die to' playlist." He said, smiling just a little.
"Yeah. Haha. Glad to see you're still funny. Remember, its right in front of you. Go grab it. Goodbye, Damon. Love you." She said, before disconnecting.
Damon sighed before whispering. "Love you too, angie. I'll try to." He whispered.
Time to face the crowd, he thought walking into the boarding house.
"What happened?" Elena asked, sounding concerned.
"Nothing. A friend, needed to say goodbye." He said.
"So, um, Damon, I'm thinking about taking some time off from Stefan and um, exploring our relationship. That's okay right?" she asked, skipping over.
"Wait, what?" he asked.
"Well, um, I talked to Stefan and he says he's going to fight you for me. And you will too, so, I've decided I'm going to date both of you." She said, sheepishly.
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Please stop the previous one, and play "right in front of me" by "Celine Dion."
Thank you and I hope you enjoy.
*CONTINUE.*
"You know what, Elena?" he said, a raw moment of realization creeping its way into him.
He didn't like Elena.
Sure, he thought he loved her, and all.
But he didn't really, 'like' her.
"I'm not going to fight anymore. At least not for you. Stefan can have you. I have to go fight for someone else." He said, taking hold of her hand.
"Goodbye, Elena. Have a good life with my baby bro." he said, rushing out the door.
He had to go fight for her.
For Katherine.
Who had somehow, again, stole his heart.
And he was going to fight for that.
He walked out, smiling a little.
Right in front of you.
Right in front of me.
He had to find her.
He had to tell her that.
She was right there, and he was late.
He sure as hell wasn't going to be this time.
The love was always there.
That you were right in front of me.
I have to fall to finally see…..
You were right in front of me…..
You were right in front of me….
EEEEKkkkkk! Oh my god! Third-last chapter.
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