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A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. I know I always leave you right on a cliffhanger, but your reviews have definitely helped with the writers block I had going on.

Last chapter we finally got to see not only how Damon and Azkedelia first met but she also saved his life. In a result Damon forgot why he was angry with Azkedelia and called on her like he used to. Will she respond this time? Let's read and find out! Enjoy!

Chapter 13 – Coming Clean

Damon's POV

A few moments after I called for her I heard her coming up the stairs. I opened my door to find her standing there with her hand covered in blood.

"Are you going to let me in yet?" she questioned.

"Come on in" I said and she swept past me to the bathroom.

I noticed not only the blood but bruising on her arms as she cleaned her hand.

"What the hell happened?" I asked looking at her reflection in the mirror.

She dried her hands and turned back to face me.

"I said some things Stefan didn't want to hear" she stated.

I felt my blood to begin to boil at the thought of my brother touching her let alone hurting her. I went to leave to find him but Azkedelia turned me back around and pulled me into a kiss that completely washed away my anger. I felt her pull what energy she needed to heal her bruises and release the kiss.

"There's no need to go after him, I wounded him pretty bad with my white fire. He just didn't like hearing the truth" she smiled.

I walked over to the loveseat by the fireplace and sat down. I started thinking about how I was going to tell Azkedelia what was on my mind.

Azkedelia's POV

I walked to the doorway and could see there was something on Damon's mind. I walked over to the loveseat and sat on his lap. He instinctively wrapped his arms around me and laid a kiss upon my cheek. He sighed as he sat back still holding me.

"What's on your mind Damon?" I questioned.

"Do you remember the first time we met, that day in the forest by your house just after it turned twilight?"

"You mean the day Akelianna and I saved your ass from that clan of vampires?" I chuckled at the memory.

"Yeah well what about the promise?"

"That you'd come back to me? Yeah I remember" I smirked as I laid back and nuzzled my head into his neck.

"You ever wonder why I came back?" he asked and looked up to him.

"Years later I figured it was to help you get Katherine out of the tomb or because I looked like Amelia" I replied.

"I didn't even think of that until we split up" his voice changed to defense.

"Really?"

"Really"

"Then why did you come back Damon?" I asked as I looked deep into his beautiful sapphire eyes.

"Honestly you amazed me, the way you just trusted me as if you had known me your entire life, the way you saved my life knowing I wouldn't hurt you or your family, no one ever gave that kind of trust to me, not since I became a vampire" he looked into my eyes as spoke each word softly. I could tell by the tone of his voice he meant every word.

"You're telling the truth aren't you?"

"Yeah I'm telling the truth, you fascinated me that day, you were so confident and strong and you were only ten. When I came back and you showed up to the cabin you were so happy to see me. No one has ever been that happy to see me since I was human. In few ways you and Amelia are similar, but yo two are also completely different from one another. My falling in love with you had nothing to do with Amelia or Katherine. Somehow you pulled me from the darkness I had grown accustomed to and made my heart actually open to someone. You are truly and amazing woman Azzie and I just hope you won't have this grudge against me forever because…" his voice trailed off for a moment. "Because I love you Azzie and I don't ever see myself being with anyone else" he finished as he moved a stray hair from my face then caressed my cheek with his thumb.

"That's the first time you have ever said those words to me" I spoke tenderly.

I thought back to all those years of knowing Damon loved me, but there was always one little tiny part that wasn't sure because he had never said it. Not once in the fifteen years I've known him has he ever uttered those words to me let alone anyone else, except I heard him tell Destiny he loved her once. Now he had finally said it and I knew it was hard for him to open up like that, but now I knew. Damon loved me; he truly and whole heartedly loved me and didn't want anyone aside from me. The grudge he spoke of was lifted once he said those words and they processed through my mind.

"Yeah it is, but don't get used to it" he smirked kissing my forehead.

"Just say it once more please" I gave the puppy dog lip.

"Fine, I love you Azkedelia" I smiled and kissed him. I pulled back slightly so our lips still brushed one another.

"Once more with feeling?" I asked humorously.

"Don't push your luck Azzie" he said as he kissed me again then I laid my head back into the nape of his neck.

"I have one more confession" he sighed and I looked back up to him. "I owe you an explanation on why I left the way I did"

"I'm listening" this I definitely wanted to hear.

"We had just split up for the fourth time and it didn't look good on us getting back together. A vampire and her clan were passing through town and they were all a lot older than me, I'm talking centuries older. I met her at a nightclub and we hooked up. After it was over I told her I could never see her again. It just didn't feel right" he looked at me seriously "I was still in love with you" he sighed before he continued. "But she didn't like it and she became obsessed with me. I noticed she stayed in town and started having me followed. It wasn't long before she knew of you and your entire family. She came to me one night after I picked you and Akelianna up from a party and dropped you home. She said she and her clan would kill you if I wasn't with her. Like I said obsessed"

"Why didn't you just tell us, we'd have taken care of it" I interrupted him.

"She had three witches along with twelve vampires in her clan including her. I didn't want anything to happen to you or your family and you and I were fighting constantly so I just thought it would be better for everyone if I took off and that's what I did. I covered my tracks and just ran as far away as I possibly could. I ended up in Europe. I called Destiny to make sure you all were alright, but never told her where I was. That's when I became lost and got back on track of wanting Katherine out of that tomb. I'm sorry I left and I'm sorry I didn't fight to keep us together" he explained.

"Damon I don't blame you for what you did now that I know all of this. I'm only sorry I hated you for this long, so much of our time wasted because of such stupid things, but maybe this was supposed to happen this way, maybe we weren't ready for each other back then you know?" I smiled as I kissed him again.

"Maybe you're right, I mean you are most of the time" he chuckled.

"Thanks for coming clean with me Damon, it explained so much" I hugged him tight.

"I love you Azzie"

"I love you too Damon" I replied.

Just then there was a knock on the door. I got up and answered it revealing Destiny looking much better and no longer sick. She looked back to her good old strong self.

"Hey baby doll" she said with a smirk. I couldn't help but grin. Damon had joined us and walked past me straight to Destiny and picked her up into a hug.

"Oh okay" she chuckled. "What's gotten into him?" I simply shrugged my shoulders.

Okay so wow Damon came completely clean about everything and Azkedelia finally knows whole heartedly that Damon loves her and has always loved her. And now Destiny is awake and he just picked her up and hugged her. This is definitely not the Damon we know. Has his finally giving in to his love for Azkedelia changed him? Will he even need that spell now? Keep reading to find out! Remember to R&R! Especially on this one!