This is a continuation of the Damon and Elena scene which takes place in her bedroom after Damon saves her at the bridge near the end of Season 4, Episode 6 – We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes…
"There may be a way out of this for you Elena," Damon told her, looking intently into her eyes. "There may be a cure."
She continued to look at him as his words sank in. "Cure?"
Damon nodded. "A cure for vampirism."
Elena forced herself to look away from his intense, blue eyes. They were too distracting.
"A cure," she repeated. "And Stefan knew this?"
"Klaus told him about it," Damon said, "The hunter was supposed to lead him to the cure."
"Klaus," Elena repeated shaking her head.
"Stefan was just following Klaus' orders." Damon finished.
Elena's face turned on him suddenly, "Why are you defending Stefan? It doesn't matter why he lied – look where his lies got us." She lowered her eyes and softly added, "I almost killed myself."
"But you didn't," Damon whispered taking her hand again.
Elena's eyes first went to Damon's hand which was holding her hand, then moved up to his eyes. "Thanks to you."
Damon's curiosity got the best of him. "What did you see? You know, when you were…hallucinating. Was it like the werewolf venom?"
She laughed, just a little. "You mean, did I see you again?" Elena shook her head stiffly. "No. I saw Connor, Katherine and my mother." She let out a breath. "They all told me to kill myself – that I was a monster now."
Damon nodded. "You're no monster. You're still Elena. And you came out of it alive."
"Thanks to you," she repeated.
"And Jeremy," Damon added quickly. "And Bonnie…and Stefan."
Elena closed her eyes and shook her head again. "Don't"
"It's true, Elena," Damon said, eyes fixed on hers, moving his free hand so that both of his hands were holding hers. "You know that. He did it stupidly, but he did it for you."
She looked down for a few seconds, then felt him releasing her hands and rising to leave. She watched him turn from her before asking softly, "Why do you always leave?"
Damon froze briefly, a few steps away from her, his back to her.
He turned to face her when she added, "You save me, like you did today, or you help me, then you bring me home, and leave."
His face was serious as he replied "You didn't used to want me here. You would act upset to see me whenever I came here."
Elena nodded her head and softly replied, "I did. I used to, but not now."
Damon moved to sit by her again. "And Stefan is either here when I bring you home, or he shows up right after."
She nodded as she held his eyes. "So it's Stefan? You help me, then leave because of Stefan?"
He took one of her hands in his again and looked intently into her eyes as he answered, "I help you because you need it. I want you to be healthy and happy. So I help you learn to feed, I try to help you understand what it is to be a vampire. I do everything I can to help you become a vampire."
She nodded, but held his eyes. "I know, and I appreciate it."
"But it's not enough. I can't give you everything you wanted – not now. But I can help you get what you want now - who you want. Who you chose."
She felt consumed by his intensity again. She couldn't respond, but didn't need to. He continued speaking to softly, earnestly.
"It's not about Stefan, Elena, it's about you – it's about what you want. You chose Stefan, and I may not understand it, I may not like it, but if you want Stefan, I will try to give you that. I will help you get blood and hide it from him, if that's what you want. I will take you out feeding, and bring you home to him. I will bring you back here, to him, every time we're out together, but it's not because of him, it's because of what you want."
He rose to leave again, was starting to walk away from her. She was having trouble saying anything at all, but managed to ask, in a soft whisper, "But what if it's not him that I want?"
He stopped again, but did not turn to face her. "Then I hope you'll tell me. And I'll do anything I can to get you what you do want."
Elena found herself lowering her eyes and grimacing as she nodded. It took her a few seconds to get up the nerve, but she finally said, "Damon," as she raised her eyes to meet his.
She closed her eyes again and said no more. He was gone.
Oh, will our Delena dreams come true? Based on the past, not so fast…but for a couple of weeks I will hope.
Maybe these little scenes won't be needed anymore – for awhile at least...
(and if these little scenes are disrupted by the show going Delena, then The Hope and the Need is totally screwed. Is it wrong for me to wish for that?)