This missing scene begins after the end of Season 4 Episode 18, American Gothic…

"What do you want, Damon?" Elena asked. He had caught up with her outside, right after she killed a waitress. She was still walking away, her back to him.

"You know what I want," he said, moving to walk beside her.

She stopped and looked at him. "I told you, I'm done talking about it. I'm not listening to Stefan's 'you didn't give up on me' speech anymore. Consequences. "

Damon's face was serious as he responded, "Stefan's an idiot. You're nothing like him."

She continued to look at him, though she tilted her head as if confused.

Damon held his hands up like he was surrendering. "You're right. I like you better this way. I don't really want you to take the cure, anyway."

Her face hardened. "Then you need to quit bringing it up."

"Out of our hands," he said, lowering his arms.

She hesitated briefly before she asked, "And you really like me better this way?" Her voice showed she wasn't sure she believed him.

"You said it," he confirmed. "I'm just admitting it."

She turned and started walking again, though she noticed that he kept up with her, walked with her.

"I'll do what I said I would Damon," Elena said. "Anytime you try to 'fix' me."

"I know," he said. "I believe you."

They walked in silence briefly, before she said, "You don't have the influence you used to have over me now."

Damon snorted, "Yeah. That I know. That I've learned."

She stopped and turned on him again. "So why are you here? I don't need you. I thought I did, I knew you were more like me than anyone else; so I listened to you, I thought you understood me. But I learned in New York that all you want to do is change me."

Damon's brow furrowed as she continued. "You were willing to risk so much to give me what I wanted, even if it meant you would lose me. Isn't that right?"

He nodded slowly. "Yes."

"Congratulations, Damon," she said, with a bit of a smirk. "I have what I want – I am what I want to be. You gave me what I wanted, even if it's not what either of us thought."

Damon opened his mouth to try to say something, but he quickly closed it again. He had no response to that.

"I don't 'want' to kill people, Damon, but I want you guys to let me be me. I'll do whatever gets your attention whenever I think that you don't understand."

Damon nodded. "I get that."

He wasn't sure he should ask, but he was sure it couldn't get any worse for him. "And me? I mean, did I lose you?"

Elena had a full blown smirk. "Are you like me now?" she asked. When he didn't immediately respond, she turned and started walking again, saying "Time will tell."

He let her walk away from him.

Well, Elena is not what we're used to, and things don't look so good for Damon (especially given the previews). But that's the game, and I'm here to play the game.

Anyway, we know from experience that things will change a lot in the last 4 episodes.

If worse come to worst, I can always spend my time with the Doctor and Clara Oswin Oswald. I've been spending a fair amount of time with them the last few weeks anyway. Really, Clara and Elena are quite similar – both have long dark hair, both have dark eyes, both twice dead…