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Elena's POV

We start making our way back to the cabin.

"So..."

"So..what?" He asks.

"When are we going to get married?" I ask excitedly.

"Whenever you want."

"Really?"

"Really."

I mean everyone is practically here anyway. I couldn't imagine being married anywhere else. I mean this place is beautiful.

"We can have the wedding here."

"Sounds perfect."

"Caroline is going to have a field day." We both laugh. We walk up the stairs to the cabin. I can't wait to tell my best friends! Damon holds the door open for me and I make my way to Bonnie's room. I knock quietly and wait for her to open the door, I quickly grab her hand without saying a word. She follows me to Caroline's room and I knock once again. And Klaus opens the door completely shirtless.

"It's for you love."

Caroline comes to the door and I pull them both to the living room. I'm so excited.

"What's going on?" They ask in unison. I hold out my hand to show them the ring. They gasp and we start jumping up and down like kids, squealing.

"I have so much to do! So much planning to do."

"Care, I'm having it here. The only person we're inviting is Alaric. It's going to be small."

"I've got to get a p"

I could tell that she wasn't listening. "Small Caroline. We can't make a huge deal with it. I mean we're in hiding. We don't want to attract a lot of attention."

"I know I'm sorry, I'll keep myself in check. But it's still going to be a lot of fun."

"So how did he propose?" Bonnie asked.

I explained almost every single detail of what happened and they both were in awe.

"Congratulations Elena!" We're both so happy for you.

"Thanks guys." I couldn't stop smiling.

"Care, do you think you can find me a dress?" I told her what I wanted and she already knew my sixze.

"I'll start looking now." She giggles.

"How? I'm sure stores are closed by now."

"Online silly. When do you want to have it?"

"As soon as possible."

"We'll start making the plans. There isn't anything that you have to do but relax."

"Thanks guys, I really appreciate this."

"No problem." Bonnie smiles.

"Now go enjoy yourself. We're going to be pretty busy."

"Okay, thank you both so much." I hug them both. And with that they both took off like there's no tomorrow.

I can't wait to be Mrs. Damon Salvatore. I lean back on the couch and fist pump like a kid kicking my feet in the air. I know that Caroline is going to find the perfect dress for me. I just know it. And as for Damon, god I can't wait to see him in a tux again. I couldn't help but smile. Who would've thought that Damon...my Damon would change as much as he has. I think back to the first time he told me that he loved me.

I had just found the picture of katherine in Stefan's room. I was filled with so many different emotions. I ran to my car and sped off and crashed my car. Damon saved me and kidnapped me. I chuckle thinking back to it. He took us to Georgia to see Bree. He had wanted to find a way to open the tomb to get Katherine out. Bree had been slipping vervaining in my beers. Anyway he had dropped me off at my house. I made my way up the stairs and made my way to the bathroom to get dressed for bed. I opened the bathroom to that led to my bedroom to see Damon sitting on the window bench.

'Cute pjs.'

'I'm tired damon.'

'I brought you this.' he held up my necklace.

'I thought that it was gone thank you.' I reached for the necklace and he pulled it back. 'please give it back.'

'I just have to say something.'

'Why do you have to say it with my necklace?'

'Because what I'm about to say... is probably the most selfish thing I've said in my life.'

'Damon don't go there.'

no I just have to say it once. You just need to hear it. I love you Elena. And its because I love you that I can't be selfish with you. Why you can't know this. I don't deserve you but my brother does. God I wish you didn't have to forget this but you do. And with that he left. I knew that he was trying to compell me and I wasn't sure why. I had thought back to our trip and it's the only thing that I had come up with.

And the moment Stefan asked me if I was in love with his brother. It was right after he came home after being with Klaus. I think back and run it thru my head again.

I walk into his room, 'You haven't said much since you got back home.'

'I'll be a ball of sunshine when Damon gets Alarics stake back. I promise'

'You really scared me today. You wouldn't have survived it you went up against Klaus on your own. You know that right?'

'Well you don't have to worry about that anymore.'

'why'

'Cus he's not worth it. All this time and energy that I wasted for hating him. It was for nothing. It's done. Its over. We lost. I'm right back where I started.'

"That's not true. yah klaus dragged you through hell. But you came out the other side. You beat him by being better than him."

"And what did I lose in the process? Being with Klaus was easy. It allowed me to ignore everything that was happening around me. I let slip away and now i have to deal with that. ".

'Stefan.'

No just admit it. Admit it to me elena I know you don't owe it to me but i just need to hear you say it.

I can't... because it's not true stefan I never stopped loving you.

I know that. I know you didn't. Even tho i did... everything possible to push you away. It's my fault. Its all my fault.

'What are you talking about?'

I'm talking about the fact that you're also in love with damon.

What? No stefan it was just-

Hey I love you I will always love you. I just want you to look me in the eye and tell me that you don't feel something for him.

I don't know what I feel.

But when I looked back at that moment later on, I knew that I had some sort of feelings for him. I was just too blinded to see it for myself. Everyone knew that I had loved Damon...even before I did.

I think back to when I first realized that I had loved him.

It was my birthday... Damon and I spent the entire summer looking for Stefan. And I was trying to put on a good face because Caroline was throwing this party for me but I was just so sad. I was two seconds from deciding that I wasn't going to go. I wasn't going to leave the room until Damon walked in to give me my birthday gift. It was the necklace that Stefan had given me. I'd lost it but Damon knew what the necklace meant to me. What it meant about my feelings for Stefan. Even though he loved me he gave me the one thing that represented hope for me and his brother. I knew how much it hurt him but he did it. It was the most selfless that he's ever been and in that moment I loved him. I didn't want to I mean it terrified me. But for that moment I loved him. And now we're together and are going to be married.

"Elena...are you okay?" It broke me out of my thoughts.

Damon was sitting next to me and wiping my eyes. At some point I must've been crying.

"I'm just so happy, Damon. But I can't stop feeling like this is too good to be true. Like something is going to ruin everything."

"Elena. Baby, nothing is going to ruin our happiness if I have anything to do about it. You deserve to be happy."

"We both do." I corrected him.

"We are going to get married, have our baby, and live happily ever after. I promise." And with that he picks me up bridal style and takes me back to our room.