Damon had arrived in Mystic Falls. This town was his home, as it had been for many years until leaving for college. He had known that Elena could be out with her friends or with Stefan. While though he had known of Elena's previous relationship with his brother, Damon had only kept the secret about his relationship with her from Stefan. He wasn't the kind of person to express his feelings about a woman who left him in his own apartment. The Salvatore Boarding house was his second home. The first one had been destroyed in a fire. When their father had passed away, the Boarding house was left under Damon's name, in which he had allowed Stefan to stay in while Damon was off partying during his college years. Damon had never intended to stay in Mystic Falls for his entire life, nor had he ever thought of returning to the town that didn't want him in the first place. He knew where his place was, and it wasn't Mystic Falls. He had no reason to come back here, well, other than Elena.

From the Boarding house, Damon drove his Chevy Camaro. He had inherited it from his father, leaving Damon to keep up with the maintenance of the car. Arriving at the Gilbert residence, he knocked on the door and waited until there was an answer. Jenna opened the door and smiled. "Damon, what a nice surprise." Damon had stated that he needed to talk with her. Jenna nodded and allowed Damon to enter the house. She offered him something to drink while he had gotten himself situated on the couch. Jenna had known about Damon from stories Alaric would tell. However, it was only a few times that she had actually met him. Though, when she was younger, she would see Damon around town before he had gone off to college. "Water, thanks." said Damon. Jenna walked into the kitchen to grab him a glass before joining him in the living room.

"What are you here to talk about?"

"I'm here to ask about Elena."

"She's out with her friends."

Damon took a sip from his glass and sets it down on the coffee table. "I'm not sure if she's told you that she and I have previously dated. However, she and I aren't exactly on speaking terms. I was wondering if you keep this meeting a secret and not tell her that I stopped by."

"I won't. I'm not exactly known to pry in anyone's business. Well, with the exception of busting Jeremy for pot after his parents died. Elena called the day after her graduation and told me she met someone in class on her first day of college. She had never mentioned that person's name. I could hear that she sounded upset and couldn't tell anyone about her relationship because it was wrong. The way she described them reminded me of you." said Jenna.

Damon sighed, "I hurt her Jenna. I'm the reason she's upset. I was talking with another girl until Elena had found out. I want to make it right. I want to fix things between she and I."

"Then, that's what you'll have to do Damon."

Elena laid wide awake in her room, only three hours ago Damon had gotten on a plane to New York. He had originally planned to leave without a goodbye. At least, she had caught him before he did. She couldn't be in this apartment thinking about Damon. She missed him. Caroline was asleep and so were her other friends. She quietly got out of bed, put on a jacket, and drove to her childhood home. It was the middle of the night when Jenna heard a knock at the door. She was surprised to see Elena standing at the entry way, tears streaming down her face. She reached out and hugged her niece. "Damon left. He left, and it's my fault." Elena cried.

"You will see him again Elena." Jenna reassured. Elena pulled away, not wanting to believe her aunt. She shook her head, ignoring that what Jenna had said might be true. "You need to believe that Elena."

"He asked Caroline to marry her. Of course, they're not together anymore. I tried to go out with Stefan and give him another chance. I suggested that he should try to date Caroline instead because they seem really good for each other. Obviously, there was the option of dating Matt, and I couldn't. Matt is a lot like my brother, and it would be too weird for the two of us to date. I don't love Stefan or Matt. I love Damon. I have always loved him, and now, he's gone."

"Elena, I know."

"What?"

"I know about you and Damon. He told me not to tell you this. He came to see me after your graduation. He's really hurting too, Elena. He had made a mistake, doing what he did to you. I had told him that he should fix things between the two of you. Though, I don't think him leaving is an indication that he's left you for good. I knew of Damon when I was younger; and especially when Ric had told me about the two of them. Ric never had any brothers and always felt like Damon was like his brother in a way. Damon is a good man, and you two really deserve each other. I was looking through the storage closet, and I found this." Jenna had only briefly left the room to grab the small box that had been left at the house by Elena. "I don't know what it is."

"It's a present from Damon. He told me not to open it until I came home from New York. I didn't want to be tempted to open the box and take a peek of what was inside." said Elena.

"Follow him to New York." Jenna handed Elena the box. "Don't make me tell you twice." Elena had decided to take her aunt's advice. The next day she was packing her bags at the apartment. Caroline, Bonnie, and Stefan were watching their friend stuff clothes into a suitcase. Caroline couldn't believe what she was seeing. "You're going to New York?"

"I have to see Damon Caroline." answered Elena.

"You don't even know what's in that box." Bonnie said.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" asked Stefan. Elena had already made her decision in her mind. She had to see Damon and confront him about how she truly felt. She couldn't just let him go again. Her heart wouldn't let her. Elena zipped up her suitcase and sighed. "Damon may not realize it yet. He and I need each other. It doesn't seem likely that he'll be coming back here to Mystic Falls. So, I have to go to him."

"Are you going to come back?" Caroline crossed her arms over her chest. Elena didn't know how to answer her friend. She didn't know how long she was going to stay in New York. Though, it only seemed to her friends that she had packed light. Elena had only said that she was going to come back when Damon would decide to come home to Mystic Falls. Yet, Elena had started to feel like half her life was in this small town and the other half with Damon. All she knew was that her home was where ever Damon was, and if she had to go to New York, then that's where she would be.