Disclaimer: Forgot to give a disclaimer in the first chapter, if I owned TVD it wouldn't be the vampire diaries, it would the delena diaries

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Chapter 5: 'Till the end of times'

Never in his life he had felt so threatened, that too by a girl, much weaker to him physically but boy she wasn't weak, that schemer! He didn't like her now, he knew he didn't deserve Elena but someday he might, he wanted one chance to prove himself, and here Caroline comes in aggravating his Elena more against him and now in favor of Elijah, she was encouraging him?

He made his way to Caroline like a raging lion, "You." He said biting his lip as if restraining himself from saying something, "Why are you doing this?"

"What do you mean? You don't expect her to not move on."

"What if I do? How can you sabotage our relationship?"

She laughed in his face, "What? Sabotage? Are you serious? You sabotaged your own relationship, my friend was there for you when you were a loser, she took you in when your dad kicked you out-,"

"He didn't throw me out Caroline, I left that place. For her. For us." He said in a warning.

"I don't care at all! Go hang out with Bonnie please." She picked up her handbag.

He held her elbow as she was leaving, "Elena will not move on without me, I know her, but Caroline I swear don't make more problems for me."

She pulled her arm out of his grasp, "You could have thought about all this before you screwed up Damon, I will do whatever makes my friend happy."

He wanted to break something so bad, why couldn't Elena see how hard he wanted her back, he knew he couldn't afford losing her at this point, he had never been so sure about someone like he was about her, never before this storm did he realize that he needed her this much like how he realized, that she was it for him and that he needed her and he would make her realize that he was worth that but first he needed to deal with someone else.

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He was impatiently tapping on the table with his index finger, his mind played all kinds of times when he had it all and by all he meant his Elena, how dare he ruin something that was the best for him, avoiding her? Breaking her heart for what? Caroline was right, she didn't deserve to hang on to someone like him, but he couldn't let go of her, never. He would die. That was all his life was about right now. Every time he was reminded of a moment where he was jealous of her success, avoided her for it, borderline conspired against her, it would make him want to remove his existence, if only he could scream at himself.

He looked up once he saw the handbag being thrown on the table. He looked up and saw Bonnie. The rage inside him boiled again. How dare she embarrass Elena for his doing?

"Hey." She flipped her hair sitting down.

"Hey? Bonnie I thought I asked you to quit the company." He said pursing his lips.

"For her? I am not losing my job over Elena if that's what you called me here for, if I am making her uncomfortable that's her problem." She said through her teeth.

"So what did you thought I called you for? Why are you making a joke out of yourself, Bonnie because I can never want you, even if Elena is or is not there, this will not happen." He pointed to the space between them.

"I don't want you either. Who'd want a cheater?" She smirked.

"Then why would you tell Elena all that? Isn't that enough that we are over?" Damon snarled.

Bonnie looked away, red faced. "You wanted it just as much."

He held her wrists and pushed them away, "No I didn't, if I did it wouldn't hurt like a bitch when she left me, and I don't know if she's ever going to take me back Bonnie, but I swear if you hurt her again with your exaggerated lies–,"

"What do you want me to do? Quit because of her,"

"Yes. I'll give you all the money you want. Job recommendations, whatever that you want. Just leave her alone. If you dare hurt her again, I will make you regret it. Even when I don't have a slightest chance with her, I don't ever want to see her in more agony than we already caused her." He said with his shining in the moonlight.

"She's not going to take you back if you think it's going to melt her heart."

"It's not about that. I love her so much. Everytime I look at her a die inside when I get reminded of the fact that she isn't mine. And as much as it hurts, for now I just want for her to be happy."

Bonnie smirked, "she sure looks happy with Elijah Smith."

"What?" He said as he turned to see what Bonnie was gesturing at, when he saw her, his Elena standing with Elijah smith, seemed like they just arrived here. Bonnie turned to see where he was looking, Damon swallowed the big lump in his throat.

"Thoughts?" Bonnie asked.

"I don't care, you harm her again and I'll make sure I finish your career once and for all." He threatened and turned to go.

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For a second she felt like she saw Damon, she hadn't seen him for a while now. Then she shrugged the thought off, she was just paranoid because it was her first date since her very toxic situation.

Elijah was nothing like Damon, he had everything in his life figured out, he was calm, he was funny, he just wasn't Damon and she felt so angry at herself for ignoring all those wonderful traits for a person who had caused her to cry her eyes out.

"You're not a vegetarian right?" he asked while she stared at her plate. "Umm No, why?"

"Because you're so angry at the steak, you haven't had a bite, I mean if you are, I can totally order you a salad and just never call again."

She rolled her eyes giggling, "It's not the steak, it's – I am sorry I zoned out."

"Oh, don't be sorry, I know my showroom talk is freaking boring, Caroline told me to you know, sweep you off your feet with acting like George Colony, I am obviously so bad at this sweeping off feet thing." He ran a hand through his head. "The last time I went on a date was December 2015, yes I am that bad."

"No, hm. Elijah I am so sorry, you're not boring or anything you just described, um, I recently had a rough breakup – not recently 4 months ago."

"OH! there's the talk." He looked away.

"What talk?" she narrowed her eyes.

"You know the 'I don't think it's a good idea because the last guy I dated was a dick and I think of you as no exception, in fact I despise all men because of that one man' talk," He sighed.

She giggled, "No that's not the talk, oh no, Talk is that I've never met someone so emotionally stable."

He nodded proudly, "Oh yes I am, I give all my credits to yoga 4 days a week and my employers to whom I yell at until I don't eliminate my frustration."

She shook her head, "I doubt that."

"Which part?" he narrowed his eyes.

She grinned, "You want to know?"

"I want to know what the girl I brought here thinks about me, I've wore an Armani suit, I've styled my hair at Caroline's most trusted hairdresser for men, I even plucked some eye brow hair, I've done all this for a purpose."

At this point she practically wanted to cry from all the laughing.

He got up, "This place is so boring, like my job, can we please go somewhere you know, where we can dance."

"You dance?" She seemed impressed.

"I tried it in high school, the teachers thought I got high before prom, they called my parents, but the silver lining is I was the popular kid on YouTube with the tag, 'guy with the bladder issue' dance."

She got up, "Okay I get it, you suck, don't worry I did too before-," Suddenly she had a flashback of her dancing in Damon's arms.

"That's an awfully long pause." He added in a concerning way.

"Umm, before I watched Step up revolution. "She winked holding his hand.

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"Hey sulking beauty!" Caroline mocked Bonnie as she sat in front of her. "So, who's boyfriend are you planning to steal now."

Bonnie looked up and bit on her lowerlip, "nothing happened that night."

"I'm sorry." Caroline was confused.

"Damon and I… we didn't had sex that night."

"What?" Caroline almost screamed.

"We were going at it to be honest. He was so drunk and I wanted him so much. I wanted the way he looked at Elena, I wanted the way he loved her, I wanted the way he would chase her around, I was all alone, Caroline, I wanted someone,"

"What did you do Bonnie?"

"We were going to do it but he stopped me, he said that he wanted Elena. He kept murmuring her name. Then he passed out. I undressed him. And in the morning when he thought that he did it, I let him think that because I didn't want to lose him, he was my only friend."

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Elijah was walking her back to her porch, Damon was watching them from a distance in his car, every time a thought would squeeze in, what if she liked him? Of course she did, they looked so perfect together, he took her to the club danced with her, at one point she had rested her head on his shoulder, he could hear Elijah say over and over how lucky he was at this moment, and he couldn't seem to agree more. But Elijah deserved it, he was making her smile, he was making her laugh, Damon had never seen her laugh so much, or maybe he never noticed, or maybe it didn't matter so much until now, he had never see her smile so beautifully, he had never seen this fulfilled.

It's like whatever she wanted, she had it now. Elijah was what Damon could never be, no matter how hard he tried, Elena was going to fall in love with Elijah and it was going to happen right in front of him. She would love him, may be marry him, have a family with him.

And when one day she'll see him somewhere around town, she would just shrug, say hi, turn away maybe, because Damon wouldn't matter to her at all, she would have completely forgotten him. He would just be a bad memory, or maybe not even worth of that.

He couldn't stop himself now, his breathing got erratic, he rested his head on the steering wheel and broke down, tears after tears, just imagining that hurt so much, if his father saw him now, he'd turn into a joke.

He dialed her number on his phone but he couldn't press the call button. He shook his head as the hot tears from his face fell on his screen, he opened her picture on his phone, cleaned the tears off from the screen, but seeing her picture made him want to break down again. He never thought he'd be so alone, one second she was by his side, the next she slipped out of his hand like sand. He hit his head on the steering wheel, "Don't do this Lena, Please, don't leave me here when I need you."

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The words just rung in her head, "Elijah was everything, just not him. He wasn't Damon. He wasn't the man she had fallen for so hard. He wasn't the love of her life. That was Damon." She dug her fingers into her hair after brushing her teeth, Elijah told her that he liked her, a lot, more than he expected he would. He told her he didn't want to pressure her but he had a trip New York and he asked her out, he told her he'd take her out of the city to festivals. It sounded wonderful to discover their relationship while travelling but yet it didn't seem …good enough.

She still didn't say no, saying she'd think about it. Elijah was very on the go person, he told her that with them actually doing this, they can go place to place, enjoy while it lasts…. or doesn't last at all.

She sighed sitting on her bed, she covered her eyes with her hand as if upset, "What is wrong with me?"

She sat back in the bed, "You're so stupid, how could you want this person if he-,"

She shook her head lying back on her pillow, she dug herself in the covers trying not to think about him like every night and failing like every night.

But tonight she couldn't exactly seem to hate him, she missed him, his scent, his skin, his voice, even calling his name out loud. "Damon, Damon." She whispered.

She turned in the covers wiping the tiny tear that escaped her. Why was she crying, then she realized, because she was attempting to moving on now, she closed her doors on him and maybe there was no going back. She instantly said a mental no to that, no she couldn't go on without him. It was definitely not over.

"Elena! It's urgent. Call me." Caroline had texted her but she ignored it and kept her phone away.

Around two in the morning the ringtone of her cellphone disturbed her already disturbed slumber. She opened her eyes and rubbed them picking up her cellphone from the night stand.

Her eyes opened when she saw the name glowing.

Damon calling.

She picked it up in hurry, was he in trouble?

"Uh, hi."

"Hello." She heard his drunk voice, oh he was definitely drunk, she almost wanted to cancel the call when he said, "Don't hang up on me."

"What's up?" She asked sitting up in her bed.

"Nothing. I-uh- saw you guys, you and that potato face, today, uh I, this is not a good hour to call?" he was stuttering on his words.

"I don't know." She looked around, even hearing his voice made her feel so good and it really scared her, what was she going to do without him.

"But I know baby, you know what, I'll admit, seeing you with him pissed me off so much, God, I was like I wanted to murder him in cold blood, it was like he was purposely trying to take someone that meant everything to me, I felt shattered and left and oh God, just know, it was very crappy." He laughed at the end, every once in a while confirming he was heavily drunk.

"I am not proud, I went down to his place, you know to let him know-,"

Elena interrupted him, "Wait what? Damon your idiot! What did you do?"

"Oh, you know, the basic, she's mine speech, things took a turn, midway while arguing with him, while he elaborated how he feels about me, um. um, following him to his place, with his fist, um I realized how much of a dick I am."

"He beat you?" She gasped and got up the bed, "Where are you?"

"Look here me out, Elena, he is a great guy, I realized that, I then told him that I'd help-,"
She squealed , "Shut up and tell me where you are right now."

"Actually, we're both at the hospital, now don't freak out-,"

"OH MY GOD! DAMON I SWEAR WHEN I GET THERE-," She said getting her shoes on, grabbing a jacket to wear over her PJ's.

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Elijah blinked his eyes a few times when he got up, when his vision cleared the Doctor's asked him some questions to see if he was okay. He had no bleeding but had been out. He noticed Elena and Damon in the corner of the room, she was checking him for bruises and whispering something to him, "you're not hurt right. You're okay." She said as she touched the scratch Damon's face lightly. It was as if she couldn't bear to see him hurt.

"He's awake." The doctor said to her, she and Damon turned to face him.

"HEY HOW DID YOU_,"

Elena stopped him, rushing to him, "Calm down, Elijah, he's here to apologize."

"Apologize? This creep followed me to my house, told me how he'll bar-b-que my intestines if I tried to see you again and when I was busy getting rid of him, he suddenly says , you know what, you deserve her man, let me tell you what she likes so you get to know her more."

Damon who had a purple eye and several red marks on his skin got ahead, "Hey I was helping!"

"You said she likes lavender scented bedroom sheets, eskimo kisses and how my suit is not of her type." He said aloud.

"And you punched me for it! Get over it."

"You hit me with my own mailbox!" Elijah shouted

Elena turned to him arms folded across her chest.

"In my defense I was drunk." He said looking away.

'Well in alcohol's defense you're not too smart when you're not drunk." She spat adding, "Now that apology."

"I shouldn't have done that." He sighed then looking at Elena for approval.

"really that's it? For hitting me with that thing? That's how you- "

"What do you freaking want? "Damon almost seethed, "You have her." Elena blushed praying to god Damon would stop.

"She's the most amazing girl I've ever met, beautiful and loyal, warm, kind, so full of love and you're so lucky that she is right here with you – I'd get hit in the head by a million mailboxes if it meant I could be in your place." He bit his lip. "I made a mistake, I broke her heart, I lost her to one mistake, that I regret so much, knowing that I caused her this much pain makes me so sick of myself. Don't ever do what I did, I wouldn't want it even if it meant me having a chance of getting her back, I would never want to see her in that agony again. Don't ever hurt her."

Elijah just breathed out as he turned to Elena, Damon ran a hand through his hair, "I won't cause you trouble again. If you're moving on, you have my support." He smiled, "I wanted to solve one of your problems, I hope you'll buy the blush palette we designed together."

She sighed as he left the room, she looked at Elijah as his stare was piercing through her. "What?"

He shook his head, "You look terrible without him."

She sat on the end of the bed, "I am going to be fine."

He shook his head, "Uh no you're not, I know I am being an idiot cancelling my own chances with you but can't you see how much he-,"

"Loves me? Right!" she huffed, deep down she wanted him to wrong her, give her a reason to run back to Damon.

"Elena I know whatever he did must have broken you, but can't you see how broken the guy is, he wants you back and he's working for it , look I know sometimes we expect people to be a certain way and when they don't turn out to be that way , it hurts, sometimes people do something so unforgivable , sometimes a person who makes a mistake doesn't even care after that , sometimes that changes the person for the good – If you can't hold on to a person who is still trying, was it even real?"

She looked up, "I… Caroline called a few minutes ago, I found out that he never slept with my friend,"

"See, there. I mean rather than the fact that he tried to damage my cerebral hemisphere, he's a nice guy. He is madly in love with you, don't hurt him like that,"

"Then I should go tell him now, that I want to be with him. Thank you so much Elijah." She leant down and kissed his cheek, "I'll check on you shortly, hopefully we both will."

He smiled seeing her go.

She rushed to the corridor, he was nowhere in sight, and it terrified her so much, she went outside to see him in the parking lot. He got into his car and covered his face with his hands as if stressed. It was daytime and he couldn't breakdown in front of a whole town right now. But he still did. He broke down like a house of cards, completely wrecked. He couldn't breathe.

She knocked on his car window, he looked at her and his forehead furrowed, she gestured him to get out of a car. "Uh."

"That's it? You gave up like that?" She cocked her head to a side.

He pursed his lips, "I didn't give up Lena, I know I am not right for you."

"You aren't going to decide that Damon." She said holding back her tears.

"Did he say something to you? Cause if he did-,"

She held him by the elbows as if holding him in place, "Yeah actually he did, he called me an idiot."

"What? That son of a-, I'll kill him," he tried to go ahead but she held him back.

"He's right I am an idiot, because I keep my feelings for you in a box, I let that one thing over weigh everything that you do for me, I am an idiot for thinking I'd ever be able to move on because baby I love you so much. That's the reason I want to be with you. But if that wasn't enough, Caroline called, Bonnie told her that nothing happened that night."

His eyes widened, and the next second tears shone in them. She cupped his face, "I am an idiot to torture you like that, and you're an even bigger idiot for not seeing how much I love you, how much I want you to stay every time I tell you to leave, how terrible and awful my life is without you, for thinking he could ever take your place in my heart."

"Oh my God." He couldn't say more, both of them were crying and laughing at the same time, "You are – Elena how am I ever going to repay you – how can you be so kind? I love you. I love you, please don't ever leave me, don't ever let go, I wouldn't be able to bear that, I would die."

"You can repay me by loving me for the rest of your life, never leaving me alone, tell me everything that's in your heart." She whispered as he peppered kisses on her face.

"You. Don't. Have. To. Ask. Twice." he said between kisses, "I can't believe I almost lost you – I was so going to have a heart attack any day now."

She shook her head, "Don't say things like that!"

"It's true! What do I call you baby? You're so forgiving, I hate myself so much." He held her closer to him like she'd disappear like a dream, like she'd tell him this was a cruel joke. "No don't hate yourself, I forgive you because I know you love me, I love you and I won't have you hating yourself."

He let his forehead fall against hers, cupping her face, he let his eyes close so no more tears will escape while they were still escaping his lids "You are not going to regret this, I love you."

"I love you too." She said and pressed her lips to his

"Till the end of time?"

"Till the end of times."

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