||Delena Team Thread!|| - Page 18

Originally posted by: -Niky-

You don't laugh.. *stares* 🤣

TASK 4

"Damon…Damon, where are you?"Elena mumbled in her sleep.

"I'm right here Elena"answered Damon moving from the couch towards her bed, preferring just to stand near it.

Stefan and Damon exchanged glances."That's my name Sleepyhead, don't wear it out".

Elena opened her eyes and two orbs of breathtakingly sky blue eyes greeted her. As she peered into them, she noticed her own brown chocolaty eyes reverberated in them, but there was something more in her eyes being reflected through his rather than she had ever seen in them herself while looking in a mirror. The answers were right there, confirming her decision. She was instantly reminded of how lovers exclaim that eyes are the doorways to the heart. In that moment she observed her own eyes making a declaration.

"And it's because I love you that I can't be selfish with you", the words echoed in Elena's mind. Before she could focus on these words, Damon spoke up, "How are you feeling Elena". Oh My God, the warmth in his eyes, the intensity, the love, a sense of belonging, how could I've missed all this before? Elena wondered. Her constant staring, made Damon snap his fingers before her eyes to bring her back to planet Earth.

"I'm burning up" replied Elena still gawking at Damon, taking in his features through her eyes. Her cheeks flushed as she realized what she had uttered. "I mean my body's burning up. It's so hot in here" added Elena hurriedly fanning herself.

"Those are the signs of the transition phase that you are going through. I'm sorry I couldn't save you in time. You drowned Elena but I was able to rescue Matt in time" a third figure spoke up sitting by the edge of her bed who Elena hadn't even noticed during her ogling session. He was as brooding and pensive as ever mourning the loss of her life.

As Stefan's words sink in Elena felt a deep sense of loss. She bowed her head down in despair and crouched her arms around her folded knees. She had not just lost her life, she had lost her future. She will be stuck in the present now and forever. She was now shunned into an immortal life of darkness.

"Everything will be alright" a hand grasped hers and warmth spread all over. She didn't need any words of comfort or consolation after that one touch of tenderness. That one touch sent shivers down her spine. It had love, kindness, warmth, a sense of completeness that was even more consuming than a passionate kiss. "He consumes me" Elena recalled her conversation with Matt the night before. "You want a love that consumes you" another line of words from a very familiar voice ambushed her. As realization dawned on her as her lost memories returned to her putting two and two together, she raised her head to look at Damon again, who was now looking perplexed at Elena's behavior as if having an inner battle of his own. As Elena tightened her grip on Damon's hand she caught Stefan's questioning eye and withdrew her hand from Damon's immediately and got up from her bed, her resolve strengthening. She knew she had the made the right decision. Even though the timing wasn't perfect she knew that she had to get this off her chest, she couldn't hang on to both the brothers now. She turned herself facing the Salvatores'.

Elena: "Damon I'd like talk to Stefan …alone. Can you please" but Damon cuts in the middle misinterpreting her stance, "Oh right, don't mind me. I can take a hint where I'm not wanted" and walked off without a backward glance. Elena seemed better now and Stefan could take care to finish her transition, he knew where he wasn't wanted. He had never forced himself on Elena and his love would never allow him to do so. He was done running after his brother's girl. He would always protect her and love her, but he knew Elena had made her decision and he had to leave Mystic Falls now."I will always choose you Elena", he added under his breath.

~Elena shares her decision with Stefan~

Elena began to gather her thoughts as soon as the door clicked shut. She let a few moments pass by before muttering,

"Stefan, I've made my decision. You were the one who taught me how to live when I'd myself forgotten how to do it when my parents passed away. You brought me back to life. You filled my heart with love and gave me a reason to live when I was just dragging by every single day. I can never be thankful enough for your kindness and compassion. A part of me never stopped loving you when you went to Klaus or when you returned back to me, but a lot has changed now. I've begun to rely on another person in your absence whose presence has slowly and steadily taken over my life and my heart. One thing that has always been clear between us is that you will always support me in any decision that I take and I've made my decision. I have chosen Damon, Stefan. He has been with me through out without forcing me to love him. He's always been selfless with me. Has always protected me and even when he goes against me and suffers my anguish it's still for my betterment. Even after all he's done to me and my friends, I can never find it in my heart to hate him. My love for him overpowers my anger, my resolve to keep him at a distance, or to just be his friend. Therefore, I choose Damon. I've always shared everything with you before anyone else and so I wanted to share this most important decision of my life with you before anyone else."

Stefan raised his finger to her lips silencing her." I understand Elena. You don't need to explain anything further. Good bye Elena" and bend forward and pecked her forehead for the last time before departing.

******

~Elena's Confession of Love to Damon~

"Where's Damon? He left, what do you mean he left, how can he just gather this things, pack his bag, and leave" Elena was flabbergasted when she had a conversation with Matt a while ago. She had expected Damon to be at the bar having his favorite Bourbon like always, but instead had found Matt handing her a letter over from Damon's side made out to her when Damon had come to have his last drink at his favorite Mystic Falls hangout. Elena read it and felt her heart ripping into shreds.

Dear Sleepyhead Elena,

I am not the one to express myself with a diary entry or a hundred words. After all I'm the man who steals the show with a few witty one-liners aren't I, I wish I could've stolen you too, but I believe this is where my journey ends. I'm leaving Mystic Falls and I hope you'll always be happy with Stefan and knowing my brother, he'll smother you with love even when he is at his brooding Edward Cullen best. I'll always be your friend whether I stay in Mystic Falls or not. Always be the girl who cared for her loved ones before herself, 0that set Elena apart from everyone else.

Yours and only yours,

Damon.

Elena was heartbroken after reading Damon's letter and was driving through the one and only exit of Mystic Falls in the hopes of catching Damon before he left to God knows where. She caught up with his Chevrolet after 20 mind numbing minutes and recklessly stopped her car a few meters in front of his car. She rammed her door open and almost barged out Damon's car door from its hinges with her mixed emotions of love, anger, fear, despair etc.

"How could you break up with me over a note? Do you know how worried I was? I thought you left me. You chose me Damon, you said you will always choose me, then how could you just leave? " Elena yelled jamming both her tiny fists into his chest, pushing him with all of her might taking him far away from his car as possible.

"Firstly we were never together, so a break up is out of the question. Secondly, you do know I have a thing for wildcats don't you, so don't tempt me" answered Damon and began to move past her, but Elena moved forward blocking him.

"Were we together, you just didn't notice it and maybe I am trying to tempt you"Elena answered back, trying to mimic Damon's 'eye thing'.

Elena continued, her voice, barely above a whisper, "You know Damon, I told Matt last night that you should love the person that makes you feel glad that you're alive and now Damon I've realized that YOU make me feel glad that I'm alive. Your love consumes me like nothing I've ever experienced before". Elena walked closer to Damon and cupped his face in her hands bringing herself to look straight into his eyes, "I choose you Damon, I will always choose you. You were right, I want passion and adventure, and even a little bit of danger but if you'd leave now I'd never be able to find the love that consumes me."

It took Damon a moment to compose himself and his wildly racing heart and he did it exceptionally well.

"You're drooling again. Well I'm in front of you so that explains it" Damon replied wiping the edge of her lip with his finger and Elena smilingly elbowed him "And my eye-thing is a Damon original, it just can't be copied" showing her how it's done with his eyebrows. "Point taken" was Elena's curt reply and she then moved forward to kiss his lips. She let him consume her as the sun hid behind the clouds, and the season's first rain poured down on the lovers who were oblivious to the downpour, completely drenched and immersed in their long awaited kiss of unison.