POST-SEASON 5 DELENA REUNION: I'M RIGHT HERE

Chapter 2: Never Again

“Elena! Elena, get up!” Jeremy’s voice sang. I heard him running up the stairs and watched him enter the bedroom with the widest smile I had ever seen.

                “What, what’s going on Jer?” I looked confusedly at him, not knowing what to think.

                Just then, Jeremy stepped back to let someone in. He stepped forward, his eyes locked on mine. Those ocean blue, crystal-clear eyes that I’ve always lost myself in. His lips turned up in a small smile when he heard me gasp.

                “Damon?” I got out of his bed in record time and sped over to him to make sure he was real, that I wasn’t dreaming.

                He nodded, “I promised you something, Elena. I’m here. You found me.”

                As soon as those words escaped his perfect lips, I threw my arms around his neck. The tears began to pour down my face again, but this time, they were tears of joy.

                “Damon, oh Damon! I thought I’d lost you forever. I thought you left me!” I bawled into the crook of his neck, pulling him right up against me.

                “Oh, Elena I missed you so much,” Damon held me to his chest, and I felt his tears on my forehead as they made their way down his cheek.

                I looked up at Damon, only to see his wet eyes gazing into mine, “I love you so much, Damon. Don’t you ever do that to me again, you hear me?” Grabbing his face in my hands, I stretched up and pressed my lips to his, savouring the taste that I had missed so much.

                “Never again,” Damon whispered in agreement between kisses.

                I started sobbing again, “I can’t believe you’re here. You’re okay, thank god you’re okay!”  

                “Shhh, don’t cry, baby. I’m here now, everything’s okay,” Damon’s lips brushed against my ear, sending that familiar tingle down my spine.

                I nodded, kissing his cheek, his neck, every part of him.

                He picked me up gently, as I wrapped my legs around his waist, my lips never leaving his. He shut the bedroom door with his foot, loud enough for everyone downstairs to know not to come up.

                I sighed as he kissed my neck and slowly lowered me on to our bed.

                “Mmm, I missed you Damon,” I smiled at him, which caused him to smile back at me.

                “Do you have any idea of how beautiful you look when you smile at me like that?”

                I giggled and responded, “Do you have any idea of how hard it is to control myself when you’re smiling back at me like that?”