~Well guys this was a fun story to write. It was great to get back into writing fanfiction again. I would like to thank everyone for the constant reviews and support. Everytime I get an alert that someone favorite my story or something like that it really makes my day I love you all. I do not own the vampire diaries just my character~

Olivia POV

I agreed to go with Elena to go find dresses. The party was tomorrow and so much had to be done. We went into one of the stores and we were flipping through dresses.

"Have you ever been to a ball before?" Elena asked me.

"A really long time ago. They were like a common thing in 1864." I replied.

"Did you go with Damon?"

"I did and I went with Stefan as well. We were a package deal."

"Can I ask you something? I mean now that your humanity is back on or most of it anyway."

"Umm sure…"

"What do you see in Damon? I mean obviously there is something redeemable about him now since he has made it his mission to win you back but I would have never guessed it before, he was just so…"

"Demanding? Manipulative?"

"Yeah…sorry…"

"It's fine. He does have questionable traits that make people see the worse in him but he does have good traits that make you see past that."

"Really?"

"Yeah." I smiled a little. "He is passionate about the things that he wants. He can be a romantic when he wants to be just like yesterday. He could always make me laugh no matter how angry I was with him. We had the same views when we were human. We just connected."

"So your love for each other was real?"

"It was as real as it was going to get." I pulled out two dresses that I liked. "Which do you think?"

"Try them on and then pick." She said and held out her own choices.

We both went into the dressing room and took the rooms right next to each other. I tried on my first choice which was a strapless yellow ball gown. I looked myself in the mirror and thought it was ok. I fixed the ruffles. I looked up in the mirror and thought I saw Katherine glaring at me. I gasped and turned but no one was there. I sighed in relief. I came out of the dressing room and stood in front of Elena. She was showing off a black and silver dress (like the one she wore in season…3? The episode where she met Esther. Like I said I am not going along with the show)

"I love that dress on you Elena. It's perfect." I complimented her while she twirled.

"Thank you. Now twirl in your dress." She commanded.

I did so. "I don't really like it that much now that I put it on."

"I don't think it looks that bad but try your other choice."

I nodded and we went back to our own dressing rooms. I took the yellow one off and put it back on the hanger. I then changed into a huge red ball gown. It was strapless and fitting on the top and halfway to the skirt. The other half of the dress was black lace to the floor. I smiled at how much I liked it. I blushed at how excited I was getting.

"Well that's pretty?" Katherine said.

I turned and faced her. She cocked her head to the side. "Go away." I ordered.

"Why? So you can be all dolled up and be with your precious Damon?" She stepped forward.

"Don't come near me!" I shouted.

"Damon belongs to me…you're only his second choice." I yelled at her again and pushed her away. I unlocked the dressing room door and ran into Elena who had already changed back to normal clothes. I mistaken her for Katherine and pushed her away.

"Get away from me!"

"Olivia! It's me Elena!" She yelled as she tried to grab my arms and make me look at her. "Olivia snap out of it!"

I stared at her. "Elena?"

"Yea It's me. What happened?"

"I saw Katherine. Elena that spell is still in affect because my humanity is turned on. I don't know how long I can last without losing it." I started to tear up.

She hugged me close. "Damon is going to find away. Just try to relax ok?" She let go and looked at the dress. "By the way I think that dress is perfect." She smiled.

I let out a small laugh. "Thank you."

I slowly went back into the dressing room and no one was in there so I quickly changed out of the dress and back into my regular clothes. I then put the dress on the hanger again and met with Elena at the register to make the purchase.

Damon POV

I was so close to having her it was ridiculous. It was a cruel thing what the spell was doing to her. No matter how hard I would try, we couldn't live happily ever after with that stupid spell intact. What I am about to do is something I would never do in a million years but it was important.

I parked in the driveway of Sheila Bennett. I sighed and got out the car and went up to the door and knocked. I hope she will hear me out.

The door opened and Sheila had a look of disgust. "What are you doing here?"

"I need to ask for a favor." I replied.

"You don't get any favors." She tried to close the door but I put my foot in the way.

"Please this is important."

"Just like opening the tomb was important?"

"That was a mistake. Trying to find Katherine and open the tomb was a mistake and I know that."

"The mistake was trying to help you in the first place which I had no choice."

"Please…"

"Are you begging?"

"Yes I am begging. "

"What on earth could your favor be that you're practically begging?"

"I made a mistake with Katherine. There is this girl Olivia. She was my long lost love and all that god stuff. I want to be with her but I can't because there is a spell that is haunting her."

"What spell?"

"In 1950 she asked a witch named Michelle Bennett to take her memory of me away only she didn't. Instead she put this curse on her so all she sees is bad memories and the only way she can get rid of them is by shutting her humanity off."

"So because it was a Bennett witch you came to me."

"Look I'm not excited to have to come here for help but this is Olivia. I want to help her."

"Why should I help you?"

I sighed. "You shouldn't have to but I want you to. Olivia means the entire world to me and I was a fool to take this long to realize it."

Sheila looked at me for some time. "She brings out the best in you."

I smiled a little. "I guess she does."

"Wait here."

She closed the door and I could hear her footsteps. I sat on the bench that was in front of her window. I really hope that she was going to help me. She returned with a book.

"I am going to help you even though I shouldn't." She said.

"Why?" I asked.

"Because I see a change in you. If she brings this side of you out then I'll help so that you remain this way but so help me if you try anything I will reverse it back and you both can live in misery for the rest of your lives."

"Duly noted."

She flipped through the spell book. And stopped on a page and was reading silently to herself.

"Well?" I asked.

"I can't take away the spell."

"You can't?" I looked down at the ground in defeat.

"I can't take it away but I can create a stronger spell to counter it."

"What do you mean?"

"The spell makes her see bad memories. I can create a spell that will make her see only good."

"That's great! What do I need to do?"

"First I will need something tangible that she can wear at all times. As long as she wears it the spell that Michelle casted won't haunt her."

I thought about it. What could be something that she could wear for the rest of her life? It hit me. I shuffled through my pocket and grabbed my wallet. I opened one of the zippers and pulled out a ring.

"Will this work?" I asked her. She took it and looked at it closely.

"You carry a ring in your wallet?" she asked.

"That was the ring that I was going to use to propose back in 1864. When I decided to go after Olivia I found it in some stuff and I kept it as a reminder of who I was going after."

"That is kind of sweet even for you. It will work. Now the next step is to tell me what memories you want her to have."

I thought long and hard and then I told her. I told her about every memory we have had and all Olivia's dreams. Those are the memories that I want her to have. She said the spell could take some time so she said by tomorrow she would have the ring ready. I thanked her and took my leave.

I went to the boarding house to pick out a suit to wear. I was smiling like an idiot. Stefan came in and noticed.

"You seem really happy." He said.

"I am. Tomorrow will be the day that our lives change forever."

"How is that so?"

"I got the older Bennett witch to help me out. Tomorrow the spell will be taken care of and I can have her back and we can live happily ever after."

He smiled. "Really?"

"Yup. I have a plan. I'm going to propose to her."

"That's a big step seeing as you two were recently reunited."

"I've made so many mistakes in my life but I know the biggest one will be if I let her go."

"You really have redeemed yourself Damon."

"Indeed I have."

"Well I wish you luck tomorrow night."

"Thanks brother."

I finished putting my suit together for tomorrow. I was going to sweep her off her feet and she will be mine forever.

Olivia POV

After the dress shop Elena and I went to buy shoes and jewelry to match our dresses. Is it weird I was actually excited for the party? Afterwards we picked up food and went to her place. We sat in the kitchen and we talked and ate. For once in a long time I was actually happy. It was weird to be around someone you think of as a friend and not have any bad thoughts to consume you.

"Elena can I tell you something?" I asked her.

"Of course, anything." She replied.

"I just want to thank you for today. Besides that moment in the fitting rooms, today wasn't that bad."

"Well your welcome. Today was really fun. "

"I know that we don't know each other well and you're probably only doing all this because you want to help Stefan, but I really consider you as a friend and I haven't had any of those in a long time."

"I think of you as a friend too." She smiled.

"Stefan is really lucky to have you and by the way, you are so much better than Katherine."

We giggled and kept eating.

"Hey, Olivia?"

"Yea?"

"Do you want to sleep over here tonight?"

"Really?"

"Yeah really. We can hang out more and get ready together tomorrow."

"Sounds like a plan."

We finished eating our food then took care of our dishes. I followed her up to her room to hang our stuff somewhere.

"Hey since I picked you up this morning, do you want me to drive you to the boarding house?" She asked me.

"Nah, I'll be fine. I'll just run over grab a few things and be right back."

I left her in her room as I vamped speeded out of her house and in the direction of the boarding house. When I got there I went up to my room and opened my suitcase to grab some pajamas and a set of clothes to be in before the ball. I went into the bathroom to grab my makeup bag and pick out what I needed for tomorrow. I glanced up when I heard a swish sound.

"Hey Damon." I greeted.

"Hey. How was the shopping day?" He asked.

"It was fun."

"Oh yeah?"

"Yup." I continued to look through my makeup bag without looking back up at him. I knew what would happen if I tried to keep contact with him for too long.

"No visions?" I remained silent. "Olivia?"

"Nope, none at all." I lied and walked passed Damon.

He grabbed my arm and turned me around. "I know you're lying."

I met his gaze. "Well…I didn't want you to worry."

"You can tell me."

I sighed. "It was just one incident today. Elena and I were trying dresses and I saw Katherine again."

"The visions will stop."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Just trust me."

I rolled my eyes and packed what I needed into a backpack.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Elena invited me to sleep over at her place tonight."

"Oh a sleep over. You guys going to wear sexy pjs and have a pillow fight? Can I come?" He winked and gave a kinky smile.

"Is that what you think happens at sleep overs?" I smiled.

"Why can't it happen?"

"I'm leaving Damon."

"Wait before you go." I looked back at him and he placed his hands on the sides of my face and pulled me in for a sweet kiss. "Sleep tight Olivia." He whispered then vanished.

If my heart could beat I know that it would be skipping a mile a minute. I looked to my left to see the witch glaring at me.

"I know, I know." I whispered then left back to Elena's house.

I got back to her place. We took turns in the shower and then changed into pajamas. We then went to her living room when Bonnie came over to sleep over as well.

"So you're the famous Olivia that everyone has been talking about?" Bonnie asked.

"Yup that would be me and while I'm here I want to apologize for Damon and what he must have put you through." I told her.

"Why are you apologizing?"

"Because I don't want to have enemies especially with someone who I never asked a favor from. I asked a witch once to help me and that ended up being what is haunting me now. I don't want that on anyone especially Damon no matter where are paths go."

"Wow that is really nice of you. You're a really good person with your humanity on. Why the hell would you want to be with Damon?"

I laughed. "Elena asked the same thing. Believe it or not we have things in common but the parts about us that are so different they complement each other."

"Well as much as I don't like Damon, I wish you both the best."

"Thank you Bonnie."

"So…what will you guys do after tomorrow night when you're back together?" Elena asked.

"That's if we get back together although we were never officially together in the first place." I told her.

"Grams told me that he came by her house today. He does have a plan Olivia." Bonnie assured.

I thought to myself. "If we were able to be together, I guess I would move into the Salvatore home and we would just date." I let out a nervous giggle. "I don't know what I would do. Times are so different now."

"What would you guys have done back in 1864?" Elena asked.

"Well he would be my escort to everything. We would be respectable to society although knowing us two we would sneak a passionate kiss or two when no one was looking. If our marriage wasn't pre-arranged by our parents like most couples, he would go to my father and formally ask permission for my hand in marriage." Just thinking about it made me smile and blush.

"Are you blushing over Damon?" Bonnie laughed.

"No!" I defended.

"Yes you are!" Elena teased. "You love Damon!"

"Fine! I love Damon!" I yelled in defeat.

"You guys do look cute together." Bonnie complimented.

"Thanks but don't tell him that. It will boost his ego and nothing is more annoying than someone with a big ego."

They laughed. We talked and then watched a movie. When it got late we all piled onto Elena's bed and went to sleep. I was on one of the ends sound asleep when I dreamt of Damon and I.

The setting was back in 1864. I looked around to see I was in the Salvatore home. I looked down to see I was wearing a corset white dress and my hair was in a bun. One of the maids came to me and put the vale on my head and covered my face. "It's time." She said and linked my arm in hers and lead me to the back doors.

"Time for what?" I asked.

"It's your wedding day of course."

"Who am I marrying?" I asked in panic. She ignored me but when we got to the beginning of the aisle I could see who I was marrying and my heart skipped a beat. "Damon?"

The maid nodded and pushed me to start walking down the aisle. I did so. My pace was a little faster than it should have been but I was just so excited.

I stood across from him and stared at his gorgeousness while the guy who was going to join us together spoke. I was so lost in Damon's eyes I didn't realize the man's voice changed into a woman's voice. When I did notice I turned and saw it was the witch. "Anyone object?"

"I do!" I looked over to see Katherine in her own wedding dress and with vampire speed she was at Damon's side.

"Please…don't do this." I begged.

Katherine whispered in Damon's ear and the love in his eyes turned to hate. Katherine and the witch grinned and Damon pulled out a wooden stake.

"Damon no…why are you doing this?!" I yelled at the bitches.

"Who says you can live happily ever after?" Katherine asked.

"If you think you can have the love of your life that easily you're wrong. And look at you making friends. It's pathetic. You don't deserve to be happy." The witch said.

Damon started walking towards me and I took steps backwards.

"You need to go. You need to just shut it off and get out of my life." Damon ordered.

"Damon…"

"I'm going to finish you off myself."

I started to run but he appeared in front of me with his vampire face.

"Damon no…" but it was too late. He stabbed me in the heart and I slowly fell to my death.

I screamed myself awake and fell out of bed. Bonnie and Elena woke up startled and looked at me on the floor.

"Are you ok?" Elena asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine. It was just a bad dream."

They both looked at me in concern. I stood up. "I'm just going to use the bathroom." I went to the bathroom and shut the door. I know that they have an idea of who the dream was about but if they didn't ask me about it I'll be happy.

We spent majority of the afternoon getting ready. When we were ready we left in Elena's car and to the Lockwood mansion.

All three of us walked together to the entrance.

"Hello Bonnie. Hello Elena. Welcome to the party. Who is this?" Asked the mayor.

"I'm Olivia Branch. I recently came into town." I introduced myself and curtsied.

"Well it's nice to meet you. Please come in and enjoy the party."

I slowly followed the girls inside and sure enough I was able to make it through the front door. It was annoying having to be invited in but it works out for the best going to huge parties like this where everyone was invited. I stood in the middle of the parlor as I looked around at the scenery. It was really pretty in here.

I was so lost that I didn't snap out of it until I felt a hand around my waist. I looked up to see blue eyes looking at me. "You look gorgeous."

"Thank you Damon."

"Do you want a drink?"

"Sure."

He kept his hand where it was and led me to the mini bar. Great we just got here and we were already starting with simple conversations. He ordered us two scotches and handed one to me.

"Drink up because this will be a long night." He said then drank his down.

"I take it you know from experience?" I asked while I sipped mine.

"Yup. Founders parties am I right?"

"I used to enjoy them and I wasn't even a founder."

"Well you're a girl. You enjoy getting dressed up and escorted."

I scoffed. "Yeah that was it."

I walked away from him and into the room where the majority of people were. I saw Stefan so I went over to greet him. "Hey Stefan."

"Hello Olivia. You look lovely." He greeted back.

"I have your beautiful girlfriend to thank. She wouldn't let me leave the house unless I was perfect."

He smiled. "Well I'll let her know. I hope you enjoy the rest of the evening."

"I hope so too."

I mingled with some people for a few hours. I danced a little and drank. I kept trying to avoid Damon when I could. It was wrong but that dream really startled me. He actually killed me. I don't think he would do that but I didn't want to risk it. It was then the mayor called everyone into the main room. He gave a speech which I zoned out for most of it then he wanted everyone to do the traditional dance to end the evening. I stood alone awkwardly until Damon approached me and held a hand out. I willingly took it and he lead me to the dance floor.

We faced each other. He placed a hand on my waist and I put a hand on his shoulder. With our free hands we held each other's and then started swaying with the music.

"You've been avoiding me." He said.

"Have i?" I asked playing stupid.

"I sure think so and I want to know why?"

"You can't have all my attention Damon. I was mingling with other people."

"Yeah I saw but you could have given me some attention."

"I'm sorry…but I am dancing with you aren't I?"

"That is true." He pulled me closer to him and whispered in my ear. "And I am honored."

I sighed. "You're still the same charming Damon."

"One of my best features." He smirked. I smiled. "So have you thought about staying here?"

My smile dropped and I sighed. "Damon…"

"No don't tell me. I want you to meet me outside by the fountain when this dance finishes." He smiled.

"I…ok." I didn't know what to tell him. We continued dancing in silence and when it finished he led me outside. We both sat down on the fountain and looked at the stars.

I could hear Damon take a deep breath before he started to speak. "All my life as a vampire I never felt so alive." I looked at him and opened my mouth to say something but he shushed me. "Olivia I love you. I had always loved you and I was a fool for not fighting harder for you." He grabbed my hand. "The night that you shut off your humanity I knew that that was the night that I had to try to win you back." He kept holding my hand but he got on the ground and on one knee. "I found out a way we can be together." He smiled wide. "and so will you marry me?" He pulled out a ring from his pocket and held it out to me.

Words could not describe how happy I was but that happiness soon faded when I saw the witch next to me. "No…" I whispered.

"What?" Damon asked.

I quickly got up and walked away from Damon with tears in my eyes. "Damon I can't."

"Why can't you?"

"You told me to give you until this day to make my decision. You said that you had a plan to stop the spell and this was it? You propose to me?"

"Isn't that what you always wanted?"

"I wanted that more than anything but what's the point of trying to have a happy life when that stupid bitch sitting on the fountain is always going to prevent it?"

He looked over but didn't see anyone then back to me. "I did figure it. This ring has a spell to counter the one that is cursing you."

I could hear the laugh snicker. "It's not going to work. Just so you know."

I glared at her than looked back at Damon. I took the ring from him and put it on. I looked back at the witch who just continued to give a sinister smile.

"Well?" Damon asked.

I teared up. "It didn't work Damon."

"But it was supposed to."

"You thought this was going to work? Damon it's a stupid ring!" I started sobbing. "It's a stupid ring to remind me of what I can't have. You want to know my answer? No I won't marry you and no I will not stay Damon it hurts."

"Olivia I…" He stepped forward and his eyes were starting to tear up too.

"No just stop. It hurts too much Damon. I don't want to see you anymore. I'm going back to New York and I'm shutting off my humanity again." He looked at me sadly. I stepped forward and hugged him close. "I'm sorry Damon."

He hugged back. "No I'm sorry. This was my fault from the start and once again I failed you. I'll let you leave and I won't bother you. Just take the ring with you. It was yours to begin with anyway." He kissed my forehead and then vanished.

I cried more than I have ever cried in a long time as I walked off the Lockwood property and into the forest. No matter how much pain I have gone through this hurt the most. Rejecting Damon was the most painful thing in my life.

"You did the right thing." The voice said.

"It's was only right because it was what you wanted." I replied sourly.

"True but now you can just move on like you were supposed to."

"I will never just move on. Turning your humanity off never truly means you moved on."

"Oh what would you know?"

"I know enough. Look at you. You're dead and you're here haunting me. For someone who has their humanity off you sure didn't move on."

"Just shut up and turn it off."

"No."

She glared at me. "I said turn it off."

"No." I said more assertively.

She stood right in front of me and grabbed my neck and pinned me into a tree. "Turn it off!"

"NO!" I choked out. At that moment my ring started to glow brightly and the witch released me. I fell to the ground and heard her scream in pain until she blew up.

"What the hell?" I said and then a swarm of visions appeared in my mind.

The first set of visions were all childhood memories of Damon and I. It was a touching moment to reminisce on the past. It then shifted to the day of the picnic, except it wasn't him saying that he was going to find a way to change our lives. Instead he proposed and I said yes. It then fast forwarded to us kissing at our wedding. I was crying with joy as I kept watching these visions. From our wedding it shifted to an unfamiliar home on the countryside. We were on the porch greeting Stefan. It was then I noticed that I was holding an infant wrapped in a blanket in my arms and Damon held a toddler in his arms. The visions continued to age what our lives could have been as human and then they stopped.

I stood up from the ground and looked at the ring. Damon did find a way to stop the spell and it worked. I was so happy I started running out of the forest and to the Salvatore boarding house. I should have believed him. I was so stupid. I barged into the house and ran up the stairs to Damon's room. He was staring out his window with a drink in hand. He turned around to see the mess that I must have looked.

"Olivia…what happened to you?" He asked.

I walked forward and slapped his drink out of his hand. I then grabbed his face and pulled him down to me so I could kiss him hard. He willingly kissed back and then pulled away staring at me in confusion.

"The ring it worked. It really worked. I am so sorry for ever doubting you and pushing you away. I came all the way here so I could finally have what I always wanted but if you don't want me anymore I'll leave." I told him.

He held my face in his hand. "I love you Olivia Branch. I wouldn't be stupid enough to let you go again." He kissed me again and I smiled into it. "So what does that mean for us?"

"Well…I'm going to move in with you and Stefan and yes." I simply told him.

"Yes?" He asked me. I held out my hand to show the ring on my hand and I winked at him.

He hugged me. "I am the happiest guy alive."

I hugged back. "And I am the happiest girl alive."

"Why don't we go downstairs and celebrate?" He started to lead me out but I tighten my grip to get him to stay.

"I have another thing in mind ." I winked.

"Oh…future Mrs. Salvatore." He wiggled his eyebrows pulled me into his arms.

Tonight for the first time in a long time I felt happy and free. I could live a normal life without being afraid and I could live it with the one I love the most, Damon Salvatore. I can't think of a better way to live my eternal life as a vampire.

~ Well this was fun to write Sorry if this chapter was really long and the ending seemed week but none the less I still think it was perfect ^-^. I thought about writing mini series for these two but meh. I don't know how anyone will feel about it so I'm just throwing the idea out there but I probably won't write anything yet to focus on the other story. Enjoy summer guys! Love yeah 3 ~