Thank you for all the new alerts and subscribes... Would have loved a few more reviews to let me know what you liked or didn't like as it really helps, otherwise I'm guessing completely. BUT I've decided this will be the last chapter and then I'll make it a nice round 10 chapters with a look into the future. Enjoy!

Damon's eyes fluttered open as he gasped for a breath he so desperately needed. Stefan was sobbing above him gently stroking his hair. He felt a pain in his chest and his hand throbbed with pain.

"Elena." Damon croaked. Trying weakly to fight out of Stefan's arms.

"She's gone Damon. She's gone." Stefan whispered and held his brother closer, squeezing his body into his and covering his face with his chest. Damon pushed but couldn't move.

"I can't breathe Stefan, please, you're hurting me." Damon said in panic and Stefan pulled back with a confused look on his face.

"What!" Stefan said in response letting his arms relax as Damon pulled himself into a sitting position. He rubbed his hand and hisses at the agony of what he suspected we're a few broken fingers from punching through Klaus' chest, only they weren't healing, they were hurting like hell. "How do you feel Damon?" Stefan said with an urgency.

"Like I've just gone 12 rounds." Then it hit him hard, the confusion of the moment, the realisation of the low sobs of Caroline behind him, the horror look of Lola looking on and the dull ache in his heart. "Like I'm human." Damon whispered in agony and scrabbled to his feet, turning to Caroline to see her cradling Elena.

Elena's face was white as porcelain and her features relaxed and almost at peace apart from the bite marks in her neck and her blood soaked shirt. Damon fell to his knees at Elena's side and pulled her body into his arms. Caroline cried uncontrollably now placing her hands over her mouth as Stefan pulled her back and into his chest.

Damon raised his eyebrows, trying desperately to stop the tears from pouring from his eyes, his vision was blurry and his hands trembled as he blinked away to see what he so desperately needed to see. His chest heaved and the air burned his lungs more fiercly than any torture he had experienced as a vampire. He fumbled trying to focus. His hand gripped around hers and he felt for the ring he was pleading she was wearing. Jeremy's ring.

His fingers connected with the cold metal and his heart beat just a little bit faster. A small satisfied breath escaped his lips as his body sunk at the discovery.

Damon hadn't left her side. Elena's now healed body lay peacefully in their bed, still asleep, still technically dead. Damon hadn't spoken, or eaten for 2 days. He was human, and fading very fast, but no amount of pleading from Stefan would make Damon tear his eyes away from Elena. He was stuck in limbo until she came out of hers.

Stefan leaned on the doorframe, another plate of food in his hand. He felt utterly hopeless and stuck in his own limbo waiting for Damon to come to some sense. He walked towards the bed and placed a hand on Damon's back. Damon didn't move.

"Please eat. I really don't want to watch you die again. And I couldn't bare to tell Elena that you didn't eat while she was recovering. She'll be real mad with you when she wakes up." Stefan said softly, letting Damon soak in his words. "She loves you Damon, she wanted you to live, don't let her wish fade away."

Damon listened as Stefan left the room and walk down the hallway. Even being human he could still hear his brothers leather boots on the old carpet. His eyes glanced at the bowl of food and bread on the side table and his mouth watered. It was his favourite stew that momma used to make and he knew Stefan had been cooking all day. He reached over and took the spoon from the bowl, lifting it to his mouth he took his first mouthful of food since becoming human again. It tasted perfect. Like a winters day by the fire. He closed his eyes and let the emotion overtake him. His insides felt warm and contented and for the first time since his momma died he felt her warmth spread throughout his limbs, stroking all his problems away like only a mother could. He felt warm hands stroke his hair, cup his cheek and pull his body into a familiar embrace.

His eyes shot open and met Elena's beautiful brown orbs, glistening with tears that matched his own rolling down his cheeks. Her eyebrows had pulled together and as her chest heaved she let out a joyful sob as her lips slammed into Damon's with such ferocity that they both tumbled backwards and onto the floor with a thud. Elena groaned and remembered that she was no longer unbreakable.

"Ouch" Elena said softly as she picked herself up slightly. Damon pushed his hand over her ear and through her hair to pull her back into his kiss.

"I thought I'd lost you. I thought you wouldn't wake up." Damon whispered on her lips.

"I couldn't leave you. I love you Damon." Elena said kissing his lips again.

"And I love you too. More than you'll ever know." Damon said with a small smile. Tears had gathered in his eyes and started to fall over his rosy cheeks. He looked so different. So human.

"You're blushing Damon. Blushing. How?" Elena asked with a confused tone to her whisper. Damon smiled and kissed her passionately. Their tongues danced with beautiful synchronicity, impressing every fibre of their body, described as one, together.

"We're both human Elena. By some weird and wonderful magic, we're both human again." Damon let out a little breath and let his eyebrows relax under Elena's unforgettable stare. Her lips were slightly parted, eyes wide and her chest was slowly and steadily rising and falling. She looked innocent and utterly beautiful. Her skin was flushed, eyes bright and she smelled like strawberry peach bubblebath. She was perfect.

"You really are beautiful Elena." She smiled the biggest smile before slamming her lips into Damon's again this time letting her hands grab his, letting this fingers intertwine.

Damon lifted her in his arms, her legs wrapped around him as their lips roamed to cheeks, necks, ears and collar bone. Elena gasped as Damon nipped at her neck, playfully reminding her of their passed form. She had shed her pj bottoms without thought and noticed she was wearing no underwear within seconds. Damon undid his own jeans and let them fall to his ankles. Everything was frantic, untidy, lazy until she felt Damon at her entrance. She slowed and looked up into Damon's eyes. He kissed her slowly, pulled away and looked back into her eyes as he pushing himself into her heat. She was warm, then hot and unbearably tight. Elena groaned and let her head fall back as Damon kissed her throat with open kisses.

She felt him move inside her, hitting the sweet spot so perfectly she thought she couldn't breathe. Damon picked up the speed and intensity slamming into her again and again. He could feel butterflies in his stomach and his toes tingled as Elena moaned loudly. Her body was covered in a satisfied layer of sweat and the sweetest sounds were escaping her throat. She sounded like an angel. He lowered them down onto the bed where her head rested perfectly to allow her hair to fall around her like a halo.

Damon moaned as Elena let her orgasm explode. His back felt her nails, his ears heard her gasps, his manhood felt her walls clench so tight that he felt his own orgasm explode and spill into the woman that makes his heart beat strong and fast and has the power to set the butterflies in his stomach free into the room around them. He felt complete.

"I love you Elena." Damon said softly, his voice cracking slightly.

"And I love you, my sweet soulmate, more than you'll ever know." She echoed his words from earlier as she cupped his face. She let their lips touch tenderly while she closed her eyes, content completely.

The end.

Well... kinda...I have one final chapter for you after this that will take a look into the future. Also I have another fic that is almost complete and ready to post that is AU all human and a lovey dovey kinda fic.