RelationshipsEdit

Stefan Salvatore Edit

Main article: Elena and Stefan

Elena and Stefan.

Elena met Stefan on his first day of school, though initially Stefan knew Elena long before their fateful and destined meeting. Elena is immediately and indescribably drawn to him when she first meets him. Elena found him to be quite charming, handsome and mysterious. Eventually, they end up dating. They are enjoying their time together as a couple. Stefan later reveals his vampire nature after she pressed him, putting their relationship on a minor hold. Soon after, Elena warmed to Stefan being a vampire when realizing his "good nature."

Recently, they broke up because of Katherine's actions against Elena, compelling Jenna to attempt suicide. Even after Katherine is imprisoned in the tomb, she doesn't get back with Stefan though she still loves him as she wants to make sure her loved ones are safe. After Stefan is imprisoned in the tomb with Katherine, Elena rushes to the tomb but Damon prevents her from entering.

She bargains with Elijah to secure Stefan's release, which he grants. When Stefan arrives at her house after being set free, she runs into his arms and they kiss, resuming their relationship. Stefan and Elena seem to have an extremely positive relationship, and show this on many occasions - "It's you and me Stefan. Always."

Damon SalvatoreEdit

Main article: Elena and Damon

Elena and Damon.

Elena found Damon to be an arrogant and self-absorbed sadistic monster; the complete opposite of his brother. The hostile tension between the two lessen after she spent the day with Damon at a bar in Georgia for his own personal agenda in releasing Katherine from the tomb. She warms up to Damon once he realized that Katherine wasn't trapped as he initially thought, comprehending with the fact that he is lonely and is desperately seeking love. The two later build somewhat of a close friendship, occasionally working together for the good of their friends and family.

After Elena refuses to kiss Damon, he kills Jeremy (but he was brought back by the Gilbert ring, so Elena said to him,you have lost me forever.) It is revealed that Damon is in love with Elena, in several episodes, but was much more clear when he told Elena himself in Rose, but later compels her to forget it. In Katerina, Damon gets involved with Rose and they have sex, but Damon still loves Elena and will give his best effort to help save Elena. In The Sacrifice, Damon and Elena return to Mystic Falls to find Stefan trapped in the tomb with Katherine; Elena panics and tries to run to him, but Damon restrains her. Stefan then makes Damon promise to protect Elena and Damon promises. Katherine then says to Stefan that that was the biggest mistake he'd ever made, as she thinks Damon will try to make a move on Elena with Stefan out of the picture. Damon, however, doesn't make any move on her though he continues to love and protect her. In The Last Dance he tells her if it ever comes down to her and Bonnie again he will know who to choose saying "I Will Always Choose You."

In The Last Day though, Damon severely upsets Elena when he forces her to drink his blood to stop Elena dying in the sacrifice that Klaus has planned. Elena later breaks down in front of her boyfriend Stefan, and says that "I was supposed to grow up. Decide if I want to have kids and start a family. Grow old. I was supposed to have a lifetime of those choices, and now it's all gone. I don't want to be a vampire, Stefan. I never wanted to be one."

Elijah also tells Damon that "She'll never forgive you. And 'never' for a vampire? It's a very long time." In the last episode of season 2, Elena takes care of Damon while he is sick. At the end of the episode. They talk and Damon tells her how he feels, Elena starts to cry and kisses him on the lips.