Here’s an email my friend received from L.J. Smith.
“Hi Emily—

Thank Ты for your beautiful email. I completely understand why some Фаны get overeager—and especially if they think there is bad news for them. I hope that Ты will enjoy Midnight, as it is truly the story of Damon finding his deepest feelings for both Elena and Bonnie—and his feelings are definitely not platonic. In fact, to be blunt, without Bonnie and something that Bonnie does at the end, Damon would be permanently dead.

But right now I have to tell Ты something that makes me so sad and devastated—as bad, in fact,...

The Awakening

Elena felt Stefan's lips meet hers.
And… it was as simple as that. All Вопросы answered, all fears put to rest, all doubts removed. What she felt was not merely passion, but a bruising tenderness and a Любовь so strong it made her shake inside. It would have been frightening in its intensity, except that while she was with him, she could not be afraid of anything.
She had come home.
This was where she belonged, and she had found it at last. With Stefan, she was home.
"Oh, Elena," he whispered against her lips. We can't—
"We already have," she whispered, and drew him back down again....