Poppy, a friend of mine on the vampire-diaries.net forums, recently traded a few e-mails with LJS and asked about Damon/Meredith as a possibility and LJS gave a little bit about her plans for Meredith's future storylines (even is they won't be used by the ghostwriter).

Pith/Poppy: I could have sworn you had a part in a blog or something where you said you saw potential for Damon & Meredith. Now, Damon/Elena and Damon/Bonnie fans are swearing up and down that this is impossible, but I don't think so. But Chapter 8 in Midnight, at least to me, shows that Damon *respects* Meredith, and that's...