Hey everyone! So in this story 13 year old Elena is in love with 17 year old Damon, who happens to be her older sister's best friend. Most people are in character, except Katherine. She's nice in this story. Anyways, please review!

Chapter 1

EPOV

Damon Salvatore. Every time I looked at him my heart skipped a beat. He was quite possibly the most beautiful human being I had ever seen, but he would never see me the way I saw him. I was Katherine's kid sister, the annoying junior high kid with a crush on a kid who's almost a junior in high school.

"Hi Elena," Damon said walking in to sit with me on the couch," how are you?"

"Uhh I'm good," I said excited that he was speaking to me," I'm excited that I'll be an eighth grader next year. I hated being a scrub."

"Yeah I remember feeling like that," he said smirking," so is Katherine coming down soon? We have to get going."

"She should be," I said sadly knowing they were off to a high school party," she was getting ready when I came down here an hour ago."

"An hour ago huh," he said laughing," damn she takes forever to get ready. I guess she always has."

"Yeah well she's a perfectionist," I said smiling," you know Katherine."

"I know you hate me I'm so sorry," Katherine interrupted running down the stairs," but I'm ready to go Damon."

"Thank god Elena and I were growing beards down here," he said smirking at me and I blushed," anyways let's go your boyfriend's waiting for you."

"I know I know," she said grabbing her purse," I'll see you later Elena," she said smiling before leaving the house.

Katherine and Damon had been best friends since kindergarten, and he practically lived at our house since then. His mom died when he was young, and his dad was almost always out of town so my parents let him hang out at the our house all the time. Miranda and Grayson Gilbert were perfect parents. My dad is a doctor, and my mom is always getting involved with town events in Mystic Falls. I started liking Damon a few years ago. I realized how handsome he was one day, and I've been hooked ever since. He was always so nice to me, and he included me when he was over with Katherine. She and I have always had a pretty close relationship, and Damon appreciated that. He always got me a gift on my birthday and he always asked me what was going on in my life. I knew he cared about me, but the same way he'd care about a little sister. My mom came in and interrupted my thoughts.

"Hey sweetheart," she said sitting next to me," did your sister leave already?"

"Yeah she just left," I said shrugging my shoulders," Damon came and picked her up."

"Oh ok that's nice," she said smiling," well Daddy's working late at the hospital tonight, want to watch a movie?"

"Yeah sounds good," I said smiling," oh and I meant to ask you, can I hang out with Caroline tomorrow?"

"Yeah of course you can," she said as she sat down next to me after putting in the DVD," you know you can always go to Caroline's."

We made popcorn and watched the movie until 11.

"I think I'm going to turn in it's getting late," she said giving me a hug," you should head up soon too. I love you."

"I love you too," I said smiling as she walked up the stairs. I figured I might as well go to bed and I walked up the stairs to change into my pajamas. Around 3 am I was woken up by a loud noise outside. I got out of bed and looked out the window to see what it was and I saw Katherine stumbling up the front walk with Damon trying to help her. She was probably drunk again. I walked down the stairs to warn her that she was being too loud and my mom might wake up. I covered for her all the time.

"Katherine be quiet," I said going downstairs and meeting her at the front door," mom is going to hear you."

"I'm fine Elena," she mumbled," where am I?"

Damon and I exchanged smiles at how out of it she was and I helped him pull her inside.

"I can take her up to bed," I said looking at his perfect blue eyes," it wouldn't be the first time. Plus if my mom catches her with you in her room at 3 am she'll freak."

"Ok thanks Elena," he said smiling," I think I'm going to crash on the couch if that's cool. It's late and I don't want to drive all the way home."

"Yeah you know you always can," I said with a small smile," I'll see you later."

I dragged Katherine up the stairs and into her bedroom. She was singing Glee songs now and I continuously told her to shut up. I handed her pajamas and helped her change into them before she passed out on the bed. I walked out into the hallway and looked over the banister to see Damon lying down on the couch in his boxers and a t-shirt. Damon sleeping on our couch wasn't a rare sight, he did it often, but every time he did I couldn't help but secretly stare at him. I knew I was being a creep, but I couldn't help it. I sighed heavily and went back to bed knowing I'd never actually get what I want.

I woke up around 10 the next morning and remembered Katherine's embarrassing entrance and Damon sleeping on the couch. I didn't want him to see me when I looked all unpolished from sleep so I got dressed and brushed my hair to get ready for Caroline's. I walked downstairs and spotted them all in the kitchen with my mom.

"Morning sweetheart," my mom said smiling," I made pancakes if you want some."

"Sure," I said smiling and sitting at the counter with Damon and Katherine to eat.

"Can you drive me to Caroline's after we eat," I asked my mom," I told her I'd be there soon."

"Oh shoot," my mom said," I promised Carol Lockwood I would help her set up for the fundraiser."

"I can take her," Damon piped in," Katherine and I were about to go to The Grill so we can drop her off on the way."

"Ahh thank you Damon," my mom said as she washed dishes," you're so helpful I don't know what I'd do without you."

"Oh god mom," Katherine said teasingly," just adopt him already."

"He practically lives here anyways," my mom said," but I have to go I'll see you all later."

"Well we should get going too," Damon said getting up," we've gotta get to The Grill. Caroline lives on maple right Elena?"

"Yeah," I said as we walked out of the house," the big white house on the end."

We drove to Caroline's and Katherine talked about her night. Apparently her and her boyfriend Mason Lockwood got in a fight again last night. All they ever did was fight. He was a jerk. I couldn't stand him. Every time he came over he ignored me, and sometimes he called me "the kid." Katherine hated when he was rude to me, it was one of the many things they fought about on a daily basis. Damon hated him too; he thought Katherine was too good for him.

"He is a total dick Katherine," Damon said annoyed," seriously just end it before things get any worse."

"I can't just end it," Katherine said dramatically," I really like him, we just don't see eye to eye on some things."

"You don't see eye to eye on anything," I chimed in from the back seat," Damon's right he's a dick."

"See Elena agrees with me," Damon said laughing looking at me through his rear view mirror," just don't tell your mom I'm corrupting you with my bad language."

"You're not corrupting me," I said matter of factly.

"Yeah Elena has a mouth on her," Katherine said snickering," she just keeps it toned down when she needs to."

"Well well well," Damon said teasingly as we pulled on to Caroline's street," Elena Gilbert has a dirty little secret."

"Yes I'm full of mystery I said getting out of the car," anyways thanks for the ride I'll see you guys later."

They waved goodbye and I watched as Damon drove his blue Camaro back down the street. I hated how he claimed to be corrupting me; it was just another reminder that I'm like his little sister. I knocked on Caroline's door and she answered with a squeal and a smile. Caroline and I have been best friends since 1st grade, and she's kind of crazy, but I love her for it.

"Lena I'm so glad you're here," she said hugging me," how come your mom didn't walk you up and come inside for tea with Liz like she usually does?"

"She didn't drop me off," I said smiling," and stop calling your mom Liz it's weird."

"It's not weird," she said annoyed as we walked up to her room," so if your mom didn't drop you off who did?"

"Uhh Damon did," I said with a small smile," him and Katherine dropped me on the way to The Grill."

"Awhh Damon Salvatore," she said batting her eyelashes overdramatically," so are you still in love with him?"

"I'm not in love with him," I said defensively as I sat down on her bed," I just like him, a lot."

"Oh please we both know you love him," she said sitting down next to me.

"Well ok maybe a little," I said sighing," but it'll never happen so just forget about it."

"You just need to find a new boy to like," she said encouragingly," you know how many guys at school like you?"

"It's not the same," I said shrugging," I don't like any of them. I just want Damon."

"You're irreparable at this point," she said laughing," you need to move on from Damon Salvatore. As your best friend I command you."

"You cant command me," I said laughing and hitting her with a pillow," that's not allowed."

"Whatever Lena," she said rolling her eyes," summer is almost over and I have last night's Pretty Little Liars recorded so let's watch it."

"Yes I haven't seen it yet," I said excitedly," Katherine wasn't home to watch with me last night."

DPOV

I wanted to kill myself, literally. Katherine and Mason were cooing over each other right next to me, and Elijah had bailed on meeting me so I was officially the third wheel. Mason Lockwood was a dick, which Elena agreed with me on. I always liked Elena growing up, even though she was younger than me. She was always a lot of fun, and never acted annoying like the other kids her age. Elena Gilbert is Katherine's little sister, I keep telling myself. I couldn't help but notice how much she had blossomed lately. She was always pretty, but now that she was growing up it started to become more than that. She was growing taller, and she had these perfectly long-toned legs. She also had Katherine's long hair and crazy brown eyes shielded by think eyelashes. Katherine's my best friend, and I don't think of her in any kind of romantic way at all, but she is beautiful. Elena takes after her, but I think Elena is prettier.

"So Damon do you want to come over tonight," Katherine said interrupting my thoughts," Mason is coming we could all hang out."

"Uhh yeah sure," I said absentmindedly," sounds good."

Katherine kissed Mason goodbye and we walked outside to drive home.

"So will Elena need us to pick her up," I asked Katherine hoping she wouldn't notice my excitement over seeing her.

"No she'll be there until tonight," Katherine said," my mom will probably get her later."

"Oh ok," I said purposely sounding nonchalant before getting into the car and driving back to the Gilbert's.

Katherine and I watched TV for a while and ate some lunch, basically the same thing we do everyday. My house gets pretty lonely, plus there's never food unless I want to grocery shop, which I don't. The only thing I do there is sleep, and sometimes I don't even do that.

"Hello Katherine," Grayson gilbert said as he walked down the stairs," Damon good to see you boy."

"Hi daddy," Katherine said with her eyes still glued to the TV.

"Mr. Gilbert," I said high fiving him from the couch," how's life?"

"Life's a bitch," he said laughing as he walked by," I have night shifts at the hospital so I'm all over the place."

"Awh I'm sorry sir," I said laughing back at him. He got up and left the room to make a sandwich, I really loved Mr. Gilbert. He was more of a father to me than my own ever was. He taught me how to fight when I was bullied in 1st grade, he helped me with my homework, and he even taught me how to drive.

"Well I'm off," he said leaving around 8 o'clock," you kids behave yourselves."

"Bye," we said in unison as he walked out the door.

"So where's Mason," I asked her annoyed," I thought he was coming at 7:30."

"He's just running late," she said defensively," you know you should really give him a chance."

"I gave him about 100 chances already," I said angrily," and fucked up every single time."

Katherine was about to respond back when her phone rang. She talked for a minute before hanging up.

"That was Elena," she said with a sigh," she needs a ride because my mom is still at the fundraiser, but I have to wait for Mason."

"I'll go get her," I said eagerly hoping she'd just think I was being nice," really it's fine. Now I won't have to see Mason."

"Thank you Damon," she said teasingly patting me on the head. I walked out to my Camaro and drove the way to Caroline's house.

EPOV

"Oh my god," I said looking at Caroline," Katherine just said she sent Damon to pick me up because she's waiting for Mason. This means we'll be in his car alone."

"Ohh steamy," Caroline said teasingly," I'm sure you have a long night ahead of you."

"Shut up," I said punching her in the arm," you can be such a bitch."

"I'm sorry," she said pouting dramatically," I just think it's funny, I can't help it."

With that the doorbell rang, Caroline answered it and it was Damon.

"Can Elena come out and play," he said teasingly and I laughed. I hugged Caroline goodbye and walked outside to leave with him. My heart was suddenly beating faster.

"So," he said after we got in the car," did you have fun?"

"Yeah I guess," I said blushing," Caroline is always fun."

"She seems interesting," he said smirking," well from the times I've been around her."

"Yeah she's a little bit too much sometimes," I said laughing," but I love her just the same."

"Sounds like your sister," he said laughing," she's a little bit much too."

"Yeah that's for sure," I said with a dry laugh," so she's at the house with Mason again?"

'Yup," he said popping the p," he was already a half an hour late when I left."

"He's an ass," I said shrugging.

"You're right he is," Damon said with a smile," it shouldn't last much longer."

"I hope not," I said looking out the window," I can't stand him being around the house so much."

"Did he do something to you," Damon said surprised," has he been treating you bad?"

"Kind of," I said with a frown," he just isn't very nice to me, but Katherine usually sticks up for me. It's one of the reasons they always fight."

"I didn't know that," he said solemnly," if he says something again I'll handle it."

"Thanks," I said laughing. We drove the rest of the way home in silence before pulling up to the house.

"Well I guess he decided to show up," Damon said nodding at Mason's Mustang. We walked into the house and saw them on the couch watching TV.

"Hey guys," Katherine said smiling at us when we walked in," thanks for picking Elena up Damon."

"I don't mind," he said shrugging his shoulders.

Things were really awkward, so I went into the kitchen to get something to eat. I opened the fridge and pulled out some leftover pasta to heat up. I turned around and saw Damon sitting at the counter.

"Want some pasta," I asked him hoping I wouldn't sound like an idiot," my mom made it so it's good."

"Sure," he said smiling," thanks Elena."

I heated up the pasta and handed him a bowl before we walked into the living room to watch TV with everyone else.

"So Elena isn't it past your bedtime," Mason said a little after 9 o'clock," I mean won't your parents be mad that you're still awake."

"Uhh no," I said annoyed," I don't have a bedtime, plus it's summer. I never go to bed this early."

"She's 13 not 6 Mason," Katherine said annoyed.

"Ok sorry I was just saying," Mason said defensively," I thought it was kind of weird that she was with us, I mean she's your little sister."

"Ok that's it buddy," Damon said standing up," I have put up with a lot from you, but don't insult Elena. She never did anything to you what the hell is your problem?"

I loved that Damon had stuck up for me.

"I don't have a problem," he said annoyed," sorry I'll leave it alone."

"Why don't we go outside," Katherine said pulling him up with her.

I rolled my eyes knowing she was just going outside to hook up with him.

"10 bucks says they're making out right now," I said laughing.

"20 bucks says they're in his car doing a lot more than that," he said smirking.

"Ew," I said disgusted," this is my sister we're talking about. But it's a deal."

Katherine walked in 5 minutes later and said they were on the porch.

"Damn," Damon said smiling and pulling 10 dollars out of his wallet for me," you win this round."

I took the money from him happily.

"What's with the money," Katherine said confused," are you guys betting on me."

"No we'd never do that," Damon said teasingly," honestly don't get your panties in a bunch."

"Well Elena I'm sorry about Mason," Katherine said sitting next to me," he can be rude sometimes, but I talked to him."

"It's whatever," I said focusing on the TV. She fed me that same line constantly, I was used to it by now. I looked over at Damon and he smiled at me, I smiled back before looking back at the TV.