What really hurts the most...a broken heart or being shot in the chest...? you tell me.

I wake up in the morning ready to see the daylight.i open my drapes to find the sun blinding my eyes making me close them. i walk to my closet and get ready for my first day of being a free person no parents nothing but me and Caroline. im glad i moved to mystic falls to live with my best friend caroline. she acts weird but i still love her. i change into some nice clothes all ready for the morning to begin in this wonderful day. im Gemma Hartley...Im 19 years old ...yay almost 20. i wlak down the stairs to leave. i never eat breakfast it doesnt work with my stomach. i just turned 19 yesterday not as fun as i thought it would be.

"Gemma good morning where are you going?" Caroline asked anxiously"come in and eat"

"um i dont eat in the mornings" I explained

"of course!" she muttered " hey lets go meet Elena and Stefan oh and Bonnie and Damon and..."

"Care! i dont have a clue who those people are..." i hollered

"oh yeah sorry here let me text them so they can meet us at the grill ok ok!" she smiled

we got in the car and headed fot the grill ooooh fun meeting Carolines friends! we walked in to fing a ton of people looking at her and getting up to hug her. i decided to go and get a drink as i was walking i was texting as well. i ran into somebody almost falling to the ground before they caught me. it was a tall cute guy with black hair and a nice smile. he wore a plain black shirt and a leather jacket and some jeans.

"so sorry!" he smiled as he let go of me

"no its fine im fine your fine were all fine" i smiled with sarcasm and tried to play like im not interested eventhough i really was

"im Damon...Damon Salvatore!" he smiled

"im Gemma Hartley." i grinned

he shook my hand and smiled "let me get you a drink...what would you like"

"whatevers good is fine with me" i replied

caroline walked over and laughed " so you two already met"

i nodded my head then she walked away

"you know Caroline?" he asked curiously

"surprisingly yes i known her ever since i was 3 i would say... but shes not my best friend shes my only friend..." i finished

"well i thought i was your friend..."he grinned

" i guess you are now" i smiled "thats a cool ring" i pulled up his hand for a closer look

" thanks its a family ring my brother Stefan has one just like it they belonged to the first Salvatore brothers Which we were named after" He continued on with this story that felt like it lasted forever but i didnt care at least i wouldnt look like a loner sitting here drinking with nobdy to talk to..."you seem really bored..."

my face shot up "oh im sorry im actually not its very interesting" i smiled widly lying

" okay proove it what was the last thing that i said about my brother...?" he asked

"okay you got me yes i got bored with the story... because im bored here and theres nothing to do" i admitted... a pause broke out "so..."

" why dont we go have some fun instead of both of us being bored... lets got to the board walk so we can see the falls how about that?" he smiled his cute captivating smile

"yeah sounds like loads of fun!" i hopped out of the stool and he took my hand and led me towards the others

"hey guys we are going to go to the falls.." he revealed

"whos we?" a female said

" me and Gemma are going to the falls..." he asnwered "oh you havent met them yet have you well.. this is my brother the one i told you about stefan" he pointed to a tall cute man they do look like siblings a bit. "this is his girlfriend Elena" he pointed to the female who asked 'whos we?' "this is bonnie" Damon introduced the last person "if the others were here we would be her much longer you can meet them another time ok"

i nodded my head in agreement

"Damon hey can i talk to you before you go?" Stefan called from behind us

"sure little bro but make it quick i have someone waiting" Damon Smirked

damon took his arm off of around my shoulderand walked around to stefan they had a long talk but all i heard clearly was Damon saying "i wont i promise!" in a serious prompt voice "you better!" stefan replied

damon came back to me and the other girls "are you ready to go?"

i nodded my head. we walked to his car... i must say he had a nice car it was like a mustang to me but i wasnt sure what it really was. i wondered what they were talking about. what did damon promise to stefan..? i hope i wont get raped or something. because this guy is cute and its weird that im trusting him so sudden i mean i just met him.

"you okay Gemma?" he got my attention

"yeah im fine... how much longer till we are there?" i asked

"we are here?"

"what how long have we been here?" i was shocked

"we have been sitting in the car for about five minutes"

"oh...why didnt you tell me?"

"hey you were in you own little world over there i didnt know if you would yell at me so i let you be... for five minutes thats my limit" he explained

"five minutes thats all i get..." i laughed. he knew i ment it the wrong way... i think "im kidding"

we got out of the car and walked to the bridge. i stopped dead center of the bridge turned to see the lovley veiw of the falls. i missed this looking at the falls i used to always come herre when i was a kid about 5 or 6. caroline and i would run back and forth on the bridge til we were tired. but that was years ago. im what 19 now... i hate how i forget my age it makes me feel more dyslexic than i already am. i felt a pat on my shoulder. i turned around.

"hey there why are you so quiet?" he whispered

"i dont know why are you whipsering" i mocked him "hey how old are you?"

he turned to look at the falls behind me

" im 24 stefan is 17" he replied

i turned next to him. really 24... thats cool i guess. we stared at the falls. so pretty. so tired. i felt myself fall and loud screaming behind me.

" GEMMA! ARE YOU OK GEMMA!" a voice shouted