I thank you all, my loyal readers, for staying up with my story. This continues from The Salvatore Girl. It has been three weeks since Elizabeth's death and in this story you will see an insight to the father Damon was trying to be and some of the Damon that you know in the TV series. I honestly didnt see making more of this tiny, "What if" question I was asked in order to start off with my mini spin-off series. I Thank Slytherinprincess8870 for helping me out with your advice and suggestions.

The song I used in this chapter is called Echo by Jason Walker. I do not own anything about the Vampire Diaries or Jason Walker's song. All rights are resreved to their rightfull owners. Please enjoy the next step in Damon's life.

Chapter One: Halloween

Elena's POV

Ever since the funeral, Damon has visited the cemetery everyday and talks to the headstone above his daughters casket. He tells her about his day and the mini problems he has. Ever since she died he hasn't acted like himself. He tried to kill himself at least two times, and I'm scared that he will try again today, on her seventeenth birthday.

Why did Stefan kill her? Kill me? I am grateful that she chose to spend her unknown last few moments forcing her blood into my system.

I will never know how Damon is feeling, unless I chose to have a child and then they die. He doesn't leave the Boarding house unless it's to visit Elizabeth and/or Stefan. He has been gone for almost three hours today and it's almost ten in the morning. I know I shouldn't get to worried, but I am. I gave into the voice in my head as I grabbed my leather coat and car keys. I checked that my necklace, or Elizabeth's necklace, was still on my neck, protecting me from the sun.

Damon's POV

As I sit here supported by the back of a weathered headstone looking at my daughters plot, I feel like I can sense her presence here in this depressing place. Some of the locals placed red roses on the sides of the standing marker as I walked into the place of mourning. They looked at me and left after their soft apologizes. Every time I shut my eyes at night, I see her; safe, human and innocent. The way she should have been, along with being alive on this day, her birthday.

I can think of a song that would describe how I feel right now. It was one of her favorite songs, but I couldn't believe I was playing the part of the person who the song is about.

Hello, Hello

anybody out there?

'cause I don't hear a sound

Alone, alone

I don't really know where the world is but I miss it

Now

When I walk around the Boarding house, I can't hear her; her singing, talking on a phone or to me. It's silent and now that she is gone, I feel alone in the world. When she died, a part of me went with her. I miss her more than missing being human, because when she was with me, I felt more human than I did in the past 145 years.

I'm out on the edge and screaming my name

Like a fool at the top of my lungs

Sometimes when I close my eyes I pretend I'm alright

But it's never enough

Cause my echo, echo

Is the only voice coming back

My shadow, shadow

Is the only friend I have

I talk to Elena, but not as much as I used to. I walk around and talk to myself knowing I will never get a voice or a response from anyone. She was my best friend, and I was hers. Now the only person that is close to me right now is my shadow. I act like I'm fine and nothing ever happened, but the act can only go on for so long.

Listen, listen

I would take a whisper if

That's all you had to give

But it isn't, isn't

You could come and save me

Try to chase it crazy right out of my head

All I do is listen, hoping she could come again and show herself to me as she did at her funeral by the old cherry tree. She talked plain as day to me, despite the distance between us, as if it were a whisper. I would give anything to hear her again, but I can't. She could save me with a few of her strange, crazy words of wisdom. I wish she could chase out the thoughts in my head.

I don't want to be down

I just wanna feel alive and

Get to see your face again but 'til then

Just my echo, my shadow

Youre my only friend.

Hello, Hello

Anybody out there?

It was like she gave me a natural high every time I saw her smiling face. I felt normal around her, like I wasnt the monster that my brother made me into. Yet, if he did not do that back in 1864, I would never had been able to know Lizzy. The world wouldn't have known her. Well, all of the people in the world that had the oppertunity to know her instantly fell in love with her. I would give anything to see her face again. I feel alone. I only here my echo and see my shadow.

"Come on, don't feel like that. Now you see those roses that my friends placed on the stone? That was my way of saying I'm alright, daddy." She sat beside me. Of course it wasnt really her, it was her image in my mind. She wasnt a ghost because she told me that she didnt have anything to be angry over. Her mother didnt care for her, so she didnt care back either. "Please go and see Elena. You dont have to talk, just go see how she's doing."

I looked to my left and smirked. "Do you know how many times I have talked to her since.." I stopped talking because I didnt want the tears to return to my eyes. I have never cried as much in my life than now. Every night I would cry, every morning, every timeIe did something that reminded me of her he would cry. It was sad and upsetting to watch.

"Five times. Yes I have counted. Five times in three weeks? Come on, you cant go one hour without texting her and now your completely ignoring everyone. Is that how you want to spend the rest of forever? Sitting in this graveyard everyday looking at a slab of marble? I know that's not what I would want. You have to go back to living. It's killing you." Her words struck me hard. Everything she said was true. How is it she could still be true and wise even after her untimely death? "I dont think you have to leave right now. there she is."

I watched as Lizzy stood up and walked to the forest again. All I could do was watch. I didnt dare move untill I couldnt see her again. Then and only then did I stand up and brushed off the dirt from the dark jeans I wore. I watched as Elena came up to where I stood.

"Hey." She said to me, her voice sounded flat and almost monotoned. "How are you?"

"Walking on sunshine Elena." I told her pulling my stare from the roses to her eyes. "Tell me how would you feel like if you lost your only child and you acted like you were never their parent, hmm?"

"I-"

"Thats right," I interupted her. "You dont know what it's like. Stefan was the cause of all of my pain in my life. Well he is not here anymore and I still hurt." I noticed how I was snappy and broody. I took in a deep breath before talking again. "I'm sorry. I'm on edge I guess. I just dont know what to do." I looked at her and held her hand in mine. "I haven't meant to ignore you. I just cant wake up and smell the roses."

"Damon, you dont have to apologize. I can only imagine how you feel. And if I were in your place, I would most likely be doing the same thing." She glanced over to the flowers that lay at the sides of her stone. "I'm sorry, I truely am. Just let me take you out today. Distract you from this." She placed her right hand on our joined ones.

I had to leave town right now. I couldnt stand to be here, at least not today. "Ok."

She led me out and towards her car. To our escape from this terrible day.