This is only my second story I've made for fanfic, so bear with me. It's my first Vampire Diaries one though.

I really wanted to do one cause I've just recently become obsessed with the tv show, and I'm definitely in favour of Damon as you will come to see. Enjoy!

Please review so I know if anyone's reading =]

Thankyouuuu, Tiffani

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or vampire diaries, just the story.

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This is crazy. I was crazy. I couldn't believe I was thinking about him, again. I couldn't believe I was actually allowing myself to think of him. Allowing myself to feel that way about him. I mean it was him. But still, I couldn't help it. Everything about him invited you in. More than invited you, it pulled you in, strong and fast so that you couldn't stop yourself, couldn't stop to think. It was like this strong force acting upon you, willing you towards him. But it wasn't his vampire 'abilities' that were responsible for it, I knew that. I was certain of that. Because I was always wearing vervain, it wouldn't affect me. But it was just him.

The worst thing about this was that it wasn't Stephan that was making me feel this way.

It was his brother. Damon Salvatore.

I always thought he was a monster, I knew he was a monster. But somehow something had changed. He had changed. My feelings had changed. A lot. I guess it first started when we went to Georgia, well he took me unwillingly but I actually had fun, and I began to trust him, began to see another side of him. I mean I saved his life for peat sake. But he wasn't as much of as a badass as he tries to let on. At least not to me anyway.

And then there was when we danced at the Founder's Court, when I ran for Miss Mystic Falls. I wasn't expecting him to step in for Stephan, no one was. I saw all the stares. Especially from Jenna and Mr Saltzman. But he did. And I was grateful. Actually I was more than that, because when we danced there was something. Some spark or some connection that formed and linked us both. It bound us together, and changed everything. Changed the way I felt about him.

Before I could let my thoughts stray any longer Jenna's voice yelled up the stairs. "Elena, Your ride's here!"

Great, Stephan was here. Now I was going to have to deal with my thoughts and him for the whole ride to school. How bad was that going to be. Me sitting there think about his brother while I also pretended like nothing was wrong.

I headed down the stairs saying goodbye to Jenna as I stepped out the front door. Instead of Stephan's car parked in its usual spot out the front of my house. It was Damon's.

Okay scratch that, I was going to have to deal with my thoughts and Stephan and Damon for the whole ride to school. Now that was going to be bad.

What was he doing here? Stephan got out of the passenger side and joined me on the porch. "umm, what's Damon doing here?" at the sound of his name Damon turned to me and smirked.

Stephan looked back at Damon and simply rolled his eyes. "Here" he said grabbing my bag and leading me to the car.

As I got into the backseat Damon turned around to look at me and for a moment I was lost in his eyes. "Ready for school?" he asked with his usual chipper voice, a smirk playing at the edge of his lips.

"Ahh, yeah. What are you doing here, Damon?"

He turned back around and started the car. "Well I figured seeing as we're all going to the high school we might as well all go together. You know car pool. Save the environment and all that." He turned his head to smirk at me, before continuing on the road towards school.

I leaned forward and rested my chin on Stephan's seat. I was still confused. "Why are you going to the school?"

"Damon is going to be the new football coach" Stephan answered, obviously annoyed at the idea.

"Yep." Damon piped up "Thought maybe we could get some brother bonding time in," Stephan looked at Damon and shook his head.

"How come they hired you?" I asked trying feebly to break the tension.

Stephan turned in his seat towards Damon with a smug smile on his face. "Yes Damon, why did they hire you? "

He glanced over at Stephan before answering "Well don't forget who taught Stephan the game in the first place Elena. I guess they figured the talent might run in the family."

"And because Damon compelled the principle." Stephan added.

Damon gasped, faking a shocked and hurt expression. "Why would you think a thing like that?"

"Because that's something you would do." I stated quietly.

He turned again to look at me, eyebrows furrowed. I looked back at him shocked. Wow. Had my words actually hurt him? Before I could come to a conclusion he turned around. Instead addressing Stephan.

"Don't act like you didn't do it." He smirked.

"What do you mean?" I was confused again.

"How do you think Stephan got into the school?"

I looked at Stephan who was now looking at his brother. But before I could question him further Damon pulled into the schools parking lot.