A/N: First off, I am sorry to all. I have been gone from writing for far too long, mainly because of school, and so here I am into the new year and ready to write again! Luckily I have some time to do so, I am just finishing my first semester of my junior year, so this means free time to write(or so I hope). Well enough of me.. blah, I don't want to bore you, so onto the story. Please R&R, the more you do the faster I update!

Disclaimer:I own nothing, no characters...at least not on here, but in my dreams I own Damon.. Hee C: Seriously I don't L.J. Smith does, and well maybe then I could own Ian. C:

Summary: "He isn't as bad as you make him out to be." Elena knew that no matter what she said, Stefan would find a way to prove her wrong, but not this time. No, this time she was going to prove him wrong, by showing him that his older brother wasn't the bad guy, he was just misunderstood. But was it really that easy, she had to admit this was Damon she was talking about, and as much as she thought she hated him, she knew it was fake, but by how could she prove that?

Word Count: 2,284

Dear Diary,

Have you every wanted so badly to prove someone wrong, to rub it in their face that you were right, and they were wrong? Well I do, and it's pretty bad if you ask me, I mean how many girls my age want to prove their boyfriend is wrong about something that he very well knows more about then you, I can tell you right now the number is slim, in fact I maybe the only one. Not that I care. I love Stefan, don't think that I don't, or anything, its just he doesn't understand where I'm coming from, or so it seems that way. But my points are good, at least to me, but who am I kidding? I can't tell anyone about this, not even Bonnie-who understands more about what I go through on a daily bases then anyone else-but she hates Damon, so I know that bringing this, or anything that has to do with him will make her blood boil. So I stay away. Then it goes back to Stefan, I really, really want to prove him wrong, to show him that Damon is a good guy at heart, he is just seriously misunderstood, and that is his reason-even though isn't a good one-for acting the way he does.

So, I guess I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna go to Stefan's house and tell him all that I have written down here, well maybe not everything, but I will make sure to get my point across clearly, and in a way that I hope will not anger him, but I cannot promise that it won't. The two hate each other, and if that word isn't the right one, then I need to find out which is, I mean, I can't see hating your brother for over a hundred and forty-five years, to me that is just too much. Then again, I'm not a vampire, so I guess for them time is nothing, it doesn't seem to bother them because well, they aren't effected by it, they stay the same, minus the change in the fashion. I can't even begin to know what that is like, but I will write about that another day, for now I am focusing on one thing, and that is talking to Stefan about Damon, and then finding Damon to talk to, which if I know Damon by now I don't have to look for him, he normally finds me.

So until later, unless something crazy happens to were I can't write, this is it for now.

Elena

The diary closed, and a small sigh left Elena's lips as she looked at her clock, it read 3:30, she then listened as Jeremy's door opened, and then closed, she looked up as he appeared in her doorway and smiled softly at her, she nodded for him, as if to give him permission to enter into her room. He seemed uncomofrtable, but came in anyways. Elena's brows fluttered together as she watched him, she knew that because Damon had taken away all the bad things in his life he didn't do drugs, or drink anymore, so why was he sp hesitant around her? Sitting up, and swinging her legs over the side of the bed, she then motioned for him to sit next to her before she asked, "What's up Jer?" Jeremy exhaled, and looked at her, and then to the ground, he was unsure, she saw it as he looked back up at her. "Can.. can I ask you something, about Stefan?" Elena bit her lip, but nodded as she got off her bed, and made her way towards her closet to get her jacket, she stopped and looked at him, as if to wait for him to go on, but when he didn't she sighed. "What do you want to ask about him?" Her eyes were slightly judgmental, not that she would of ever meant it, and Jeremy saw it. He shook his head right away, and looked down, as his hands slipped into his pockets. "Uh, never mind.. Are you going out?" Elena had slipped her jacket on, and was just pulling her hair out from it, when Jeremy asked his question, and she nodded as she slipped past him, and by her mirror to look at her reflection.

"I was actually just on my way to Stefan's, so yes."

"Oh, could I tag along? I mean not be third wheel like, or anything .. it's just I don't have much to do anymore, and I thought that maybe--"

Elena cut him off, shaking her head with a smile as she walked up next to him, and slipped her arm into his. "Well, I wasn't going to hang with him, but maybe you can." She watched his expression change, and him cringe slightly, he had never spent time with Stefan, and yet he was cringing, it was weird, but normally that was the reaction Damon gave off, not Stefan. Chuckling lightly she pulled him from her room, and towards the stairs, only to stop and unlink her arm from his, as her eyes went to the door, and her feet down the steps lightly. "It's up to you, Jer, I'm sure he would like to get to know you." Jeremy looked down at his older sister, and let out a sigh, he even rolled his eyes lightly, but he knew that she was right. Stefan and her had been going out for a while(he never was good at dates and how long things like this lasted.) and he had never spent time with the guy, instead he just saw him sometimes when he came over, or in the hall at school, but nothing more. So maybe it was for the better. He nodded as he stepped down and was next to Elena again, she smiled at him, as she made her way quickly down the stairs and towards the front door, before going out she took her keys from the table next to the door, and looked at Jeremy.

"I'm going out to my car, okay?"

Jeremy gave her a nod, and she took it as a yes, and slipped out the front door, she was about to look up to her car when she nearly ran into Stefan, her heart began to beat hard against her ribcage, and she gasped softly. "Jeez, I thought we discussed you not doing that." Stefan mearlychuckled, and she took that as his way of saying he was sorry. She then watched as he took a few steps back, and watched as his expression turned, and his hands slipped into his coat pockets, something was either really wrong, or he was just being his normal scornful self. "Where you going someplace?" Stefan looked at her, and saw the keys in her hand, and heard Jeremy inside, she pulled his face back to look at him, and smiled as she stood on her tiptoes and lightly kissed him on the lips. "Yes, I was actually coming to see you, and Jeremy was going to tag along, but..." She trailed off, and Stefan's expression only deepend, she lightly bit her lip, and pulled away lightly. "I wanted to ask if I could spend the day with Damon, and before you impose on it.. I want to, mainly because I want to see if he truly is as bad as you tell me." Stefan was about to say something when Jeremy came out of the house, his eyes grew when he saw Stefan, and the vampire heard his heart jump a few beats, he smiled for a moment, and then it died. "Uh, hi." He simply said, and Stefan nodded at him. He had to figure out how to talk with Elena about Damon, without her kid brother listening, he could tell Elena had sensed it, and looked at Jeremy. "Hey, Jer can you wait inside for me? I think, seeing as Stefan is here, that you two could hang out here."

Jeremy spoke no words at first, he seemed unsure, but then nodded as he said. "Sure, whatever." Elena watched him go in, and once the door closed she turned her eyes back to Stefan, she could tell he was thinking. He wanted to say something about her earlier comment, but he wasn't sure what. "Elena," He started with her name, that meant this coversation wasn't ending in a good way, it never did. "Damon is horrible, I've told you of our past, you've seen what he's done to people in town, and to your friends, why would you want to do this? Why spend the day with someone like him?" Elena was allowed to speak, she was in utter shock, normally when they talked like this Stefan wouldn't give her a chance to speak until he was done, and this time it seemed he was done much sooner than she had thought. She smiled at him.

"He isn't as bad as you make him out to be." Elena knew that no matter what she said, Stefan would find a way to prove her wrong, but not this time. No, this time she was going to prove him wrong, by showing him that his older brother wasn't the bad guy, he was just misunderstood. But was it really that easy, she had to admit this was Damon she was talking about, and as much as she thought she hated him, she knew it was fake, but by how could she prove that? She watched Stefan, he rolled his eyes, just like she had seen Damon do many times before, but then he did something else that surprised her, he pulled her into him, and kissed her with force, and passion. When he pulled away, Elena could still taste Stefan's lips on her own, and she felt her cheeks flame with color as she took a few deep breaths before smiling as she tried to calm her racing heart. "Be careful, don't take your necklace off, and don't let him take it off." Elena had heard this before, but she didn't care. Stefan was allowing her to go, and spend the day with his brother, she then motioned for him to go inside, and he got the hint, thinking that if she was going to spend the day with his brother, then he could spend a day with her brother. It evened things out.

Elena was alone, she gripped her car keys, and exhaled softly as she looked at her black SUV, she was as ready as she could ever be. This was Damon, and unknowingly her fingers lightly gripped on her necklace, he wouldn't be able to compel her, but she had learned something about Damon-if he truly wanted to compel her-he would of done so already, and this made her think he wasn't as bad as Stefan told her.

-Preview for chapter two-

He's the devil in disguise
A snake with blue eyes
And he only comes out at night

"Well, well, well. What brings you here Elena, Saint Stefan isn't around. In fact I think he went to your house looking for you." Damon's cool voice send shivers down Elena's spin, but she ignored it, and stiffened as she looked at Damon with hard eyes, and clenched teeth as she tried to not his hypnotizing blue eyes get the better of her. She could see why girls fell for him, and with Stefan not around she couldn't help and let her mind wander, but then she stopped herself as she looked at him, and frowned more so then before. "I came here to spend the day with you." Damon's expression turned, but not for long, and he soon was smiling, and Elena really wished she knew what was going through his gorgeous head.