Hey guys! So I got really, really tired of the Delena crumbs that we were given for the last 3 seasons, and then fuckery that was season 4 just pissed me off. SO I decided that it should be all Delena all the time! SO we're gonna start right at the very beginning, because Elena DID meet Damon first.

Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries. I just like to play with the characters and make them do naughty naughty things. ^_~

Prologue

He stared up at the sky. Lately it was hard to muster up any type of emotion. Lying in the middle of the deserted road, Damon contemplated his unlife.

"I know Bonnie, you're right. You and my mom both are. I just can't bring myself to tell him. At least not tonight."

The familiar voice startled Damon. Looking to his right, he was stunned at the sight of the girl walking towards him.

"Katherine." He breathed wondrously. How was it possible that she was not in the tomb?

The girl looked at him strangely. "Um, no," she said. She looked behind her, as if he was calling to someone standing behind her. "I'm Elena."

Damon couldn't fight against the wave of disappointment that washed through him. Now that he was actually talking to her, he could smell her positively human scent and hear her strong heartbeat. "Oh. You, you just look-" He sighed and started over. Trying to explain to this human girl that she looked exactly like the woman he'd been in love with for over a hundred years was far too complicated. Time to turn on the charm, he thought. "I'm sorry," he said, as he took a step closer. "You just really remind me of someone. I'm Damon."

As if suddenly realizing she was alone with a stranger in the middle of the night, she started to look uncomfortable. "Not to be rude or anything Damon, but it's kind of creepy that you're out here in the middle of nowhere."

"You're one to talk. You're out here all by yourself," he snarked.

"It's Mystic Falls," she replied. "Nothing bad ever happens here."

If only that was the truth, little girl, Damon thought sardonically.

Elena gestured to her phone. "I got into a fight with my boyfriend."

"About what?" he asked. He held up his hands in an effort to appear nonthreatening. "May I ask?"

"Life. Future. He's got it all mapped out." She sighed.

"You don't want it." Damon tried to make it a question, but it came out as a statement.

Elena shrugged. "I don't know what I want."

"Well that's just not true," he said knowingly. "You want what everybody wants." Including me.

She cocked her head and smiled. "What?" she asked belligerently. "A mysterious stranger who has all the answers?"

Damon chuckled at her sass, and gave her a genuine smile. "Let's just say I've been around a long time." He couldn't help but add a bit of innuendo as he said, "I've learned a few things."

Elena's smile was intriguing as she said, "So Damon, tell me. What is it that I want?"

He took those last few steps between them. "You want a love that consumes you." He replied softly. "You want passion, and adventure, and even a little danger." He gave a tiny smirk and flared his eyes.

The stare she gave him made Damon feel as though she was seeing right through all the armor he'd built around his heart over the years. So when she asked him what he wanted, he was thrown for a loop. No one had ever cared enough ask him what he wanted. Not his father, not Stefan, and certainly not Katherine. How had this slip of a girl he'd only known for a few minutes understand him and see past his defenses? He couldn't even come up with a flippant response.

The moment was broken, and they both turned to watch a car came around the bend and honk.

"That's my parents."

Damon could hear her pulse skyrocket as she turned back to him and found him so close to her. His eyes dilated as he compelled her. "I want you to get everything that you're looking for. I want you to remember that this happened, but I can't have people knowing I'm in town yet. Don't tell anyone about me." He smiled gently. "Good night, Elena." Then he blurred away.

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Damon slowed down once he was out of Elena's sight. The whole exchange had left him feeling unbalanced. And not in an I'm-going-on-a-bender-and-kill-everyone feeling, but more how he had felt right after he'd met Katherine for the first time. The feeling was so much stronger with Elena than it had been even after he'd fallen in love with Katherine.

A loud crashing noise followed by a splash interrupted his train of thought. Something inside him told him to rush towards the noise, that something important to him would be lost if he didn't hurry. Blurring through the forest, Damon suddenly stopped short at the edge of the tree line. He watched as his brother Stefan pulled Elena through the water to shore and started to perform CPR once he had her on dry land.

Damon's hands clenched into fists. He was surprised to find that he felt worried, that he cared about whether Elena lived or died. Still keeping in the shadows, he watched as Elena coughed up water and started breathing. He breathed a sigh of relief. Stefan called 911 and reported the accident. Damon's pricked as he heard sirens start from a few miles away.

Damon stepped behind a tree as Stefan stood up and blurred right past him on his path to get away from the accident before the police and ambulance arrived. It didn't surprise Damon one bit that Stefan didn't sense that he was so close, even though at one point there were only a few feet between them. That's what he gets for being on the Thumper diet. Knowing he only had a few minutes before the rescue vehicles were on scene, he blurred down to the river bank where Elena was lying unconscious. He slid his arm under her shoulders and pulled her so her back was to his chest and she was practically in his lap. He barely felt the sting as he bit into his wrist and held it to Elena's mouth.

"Come on, Elena," he whispered. "Just a few sips so you'll be okay." He stroked her throat, encouraging her to swallow. He pulled his wrist away once he felt the wound close. He didn't want to put her down, but knew he had to. He gently laid her back on the ground. Hearing the ambulance pull onto the bridge, Damon melted into the shadows.

Still unable to make himself leave, he silently watched as the paramedics expressed confusion on how Elena had gotten out of the car as they loaded her into the back of the ambulance.

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