Prologue

She was lying in bed with arms twisted in his. A ring placed on her ring finger. From her other bedside, there was an extraordinary man next to her, the most selfless man she`s ever met. They stared at each other, both grateful for what they`ve accomplished. Finally she got to be with the man that she cared for. He isn`t perfect, she`s not perfect, together they out ruled that. As they were lying there, staring at each other, she thought about how they met and everything they`ve been through since then.

Chapter 1.

Here she was at the mystic bar just outside Mystic Falls once again, working. She had to pay the bills since her dad left town on a business trip again. Unfortunately his business isn`t going so great, that`s why he have to leave town so often to deal with it. She has to work in a bar to help her dad with the bills since her mom died of a vampire attack. She had to take her place in the council against vampires afterwards. But she rarely has anything to do with the council at all; actually she tries to stay away from it most of the time. Even though it might sound like a miserable life, she was normal like most others, nothing special about her really.

"Sally Rhodes, clean up those shots, I told you a million times" The familiar voice of the bar manager Joe shouted behind her. He was quite young, twenty-two years old with blonde curly hair but very experienced with managing; he got this place from his father. It wasn`t a very popular bar but since the mine workers usually came after working hours it managed to stand still.

As Sally cleaned up the shots, a man walked in. He had black hair, black clothes and something about him shouted danger all over it. Joe whistled at her and pointed towards the guy that just sat down and said "Customers first, always, remember?"

"Anything you would like?" she asked the man and put her hands on the desk.

"Yeah, blood" he answered her, grabbing her arm.

"A bloody Mary?" she questioned him as he soothed her arm.

"Sure" He said sarcastically as he continued to sooth her arm, but something in his eyes told her he meant something else. Sally shoved her arm away from him and started making a bloody Mary drink. She shot him a few glances and he smirked back at her.

"Here`s your drink, what`s your name by the way?" Sally asked him handing him his drink and waited for an answer.

"What if I don`t want to tell you my name" The man challenged her, she didn`t say anything she just walked away, cleaning up the rest of the used glasses from the mine workers.

"Damon Salvatore" He said after a while.

"Like in the ancestors from the 1800?" Sally asked him not looking at him.

"Yeah, I`ve lived for almost 200 years" He said in a serious tone.

"like that`s possible" she chuckled quietly.

"Mhm" He just said looking at her. Sally was starting to get suspicious, what if he was a vampire? she thought.

"You`re a creep you know that" She said to him suddenly facing him with one hand on her waist.

"So I`ve been told. Give me six shots of vodka" He smirked pouring the rest of the drink in his mouth before slapping his hand on the desk with a hundred dollars.

"Are you sure you should drink this much?" she asked him preparing the shots.

"No, I`m buying it for you too" He said looking at her with his creepy look.

"I`m working and I can`t exactly close up either, besides the manager Joe is here" she said getting annoyed with his creepiness. One thing Sally hated was to deal with intrusive men, especially someone who could possibly be a vampire.

"Come on, I`m the only one in here and it`s not likely that any new customers will arrive any time soon. You`re a pretty bronze hair looking girl, have some fun. Don`t worry about your manager I can talk to him, I can be very persuasive" He said and walked back in the room where Joe was. That Damon guy was pushing her to the limit.

"It`s done, let`s have some fun" He said coming back, rubbing his hands. Joe was preparing himself to leave, putting on his jacket with a blank expression.

"Joe aren`t you going to stay?" Sally said getting worried. What if Damon really was a vampire about to drink her blood or something? she looked over at Joe with a pleading expression that Damon couldn`t see.

"I have some business to do at home, make sure you close up before you leave and open early in the morning" He said before walking out, leaving her a bit scared. Sally walked up behind the bar and sat down in the chair. Damon sat down in the chair opposite side of the desk, smirking.

"What`s your name?" he asked her as she prepared the drinks.

"What if I don`t want to tell you my name" she said throwing his challenge back at him, this time she was the one to smirk. Damon seemed to like this challenge; he took a shot before he slammed it on the desk. He was thinking before he said to her,

"You know, I can always compel you to tell me your name"

Sally raised her eyebrow "with what? Flirting? I don`t think that would work on me" she said, taking a shot for herself, this guy was definitely a vampire.

"No, with my powers" He smirked yet again, she rolled her eyes.

This conversation was scaring her. Sally looked at the clock; it was still two hours before closing time.

"No, you underestimate me dear lady. Tell me your name" He demanded and she couldn`t do anything else but to obey.

"Sally Rhodes" she answered, and felt really scared. Sally did usually drink vervain tea in the morning, but today she had been too busy and had rushed out of the house before drinking her tea.

"Good Sally, I said I wanted blood earlier, and you are the one that will give it to me" he said, sniffing her arm before he clenched his teeth into the thin layer of skin. She tried to scream but he had his hand over her mouth, making her unable to scream. Sally tried to push away, scratch, bite and hit him but he was so much stronger than she was. Damon kept her in a tight grip as he continued to suck her blood.

Sally woke up with a gasp in her purple room and sweat on her back. She couldn`t remember what the dream was about but she did for sure know that she just had a nightmare. Sally then noticed that she had a bite mark on her arm and there was blood in the white bed. What happened last night? Was she attacked by a vampire? So Sally did the first thing she always did when she felt insecure about something; Sally called her best friend Elena in Mystic Falls.