Chapter 1 : Elena's POV

Elena wrapped her arms around her small figure. She walked alongside of the deserted road, fidgeting with her phone. She should have called her parents. She should have called somebody. How was she supposed to get home anyway? She couldn't go home with Matt, not after that fight. And she just simply didn't want to talk about it.

So she was walking. Did she really expect herself to walk home? What was it? Seven miles? Something like that. Some seven miles.

The phone she had been considering began to ring and she answered it hesitantly.

"Elena? Where are you?" Caroline greeted her eagerly. "You just disappeared on the face of the party like twenty minutes ago!"

"I um...something came up, I'm on my way home." Elena rolled he eyes, both at Caroline and herself. On her way to some serious blisters was where she was headed.

"You left without Matt? You guys aren't fighting are you? Oh my God, is he cheating on you?! Matt would never cheat... Are you cheating on him? Did something happen? Why would you even-"

"Caroline!" Elena cut her off abruptly. "Listen I'll talk to you tomorrow, everything's fine, seriously. I gotta go."

"Uh, okay. Well get home safe and all."

"Caroline, I'm in Mystic Falls. Nothing bad ever happens here."

"Yeah, I know. Alright well text me later, kay?"

"Sure thing." She lied and hung up the phone with a groan. With her phone back in her pocket, she trudged forward.

It was maybe a minute before her phone rang again. Geez, did anybody have anything else to do but call her tonight? She checked her caller ID and answered.

"Bonnie. What's up?" She did her best to sound cheerful.

"Okay, so I'm sitting here watching Matt sitting in a corner all by himself being Mr. Doom and Gloom and I just heard Caroline Forbes talking about how you guys had broken up tonight... What's going on?"

"Ugh, seriously? News travels fast, huh?"

"You broke up? Why didn't you tell me?"

"We didn't break up, we just... Had a fight."

"Is it a 'I'm gonna break up with him tomorrow' fight?"

"It might have been, yeah..."

"So I was right?"

"Yeah. You were right, Bonnie. I know. I just can't do it yet. Not tonight. I've been through enough tonight."

"Yeah okay. Well, let me know okay? I'll be there for moral support and all."

"Thanks. Okay I'll talk to you when I get home. Bye."

"Katherine?" The sound startled her more than it should have. She was technically in public, but she hadn't seen another person since she left the party.

She turned around to look at the source. She had to focus for a moment. He wore so much black he nearly melted into the night. "Um, no... I'm Elena." Once her eyes adjusted to him she hid a smile.

"Oh. You... you just look...

"I'm Damon." He added abruptly.

"Not to be rude or anything, Damon, but it's kind of creepy that you're out here all by yourself".

"You're one to talk." He shot back.

Elena found herself repeating the line she had used with Caroline. "It's Mystic Falls, nothing bad ever happens here."

The mystery man, Damon, simply stared back at her for a few seconds. Were his eyes getting wider? How was that even possible? They were seriously distracting now.

"I got into a fight with my boyfriend." She defended herself weakly by holding up her phone. She didn't know why. They hadn't fought on the phone, but how would he know?

"About what?" He held his hands up in apology. "May I ask?"

"Life. College. Future. He's got it all figured out." Elena said with a shrug, hating to relive the moment.

"You don't want it." He seemed interested enough.

"I don't know what I want." Elena said with another shrug. She smiled a little. He was actually nice to talk to.

"Well that's not true."

Before she knew it, she was actually flirting with him. She hadn't even officially broken up with her boyfriend yet, but she was definitely flirting with him. And she definitely couldn't deny the attraction.

"What? A mysterious stranger who has all the answers?"

"Well lets just say I've been around a long time."

And there Elena saw it. He was flirting back. She was in the middle of nowhere, standing on the side of the road and flirting with a complete stranger. A completely sexy stranger. Caroline would be so proud. "I've learned a few things." He added with a 'trust me' expression.

What the hell, she thought. "So, Damon. Tell me. What is it that I want?"

He seemed to think about it for a second before responding. "You want a love that consumes you." With each word spoken, he took a step closer. "You want passion. Adventure. And maybe even a little danger." He was now maybe a foot away from her. Two at the most.

They stared at each other for a few seconds before Elena recovered. "So... What do you want?"

Damon seemed a little taken aback that she had asked him the question. "I want you to get everything you want. And also I want to make sure that a pretty face like yours is going to get home safe tonight."

"I'd like that too..." Elena laughed a little at the circumstance.

"Need a ride?" Damon asked with a smirk.

"Um... I guess. Since we've already disregarded stranger danger and all." She shrugged and followed behind him. He crossed the road and began to walk through the woods, a shortcut back to civilization, back to the party she had just left.

"Is this ride in the state of Virginia?" Elena asked playfully after about ten minutes of walking through the woods, trying to keep up with his pace.

"Not much longer." He said with a laugh. And it wasn't much longer, in fact they were at a car soon. It was a large green truck with fishing poles strapped down in the bed. No matter how she looked at it... It didn't fit him. Not at all.

"This is your car?" She asked skeptically.

"Yep." Somehow he was already inside, messing with the key, she guessed. The truck roared to life as she climbed inside. "Where to?"

Elena gave him her address and leaned against the window. They fell into a comfortable silence. Or maybe it was uncomfortable. All she knew was that it was silent.

"So... What's your name again?" Damon inquired.

"Elena... Gilbert." She added her last name to fill the silence.

"Gilbert..." He repeated to himself.

"Something wrong?"

"Huh? No... I think I've heard that name before. Anyway, I'm Damon... Salvatore. You know, as in Savior." He shot her a playful smirk.

"Well I wouldn't go as far as calling you my savior, but you have been awfully helpful so far. With all the wise advice and all."

"Happy to be of service Ms. Gilbert."

Damon absent-mindedly tapped his fingers on the steering wheel. Elena glanced over and became distracted by the ring on his finger.

"Wow."

"What?" Damon gave her a puzzled look, taking his eyes off the road for longer than Elena felt comfortable.

"That's an... Interesting ring."

"Oh. Yeah, it's a family thing. Kinda old-fashioned I guess." He shrugged.

"No, it's just... There are rings and then there's that."

"Well I like being one of a kind." He said teasingly.

When Damon turned the car into her driveway, he ran around before she could open the door and helped her out of the car.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Salvatore." Elena said formally, proud of the smile Damon was sporting. "But how will I repay you?" Caroline Forbes would be so proud. She would build a shrine in her honor. Today would be national 'Elena propositioned an older man' day.

Damon was still smirking at her. Without a response, he leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers. They had been flirting all night but this was far from what Elena was expecting. She had a boyfriend, if you were really technical about it, and she was cheating on her boyfriend. And she liked it.

She found her hands working their way up his chest, feeling the muscles through his shirt. They deepened the kiss when she tilted her head eagerly. Damon was pressing her into the side of the truck, his body completely consuming hers. His hands rested on her hips and neck, connecting them everywhere in between, and God was that a nice feeling all over.

His hair was soft and all kinds of wonderful to run her hands through. She pulled at the side of his face to bring him closer. The things this man could do with his tongue...

The porch light flickered on and Elena heard the familiar sound of the lightbulb coming to life. Her eyes opened wide and she came back to reality.

"Oh. My God." She gently pushed Damon away and looked up at the door. "Sorry...I just uh... Thought that was my parents. Jeremy probably flipped the wrong switch again."

She could see Damon didn't care. She could just barely see the annoyance in his eyes at the interruption. He covered it up quickly. "Right. Well, you have a nice night, Elena." He said with a smile.

She didn't have enough time to get out a response before Damon returned to his truck and drove away.

Elena smiled down at her phone. Maybe she would text Caroline Forbes after all.

I'm sorry this chapter is so short, guys. Don't worry, future chapters will be much longer, this was more of a prologue than anything. Each future chapter will be one episode. Obviously i'll be cutting out some things because I don't really think its all necessary. If I change anything that you don't understand, message me, and I'll explain it to you. There is always method to my madness. As you can see, this is the Vampire Diaries and what would have happened if Elena had met Damon first AND know about it.

It would have been kind of amazing.

And I'm here to show you that.

Also, I have a question for you guys... If you could pair Stefan with anybody besides Elena on the show, who would it be? I'm thinking of having some Steroline in my story but I wanted to get your opinions first seeing as my writing is more for you than it is for me.

Okay I love you and I'll try to keep my ANs shorter :D