AN: OKAY, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE TRIED MY HANDS AT FICTION WRITING. I LOVE DAMON SALVATORE SO I COULDN'T LET THIS OPPORTUNITY PASS AWAY.

SO PLEASE GO EASY ON ME GUYS AND ENJOY THE STORY...

"ELENA, LISTEN TO ME. PLEASE LISTEN TO ME. I DIDN'T MEAN FOR IT TO HAPPEN." HE WAS TRYING TO TALK TO HER BUT SHE KEPT ON WALKING WITHOUT GIVING HIM A SECOND GLANCE. HER EYES ALL RED AND FULL OF TEARS.

"YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME. YOU PROPOSED TO ME YESTERDAY AND TODAY I FIND YOU DRY HUMPING YOUR GIRLFRIEND IN OUR BEDROOM. AND NOW YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO SAY THAT YOU DIDN'T MEAN FOR IT TO HAPPEN?"

WHEN SHE DIDN'T STOP WALKING, DAMON GRABBED HER ARM ROUGHLY AND PULLED HER BACK. SHE COLLIDED INTO HIS ARMS JUST LIKE ALWAYS.

"LISTEN TO ME ELENA GILBERT, THAT WOMAN IS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND. LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXPLANATION PLEASE." HE BEGGED WITH HIS SILVER-BLUE EYES AND JUST LIKE THAT, ELENA'S DETERMINATION DISAPPEARED.

"YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES YOU JERK, AND DO NOT TOUCH ME AT ALL." DAMON NODDED VIGOURSLY. 5 MINUTES WAS ALL THAT HE NEEDED.

THEY BOTH SAT DOWN ON A BENCH.

"WHEN I MET YOU 5 MONTHS AGO IN ALARIC'S WEDDING, STEFAN AND I MADE A BET THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH ME IN 5 MONTHS. THE BET INCLUDED A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL TOO."

HE SAW ELENA CLAMP HER MOUTH SHUT AND SOBBING HORRIBLY.

"HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO ME? I LOVED YOU LIKE CRAZY, I WAS READY TO LEAVE EVERYTHING BEHIND AND START MY LIFE WITH YOU BUT YOU RUINED EVERYTHING. I GAVE YOU MY HEART AND YOU STOMPED ON IT LIKE IT WAS A PLASTIC TOY."

DAMON KEPT ON LOOKING AT THE FLOOR. HE COULDN'T DARE TO LIFT HIS EYES TO MEET HERS.

"SO NOW THAT YOU HAVE WON THE BET, WHAT PRIZE DID YOU WIN? THAT BLOND GIRL THAT YOU WERE MAKING OUT WITH?" SHE SPAT OUT IN DISGUST.

AT THAT TIME HE LOOKED AT HER WITH HIS EYES WIDENED.

"NO, NOT AT ALL. SHE WAS….SHE WAS SOMEONE THAT I HAD MET DURING THE WEDDING AND I WASN'T SERIOUS AT THAT TIME ABOUT YOU AND SHE KNEW ABOUT THE BET TOO. STEFAN MUST HAVE TOLD HER ABOUT THE PROPOSAL SO SHE CAME TO MEET ME TODAY AND FLUNG HERSELF ON ME. I TRIED TO RESIST HER, I REALLY DID."

ELENA RAISED HER HANDS TO STOP HIM AND HE WISELY FOLLOWED IT.

"DO YOU EVEN LOVE ME OR WAS IT ALL JUST SEX FOR YOU?" SHE ASKED AGAIN, HER VOICE SHAKING WITH VULNERABILITY.

HE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS LOVE OR SOMETHING BUT HE DID FEEL SOMETHING FOR HER. IT WAS A SORT OF FEELING THAT YOU CAN'T GIVE A NAME TO. IN 23 YEARS OF HIS LIFE, HE HAD NEVER EXPERIANCED LOVE SO WHEN ELENA ASKED HIM THAT QUESTION HE HAD ONLY ONE ANSWER FOR IT.

"IT WAS NEVER ABOUT SEX BUT IT WAS ALSO NEVER ABOUT LOVE TOO." AND HE WAS MET WITH A BIG SLAP. A SLAP THAT HE FELT HE TOTALLY DESERVED.

"I HATE YOU A LOT AND I WISH THAT I HAD NEVER EVER MET YOU. BUT EVEN AFTER YOUR CONFESSION, I STILL LOVE YOU. YOU HAVE RUINED ME DAMON SLAVATORE AND FOR THAT I WISH YOU SUFFER JUST LIKE IAM SUFFERING RIGHT NOW. DON'T EVER SHOW ME YOUR FACE AGAIN."

SHE GOT UP AGAIN AND THIS TIME, DAMON DIDN'T STOP HER.

WHAT WOULD HE HAVE SAID ANYWAYS? HE WAS FEELING GUILTY, HE WAS FEELING HORRIBLE BUT OTHER THAN THAT, HE WAS FEELING COLD AND EMPTY TOO.

HE SLOWLY RETRACED HIS STEPS BACK TO THEIR APARTMENT. OR NOW, HIS APARTMENT.

BETS WERE SOMETHING, THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER MADE REGULARLY. NOT NECESSARILY ON GIRLS BUT SOMETIMES THAT TOO.

AS A MULTI BILLIONAIR CEO OF A SUCCESFUL COMPANY, BUYING THINGS BECAME TOO EASY. SO THEY USED TO MAKE BETS SO THAT THEY COULD SAVOR WINNING THINGS.

5 MONTHS AGO WHEN HE HAD MET ELENA GILBERT AT HIS BEST FRIEND ALARIC'S WEDDING, HE WASN'T ABLE TO RESIST THE OFFER. IT WASN'T THE BET THAT LURED HIM BUT THE OBJECT ITSELF. IT WAS ELENA AND THE PROSPECT OF SPENDING TIME WITH HER THAT HAD LURED HIM. HE WANTED TO WIN THAT BET, HE WANTED HER TO FALL HOPLESSLY AND MADLY IN LOVE WITH HIM, HE WANTED TO TASTE HER EXQUISITE BODY BADLY, HE WANTED TO SEE A RING THAT SCREAMED 'MINE' AROUND HER FINGERS BADLY.

AND TODAY, WHEN HE HAD FINALLY ACHIEVED HIS GOALS, IT WAS ALL TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM BADLY. HE DID FEEL SOMETHING FOR ELENA AND HE ALSO KNEW THAT HE WOULD HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HER BUT BEFORE HE COULD HAVE A CHANCE, IT WAS ALL BURSTED TO HELL.

HE FELL ON THE BED THAT HE SHARED WITH THAT WOMAN. THE WOMAN THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS 23 YEARS HAD MADE HIS COLD HEART WARM, HAD GIVEN HIM A REASON TO COME HOME, HAD MADE HIM SMILE GENUIENLY, HAD LOVED HIM LIKE CRAZY.

HE HELD HER PICTURE AND SOBBED UNCONTROLLABLY FOR THAT WOMAN THAT HE WAS NOW SURE THAT HE LOVED BACK CRAZILY.

AROUND MIDNIGHT, DAMON GOT A PHONE CALL AND WHAT HE HEARD WAS ENOUGH TO GIVE HIM A HEART ATTACK.

"DAMON." ALARIC SPOKE FRANTICALLY. "ELENA'S BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. COME TO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY."

SO WHAT DID YOU THINK? WAS IT TRASH OR DID IT DO OKAY? LET YOUR REVIEWS SPEAK.