Damon POV
What the hell was I doing here? And I don't mean lying on the road but in Mystic Falls again looking for Katherine Pierce. I know it's only my third day here, but all my searches have been dead ends. And what are the odds that she's even in that tomb? She could have died in it. The plan could have gone wrong. For all I know, she could not even be there and instead, traveling the world looking for more love.
But I love Katherine. I've never met anyone like her. Anyone as fierce and sexy as her. I couldn't give up on this search, I had to find her.
My thoughts were interrupted as I heard a girl with an eerily familiar voice. "I know Bonnie, you're right." She sighed on the phone. "You and my mom both are. I just can't bring myself to tell him. At least not tonight. I'll call you later."
No, it can't be. And before I knew what I was doing, I vamp sped to her. "Katherine." I said, exasperated, relieved, confused and excited all at the same time.
The girl looked confused. Really confused. She looked over her shoulder to see if I was talking to someone else. "Um, no, I'm Elena."
"Oh." I said, feeling a wave of disappointment come over me. "You just look- I'm sorry. You just really remind me of someone".
Whether or not she was Katherine, she was stunning. And kind too. Why not kill some time?
"I'm Damon."
She wasn't fazed. "Not to be rude or anything Damon but it's kinda creepy you're out here in the middle of nowhere." She wasn't afraid to speak her mind, I liked it.
"You're one to talk. You're out here all by yourself." I replied confidently.
"It's Mystic Falls. Nothing bad ever happens here." Oh, I beg to differ. She didn't know about the humans torturing and killing the vampires in Mystic Falls who were supposedly terrorizing the residents. Not to mention that this beauty was talking to a vampire.
Breaking the deafening silence, she confided. "Got into a fight with my boyfriend."
"About what, may I ask?" I say while putting my hands up in defense.
She looks down, shakes her head in disbelief, "Life. Future. He's got it all mapped out."
Interesting. "And you don't want it?" I instantly replied. She crossed her arms and breathed out, "I don't know what I want."
I smirked. "Well that's not true. You want what everybody wants." I offered.
"What? Mysterious stranger who knows all the answers?" She questioned with a smile.
I gave a genuine smile and threw my head back. "Well let's just say I've been around a long time." 170 years in fact, but I obviously wouldn't say that out loud. "I've learned a few things." I teased sarcastically with a funny face.
Elena smirked again, I liked it. "So Damon, tell me. What is it that I want?" She flirted further.
I walked toward her while deducing it, watching her the whole time. "You want a love that consumes you. You want passion and adventure and even a little danger." I smirked. Elena stared back at me with understanding, wondering the next thing to say. "So what do you want?"
Truthfully, I had no idea. The only I knew was that I was on a mission for Katherine, but really, I had no goals in life, anything. She made me take a note to start thinking about it. I was just about to answer with a stupid "I don't know" when we were saved by the sound of car horn. We both looked. "That's my parents." She said with a certain amount of hope in her voice.
I felt a twinge of disappointment. "Well, Elena, it was really great meeting you." I saw while reaching for her hand and placing a light kiss on it. "But I've gotta be going. Don't want to be a mysterious stranger in the middle of nowhere, right?"
She laughed and replied, "Yeah. We'll see about that."
"Here, I'll give you my number if you ever want to reach me." She looked through her blue purse for a piece of paper and by the time she looked up again, I vanished, just like that.
Little did I know I would be seeing Elena again sooner than I thought, and not in the best situation.
