Just so anyone was confused in the last chapter: Damon is human and so is Guiseppe. There is no vampires or mythical creatures in this story.

Elena finished putting her clothes in the closet and dropped down on the bed. It was exhausting doing this with no one to help. Now she wondered how Phil always does it.

Knock, knock, knock! The sound of knuckles hitting the door made Elena sit up from the bed. She didn't have time to open her mouth as Damon entered her room. Elena glared at him, but he only ignored her and went straight to the point.

"Dad is calling a family meeting and since you are here... I have no choice but to invite you."

Elena forces a smile on her face and resisted the urge to throw her shoe at his face or anything that was within her reach.

"I'll be down in a minute"

"Whatever" He closes the door and Elena could hear his footsteps retreating from her door. Well, there's no point in locking myself in here, Elena thought as she got up from the bed and made her way downstairs. She saw Damon and Guiseppe sitting in the living room. Damon's eyes seemed to be glued to hers so she returned back his glare.

"Elena please sit down" Guiseppe motions for the seat across Damon. Elena said nothing and just sat down making sure that there was at least six feets away from her and Damon.

Guiseppe clears his throat and began, "So, as you can see you will be living with us. Now your father told me that he wants you to learn that money is not easy to earn and you should learn to save it, so he told me to get you a job"

"A job?" Elena asked acting like this was the first time she had ever heard of the word.

She caught a glimps of Damon rolling his eyes. "Yes princess a job-as in work, employ-"

"That's enough Damon." Guiseppe interrupted. He gave Damon a glare and went back to Elena. "So you'll be working around here with Damon"

"What?" Damon and Elena both yelled at the same time.

"Yes you two will be working together. Damon will be showing you how to do the jobs while doing his jobs."

"Whoa, you didn't tell me that I would have to babysit her" Damon said in disbelief.

"It's not babysitting. You are just going to train her"

"Yes Damon, just like they did to you only without the dog foods."

Guiseppe sighed and shook his head. This was harder than he had imagine. "Can I finish without any interruptions?" Neither Damon or Elena said nothing. "Thank you. Now Damon you'll be showing her how to milk cows and other stuff around his farm. Elena I'll give you your paycheck at the end of the week that your father left for you. It's only twenty dollars and if you save it, it will become a lot of money"

"This sucks" Damon complained.

"I'll give you some money at the end of the week too Damon IF you show her how to do it right" Guiseppe made clear. "Any questions?"

"Yes" Elena said. "Do I have any breaks?"

"Saturday and Sundays. Any more?" Guiseppe waits for someone to speak but no one says nothing. "Okay meeting adjourned" He got up and walked out of the living room.

Elena gives Damon one more look before getting up and walking upstairs. Damon walked behind her and stopped behind her, bumping into her. Elena turned around and glared at him.

"What are you doing?" She asked annoyed with him.

"I'm going to the bathroom-what does it look like?" He walked past Elena and into the bathroom. Elena went in her bedroom and shut the door. She was going to spend a lot of time in here in the future.

Damon got out of the bathroom and made his way downstairs again. He headed for the door but was stopped with his father calling him.

"Where are you going?" Guiseppe asked walking towards him.

"To hang out with Stefan and the rest of my friends."

Hearing this Guiseppe's face lit up.

"That's a good idea, Damon. Take Elena with you"

"What?"

"I said take Elena with you." Damon was about to protest but Guiseppe cut him off. "She new here, Damon and she needs to have friends. Go with her and introduce her to some of yours. Make her be familiar with this place"

Damon crossed his arm around his chest. "I'm not doing that"

Guiseppe laughed at his son. "You don't have a choice. Now go get her or your not leaving this house. And protect her from any kind of your perverted friends." And with that he turned on his heels and marched away.

Damon growled under his breath and cursed the day that this girl came into his life. It has only been two hours and she already cut into his social time. What was next? Damon reluctantly went upstairs and opened her door. She was lying on the bed facing the ceiling. She didn't even raise her head up to see who it was.

"Elena get up and come with me" He didn't ask her, it was more like a demand.

Elena rose up her head and glared at him. "Where?"

"Does it matter?" He simply replied her question with another question. She shrugged her shoulder and got off the bed and followed him out the house. He lead her about seven miles away from their house and into the house of another person. He made his way to the backyard of the house and was greeted by two boys carrying beers in their hand. Elena thought it was too early to drink but it was obvious they didn't care.

"Okay," Damon turned around to face her and started explaining things to her. "This is Rebakah's house. She's more of a party type and usually has these kind of things. It's just a hang out." He points to a guy in a Vince
Stripe short sleeve collar shirt. "That is Stefan. Next to him is Rebekah" He points to the next to him with the blond hair. "Hey Stefan!" Damon called out. The guy turned around and started walking towards them.

"What's going on Damon?" Stefan asked standing in front of him.

Damon put his hand on Elena's shoulder and she shrugs it off. "This is Elena. She is new here, make her feel welcome" Was the last thing Damon said before heading off towards the crowd.

Stefan gives her a smile than stuck his hand out. "Stefan"

"Elena" Elena shook his hand.

"So when did you move here?"

"Oh I'm just here for short period of time. I'm currently with Guiseppe Salvatore but we are not related or anything like that"

Stefan nodded at her. "Want to come with me by the pool?"

Elena shrugged her shoulders. "Sure why not"

Elena lets herself be guide by Stefan and near the crowd in the pool. Stefan stopped in front of a blond girl who Damon made it clear that it was Rebekah. Stefan tapped her on the shoulder and she turned around glaring at Elena.

"Rebekah, this is Elena." Stefan introduces. "Elena this is Rebekah"

Rebekah stood there in front of Elena looking at her up and down. Elena made it clear in her mind that this girl did not like her already.

"Well no reason to stand her and gawk at each other." Rebekah said breaking the silence. "Enjoy the hang out and may I ask who are you with?"

"She's with Damon." Stefan quickly answered not letting Elena even have time to open her mouth.

"Ah, Damon" Rebekah sighed. "Um, you are his girlfriend?"

"Whoa, no!" Elena almost yelled. Yuck! She couldn't imagine the girl that was stupid enough to go with that muscle head.

Rebekah lets out a short giggle. "I see you are not so fond of him" She shrugs her shoulder. "Well no matter. Walk with me Elena to get some more drinks?"

Elena hesitated before nodding and following Rebekah in her house. Rebekah went in her fridge and pulled out six beers and placed them on the counter. She handed Elena a beer but Elena refused.

"So Elena when did you move in?" Rebekah asked trying to start a conversation. She opened a beer bottle and took a drink out of it.

"Just today. I'm here for a temporarily stay"

"Oh. Well stick with me and you'll be known by everyone-"

"Can I have my drink now?"

Elena turned her head around and saw a girl about Rebekah's height, brunette and wearing a knee high dress.

The girl looked at Elena and turned back to Rebekah. "Are you deaf? I asked for a drink"

"Oh, I'm sorry I don't speak slut" Rebekah shot back at her. She took a beer and tossed it at the girl who almost didn't caught it. The girl turned on her heel and went out to the backyard and to her friends.

"Who was that?" Elena asked.

"Andie Starr. Or as I call her, the town slut. She and Damon used to go out but he dumped her"

"Why?" Elena asked interrested.

"As I just said: town slut. She was cheating on him with this guy call Zach" Rebekah put the beer down and her elbows on the counter, resting her chin on her knuckles. "So enough about me and them, what about you?"

"Um," Was the only thing Elena's mind could process at the moment. She couldn't risk tell them what her father was because she had gotten a lot of friends that were gold diggers like that and she hoped Rebekah wasn't one of them.

Rebekah giggles. "Come on Elena. It's not like I'm going to the FBI with this information."

Elena took a deep breath. "I'm Elena Gilbert. 17 and going on to 18 in a few months. My father is John Gilbert and... that's pretty much it"

Rebekah bursted out laughing in front of Elena almost knocking down her beer. "Wow, that is such a life story it should win a grammy." She gets up from the counter. "Okay it seems like you don't want to talk to me about these kind of things so I'll forget it."

Elena nodded and was relief to hear she had dropped the subject.

"So will I see you in the bonfire on Friday?"

"Um, I don't really know. Where is it?"

"It's just about 12 miles from here in the woods. We'll spend a night in the cabins. Don't worry it used to be an old campsite but it's deserted now. We'll have plenty of cabins. There'll beer and mashmallows and other stuff. It's totally safe and you'll be with me."

Elena shrugged her shoulders. "I don't see the harm"

Rebekah smiled. "Perfect!"

"So Damon who was that girl that you brought in here?" One of Damon's friend, Brady asked. He was standing next to Klaus with a beer in his hand.

"Elena. She just moved here with my dad"

"So she's not related to you or anything?" Elijah asked.

Damon shook his head. "I barely even know the girl. Why?"

"Because I like her" Klaus answered. "She looks great, better than most of the girls here, and I've been looking for someone new. These girls absolutely bore me to the point of death"

Damon rolled his eyes at Klaus and took a drink. It was sick how Klaus just took girls as objects. He'd go out with them for a week or two, probably get them to fall in bed with him, then dump them. So far he had dated almost every girl in town. The ones that rejected him were lucky ones, but it's hardly a day in hell when he gets reject. Damon sometimes didn't really care who he went out with unless it was someone close to him. But this statement made his anger boil inside of him.

"What about Vicky?" Logan asked Klaus.

Klaus grinned. "What about her? I got bored and now I'm dumping her. It doesn't take exactly a genius to figure that out." Klaus ran his hand through his hair. "So, Damon will you care to introduce me to her?"

Damon's sudden burst of laughter at Klaus suprised the group. The guys looked at him strange as he continued laughing.

"What's so funny?" Klaus asked clearly not amused. He did not take it lightly when people burst out laughing in front of him.

"You" Damon said after ceasing his laughter. "You actually think I'm going to do that"

"And why not?" Klaus's voice started rising.

"Because you're a womanizer. I'm not gonna let you defy this girl then dump her and move to the next one"

Now it was Klaus's time to laugh. "It's funny how you think you have a right to tell me who I date. And you have no buisness in what I do. I can be a womanizer if I want. What you got to worry about is you"

"You can say whatever you want to say, but you are not going out with her"

"Why is it so important to you who she goes out with?" Elijah interrupted the glares between them. "You two a thing? You're in love with her?"

"No. It's important because my father told me I have to protect her, and I think he meant from the likes of you. So say whatever you want Klaus but you are not dating her." Damon turned to walk away from the group but turned back around. "And even if I wanted you to go out with her, you still wouldn't. She doesn't pick up guys like you. So stick to the girls you're with already" Now he was finished so he turned away and went to find Elena.

"She's off limits Klaus" Brady said.

Klaus grinned. "Says who? I don't take orders from no one. She will be mine whether he wants or not. I will have her"

Damon searched the Rebeka's backyard up and down looking for Elena. It didn't make sense to him why all of a sudden he cared but he knew that he did. And he was not going to let Klaus get to Elena. Damon's thoughts were interrupted when a certain brunette girl bumped into him. She stumbled back and Damon was sure that he was not going to live down the earful talk she was going to give him.

"Thanks a lot Salvatore" Andie said brushing her dress. "You almost made me spill my drink all over myself."

Damon bit his bottom lip and fought the urge to say, 'At least you'll finally get a shower'. He didn't need more drama then he had with her when they were dating.

"Well? Are you going to say excuse me? Or are you going to stand here gawking at me?"

Damon chuckled at Andie. "You still haven't got over yourself I see. Still the same controlling freak." He moved past her and walked away from her not bothering to look back at what she was doing.

Damon ran inside Rebekah's house and went to the living room. He found Elena sitting on the couch talking to Rebekah.

"Elena it's time to go" He said from across the room.

Elena raised her eyebrow at him. "Says who?"

"Says me, now lets go." Damon snapped.

"Now why would she do that?" A familiar voice said behind Damon. He turned around to see Klaus with a sneer glued on to his face. "After all it is a hang out"

"Klaus she's leaving and you can't stop her. And if you think that you are stopping me, you better check again."

Klaus nodding at Damon's words suprised Rebekah and Damon. Klaus was not the one who agreed to things like this without a fight.

"Alright I understand" Klaus simply said.

Damon stood there a little confused but regained his posture. "Right. Elena lets go"

Elena stood up from Rebekah's couch and followed Damon out of the house.

"So that's it? You're just gonna let her go?" Rebekah asked puzzled.

"Yes. I have to show her I'm a gentleman."

Rebekah scoffed and walked away from Klaus. The thought of Klaus ever being a gentleman was idiotic.

Elena furiously followed Damon back to his house. She was angry that the time that she finally gets someone to talk to, he comes and ruins it.

"Are you ever going to tell me why we had to leave so early?"

Damon didn't answer her and kept on walking. He didn't feel like he had to explain anything to her. And she should be thanking him for getting her out of there; not trying to find a reason why.

Damon pushed the front door opened and walked inside. Guiseppe, who was reading a magazine, lifted his head up from it. He was startled by the comotion that Damon made when he entered the house.

"Why are you guys back so soon"

Elena turned her head to Damon. "Ask macho man"

"Damon, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

"No" Was the only answer Damon gave them both before climbing up the stairs and going to his room.

Guiseppe shook his head and put down the magazine he was reading.

"Elena can you sit down for a sec?"

Elena didn't hesitate and sat down across from him. "What wrong?"

"Nothing. I just wanted to say that you'll start your work tomorrow at eight. You'll feed the chickens, milk the cows, pick up the eggs, and other stuff here. When you're done you can leave and do whatever you want. Is that clear?"

Elena nodded even though she wanted to throw up. Milk the cows? How disgusting. She liked her milked from the bottle not straight from the source.

"Okay. I guess I'll go" She rose up from the couch and went upstairs.

Elena's eyes snapped open and blinked several time. She groaned and turned her head to look at the clock that was beeping next to her ear. It read seven nineteen A.M. She groaned and hit the clock with her fist, making it stop. She turned her head back to get more sleep but a pillow was furiously thrown at her face. She quickly sat up to see a grinning Damon with his arm crossed against his chest, leaning on the wall, grinning.

"Wake up. It's time for work"

Elena groaned. "How are you up at this hour?"

"Doesn't matter. Get up and meet me downstairs for breakfast, then you'll start work" He turned around and walked out of the room, Elena felt like going back to bed but she did not want Damon back here in her room. She got up and went in the bathroom.

After a quick shower, she went in her room and got her clothes. After she was done dressing she went downstairs and met Damon for breakfast. She saw pancakes and waffles on the table. She went and ate silently before leaving with Damon and going out the backdoor to the farm.

Damon led her in the barn and gave her a bucket filled with little seeds.

"Now feed the chickens" He ordered. Elena just stood there watching him.

"How about you show me how its done?"

Damon chuckled. "I'm not that stupid. Now feed them"

"Fine" Elena growled and walked towards the chickens. She slowly went in front of them and put her hand in the bucket. She scattered the seeds on the floor and they started pecking at them. She almost ran out when one of them ignored the seeds and went right for her leg. If Damon wasn't right behind her, blocking her, she would have turned and ran away.

"Elena it's a chicken not a bull"

Elena growled at Damon for being behind her. "Why can't you just leave"

"Because, princess, I can't go anywhere until you finish your job. So move and hurry because I have plans"

Elena smiled devilishly. "So you mean if I don't finish, your social life is over?" Her grin grew wide. "Not that you had one anyway" She joked.

"Ha-ha, good one Lisa Lampanelli." Damon shot back. "Now go pick the eggs" He gave her a push towards the chickens nest. Elena growled and moved towards the nest.

"Do I have too?" She turned her head back at Damon and whined. Damon shook his head and walked towards her. He passed her and picked up the egg that was in the nest. He turned it around in his hand, starring at it and wondered how could a teenager be scared of reaching inside a nest and take something that they practically eat everyday.

"It's amazing how you act like you've never done work in your life" He turned around and faced her. He lifted up the eggs and held it in the air so she can see. "This is what you were afraid to pick up." He threw the egg at her to catch but she missed it, letting it drop on the floor and splattering all over her pants. She gasped and jumped back a little.

"You ass." She furiously yelled at him.

"I'm not the one that couldn't catch a simple egg."

"No one told you to throw it"

"No one told you not to catch it. So if you want to blame someone, blame you" He started walking away from her but she ran behind him, grabbed an egg, and splattered the egg in the back of his butt. Damon quickly spun around and stared at her furiously.

"Now were even" She gave a short giggle and turned on her heel.

Damon growled and picked up the egg next to him. He threw it at Elena's head and hit her right in the center. He chuckled as he saw the yellow goo slithering off her hair and going on her shirt.

"NOW were even" Damon started laughing. His laughter was cut short when he saw Elena turning around and picking up an egg. "Elena no! Put that egg down! We are teenag-" His sentence was cut short when the egg smached on his nose and was now dripping down on his mouth. He wiped the yellow stuff off his face but it was still slippery.

Pretty soon Damon and Elena were grabbing eggs and throwing them at each other. Eggs filled the whole area and was splattered everywhere. Boots, shirt, pants, chickens-everything that was in sight was covered in eggs. But that did not stop them from ceasing. They kept going at it, egg after egg, after egg. Elena pelted Damon in the face and he stumbled backward. As he was stumbling, he accidently stepped on the goo from the broken egg on the floor, and fell on the floor, landing on his butt.

Elena took that as an oportunity and ran for a bucket of water near the door. She grabbed it and carefully ran back to Damon, trying not to slip and fall on any eggs. She stopped behind Damon's back and shoved the whole bucket full of water on top of his head. She started laughing as she saw the water dripping down and soaking through his shirt. Not only that, but he was yelling with the bucket still over his head.

"What the heck is going on here" A voice from behind said.

Elena turned around just as Damon took off the bucket and stood up.