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Chapter 3 - Truth
It had been four days. Four days since I had ended up here. I had no idea how I got here, or how to get back to my own time. I was just hoping that time moved differently because if that awful dream I had was true and Damon had been bitten by Tyler then he would be dead by now.
It was probably somewhere between one and two in the morning. I laid in Damon's bed and starred at the ceiling. He had been so nice to me these past few days and all I have told him was lies. I sighed and decided I needed to get home as soon as possible to find out if there was any truth to that dream. I swug the blankets off my legs and went to Damon's closet. I grabbed a coar and put it on then made my way out of his room, down the hall and stairs then out the front door as quietly as I could.
I walked as quickly as I could towards the barn hoping and praying that no one would see me. I can't imagine what they would have thought. I reached the barn and slowly opened the door. I saw the ladder that went up to the loft where Damon was staying. I climbed up the ladder slowly praying I wouldn't fall.
I reached the top slowly walked to wear I could barely see the cot. "Damon." I whispered. He didn't answer or even stir so I spoke a little louder. "Damon." Still nothing. I slowly made my way closer to the cot where he was sleeping. I knelt down beside him and gently place my hand on his arm I leand over him and called his name a third time. "Damon."
He shot up right away and it made be jump back a little. "Miss Elena." He said confused. "What is the wrong? Are you OK?"
"I am fine, I promise. I just really needed to speak with you."
Damon sat up a bit. "Please don't sit on the floor." Damon said as he started to get out of his make shift bed on the cot.
I stopped him. "Please don't get up." I said as I sat at the edge of the cot.
"Miss Elena." Damon began but I cut him off because I knew that he was going to go on about it not being propper.
"It's OK I promise." I said reassuring him. I paused for a moment. "Look I have to tell you something very important but I am a little worried about how you will react."
"What are you talking about?" Damon asked still sounding very confused.
"It has to do with where I come from."
"You remember?" Damon said.
I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. "Look, let me just get it all out before you say that you hate me or that I am crazy or whatever it is that you are going to say…OK?"
"Go ahead." Damon said
"OK…Well first things first my name is Elena Gilbert. I am from Mystic Falls except…I am from the 21st centery. I really don't know what happened I just woke up and I was outside alone and ten minutes later you came along and I am so glad you did because I was so scared and worried about what I was going to do. I am so sorry I lied to you and your family but I thought you would think I was insane if I told you this." I paused. "And I am telling you now because I need to get back to my time and I don't know what to do. Someone I care very much about may be ill." I said looking down. I desided not to go into the whole you're a vampire thing. I looked back up at Damon and he was just staring at me.
It was quiet for a painful amount of time. I am sure it felt longer then it actually was.
"Is that everything?" he asked. His blue eyes were beautiful and I could feel them on me even though I couldn't see all that well in the dark barn.
"Yes." I said quietly. I slowly got up. "I can leave tomorrow if you would like." He didn't respond so I turned to climb back down the ladder.
"Wait." Damon said as he jumped off his cot and ran in front of me. "Wait." He said in a calmer quieter voice. "I believe you. And I don't want you to leave. I don't know if I will be able to help you but you are not leaving until you figure out how to get home." He paused. "But I don't think you should tell my Father, he really isn't that open minded and I am not sure if you planned on telling Stefan but I don't think it would hurt to keep lying to them both."
Damon was standing there in front of me wearing some sort of long underwear and I have to admit it was a pretty nice sight. "I think I will keep it between us." I through my arms around him and gave him a big hug. His body was warm and I could feel his heart beating. "Thank you for believing me." When I slowly released him from the hug he has a surprised look on his face. "Oh sorry. It's just well hugging is a pretty normal thing in my time."
"Please don't feel the need to apoligize. I feel I should apoligize to you since I very munch enjoyed it."
I laughed and put my hand over my mouth to contain the noise. "Don't apoligize, it's OK. Oh I borrowed your coat…I hope you don't mind."
"No, of course not." I couldn't see it but I could tell he had a small smile on his face.
I got a more serious expression on my face. "I feel so relieved that I told you the truth. I haven't been able to sleep very well because I have been so scared about telling you." I said trying to stay quiet.
'I am glad that you trusted me enough to finally be able to tell me. And I promise I will help in anyway I am able. Do you have any ideas on how you got here or how to get back."
"No." I sighed softly. "I should probably head back inside. I would hate for someone to see me."
"I will walk you back in." He said as he grabbed his coat off the railing.
"It's OK." I assured him. "I don't want your Father to get angry at you if he catches us."
Damon turned back around and brought his hand up to my cheek. "I don't know how it is in your time but in my time you walk a lady to the door at night." He said just above a wisper.
Just then I noticed a light coming from a window in the house. "Oh no, someone just lit a candle."
Damon turned around to see. "OK…well." He paused to think. "OK you can just stay here and once everyone is gone in the morning we will sneak back in." he said. "Come on." He said taking my hand in his and leading me towards his cot.
I sat down and swung my legs up and under the blankets. I propped myself up on my elbow. "What about you?" I asked.
"I'm…actually not tired." He said as he sat down beside the cot.
"You are going to freeze sitting on the floor like that."
"I'll be fine." He said as he turnd his body slightly towards me and rested his arm on the cot next to me. "So, tell me about the person that you care about that might be ill."
I took a deep breath in. "Well, again I hope you don't think I am crazy. I had a dream the first night I was here and it was just so real. Anyway I just had a really bad feeling when I woke up from it so I just need to get home to hopefully prove it wrong.
"Is it a family member" Damon asked.
"No. He is someone very important to me though." I said pulling the blanket closer to me.
Damon was quiet for a few minutes. "Does he court you?" He asked
"Well we don't exactly call it courting. It is called dating; and no we aren't dating." I paused. "Just good friends." I as quiet a minute thinking about Damon back home and praying he was OK. "I don't mean any disrespect but your Father makes me really mad."
Damon laughed "And why is that Miss Elena."
"He is just so mean to you, and I hate it. You have been nothing but sweet to me since I have been here and it agravates me that he can't see what a wonderful human being you are." I said as I leaned in closer to him and lowerd my voice.
"Thank you." He said softly.
"And you can drop the Miss in my time it is perfectly OK to call people by their first name.
"Really, Elena just sounds so…innapropiate."
"I don't want to make you uncomfortable , you can call me whatever you like." I said.
"Elena." He said with the sound of a smirk in his voice. "May I ask you a question?"
"Of course."
Is it appropiate in your time for me to tell you that I am extremley attracted to you?" He said in a low voice.
I looked down and was glad that it was dark because I was blushing a lot. "Yes, you can pretty much say whatever you want to whoever you want.
"I'm sorry am I am I making you uncomfortable?" He asked as he started to move away.
I reached for his arm and pulled him back towards me. "No." I said softly. I leaned in and captured his lips with my own. He broke the kiss after a few seconds.
"I'm sorry…"
I cut him off "Shhhh." And leaned in again unil our lips touched.
The kiss broke. I am not sure by who I was too lost in it to pay much attention.
"I want to take you somewhere."
I looked down and laughed. "I am in my nightgown Mr. Salvatore."
Damon stood up and put his hand out for me to take it. I looked up at him and placed my hand in his before getting up.
"It is not far." He leaned in extremley close to me and wispered "Please call me Damon."
"Well, Damon." I said in the same hushed tone he used. "I hope it isn't far because I have no shoes on and I am in my nightgown." I said with a smile.
We made our way down from the loft and out of the barn. Damon offerd my his arm and I hooked mine through. We walked behind the barn so no one would see us if they were up. We headed towards the garden and he stopped when we reached the gazebo.
"Here we are. The sunrise is pretty over here. I thought we could watch it together."
I was a little hesitant. "Are you sure no one will come out here?" I asked.
"I am sure. The gardener doesn't work today and no one but me comes out here, Actually it surprised me when Stefan asked you to go for a walk with him the other day. Though I think my little brother may fancy you a bit." He bowed his head and looked at his hands. He paused. "So I think I may have an idea on someone that could help you."
"Really?" I asked surprised.
"Yes. I have heard talk in town about a women who has…powers. They say she is a witch. I don't know how true it is but maybe we could speak to her."
"Really? That would be perfect." I said getting excited. It did make me worry some though because if he was talking about Emily, I knew that Katherine would be with her and I had no idea how I was going to explain that.
"We will go into town today and see if we can find out where she is."
The sky started to lighten and the sun eventually came up.
"Sunrises are so pretty." I said taking in the sight.
We saw Guisseppe and Stefan both leave. We waited a little while after they left and I snuck back in the house and Damon went to the barn to get ready.
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