This chapter will explain a lot and I hope you guys will love it as much as I do !

-Jax


CHAPTER 3

Woven Bracelet

It was snowing profusely outside so I went down to the basement and grabbed some logs I had chopped up 30 years ago when I was last here. My basement had a cellar door which had made it easy to carry in the logs. I threw some logs into the giant fireplace and started it up. I then grabbed an old quilt my mother had made a long, long time ago and wrapped myself in it as I layed by the fire, staring out at the snow that was collecting on the skylight. I had made some hot chocolate, deciding against an alcoholic drink, choosing to enjoy this winter night in my home as best I could and remember all of the happy memories of before I was turned into what humans called a fictional monster that you should be scared of.

I hadn't even realized I had fallen asleep until I heard my old doorbell attempt to finish it's ring. I opened my eyes to the now dimly lit fire. It hadn't burned out yet so I knew I hadn't been asleep long. It was the only light coming from the whole house. The snow had stopped which was a good thing to me, I forced myself to get up from under the warm quilt and walk across the hardwood floors that was freezing compared to the warmness I had just been under. When I was almost to the door, a chill went up by spine as the floor was a lot colder from the wind coming in from the door's cracks.


I opened the door to no other than Damon Salvatore.

"What do you want ?" I spat out more rudely than I had intended to.

"Is this how you treat all of your guests ?" He asked me sarcastically. I gave him the look as I opened the door wider, signaling for him to come in. I big part of me didn't want to see him nor talk to him but the other, much smaller part, kept telling me to let him in and give him a chance to explain. So I did.

"Talk." I demanded as I made my way to the table behind the couch where I kept all of the alcohol. Damon used his supernatural speed to stop my hand before I poured any into a glass. My face must have told him something because he immediately let go and said, "Relax, there will be no need for alcohol. This will be a transient visit." He informed me as I set the bottle of Everclear back onto the table, it clunking slightly as I did. Then I turned to face him and waited for him to get started.

Getting the idea to hurry up and say what he wanted to say, he started.


"Katherine reminded me so much of you, Bella. When I couldn't find you, I thought you had died by the hunters. I searched for years with no clues that told me you were alive. You were just gone. I decided to move on as best I could. I went to the tomb to look for you to rule out you being in the tomb while Stefan looked for Katherine. Katherine nor you were in there but a little later Katherine showed up. She came to Stefan and I to reassure us that she was okay." He cleared his throat. "That we had to flee the town because of the danger it know held from the hunters now knowing proof that my father wasn't crazy and vampires did indeed exist. Katherine knew of a place where we would be safe and could start over, so we went with her." He told me, making his way to the couch and pulling his dark blue Levi jeans at the knees to give him more room as he sat down. I couldn't help but stare at his butt as he walked, it was an old habit. I followed him and took a seat on the other side of the same couch that was a deep burgundy color with darker burgundy flowers woven in to it and a had a silky feel. It almost looked like it would belong more so to a Victorian style house.

"Like I said, she reminded me of you in the sense she was confident and smart and tough and breathtakibly beautiful." He stopped when he said that last part, knowing he probably shouldn't had. "She kept telling me that she would just be with me one day and not Stefan also. I'm sure she told the same thing to Stefan…except he really was her first pick." He looked hurt for a second but it quickly faded as he went on. "Anyway, she came to Mystic Falls not too long ago and she told me that, it was always Stefan. She was the one and only girl I had loved after you, but I always loved you more Bella. I would have always chosen you over her even if I had been her first choice." He finished, staring at me with his puppy dog eyes. When I didn't respond his face went back to his normal face. "Not very gregarious tonight are we ?" He asked annoyed although I could tell he was trying to hold it all in.

"I don't know what to say to be honest." I told him, getting up to tend to the now dying fire.

"You don't know what to say, or you don't know what to believe ?" He asked, as he leaned forward, setting elbows on his knees.I poked the fire with the poker then used my speed to go to the basement and get another log and an extra one for later.

"Just tell me one thing Bella. Do you still love me ?" He asked, looking so pathetic. I had to give him credit knowing that spilling out his heart was very very hard for him. It always really had been.

I shook my head and opened my mouth to speak but didn't know what to say. "If you didn't then why would you still wear my bracelet ?" He asked, referring to the bamboo woven one had made me when we were both still humans. I haven't taken it off since the day he gave it to me. It was yellow, green and blue dyed-thinly cut bamboo woven together.


"Hello there Miss Swan." A human Damon Salvatore greeted as he snuck up behind me and took a seat beside me. I was watching the river move by while my older brother, Pierre, fished. It was a sunny day and the grass seemed to be extra green and the flowers brighter. The water was crystal clear and you could even see the fish swimming with the stream, not like they had much of a choice. It was July and very warm out. I had my navy blue bonnet on with little white daisies sown into it to match my white summer dress that had a navy blue corset with little white daisies to match the bonnet. My curls fell down just shy of my corset, to my pelvic bones.

"Well hello to you Mr. Salvatore." I would have curtsied if I were standing just because I knew Damon hated it. He said he should be the one to cursty to me since I was his bride to be.

Every time he said that I would blush.

"It's a very nice day out isn't it ma dame ?" He asked, smiling warmly as he pushed a ringlet of my hair from my face. I blushed and looked down. Ma dame meant, my lady, in French. French was my first language while Italian was Damon's. Our families had met on our way to Virginia. My dad had been accused of murder by my mom's ex boyfriend. He set him up because of his jealousy. Only the town didn't know about my moms past relation because it was dirty to love more than one guy at that time so the council would have no reason to believe he would want to set my Dad up if he chose to protest. I guess the guy decided it was better to get rid of my dad than get rid of my mom because then all of his friends would know that she left him. I was 7 at the time and we immediately packed as much and as little as we could and fled before they could come for him. I had no clue what was happening; my parents just told me that we were leaving for a vacation. I was little but not stupid so I knew something bad was happening but I decided to play dumb and be strong for them as well as trust that they would explain everything in time.

We knew of a boat that was scheduled to leave to what my father called, the second land. So we headed there and had just made it to the boat. That's where we met Damon's family. We instantly clicked even though at the time it was hard to communicate being we both spoke very little English.

After we arrived at the, 'second world', we stayed where the boat had docked which we now call the state of Virginia. We decided to help eacthother live and build each others houses. They stayed in our house until we could finish theres. It took years but by the time Damon was 14 and I was 12 we had our own houses to live in. His house was about 3 miles away so we could each have our own land and space. It took no time to get there though if you took horse. By the time Damon was 16 and I, 14, we had already had our first kiss-which was a huge deal back then. After that our love bloomed and became stronger every minute we were together or apart.

Damon would even sneak out at night and make his way up to my room and we would fall asleep together like we always did when he lived with us. I think that's why the other house go built so much faster than ours.

The river was behind our houses a little back in the woods in an open, sunny place. That where we would always swim and play together.

"It is indeed il mio amore." Il mio amore meant, my love, in Italian. Learning each others first languages was one of our many ways that made us feel more connected with each other.

"I have something to show you." He told me, standing up and grabbing my hand to pull me along. I giggled as we ran through the woods and to the cabana he had just finished building with my father. It was in a clearing in the middle of a tall grassy field. The grass was as tall as corn so it was totally private.

"Damon Salvatore, I demand that you tell why you brought me here." I demanded, not being able to hold in my excitement much longer.

"Yes maam." He smiled, nodding his head. "Go look under that rock." He demanded in a polite way. I did as he said and turned to smile over my shoulder at him a couple of times as I walked over to it. It was in spot where bright yellow daisies were blooming all around. I was careful not to step on any even though I spotted one that Damon had accidentally stepped on. I pushed over the rock and saw the most beautiful bracelet I had ever seen. The yellow was a bright as the daisies and the green was as bright as the grass and the blue was as bright as the river. I gasped as I picked it up and turned to find Damon right behind me.

"Its beautiful Damon." I said in awe as he took the bracelet out of my hand and held one end of the bracelet with one hand and the other with the other hand, signaling me to hold my wrist out for him.

"Bella Adelina Vivienne Swan, this is my promise to you that I will love you for as long as I live and beyond." He promised as he finished tying the the 3 colored strings around my small wrist.

I believe a tear then fell from my eye because he gently wiped it away from my rosey cheek as he leaned in and kissed me.


I looked down at the bracelet that was now very faded. It just didn't glow like it used to. It reminded me of my life now. The water doesn't seem quite as blue, the grass not as green and the daisies not as yellow. I pulled myself out of the past that included him since it was a dangerous place to be and looked at him for the first time since him being here.

"Because it reminds of the past. It reminds me of the year, 1839; the best and worst year of my life." I answered, tears forming at the lids of my eyes. Damon used his speed to rush over to me.

"Bella Adelina Vivienne Swan, I meant what I said that day. I will love you for ever and beyond." He promised, wiping away a tear that had escaped my eye as he leaned in and gently and respectfully kissed me.


I am absolutely in love with this chapter. I hope you guys will be too. You guys will be getting plenty of flash backs in the future because that is where their relationship first bloomed.

Now you know that Bella once had a brother and their families were very close. What do you guys think about all of that ?

-kelsey112 - Thank you for your review ! and you find out what Katherine did to Bella in the next chapter I think.

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And of course, thank you to everybody else, it means so much !

Aaaand, for a Christmas present to all of you, which I have to thank butterbutt XD for giving me the idea of doing a suprise for my readers, I will be writing short stories for whover wants one written. Just tell me what you want me to write about for you and I will make a short story for it. For example; if you want a love scene between any two characters than it shall happen. :) I will even post it to the public and didicate it to you whoever wanted that story written.

And lastly, check out butterbutt XD's story also, its a crossover of Vampire Diaries and Twilight and is very creative and really good.

-Jax