Hellooooo I'm back, I'm sorry this took so long (MOM!) Haha but I am excited for this chapter haha hope you love it!

I do not own Vampire diaries, but I do own Damon Salvatore…in my head.

Ok, I want to apologize for spelling Stefan's name wrong last chapter, and I would like to thank ilyphotography for pointing that out for me! Oopsies!

I would also like to thank the following for reviewing the last chapter:

Jerrychrys, Susan, Ladey Jezzabella, and ilyphotography. It means a lot to me to have reviewers! It also means a lot to have hits, although not as much. And I sure had a lot of them!!! I had 662 =o wow that's so cool!!!! Thank you all so much!

Serine's P.O.V

Finally. My day was finally over. It wasn't bad, but I could not wait for it to be over. I was sitting on the bench in the front dedicated to a few kids who had died in a drunk driving incident. I would have normally felt bad for sitting here, but it was a bench, and kids had all sat here before they went home. That was half an hour ago. The last time I saw a kid leave was about fifteen minutes ago, and she jumped in the car with a teacher, so she had an excuse. My stepmother was supposed to pick me up. I didn't even bring my cell phone today, because I didn't want to be tempted to text on my first day. I had my iPod at least, so I was content. I was just sitting under a cherry blossom tree, listening to a new CD that I had just downloaded. I was humming to one of my favorite songs when I looked up to see a man walk by me.

A few people had walked by and I hadn't paid any attention, but this guy was eye-catching to say the least. He had dark hair, maybe brown, maybe black. He had these eyes that were an electric blue. He had a sharp jaw line and a cocky smile on his face. I was amazed at how hot he was. He looked anywhere between a mature 16 to a young 25. He had on a black leather jacket, but that's all I realized, because it just made him more bad ass than the rest of his looks. He looked up at me, and I quickly looked down at my iPod. I felt him stare at me, so I kept fidgeting with it. Finally he sat down right next to me. I looked up at him. He was staring at me still. I just looked up into his eyes, confused, and blinked. I felt a weird tingle go down my body. Nothing romantic, and not even the creeps or a random chill. It was as if my body was rejecting something. I was a little confused, but pushed it to the back of my mind for later.

His smile faltered when I just shrugged and turned back to my iPod. I decided to ignore him.

"Hello." I looked up into those eyes. They had such an effect on me that I couldn't even speak.

He kept on talking, so I didn't have to feel stupid for not answering. "My name is Damon Salvatore. I haven't seen you around here, are you new?" He gave me a smile that seemed off.

"Hi, I'm Serine. Yeah, I am new, just moved from Pennsylvania." Something about his name was so familiar.

"Really? So what brought you to this fine town of Mystic Falls?"

Finally I knew where I had heard that name. "Are you related to Stefan Salvatore?" I asked, avoiding his question; there was no way to answer it without getting personal, and I hadn't found a way to tell without it seeming like I was throwing myself a pity party. I only told Elena because it seemed like a good idea. It was like instinct.

He looked a little taken aback. "Yes, he is my brother, do you know him?"

I noticed that he didn't have the precise way of speaking, like Stefan. His speaking was much more natural. "Yes, I met his girlfriend today. She is so nice. He seems nice too, but I didn't get to speak to him much." I smiled.

"Yes, she is a sweetie, isn't she," His smile looked a little forced. "My brother on the other hand…Well let's just say there is more than what you see on the outside."

That through me off track for a second. "Um…are you two close?" I was forcing the conversation, because I didn't want him to think I was a bitch. The way he said that he knew I was new meant he probably knew everyone in this town. I didn't want to ruin my family's name. I didn't care much for my own; I was getting out of here as soon as possible.

"No. He took something very precious to me, and then lost it. It was a very long time ago, but I just can't seem to forgive him." He sighed and lowered his head.

For some reason, I felt sympathy for the stranger. I was about to try to comfort him, when he looked at me. I automatically just knew not to do it. I knew what it was like, to have people try to make things better, when we all knew they couldn't. All they would do is give false hope. I just gave a small smile. I hoped I conveyed that I knew what it was like, and even though I wouldn't say it, I was sorry for his loss.

"Do you know where it might be? What your brother lost I mean." I asked.

"You know what the funny thing is? I may not be able to forgive him for it, but I honestly don't know if I would want it back if I found it." His eyes seemed lost in thought.

I looked at him with concern. I wasn't sure what to say. There wasn't anything to make it better, and I knew that in this kind of situation, that talking about it wasn't going to make it better, so I gave him a gift. I subtly changed the subject. "Are you close with Elena?"

He gave me a smile "Yeah, you could say that. We are friends," He smiled, as if reminiscing. "So do you like it here?"

"It's really different. The people mostly nice. I met a few people who I could say seem like good candidates for friends," I smirked at him. I was getting strangely comfortable around this guy. He looked at me in the eyes then. I couldn't look away. I saw his pupils get smaller, and then got bigger, and bigger. I then felt that tingle feeling, but stronger. It seemed to start at my feet, and go up. I threw this into the back of my mind, like the other feeling. Just then, I heard a very distinct motor rev. I looked up at Damon. I smiled and said "That's my ride. Talk to you later?" Did I just flirt?!

He smirked, although it didn't have the same confidence that everything else had during our conversation. "Hope so." He then looked me up and down as I got up. "Bye Serine."

"Bye Damon." I smiled shyly at him as I opened the car door. I automatically rolled my eyes as I heard Kei$ha, and my two step sisters bickering. I was lucky enough to have missed that earlier this morning.

I caught him laughing at my face as I stepped inside, and sighed. The girls, who were in 11th, look at Damon, and practically drooled. I needed a picture of him so they would shut up that quickly more often.

I smiled, thinking of having a picture of Damon wherever I went. I quickly pushed the idea from my mind.

Great. Just what I needed. A random guy getting in my head. Maybe I could get Cheyenne to pick me up again tomorrow…