Mark turned towards Glen "Well, that did not go so well." Glen looked at him almost in the way that he agreed. Glen held the door open as Mark walked by him and back into the living area. "I am sure Lyndsay is heart broken."

"I am sure she is, but it is better that it was done now then not done at all." Glen paused "Damon has been stringing her around for a while from what the others has been telling Brad"

"She is so beautiful. I would never do what Damon has done to her." Mark paused and looked out the window to the spot that Lyndsay was parked in. "I must go see her tomorrow night. That is what a good friend will do"

"Sir, that is agreeable, but also remember Damon will have Thomas most likely check on her like he normally does"

"Which I am planning that she will blow off Thomas any chance she gets." Mark smiled and sat back down on the couch.

"Sounds like you have a game plan then. Just keep in mind if you are planning on taking her somewhere with other vampires. Lyndsay is not claimed which makes her a target for a whole bunch of vampires." Glen said and smile at him as Mark rubbed his chin with a smile of his own.

Dusk was just began to fall as Lyndsay walked around the house in her mini shorts and tank top as she talked on the phone to Jade for the billionth time today. "I know Jade that sounds like the best plan ever!" Lyndsay jumped up and down and smiled "I can not wait to just go out have fun maybe pick up someone with a pulse." Jade laughed "Oh hang on there is a knock on the door." She walked over to the door and open it and her mouth dropped open "Jade I will call you later" She hung up the phone. "What are you doing here?" She said to Thomas as she walked away from the door and place the phone down on the table. Thomas walked into the house.

"I am just here making sure you are okay" He paused "I know last night did not go well, but I care for you" He said standing at the living room.

"Well, I don't think you need to be here checking up on me anymore. Damon made it real clear that he didn't want me the way that I wanted him." She sighed and stood in front of Thomas with her hand cross in front of her chest.

"I am not trying to make excuses for Damon, but you have to understand that he is really busy and under a lot of stress right now." Thomas stopped and Lyndsay waved her hand.

"I don't want to hear it! First you come over here last night telling me that he wants me to come over to the house. So, I come over later then normal so I don't have to be in the way for feeding and he blows me off for work. Now come on, I work too and I don't pass off a chance to be with someone I care for. Then I get there spend the whole night with Mark and Glen... who makes some good points on what is happening in that house. Now your here again checking up on me and tell me that it is just stress that things will get better. I need a man that wants to be with me for me... I am only mortal and my life is not as long as yours. I can not wait around another 3 years holding my breath that one day I will be the one he claims."

Thomas nodded his head in agreement "I understand that, but don't you think that Mark sort of played you into Damon last night?"

"I am not going to sit here and talk to you about Mark." She said as she cross her arms in front of her.

"I am just asking you... doesn't it seam weird that Glen was there right when Damon was talking to me to take you away to Mark."

"Take your guest on what is happening there some where else." She paused "Did Damon really call on me last night?" She paused letting him have time to think of something but Thomas was coming up with nothing "I didn't think so... I think its time for you to leave Thomas"

"That is fine, but please come over to the house tonight" He paused "For Damon. He is hurt and missing you"

"No thank you" She said as she pointed to the door behind him. Thomas looked at Lyndsay one last time and then walked out the front door closing it behind him.

Thomas walked into Damon's quarters are he closed the door to talk to him about what happened over Lyndsay's house. He looked at the back of the chair of Damon as he stared out the big window behind him. "I should of ran all of my plans through you Sir."

"Yes you should of" He said has he claps his hands in front of his chin " Lyndsay is not a stupid mortal. She knows a lot more about reading people then you would think." He paused "She knew I didn't send you to see her last night and now she wishes to be left alone"

"I am sorry Sir" Thomas said and bowed his head

"We will just have to wait to see if she comes back to us" Damon said and paused a few moments as he stood up and stretched "I am sure my remarks about her questions did not help with anything either last night."

"Well, Sir, she has a point... Is there a reason why you did not claim her as your own?" Thomas waited a while as he wanted to really see why Damon would not claim someone as his own.

"Because I didn't think I was good enough for her. This life is hard and to bring someone in hoping for solitary, marriage, children, a normal mortal relationship will not work. It doesn't mean that I don't love her, because I do even tho I have never said that to her. I just didn't want to give her hope that one day she would be sitting next to me as a equal." He paused "She will hurt, grow older, and die. I will still look the same 40 years from now."

"But she loved you. I am sure if you asked her she would want you to be her maker" Thomas paused "She never said she didn't want to be a vampire."

"I would never of done that to her" Damon said as he sighed and looked at Thomas with a cold stern look.

"Don't you think Mark has something to do with what happened last night?" Thomas asked

"Yes, I do. I can tell from the first time that he looked at Lyndsay that he liked her. I was not happy that night that I had to introduce her to him. But what was I going to do deny a lord?" He paused "I am sure he planted a few things in her mind about why I might not claim her."

"Do you think that Mark would be a better person then you?"

"I might not be the one to claim her, but I know Mark would not be able to take care of her." He paused and looked out the window thinking about Lyndsay.

Lyndsay sat on the couch with a bowl of popcorn in her lap. She flipped through the channels as she slowly began to fall asleep listening to the rain outside. She woke up to the thunder and strike of lighting that had to be close. She got up and walked over to the window. The thunder and lighting hitting again as she spotted who looked like Mark outside in the rain. She opened her door stepping out on the porch as she could feel the rain being blown into the covered porch. She rubbed her arms getting some warmth. Nothing crack of lighting flash as she jumped shivered. "Mark!" She called out into the darkness as she started to walk backwards towards the door. "Mark, are you there?" She screamed and turned around as she bumped into something. "Oh my god!" she tried to catch her breath as her heart pounded.

"I am sorry, I didn't mean to scare you" Mark said as he put his arms out to her.

"You guys keep scaring me, why can't anyone just walk up to me like normal people do?" She said and looked at him "Your soaked, how long have you been out here?"

"For a little bit. I wanted to make sure you were okay" He paused "Last night was a bad night"

"Come inside let me get you out of those wet clothing." She said as she opened the front door and Mark followed her into the house.

"Thanks" He said as he took off is shirt exposing his tattoos.

"The washer and dryer are right over there. I will be right back with some dry towels." She said as she pointed over past the kitchen. Mark walked in noticing all the family pictures on the wall and the beautiful pale colors on the wall. Lyndsay came around the corner with some dry towels and handed them to Mark.

"Come take off your pants, shoes, socks" She said as she walked back through the kitchen to grab a big blanket to keep Mark warm and covered. She didn't think that he really didn't mind the cold since after all he was a vampire. "There that has to feel better" She said with a smile as she started the dryer.

"Thank you" He said with a smile as he looked at her.

"I was flipping through the TV I am not sure if there is anything on that you would enjoy while you wait." She said with a smile and began to walk back to the living room.

"Its okay" He said as he stood up and followed her out wrapping the blanket around him. "How are you?"

She sighed and flopped down on the couch "If you want the honest opinion... hurt" she paused a few minutes "I been waiting 3 years to see if Damon was ever going to love me, and last night spoke volumes"

"Yea" Mark looked down and just listen to her

"He couldn't tell where he sees himself in five years. Then he calls Thomas when I ask about him about claiming me. I can't stand it... Thomas is always an ear shot away." She paused a bit "and don't even get me starts on that snake... You know he came here tonight tell me it was stress and Damon is upset." She turned off the TV and looked at Mark "I can't just accept that answer."

"I can understand that" He paused and licked his lips. Lyndsay's eyes went right for his teeth to see if she could see his fangs, but noticed nothing. "There was one time a long time ago. When I was just a Master, like Damon, I took on a mortal companion and it was not the easiest thing to do. But that doesn't mean that I didn't put all effort that I could to make her happy, loved, and care for while she was with me."

"What happened to her?" Lyndsay asked her hopes up high that a relationship could work.

"The house had a really big fight and she left never to return" He said to her not wanting to tell her that she died in a slaughter at the house he once owned. "But she was never turned into a vampire and enjoy her time with us"

"I am so sorry she left. You must have been in pieces" She felt bad for him and rubbed his shoulder softly.

"I was it was the hardest thing. I felt all these emotions and there was nothing I could do." He looked at her took a deep breath "I know how you are feeling. I want you to know I am here for you"

"Thank you" she smiled and lean her head on his shoulder as he took his one hand and hugged her a little. "Do you want to watch a movie? I have tons of movies"

"Sure" he said with a smile "You pick out your favorite one" He said not wanting to tell her he has seen about every horror movie on this earth at this point. She picked out a movie and put it on as she returned back to the couch and snuggled up to Mark placing her head in his lap. The two watched the movie and continued to talk about life for some time. Lyndsay began to fall asleep in his lap as the night turned into the wee hours.

Mark watched the movie an a few TV shows as it became early morning. He slowly moved Lyndsay from the living room to her bedroom as he placed her on her bed and covered her up with the blanket. He stood in the room for a while and smiled as he watched her sleep. He was really began to get attached to her. He returned down stairs and got his clothing out of the dryer and wrote a note and placed it on the table before he vanished into the night.