Hello! I see you are still reading my story! I am so grateful, thank you so much! Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this chapter, there is a lot of Damon action in here! I really hope you accept the singing scene for him. In my mind it isawesome. When you read the part where Rachel is clapping along to Damon singing, I imagined her when Mr. Shue was singing 'Bust a Move' and she was clapping funny at the beginning. I also hope you like the story line for the musical! It may be a little corny but I like it mostly because it can relate a bit to Rachel...anyways on to the story!

Rachel's P.O.V.

I was in a room. On a stage? It was all quite fuzzy to me. I heard laughter and saw my new group of friends next to me, but something was not right...it wasn't Stefan who was cuddling with Elena, no...it was Tyler. 'What in the world?' I thought. I then felt two warm arms slide around my waist and lips kissing my cheek. I turned around to see Stefan in a loving, caring manner towards me.

Now, I was even more confused. The stage lights turned off, and when they turned back on, my friends were nowhere to be seen. I heard someone playing the piano in a soft melody behind the curtain. I moved the red velvet curtain and saw Damon with his piercing blue eyes looking straight at me. It was dark, but there was a bright spotlight on him.

He turned around back to the piano and started to play a heartbreaking tune. I got closer to him and when I put my hand on his shoulder, he turned around with a demonic face! His eyes were pitch black, with black veins starting from his eyes, and in his smile he had fangs. He hissed at me and bared his teeth. Yes, I was frightened, but I couldn't look away...

There was something beautiful in there, but I couldn't point out what it was. I moved closer to him and he showed his teeth even more.

"Aren't you afraid of me?" he asked in a mad, husky voice. I thought about it. If he wanted to hurt me, he would have already.

"No..." I said. I reached out my hand and touched the veins below his eyes. He gasped at the touch and closed his eyes tight. He grabbed my wrist and brought me closer to him.

"Why aren't you?" he screamed at me, eyes wide. I took my other hand and ran it up through his soft black hair. I already knew the answer. I knew who he was. I supposed he was a lot like me, considered :unusual, abnormal, strange, bizarre, a freak. And there is only one thing I worry about that he must worry about too, that I would never admit to anyone.

"Because, I know what it feels like to be alone. That is my real fear. And I know it is yours." I spoke clearly. His face softened, but quickly went back to evil. He took that wrist of mine and bit through it as I screamed.

My alarm clock went off as I woke up panicked.

"What a nightmare!" I gasped. My heart was beating so fast!

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..."I counted down to relax myself and I breathed in and out.

"It is going to be a lovely day." I smiled optimistically trying to assure myself. I jumped out of bed and got onto the elliptical. I took my shower and asked myself, 'What should I wear today?'.

Third P.O.V.

"Where were you Damon?" Stefan asked coming into the living room from behind Damon.

"Oh, nowhere. Just paid a special visit to our new little friend. Ms. Rachel Berry." Damon smirked. He was sitting on the couch with a scotch glass filled halfway with blood.

"Leave her alone Damon. She's a nice girl. She doesn't deserve any torment."

"That hasn't stopped anyone before."

"What are you talking about?" Stefan asked broodingly.

"Why Stefan! It is as if someone has entrusted me with their secrets instead of you! Well, this is just awkward." Damon said taking a sip of the blood.

"Just tell me Damon." Stefan sighed. Damon was examining the glass of blood then looked back at Stefan.

"In her own words?"

"Sure." Stefan got in front of Damon.

"She was treated unfairly at her school." Damon burrowed his eyebrows and looked up at Stefan.

"How?" Stefan squinted.

"She was tormented by her peers."

"She was bullied?" Stefan asked looking pissed off. Damon slightly nodded and looked down.

He looked back up at Stefan to say something, but realized he saw something in Stefan's eyes.

"You sound worried about her Stefan." Damon said surprised."I thought you only cared for Elena." He examined Stefan's face which looked like it was in shame. Damon's eyes widened and he smiled.

"You like her!"He said standing up.

Stefan just looked at Damon smirking, and scoffed.

"Oh! This is perfect!" Damon laughed then looked at Stefan seriously and got closer to him. "That way, when you realize you're in love with her and take her off to La La Land, I'll be here for Elena when she needs a shoulder to cry on."

"Stay away from her Damon."

"Who do you mean? Elena? Or Rachel?" he smirked. Stefan just stared him in the eyes warning him.

"Well whoever you are talking about, you know that I am not going to leave her alone. " He smiled walking away from Stefan. Right as he was about to walk out of the living room, he stopped and looked back at Stefan.

"You know, Rachel...is very entertaining." He smiled and left the room, leaving a gloomy Stefan to his thoughts.

I decided on my navy blue top that had the plaid black and yellow bow, my white peppy skirt, my navy blue knee-highs, and my brown loafers. I kept my hair straight down because I thought it suited the outfit. Kurt would just scream! Anyways, I went to school and it was going as great as the day before, except I tried to avoid Tyler and whenever he would try to talk to me, thankfully Matt, Bonnie, or Caroline would interrupt us. But then came snack. We all sat in the same places as we were at in yesterday's lunch which means I sat next to Tyler.

"Will you at least talk to me?"

"Sure." I said. Then there was a long awkward silence between us.

"Did you at least think about what I said yesterday?" He looked at me and asked. I sighed.

"Do we have to do this now?" I asked desperately.

"No. But you will talk to me about it later right?"

"Yes Tyler." I looked in front of us to Stefan and Elena who were acting so much like the perfect couple it made me sick. I looked around to everyone to see that they were too busy in their own conversations to even notice that Tyler was love sick. I felt bad for him, even though I wished it were me he had feelings for. I took out my phone and sent Tyler a text message.

Rachel: How can you stand it?

Ty: Stand what?

Rachel: Stand seeing them like this with each other every day and not being able to talk to someone about it?

Ty: Well...I don't really feel like I should tell you...

Rachel: I just want to let you know that something similar happened to me back in Ohio. I was desperately in love with the guy but he had a cliché of a blonde girlfriend who was terrible to me but I had to deal with seeing them be all ' in love' every day and then another guy I was involved with had feelings for her also and it turns out he got her pregnant...so, I know how it feels.

Ty: Wow. Bummer. It sucks, doesn't it?

Rachel: Terribly... Ok. I'll help you.

Ty: Yes! Thank you!

Rachel: But I will not pretend to be your girlfriend! We can think of other things just not that. It would be fraud.

Ty: Totally! Whatever you say.

I looked at Tyler and we were both smiling at each other as he mouthed 'thank you' to me. I bit my lower lip. 'He wants to make her jealous huh?'

I layed my head on Tyler's shoulder and held on to his arm.

"Tyler!" I shouted, getting everyone's attention.

"What?" He asked confused.

"Your arms are so muscular!" I said loudly. I winked at him and he understood what I was trying to do.

"Oh! Thanks Rachel. You know, they're great for holding girls." I giggled.

"Let me show you." He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him, our faces only inches away.

"Bow chicka wow wow!" Caroline said as everyone laughed, except Stefan and Elena.

'Hmm, was it working?' I thought. The day went fairly well and Tyler and I just kept flirting with each other at lunch to make Stefan and Elena jealous, but he did not know that I was flirting for real. Oh well. Also, you may be thinking that we are pretending to be together, but we are not! We are harmlessly being comfortable with each other. Then came history and Stefan and I were passing notes once again.

Stefan: So are you and Tyler a couple?

Rachel: No, why would you think that? I asked innocently.

Stefan: Well, Elena talked to Tyler and he said you two were.

Rachel: WHAT? No we aren't!

Stefan: Oh, well maybe he just mis presumed you were.

Rachel: He had no right to! He is going to be sorry! The bell rang and as Stefan was about to talk to me, Tyler went out the door and I stormed after him.

"Tyler! How dare you!" I yelled as I crossed my arms. Everyone looked at me and Tyler froze and turned around.

He walked back to me "Jeez Rachel! Chill! What did I do?"

"You told Elena that we were in a relationship!"

"Ok, I shouldn't have done that. I'm really sorry but she came up to me and asked me so I thought she would be really jealous if I told her we were, and trust me she was."he smiled thinking he was smart.

"Ok." I smiled back. "You're on your own!" I frowned and walked away, ignoring him calling my name.

"Rachel?" Caroline and Bonnie saw me walking and caught up with me. "What's wrong?" Caroline asked.

"Just Tyler." I sighed. "Ohhh." they both said.

"Well, we have an half an hour, you want to talk about it?" Bonnie asked.

"Not really." I truly did want to talk about it, but I knew I couldn't with them. Even though Tyler is a jerk, he did not deserve betrayal.

"I know you may not want to hear this, but maybe you should give Ty a break." Caroline told me.

"Why?" I was confused.

"His girlfriend was killed a little while back and he has not fully recovered."

"Oh my gosh! What happened?" I was shocked.

"My mom doesn't know how she was killed, but her body was found buried close to the freeway." Caroline looked upset. "She was Matt's sister." She said softly.

"I'm sorry." I said.

"She had problems but she didn't deserve that." Caroline continued.

We sat down at our lunch spot as Matt joined us, then Elena and Stefan.

"So Rachel." Caroline started.

"Yes?" I asked cautiously.

"Bonnie and I have been talking and..." she looked at Bonnie who nodded.

"You should try out for cheer." She looked at me hopefully as I just stared.

"We have a spot open on the team and you would be perfect for it!" Bonnie told me.

Elena laughed. "Is this my spot you're trying to fill?" she asked. Caroline looked at her disapproving.

"Elena's spot? What? No! I can't be in cheer!" I panicked.

"Why not? You would be perfect for it and I remember you saying that you were an amazing dancer! It won't be that hard!"

I smiled shyly when I realized everyone was looking at me. "Well, I did win my first dance competition when I was only three months old." I said quietly.

"Great! So you are on the team!" She clasped her hands together.

"But wai-" I tried to protest.

"You are on the team." she said evilly to me. She scared me so I agreed. Matt looked at his watch...

"Guys, time to go!" We all got up and walked over to the auditorium but as we were, Tyler joined us.

"Hey guys!"He said to us. He put his arm around my shoulder but I pushed it off and Matt laughed hard.

"Dude, you are totally a babe magnet!" Matt said sarcastically. Everyone laughed as Tyler hit Matt on the head.

We entered the auditorium and saw everyone already assembled onstage, the singers, band with all their instruments set up, and the setting people. We walked quickly to the stage and settled into the chairs on the right. Bonnie sat next to Bonnie and Matt who was next to Tyler. Elena, Stefan, and I sat in front of them.

Mr. Saltzman and Mrs. Lockwood, I mean, Carol came into the middle of the stage with a great deal of papers.

"Ok everyone! Time to give you your parts!" Mr. Saltzman said enthusiastically. Everyone cheered. I then noticed two figures behind the curtain talking.

"You guys know that this is not our usual musical, so we are going to let the writer of this play to tell you what it's about and to give you your scripts. Let's bring out our writer!" Everyone cheered as a boy with shaggy brown hair came out from behind the red curtain. "Jeremy Gilbert!"Mr. Saltzman shouted. People whistled and cheered for him and Elena gasped.

"Are you ok?" I asked her.

"I am great! It's just that, that is my brother." She smiled proudly.

"That is great!" I said. She looked at me and smiled.

"Hey everyone!" He waved to everybody and they cheered even more.

"So in this story, we actually have many main characters, but it focuses a lot on a girl named Leah and it is about how teenagers act and treat each other today in modern times. She has feelings for many guys who unfortunately do not feel the same way about her." he hit a personal spot with me there.

" And all of the guys believe they are in love with a girl who is very popular in high school and who treats Leah like crap, but has many at home problems. Leah tries to help each of the guys out and finally gets sick of them liking only this one girl, so she devises a bunch of plans with her best friend to get them to be with the people she believes they belong with but many things happen, complications and confusion which she has to end up fixing." He finally caught his breath as everyone laughed and hooted. "Ok?" he asked.

"Yeah!" we all said. "We got it dude." someone said in the back, we all laughed.

"Ok, come up here and get your scripts!" He told us taking the papers away from Carol.

As I got up, everyone ran up front to get their scripts and basically pushed me out of the way. As I was about to fall, someone grabbed my arms and pulled me back up.

"Well hello!" Damon said to me as he brought me up to his face. I gasped and jumped back, thinking about the nightmare I had.

"You ok?" he looked at me up and down with his 'she is crazy!' eyes. I laughed nervously and shook it off.

"Yeah, I am great!"

"Ok..."Damon said unsure. We just stood there awkwardly in silence as all the other people received their parts. He started to look around at everyone seeming distracted, then looked back at me. I looked back at him and he gave a short smile and I laughed when he went back to no emotion at all. I then asked myself, 'What was he doing here?'

"Damon?"

"Yeah?" He asked looking upward.

"What are you do-"

"Damon! I have your script right here!" Elena's brother yelled holding a stack of papers in his hand.

"Great!" He walked over to Jeremy passing by a speechless Stefan and Elena, took his script, and came back walking over to me looking through the papers. I kept staring at him which he quickly noticed.

"What?" he asked me.

"Nothing, it's just that you don't really seem like the musical type." I said constantly looking at my fidgeting hands. I looked back at him.

"Are you kidding? I love musicals!" He said, I was unsure if he was telling the truth though but I smiled widely and brightly at him.

"Aren't you going to get your script?" He asked me. I looked over and Mr. Saltzman and Jeremy were almost finished giving the stacks of paper out. I rushed over to them and I was the last one to receive it.

Jeremy looked me over twice.

"Uh, who are you?" he asked, in a nice way though! He wasn't mean at all.

"Rachel Berry." I replied proudly.

"Oh! " He looked down at the last script in his hands and handed it to me. He looked back up at me through his shaggy hair. "So you're my star? Huh?" He said smiling. I looked down at the script as it said 'Leah' at the top.

"I got the lead?" I asked him gravely.

"Yeah you got the lead." He laughed. I jumped a up and down then gave him a huge hug.

"Thank you! Thank you thank you!" I released him from my bear hug and he looked shyly at me.

"Yeah, I heard you perform and I knew you were my lead." He smiled.

"Really? I didn't see you there.."

"I was on the sidelines listening in. Alaric and Mrs. Lockwood thought it was best for me because they didn't want anyone to try to bribe me into giving them a huge part when they're terrible singers." He laughed.

"Well thank you for this opportunity, I really appreciate it. I will not let you down." I shook his hand and skipped back to Damon.

"I thought I was the only person you liked to snuggle with." He pouted. I raised my eyebrow at him and grabbed him into a tight squeeze.

"I got the lead!" I exclaimed.

"Congrats." He chuckled.

"Damon? What are you doing?" I let go of Damon and turned around to see a confused Stefan and Elena. Everyone onstage became quiet.

"What does it look like? I'm part of the play!"He smiled.

"No you're not! You didn't even audition yesterday!" Caroline stood next to me crossing her arms.

"Yeah, but I am pretty tight with the directors and author and they let me join in last minute." He smirked.

"You don't deserve to be here. Who knows if you can even sing?" Caroline kept talking, and I desperately wanted her to just be quiet!

"Oh I can sing. In fact, the band and some of my friends here will prove it to you if you'll let us." He smirked. Everyone whistled and howled for Caroline to make him sing. She held up her hand which stopped the noise and...

"Fine. Prove it." she said raising her eyebrows. Damon smirked.

"Come on people!" He yelled which got the band in their places and about half the teenagers in there who were also in choir got together next to him. He motioned to the chairs to Stefan, Caroline, and Elena.

"Everyone, please take a seat." He said soothingly. He looked over to me and winked. I giggled and sat next to Stefan.

"OK GUYS! Take it from the top!" Damon told the band and a group of people from the musical as he started walking backwards from where we sat..

He pointed to the guitarist who started to play some notes. Then the drums. He was nodding along swiftly with the beat. They had a good beat going. I started to move and gently clap along with it, smiling like crazy! And then...

Livin' easy, lovin' free, season ticket, on a one way ride
Askin' nothin', leave me be, takin' everything in my stride His voice gave me the chills.
Don't need reason, don't need rhyme
Ain't nothing I would rather don He was gently bouncing on his feet.
Goin' down, party town, My friends are gonna be there toohe pointed down to the ground and then gestured "Give me" to the group of singers who started to sing along.I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell
Highway to hell
I'm on the highway to hellDamon was really getting into the song. I was thrilled.No stop signs, speed limit, nobody's gonna slow me downHe slid down on the floor all the way to where I was.
Like a wheel (ooh), gonna spin it. nobody's gonna mess me aroundHe landed on his knees and kept singing up to me, suggestively rubbing my thigh and took my hand.

Hey Satan, payin' my dues (pay my dues), playin' in a rockin' band He stood me up and turned me around.
Hey Mama, look at me, I'm on my way to the promised land whoa and he slid his arms around my waistI'm on the highway to hell (on the highway)He danced with me (more like grinded against me)
Highway to hell (I'm on a highway to hell)
I'm on the Highway to hell (I'm on it I'm on it)
highway to hellOoooh
Don't stop me!Everyone was rocking out and singing along now, besides a pissed off Caroline, a shocked Stefan, and a jealous Elena and Tyler? What? I ignored all of them and enjoyed myself.

I'm on the highway to hell
On the highway to hell! (I'm on the high way to hell) He spun me around and about, making me giggle very hard.
Highway to hell!
I'm on the highway to hell

Highway to hell
On the highway to hell!
Highway to hell!
I'm on the highway to hellDamon looks me in the eyes and by surprise, throws me in a full back dip on the last note. Our faces were inches apart and my chest was panting so hard it was hitting his.

Don't stop me oooh yeah

"Hmm, guess I take your breath away again." he smirked.

"Bow chicka wow wow!" I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review it! It would mean so much! I want to hear your positive, wonderful thoughts hahaha.