DAMON'S POV
I woke up with her still sleeping in my arms. Just like before, her face was so peaceful. I'd never actually get over how beautiful she actually was. I leaned forward, and pressed a gentle kiss to her forehead. Her lips turned up at the corners. I smiled.
"Goodmorning." I murmured, knowing she was awake.
"You stayed."
"I said I would, didn't I?" I asked. Like I would actually leave. She smiled.
"I know, but still… I was kind of afraid you weren't going to be here when I woke up."
"I'll be here until you kick me out." I told her.
"You're gonna be here awhile then."
"Good." I said, chuckling.
"Sleep well?" She asked me.
"Best sleep I've gotten in over a hundred years." I told her. It wasn't exactly a lie, but it wasn't exactly the truth either. I still hadn't told her about Katherine. I kept building myself up to tell her, but I was afraid. I was a coward. She reached up, and smoothed the wrinkle out of my forehead.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I'm fine." I said. She stared at me for a second, as if debating on pressing me further. She didn't though. What she did next surprised me. She rolled over, and on top of me, straddling me. She smiled down at me. She didn't realize how much of a temptation she was to me, in more than one way.
"What are we doing today?" She asked me. I reached up and ran a hand down her bare leg.
"Well, I could think of a few things."
"I'm sure you could. I'm being serious though." She said. I chuckled and rolled over, pinning her to the bed.
"So am I." I whispered. I lifted her face, and pressed my lips to hers. She kissed back, but soon pushed me away.
"Damon." She warned.
"Yes, Ms. Alyssa?" I asked, snarkily.
"We need to stop." She said.
"But why? You taste so good." I teased. She growled in my ear. That definitely wasn't helping her case. It was actually pretty hott. I ran my hand back down her leg, and brought it up around my waist. I then brought my mouth to hers, kissing her. She gave in… for a moment, before cupping my face and gently pushing me away.
"Damon… please." She whispered, the words sounding so desperate. I forced my lips away from her skin, and groaned.
"Fine… have it your way. Your loss." I muttered.
"You're probably right." She murmured under her breath. She probably thought I didn't hear it, but I did. I chuckled, and kept my mouth closed as I rolled off her, allowing her to sit up. She then turned to me, and smiled.
"I was serious when I asked, what are we doing today?" She said. I chuckled. I sat there for a second thinking, and then the perfect place hit me. The place I'd never taken anyone else before.
"I've got the perfect place." I said. She raised an eyebrow.
"What are you plotting?" She asked.
"Why does everyone always think that?"
"I'm sorry. It's just…. You do that sometimes." She said. I chuckled, and pulled her into my arms, giving her a quick hug.
"Get dressed." I told her, smacking her butt playfully as she got up.
"Hey!" She said. I grinned.
"Sorry… I couldn't help it." I admitted. She rolled her eyes as she grabbed a change of clothes and headed into the bathroom.
ALYSSA'S POV
After I got dressed, he met me out at my mother's car. I wanted to get mine fixed, but I just didn't have the money, or the time right now. We drove to his house, to drop my mom's car off, and switch to his car. He went inside first, to change, so I waited patiently by his bedroom door. When he opened it, he smiled.
"Let's go." He said, taking my hand. I smiled, as he led me out to his car. The drive seemed to take forever. Maybe it was just because I had no earthly idea of where he was going. When I asked where he was taking me, he told me it was a surprise. When we drove out of city limits, I became sort of nervous.
"You're not kidnapping me, are you?" I asked. He gave me a sidelong glance, and smiled.
"You can't kidnap the willing Lyssa." I rolled my eyes at him. "No, I'm not kidnapping you. Is that supposed to be a vampire joke?" He asked.
"No." I said, quickly. He grinned. "Quit changing the subject. I wanna know where we're going."
"I can't tell you. It's not really a place on a map." Then I was kinda scared he was going to take me to some kind of freaky vampire hang out and I would be their lunch. After about another twenty minutes of driving, he pulled off and dirt road.
"I didn't take you for a dirt road, backwoods kind of guy." I said. He shook his head.
"I'm not. I found this place while I was hunting." He said. I watched to flinch, but I didn't. I think he still noticed how tense I became, which made me feel bad. He stopped the car, and came around to open it. He smiled.
"It's beautiful. You'll love it. I promise." He said. I grinned at him. He led me to what looked like a small cliff. When we reached the edge of it, and looked down, there was a spring with the clearest, crystal blue water I'd ever seen in my entire life. My jaw almost hit the ground at how beautiful the place was.
"Told you it was beautiful." He murmured, wrapping an arm around my waist. I nodded.
"You did." I agreed.
"Come on." He said, taking my hand and leading me down a small trail to the water's edge. I smiled. I walked over to the water and put my toes in. The water was cool, just right for swimming this time of year.
"Want to swim?" He asked.
"I don't have anything to change into." I said. He smiled at me, as if I were missing the obvious point. "Oh no. I don't think so. I know what you're trying to do here mister."
"Oh yeah? What is it I'm trying to do?" He asked, smirking.
"You're trying to seduce me." I accused. He chuckled.
"Well, I have to do what I can. I've found out, you're not easily seduced."
"Your right. I'm not… you'll have to work extremely hard." I murmured.
"Of course."
"Anyway, would you like to go for a swim with me?" He asked. I gave him a look.
"I don't know."
"I won't do anything you wouldn't want me to. Come on, please?" He asked, giving me those big brown eyes. I sighed.
"Fine, Damon." I muttered. He chuckled.
"Yes!" He said, causing me to laugh. I couldn't deny that gorgeous face anything. He grabbed the brim of his shirt, pulling it over his head, and tossing it on a rock. I was completely caught off guard. I'd never seen him shirtless before, but by God was he gorgeous. I couldn't really help myself this time. I reached forward, and ran a hand down his chest, smiling. I then reached up on my tip toes, and kissed him.
"Maybe getting what I want won't be so hard." He said.
"I'll have to step my game up." I murmured against his mouth. He chuckled.
"It's your turn." He said, tugging on my shirt.
"I don't think I want to do this anymore." I admitted.
"Well, then allow me." He said. It took me less than a second to realize what he meant. He grabbed the brim of my shirt, and pulled it over my head, tossing it with his. He grinned.
"Your turn." I said. He nodded, and undid his jeans, pulling them down, and throwing them on the rock where the rest of our clothes were. He grinned and winked at me, before turning and diving in the water. When he came up, his dark hair was a messy disarray on his head.
"Your turn." He reminded me. I took a deep breath, before undoing the snap of my shorts, and stepping out of them. I threw them with the rest of our clothes, and dived in. When I came up, he smiled.
"See, that wasn't so bad." He said.
"It was that bad." I told him. He chuckled, and swam over to me, taking my hands in his. He met my eyes and smiled.
"Stefan's probably worried about you."
"I'm sure. He's always worried about what I'm doing, who I'm killing." He said. I felt my body stiffen a little. He noticed, and smiled. "I'm not killing anyone anymore." He assured me.
"When's the last time you…. ate?" I asked.
"Yesterday… before you came over."
"But you said—" I started, but he cut me off.
"I know what I said. I kept my promise. I went to the hospital, and kinda broke into their blood supply. This way, I'm not hurting anyone." He told me.
"Good." I said.
"It's not nearly as much fun though." He told me. I growled, and he chuckled.
"What? I'm a vampire… I can't help it." He said. I rolled my eyes. I leaned my head against his shoulder, and sighed. I then reached up, and started playing with his hair, giggling.
"What?" He asked.
"Your hair looks funny." I told him. He shook his head, and batted my hands away, trying to fix it.
"You're making it worse, stop." I said, moving his hands. I reached up and fixed it, pushing it down flat on his head. When I looked back at his face to meet his gaze, he was staring directly at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing." He said, smiling. He leaned it, and pressed his lips to mine, kissing me sweetly. He placed his hands on my hips underneath the water, pulling me closer to him. I ran my hands down his neck, his neck, his chest, his stomach. He shuddered under my touch. I smiled against his lips. When he pulled away, he laid his forehead against mine.
"Not easily seduced?" He asked.
"Nope. You haven't really tried to seduce me." I told him.
"Yet." He said.
"Yes, yet." I agreed. He chuckled. He took my hand, and pulled me over to the shore, jumping out, and helping me out. He sat down in the grass, and pulled me down into his lap. I laid my head against his shoulder.
"Damon?" I whispered.
"Yes, love?"
"How did you become a vampire?" I asked. I felt his body go completely stiff.
DAMON'S POV
My entire body froze the moment she asked. I'd been trying to avoid questions like these the best I could. I was scared to tell her, scared of what she'd think of me. I drank a vampire's blood so I could stay with her forever, and then killed my brother. Not that story you normally want to tell your girlfriend. I sighed.
"I was given vampire blood… and my brother killed me." I couldn't see her face, but I knew it was something close to horrified.
"Stefan... No. He wouldn't…" She whispered. I nodded.
"We both killed each other." I told her. She turned and looked at me, meeting my gaze.
"How?"
"Swords." I said, looking down at my hands on top of hers.
"Why? I don't understand…" She whispered. I took a deep breath, before continuing. I knew I could kill two birds with one stone here.
"There was this girl." I started. I saw an emotion flicker over her face, but she reined it in to quickly for me to tell what it was. "Her name was Katherine. My brother and I both fell for her. She was with both of us, without either of us knowing about the other. She was a vampire, so she kept things under wraps very nicely. She exchanged blood with both of us." I paused, taking a deep breath.
"Damon… You don't have to tell me. I can see how hard it is." She said. I shook my head.
"No. I need to tell you. I'll feel better if you know. I won't be hiding things anymore." She met my gaze for a second. She looked sympathetic. It was my fault Katherine was dead. I didn't want her sympathy.
"Continue then." She whispered.
"We eventually found her out, and made her choose. It was Stefan or me. She wouldn't choose though. She said she loved both of us, and it shouldn't matter that she was with us both. We didn't handle that very well, and Stefan and I began to hate each other. She saw the hatred we both held for each other. She hated that we hated each other. One morning we woke up, and found her gone. When we went looking for her, we found a pile of ashes, and her ring sitting in the sun. She'd committed suicide. She left a note, saying she did this because she wanted us to love each other, and she wanted us to mourn her together, and comfort one another. That's not exactly how it played out. Stefan blamed me, and I blamed him. We both went and got swords, and killed one another. With vampire blood in our system, we came back as this." I told her, motioning to myself.
"You guys really burn in the sun?" She asked.
"Yes. Stefan and I have special rings that allow us to walk in the sun. Katherine had one too. She took it off, and she turned to dust." I said. I met her eyes, and she looked so sad.
"Don't be sad. I brought this on myself." I told her. She shook her head violently.
"You didn't ask for any of that."
"If we wouldn't have made her choose." I said, shaking my head.
"She'd still be here, and you'd both still be with her. What kind of love is that, Damon? Having to share someone?" She asked. I met her gaze, but didn't speak. "That isn't love at all." I hadn't ever really thought of it that way. Maybe she was right. Maybe what Katherine and I had wasn't really love. We were her play toys while she resided in Mystic Falls.
"You might be right." I whispered.
"Do you regret it?" She asked.
"Regret what?"
"Killing your brother?" I stared at her not really sure what to say. I'd never been asked that before.
"I don't know. I'd have to hear his answer first, before I can answer that question."
"I'm sorry." She whispered.
"For what?" I asked.
"Everything that's happened to you." She said.
"I brought it all on myself, Lyssa."
"It doesn't matter." She whispered, meeting my gaze. I smiled.
"You amaze me." I whispered into her neck. She giggled. I pulled her mouth up to mine again and kissed her passionately. She melted into it. I loved it when she did that. I rolled over her, pinning her into the soft, cool grass. She didn't stop me this time, which surprised me. I ran a hand down her neck, chest, and stomach, allowing it to rest on her him. She shuddered under my touch. It was something I was used to with women, but for some reason, it meant so much more with her. I cared about her. I cared about her so much.
"Damon?" She murmured.
"Yes, love?" I whispered against the skin of her throat.
"We need to stop."
"I don't think you want me too." I said, seductively.
"Don't tease me." She muttered.
"I'm not teasing." I said, feigning being appalled. She giggled.
"Damon, please."
"You said you weren't easily seduced. You said I'd have to work harder... that's what I'm doing." I told her. She smiled.
"I did say that... didn't I?" She pulled my mouth back to hers. I kissed down her jaw, to her throat. I let my teeth rake over the soft flesh at her throat, not breaking the skin. Her entire body stiffened.
"Damon… please. I'm having a hard time here." She murmured.
"Maybe I don't want you to control anything." I said, chuckling against her skin. She sighed, and kissed me again.
