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Damon'sQueenOfDarkness: Being in the water with Damon would be fun. Technically speaking being anywhere with him would be fun :) In this chapter you see... somthing between them(;
Poseidon's-Princess: Same here! I thought Damon took a really big step with the whole 'It would suck if I lost you forever' and telling her the truth about Jeremy. she totally manipulated him! Haha yeah, Damon is a wee bit jealous(: lol i love football too!
Hooioooo: Thanks! and that'd be dudette! (: haha
Also, this is totally random and all, but the song 'Animals' By Neon Trees totally makes me think of Damon and Serena. haha, like the opening line : 'Here we go again
I kinda wanna be more than friends
So take it easy on me
I'm afraid you're never satisfied'
so yeah. enjoy! please review to tell me what i'm doing good or bad!
Damon turned out to be pretty good football player, and so did Serena.
"Okay! I give up you win, you win!" Serena yelled in between laughs. He had been tickling her for the past minute or so. "I don't have the ball anymore!" She yelled. He kissed her stomach and helped her up.
"Hey guys, we're gonna go start the grill." Tyler said, walking over to them. "Can I get you a beer, Serena?" Tyler asked, smiling at her.
"I'll take care of her." Damon assured Tyler before pulling Serena away.
"Are you jealous?" Serena asked as they walked towards where people were unpacking the food and getting the alcohol out. The grills were being set up and the air was soon filled with the delicious aroma of grilled meat.
"What if I am?" Damon said, stopping to look at her.
"What if I told you that you didn't need to be? That if I was flirting with you I might be interested in you?" Serena asked him.
"What are you saying?" Damon asked suspiciously.
"I'm saying that I might be interested in you, but I don't want to get hurt. I just got out of a bad relationship, remember the reason we met? And I wasn't planning on dating anyone and then you…. Well I met you and you became a good friend, in a really short amount of time. I don't usually do that. This whole flirty thing we do, it's something I don't do. I am, or at least used to be, a traditional girl. Dates and wooing and somehow I don't think that's really you. Or at least that's not something you like to show. I'm sure you're capable, but I think you've been hurt, too." She told him with a slight shrug. Damon watched her for a minute and then sighed.
"Fine. Grab a beer. I'm giving you a history lesson." Damon, exasperated. Why did she have to go an be all perceptive? Serena went to one of the coolers and grabbed two beers, handing one to Damon. She slipped her free hand into Damon's and they walked hand in hand along the water. By now it was dark, and there were several fires lit and there was music playing around.
Damon told her about his life before he and Stefan had been turned. He told her about how close he and his brother had been, until a vampire by the name of Katherine came along. He told her how he had spent over a century trying to save her from a tomb, but that she had been alive after all this time, living it up around the world.
"Wait, so she was with both you and Stefan? And she looks just like Elena? And I thought my relationship had been complicated. I feel like a petty high schooler." Serena said once he had finished.
"That's my life for you. But your life isn't exactly simple either, is it?" Damon said as they sat down in the sand. Serena played with the sand, and then turned to face the ocean.
"No, its not. When I was fourteen I was living up in Maine with my mom. We had this nice little house right on the beach. One day, I can't even remember what it was about, I just remember it was about something stupid, anyway one day I got really angry at my mom. I was an angry little teenager, to tell you the truth. But that day I got really pissed. Suddenly there was this huge wave and boom, there goes the house. My mom nearly drowned that day. Less than forty eight hours later she had all of my clothes packed and was driving me to Florida. We ended up at this gated mansion and my mom leaves me there."
"Wait, just like that? With no explanation?" Damon asked, surprised.
"Damon, you have to understand, my mother wasn't the most compassionate person in the world. The only reason my mother didn't just abandon me up in Maine was because she was getting paid by Bill to bring me to Florida. Bill is this really rich guy. I moved in, no questions asked, at first. There were three other kids there, about my age and—" Serena froze.
"What is it?" Damon asked. Serena stood up, and Damon mimicked her.
"Can't you feel that?" Serena asked, looking around in the darkness.
"Feel what? Yeah it's gotten windier but—" Damon began, but a sudden gust of wind had him pushed away from Serena.
"Damon!" Serena exclaimed, running towards him. She was met by a gust of wind, not allowing him to get closer. A figure stepped out of the shadows.
"Serena, don't move." He warned.
"Sean? What the hell?" Serena asked him in surprise. She made a hand movement from the water to Sean, and water began wrapping itself around his legs.
"Serena, it's cold. Stop it." Sean said casually.
"Stop blocking me from Damon." Serena shot back, trying to push her way through the wall of wind.
"Serena, he's not what you think. He's dangerous." Sean warned.
"No, he's not. It's fine. I'll stop if you stop." She told him.
"Serena—" Sean began but she cut him off.
"I know what he is. I'm not sure how you do, though, but its fine." Serena told him. The wind ceased, and Serena unfroze Sean's legs.
"Thanks for not giving me frost bite." Sean said shaking out his legs as Serena suddenly found herself a few feet away from Sean and in Damon's arms.
"What the hell are you doing here? You didn't kill anyone, did you?" Serena asked suspiciously.
"Kill someone? Serena, what are you talking about? You know me. I don't use my powers to hurt people." Sean said, taking a step closer to the two.
"Stay, will you? Serena, is this another ex boyfriend?" Damon asked, annoyed. Was he about to nearly die again?
"No. Sean was one of the other kids who lived at Bill's. What are you doing here?" Serena asked once again.
"I'm here to make sure you're still alive." Sean said.
"Of course I'm still alive. Damon wouldn't kill me. How did you know he was a vampire anyway?" She asked.
"I don't mean the vampire. I'm talking about Adonis. Him and Felicia kinda went bad. And at first I just thought it was them, but it wasn't. Its Bill. He's a vampire." Sean said.
"Bill is a vampire?" Serena whispered slowly. Sean nodded.
"Yeah. That's why he got us together, to be more powerful and go up against other vampires for some master plan of his. He's totally psycho. He's using some vampire mind control thing on Felicia and Adonis—" Serena interrupted him.
"What you call him Mitchel? I don't care who he thinks he is. Being called Adonis is just plain stupid." She said, annoyed. Sean looked irritated.
"Mitchel, then. Either way, they're hurting people." He finished.
"How do we know you're under compulsion now?" Damon asked him.
"Because I'm wearing vervain. I did my research." Sean said, taking a bracelet off his wrist and tossing it to Serena. She caught it and stared at it in confusion.
"What's vervain, and what's with the bracelet?" Serena asked. Damon unwrapped one of the hands he had around her waist to take the bracelet and sniff it.
"Vervain," Damon said, throwing the bracelet back to Sean. "Is a plant that has really bad effects on a vampire. It can kill us, but for humans they can ingest it and wear it without problem." Damon explained to Serena.
"Uh-huh. So that's what you and I have to do, right? Go to Florida and inject Bill with vervain?" Serena asked Sean. He shook his head.
"That's not the only way to kill a vampire. Besides, he would smell the vervain so it would be smarter to try one of the alternatives. A stake through the heart or burning them." Sean said off handedly.
"Fine then, we do that." Serena agreed. "When do we leave?" Serena asked.
"You don't understand, Serena. We're not going there. They're coming here. Bill is interested in this place. He said an old friend of his spent some time here." Sean said, glancing at Damon.
"He's coming here? Wait, Damon do you know Bill?" Serena asked him.
"No. And if he's not a good guy than I doubt my dear brother knows him. Must be some other vampire. This town sort of has a vampire problem, remember." Damon said, referring to the history lesson he had given her earlier.
"Right, but he can't come here!" She exclaimed. She had already connected the dots.
"Why not?" Damon asked in confusion. "Saves us a trip. We'll just stake him when he gets here."
"Yeah, but if he comes here, then I'm sure he'll bring Mitchel and Felicia." Serena said.
"Last time I checked water beats fire. And if you take Mitchel to the beach, you have the advantage over him anyway." Sean said. Serena shook her head.
"Yeah, well Bill has fire and wood on his side. Those things can kill Damon." Serena said.
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