A/N: Yay! My "punnishment" is officially over! I'm really happy! I just read the awesome reviews I've been getting on my stories and I wanted to say that I couldn't do this without you guys!

One review caught my eye- Noelle's. I want to wish her a Happy (Beleated) Birthday! Concider this chapter a birthday gift drom me! I hope you like it. It's a little fluffy I guess. I mean, we can't have Dani and Damon fighting all the time right? ;)

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing that has to do with The Vampire Diaries. I just own Danielle.

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I watched as they lowered the casket down in the grave. I felt a tear run down my face. This was all my fault. If I hadn't been with William, he never would've killed Rebecca. I watched as my mother cried, my father trying to comfort her. I had covered up my neck with a cloak. I needed to talk to someone about what happened. I suddenly felt something drawing me to look towards the hill and when I did I saw William standing there looking at me. I seemed to be the only one to see him. He had that look on his face. The look of a predator...

2010

I woke up in cold swett. I heard a knock on my door.

" Dani? Are you okay in there? I heard screaming." Stefan's voice said. I walked over to the door and opened.

" I'm fine. Just a bad dream." I said. " What's up?" I asked him seeing that he was all dressed up.

" You should really get ready. We are leaving for the Miss Mystic pagent in less then an hour. I gasped.

" Oh My! If I wasn't already prepared I would have panicked. Seriously Stefan. I'll be down in less then half an hour." I told him and he nodded walking away. I looked at the dress I had gotten yesterday and smiled. This would definatly surprize them.

I was ready after 25 minutes. I had curled my hair and let it down to fall elegantly on one of my shoulders. The dress I was wearing was velvet red with black details. It had a corset looking top and went down to the floor. I put on my shoes and looked at myself in the mirror. I smiled and twirled around. I normally wouldn't act like this but I remembered how much my mother loved it when I dressed up for her. I looked at my locket. It was made out of gold and was shaped like a heart. I usually hid it in my shirts but this time I couldn't since the dress showed a little cleavage. I smiled remembering the day my mother gave it to me. The day I left. I checked the watch again and almost tripped over my own feet when I quickly walked to the door.

Downstairs Stefan and Damon where waiting for me. Stefan gaped at me while Damon had his back turned to me.

" D-Dani-" Stefan managed to say. Damon was struggling with his tie.

" Oh so now you come. I have been calling for you for half an hour. Are you a deaf vampir-" Damon shut his moth when he turned around and saw me. It felt like some stupid movie moment when two people see each other and fall in love. Except of course I'm not in love with Damon. We are just friends, but yet I couldn't help but admire the way he looked with a suit on. I walked up to him.

" Why did you need me?" I asked and he just stared at me.

" Help." he managed to say. We were getting lost in each others eyes and he shook his head getting out from the daze. " With the tie. It's really frustrating." He said and I smiled and helped him fix it. Stefan watched us, probably because our bodies didn't need to be as close as they were just to fix a tie. I finished putting my hands on his shoulders. He smirked at me.

" You clean up nice Dani." He said and I winked at him and let go of him.

" You too Damon." I said and Stefan offered me his arm to escort me out but Damon took his place.

" You have Elena brother. Leave Dani to me." He said and Stefan nodded walking out. Damon smiled at me as I took his arm and he walked me out of the house, smiling all the way to the car.

We arrived ten minutes later. While Stefan walked off to find Elena before the line up started Damon and I walked over to the drink table. I snorted seeing that they didn't have any wine.

" Looking for the wine?" I heard a voice behind me. I turned around and saw Jenna standing there with Alaric by her side.

" How did you know?" I asked smiling and hugged her.

" Elena told me you liked the stuff." I laughed and nodded.

" Gulity as charged. Nice to see you again Rick." I said and he nodded.

" You too Danielle." he said and Damon snickered. I looked at him and then at Jenna.

" How's Elena?" I asked and she smiled.

" Nervous. But who wouldn't be right?" I chuckled and suddenly felt a hand creep up around my waist. Damon stood next to me now.

" Could you excuse us for a second?" He asked politely and led me towards the back of the room.

" What's going on Damon?" I asked and he chuckled.

" Does something have to be going on for me to excuse us?" He asked and I nodded. " Okay, so maybe I just wanted to be alone with you." He admitted. I pointed to the rest of the room filled with people.

" Alone?" I asked and he groaned.

" I am really reconsidering what I was going to tell you."

" Will you just say it already? They are starting." I said and he turned around seeing the contestants coming down.

" We can take it later." He said and I groaned storming off to Jenna and Alaric again. They looked at me curiously and I just smiled. Damon stood next to me as we watched the contestants walk down and join their escorts. They walked out and began their dance. It looked really funny at first but then it kind of reminded me of a dance from my home town. After that the day went on with mingling and stuff like that. I stood on the balcony watching the sun set when someone cleared their throat behind me. I turned around and saw Damon there.

" Hi." He said and walked up to me, whiskey in hand.

" Found a drink I see." I said and he nodded handing me the glass but I gave it back to him. " Not tonight Damon." I said and he nodded putting it down. We just stood there enjoying the view when Damon spoke.

" Do you want to dance?" He asked me and I looked at him startled.

" Uhm. Yes." I said and he took my hand and we walked down. As if they knew we were coming a slow song began. I put one of my hands on his shoulder since he put his on my waist and the other hand in his. He slowly took the lead and we began to dance. People cleared the way for us and watched us in awe. Damon twirled me around and then pulled me close to him, never breaking eyecontact with me. I saw Tyler looking at us in jealousy and some other people too while others just smiled as they watched us. Elena and Stefan where whispering something as where Jenna and Alaric. Soon it was just me and him there. We shut out the rest of the world and it was just the two of us, dancing there. I didn't know why, but something inside of me was bubbling. I had never felt it before. It was such a strange feeling. Something new, something- special. I found myself getting lost in Damon's icy blue eyes and he seemed to be in a daze aswell. The music slowly came to a stop and after we stopped dancing we just looked at each other. Everyone in the room burst into applause and woke us up from our daze. I looked around and curtsied just for the heck of it and Damon bowed knowing that people where watching us and we walked out together arm in arm.

Later they announced that Caroline had won and she was crowned Miss Mystic Falls. Stefan followed Elena home while Damon drove me home. When we got there we just stood staring at each other.

" What did you want to tell me earlier today?" I asked him and he walked up to me with a straight face. We were inches apart looking into each other's eyes.

" You looked beautiful tonight." He told me and I smiled.

" Thank you Damon." I said. The way he had said it was so honest. He wasn't smirking, he was telling me what he really thought and that felt nice. " Good Night Damon." I said and stood on my tiptoes and kissed his cheek lightly. He just stood there and his lips turned up in a small smile.

" Good Night Danielle."

A/N: Okay so what did you think? :) Please review and tell me okay? It would make me really happy.

Oh and one more thing. I have counted and this story will have 15 chapters total. That means that after this one there are only five left but then there is the sequel! :P

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