Never Let Me Fall

It was practically early morning. I was at home by myself as usual. I heard a knock on the door downstairs as I was brushing my teeth. I ran down the steeps and answered, it only to reveal Damon near the door way. He looked paler than usual and nearly sickly to me. I could sense a bit of tension in the air as I said to him coldly, "What are you doing here?" Damon looked at me with his light blue eyes and took a deep breath.

"I just wanted to say that I'm really and truly am sorry for what I did to Melissa and everyone else that you cared about. I'm sorry, Ana...all I want from you is...your forgiveness." Damon said to me softly. I could tell from his voice, that he was heartbroken to say that and in his eyes, I could tell he really meant it.

"Damon...I...I don't know what to say. You tried to ruin Stefan's life, you tried to kill Bonnie, you abused Caroline, you bit my sister, you tried to turn Elena at the ritual, and you tried to kill me multiple times...so I don't know what to say. I'm literally torn between forgiving you or not. If I forgive you, I might regret it later on, but if I don't, then our so-called 'friendship' will end...and I actually enjoyed it. So I don't know, Damon." I said softly at him, nearly breathing through every word I said. He nodded. "I get, really I do. You can take all the time you need...goodbye, Ana." Damon said softly, before pulling me towards him, giving me a short hug and kissing my forehead lightly and gently.

He later on walked off from my house in a normal human speed rate. I watched him as he walked off. I kept my eyes locked on him until he was out of sight. I leaned against the doorway and stared at the ground he stood before. Damon didn't seem like himself. And what threw me off was his goodbye.

I started to wonder, if that was the last time I would ever see Damon Salvatore again.

The Mystic Square

I was with Elena, Jeremy and Caroline at the Mystic Square. There was going to be a film festival tonight about the movie 'Gone with the wind'. I, personally, am not really the 'old schooled movie' types, but I decided that I should maybe give it a try.

Maybe.

We were having fun, until Stefan showed up. Elena and I left Caroline and Jeremy behind, and we followed Stefan. "I'm breaking the rules, you know. Movie night is suppose to be a distraction. Tomorrow we can return to our regularly scheduled drama." Elena told him. I nodded in agreement. "I know. I wish this could wait, but it can't. Listen, um, the other night Damon was helping Tyler, something happened. Tyler was starting his transform and Damon was bitten." Stefan spilled to us.

We were in near shock. "What!?" I said, almost out loud. A part of me felt like going up to Tyler and give him a piece of my mind, but the other part of me knew it wasn't his fault, since he can't control himself from killing people. "Oh, my god. And he came to the house this morning and...tried to apologize. I practically slammed the door in his face." Elena confessed. "The same thing happened with me. I think he wanted us to forgive him, so he would have a second chance on fixing his friendship with us...before he...he..." I started to confess. I couldn't finish it.

I know Damon could be like a complete jackass sometimes, but just like Tyler, he had a heart too.

Somewhere.

I had already lost a few people and I didn't want to go to another funeral for a LONG while from now. Soon guilt started washing over my face. Yet I did really well in hiding it. After Stefan left, Elena and I left to go check on Damon, just to see if he was still breathing.

"What should I say...what should I do?" I asked Elena. "I don't know...we just need to be strong for Damon." Elena responded. I turned my head to look out the window and sighed slightly. Why did Damon always tried to be the fucking hero!? Elena soon parked her car. But suddenly someone held our mouths and pulled us back.

It was Caroline's mother and her deputies.

We were in the Sheriffs office and yes Caroline's mother is the sheriff. "Where's Damon? What have you done to him?" Elena asked Sheriff Liz. "Why do you even care? You know what they are, what they do." Sheriff Liz said. "They're our friends and we trust them. They're not like the others." I stated. "Look, we understand why you hate them, but you're wrong." Elena added. "They're murderers, girls, end of story." Sheriff Liz told. Man, am I pissed off now!

A deputy came into the office and announced to Sheriff Liz, "Damon Salvatore was just spotted outside entering the Grill." Before Sheriff Liz could leave Elena pleaded, "Wait, you've gotta let us come with you. He's sick. He's not...himself." I rolled my eyes, thinking, real cool, Elena REAL cool! "Keep them here." Sheriff Liz informed the deputy, before leaving. After she said that, I mumbled, "You'd think, that since your daughter is a vampire, you'd learn to trust her friends by now." I mumbled it, but it was only loud enough for her to hear a bit.

Hours later and it was night-time.

"Elena... I got an idea on how to escape." I informed her. She turned to look at me and said, "Alright, lay it on me." I pointed at my chair and the window and said, "I'll pay for the damage later." Elena nodded and grabbed my chair, once I stood up, and slammed it against the window. It broke and we carefully and quickly climbed out through it, making our quick getaway.

The Mystic Square

Elena and I looked all over for Damon. When Elena paused I stopped dead on my tracks next to her. "Elena...Ana." Damon said. We turned to see him standing by himself. He looked worse than the last time I saw him.

"Damon." Elena and I both said. I was relieved, to find him unharmed. Elena and I quickly walked up to him and grabbed him by the hand. "Hey, come on. Come on. We have to get you out of here. We have to hide you." Elena told him. "Where are we going?" Damon asked us. We didn't answer.

Suddenly he tripped and we went to his side to help him up. "Hey. Hey. Relax. We need to get you out of here." Elena repeated to Damon. He used his vampire speed and pinned Elena against a post. I ran over to them and tried hard to pry Damon's hands off her, but they wouldn't budge. "I choose you Katherine." Damon said. It all soon clicked in. He was hallucinating! "Damon no! Look at me. She's Elena. She's Elena!" I told him. "No Damon no!" Elena and I shouted as Damon as leaning near Elena's neck.

"But I have to...if we're going to be together forever." Damon said. He leaned in and bit Elena's neck, drinking her blood. "Damon, stop you're hurting me!" Elena pleaded. "Stop Damon you're hurting her!" I shouted out loud slightly. He stopped and looked at both of us for a minute. "Elena...Ana." He said before he dropped to the floor. "Damon...Damon" Was all we could process to say to him.

We were helping Damon walk all the way to the boarding house. As we were walking I told them, "I think I'll call it a night once we get there alright?" "Fine by me." Elena said in a tired way. I know I was too.

I looked up at Damon, who was just staring at the ground. I sighed and said, "I forgive you." He looked at me in confusion mixed with pain and asked, "What?" "I answered your question from earlier, and here it is...I...I forgive you." I told him, tears were forming in my eyes. "Thank you." He said under his breath. I smiled and said,

"That's what friends are for, Damon."

After we arrived there, I left a few seconds later to find Stefan. Surely he should be here to say one last goodbye to his brother, before he kicks the bucket, so speaking.

For some reason I had a strong urge to go to Alaric's apartment.

Talk about the biggest mistake of my life!

"Look who just decided to join the party!" Klaus said in amusement. It was too late for me to turn back now. I was torn between shock and horror, when I saw Stefan surrounded by blood bags and...DRINKING from them! "Let him go why are you doing this to him!?" I shouted at Klaus. "We're making a deal, either he stays here and lives his life or...he embraces who he truly is and comes with me and saves his brother's life." Klaus said smirking.

I wanted to punch him so badly, but I resisted, considering he could kill me in just a split second with his eyes closed. "Wait." I said suddenly. "I'll make a deal with you too." Klaus looked slightly taken back by this, but recovered quickly and asked, "Really? And what is that?" "I only have three conditions, Number One: You won't lay a hand on my family or friends. Number Two: You will protect me or others that I wish for you to spare at all costs, and Number Three:...You let Katherine go." I negotiated. Klaus look at me for a minute. "Why in bloody hell should I let Katerina go? She deserves to suffer after what she did!" Klaus nearly yelled.

"But wouldn't it be better to let her go? I mean think about, she's been running from you for 500 years. She's scared of you and every time she's running, she'll always look behind her back, to see whether or not today's the day, you'll come back into her life and kill her, as you wished. You may torture a person physically, but fear's stronger. Katherine's a vampire and her wounds will heal, but fear will never go away and will haunt her for all eternity." I told him. He thought about it for a moment than said, "Alright than, but on one condition, you and Stefan will be my servants and will never disobey me, betray me, and will kill those who stand in my way, do we understand each other?" I nodded and said, "Crystal." He smiled at me and I smiled back, as he gave Katherine a tube full of his blood, which would cure Damon.

Katherine had her eyes locked on me for a moment. It was almost as if she wanted to say 'Thank you'. She sped off leaving Stefan, Klaus and I behind in the dust.

We left the apartment and was at a warehouse truck, that was full of Klaus's family coffins.

Some brother Klaus must be!

A girl with dark hair came out of nowhere. "Come here, sweetheart. Don't be afraid." Klaus said calmly to the girl as she walked towards Stefan and I. "Klaus, what are you doing!?" I asked alarmed and full of anger. "I want to make sure, Stefan here, honors our deal...that you'll be any use to me." Klaus told us. Now I'm more pissed, than I ever was in my life. Klaus bit her and let her go. She started to run off, but Stefan sped up to her and drank her blood, until she died. I watched in horror, but I didn't say or do anything. "Now we can go." Klaus said. I snapped my eyes and head back to face him and asked, "Where are we going?" I folded my arms slightly. "It's a surprise." Klaus said in an amusing smile and walked off to the truck.

I followed him and tuned out the sound the helpless girl had made earlier, that made me flinch. I prayed in my head that some way somehow, Stefan and I can go through this together. And I might find a way to bring him back...Somehow?

(The beginning literally broke my heart. It was just so sad, and then when the end was near she forgave him. Aww! Now that's true friendship right there! It makes me want to read this forever! Also do you think Ana can bring the old Stefan back? Or is he gone forever?! You vote! Don't forget to review!)