Play Your Game
A Vampire Diaries Fanfic.
Damon Salvatore x Ashlan Corral
'For those who think Life has ended before it's truly begun.'
Song: ''Teeth" -Lady Gaga
Chapter 26
"The Lengths We Go"
"I say we bust down the door and kill the idiot who attacked us last night."
"Then what? Turn to the rest of the house of vampires and say, 'oops, sorry.'?" Stefan asked with a sarcastic tone.
"We could always just burn the house down during the day, they won't be able to run then." I offered, Damon smirking at me. Stefan rolled his eyes before glancing at me.
"Ash don't encourage him." He said, Damon frowning to his baby brother.
"Why not?" He asked, opening his arms up and gesturing to Elena and myself. "She's on my side, Elena's on yours. I think I know who's winning this argument." He said with a bit of bite as he wrapped an arm around my shoulders. Rolling my eyes, I pushed him away, he quirked a brow at me.
"Damon I'm not on your side." I corrected.
"So you've chosen Team Broody? All that frowning is not good for wrinkles~!" He said in a slight sing song tone. I shook my head, but I couldn't help the smile smile that creeped onto my lips.
"Nope, not with them either."
"Then you're on your own?"
"I'm Switzerland. I'm neutral."
"You're stupid."
"Would you guys stop bickering!" Elena complained, and we both turned to her with raised brows. "And stop doing that eye thing, both of you!" She said, and we looked at each other with furrowed brows.
"What's she talking about?" Damon asked, but then he smirked and did the very thing she hated.
"Not a clue." I said, mimicking him. Elena sighed out irritably, Stefan holding her to try and calm her down. A small laugh came from my throat as Damon sat on a leather chair.
"When are you going to get over the fact that I turned your birth mother?" Damon asked, and I remembered being filled in just a few hours ago by Elena. The full story- and no, I wasn't overly surprised Damon turned her.
"Actually Damon, I've come to terms with the fact that you're a self focused psychopath that has no regard for anybody around you." She snapped, and I looked at him with a shrug and grin.
"She's got you there." I said, and he rolled his eyes, then I looked at Elena. "You are going to have to accept it Elena. Shit happens." I said, and she let out another exasperated sigh.
"Sometimes you two make me so cranky...!" She said, burying her head into Stefan's chest. I chuckled, but then looked up as Bella walked into the room. We all went silent as I got up and walked over to her. Bella's chocolate eyes landed on Damon, and she glared.
"Bella," I began, and she looked to me. "I haven't seen you all week. Why were you ignoring me?" I asked, but she just pursed her lips and motioned for the door. Confused, I glanced at my friends before walking out of the house with her. It wasn't until we were a decent distance away that she began to talk with me.
"You are aware Sheila Bennett passed away, correct?" She asked, and I nodded. "I've been spending my days training Bonnie on Sheila's behalf, forgive me if I was ignoring you Ashi."
"I was surprised, I thought you were all stronger." I said, and she looked to me.
"It wasn't strength we needed, Sheila was meant to pass that night, by spell or not." Bella said, a sad look crossing her features. "It's a sad day when a witch dies for a vampire."
"Bella!" I said sharply, ashamed of her beliefs. "I accept you for what you are, and I know asking you to do the same is harsh, but please, keep it to yourself if you're going to bash my friends." I scolded, but Bella just rolled her eyes.
"Oh please," She began, but then trailed off and looked at the road we were walking along. "I have to return home, there are a few things I need to check up on. You promise to keep safe?"
"Of course," I began, but then stopped suddenly. "Say Bella, have you seen a woman who looks a lot like me around lately?" I asked, to which she looked at me with wide eyes.
"What do you mean?" She asked hoarsely.
"A girl, who was dressed in Victorian style clothing spoke to me the other day, I was drunk so I don't remember the conversation, but she seemed to want to talk to me. Have you seen her? I really want to know who she is." I said, and Bella nodded.
"I will try to look into it, but in the mean time," She began, holding out her hand. I placed mine beneath hers, and she dropped my vervain soaked ring in it. "This will keep you safe."
"Thank you." I said, slipping it on.
"I want you to never lose your focus Ashi, because nobody can decide your future but you." She said, holding my face with both hands. I smiled, and she hugged me tightly for a moment before we both let go.
"Thank you Bella, for helping." I said, and she nodded. "I guess I'll see you some other time?" I asked, and she nodded.
"Goodbye girly." She said, and I was surprised when she pulled out a giant blue rock.
"Whoa wait, what are you going to do with that?" I asked, and she grinned at me.
"It's a port key, I can get back to my home in seconds with this puppy." She said, and I laughed a little.
"Goodbye Bella."
"Bye Ashi." She kissed my cheek before the rock glowed, and then she was gone. I blinked, standing there for a moment, before I started to walk again.
"You aren't being fair."
OH MY GOD!
"You scared me shitless!" I scolded, glaring at the red haired woman. She smiled widely at me, watching me carefully.
"I have that effect on people." She said as though it were a good thing.
"So do guns and vampires," I muttered, going to keep walking. "Well it was nice chatting-"
"Do you really think you can play games?"
I stopped walking. Come on legs, move! Don't talk to her, she's just scaring you shitless for the fun of it. Yet despite my saying this to myself, my legs betrayed me and turned my body around.
"What are you talking about?" I asked, her smirking.
"You know, I wonder how long he'll watch over you. I was hoping you could replace me, but clearly you aren't good enough if you keep playing this game with his mind." She snapped, and I rolled my eyes.
"Who are you? And for the record, I have been honest from the start." I said sharply, but she sighed and remained calm.
"You're a lot brattier than I thought you would be too. Maybe you can't replace me, you'd do better to replace Katherine." She muttered, making me frown.
"Madison?" I asked, and she looked up to me. "Are you Madison Corral?" I asked again, and she smiled.
"I suppose you can call me that, if you want, Ashlan Corral." She said, giggling. "I really do love that name, I wish it were mine. Lani, Damon always calls you that, hmm? How cute."
"Okay back up. If you're Madison, why haven't you gone to say high to Damon? Aren't you supposed to be head over heels with him? I mean the guy is still that way for you y'know." I said, but she shrugged.
"It's complicated."
"So is life, but I'm still here." I said, and she sighed again- god she did that a lot.
"I would love to talk to all of your friends, but I'm afraid saying hello again would be complex." She said, scratching her head. "He wouldn't think of me the same way anyway."
"Why?" I asked, crossing my arms, she looked up to me.
"Because you're here." She said as though it were obvious. "I doubt I mean as much to him anymore." She muttered afterwards, making me frown.
"You never know until you try."
She chuckled to that, and we stood there for a second. I noticed she wasn't in her usual Victorian attire now, trading it in for jeans and a black long sleeve. With her hair cut and tied in a loose braid it went to about her hips, and she looked a lot more like me than before.
"You're a very interesting person Lani," She said with a grin. "I have a good idea why he loves you so much now." She added, before she turned to walk away. I stared at her, confused- then she paused and glanced at me.
"Please, promise not to hurt him?" She asked, and I shook my head.
"I won't."
Not on purpose, not to that degree.
She smiled.
"Thank you Lani, I hope you and Damon are great friends again."
I turned around for a second, and then went to ask her what she wanted- but she was gone. Wait, where the hell did she go off to now? Jesus Christ people needed to stop running away on me!
And now it's raining.
Fanfuckingtastic!
Running back to the house, I ran inside, but was already soaking wet. As I kicked off my shoes and shimmied out of my drenched sweater, Damon came around the corner frowning.
"Have you seen Stefan?" He asked, but I frowned before shaking my head.
"Where did Elena go? Maybe she's with him." I offered, shivering slightly from the draft going through the house. Damon grabbed his phone and dialed a number. A few seconds later he frowned and glared at it.
"She's not answering. I'm going to head over there," He said, but then paused and looked at me. "You're coming too." He said, grabbing my arm.
"What? I'm soaked! What if Stefan comes back?" I asked, but he shook his head.
"I'm not leaving you here alone, you're vampire bait." He said, pulling me along with him. Giving up, I ran with him to his car and slid inside. He started the car and drove the moment he could. During the ride, I felt like I was going to turn into a popsicle with how cold it was. Damon glanced at me, sitting there in a drenched tank top and jeans, and he touched my arm. A frown graced his lips.
"You're at a normal human temperature." He muttered, but then slammed on the brakes. I looked at him, brow furrowed.
"What are you-" He moved before I could finish what I was saying though, at a speed I could barely register. The only thing I did get was the door opened, the trunk slammed, and then Damon was back in the car with a bag.
"What is-"
"It's Elena's, Stefan borrowed my car a few days back and she left it in here. You might be able to fit some of her clothes." He said, and I nodded before grabbing it and opening it with shaky hands. My hands were wet, so they slipped from the zipper, but I opened it after fumbling for a moment.
"Jackpot." I muttered, pulling out a sweater, and dry jeans too. Without even thinking about it, I undid my seat belt and began to strip down to my undergarments. Looking over, I saw Damon was watching me with a smirk. I rolled my eyes, smacking his shoulder.
"Perv." I muttered, but otherwise pulled on the dry clothes. I was taller than Elena, with broader hips, but with my size my breasts were small, so the shirt fit me, but it showed a bit of mid drift. Same with the jeans- I was just happy the button did up, even if they were ridiculously tight. They were dry, that's all that mattered.
"Here," Damon said once I was dressed again. He handed me my phone that was sitting on the seat before. "Call Elena, she's ignoring me still." He said, and I went to call, but I didn't have any luck either. He must've been listening, because he frowned.
"I'm sure she's alright Damon, I'll bet she and Stefan are just..." I paused, chuckling. "Busy."
He didn't seem to take the humor in it though, a permanent frown on his face.
"I really hope you're right." He said, pulling into Elena's driveway. He was out in a second, running to the porch. I too ran after him. He knocked on her door, and she opened a second later.
"You're ignoring me." He said flatly, but Elena ignored him and looked at me.
"Hi Ash, how are you?" She asked with a smile. I walked in, but Damon spoke before I could.
"Is Stefan here?" He asked, but Elena frowned.
"No, I thought he was at home?" She looked worried all of a sudden. Damon and I looked at each other.
"He went out to feed, and never came back." Damon said, and my eyes got a little wider.
"You don't think-"
"Mh hm." Damon said nodding.
"What?" Elena asked, looking between us both. "What's going on?" She asked.
"You're not going to like what I'm thinking." Damon said.
I had a feeling that went for all of us.
"Axel please! It's for Stefan!"
"Nope, I'm not budging."
"It's fine if you don't want to help, but I really need to-"
"I can't do that."
"Why?"
"Because they'll kill you Ashi!"
I rolled my eyes, Axel could be so dramatic some times.
"Come on! This is for Stefan! He's my friend, and last I checked he was yours as well." I said, glaring at him. He looked down to where he was pinning me to the wall, and then backed up a bit, frowning.
"I can't let you do it Ashi, you're going to get yourself killed. And I'm not leaving knowing you might follow and do something stupid." He said, and I frowned.
"So you're going to let him die?"
"If it means keeping you safe." He said, and I shook my head.
"I'm going with or without you Axel," I said sharply, turning for the door. He tried to grab me, but I turned and glared at him. "Don't make me." I warned. He let me go and looked to the sky as though praying. When he looked back at me, he nodded.
"Fine," He said, walking away to grab his jacket. "So where are we off to?" He asked, making me grin.
"So what's the plan?" I asked when we walked into the History Classroom at the school. Damon glanced up at me, then glared at Axel behind me.
"Come on guys, it's Stefan." Elena said, making the two look away from each other.
"Okay, now that we have vampire number two in our group, this is the plan." Damon said, leaning over Alaric's desk. I raised a brow as I watched the history teacher look down at a paper- since when were these two on not killing each other terms? Weird.
We all crowded around the table.
There was an array of weaponry splayed across it.
"Whoa, somebody's got a lot of spare time on their hands." Axel muttered, but I nudged him in the gut.
"Here's what we'll do," Damon began again, looking at Alaric. "You get in the house, and get me and Asshole in. Once inside I want you to get out as fast as possible. From there we'll get Stefan out, and ourselves out." Damon said strictly, making me frown.
"What about me?" Elena asked. "I'm going too, I can get Stefan while you distract them!" She said, and I rolled my eyes.
"Look out of the two of us, I can actually defend myself." I said, spiriting my fingers in front of my face. Damon glowered at Elena, and then me.
"No, you're going to make sure she doesn't do something stupid." Damon said sharply but I wouldn't back down.
"Damon I get that you're worried about us, what use am I if I can't help my friends?" I asked, frowning.
"Me and Ash can team up! We can- we can go together." Elena insisted, but Damon glared at her, snapping his fingers.
"I could've snapped your neck right there." He said. "That's how fast it is to get yourself killed. I can't protect you both when I'm inside, neither can boy toy." Damon said, glaring at Axel.
"I agree with shit face," Axel said, grasping my shoulder. "You guys should stay in the car."
"But I can help!" Elena insisted, making Damon roll his eyes.
"Fine, you can drive the getaway car." He muttered as he, Alaric, and Axel all grabbed some weapons before they stormed off. I looked to Elena, pursed my lips, and then followed them out.
I had a better plan though.
It took a little while, but I finally convinced Damon to drop me off at the Boarding House.
"I'm just going to grab some vervain flowers." I had said as he followed me inside the house. "Really, you can get in the car." I added when I noticed Damon was hounding after me. He didn't leave though, so I turned to frown at him.
"I know what you're going to do Lani," He said, getting up in my face. He cupped my face in his hands before frowning, shaking his head. "Which is why I can't let you do it." He said. I frowned as well, what was he-
The next thing I knew, I was up in his room, sitting on his bed. My ring was in his hand, and a solemn look was on his face.
"Damon don't-"
"You will not leave this room until I tell you to Lani." He said, looking me dead in the eye. His pupils dilated, and my own widened.
You little-
He kissed my forehead, before pulling away.
"I could never let you get hurt." He said, before backing away and vanishing out the door. I ran to it, but before I could get into the hall, my legs stopped working. I stood there, as though there was a glass window in the doorway.
"Damon!" I called, but there was no answer. They were probably already gone too.
"No, you can get hurt too dammit! What about you?! Who's going to protect you?!" I screamed, but I knew nobody could hear me. I leaned against the wall next to the door, and slid down to sit.
"You're noisy."
I jumped, looking over to the hallway.
Madison.
"Why do you show up at the worst possible times?" I asked, frowning. "Scratch that, why are you bothering me?"
"I told you, you're an interesting woman." She said with a wide smile. She looked at the door frame, brows drawn together. "You know, you don't have to listen to him." She said matter-of-factually. I stood up and looked at her, tilting my head to the side.
"What?"
"Don't you know? You can break his compulsion." She then smiled, and added. "I broke his all the time."
"What do you mean? Damon wasn't a vampire when he knew you." I snapped. "And how do I break said compulsion, Miss Madison?"
"Ah, you know so little," She said, and I rolled my eyes at her talk. "Cute, but you can break it. If you can remember what it was he stole from you, you can bring it back you know."
"I can?" I asked, confused. She nodded.
"Compulsion is just a vampire shoving his beliefs onto you. It's the same as brainwashing. Just a quick scrub and they can shove all those disagreeing thoughts into the back of your mind, but it's still there. If you can remember what it is you lost, it can still be found." She said, mimicking my stance of leaning against the door frame.
A frown covered my lips, and my brows were pulled together again. Break it? Remember? I suppose that was why I could remember my fit with Maria, why I had had a panic attack- it had all come rushing back, and I hadn't been ready. Could I fight the compulsion for me to not leave this room then? Testing this theory, I nodded.
"What do I do?" I asked, and she smiled.
"Close your eyes," She said, and I obeyed. "Now, say what he wants you to say."
"I will not leave this room until he comes back."
"Good," She said, and I felt her hand brush my hair back behind my ear. "Now say what you want to say."
"I will- I will- not leave- I-"
"Don't strain, just think. Think about why you have to break it." She encouraged, and I bit my lip in concentration.
"I will... I will not let my friends get hurt...I will protect them...So that's why...I will... leave... this-this... room!" My eyes snapped open, and I looked right at her wide ones. She grinned at me, before offering me her hand.
"Was that so hard?" She asked, and I shook my head. It wasn't, if you really think about it, it was actually quite easy. I took her hand, and took tentative steps towards the door. My foot passed the threshold, and I gleefully leaped out of the door. Madison embraced me as I leaped at her, grinning.
"I did it!" I squealed, and she laughed.
"Yes, you did darling." She chuckled out. When I pulled away, I saw her watching me tentatively, so I raised a brow. She seemed to realize what she was doing and pulled away.
"I must go, and you should too. You won't be too far behind them, just a few minutes." She said softly.
"Thank you." I said, smiling. She too smiled before turning the corner.
"Hurry now." She said softly, and then I couldn't hear her at all. I nodded, running down the stairs and to the basement to grab some vervain. From there I was racing around the house to grab things, and then I threw it all in my car. When I got in, I grabbed at the ignition for the keys-
They weren't there.
Damon!
I wonder if his original plan was to let me free and take my car keys, but he probably thought it was safer in his room. Frowning, I kicked at the car a few times before biting my lip and getting out. Pulling off the cover, I reached underneath the car and grabbed at the wires.
Too bad Damon.
Bad girls don't play fair either.
I moved quietly while I prepared the house.
Damon was making more noise than I was. So as I hid on the second floor- able to get up there thanks to the music- I waited for the opportune moment to begin. They dispersed suddenly, running everywhere but up the stairs. My scent was washed away with the rain, but I knew if I didn't keep calm my heartbeat would give me away in an instant.
One vampire stayed behind, a younger looking girl, but I wasn't swayed by her. She hurt Stefan, she had to pay. So I leaped over the banister, and landed on top of her. The stake in my hand going for her chest. It hit, because she stayed on the ground, grey and veined. Looking around, I waited for anyone else to come into the room. Nobody did though, so I snuck into the room they had all been sitting in before. Thank god this house was big, or I'd be screwed. The stereo was playing, and I got the idea to turn it up to full blast. It was so loud it hurt my ears, I didn't want to think about what they were thinking.
The irony, Teeth by Lady Gaga was playing.
Without wasting time, I jumped up onto the wall unit next to the door. A vampire came in, and concentrating, I gave him an aneurism. He collapsed, and I waited for the next to come in. As long as I stayed up here I could keep hitting them and stake them together. However, as the next vampire- the one from the other night- went to walk in, he was suddenly swept from my view. I jumped down from the wall unit, and staked the vampire on the ground before glancing around the corner.
Three vampires were ganging up on one.
Damon.
A sort of feral feeling curled through me when I saw two flip him over. A growled left my throat as I rounded the corner and flung my stake at one of them. It went flying and- amazingly- hit one in the chest. I glared at the other one, using the ring to make him collapse to the floor. Sniffling, I felt my face as a liquid came out of my nose. Frowning, I looked at the blood, but then glared at the last one standing.
Damon looked at me as though I were a ghost, but I spun around in time to see another vampire drop to the floor. Ric was standing there with one of his homemade weapons handy.
I jumped when somebody touched my shoulder, and I spun around to punch, but Axel grabbed my arm and glared at me. Alaric went into the side room and turned the music down. Damon stood up and glared at me.
"How the hell did you get out?!" Damon asked, incredulous as he sniffed my neck. "Are you on vervain?" He demanded, but before I could answer I saw another vampire come at him from behind. I glared, and he dropped to the floor, but the room suddenly got lopsided.
"Whoa, Lani! Focus!" Damon said, snapping his fingers in front of my face. I stood upright, wiping the excess blood from my nose before looking around.
"Did you find Stefan yet?" I asked, and Damon nodded. "Great, we should leave." I said, walking to the door.
"Wait there might be more." Ric said, and I nodded.
"I know," I said, pulling out a lighter with a grin. "That's why I brought this." I said, making Damon and Axel frown.
"How do you think this is going to work?" Axel asked, avoiding the use of the word lighter or gasoline.
"I covered it with vervain and lemon juice. It's still potent." I said. Both boys nodded, and we all walked out. Before coming into the house I had let one jerry can spill in through the back door, and another from the stairs. Vampires couldn't smell it over the vervain, or lemon. It would easily be mistaken as a woman's perfume at this rate.
Lighting the flame, I leaned it against the coated front door and watched it ignite.
"Boom." I muttered as we fled off the steps. A few cries broke out as the house went up in flames- I knew we got at least a half dozen vampires still in there, hiding. The rain had stopped, letting the fires spread through out the home even after the roof began to cave in.
"Uh, guys." Ric said, and we all turned to look at him. He pointed to the woods, where a dozen other vampires we coming from.
Oh fuck.
"This is why I wanted you to stay at the house." Damon muttered, but I shook my head and grabbed his hand.
"At the risk of sounding cheesy, I wasn't going to let you die alone." I muttered, smiling lightly when he squeezed back. Axel looked down at me, frowning.
"Nobody's dying today, none of us at least." He insisted, and I looked to Ric with steeled eyes. He looked at me, then Damon, and then the slowly closing pack. With nowhere to run, we just stood there.
"That whole thing about finding my wife, that was a lie, right?" Ric asked, Damon nodded. I chuckled.
"Low blow." I said, but he just shrugged.
"I'm not human, so I don't care."
"Said the man holding my hand." I muttered, but then I looked down to his wrist and got an idea. "Give me your blood." I said. Damon frowned at me, and I looked him in the eye.
"What?" He asked.
"If I drink it, I can use the ring for longer durations. We can make a break for it if I knock them unconscious." I muttered, and Damon looked around us- the vampires, Ric, me, vampires- he bit his wrist and held it out for me. I drank greedily for a moment, before pulling back and looking to the six vampires. I glared sharply, thinking hard.
One fell.
I glared to another, and he fell just as quickly.
Two.
My head started to spin, so I grabbed Damon's wrist and drank some more. Another vampire flashed towards us, but I glared and he fell down mid run, and then another charged but Ric shot at him so I had time. I glared at another, but I must've been getting weak because he kept coming forward.
"Lani, it's okay." Damon insisted, but I shook my head and glared. Trying to take him down. He wouldn't go down though, and now Axel was shaking my other shoulder.
"Ashi, you're going to hurt yourself." He insisted, but I pushed him off.
"Kill the last one," Ric said. "Kill him or she'll die trying!" Damon disappeared before stabbing at them with a stake as I tried to bring them down. They fell, and I instantly felt the pain sweep through me. Axel caught me as I fell, and sat me down on the grass. It was wet, so was I, and cold too. I shivered, clutching my nose as it poured blood. It didn't work, and I had to turn over as blood gushed out of my mouth.
Damon was next to me in a second, and he bit his wrist before putting it to my mouth. I drank, looking up to him as I did so. When I pulled away, he cupped my face and watched as my nose stopped gushing blood and I didn't feel like vomiting anymore.
"What's going on here?"
We all looked as a woman came marching up to us, that girl- Anna I think- was following her.
"What's going on here is your pack of tomb brats spent the day torturing my little brother." Damon spat, standing up to glare at her. She looked upset and embarrassed then.
"I assure you those responsible will be dealt with." She said, but Axel shook his head.
"A little late Pearl." He said, and she looked at him with wide eyes.
"Axel, I was never informed you were in town." She said, and I frowned, glancing between him and her. She looked a bit more guarded then, a little wary of his actions.
Was she afraid of him?
"Of course not, I rather keep it that way." He said, and then glanced down at me. "I'm sure you know," He began again, looking back at her. "What happens when your friends do unkind things." He said sharply, and she nodded quickly.
"Please," Anna spoke up. "We had no idea. I swear." She insisted, and I stood up. Damon and I shared unbelieving glances, before looking back at Axel.
"I suppose," He began, his tone completely different from before. "Don't let it happen again." He said. His tone was driving me nuts. It wasn't rude, but actually overly polite.
From the way Pearl and Anna reacted though, he was obviously lying.
They rushed into the house then, and Damon and I shared a look again before he walked over to me.
"You okay?" He asked, and I nodded.
"Yeah, I'll live." I said, smiling. Axel looked at me, this strangely calm look in his eyes, before he began to walk away. Turning I ran after him.
"Axel," I began as he turned. I grinned and hugged him tightly. "Thank you. Thank you for coming to help us." I said, and he smiled at me before ruffling my hair.
"No problem." He said, and then he started to walk. Turning around, I ran to Ric and hugged him too.
"You too Ric, thank you." I said, and he smiled before he too started to walk back to the car. Turning around, I saw Damon was also walking away. Raising a brow, I trotted until I caught up to him and matched his pace.
"Where are you going?" I asked with a small chuckle. He looked upset though, and then it dawned on me. "Are you jealous?"
He pinned me to a tree in seconds, glaring at me.
"No I am not jealous that you just touched that nasty bastard." He said clearly, and I laughed.
"Aw you're too cute." I said, and he looked to the sky as he moved away.
"For the love of God I am not-" I cut him off though as I grabbed the back of his head and pulled him to me. His lips met mine and I smiled when he pushed me back into the tree. He pulled away for a second to look over my face, and then he was pushing our faces together as though he was trying to mold them into one.
I gently pushed him away, but he insisted on giving me a few small kisses before he completely moved away, and he looked at me with half lidded eyes.
"Thank you Damon, for looking out for me." I said, kissing him once softly. "And I suppose as a reward I could stop being mad at you." I said with a smile. He looked at me, smirking, before softly kissing me again.
"Hmm, I like friendly Lani," He said, kissing me again. "She knows how to say thank you."
I chuckled, but then we both pulled away and started jogging for the car.
Well, a pretty good way to wrap up a shitty day if I do say so myself.
Wow guys, I'm so pumped that you guys like this story so much! I'm trying really hard not to make it cookie cutter, because let's be honest- no relationship is picture perfect! It's got it's own shape, some sides crumbling too! Y'know?
So Mystery girl has made two appearances! Hmmm, Madison you say? I wonder... why is she tagging around? Oh man, I cannot wait to reveal why, you guys will be shocked, trust me.
I hate to say it, but I actually forgot I had Axel in the last scene :( so I was skimming through, adding and editing a bit, which is why he didn't do anything too major... and it's 3,000 words that I really don't want to rewrite...
Speaking of Axel, why do you think Pearl and Anna were scared of him? I know why!
By the way, all of this was written immediately after my last post, can you say fucking amazing?!
RATE AND REVIEW!
QUESTION OF THE DAY: What is the question you want the answer to the most? Eg: Why is Madi here? It'll give me an idea on what to focus on a bit more!