**UPDATED** Elena dreams about a little girl and a little boy every single night. They're cold, they're frightened and all they have is each other. She fears these dreams are memories from a dark past coming back to haunt her. So what happens when the little boy with the blue eyes returns to her life years later, bringing a violent and dangerous past with him? **RATED M**

Every Christmas Eve, Elena has been meeting Damon. They talk, they dance, and they act like strangers, but life has a funny way of making ends meet. (For the Christmas exchange)

Damon Salvatore, the lead guitarist of the world-famous band, The Mystic Republic, is used to getting what he wants - women, alcohol and music. But when he realizes he's falling for the one person who is off limits, the world as he knows it shifts from right under him. What will loving his best friend's little sister and band manager mean for the band and ultimately, his heart?

New to Mystic Falls High, Damon Salvatore is both excited and horrified to find he is falling in love with his student, Elena Gilbert. But what happens when they overstep the boundaries, and their friends and enemies discover their illicit secret?