A/N: First story ever so sorry if it isn't great! it is AU so no vampires unfortunately. I do not own anything except the plot... unfortunately.


Summary: What happens when Damon Salvatore gets in a car accident after an argument with Elena and due to his injuries, he can't remember anything within the last 15 years. He remembers his childhood, but not the day he got married or the day his wife gave birth to their children. Follow Damon through all the struggles he must face in order to get his family back.


Chapter 1

Damon Salvatore was a family man. He loved coming home to his beautiful wife, Elena, and their two children, Adalynn and Thayne. This morning though, wasn't an average morning in the Salvatore house. The children could hear their parents fighting in the kitchen. Due to Damon's job he had to travel a lot. A must go to meeting was arranged on the day of Thayne's big 5-year-old birthday party. They had been planning this party for months and knew how important it was to Thayne.

As Elena said her last words, she never thought they could be her actual last words to her husband. "We can just celebrate his birthday when I get back from California, Elena! It's no big deal! we will see plenty more birthdays of his through the years." Damon shouted. " I can't believe you just said that. You aren't the man I first married 10 years ago. It's like you don't even care about us anymore. Ever since you got that new job that is all that has been on your top priority list. I don't think I want you staying here when you return. I think it would be best if we just had some time apart right now." Damon's eyes were saying all different things at the moment. You could see the hurt, frustration, and the realization of what had just happened, running through his head. the frustration is what took over his mouth as he shouted "If that's what you want then fine I'll be back after my trip to grab some clothes." Storming out the door, he knew it wasn't safe to drive when you were angry, but he didn't care.

As he left, Elena finally let go and started to cry while sitting on the floor. She didn't mean to say it but it just came out. Things haven't been the same lately and she just needed air to breathe without feeling pressured to be the good wife. He was coming home in an angry mood, didn't want to spend much time with his kids, didn't even want to spend time with Elena.


Damon:

He was gripping the steering wheel so tight, he thought it would crush into tiny tidbits of nothing. He didn't know how he let it get so out of hand earlier. Never has Elena and him fought that bad before. He knew they were drifting apart, but he never thought it was this bad. As he was thinking in his head what could possibly make them act this way, he wasn't paying attention to the road. The last thing he saw was a semi coming his way while blaring his horn. Then it all went black.

When he woke up he didn't know where he was. But then there was a feeling in his hand. More like a weight just resting on his palm. When he looked down he was shocked. All he saw was a gorgeous, brown-haired women in front of him. What really made him confused though was the red tear stains on her cheeks. Her face looked puffy, like she had cried for days. He didn't understand why this women was laying her head on his hand. He didn't remember having a girlfriend at the time. Of course there was Caroline, but they broke up a couple of months ago right before the end of their senior year. He remembered that he didn't want to have a long distance relationship during his first year of college. He wanted to party and have fun, not worry about what his girlfriend would think. But then he wondered why would he be dating another girl then if he broke up with Caroline. He was so confused.

He looked down and saw her wedding ring on her left hand and then looked at his. They were almost identical except hers had diamonds on it while his was just engraved with designs. He couldn't possibly married. This girl had to be in the wrong room. But then he decided to actually look around his hospital room. On the wall was colored pictures of dogs, sports, and flowers, hung all over. On the bed side table, there was a picture of the girl and two kids. He didn't get it, was he in the right room?

What brought him out of his thoughts was the girl moving her head. When she lifted her head and opened her eyes, he was breathless. he had never seen such big, brown, doe-like eyes in his life. They just sucked you in and made you forget everything else in the world. As she looked up she was shocked to see those icy blue- cobalt eyes she loved. Se didn't know what to say. Al she knew was that the last words they said to each other left them in a fight. She wanted to forget about that morning but she just couldn't. It was her fault that he got in to this accident. Se should have just accepted that they could celebrate Thayne's party after he got back, but she didn't.

She opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. She had waited so long, not knowing if he was going to be alright. little did she know not everything was perfect.


Sorry it is so short! I just wanted to get it out there! I would really love reviews, but remember it's my first story so easy on the criticism!:) I have a really big plan for this story so hopefully I get reviewers and followers!*Wink wink* REVIEW,REVIEW,REVIEW!:)

xxxAutumn