Ok guys, here is a story I have had in my head for a long time. I really hope you like it and please review :) x


Damon's POV

My alarm fills the dim room. I groan as I put my pillow over my head, wonting it to shut up. I had a stupid idea to put my alarm on the other side of the room so I would have to walk over to stop it. Now I hate this idea.

Slowly, I walk over to the alarm that was by my dresser that held a mirror, and stopped the alarm.

I looked at my sad eyes. My face, which was pimply and ugly.

I would look good if I wouldn't have my braces and glasses.

My braces were my worst feature.

As sad as this sounds, I have no friends. I often cried myself to sleep because no one is there for me or is my friend.

I know, I'm 17, I should suck it up. But how do you when your mother has cancer and is on the verge of dying and you have a father who beats you because your not good enough.

I put on my glasses and look at my face in disgust.

I punch the mirror and it shatters under my hand. The mirror pieces pierce my skin but I don't care, the pain feels good.

I get dressed, slowly.

"Damon! Get you bloody ass down here and eat you fucking breakfast!" My fathers angry voice rises up the stairs.

I slum down the stairs and quickly go to the bathroom downstairs and grab a bandage to wrap my bleeding hand.

Luckily no pieces of mirror stayed in my hand. I stuff my sore hand into my pants and head to the kitchen. My fathers back was to me as he read the paper.

He turns around and watches me head to the fridge. I shut the fridge only to welcomed with a hard blow hitting the side of my face.

I wince in pain as I fall to the ground. Tears threatened to escape my eyes but I wouldn't give my father the satisfaction of my vulnerability.

"Get up boy," He spat as I get my bag and start going to the front. I wasn't hungry anymore. My fathers voice was protesting about me needing to eat, but I block it out as I run out the front door.


I walk to school, kicking stones with my shoes. My cheek and hand throbbed with pain.

I head to the gate of the school and stop. I see Elena and the group of girls who were leaning on their boyfriends. Elena however was by herself.

I decided to suck it up and walk past them which failed. "Hey, Salvatore! Teach me how to be a nerd because you are really good at it!," Caroline's voice called out.

I looked at there direction and saw Bonnie, Matt, Caroline and Tyler laughing at me. Elena how ever seemed to look as if she had pity for me but gave in, in the end.

She laughed with them as I ran off the the school building.

The bell rings as I head to science, the only class I don't get teased in.


I sit on a lab bench at the back of the room. I started getting my books out.

"Alright Class, hope you had a good weekend," The super chirpy science teacher said at the front of the class.

Suddenly Elena rushes into the class room.

"Ahh Mis Gilbert, Thank you for joining us."

She said a small apology and faced the class looking for a seat. The only free seat was next to me.

She looked at me and smiled a little and I blushed, looking down at my hands.

I moved over, further away from her seat as she headed over to the seat next to me.

"Hello, Damon." She said. I looked behind me to see if she was talking to me. She waited for me to reply but my words were stuck in my mouth.

She just looked at me funny then looked to the front of the room.

I looked at Elena. I have had a crush on her ever since kindergarden. I didn't even know she knew my name, well I had never heard say it.

"Ok class, today I will assign you to a partner and they will be your lab partner for the rest of the year," The teacher said, a little to enthusiastically.

"Ok,

Vickie and Matt,

Abby and Dick

Kol and Hayley…" She kept reading on.

"And finally, Damon and Elena." The whole class faced my way and snickered. Some girls whispered to each other as I blushed looking down again.

I caught a glance of Elena and I saw her looking at me. I quickly looked away and looked at my book.

"The first task we will be doing is a project. You will have a week to finish it with your Lab partners." The teacher smiled as I drew doodles on a random piece of paper.

The rest of the class dragged on and finally the bell for end of the period rang.

I sighed with relief and started getting up.

I felt a small hand on my shoulder. I turned round , looking down at Elena. I had never been this close to her before. She seemed so small.

"Um, I was wondering, since we are Lab Partners," Elena mimicked our teacher "I was thinking maybe we could go to the grill, you know, to talk about it." She smiled at me.

My heart beat as my hands shook. "Ah, su… sure," I stuttered, mentally punching myself for being such a loser.

"Great, well heres my number," She passed me a piece of paper.

I took it and stared at it. She was giving me, ME, her number?

"Text me and shall we meet there at 4?" She asked as she slowly started walking away.

"Yeah, sure," I mange to squeak out.

She smiled again and headed out of the classroom. I stood there speechless.

The bell brought me out of my daydream and I ran to my next class.


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