Damon and Elena first meeting, in the middle of the road. Before the accident.
As Damon lay on the pavement, sulking in silence. He heard a sound, it was a beautiful voice. One that sounded all too familiar to him. Katherine. He immediately got up and went to where she was standing. As he laid eyes on her, he couldn't believe it. She's alive? She's here?
He knew she burned in the tomb all those years ago, but he still held out hope. So he called to her, "Katherine."
The woman looked at him, with confusion in her eyes as she spoke, "Ummm, no." She paused to look behind her, checking to see if he might have been talking to someone else. But there was no one else, but her. She simply responded, "I'm Elena."
Damon's demeanor immediately changed. It wasn't her.
He responded to the woman, "Oh... you just look." He paused, sighing in disbelief at the resemblance. "I'm sorry. You just really remind me of someone."
As he looked at her, he could see it truly wasn't Katherine. Her features was similar but yet she was different. As he stood in front of her, he could feel her heart pounding, she was slightly scared by him. And as he walked closer, he definitely knew this wasn't Katherine. Because this woman, was human. He could smell her blood. It was an intoxicating, sweet scent that took his entire body to suppress the urge to feed on her. "Not her." He thought.
He paused before speaking again, "I'm Damon."
Elena looked at the man that stood in front of her, Damon. "Not to be rude, or anything, Damon. But, it's kinda creepy that you're out here in the middle of nowhere."
He smirked at her as he responded, "You're one to talk. You're out here all by yourself."
She shrugged as she spoke, "It's Mystic Falls. Nothing bad ever happens here."
She pauses as she looks at this mysterious stranger. She couldn't help noticing, that he was really hot. He was a very tall, dark and mysterious type. She continues as she waves her phone, "Got into a fight with my boyfriend."
Damon looks intently at Elena as he inquires, "About what?" He pauses with a smirk, acting somewhat defensive as he continues, "May I ask?"
Elena shakes her head as she responds, "Life. The future. He's got it all mapped out."
Damon slightly frowns as he reads her reaction to her words, "You don't want it?"
Elena shrugs again as she looks at Damon, "I don't know what I want."
Damon gives her a look, "Well, that's not true." He pauses, looking at her intently. "You want what everybody wants."
Elena smiles at Damon, "What? Mysterious stranger who has all the answers."
Damon sighs, "Well let's just say I've been around a long time. I've learned a few things."
Elena smiles as she asks, tilting her head towards the side as she eyes him, "So Damon, tell me. What is it that I want?"
Damon walks closer to her as he begins, "You want a love that consumes you. You want passion. And adventure. And even a little danger." He continues to watch her reaction to his words, he can't help but smirk at her beauty.
She pauses before responding, "So, what do you want?"
Before he answers her, they hear a car horn in the distance beep twice, it's Elena's ride.
Elena turns towards the sound, as she sees her parent's car pull up around the bend, "That's my parents."
When she turns back to face Damon, he's so close to her face. She stares into his beautiful, piercing blue eyes. They're mesmorizing.
He then continues, looking intently into her eyes because he's compelling her, "I want you to get everything you're looking for. But right now, I want you to forget that this happened. Can't have people knowing I'm in town yet." He pauses as he looks at her, "Goodnight, Elena."
He takes off into the night, leaving Elena standing on the street alone as her parents' car pulls up.
Damon began to take off, but he suddenly heard a car crash. By Wickery Bridge. He was terrified that it was her car. As he got to the bridge, he saw a car in the water. He jumped in to save the victims. And that's when he saw. It was her. He went to her father's door, but he pointed to Elena in the back. He wanted her to be saved first. Damon, of course obliged. He didn't want her to die. Not yet. He wanted to get the chance to know her. He pulled her out of the car and brought her to the pavement on the bridge.
He went back into the water to save her parents, but it was too late. They had already drowned. He knew she would be devastated by her loss, but there was nothing he could do. He took off, into the night. Not wanting to run into the police. And as he ran, he knew he had to know more about her.
And from that night on, he observed her from a distance. Got to know her life. Her friends, her family. Making sure that this woman was not Katherine. But as he watched her, he could tell she was nothing like Katherine. She was gentle, kind, and most of all, caring. She cared so much for those around her, those she loved. Damon could tell she had a warm soul, full of goodness. And he immediately began to fall for her. He needed good in his life. After all the bad that he had endured over 145 years of misery. And that's when he made the decision.
He knew the risks, but he had to know her...
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