A/N: I realized that I'm messing with the timeline a little bit to fit the story but what the heck let's roll with it. I'm not going to have a set up date day in a way. Its more of a I can't guarantee how many updates I'll post in a week. I most definitely WILL post an up date once a week minimum.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Twilight or The Vampire Diaries they each belong to their respective parties. I'm just borrowing them.

Chapter 1

Damon pov:

So here I am and Tennessee fighting a poor excuse of a hybrid about to get my face chewed off when Stefan shows up ripping his heart out. He starts giving me the "why are you following me" crap, and I let him know that it's his girlfriend and that he should probably stop with the late-night calls, and just as I finished that sentence my phone rings. The sound of sirens flare coming from my phone giving me a sense of dread. "Hold that thought for a minute." I tell him.

"Really Damon now is not the right time." Stefan says as I answer the phone.

" Talk to me Charlie."

Charlie's voice is thick with emotion which worries me because he is really not an emotional guy. " Damon you need to come as quick as possible we don't know what to do anymore. Bella is not here anymore, she doesn't eat, she doesn't sleep, she's underweight, she has nightmares every night to the point of screaming bloody murder, the doctors are throwing around words like catatonic or unresponsive, and all she does is stare out that damn window. At first, I thought it would take just a little bit of time, her boyfriend broke up with her and left her in the goddamn woods, but it's been two months Damon. There's nothing else I can do, and I can't let anything happen to my little girl. She needs you." As Charlie's talking Stefan gets this look of confusion on his face, I never told him about Bella, my god daughter. Listening to Charlie talk about Bella the ever-present smirk on my face starts to fall.

"Give me 5 hours and I'll be there. Tell her I'm coming, and I'll see you soon." I quickly retort and hang up the phone without saying goodbye.

"Who's Bella, Damon?" Stefan asks.

"She's none of your concern. Elena is going to have to ride back with Ric. You know she's not gonna give up on you right?" I tell him hoping he doesn't pry.

" She has to, because I'm never coming back. Just get her home Damon and try to keep her there this time." He begs and I'm thankful he didn't mention Bella.

"I'll do what I can." I tell him honestly.

"Goodbye Damon," then he runs off into the distance.

As I'm walking back to Elena and Ric, I think about when I first met Bella.

**FLASHBACK**

It was a hot Phoenix night and I'm walking around for something to eat, just as I'm about to pass a park I hear a little whimpering sound. I look around for the source hoping for an easy meal. I had to do a double take because there was a small girl there, no older than 7 or 8 years old, hiding underneath the slide sobbing quietly. I search the area and there is not a single adult in sight. What was she doing here all alone? Since I'm not completely heartless I quickly make my way over to her.

"Hey there. What has you crying, piccola (little one)?" I say in my softest voice hoping not to frighten her. She jumps and then whimpers gripping her ankle. "It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to help. My name is Damon. What's yours?" I ask her noticing that ankle of hers is swollen pretty bad and based off the size it's probably broken.

"Bella. I fell and hurt my foot. I didn't tell my mom I was coming to the park because she went out with her friend this morning and won't be back til tomorrow. I'm scared." She tells me in a small voice.

"What about your dad, piccola?" I ask.

"My dad doesn't live with us no more. I'm all alone." she cries to me. Her mother is probably worried sick because who in the world would leave a kid her age alone for 24 hours? Heck, a whole afternoon?! This poor kid could have been killed being out here. If I didn't have a rule about children I definitely would have.

"You are not alone sweet Bella. Can you come to me? I'll get you home and we'll fix that ankle of yours." I tell her since I can't fit under there. She slowly starts to crawl towards me, "That's it Bella. You can do it. Just a little more." She finally manages to get to a spot where I can reach her and I quickly scoop her up into my arms, "Good job, piccola!" I finally see her face no longer hidden under the cover of her brown hair and she has these big chocolate brown eyes that hold so much trust in them. The last time someone looked at me like that was Stefan when we were still human and before Katherine.

"Thank you, Mister Damon. You are very nice." She says with a smile. I quickly get the directions to her home and take off at vamp speed after telling her to close her eyes. Bella was able to tell me street names and describe her house in detail, so it was very easy to find. Coming upon the little one-story house I noticed none of the lights were on. Using my sensitive hearing I realized that there were no heartbeats in the home. No heartbeats means no parents, no parents means this girl wasn't kidding when she said her mother was gone. That just makes me pissed, even I wouldn't stoop so low.

Walking up to the door Bella tells me where the hide a key is and i quickly retrieve it and say, "Well Miss Bella why don't you invite me so I can put you down?"

"Well I can't walk, now can I? Please come in Mister Damon" She jokes.

"Just Damon piccola. Mister makes me feel old." I tell her with a smirk on my face. Once I walk in and set her on the couch, she looks at her ankle with a grimace.

"That's going to be a problem walking to school tomorrow." She mutters quietly to herself. I gently take her ankle in my lap and look at it. Yep it's broken for sure. I think to myself on it for a minute. Since her mom is going to be gone til tomorrow I could keep an eye on her and when her mother does get home I can watch from a safe distance. She'll be fine. Getting up I walk in the kitchen at a human pace, but once there I use my vamp speed to locate a little plastic medicine cup. I quickly bite my wrist and let enough of my blood fall into the cup, use a napkin to clean off my wrist, then walk back to Bella with the cup.

"Here drink this piccola. It's magic medicine that will make your ankle good as new" I hand her the cup and she sniffs it then smiles and quickly drinks all of it.

"It tastes like chocolate!" She squeaks and then gaps watching as her ankle completely heal in moments." Oh, my goodness! That was quick!" She gets up and walks around testing it out. Bella then proceeds to do a little twirl the jumps into my arms and hugs me. "Thank you, Damon, so so much!"

Of course, Bella's mother didn't come home for another two days. Which made me even more angry, but during those two days I observed little Bella. She is more self-sufficient then most adults. Bella had a daily routine with her alarm clock waking her up and making her own breakfast as well as mine seeing as she wouldn't let me help her. She cleaned then went to school, came home and sat down and did her homework made herself a snack, then proceeded to the computer grabbing a stack of mail with a notebook and pencil on the way. Then I got curious. Looking over her shoulder to watch my eyes widened as I saw her making phone calls and going online to pay bills. This is ridiculous! I grab a couple of the ones she was finished with and noticed that a bunch of these were overdue and some at risk of cancellation due to late payments being made. She is just a girl and she's sitting here doing this shit like she was a professional! After Bella hangs up the phone for a moment, I pick her up and take her to the couch and sit her down in the front room looking at her with a serious face.

"Piccola do you do this all the time?" I ask.

"Yes. Mom tends to either forget or spend the money before we can make the payments. Which reminds me I need to get the shopping list together so she can take me to the store," she muses.

I take a deep breath to calm down before speaking again. "Let me take care of these today, why don't you go ahead and play? I'll even make dinner tonight, so you can have a break."

"It's okay Damon I don't mind. I can do it." She says stubbornly.

Oh, for crying out loud! This kid has too much responsibility! I look her in the eyes and compel her, "You are going to go play and take a break while I finish this and make dinner."

"Are you sure? It's really not a problem." She tells me in a small voice looking worried she upset me. I lean in and smell her. No vervain. Strange. Seems she can't be compelled. She doesn't radiate the power of witch. Some food for thought.

"Yes, I'm sure. Go play silly girl." I say with a smirk. She just smiles and runs off to read a book. Later that night I make all the necessary calls and pay all the bills past due amount and for the next six months. I also pulled out enough money for emergency cash and put it in her dresser.

I don't know what it is about this girl that's making me care, but something in me is telling me she is worth it. I ended up compelling her mother upon her arrival home to get her act together for her daughter and to make me her godparent in case of emergencies. I decided to stick around for this girl and would come hang out with her all the time and taking her out to have fun and be a kid. I rented a small house for a year and grew to love young Bella as my own.

**FLASHBACK ENDS**

Coming upon the car Elena hears me and gets out of the car and starts, "Damon. Are you? Did you-" I quickly cut her off.

"Fine. Bite free. Get back in the car please."

"Can you just give me a minute to appreciate that you're not dead?" She asks.

"I'll give you 10 seconds...9...8. Hey Ric, can you give me a lift to the airport?" I quip as I start pushing Elena back towards the car.

"Airport? Just ride back with us man." Ric states.

"Not going home yet. I've got some business to attend to. I'll be back in tomorrow." I say once we're all in the car.

"Damon now is really not the time. It can't possibly be more important than getting your brother back." Elena says seriously.

Granted she doesn't know the situation, but it still pisses me off. I let my vamp face show and growl out, "What I'm doing has nothing to do with you Elena and this is definitely more important than Stefan being off the rails. It's so important that if anybody tries to stop me from going, I will kill them with a smile on my face including Stefan and including you. I'm not going to say anymore on the subject."

"Okay angry Damon in the car. How about a trip to the airport?" Ric says with a look of caution. Ric knows that if I'm willing to kill two of the most important people in my life that he knows of then it must be serious.

"Beautiful and step on it." I order. Silence follows that and a short drive to the airport and a quick "Call me if you need me but try not to," I exit the car and hop on the first flight out to Seattle.

"I'm coming my Bella."

A/N: A little bit of Damon for you to give you an idea of his and Bella's relationship. I had fun with this one had to get a little creative. Next we're going back to Bella to see the confrontation. Please review so I know if this is something you guys are liking!