Chapter 4

The week was almost over and on Sunday Devon needed to leave to go back to Forks. He has been keeping his family updated on what was going on and how everything was going. To admit he will miss his brothers a lot when he leaves even though Damon couldn't talk to him without being an asshole to him. He was able to make new friends here which were different for the 17 year old vampire since he doesn't have friends back in Forks. Bonnie and Devon actually talked without everyone else. He knew what she was and she knew what Devon, Stefan and Damon were so he wanted to set it straight that he doesn't drink from humans, that he was more like Stefan then Damon in his feeding habits. Bonnie trusted Devon and what he was telling her. She actually liked talking to him and didn't mind being alone with him. Devon can tell he was becoming close with Bonnie in the week he has been here but all Devon sees her as is a close friend he can talk to about things. Everyone, including Elena, knows Devon is nothing like Damon expect for the smirk and smart ass comments.

Devon was just waking up when Damon comes into his room. When he looks up from his phone, looking at the time, he groans and rolls his eyes when he sees Damon. He wasn't the brother he even wanted to see right now.

"Good morning, sunshine."

"What do you want Damon?"

"Get up and get ready. We are going for a drive."

Devon was confused by what he just heard.Damon wants him to go someplace with him?That was strange to Devon since Damon hasn't done anything with him since he got here. All he has been doing to the youngest Salvatore is annoying him.

"Why? So you can kill me?"

Damon smirks at his brother and throws him his jeans and a blue t shirt.

"If I wanted to kill you, believe me, I would have done it by now."

Damon leaves the room for Devon to get himself ready while he goes downstairs to get everything ready. Stefan was at school and Damon knows Sunday afternoon he is leaving so he didn't want to leave on bad terms with him. He didn't want a repeat of history.

It takes Devon ten minutes to get ready and he puts his phone in his pocket and goes downstairs. He doesn't find Damon down there but with his vampire hearing he hears him outside. He goes out the front door and closes it behind him. He walks to the garage and sees Damon in an old car that Devon was guessing was Damon's car and had to be important to him since it looked brand new still.

"You like it little brother?"

"Yeah, it's a very nice car."

"Well stop drooling over it and get inside before I leave you."

Devon rolls his eyes at him again while he gets in the car. He puts his seatbelt on since he was used to it when he was driving his car. Damon drives out of the driveway and away from the boarding house. They drive out of Mystic Falls which was confusing Devon. He didn't know what Damon was planning or where they were even going. Throughout the drive it was silent in the car but after 30 minutes Devon sees a sign that says Georgia on it.What the hell are we doing here?

"Um Damon, what are we doing in Georgia?"

"We are going to a place I haven't been to a while, don't worry I'm not bringing you here to kill you."

Devon sits back in his seat, having nothing else to even say to his brother. He didn't know what is the purpose of all of this but it better not end up with one of them dead.

They arrive at the place Damon used to go to. When Devon gets out of the car he sees that it was an old bar that was also a restaurant. Damon puts his arm around his brother and goes into the place with him. He goes over to the bar with him as a bartender comes over to them that knew Damon.

"Damon Salvatore, I was wondering when I will see you again."

"You know her Damon?"

Devon asks his brother while he sits on a bar stool.

"Bree, this is my youngest brother, Devon."

Bree smiles at Devon and can see the features of Damon in Devon. She gives the two of them some beers and Devon takes a slip of it. He usually doesn't drink since Carlisle and Esme don't allow him to but they won't know so it won't hurt to have some.

"I'm Bree, an old friend of your brother."

"You look so young though?"

Bree chuckles and smiles at Devon setting down everything on the bar, she lends in to Devon so no one else can hear them.

"I'm a witch."

The youngest Salvatore eyes widen. He would never guess that this woman was a witch. When

he met Bonnie he knew right away she was a witch but with this woman he would have never been able to tell. Devon was meeting too many witches in the short time he has been here. He drinks the rest of his beer, while Damon was drinking his slow. While Bree was with other people he decides to talk to Devon like he planned to.

"I don't hate you. I'm not mad at you either."

Devon was looking the other way but heard Damon clearly. He looks over at him and sees he was being his normal self, the brother Devon does remember. This is why he took him out, to talk to him so he doesn't leave and have Devon think Damon hates him. He should have known right from the start but he wouldn't have guessed that with the way Damon has been acting towards him since he arrived here.

"I know you don't hate me Damon. With your attitude I did think you didn't want me back in your life."

Damon can hear the sadness in Devon's voice when he tells him that. Damon didn't want him to think that since it wasn't true. It was the opposite. He wanted Devon in his life. He missed him a lot more than Stefan probably. If it wasn't for him being an asshole to Devon then his little brother wouldn't have thought any of that. It was his fault.

"That is not true Dev. I'm happy you are here and I do want you back in my life. When we got the news you died life wasn't the same for us, especially me. I wanted you back, I prayed to god for a miracle. I never forgot you Devon, I regretted the way I acted with you and I always wished for a chance to say I'm sorry to you. This is not my character since I'm the big bad vampire but you have a right to know that I'm sorry for everything that happened when we were human. I'm sorry I'm making you think I don't want you in my life because Dev I do, that's all I wanted."

With Devon hearing this from Damon he can tell it wasn't him being a smart ass or anything. He was being the brother Devon remembers, the brother that he missed. He can see in Damon's eyes that he was holding back his emotions, trying to not get upset since that wasn't Damon. He was known as the bad big vampire to everyone and doesn't want to ruin his reputation.

"I believe you and Damon I forgive you."

"The brother I remember forgives too easily."

"I have good reasons to forgive you Damon."

Damon lends in and hugs his brother for the first time in 100 years. Devon was surprised he was doing this in public but hugs him back. Damon doesn't let it last long though and let's go after Devon hugs him back. Damon wipes his eyes that were ready to fall and drinks the rest of his beer.

"I love you Damon and for the record I never hated you guys. I missed you guys too."

"You wouldn't have come here if you didn't."

Devon chuckles at Damon and pats him on the back. They order more drinks which weren't a good idea for Devon but he didn't really care since what his parents don't know won't hurt them. For the rest of the day they talk, drink and play some pool. At 4:00pm, Damon decides it was time for them to leave since Devon was drinking way too much and didn't want to get him drunk before he has to go home.

Damon and Devon leave the bar with Devon having a buzz. Damon was paying attention on opening the car and Devon wasn't paying attention, he was waiting for Damon to open the car door so he can get in. Without looking over his shoulder, a unknown vampire turns Devon around and punches him, full force, in the face which knocks Devon to the ground since he hasn't feed for two days. Damon rushes to his brother's side to help him out but the vampire was full of anger at Devon and takes Damon by the neck of his jacket and throws him far away so he can finish what he started.

"W-Who are y-you?"

"It's typical of you not to remember me. I'm here for revenge Devon, to honor my girlfriend that you killed. Oh Devon, I've been searching every where's for you and now that I found you, I will kill you."

Devon splits blood on the ground, tries to get up to fight back but this vampire was too strong for him. He knew he should have fed when he needed to but was stupid and held it off. With a lift of his foot he kicks the vampire and he hits a brick building. Devon gets up, no matter how much pain he was in, he makes a run for it. When he slows down to catch his breath, the vampire takes him by the neck of his shirt and slams him against a brick building. He takes a strake out of his coat pocket and stabs Devon in the stomach, pushing it in deeper. Devon screams out in pain while he falls to the ground with the vampire holding the strake in his stomach.

"D-Damon!"

He stood no chance fighting right now and Damon was his only hope at this moment. He felt too weak from not feeding. The vampire laughs in Devon's face when he yells for his brother and puts the strake deeper in his stomach.

"Your brother can't save you now."

"I'm s-sorry for w-what I did."

The vampire had no sympathy for Devon and laughs in his face again, with an evil smirk on his face. With Devon right where he wants him, he takes the gun out with wooden bullets in them. He pulls the trigger and shoots Devon on the side of his stomach. Damon, at vampire speed, runs at the vampire and takes the strake out of his brother and stakes the vampire with it, killing him. Devon falls to the ground and passes out from all the pain. Damon tries to shake him to wake him but all he heard from Devon's mouth was groaning and moaning in pain. He wasn't healing that fast and Damon knew he needed to get him home to take care of him.

Damon takes off his leather jacket and puts it over Devon. He carries him to the car and puts him the backseat. He starts the car and goes as fast as he can to Mystic Falls.

Almost close to an hour they arrive back in Mystic Falls and at the boarding house. Devon was kind of waking up but was moaning in pain. Damon picks him up and at vampire speed, runs inside the house where Stefan was with Elena. Damon puts Devon on the couch and Stefan comes into the room with Elena. Elena gasps at seeing Devon the way he was right now. Stefan walks over to them and knees down, trying to get Devon's attention but Devon was in and out right now. He couldn't keep his eyes open.

"What happened to him?"

Stefan demands of Damon as he stands up with Elena at his side.

"I will tell you after we heal him. Go get a blood bag from the basement."

"Damon we can't give that to him."

With a stern voice towards Stefan and an attitude like he always has he says,

"I don't give a damn Stefan, you go down to that basement and get him what he needs. He is not going to die."

Stefan doesn't question Damon any further. At vampire speed he goes in the basement, grabs a blood bag and runs up the stairs. He hands it to Damon and Damon picks up his brother's head, holding it while trying to wake him up so he can drink it.

"Come on, Dev, wake up for me. This will be you feel better, come on little brother."

Devon wakes up a little bit to see what it was. Damon takes this chance so he doesn't pass out again. He opens his mouth and puts the blood into his mouth. When Devon feels it down his throat he squeezes the bag with his hand and drowns it. When he was done, he was feeling a little better. He sits up to see Damon and Stefan at his side, along with Elena behind Stefan with her hand on his shoulder.

"How are you feeling, Dev?"

Stefan asks with concern in his voice. Devon holds his stomach a little bit since it was hurting still but he wasn't going to have more blood. He knew if he did he wouldn't be in control anymore. It was dangerous for him to have human blood since it can turn him back into his old ways. Devon was going to control himself though, he needed to.

"I'm better now."

"What happened with Damon?"

Stefan was looking at Damon and Devon when he asks this. Stefan is thinking Damon hurt him and isn't turning them since he hasn't been nice to Devon since he got here. Devon shakes his head at Stefan because he knew what he was thinking.

"Damon had nothing to do with this. He saved my life out there. A vampire attacked me and knocked out Damon so he beat me up and almost killed me. If it wasn't for Damon stopping him and killing him, I wouldn't be here right now to defend him. Believe me Stef, we are better now."

"Wait, you two talked, finally?"

Stefan asks with a raised eyebrow, with a confused tone to his voice.

"Yes Stefan we did. I took him out and we had a long talk."

Damon informs Stefan while looking down at his little brother. Stefan has never seen Damon this way before. He actually looked happier now. It was a good thing for Damon. Stefan remembers Devon being Damon's reason to be a good person. He knew Devon looked up to the both of them, especially Damon, since he was the oldest. Now that Devon was back, maybe Damon will be that person he was before they were turned.

Devon hears his phone ringing and when he looks at the screen he sees it Carlisle calling him. He goes into the other room to answer it since he didn't want to talk in front of everyone.

'Hey dad, what's up?'

'Devon, son, are you alright? Alice had a vision of you being attacked then your future disappeared.'

'Yes dad I'm fine now. I was attacked by a vampire who wanted me dead, go figures, but I' am fine. Damon was with me and he killed him before he got a chance to kill me.'

'Good Devon, mom and I are glad you're okay. We were worry that you were gone and that scare us half to death which is impossible for a vampire.'

Devon chuckles a little since it was true. He heard the worry in his father's voice and heard his mother's voice in the background.They probably have me on speaker,Devon thinks to himself.

'I just need to heal more. I should be better by the time I come home Sunday.'

'Devon, do you not heal right away?'

'Yes dad I usually do but I kind of didn't feed for two days. Damon had to give me a blood bag with human blood to heal me fully.'

Devon holds his breath, hoping they weren't going to be mad at him for holding off his feeding for two days or the fact he had human blood. After what seem liked a long pause his father speaks in a stern voice.

'Devon you know how important it is to feed when you have to. There are no excuses to not go out and hunt Devon. I expect you to go out tonight and hunt for as long as you need. No if's and's or butts about it, do you hear me Devon?'

Devon sighs into the phone before he speaks.

'Yes dad I hear you. I promise I'll hunt tonight.'

'Okay good son. I expect you to keep that promise.'

'I will dad. I have to go; I'll call you guys later tonight, ok? I love you guys.'

'Okay Devon, we love you too.'

Devon hangs the phone up and puts it in his pocket. He could hear the disappointment in his father's voice and he hated to disappoint them, especially the man that risked everything to help him and took him in when he needed someone in his life. He needed to keep his promise because he knows Alice is watching him and he find out if he does or not. He also wanted to please his father and his mother.

He walks slowly into the living room and sits down on the couch next to Elena and Stefan. Damon was someplace else in the house. Stefan can see he wasn't fully better but knows he is a vampire and will heal on his own.

"Did everything go alright with Carlisle?"

Stefan asks him since he heard the conversation in the kitchen but wasn't going to tell Devon that.

"Yeah, he wants me to go hunting tonight since I haven't in two days. He is strict on us hunting so we don't lose control or anything."

"I'll join you if you want."

Devon did want to be alone hunting tonight but was also nervous he will lose control so having someone else with him would keep him in check. Devon nods his head at his brother and sits back, putting the TV on. Elena and Stefan and Devon watch a movie until 9:00. Elena goes home while Stefan and Devon get ready to go hunting.

Devon is downstairs, waiting patiently for Stefan. Damon walks by and Devon gets up to talk to him before Damon leaves to go do what he does.

"Damon, before you leave, can I talk to you?"

"Sure but make it quick."

Devon lowers his head to the ground since he never really would say this Damon of all people.

"Thanks for uh saving me. If you wouldn't there I would have died."

Damon was surprised he was thanking him. Saving people wasn't Damon, but this was his brother so it was different. Even if he doesn't want to admit it, he would do anything for his brothers, especially for Devon. He would kill for the both of them and Damon proves that today when he killed that vampire for Devon.

"You do not have to thank me Dev. We are brothers and I would have done the same for Stefan."

Damon was showing a different side of him to his little brother but Devon liked it. When Stefan comes downstairs they stop talking and Damon leaves the house. Soon after Stefan and Devon leave to go hunting. Devon was leaving soon but he would have great memories when he left. He knew he would see them again but he didn't know when and leaving is going to be hard for him. For right now he will enjoy the next two days with them and go back home with different memories of his brothers.

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