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POV Damon

In the morning everything is always different. You get a new view, a clear mind to think things through. Or in my case a five year old who is laying on top of me. Okay maybe I'm exaggerating, she's laying into my side. Her head on my chest and curled up into me. My arm has found his way around her waist in my sleep.

She is awake and just looking at my ring. Her fingers reach for it. I pull back. I know her sneaky fingers. If she wants something, she gets it. Look what she did with my key from my hotel room. Somehow that one also ended up in her pocket. She's fast for a human.

"I was just looking…" she mutters.

"Sure you were, and then if you would have liked it, you would have taken it… Am I correct?"

She shrugs and sits up.

"you gave me a new chance, I wouldn't do that…" she stops talking, thinks her words through.

"Maybe I would have but I would have given it back… I swear"

Now that one I believe. I get up and walk toward the bathroom.

"Do me a favor, don't break anything while I'm taking a shower…"

She grabs a pillow and tries to throw it at me. Like I said, not a morning person, just like me. The similarities were getting a little over the top. It was like I was talking with a female me. And a lot younger…

While showering I keep listening if she's behaving. I don't hear her move at all. Only her heartbeat and breathing tell me she's still in the room. What is she doing now again? That girl never did what you thought she might do.

I bind a towel around my waist, forgot my clothes like always but hey this is my room. Okay so now I shared it with a child but I should have to change because of it. I walk into the room to see her laying on her back with the menu in her hands. She's very focused. Is she now trying to read?

She looks up and sees my towel. She yelps and falls of the bed. I smirk.

"you alright there?"

She grumbles and mutters something about 'stupid vampire'. I get changed really quickly and walk around the bed. She's looking through the window at the sun that it rising just behind the buildings.

"decided what you want to eat?"

I really didn't know what I had to say else. I couldn't start a conversation about how beautiful the sun is in the morning or that I could help her with reading the menu. Ow dear, there you have one of her looks again. The don't-you-realize-I-can't-read look.

"waffles it is…" I grin, trying to get a comeback out of her.

"No, pancakes… with syrup…" she looks at me smugly.

She stands up and walks to the bathroom. I hear water running in the sink. I order the pancakes and waffles because I think she said it just to have a comeback. I also ask for some normal clothing for the girl. Wouldn't want her to walk around in her pj's all day.

"Damon…" a voice whispers through an opening of the bathroom door.

I turn and see her standing there with a faint blush on her cheeks. Ow yeah, no clothing.

"grab my shirt from yesterday and put it on till after breakfast… We'll get you some clothes or something today…"

Maybe I should compel the maid again in taking her shopping. While they do that, I can find her a nanny. And I need to get some blood in my system fast. I wouldn't like to end up hurting Sam.

A knock on the door alerts me to the arrival of our breakfast. It's the same maid who had bathed Sam yesterday. I let her put the food on the table and then pull her toward me.

"You will take Sam out to get some clothes. It doesn't matter how much it costs, just get her the best."

She nods in a daze and promises to be back at ten. Sam walks in with her eyes looking at the floor.

"You don't have to do that you know… If you would ask her normally, she would have come…"

So she caught me compelling the maid, just great. I only wanted to make her feel more comfortable. Now the maid wouldn't ask about her parents just like last night. I'm only trying to do good here but it always comes bouncing back in my face.

She sits down next to me and takes the waffles. Does she enjoy making it difficult for me? Her smug grin gives me the answer alright. Yes, she just loves it.

I start eating the pancakes and just keep staring at her. She suddenly looks me straight in the eyes.

"Will you stop staring? I don't like it… I feel like a meal…"

The last line was a joke, seeing the little lights that were dancing in her eyes. It's weird how easily the jokes are made. She realizes she's in grave danger and still she's enjoying the ride.

"I feel safe with you…"

she says the words before she puts another piece of her waffle in her mouth. She has the most curious way of telling things that are important but without giving it a second thought or a meaning. She just says the words like they don't mean a thing. It proves once more that she's different and saw more horrible things then she's willing to share.

This girl was interesting to say the least…

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