AN: OK, so this was originally a one-shot, but I decided to continue it. Ramon forever! Enjoy, fellow Ramon and Rose lovers.
Chapter 2
Damon heard the sound of the bathtub draining and sat up. Rose walked out fully dressed. He sped over to meet her. "Hey," he grinned.
"Hi." she said, avoiding his eyes.
He was confused. "What's up?"
"Damon, I'm leaving." Rose said, looking up at him with her hazel eyes.
"Leaving? But, it's broad daylight!" Damon replied.
She looked out the window. "Huh. So it is."
"Rose, if you go out there you'll die!" Damon tried to hide the fact that his voice was rising with fear.
"Yeah, I guess I will." Rose sighed. She turned to leave.
He grabbed her wrist. "You're not going anywhere."
"And you're going to stop me?" she asked, trying to pull away.
"Yeah, I am. Why are you leaving? Did I do something?" Damon asked, still keeping a firm grip on her.
"I have too much on my mind." Rose finally replied. "Now let me go!"
"No." Damon shook his head. "I'm not letting you kill yourself."
Rose sighed and stopped fighting. He pulled her over to the couch and sat her down, sitting down with her. "What's on your mind?" he asked softly, taking her hand.
She looked at him, and he was shocked to see her eyes shiny with tears. "It's Trevor, it's Elijah, it's Klaus, it's Elena, it's everything!" Rose started sobbing. "I can't deal with this. I've tried so hard, and I just can't do it anymore!"
Impulsively, Damon hugged her.
"I don't want to die, Damon." she whispered.
"And you won't." he murmured.
"Yes I will! Klaus will kill me. He won't rest until I'm dead!" Rose sounded terrified.
He lifted her face up to look at him. "Rose, as long as I'm around, nothing and no one will touch you."
"You can't promise that." Rose blinked at him.
"Well, I am. I will save both Elena and you." he kissed her forehead. It didn't have the heat of their first kiss. It was softer, sweeter, more tender. She rested her head against his chest, and he kept his arms locked around her.
The front door opened, but neither of them paid attention to it.
"Am I interrupting something?" Stefan spoke up, very confused.
"Yeah, sort of." Damon replied. "Go away now please."
"Can I let some sun in here?" Stefan asked, walking over to the curtains and opening them. Damon quickly shielded Rose.
"She doesn't have a ring like us you idiot!" Damon hissed.
"Oh crap! I didn't know." Stefan shut the curtains. He looked at Rose apologetically. "Sorry." Then he left, with one more 'that is a little weird' look.
Damon unshielded Rose, who was breathing heavily. "That was frightening." she said.
Damon nodded. "Sorry about that, my brother can be sort of simpleminded sometimes." He smiled at her. "Now, where were we?"
She smiled slightly before she put her head back against his chest and they stayed like this for a long time.
"Bonnie, can you enchant a ring for a friend of mine?" Damon asked.
"Why would I do that Damon?" Bonnie looked at him. He had been trying to convince Bonnie to enchant a ring for Rose, with no success.
"Please, Bonnie." Damon pleaded.
Bonnie raised an eyebrow. "Damon Salvatore's begging for my help? This friend must be pretty important."
Damon was getting sick and tired of her.
"Bonnie, please do it." Stefan spoke up. "She's one of the ones protecting Elena."
Bonnie looked at him. "Fine." Then she walked off to the boarding house with the Salvatore brothers, a ring in her palm.
Rose was sitting on the couch watching Bonnie enchant the ring. Damon had positioned the couch so she could sit on it and the sun wouldn't touch her. Bonnie and the ring were in the sun, Stefan was leaning against the wall and Damon was beside Rose.
"There, it's done." Bonnie said, picking up the ring. She stood up, walked over and held it out to Rose. "Try it out." Rose put it on and got off the couch.
"Bonnie, if you're lying and you didn't do it, I'm going to kill you." Damon snarled.
Bonnie put a finger to her lips and gestured to Rose, walking towards the sun in the house. Taking the biggest breath ever, Rose closed her eyes and stepped into it. When she didn't feel the sun scorching her body, she opened her eyes and saw she was completely unscathed. She looked back at Damon, a smile on her face. He sped over and picked her up, hugging her. She hugged him back.
Then, she broke away and walked over to Bonnie, holding out her hand. "Thank you." she said honestly.
Bonnie looked at her before shaking her hand cautiously. "Don't mention it."
"I'm Rose." the vampire introduced. She took the time to look at the ring. It was pretty, a silver band with a red stone on it and intricate patterns all along the ring.
"Bonnie." Bonnie said, thoroughly confused. Why didn't she hate this vampire? Maybe because she didn't do anything to you? a little voice suggested.
Yet. Bonnie argued.
Maybe not all vampires are evil. that same little voice said. Bonnie pushed it to the back of her mind. "I'm leaving now." she said.
Damon walked over to her. "Wait, I have something to say to you." Bonnie looked at him.
"Thank you." he repeated Rose's words. Bonnie said nothing and walked away. Damon walked over to Rose and extended his hand. "Would you go for a walk with me?" he asked.
She took it. "Absolutely." the pair left.
Rose and Damon were walking in town, hand in hand. "How does it feel?" he asked. "To be out in the sun again?"
"It feels amazing." Rose answered honestly. "I haven't been out in it once since I became a vampire. At least not of my own decision." she added, remembering the vampire café. She shuddered and Damon pulled her close. "It hurt so much. I felt like I was burning alive." she whispered.
"Who could've done it?" Damon asked. "I mean, Elijah's dead, so that rules him out."
Rose stopped in her tracks. "That's it! Damon! I know who was behind the window breaking!"
"Who was it?" Damon asked.
"I know it sounds crazy, and I know he's dead, but it was Elijah! I'm sure of it!"
AN: Were you expecting that? Chapter 3 will be up soon. : )
