Hello! How awesome was the season finale of TVD? There were actually some shared aspects between my chapters and the actual episode. Klaus and Elijah were in a forest. Klaus killed Elijah. Pretty cool, huh? Anyhoo, here's my story. :P

CHAPTER THREE:

"Hey, come on, you look tired Elena," Stefan said quietly, brushing the hair out of his girlfriend's eyes. She turned to look at him and said,

"Why are you in such a hurry?" He smiled sadly and replied,

"What, I'm not allowed to spend time with my beautiful girlfriend?" She smiled too, taking his hand and going upstairs. Damon flopped onto the couch and made a disgusted sound.

"Those guys make me wanna puke," he said. Alaric frowned and said,

"Don't mock them. They're in love. They're young, they should be happy." Damon raised his eyebrows and continued,

"Sure. But it still makes me want to puke." Alaric suddenly shouted,

"They're in love! Get over it! They are happy, which is more than what can be said for most of the rest of us! Some of us can love, Damon, but we can also lose. So shut the hell up." Damon leaned back and retorted,

"Woah, calm down dude. I know you're still upset over Jenna, but she-". In almost vampire-speed, Alaric knocked Damon off the sofa and onto the ground. He punched Damon again and again, and heard the sharp, sickening sound of a bone cracking under his fist. Damon was weak; he didn't fight back.

"Alaric!" Jeremy sprinted into the room and pulled him off Damon. He pushed Alaric against a wall and grabbed his shirt, saying, "What the hell are you doing?" Alaric opened his mouth, but didn't say anything. He looked over at Damon on the floor, and then ran out of the house. "Shit", Jeremy muttered. He moved over to Damon, who was lying still on the floor. He had his eyes closed, and his face was bruised, but his chest was heaving; he was breathing, albeit somewhat raggedly. Jeremy tried to help him sit up, but he swatted his hand away, declaring,

"I'm fine! Jeremy, I'm – Ouch. Owwww." He began to gasp and clutch at his side. Apparently he was in pain all over his body, although Alaric had only thrown punches to his face and torso. Ignoring Damon's request, Jeremy dragged him onto the sofa again, where he lay back, panting. His forehead was covered in sweat and he didn't look very well.

"Dude. What is wrong with you?" Jeremy asked, confused. Damon's eyes flickered open and, ever sarcastic, he replied,

"Oh, I don't know, I've just had a nice friendly chat with Alaric. Great guy." Jeremy said,

"Why didn't you fight back? You're a freaking vampire." Damon gave a half shrug, then answered,

"Didn't want to kill him." Jeremy snorted with laughter and pointed out,

"That's never bothered you before." Damon took a deep breath, and didn't answer for a while. After about thirty seconds, he said quietly,

"My physical strength has been…hindered."

"Elaborate," Jeremy said.

"The other day, when I was helping Caroline and Matt, Tyler Lockwood bit me." At Jeremy's astounded expression, he continued, "Don't look so shocked. If I'd have been at my full strength I would have ripped Alaric's head off. Perhaps it's a good thing."

"No, it's not a good thing, Damon, not at all. You're going to…Y'know…"

"Die? Oh my, that hadn't even occurred to me. Yes of course I'm going to die, dumbass. Except, well, I'm already dead. At least this time when I die, I know I'll be really dead. Not that I'll actually know, because I'll be dead by that point, but, you know what I mean. Right?"

"Who else knows?" Jeremy asked, his voice filled with concern.

"Stefan. And you. So let's leave it at that, shall we? I don't want anyone else knowing. Especially not Elena. She'll just go all spazzy over nothing. By the way, can I ask what you're planning on doing about Klaus? I won't be there to see it, but I hope you kick his English-accented, Original, genius ass." Damon looked slightly better, but he was still sweating, and the bruises on his face were beginning to show. He looked at Jeremy and said, "Promise me you won't tell Elena." After a moment of hesitation, Jeremy said,

"Fine. I won't tell her." He shook Damon's hand, then, looking at his face, said, "I'm gonna go get some ice."

Thank you for reading. Please review? I know the story isn't very interesting yet, but it will be, I promise. There's going to be a hell of a lot of drama and action in the next few chapters But I'll only update when I get a few more reviews. PRETTY PLEASE REVIEW! :D