Damon: "Yeah, unless Elizabeth is a 200 year old woman also. She looks damn good for 200 years old."

Jessica: "First of all, a normal pregnancy takes 9 months. If her mother died pregnant, it would take Elizabeth too. So, obviously she wasn't pregnant when she died because Elizabeth is alive and well today."

Damon: "Well, it's always possible that when her mother was in that accident they rushed her to the hospital in time to save Elizabeth. It could have been a baby or me thing. Most doctors would see she was pregnant and do everything to help the baby too."

Jessica: "True and any mother would want their baby saved."

Damon: "Besides, if her mother was a 200 year old vampire or witch or whatever Elizabeth thinks who ran with the Salvators, they never would have taken a pregnant woman down. It's two lives and Stefan was all about saving humanity. Hence, why he never drank human blood."

Jessica: "Yeah, but your name sake would've taken her down in a heart beat. He never would've thought about the baby or human life. He's thinking he needs to feed and she's good and vulnerable, so what the hell."

There was that flicker in his eye. He was bound and determined to reveal himself to Jessica. She was pushing all the right buttons assuming to know exactly what he was thinking in any given situation and assuming the worst. What he was trying to figure out was if she knew that the Damon in those stories was lethal, why she was trying to bait him into this debate. It was like she was trying to test him. Like she already knew some sort of secret was hiding inside.

Damon: "Let me ask you this. If Damon kills to survive and doesn't care about human life, why was he so determined to help his brother and his girlfriend survive the war?"

Jessica: "Everyone gets lonely and Stefan and Elena are good company. Besides, I still think they passed her around between each other like they did with Kathrin so many years prior."

Damon: "Is that what you think was going on? A sexy manage Tri between them."

Jessica: "That's how they made it sound. For all I know she was their source of blood. I don't assume to put any real thought into it. They're stories and are made to be entertaining. Put it this way, if this was a soap opera, Elena would be pregnant with the evil twin brother's baby by now."

She starts laughing and shakes her head.

Damon: "So, what your angle on this? Do you think it was all just some sort of sex for blood thing or something?"

Jessica: "My angle on the Salvatore Legends or my angle on the existence of Vampires period."

Damon: "Let's drop the legends and go for Vampires in existence period."

Jessica: "Well, my angle on Vampires in existence is this. Vampires need blood to survive and that's just a fact. No matter what way you twist it. Either they hunt animals or humans. In my version, they hunt both and prefer human blood because it makes them stronger. In my version, they don't wear fancy rings or sparkle when the sunlight hits them. Old fashion sun light will burn them up like paper in a fire. Day Walkers on the other hand, Day Walkers are my favorite cuz you can't tell them from actual flesh and blood living humans. They walk and talk just like you and I and live lives like ours. No traditional coffins and dark dungeons to sleep in. Day Walkers actually will fight on the side of saving humanity from the darker Vampires."

Damon: "I like your version of Day Walkers. Like undead cowboys out shooting up the Wild West."

Jessica: "Yeah. Day Walkers can't stand the bad dark Vampires. It makes it harder for them to live normal lives when everyone is worried about getting eaten in their sleep."

Damon: "I'd say so."

Jessica: "But, look let's face facts. Vampires don't really exist in this realm of the world. They never will because we can't accept anything that is different from us. We have to either, capture one and perform medical tests on it to see what caused the genetic defect. Duplicate the effect of looking dead but living or test the effects of eating human blood on other test subjects. Not to mention the religious crap that comes with it. All vampires have to be some sort of demonic nasty being out to possess people and rape the woman."

Damon: "That's a rather grim out look on things."

Jessica: "It's true. Think about it. The human race doesn't accept things as they are. We have to have scientific proof that it is real. So far, no scientific proof backs up rising from the dead. Besides, I think if they were real they have better things to do then try to prove themselves as a race to us."

Damon: "Damn right we do. We've been around for hundreds of years and it's frankly insulting that we don't exist in this world. It's insulting that we're automatically labeled as being evil and up to no good just because the word Vampire comes up. It's horrible."

Jessica gives him a "are you serious" look and rolls her eyes.

Jessica: "Really dude, you take this too seriously. Nobody judges you because you think of yourself as a vampire. Nobody is condemning your lifestyle choice. Relax you're safe. You're just Dr. Damon Salvatore. Not some big mystery we need to solve tonight. Now, get your sexy ass out of those scrubs and let's go get drunk."

Damon: "We have to wait for Elizabeth. I'm just going to go home and change."

Jessica: "Whatever turns you on, dude. Oh, and watch out. It's a full moon. I wouldn't want your fangs to come out in public."

She kisses him on the forehead and leaves the break room. Damon starts laughing.

Damon: "She really could give a shit less about this. I like her attitude."

The day goes by and Elizabeth finishes her shift and heads home to get ready for her date with Damon. Jessica calls her as she is in mid-dig for something to wear in the closet.

Elizabeth: "Hello?"

Jessica: "Liz, oh my god. Is Damon there with you yet?"

Elizabeth: "No. Why?"

Jessica: "Check this out."

She forwards her a picture of Damon and her mother together. Her mother is obviously pregnant and the two of them appear as a couple. Elizabeth puts the phone on speaker so she can get ready and talk.

Elizabeth: "Holy shit. That's my mom and that's Damon bigger then shit."

Jessica: "Yeah. Exactly and that makes those odd out bursts about him being a vampire true. He's confessing to you before you uncover the truth about him because he likes you. Exactly like I figured he was."

Elizabeth: "My mother knew Damon and this picture is back in the 1800's. How in the hell is that even possible? That has to be my Gran pregnant with my mom, but it's not because I have a similar picture of her in my memory book holding me as a baby. Damon is my mother's maker."

Jessica: "Check out the ring on Damon's hand in that picture and look at his hand tonight. It's the same freaken ring and momma has one too. That's how she survived."

Elizabeth: "Yeah. I'd watch out if I were you. Damon doesn't like to be taunted or played with."

Jessica: "I don't plan on pissing him off or playing with him. I just wanted to know the truth and now I have it."

Elizabeth: "OK. Now how do I play off the rest of the night without it seeming like I'm hiding something from him. That he probably already knows about."

Jessica: "You don't give a damn one way or the other. It works for me until he got suspicious earlier."

Elizabeth: "All right. Just watch out because he could still be dangerous."

Jessica: "It's a vampire. They're all dangerous if provoked."

A car pulls up in Elizabeth's drive way.

Elizabeth: "Crap, he's here. I gotta go. I'll see you after dinner."

Jessica: "Yeah, don't stand me up or I'll stake both of you."

Elizabeth: "Ha, ha. I'm only half vampire. I was in utro when she died with the blood in her. Technically, I don't have any vampire in me at all until I die with the blood in my system."

Jessica: "Whatever. Talk to you later."

Elizabeth: "Bye."

They hang up and Elizabeth finishes her make up and fixes her hair. Damon knocks on her door.

Elizabeth: "Come on in, it's open. I'll be down in 5."

He comes in and 5 minutes later she comes downstairs with her purse and phone.

Elizabeth: "Sorry about the wait. I was still primping a bit."

Damon: "It's perfectly all right. I brought you something."

He hands her a dozen roses. She sets her purse and phone on the coffee table and gives him a kiss.

Elizabeth: "These are absolutely gorgeous. Thank you. I'll go put them in some water."

She goes into the kitchen and gets a vase and puts the flowers in it. Damon sees her Iphone wallpaper and notices the dated clothing on the couple she saved.

Damon: "Nice phone wallpaper. That picture is early 1800's."

Elizabeth: "Yeah, Jessica sent me that picture. I like it. He looks just like you."

Damon: "Yeah, if I were a 200 year old man."

Elizabeth comes back into the living room.

Elizabeth: "All right, confession time."

Damon: "Uh oh, this sounds serious. Don't tell me you've changed your mind about our date tonight."

Elizabeth: "No. I'm still going out with you. I just can't say this out in a public place."

Damon: "Oh, that's all. You want privacy. I can understand that. Please, confess away."

He sits next to her on the couch and she takes a deep breath. She looked like she was hiding something pretty huge and he was sure they were on the same page with her confession cuz it was killing him not to share what he knew about her mother with her.

Elizabeth: "Remember when I said I could drink coffee by the gallon and it doesn't keep me from sleeping at night?"

Damon: "Yes. Some people are like that. No big deal."

Elizabeth: "Well, it's not just the coffee. I like the heat. The warmth of the liquid keeps my skin warm so I feel like I'm normal to the touch."

Damon's eyes get big like he's about to open a huge gift on Christmas morning.

Damon: "Normal to the touch. You mean, so your skin has a warm feeling to another human holding your hand or rubbing your face or something."

Elizabeth: "Yeah. My hands aren't just cold because I have a low blood level. That woman in that picture on the phone is my mother and that man is her maker. My mother was a vampire and she was pregnant with me when she was changed. So, I'm actually lots older then 28."

Damon: "Child, I'm older then 31. That's me in that picture with your mother. I drink coffee and whiskey to keep warm too. My body still functions like a normal body. I'm a full blooded vampire. I'm over 200 years old."

He couldn't hold back any more. He grabs Elizabeth and kisses her with everything he is holding back and she melts into his arms.

Elizabeth: "Wow. That was some reaction to finding out your girlfriend has vampire blood in her heir."

Damon: "My vampire blood in your heir. This means we're free to do anything we want together. I don't have to worry about you. You're not some fragile little human not meant for my world or some wanna be. You're the real deal. You make me want to feed you just to see if it's real. My God, I made a child. That in itself is an oddity. Vampires don't breed other vampires that way. It doesn't work like that. But, your mother was already pregnant when I turned her. So, that makes sense."

Elizabeth: "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down there cowboy. I'm not ready to start drinking blood and fly around town eating the living."

Damon: "That's a myth by the way we don't actually fly. You can survive just like Stefan does without killing the living. It's very possible. I just prefer the hunt. It's more entertaining. Does anyone else know your secret?"

Elizabeth: "No. Nobody else knows. Jessica's been helping me try to get answers for awhile since nobody would talk about what happened to my mother. My Gran doesn't even bring it up and my father never wanted to talk about why she left. So, I've pretty much been in the dark except for what I could Google based on loose public facts about my life."

Damon: "I truly am sorry they kept who you really are away from you for so long. Can I fill in some of the blanks for you?"

Elizabeth: "Please do. I'm empty as far as my real upbringing."

Damon: "Would you mind this conversation in the car? I don't want to keep Jessica waiting for us. She might call about 500 times if we don't show up."

Elizabeth: "Not at all. Let's go. I'm starving to death."

Damon smiles a wicked smirk and hugs her as close to him as possible. Elizabeth finds herself smelling him. She was actually tying to see if vampires really did smell different from humans. She couldn't tell with him. There was the smell of freshly showered skin and shampoo. His clothes smelled like they were freshly laundered and there was even a hint of delicious cologne that was driving her nuts. He had her purse and cell phone in his hand before she realized she'd left them in the house.

Damon: "We have to work on your leaving stuff behind though. That's not a good thing to do."

She locks her door.

Elizabeth: "Calm down. I'm not a warrior of the night like you are."

Damon: "A warrior of the night. I like the sounds of that. It makes me sound like I'm some sort of knight fighting off the dragons or something. It's very poetic."

Elizabeth: "Shut up."

She shoves him playfully as he holds her car door open for her. She gets inside and he gets in the driver's side.

Elizabeth: "OK, the huge missing chunk of my life, please."

Damon: "I'm sure you have questions you'd like to ask before I get started on that. That's a long story."

Elizabeth: "Oh yeah. I have many. Can you guess some of them?"

Damon: "Oh, I'm sure I can. I don't have to have mind reading skills to pick those out of your brain."

Elizabeth looks at him with a smile in her eyes as he starts up the car and they exit the drive way. He catches her eye in his peripheral vision and goes to work picking her brain. To the outside eye, it looked like a loving glance between lovers.

Damon: "OK. Don't worry I won't hurt you. I'm not after your blood or to turn you into some crazed killer out to do my evil doing. Although back in my time, you'd make the best kind of weapon. Trust me, I thought about it. But, you've been raised as a human for so long that it makes your vampire skills non existent. You'd be more of a burden then a benefit at this point. It's like training a guard dog to bird hunt. He only knows guarding the house not hunting."

Elizabeth: "You really can read my mind."

Damon: "It's part of the gift. You're technically working with your maker, not dating. This is our first date. No, I don't sneak in your window at night and watch you. That's just creepy and down right wrong. Yes, I've spied on you a little. I was curious about you after finding out who your mother was. I wanted to know if you'd grown up like me or like your mom. I had no idea what I would find when I went looking for you."

Elizabeth: "And you obviously liked what you found."

Damon: "Yes. I liked you before I knew who you were. I saw an attractive female and my natural male hormones went to work. But, the whole vamping out when I'm next to you got in my way. So, I kept a distance. I thought I blew it when I kissed you in your kitchen."

Elizabeth: "You honestly freaked me out a bit that night. You're obsession on this whole vampire/pet thing really had me wondering if you needed mental help. Then I thought I was tripping when I thought your eyes changed color when we kissed."

Damon: "They do. My eyes change because I want you. I want all of you with everything I am."

Elizabeth: "Somehow, I don't think you mean that in the human sexual relationship way."

Damon: "Yeah, actually I do mean it in the sexual human relationship way. I mean I want you with everything I am. Not just your blood."

Elizabeth: "Just making sure."

Now he noticed her blush a bit at the idea of him wanting her sexually. Suddenly, that's all that was on her brain. He lost the real questions he was searching for.

Damon: "Seriously, with the "I'm not attractive like that" thoughts? You are so attractive that way. There's no need to be shy and embarrassed by it."

Elizabeth: "Can you save some of my thoughts for me to express to you myself?"

Damon: "Yeah. I don't communicate in code like this. You asked me to answer some of the basic human questions and then you started in on the whole sexual attraction issue and it threw off my vibe I was on."

Elizabeth takes a deep breath and shakes off the thoughts.

Elizabeth: "OK. Try and see if you can find some others I may have. I'll throw some random stuff in there."

Damon starts laughing.

Damon: "Obviously we photograph. You have pictures all over of me and your mom. We have souls and no, you can't see it through my eyes. I do move at incredible speeds. That much is true and I do have incredible strength. That is true also. My eyes do change colors. I can compel you to do whatever I want at any given time. I enjoy your attention so I wouldn't want to scare you off by forcing you into anything you don't want. Yes, I am naturally cold even though my body functions normally. I'm wearing silver in my ring. So, that doesn't burn. I own jewelry with crosses on it. So, those don't burn. Bibles don't burn and I don't freak out in church. I actually love churches. They're a very quiet and peaceful place to unwind."

Elizabeth: "That surprises me. Most supernatural legends will say that churches are Hallow ground and that creatures like you can't go inside because you're unholy."

Damon: "Yes. The whole blood drinking thing is frowned on in the religious world of things. I say screw it. It's sort of a contradiction because the Catholic religion teaches that wine is the blood of Christ and that crackers are the Body of Christ. So, what does that sound like to you?"

Elizabeth: "Humans drinking blood."

Damon: "Exactly."

They pull up in the drive way at Malloy's and park.

Damon: "You want to talk about this inside?"

Elizabeth: "Actually, sure. That is if you don't mind talking in public and it's sort of loud in there."

Damon: "I don't mind at all. It's just between you and me anyway."

Elizabeth: "Yes. It is just between you and me."

Damon: "No worries on garlic. It tastes great in Italian food. The only thing that can turn me off is an herb called Vervaine and that's not commonly found anywhere. I could get you some if you suspect you have an increase in non friendly company."

Jessica spots Damon and Elizabeth walking into Malloy's and waves them over to her table. Damon makes it look like he and Elizabeth are just having an every day run of the mill conversation while Elizabeth's eyes say "What the hell does that comment mean?"

Jessica: "You look like you've just seen a ghost."

Damon: "Let's just say a whole new world just opened up."