DPOV

I was really starting to get bored, sitting all by myself in this house and the idea of paying Stefan a visit was so tempting… Fortunately he appeared and speared me the walk. And now the fun begins…

"-Damon are you here? I've come where you said to!" Stefan said going into the living room. I didn't answer, but instead I went and grabbed him behind his back, by the neck.

"-Hello, brother… it's about time you showed up. I was getting bored."

"-let go off me Damon!" he said struggling to get free.

"-Ok brother…take a seat and let's talk." I said letting him go. "I remember you were much more amusing."

"-In case you forgot, you were the one that took care for me to lose my happiness."

"-Oh, don't be like that… you did the same thing to me, so don't complain now!" I told him pouring myself a glass of whiskey.

""-What do you want Damon? Why did you come here?" he asked exasperated. How easy was to infuriate him.

"- Me ? Nothing… I came just to spend a little time with you. After all we are brothers."

"- and since when do you care about me?"

"-I've always cared about you, even if I wanted you dead" I spitted out.

"-Finally you admit it! Well so you know, you can kill me, do whatever you want to, because I don't care."

"-I don't want anything with you brother…yet. All I want is to be friends with Melinda." I added winking at him. That will make him mad, and I was right because he got up and grabbed my throat.

"-Stay away from here! Don't you dare…" he started saying, but I cut him off throwing him to the ground.

"- Don't YOU dare! Don't forget I'm much stronger than you." He didn't got up, but instead he put his face in his hands and spoke.

"-Ok Damon, you win. I'll leave from this town, and away from Melinda forever. I'll go back to being miserable… are you pleased?"

"-It seems you don't love her that much, because you're willing to leave. That's fine with me… I'll just get closer to her much more sooner than I thought. This isn't just about you Stefan… not anymore. I like her, so I won't stay away from her."

"-You want the story to repeat… Fine if you want war, you'll have war, but you won't get anywhere near her. I'll stop you even if it is the last thing I'll do. I swear to you!" he said running upstairs closing himself in one of the rooms.

"-I'm in brother… Let's see who will win!" I shouted after him.

He doesn't even have a chance in front of me. And to prove him that I'm right, I think I'm going to pay Melinda a visit, to see how she reacts when Stefan is not around to protect her, or better not. I said I'll behave and so I will. I can be better than Stefan, if I want to… Let's see how long will Melinda resist my charm.

SPOV

He humiliated me in the worst way possible. I admitted my defeat in front of him, but nooo, he was not pleased with that. Because he knows I love Melinda, now he wants to destroy her life too. There is no humanity left in him. Damon only wants to destroy everything good around him. Until now I hoped, that deep down his soul, there is still something human left, that he could change, but I was wrong. Damon doesn't care about anyone except him.

This time I won't let him get what he wants. Like I said… this is now a war, and I don't know if we will both survive it. I'll do whatever it takes to put him a limit.

Now I'll have to call Melinda and tell her everything that happened , that way Damon can't take her by surprise, because I'm sure he'll try something very soon. Ugh… how I hate him.

MPOV

Nice… now I have to tell my mom about Stefan. I don't think she'll like it too much.

I slowly opened the door and stepped in, and saw that my mother was already waiting for me, hands crosses across the chest. That meant trouble. I tried to act as normal as usual.

"-Hi mom. I didn't knew you were already home."

"-Can you just explain me what I saw a moment ago outside?"

"- Oh…you mean me and Stefan?" I asked playing dumb.

"- Yeah, I mean you and Stefan, who else?"

"-Well, he is kind of my boyfriend."

"-What? You just have met him."

"-Yes mom, but we fell in love, we couldn't help it… but don't worry he already moved from here so…"

"- Good, because I don't want you both living under the same roof. Mel remember you just met him, so please don't get too involved. It is for own good."

"-don't worry mom, I know that." I know much more about him than you can even imagine, I added to myself. "So how come you are so earlier home?" I asked changing the subject.

"-Me and your father, will be away for two days. I have to accompany him in one of his business trips. I think you will be able to survive two days without us." She said smiling.

That was a good sign because it meant that she wasn't upset about me and Stefan. But I didn't like that they were leaving me alone now. With Stefan out of the house, and they going away, I'm an easy target for Damon. What am I going to do? I can't tell mom the truth.

"-Don't worry. I'll survive." I hope so.

"-And I don't want Stefan in here while we are out. Understood?"

"-Yes mom. He won't be here."

"-Ok Melinda. If you need something call us. See you in two days." she said walking out of the door with her luggage.

Great… Now I am all alone here. But I could call Stefan… my parents don't have to know he was here. I'm sure he could pass unseen if he wanted to. After all he is a vampire, a creature of the night.

I went upstairs to call him, but exactly when I wanted to press call, the phone rang. It was him. Wow… telepathy.

"-Stefan, I was just about to call you. How went your encounter?"

"-Not so well. We had actually a little fight."

"-what? Are you ok?" I asked worried.

"- I'm fine, is just I couldn't convince him to leave you alone. I even told him that I'm leaving you and you know what he said? That prick said, that that will be better for him, because he'll have more chances to get close to you! This has become a war!" he said voice pained.

"-Stefan, I don't want you to fight with your brother over me. I don't want to be like Katherine."

"-love, you are not like Katherine. Unfortunately you are just caught between our personal war. Sorry for that."

"-Stefan don't worry about me. This is something I accepted when I accepted you, so this is my choice. And anyway I know how to protect myself."

"- I Know Mel, is just that I know my brother too, and I know what he could do. Please be careful."

"- of course Stefan … I have to tell you something…My parents are gone for two days. Can you come and stay with me? But try to pass unnoticed."

"- Ok, I'll come over, but much later. I don't want to bring Damon too. I'll tell him that I'm going haunting."

The door bell rang. I wonder who was…

"-Stefan, we'll talk later. Someone is at the door. I love you. Bye." I said quickly and hang up.

I hurried downstairs to open the door. It was Damon. I tried to close the door in his face but he stopped it with his hand. I couldn't compete with his force.

"-hey this is how you receive me? You close the door in my face, instead of asking me in?" he said sounding hurt.

"- I don't want to see you Damon. I have nothing to talk with you…"

"- But I have, so if you don't mind…" he said stepping in. "Oh you have a nice home." Added and went to sit on the sofa in the living.

"- what do you want Damon? I warn you… If you try to compel me it won't work."

"- Yeah I know… Stefan gave you the ring, but take it easy. I'm not here to hurt you. I just want to talk. Look… why don't you bring me a coffee and sit down and talk?" he said in a serious tone. I went and brought him the coffee but I didn't sit down.

"- So what do you want to talk about?" I asked getting impatient. I didn't like being with him all alone.

"- I wanted to say sorry. I think I owe it to you. I didn't treated you like I should. You know, I'm not an asshole all the time."

"-You are right, you treated me like hell. First you tried to kiss me against my will, and then tried to compel me. Nice entrance!"

"- I said I'm sorry, and I only tried to compel you, because I was testing your strength, to see how much do you care about my brother."

"- I love Stefan more than you can imagine, but what could you know about love, when you lived most of your life in hate…"

"- ouch that hurt… I lived in hate because only hate made me go on."

"- why do you hate Stefan so much? He is your brother after all, your only family…"

"- He took Katherine from me." He said full of rage, that made me afraid for a moment, but I got back my courage.

"- you interfered between them and anyway, it was Katherine's choice. She was selfish and thought only about her. I don't understand how can you still love her after all she did. She made Stefan and you miserable. This is only her fault. Not Stefan's, not yours!" I said full of anger. Ugh if I could have her in front of me, she would've had heard me.

"- I see you know the story, but you don't know Katherine to talk like that about her." He said fuming.

"-You know. I'm right, but you are to pigheaded to admit it."

I couldn't believe what I was doing. I was shouting, and getting a vampire on his nerves. I'm crazy. He looked taken aback by my courage. He stared intensely in my eyes, but he wasn't trying to compel me… I felt tension building up in the room, but none of us spoke or made a move, and after a moment he broke off laughing.

"- you have one kind of a temper. You surprise me every time. I would like to be your friend. I don't want to fight you." He said sounding sincere.

"- Damon, I don't know, and from what I've seen until now, I can't trust you. You are always taking everything as a joke, and you also want to take Stefan away from me, so NO, we can't be friends." I said looking apologetically at him. That was true. I didn't knew if he was sincere or just trying to trick me.

"- give me a chance to win your trust. Please." He said with puppy eyes.

"- ok, you have just one chance so don't screw it up, because…" I started saying but the door bell rang. " Wait a second." I said going to the door. It was Stefan.

"- Stefan you came!" I said kissing him.

"-Mel are you ok? Has Damon been through here? When I noticed he wasn't home, I came as quickly as I could." He said nervous.

"-Hello brother! Damon said from the living room.

"-What the hell are you doing here?" Stefan said furrowing going to Damon.

"- Stefan, relax. He didn't do anything. We were just talking, but now he is leaving."

"- Of course Melinda. It was a pleasure talking with you and thanks for the coffee." He said sitting up and going towards the entrance, but when he almost was he turned around and added. "Oh… and thanks for the chance, you won't regret it." he finished and got out. Stefan was boiling beside me.

"- What was that about?"

"-Relax, he just came to talk, but I proved him once again that he can't fool me. Although I decided to give him a chance to change."

"- You said he didn't fooled you, but you gave him a chance to change? How is that? And to change for what?"

"-he wants to be our friend but he has to prove he deserves it."

"- Love he only wants to deceive you… He wants you to break up with me."

"- Stefan, we talked only about Katherine and his hate, but that didn't change anything. I still believe he is an asshole, but maybe if I treat him like this, he'll leave us alone, as long as he believes he has a chance."

"-Yeah I know, but…"

"-But nothing… I love you." I said kissing him. Thanks for coming and not letting me sleep all by myself in this empty house."

"-you are tricky… and sweet, and tempting…" he said laughing through kisses.

"-that was the point."

"-should we go upstairs?" He asked, but didn't wait for my answer. He scooped me up in his arms and took me in my room. We started kissing and taking off our clothes even before we got to the bed.

We made love like crazy, until morning. My mom would kill me if she finds out, but I was willing to take responsibility for my acts It was worth dieing for moments like this.

I was so happy, and I just hoped that this happiness will last and Damon will change, and leave us alone, leave especially Stefan alone. Maybe things will work out after all.

DPOV

She gave me the chance to prove I can be different and I'm not going to mess it up.

Today I couldn't believe what I was hearing and seeing. She was brave enough to shout at me and call me pigheaded. Her attitude completely swept me of my feet. I never believed I was going to say this, but I really like her, and I understand why my brother is so into her.

Now I realize that everything she told me is true. Katherine didn't loved us, she only played with both, and when she saw what she did, she took the easiest way out. Still… I can't forgive my brother for what he did and he'll probably never forgive me, after I will steal away his girl, because that is what I am going to do.

I know that Melinda likes me, but she also thinks I'm an asshole. I saw that earlier in her eyes and sensed the tension building between us. It made me want to kiss her, but I controlled myself. I want her to see me in a different way. Slowly we are going to become friends, and after that lovers. I'm sure of that. But for now I just have to stand and wait for that day.

I don't like this feeling I have, knowing that now Stefan is with her, probably making love. Enjoy while you can brother, because this won't last forever.

Still… I can't stop feeling… what? Jealous? No, it is to soon. I like her, her temper, but I'm not in love. Or am I ? No is just an obsession because I want to be better than my brother. Yeah that is it!

SPOV

I went mad when I saw Damon sitting there like he was and old and close friend to Melinda. I know what he is trying to do. He wants to deceive Melinda in believing he is a good person and he accomplished his goal. I could see in Melinda's eyes that she believed whatever he told her, and she begins to trust him.

She assured me that the chance she gave to him is just to fool him so he will let us alone. I tried to hide as much as I could my disapproval, and treat her the same as always.

I know she won't fall in love with him, is just I don't them to be friends. Knowing Damon he won't be pleased with just being friends. It is impossible for him to change, to be a good person.

Now, holding Mel like this in my arms, I feel a little more eased because I know how much she loves me, but still, after I saw their looks, the way both treated each other, I can help feeling jealous, and why not a little betrayed. Anyway I trust her, and I love her more than anything. I'll try to ignore everything and enjoy our happiness. Maybe nothing is happening and I'm just overreacting. I guess time will clear things out.

I was watching her features while she was sleeping. I liked the way she looked so serene, so peaceful. It was like she had no worries , no real problems.

She started rolling over a sign she was getting awake. She opened her eyes and a huge smile spread across her face.

"-Good morning love." She said playfully.