A/N: Here is chapter 2. So I've got to say I was slightly disappointed in the amount of reviews for this story. Honestly, I was so excited to get this story out and see what you guys thought that I pushed it out quickly...and then nothing. There were a few and thank you to those that did. I love reviews, they make me feel like I'm writing for something so if you enjoy this story even in the slightest, then please write a little review and I can promise that if you do I'll try to get the next chapter out to you quickly.

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Two

Sneaking in and Breaking Up

By the time I got home, it was well past midnight, but Jenna and Alaric were still up and apparently drinking from the sounds coming from the family room. I walked in and immediately noticed that Damon was with them. Great someone had invited the vampire in.

"Hey guys." I said as tentatively entered the family room.

"Elena!" Jenna exclaimed when she noticed me. "Did you have a good rest of the night?"

"Yeah and I see you guys brought the party back here." I said looking at the tequila and vodka bottles on the leather ottoman then looked at Alaric. "And I see Damon was invited…in." Alaric looked at me apologetically and mouthed sorry and I saw Damon roll his eyes.

"Sorry Elena, I know this is your house but I didn't think it would be a big deal if we came back here. You know being responsible adults, no drinking and driving." Jenna said, "Well I guess at least me since I'm already home."

"No it's fine. I think I'm just tired." I said, "You guys have fun I'm just gonna go up to bed.

"Don't you want to have a drink with us first?" Damon asked as I turned to walk away but at his question I turned back around and looked at him without saying anything.

"She's a minor Damon." Alaric warned looking at Damon pointedly.

"True but we are in the privacy of her own home and I doubt any of you would go and tell the sheriff that Miss Gilbert here has been under the influence," Damon said looking at Elena in the challenging her, "Plus she's a teenager, she can't possibly tell me she hasn't had a drink in her life."

"You've got me," I said shrugging and looking right back at him, "I have but like I said I'm tired and drinking right now doesn't sound like something I want to do. Good night guys." I said and turned and left quickly and went to my room and shut the door. Once inside I let out a big sigh before grabbing some pajamas and going to the bathroom to change. When I emerge from the bathroom a few minutes later I nearly screamed out when I see the last person I would ever want laying on my bed.

"What the hell are you doing in my room?" I ask angrily trying not to show the fear I felt inside. I had never been alone with a vampire before.

"Relax, I'm not here to hurt you." He said nonchalantly.

"Sorry if I don't quite believe you, a vampire who conveniently got himself invited into my home and is now in by bedroom." I hiss.

"Man you really are… feisty aren't you? Yelling at a vampire who can snap your neck in a second, not a very wise move Elena Gilbert," Damon stated before speeding to me and undoing the band that was holding my hair up in a pony tail before I even realized what had happened. "See."

I looked at him, meeting his cold crystal blue eyes, as he stood inches away from me, my heart felt as though it was pounding outside of my chest. Even with everything that I had learned about vampires, nothing could possibly prepare you for when one was actually right in front of you and could move faster than than you could blink.

"So then what are you here for?" I ask slowly, hearing my own voice shake.

He didn't say anything for a moment, just looked at me intensely studying my face, then in another blur of momvent he was on the other side of the room looking at the photos on my drawer. "Despite what ever you may think I'm not here to kill you, suck your blood, etc., etc., etc." he said mockingly, "I just want to make sure that you and I are on the same page."

"Same page?"

"That you won't alert any of your council member buddies that I'm a vampire and if you do that I will promise to be a perfect model citizen. Same page, everyone happy."

"And if I do alert someone on the council to the fact?"

"Then I will be forced to kill whomever you told especially if they go after me," He says standing in front of me again, his blue eyes boring into me, "Don't make me have to do something that neither one of us wants."

"And I'm just supposed to take your word for it that you won't hurt anyone in this town?" I say challenging him.

He looked at me again, seemingly studying me. "You can believe whatever you want about me but just know this, just because I need blood to survive and may or may not have in the past killed some people because of that thirst, I am not a liar. I may be a monster but if there is one thing that I am not, I am not a liar. I will not kill anyone in this town, unless provoked." He says seriously before turning away.

"So I have your word that nothing will happen to anyone while you're here?"

"Without sounding redundant, no nothing will happen to the humans in this town by me." He said smirking.

I was quiet for a moment, thinking about what he was saying, what Alaric had been saying to me. I didn't know why but I believed Damon was telling the truth. "I can't believe I'm agreeing to this. This is absolutely insane." I say shaking my head.

"Eh what's so insane about it? So you're on the council whose sole mission is to hate on vampires and you're letting a vampire roam around without letting the rest of the gang know. I don't see the big deal."

"Of course you wouldn't, you don't have a conscience." I say running my hands through my hair in frustration, "It wouldn't bother you if innocent people started dying because you went against every instinct in your head and allowed a vampire to run loose through the streets!"

"Like I said no one is going to get hurt so just relax." He said plopping himself down on my bed again crossing his feet and putting his arms under his head.

I glare at him just lying there on my bed and start to get angry, "Look I got your message. Don't tell anyone Damon's a vampire or people will die. Got it loud and clear so you can go now."

"Actually I'm not done just yet." He said sitting up and hugging my teddy bear to his chest. "I wanted to talk to you about your snooping earlier."

I tried to keep the surprise off of my face but I'm sure he caught it cause a satisfied gleam appeared in his eyes, "I…I…"

"No need for excuses, you eavesdropped on my conversation with Alaric. Now I'm not sure how much you heard exactly because shame on me I let my guard down and I didn't stop to think about the teenage girls that might be hiding behind a tree listening to our conversation." He said sarcastically, "So I didn't actually pick up on you being there until your little boyfriend showed up looking for you."

"Aren't you guys supposed to have super vampire abilities to detect humans and the like around you?"

"It's not exactly spidey senses, but yes. However as is the case when I'm talking to Ric I tend to drown out the outside world, but don't think it's going to happen again." He said standing in front of me suddenly again.

"And so now what? Are you going to kill me or compel me to forget?" I ask trying to sound more confident than I felt.

"Compelling you is not a bad idea, but I can smell the vervain in this locket." He said reaching out to examine the locket my dad had given me long ago, "I could rip it off but I can smell the vervain running through your veins so that's obviously not an option." He said his face inches from mine, "So I'll just leave you with a warning."

"A warning…didn't I already get one?"

"Nope the first was more of negotiation, but I doubt this will be a difficult concept for you to understand. Don't listen in on one of my conversations again or I will be forced to…well you know. If you want to know something, then ask me, but don't ever listen in on a conversation that I'm having again."

I didn't say anything for a moment and just thought about what I had heard between Alaric and Damon earlier. In my fear it was hard to remember but I knew there were so many things that were mentioned that I needed to know a bout. "So I can ask you anything and you'll answer me truthfully." I asked looking at him doubtfully.

"Like I said earlier I am nothing if not truthful." He said playing with my pom poms then eyed me suspiciously, "Obviously there is something that you want to know about so I will give you one free question tonight."

"Really?"

"Duh, ask away."

"Ok what happened with Bonnie today, and what did you mean by another Bennett woman? I've known Bonnie my whole life and meeting you sends her into a tailspin."

"Are you done?"

"Yes."

"Well first of all that was more like two questions followed by a statement." He said and I just glared at him, "But I guess I'll let it go since they're all related to eachother."

"Ok so…." I said waiting for him to answer.

He walked up to me slowly with a small smile on his face and leaned in close and whispered in my ear, "I said you could ask a question, but I never said I would answer it."

Then suddenly he was gone. As I looked towards the open window, I saw the curtain flapping in the wind and I couldn't help but wonder what the hell had just happened

After a few days I was now certain the Damon Salvatore was a complete and utter jerk. He may not have been feeding on or killing people, but he definitely did not know how to treat people.

I hadn't spoken to him since the incident in my bedroom but he had certainly made his presence in Mystic Falls known. Every day there was a new woman on his arm. I even heard that there was a line to get to him. The women of Mystic Falls were going crazy for the new guy with the dark hair, chiseled face and hypnotizing crystal blue eyes. He was certainly the new hot meat in town and everyone – young, old, single, married, gay, straight, had all taken notice.

The only bright spot was that no one suspected he was a vampire and he hadn't hurt anyone. Well at least that I knew of.

I was at the Mystic Grille on a date with Matt one night and Damon suddenly walked in alone sitting at the bar but soon a group of girls approached him and they were now currently all laughing and vying for Damon's attention.

"Would you stop looking over there?"

"What?" I said looking up distractedly to find Matt glaring at me angrily.

"I said you need to stop looking over there. You have barely said anything or looked at me since Damon Salvatore came in." Matt said continuing glaring at me, "Don't tell me you've got a thing for this guy too. It's bad enough that my mom…"

"No of course not, you know that." I say grabbing his hand, "I just…I'm just trying to figure out what the big deal is about him. I mean he's attractive but he's just a big jerk."

"And you would know because you watch him whenever you see him," he states dropping the slice of pizza in his hand and I lower my eyes at the truth of his words. If only I could tell Matt why I watch Damon like a hawk every time I see him, but I can't.

"Matt no it's not…"

"Maybe he's not the problem but there is something wrong between us. I know things haven't been right with us for awhile now but I always thought that we could get through it but we can't seem to. I feel sometimes like I'm the only one trying." He says playing with the cocktail napkin under his glass.

I knew he was right. We had broken up right before my parents had died in a car accident and I had impulsively gotten back together with Matt soon after their death. Even at the time I knew it was the wrong thing to do. All of the reasons for which I had broken up with him in the first place were still there, but I was in so much pain at the time and I just needed someone to make me feel better, and well Matt was there. I just wanted to feel normal and fast forward to over a year later and I was still with Matt because he was like lying in your bed on a winter morning not wanting to leave because it's so warm and comfortable. I thought I had been doing a good job of pretending to be happy but apparently not good enough.

"Matt I…"

"It's ok Elena. It's partly my fault; I knew it wasn't a good idea after your parents died but I still loved you and I thought that was enough." He said holding my hand, "Look I think I'm gonna go. Do you want me to drop you off at home?"

I shook my head feeling the tears forming in my eyes, "No. I can find someone to take me home." I say, "Matt I'm so sorry. You have always been too good for me. I…I've never deserved your love, but I hope you know that I did love you."

He nodded his head slightly before standing up and leaning over to kiss my forehead. "I loved you too. Bye Elena."

Once he turned to walk away the tears fell. It was the right thing to do. Matt didn't deserve what I had been doing to him; he was such a good guy, but to hurt him like that hurt me too.

As I sat there crying quietly, a napkin suddenly appeared in front of me. I looked up and was surprised to find Damon standing there holding the napkin. He waved it a little and I finally took it. "Thanks." I muttered as I wiped my eyes. He must have taken my taking the napkin as an invitation because he took Matt's seat and folded his hand together and looked at me intently.

"Please tell me he didn't leave you to pay for the check." He said and I just glared at him, "Looks like someone's having a rough night?" he commented.

"What do you care?" I snap. "Look Damon I'm sorry but I just want to be alone right now."

"Alone? I don't know, I really think you should talk to someone about this and since your friends aren't here…" he started to say.

"What you think I'll talk to you about my problems?" I ask flabbergasted. How could he actually think I'd want to talk to him about this?

"Well like I said there's no one else here." He said motioning around before leaning back in his chair. "Plus I did kind of hear the whole thing."

"You were eavesdropping on our conversation!"

"Well it's not like I can help it. Those girls were talking about something completely uninteresting and well with my super hearing, it's kind of like there's this constant static of noise going on and I just have to hone in on something to clearly make it out and I heard my name being mentioned and it just so happened that it was followed by your break-up. Plus it was the most interesting thing going on at the moment."

"This is unbelievable, the other night you practically jump all over me because I eavesdropped on your conversation with Alaric and now here you are admitting to the fact that you were listening in on my very private conversation with Matt," I argue before grabbing my jacket and standing up to leave. "Could you be anymore of a hypocrite."

"Well when you put it that way," he says and I just glare at him then walk towards the exit hoping that he wouldn't follow me but no such luck.

"Leave me alone Damon." I hiss.

"Ok fine I'm was wrong." He said and I looked back at him with my brow raised, "You're only ever going to hear me say this once but you're right it is completely hypocritical of me to listen in on your break up after I got angry with you the other day for the exact same thing." He said continuing to follow me.

"Damon I…."

"Man Elena you work fast." A voice said coming from the parking lot. I looked over and saw that it was Vicky, Matt's sister and her boyfriend Tyler, who also happened to be Matt's best friend. Oh great. "My brother told me the two of you finally broke up. I know you never cared about him but I figured you'd at least pretend to mourn your break up for more than five minutes before moving on."

"Vicky you're wrong, there's nothing going on here. Damon is just…" I said trying to explain.

"I don't want to hear it. Everyone thinks you're so perfect but you're not." Vicky said standing directly in front of me now before shoving me, "You're nothing but a hoe and I'm glad my brother finally got a clue."

"You'd better watch where you put your hands little girls," Damon said menacingly as he suddenly stood between me and Vicky, staring her down. Tyler stepped in, moving a frightened Vicky out of the way so he could stand in front of Damon.

"Why don't you pick up on someone your own size" Tyler suggested

"Damon just leave it, it's fine." I said seeing how tense both men were.

Damon looked at me and I pleaded with my eyes for him to walk away. Damon seemed to understand, "Tell your girlfriend not to bother Elena anymore." He said and turned to walk away but Tyler grabbed his arm. "You'd better let go right now little boy. Trust me you don't want to challenge me." Damon forcefully removed Tyler's hand from his arm and the look on Tyler's face showed his surprise at how strong Damon was. Tyler made a move to hit Damon but Damon caught his fist with one hand. He then shoved Tyler into the wall and Vicky screamed. Damon started walking to wear Tyler was laying on the ground next to the wall, I could see blood coming from Tyler's head.

"Damon stop!" I yelled.

He looked up and turned his face towards me and I was startled to see the change in his face. The veins around his eyes were protruding and his eyes were dark pools of black. It was the most frightening thing I had ever seen. It was soon gone though, as he looked at me his face returned to normal.

I made a move to check on Tyler and he seemed to be ok, but Vicky was hysterical. I knew there was only one way to shut her up without this becoming a big incident.

"You need to compel her to forget what happened here." I said turning to Damon.

"What?" he said surprised. "You want me to compel her. I thought you didn't want me to compel anyone."

"Well you're going to have to compel her before they start wondering what happened tonight and it looks like you're going to have to compel Tyler too because if he tells his father, Mayor Lockwood what happened with you he might get suspicious. If you've forgotten, Mayor Lockwood is on the council and so is the sheriff." I explained, "So as much as I hate it, you're going to have to compel them or we're going to have some serious explaining to do."

He seemed to consider it for a little bit, probably just to annoy me but then he walked over to Vicky who was crying hysterically and made her look at him.

"You will forget that you saw Elena and me this evening. You will remember that you and Tyler came to the Grille and you were fighting about how he never pays attention to you and you got so mad that you hit him and he pushed you away but then you grabbed a rock and hit him in the head and he fell to the ground but he's ok."

Then he turned to Tyler who had been waking up and told him the same thing. He turned to me when he was done and smiled, "Happy."

"Not really but it's better than the alternative."

"It's only better because you didn't want them telling your ex that they had seen you with me."

I shook my head. "You're so annoying Damon." I said walking away but he grabbed my arm to stop me then quickly let go, "Are you ok?"

"I'm fine Damon."

"I didn't mean to…he was just…" he stammered.

"I know. I mean I get it. Thank you." I said understanding him.

"Ok." He said nodding his head. "Let me give you a ride home."

"No I'm fine Damon. I can walk home." I say but suddenly Damon is no longer in front of me. I look around but he's nowhere in sight. Stupid vampires and they're disappearing tricks.

I start walking in the direction of my house, but then I hear the roar of an engine from a car in the distance and a second later I see Damon's Camaro coming towards me and it stops when it reaches me. The dark window rolls down and I see Damon's head, "Get in the car Elena I'll give you a ride home."

"No thanks, I'm fine walking." I say stubbornly and start walking again.

"It's not exactly close, come on I'll give you a ride." He says as the car rolls alongside me.

"I'm not getting in a car with you Damon."

"But it's dark and late. You don't know what other dangerous creatures are out there." He says and I just glare at him. "Ok, ok I'm probably the most dangerous thing around, but I promise it's safer for you in this car than out there walking."

When I didn't make a move to get in the car and kept walking he sighed loudly. "Well then I'll just have to keep rolling on beside you until you get home, but if you get in I'll answer that question you asked me other night."

I stopped in my tracks and thought about it. Bonnie. I hadn't seen her in the last few days and I had barely spoken to her on the phone. She always said she was busy and couldn't talk. If Damon knew something about Bonnie then I had to find out what it was.

I sighed and got into the car and even though I didn't look at him I could feel Damon smiling in victory beside me. "Stop being so smug and tell about Bonnie already."

He seemed to be thinking it over and I could feel the irritation rising in me. "Oh come on you promised you would answer my question from the other night. Please don't play the 'you never said when you would tell me' card because if that's the case, then stop the car right now and let me out." I say and I reach to unlock the buckle of my seatbelt but he puts his hand over mine to stop me and in an instant a million volts seem to run up my arm.

"You like to jump to conclusions and just judge don't you?" he accused and I just glared at him in response. "For the record, I was going to tell you but it's a long story and I was just trying to figure out where to start, but since you started forming your own opinions of me, I've now changed my mind."

"Damon would you please be serious and just tell me what's going on with Bonnie." I say irritated.

"Ugh. You really have to loosen up a bit and have some fun. When the last time you smiled." He challenged and I roll my eyes at him, "Geez you're really starting to remind me of Stefan and trust me that's not a compliment."

"Who's Stefan?" I ask confused.

"Huh?"

"You said I reminded you of Stefan. Who is that?"

A look flashed over his face but it was quickly gone. "No one you need to worry about. Now I thought that you wanted to know about your friend. Bonnie was it?"

There was something to whomever Stefan was, but Damon was right I had to know what was going on with Bonnie. "Yeah that's her name. What happened when the two of you shook hands? And you mentioned something about the Bennett women when you were talking to Alaric. He seemed to think you were scared."

"Ok hold on. One question at a time." He said glancing at me. "Fine I'll tell you what I know, but we're here."

I looked out the window and sure enough we were outside of my house. How the hell had we gotten here so fast? "No excuses Damon." I said turning my attention back to him. "You said you would answer my questions if I got in the car and that was your offer, not mine."

"Yes and I'm prepared to honor that, however, this beautiful car is sort of loud and ha garnered the attention of you Aunt Jenna who is currently at the window trying to figure out what you're doing in my car and why you have yet to get out." He states.

I look towards the house and sure enough Jenna is standing there with the curtain pulled back slightly but when she sees me she quickly let's the curtain go and it falls back in place. "Don't worry at this point she's just wondering how you ended up in my car when Matt picked you up."

"Can you read minds?" I ask wondering how he knew that.

"Like that wuss of a vampire from that movie and books…uh no. But I must admit it would an interesting ability to have. No, Jenna was just thinking out loud." He says.

"Crap, I can't stay in here much longer without her getting other ideas, but you promised to tell me and I have to know tonight." I say and then to my own surprise I suggest, "Can you sneak into my room after I go in the house?"

"Why Elena I can't believe it, I know you're on the rebound and everything, but I never expected you to proposition me already." He says smirking.

"Damon." I hiss unamused.

"Ok fine, you're no fun. I can sneak into your room but I won't let you jump me like I know you want." He says and I give him one last glare before getting out of the car.

As I walk up the steps I hear Damon's car roar away and go around the corner. Just great he left. Putting my trust in a vampire, what the hell was I thinking?

When I open the door and step into the hallway I see Jenna is sitting on the couch of the living room with an old book in her hand. "Oh hey you're home." She says nonchalantly trying to keep her eyes on the book.

"You can cut the act Jenna, I saw you standing at the window looking at us." I say smiling as I sit down next to her.

"Ugh you caught me but in my defense, Damon's car is pretty loud and distinctive and when I heard it I thought maybe he and Ric were stopping by unexpectedly and so I looked out the window and I was seriously surprised to find you, in Damon's car. I mean you were parked under a streetlamp so I could see, I really wasn't trying to snoop." She said quickly looking guilty, "But I don't understand you left here with Matt and went home with Damon, what happened?"

I sighed and ran my hands through my hair. "Matt broke up with me tonight. I guess he finally had had enough of my pretending so he ended it."

"Oh Elena."

"No it's my fault. It's weird but I'm actually kind of relieved he ended it. I never should have gotten back together with him in the first place. He was just a safe place for me after mom and dad died and I didn't know how to let go even though I knew I should have. He was right to break up with me." I said, "Matt is such a good guy and he certainly didn't deserve what I did to him which is why I ended up Damon's car. He was at the Grille tonight and offered me a ride home when he saw me walking home.

"Well that was nice of him, but you guys were sitting out in his car for awhile." She said suspiciously.

"We were sitting out there because he was giving me advice about guys." I say lying, "Nothing is going on between us."

"Ok if you say so. But….well I know you just broke up with your boyfriend but Damon Salvatore is…well he's hot Elena. That man is ridiculously hot." She says and I raise by brows at her comment, "Every woman in this town has taken notice even the one's that shouldn't. I would understand if you had a crush on him."

"I do not have a crush on Damon Salvatore Aunt Jenna." I say shaking my head.

"Well you say that now but he's handsome and charming and older. I can definitely see the appeal. Hell I may even have a little crush as well." She says and I laugh, "But, but I love Ric. What I'm trying to say is that its perfectly understandable if you do have a crush on Damon, but I can only be that, a crush. Alaric trusts Damon with his life, but he also says that Damon is a huge player when it comes to women and well you deserve better, plus he's too old for you."

"Jenna seriously I don't have a crush on Damon nor am I interested in him in any way and I agree he is too old for me, much too old." I say, "He just gave me a ride home. Believe me I know exactly what kind of guy Damon Salvatore is. I've seen him in action plenty of time to know that he is not a guy that I would be interested in."

"Ok but…"

"Seriously Jenna can we please end this conversation. I know you love Ric but I think you may be projecting your crush on Damon onto me." I say and she throws a pillow at me and we both laugh. "I just broke up with Matt, I definitely do not want to talk about getting together with another guy right now, especially not Damon Salvatore."

"Ok I'm sorry, you're right." Jenna said, "Do you want me to get the ice cream and junk food out so we properly mourn your breakup?"

"No I'm good. I actually think I'm gonna head up and go to sleep. I'm pretty tired." I say before saying good night to Jenna and heading up to my room. When I get to my bedroom and turn the light on, I nearly scream when I see Damon casually lying in my bed. "You seriously have to stop scaring me like that!" I hiss.

"And you need to not be so surprised to find me here when you were the one that invited me to sneak into your room in the first place." He said smirking.

"I thought you left."

"I moved my car to a less conspicuous place. I think leaving my car in front of your house would defeat the purpose of my sneaking in." he says folding his arms together, "Plus it would prevent Jenna from believing your adamant speech of how you don't have a crush on me if I walked in with you."

I scowl at him in response and he smiles slightly looking at me, "You really have to stop doing that. Your face may get stuck like that."

"You know you're seriously irritating right."

"Yes but at least, according to Jenna I'm also ridiculously hot as well." He says winking and I roll my eyes, "I wonder if Alaric knows? This is good material to bug him about. The fact that his girlfriend thinks I'm ridiculously hot and has a crush on me."

"Ugh talking to you is seriously like talking in circles. It just doesn't go anywhere." I say frustrated and push his feet off my bed before sitting down. "Will you just tell me about Bonnie already."

He sighs and grumbles something under this breath before sitting up, "Fine. Let's see where to start," he says seemingly thinking about it in his head. "Well the fact is your friend Bonnie comes from a long line of powerful witches that I have been sworn to, eh in one way or another protect." He says quickly, "Hey I guess it wasn't as long of a story as I originally thought."

"Wait, you're saying Bonnie's a witch? A witch?" I ask incredulous.

"Well yes but I'm willing to bet that she doesn't know anything about this little piece of family history that she inherited." He said tapping his fingers together.

"What do you mean?"

"When we shook hands she had a vision and I think because she was so surprised she managed to bounce the vision to me and I was able to get a little look and it wasn't pretty."

"What did she see?" I ask impatiently trying to get more information out of Damon.

"Certainly nothing that any human should ever see." He said and I gave him a pointed look. "Fine she saw exactly what I'm capable of doing to mere mortals."

"You mean she saw you kill and feed on people?"

"Precisely, but since she doesn't know anything about the existence of vampires, she probably just thinks I'm sort of sociopathic killer." He said getting up off the bed and walking over to my desk where he picked up a history book and started flipping through. "Seriously this is just all wrong. How can Alaric teach this stuff when it's just a complete load of crap?"

"Poor Bonnie, she must be so confused."

"Yes poor witch, rhymes with…" he started but I stopped him by throwing my flip flop at him which he catches easily and shakes his head at me. "She's probably more confused than anything because I'm sure her emotions are making her powers suddenly appear and she doesn't know how to control them."

I looked over to him and studied him. "How do you know so much about Bonnie and her family?" I ask and he turns to look at me.

"I have a long, long history with the Bennett witches dating back to when I was still human." He explained and I looked at him surprised, "The uh vampire that turned me, had a witch with her, her handmaiden Emily Bennett, Bonnie's ancestor."

"You mentioned earlier that you've been sworn to protect the Bennett's, what does that mean? Does it have to do with why you're able to walk in the sun?" I ask curiously.

"My, my, my you're full of loaded questions tonight." He comments and I roll my eyes. "Ok well actually it does. Emily provided me with this ring after I turned and the vampire that had turned me was gone, but in exchange I had to swear that I would protect her family line."

"So now you have to protect Bonnie?"

"Unfortunately."

"Damon be serious."

"Yes I have to now that I know about her. Generally I like to fain ignorance." Damon said, "I don't need to go looking for each and every one of them just make sure no harm comes to them by other vampires and if they don't want me around then they just have to excuse me and my service is done."

"So why does Alaric think you're scared of Bonnie?" I ask after a moment.

"Uh uh, I'm not scared of anyone." He says pausing seemingly listening to something before looking at me, "Your brother is home, drunk. You should probably go deal with that."

I look towards the bathroom that connects our room and I can hear Jeremy moving around. I turn back to say something to Damon but he's gone. Crap I wasn't done with him just yet. I need to get Damon to tell me more but first thing tomorrow I should check on Bonnie and see how she's doing. The only question is how much of the truth do I tell her?

I hear a small crash come from Jeremy's room and sigh. Just great.

A/N: I don't want to beg but please, please, please review. Thank you!