"You can't be mad at me, Stefan. Please. You have to understand why I'm doing this." Elena begged for what was possibly the millionth time.

Stefan just couldn't find why she would do this. Did she really think that if she gave herself up, that everything was going to be better for the people around her? Klaus would never stop. Once he got what he wanted, he would crave something different, and it would be a never-ending process. Did Elena know that? Did she see how her death would be in vain?

Stefan pinched the bridge of his nose. He knew it was impossible to win the argument. It had nothing to with facts; he was right, and he knew that. Elena was just so god damned stubborn. He needed to find a way to stop it from happening. But how was he going to do that? Tie her up and hide her until the whole thing was over? He didn't think that it was the smartest idea he had come up with.

"Elena-"Stefan was cut off by a loud thump that came from upstairs.

"Goddamn!"

Stefan and Elena looked at each other for a moment, before Stefan decided to investigate. He would have left it alone if it had not sounded so loud. Something was wrong.

While Stefan slowly made his way up the stairs, Bella had Damon by the neck. He squirmed under her, but his best friend was a tough cookie. It was almost impossible to get out from her clutches once she had gotten a hold of someone.

As soon as she had jumped on him, Bella was instantly regretting it. Damon hit the floor hard with a groan and a curse, leaving a dent in the perfectly polished wood flooring. She only meant to play around; a light shove to the chest and a headlock. Right after emptying about five or six blood bags, Bella got frisky and forgot how bad she would get after feeding.

"Oh!" Bella rolled off of him and sat on her knees. "Sorry."

Damon groaned, but let a chuckle slip from his lips. He was about to reply, and assure her that he was alright, but his door flung open and his brother stepped into the room.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Stefan growled, trying to seem intimidating, though it didn't work, since it took a lot to scare Bella.

Bella shifted her weight backwards and stood up. "Oh, hey Stef! I haven't seen you in a long time." She smirked. Bella knew that Stefan wasn't too fond of her. He never has been and probably never will be.

Damon rolled over and pushed himself off of the dented floor to look at his brother. "Oh, yeah. I may have forgotten to mention that Hells was here." He chuckled.

Stefan rolled his eyes and looked at Damon. "Yes, it seems you did forget." His eyes flitted back to Bella. "Don't feel the need to stay long. Damon might be happy to see you, but I assure you that he is the only one." He scowled one last time, turned, and left.

"Well, I can definitely see that I was missed." Bella said, awkwardly, rocking on the balls of her feet.

Damon snorted and walked to his closet. "St. Stefan is just in a bad mood. You have missed a lot." He put an emphasis on the word lot. Digging through his hung up clothes, he searched for a pair of jeans, black fitted shirt, and a leather jacket. He finally came up with his outfit and started to strip out of his pajama bottoms, not caring if Bella was looking or not. "And we need to get you some new clothes. As much as I love your lack of coverage, you can't go walking around with just my shirt on."

Bella grinned. Damon always made jokes like that, and they made her smile. "Well, I guess you're right. But I kind of need something to wear now, if we are going to go out." She poked him in his ribs while lifting her eyebrows.

Pulling up his pants, Damon grinned along with her. "Let me see what I can do."

~~CO~~

Bella picked at the shirt she was wearing for the tenth time in three minutes. It didn't fit right, and that bothered her. The girl, Elena –who looked almost exactly like her sister- was a lot smaller then her, at least height wise and the shirt barely reached her belly button. It made her feel a little awkward.

Damon noticed her fidgeting and handed her his jacket. "That's all there was. You can change out of it as soon as we get you home, or you can change in the car." He smiled apologetically.

She smiled back at him and put the jacket on. It was way too large on her, but she didn't mind. Damon knew how to be sweet when he wanted to be, and she liked that. Bella also noticed that he was completely rude to almost everyone except her. They had stopped off at a council meeting first, and she had met Alaric, Mrs. Fell, Sheriff Forbes and a few others. Damon only smirked at Alaric, and it was a kind of cocky look, and Bella had to giggle.

Now, Bella and Damon roamed around the ridiculously small mall, going through almost all the stores. Bella was surprised that Damon had lasted as long as he had. They had been looking and shopping for about three hours at the most expensive stores, and he was the one carrying all of the bags.

"Ready to go?" Damon asked, hopefully. He was getting a little agitated with all the shit he had to carry. He didn't mind at first, but more than ten bags and he felt like a pansy.

Bella rolled her eyes and was about to make a smart comment back, but she was cut off.

"Ah, I see you are back home, Isabella. Did you not miss me? "

The voice had come from behind them, and she did not like that. Both Damon and Bella turned around at the same time, and came face to face with Klaus.

Okay, I'm so sorry that it has been a while since I last updated but I've had a lot of mid-terms and one of my friends died, so I haven't had the energy to write. I also apologize for this sucky chapter. I had to give you guys something, so I wrote this real quickly. I promise that the next chapter will be longer and better, and almost all of your questions will be answered.

For the question "Does Damon know that Katherine is Bella's sister?" No, he doesn't but he will know in a few more chapters. (If I get that far)

I'm trying to fight writers block and all, but writing and all that jazz is becoming harder, especially since I have a shitload of other things I have to do.

I want to thank everyone who hasn't given up on me, if there are still people who will read this story.

Reviews will make me happy.

Ps. Sorry if there are spelling or grammatical errors. I was in a rush and I don't have a beta.