Chapter 2

I looked at Damon, his eyes locked on mine.

"Sure I guess it will. So, you don't sparkle like my parents and you have human colored eyes, what type of vampire are you?" I asked. My voice overflowed with curiosity.

"I am a vampire, but unlike your parent I am more human. I look and can act human. Do you want to see one of my worst faults?" Damon asked, his voice was happy, but quiet. I nodded, and he grabbed my hand. His hand was soft, like Jacob's but it wasn't extremely hot, it was warm. Like a human's hand, almost like me. Almost. He pulled me down the stairs, my hand in his. My family was in the living room, they looked shocked that my hand was in his. He pulled me over to the door. He looked at me, smirked and pulled off his ring.

"Hold this will you, sweetie?" He asked and put it in my hand. We were in the living room, the blinds were drawn over the french doors.

"What are you doing?" Edward, my father asked.

"Ohhh, just showing the little one something." Damon replied, looking over his shoulder and smiling.

"Pull the blinds back, for me." Damon asked. I nodded and pulled the blinds back. The sun hit his skin, the skin began to fizzle and bubble. It turned red. Damon's face held a hurt grimace on it. I looked at him shocked, and pushed the blinds back over the french doors.

"Oh My God! Are you okay? Does it hurt?" I asked, I rushed forward to him, and pushed the ring back on his finger.

"I'm fine, and yes of course it hurts. But, I'm fine, thank you though." Damon said, he twirled the ring on his finger. His skin was now turning normal again, he turned. My family had shocked looks on their faces. Edward stood up,

"How could you show her that? She's very young!" He burst out.

"Dad! Calm down, it's okay! I asked him to." I said. My father's face held an angry frown. Damon was laughing quietly behind me.

"Do you find this funny?" Edward spat.

"Of course I do. What are you afraid your daughter has a crush on me?" Damon laughed.

The front door opened, then shut. Jacob came in.

"Who does Ness have a crush on?" He asked. I looked at him. He was back! At a horrible time, but he was here!

"JAKEY! You're back!" I screamed and ran up to him. I jumped into his arms. He hugged me and spun me in a circle.

"Yeah, I am back. Who's that?" He asked, putting me down. I took one of my few chances to mock Damon.

"That Damon Salvatore, as in Savior." I said in a mock voice. Damon shot me a look, not a happy one, but it was amused.

"Hmm. Anyway... Eddy we found a bloodsucker outside of Seattle yesterday with a human girl. She didn't seem to not want to be there, but this guy wasn't like you guys. He was to human." Jake said his voice all Alpha-ey. Damon looked at Jake,

"Did he have a deep brooding look? Green eyes, brown hair, kind of grungy? And the girl was gorgeous, tan skin, brown hair, brown eyes, she probably looked happy." Damon said, the last part was not a question, it was a statement.

"Yeah, do you know them?" Jake asked, his voiced tense. His arm was now wrapped around my waist.

"Yes, I know them. It's my brother and his fiancée. Stefan and Elena." Damon spat.

"Do you know why they are here? What they are doing?" Jake asked. He was making mental notes as Damon talked.

"They are trying to get a fresh start. Away from me. I would really not like to talk about it with you, dog." Damon spat. Jake looked at him, anger in his eyes. Damon sulked out of the room. I turned to follow him.

"What are you doing?" Jake asked angrily.

"Damon is my friend. He is upset, don't you help your friends when they are upset?" I asked, snapping at him. I pushed his arm away from me and headed out of the room. Damon had gone outside, the back door was still open. I headed outside, and shut the door behind me. I could smell him, his scent was strong. It smelled like whiskey and a bit of woodsy musk. I followed it, he had gone far several miles. I walked into a meadow, I knew that it was the meadow my parent's meadow. Damon was sitting in the middle of it, plucking the heads off flowers.

"Hey." I said quietly. His head snapped up.

"Oh, hi." Damon said sadly. I walked over to him, and sat down.

"What happened in there." I asked.

"I'm sorry, I just snapped." Damon replied.

"Why? Do you are your brother have a bad history? Do you want to talk about it?"

"Well, I guess we can talk."

"So, what happened?"

"I was with Elena, my brother's fiancée, before they got engaged. I loved her, but she left me for him. They were together before me and Elena were. He went crazy for awhile, and left her. I comforted her, and we got together. When she left me, I told Stefan I would kill him for how he hurt me. How he hurt her, back then. They left, then I left everything back where I used to live. I heard about your clan and well, here I am."

"I'm so sorry."

"You have nothing to be sorry for."

"We're friends Damon, we may not have known each other for long, but you are my friend. And I hate it when my friends are hurt."

Damon looked at me, his eyes full of sadness, but happiness twinged at the corners. He leaned in and pulled my face towards his. Our lips touched and passion soared between us. The kiss became frantic and heated. His lips grazed my chin, then went to my neck.

"I want your blood, do you want me to have it?" He asked between kisses.

"Yes. I want you to have it." I said franticly. His teeth grazed my neck, then sunk into my soft skin. I could smell my blood, his face became distorted. It was scary, but I didn't care. As he fed on me, I didn't think of it as blood being taken away, I thought of it as pleasure. He pulled away, his mouth covered in blood. He wiped it away. He pulled my face to his, his lips touching mine again. But, this time I pulled away.

"We need to go back. You can't think of this. My father would kill you." I said.

"I don't think that I couldn't think about it. This was to good." He replied. I smiled.

"Please." I asked. Damon nodded, and smirked. He helped me up and we headed back. We took a short time getting back, I smelled something when we arrived back at the house. It smelled somewhat like Damon, but sweeter.

"What's he doing here?" Damon muttered under his breath.

"Who?" I asked. Damon didn't respond, he just headed inside. I followed quietly behind. A man and a girl stood in the living room with my family, they looked like the ones Jake had described.

"Damon? Is that you?" The girl asked, her voice was concerned. It made me a little jealous.

"Yes, Elena it is me. Damon, the more attractive older brother." Damon replied, his voice angry and sarcastic.

"Damon. What are you doing here?" The man asked.

"Stefan! Bro, how have you been? Good, still stealing other people's girlfriends?" Damon spat.

"Still holding grudges, brother? I thought we were past this."

"I was, until you showed up. What are you even doing here?"

"We moved to Seattle. To get married, and to stay."

"Of course, I guess we just can't get away from each other. Well, then I guess I should leave. I know you left because of me in the first place, so I will just leave again." Damon turned and headed upstairs. I was shocked. Why was he doing this? Just because his brother was here? I turned and followed him yet again. I walked into his room, he was putting clothes away in a suitcase.

"Damon, don't leave. Don't." I said.

"Sorry sweetie, but I plan on it. I really can't stand my brother." Damon replied.

"Damon, if I show you something will you stay?" I asked, Damon just looked at me, and I touched his face and sent the images from the meadow into his mind. He stepped away shocked.

"How?" He asked.

"It's my power." I replied.

"I'll stay." Damon said slowly. I smiled and we went back down stairs. Damon must have been thinking about the meadow, because my father looked at him,

"What are you thinking about?" Edward asked.

"Hmm, I am just thinking normally." Damon said happily. Edward looked at me,

"Did that happen! In the meadow? With him?" He screamed. I looked down and nodded, my father lunged at Damon.