On the Road
Damon was nervous, he had never been nervous around a woman before, those crystal blue eyes were gorgeous on her, she glanced over at him,
"So where are we going to exactly?" Krystal asked, he glanced over at her,
"At least far enough to where the founding families cant find us, you have a choice to make, and that is hard enough," Damon's eye brows furrowed,
"Why did you turn?" Krystal asked,
"I didn't want to turn, my brother, Stefan made that choice for me, but I died trying to rescue the woman I loved, but in the end she didn't love me, it was always Stefan," Damon explained. Krystal nodded,
"I have no reason to turn," Krystal explained as she looked out at the night,
"You have your sister, and your young, Caroline is right you know, I'm sure you have friends, and more family, even a boyfriend," Damon explained.
"I only have my sister and my mother's mother, neither I am close to, as for friends, they all have stabbed me in the back and made fun of me thinking I was a freak, and my boyfriend, he um, he isn't my boyfriend but he cant take no for answer, in his mind we are still together," Krystal looking down at her hands. Damon put his hand over hers,
"I wont let him hurt you, I wont let anyone hurt you," Damon rubbing her hand with his thumb, she gently held his hand, she found it was comforting,
"So, why did your friends think you were a freak?" Damon asked,
"I was gothic, the whole trench coat, dark makeup, black weird clothes…and the girl who saw things before they happened," Krystal softly. Damon laughed a little,
"You, a Goth, and you don't want to turn into a creature of the night?" Damon thinking it was a little funny.
"I didn't think something like this existed in the real world, like the whole crow thing," Krystal shrugged,
"Crow thing?" Damon confused,
"Yeah, the movie, with Brandon Lee in it, you know how he comes back as a crow?" Krystal explained.
"Oh, that, as far as I know, I don't know of anyone like that, though, I would like to see you in your gothic wear, you don't strike me as someone who would be a Goth," Damon relaxing,
"Who do you see me as?" Krystal asked,
"Well since you look gorgeous in Caroline clothes and you have those crystal blue eyes, I would have gone with someone from her group," Damon explained,
"Hmm, a cheerleading prep, who basically gets everything she wants? Ugh," Krystal making a face,
"I take it you hate preps?" Damon laughed a little,
"That's an understatement, they were just as bad as the jocks at my old high school, the jocks always bumped into me, made fun, and for prom there was this guy that was dared to take me to prom, his sister let me borrow one of her dresses and did the whole makeover on me and I didn't know it was a dare until they were all drunk and they were joking about it," Krystal laughed a little.
"Sounds like your life was hell," Damon softly,
"I didn't really care, I kept to myself senior year mostly, until I found another guy that was like me, but of course that didn't turn out either," Krystal shrugged.
"So you have visions?" Damon asked,
"You heard that conversation?" Krystal asked,
"Yeah," Damon clearing his throat,
"I didn't mean to, it's a vampire thing, your hearing is like an animal, all your senses are heightened and our emotions are all over the place unless you flip the humanity switch, when you are new you can do it, but over the centuries the humanity sinks into you, because you're around humans all the time," Damon explained.
"Um, yeah, my emotions and feelings are all over the place, but um, I knew my parents were dead because I saw this all happen in a dream a couple of weeks ago, I never really believed them, I thought they were all a coincident," Krystal letting a few tears roll down her face.
"It must be hard to see things before they happen," Damon gently squeezed her hand,
"Its scary sometimes," Krystal nodded,
"Okay, so about being a vampire, we burn in the sunlight, we wear daylight rings, stakes to the heart will kill us, you cant compel a person if they are on vervain, they can wear it or drink it, if we drink vervain its like poison to us, we don't die but we do get choked up a bit, if your not used to drinking it, and it will knock us out for a while, we can die from a werewolf bite," Damon spouting off some of the things about vampires.
"So you have been drinking vervain, to become immune to it?" Krystal assumed,
"Yeah, and as long as you feed properly, drinking human blood not the animal stuff, our strength is at full capacity, but Stefan he only drinks the animal stuff, so he isn't as strong," Damon explained. Finally they made it to a hotel, an expensive one, he parked and cut the engine,
"Alright, here comes the teaching," Damon smiling a half smile, she got out, and waited for him,
"A little expensive don't you think?" Krystal asked,
"Well, we will probably be here for a while if you decide to feed," Damon whispered, Krystal nodded, they went in and Damon got the pent house, they got to the room and he unlocked the door. They got settled in, he pulled the blinds down and made it dark, Krystal flipped on some lights,
"Step two, we drink coffee to keep our skin feeling normal to that of a human's skin, and drinking alcohol helps with the cravings, we can eat human food as long as we keep a healthy diet of blood in our system, why don't you go shower, I'll find us step three's," Damon getting out the shower stuff out of his bag,
"My own personal stuff," Damon giving her a half smile,
"I will take the blood bags with me so you aren't tempted to feed, there's alcohol in the mini fridge, don't unlock the door for anyone, I have a key so I can get back in, don't leave, I'll be back here in a few," Damon seriously. Krystal caught his wrist,
"Can you show me the speed thing first before you leave?" Krystal asked,
"You mean this," Damon using his vampire speed and tapping her on the back,
"That's cool," Krystal smirked,
"Listen, I know your life wasn't all that great the first time around, but you have a second to start fresh, me and Stefan will help you, you can make new friends here, Elena is nice, there is also Bonnie who you will meet, she's a witch and will make you a daylight ring, you are not alone in this, I will help you," Damon gently holding both sides of her head. She nodded,
"I will see you in a few minutes, and keep this locked," Damon pointing to the lock as he left.
"Starting fresh, I'll need some music for this," Krystal sighed, she turned on the TV and found a music channel with some hard rock,
"That's better," Krystal grabbing the shower stuff and going to the shower, she left the door open a crack, and undressed, she jumped into the shower with Damon's shower stuff, she took a whole hour to herself to think and to shower, making sure to get all the blood out of her hair and off her body. She started trying to figured out if she wanted to turn, she missed her parents but she didn't want to die, she had just graduated high school, she hadn't even gotten out in the world to really live, she wanted a fresh chance to try and make friends, Damon didn't seem too bad, though he seemed as if he was a little sad, but she thought about the hunger, for something different, for human blood, could she ever do moderation if Damon's own brother couldn't handle it? Damon came into the bathroom,
"Aren't you finished yet?" Damon asked,
"What the hell? Naked chick in the shower Damon!" Krystal shouted, even though the doors to the shower were frosted he could still see the outline of her body, he half smile and bit his lip,
"If there is something I haven't seen before I'll throw a dollar at it," Damon shouted, she turned the water off,
"Throw me a towel," Krystal huffed. Damon rolled his eyes and threw her a towel, he stood there till she opened the door with the towel around her.
"Did you think you were going to get the full show?" Krystal asked,
"Well, I was hoping for some kind of payment for helping you out," Damon smirked, though he was joking she undid her towel and give him a five second look,
"Happy," Krystal seriously,
"You know I was just joking," Damon choking on his own spit,
"A womanizer like you joke about something like that, never, and I was just showing you that I do have the balls to do some crazy stuff," Krystal throwing a look over her shoulder, she was going for her bag for clean clothes until she froze in place.
"Damon," Krystal confused,
"That is step three, get dressed, they will wait," Damon seriously, she cautiously grabbed her bag and put on the clean clothes Caroline gave her. When she came out of the bedroom, she stared at the man and woman on the couch,
"So, what is step three?" Krystal not knowing if she wanted to know,
"When you snatch someone to feed on them, you first compel them to not to scream or run, which I have already done that, next, you feed, but not so much that you take their life, you can heal them with your own blood, watch and learn," Damon's eyes getting blood red and veins popping out around his eyes, he showed her his fangs, then pulled the woman up close to him and pulled her long hair out of the way and fed on her for a few minutes. He pulled away,
"Why don't you go clean up sweetie," Damon compelled, the woman moved away and went to the bathroom to clean up,
"Somehow I don't think its that simple just to pull away," Krystal explained,
"Its not if you don't have control, that's why I am helping you, you will pretty much try draining the person's life at first, I am here to pull you off of them," Damon seriously. Krystal looked freaked out, Damon came over to her,
"I know you are really freaking out right now, with all your emotions, but it is worth it to start fresh, not everyone out there is as horrible as those people were to you in high school," Damon seriously. Krystal just nodded,
"I miss my parents," Krystal softly, she went to the kitchen and sat on the stool, Damon followed, he came and sat beside her,
"You know Elena, her parents just died in a car wreck too, she more than understands, but she met Stefan and it seemed to help her move on, maybe I can do that for you, maybe I can help take away your pain," Damon seriously.
"But you are in love with her, its why your sad, isn't it?" Krystal asked,
"Um, yeah, well, she choose Stefan and I need to move on, I want to at least be there for you when you need someone like now, when you don't know what to do and when you are in pain as well, I am not forcing you to feed, it is your choice, if you choose to feed you will stay with me and Stefan at the boarding house until you are in control, trust me if Caroline, a self absorbed person can be a vampire you can do this," Damon seriously. Krystal got up and got a shot of alcohol from the fridge,
"I'm starving," Krystal mumbled as she drank the alcohol. Damon grabbed two more shots, he gave her one and kept one for himself,
"You only have 24 hours to choose, and now its less than that, the faster you choose and feed the better off you'll be," Damon explained. Krystal slammed back the shot, she looked at the empty glass,
"I'll do it," Krystal whispered, Damon was excited, but he didn't throw it in her face,
"First, you don't have fangs, so I'll help you," Damon getting off the stool, he took her hand and walked with her over to the handsome guy he had brought for her, he took his pocket knife out of his pocket and slit the guy's wrist, a stream of blood quickly streamed out. Krystal rubbed her sweating palms on her jeans, she shook a little, she stared at Damon nervously,
"Its okay, I'm here to help you, all you have to do is lick it, its all it takes to complete the transition," Damon explained as he held the man's wrist, Krystal leaned down and licked the bleeding wrist, she did it again and after she swallowed the blood she fell to her knees screaming as she held her mouth,
"It hurts," Krystal cried out, Damon held her to try and comfort her, finally she pulled away, she dried her cheeks, she looked at him shyly,
"You want more," Damon stated,
"Yeah," Krystal mumbled, Damon compelled the man to leave with the woman to forget what had gone on. He got Krystal out of the floor and sat her on the couch, he grabbed the blood bags out of the his bag and gave her one,
"Be easy," Damon explained as he sat on the foot stool, she popped the top off the bag, she looked at him as he watched her.
"You don't have to feel so self conscious, here, I will drink with you," Damon taking another blood bag and drinking it, Krystal drank the blood, but she felt the craze that he was talking about, she got greedily with her bag, Damon stopped drinking and put his hands on her wrist,
"Take a deep breath and slowly release it," Damon seriously, Krystal stopped drinking and did as he said,
"Good girl," Damon petting her hair,
"I felt that craze take over," Krystal running her fingers through her hair, Damon sat down and held her head, he stared into her eyes,
"Listen, you did good for your first time, you will get better, when you start to lose control over yourself like that, just breathe, okay, you'll get the hang of this, I promise," Damon giving her a half smile, he gave her back her bag,
"Finish eating, you need to gain your strength, I brought enough to help you through this, though you shouldn't see your sister until you have calmed down and gotten the hang of this, everything is heightened, jealousy, hate turns to anger to rage, but love, its indescribable, and heartbreak turns into depression, you feel more deeply, when you turn," Damon seriously.
"So the girl you died for, she was a vampire?" Krystal asked,
"Yeah, supposedly she was trapped in a tomb under a church and when I went to try to let her out, she wasn't there, I would have still been trapped there in that tomb if it wasn't for my brother and Elena," Damon seriously.
"So, why are you a womanizer? I mean is that just you or is it apart of this vampire thing?" Krystal asked,
"Caroline says she feels horny all the time, I don't know, I've only ever loved Katherine and Elena, I guess you could say its part of the vampire thing, I had a teacher once that told me a woman wasn't just for feeding on but for pleasure," Damon seriously.
"I feel fucking horny," Krystal sighed, she walked over to the mini bar and grabbed another shot, Damon didn't want to be his usual self with her, he wanted to try to have a relationship with her, but apart of him wanted to show her what sex felt like as vampire, it was so much better. He grabbed another bag, ripped the top off, and sucked some more food down to keep his mouth busy, she tossed the shot back and glanced at him feeding, she sped over and sunk her new fangs into the bottom of his bag, he glanced at her crystal blue eyes and with one hand gently ran his fingers through her hair. After the bag was done Krystal crushed her lips onto his. She started ripping his clothes off, Damon slowly pulled her away,
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Damon asked, she stared at his eyes, she got up and took his hand, she led him into the bedroom and shut the door. Slowly she pulled off her top leaving a black C cupped bra full of her breasts for his viewing pleasure.
"Be gentle with me, I'm… I've never done this sort of thing," Krystal explained softly. Damon nodded, he started kissing her lips and down her neck as his hands ran down her smooth curved contoured body, he grabbed her hands and placed them above her head, he nipped and sucked and kissed her skin all over. She looked as if she was having an orgasm already just by his kissing and his hands.
She used her new speed and had him pinned to the wall, licking him and playing with his nipples. He loved this, finally a girl who was on the same page as him, she had him trembling with excitement, no living woman or dead had him feeling like this, he ripped her pants off and her on the king sized bed in seconds. They used their vampire speed to do their love making, Krystal had lost count of how many times she had an orgasm, he had been gentle with her and made her feel…everything.