Damon and Krystal had gone out of town to grab a bite, no pun intended, they took their time and savored it. When they were headed back into town Krystal's phone rang, she looked at the caller id,
"It's Elena," Krystal glanced at Damon as she answered the phone.
"What's up Elena?" Krystal asked,
"I could only get away with an hour, I told Stefan I was with Bonnie, where are you?" Elena asked,
"We are pulling into town now," Krystal explained.
"I am at the grill now," Elena explained in an annoyed tone,
"Just hang out on the stoop, we are almost there," Krystal explained.
"Hurry please," Elena's voice starting to tremble, she hung up, Krystal hung up,
"Sounds like Elena is about to rip through the entire wait staff," Krystal seriously.
"She's got to bite the bullet, the sooner she feeds from the vein the better she will feel," Damon speeding to the grill. When they got there they found her on the stoop of the grill, Krystal jumped out,
"Are you okay?" Krystal asked, Elena shook her head, Damon came over,
"Come on, lets get you fed," Damon getting Elena up, they walked her inside,
"You have got to pick or I will pick for you," Damon holding Elena,
"I cant," Elena explained, Krystal looked at Damon, he glanced at her, he could see her concern and worry for Elena in her blue eyes.
"Don't worry, come on Elena," Damon pulling Elena into the bathroom, Elena stared at him confused, he locked the door,
"You need to feed from the vein," Damon biting into the side of his hand.
"Drink," Damon offering his blood to her,
"Why?" Elena confused,
"You cant kill me and blood sharing is personal," Damon giving her a small smirk, Elena glanced at his blood, then back at him.
"Its okay," Damon explained, Elena slowly took his wrist in her hand and slowly raised it to her lips and gently sunk her fangs into the side of his hand, she drank slowly at first, then she took his fingers and held them, she started greedily drinking, he stumbled and leaned against a stall as his eyes rolled into his head, he was in ecstasy. Slowly he pulled her into him,
"That's right, drink up," Damon softly with lust in his voice, he petted her head of silk brown hair. When she finally pulled away, she was panting, as if blood sharing had turned her on as well, Damon was a little out of it,
"Are you okay?" Elena asked, Damon wiped the tiny bit of blood from the corner of her mouth,
"Don't worry, I'm fine, how do you feel?" Damon asked.
"I don't know, it was…mmmm…" Elena confused, with the amount of emotions swirling around in her right now it was making her stomach churn, she quickly pushed past Damon and made it to the toilet, she threw up everything that she had just drank from him.
"Elena," Damon coming and holding her hair back,
"What's wrong with me Damon, why cant I hold any of this down? I am so hungry," Elena cried,
"I don't know, maybe its because of your doppelganger bloodline," Damon's brow furrowed in confusion. He slowly got Elena up, he cleaned her up and cleaned the blood mess up around the toilet,
"Come on, I can get you fed, I promise you, I wont let you kill anyone," Damon explained,
"I cant, Damon, please," Elena panicked, he could see the fear in her eyes,
"Elena trust me, just this once," Damon seriously, he was trying to keep his own panic inside but it was leaking out.
"You need to feed or you could rip through someone, you could really kill someone if you don't get something in your stomach. I. Can. Help," Damon trying to get her to hear him. Elena let a few tears slide down her face, she wrapped her arms around him and buried her head into his chest and cried.
"I cant do this, I cant be a vampire," Elena sobbed,
"You can, you are strong," Damon pulling her away, he held her head and looked her in the eyes,
"You can do this, Stefan isn't the right person to teach you, he cant handle the human stuff, I can help you, Elena, please, let me help you," Damon giving her his sad puppy eyes,
"No, Stefan cant know anything about this, just tonight, I'm so hungry, but you cant tell Stefan about this," Elena seriously.
"I swear, Stefan wont know about any of what has happened tonight, you met up with Krystal and me here at the grill and played pool, we'll cover for you," Damon explained. He gently wiped her tears away, Elena nodded,
"Come on, we'll grab Krystal and go somewhere, there's no one here to feed on," Damon leading her out of the bathroom, Krystal was munching on food and had a mug of coffee, she had forgot about vervain being in drinks, she was about to drink her coffee when Damon caught her,
"Don't drink that," Damon whispered, Krystal put the mug down,
"What is it?" Krystal confused,
"Don't you smell the vervain?" Damon laying a $20 down,
"Oh," Krystal realizing it, she got up.
"Come on," Damon waiting for her to follow,
"Hey Elena, how are you?" Matt asked,
"Uh, hi Matt," Elena's eyes trying to vein out, Damon held her back behind him.
"Matt, its not a good night for conversation," Damon getting the girls out,
"What's going on?" Krystal asked,
"Elena, get in the car," Damon opening the door, Elena got in the back,
"She's starving, she cant even hold my blood down, we are going out of town tonight to feed her, now get in the car," Damon seeming on edge and annoyed. Krystal got in and Damon shut the door.
At the bar
Damon had Krystal and Elena waiting in the alley,
"Oh god, I almost hurt Matt," Elena panicking,
"Elena, you didn't, Damon stopped you, Damon could help if you just let him," Krystal seriously.
"He stopped me this time, he cant be around me all the time, next time I might not have Damon with me," Elena explained. Damon came out with a guy, an attractive guy, already compelled to let Elena feed on him.
"Its okay, he was bragging about how he just raped his ex girl friend, so he isn't all so innocent," Damon explained. Elena attacked the guy's neck with her fangs, Damon let Elena drain him to the point the guy was unconscious.
"Elena, that's enough, you're going to kill him," Damon about to pull her off of him. Elena jerked up,
"He raped a girl, he should pay for that," Elena harshly.
"Elena, he had been punished," Damon explained, Elena glanced down at the guy who was unconscious, Elena jerked away from him, she stalked by Damon, clearly she was pissed off.
"You should have stopped her sooner," Krystal seriously,
"The guy was guilty, he was going to rape again," Damon seriously,
"It was still a life," Krystal a little pissed as well. Elena was already in the car, Krystal got in the front,
"Are you okay?" Krystal asked as she stared at her through the rear view mirror.
"He is still a person," Elena mumbled,
"I told Damon that, but you know, that guy is going to do it again, he may have killed that girl that he raped, he could kill again, it makes sense that Damon would choose someone guilty for you to feed on because he thought it wouldn't bother you as much if you did kill him, do you feel better that you have some food in your stomach?" Krystal asked.
"Um, yeah," Elena thinking about what Krystal had said, Damon got in, he started the car, and no one said a word on the way back to town.
Back at the grill
They all went in and got a table, Matt came over,
"What can I get for you?" Matt coming over,
"You cant take a hint tonight and just leave her alone?" Damon asked,
"Damon, don't be so mean, she's been fed, she needs to learn how to be around her friends," Krystal explained.
"Sorry Matt, Elena is having a little trouble with all of this, she didn't mean anything earlier, she's just trying to readjust," Krystal explained,
"Hey, I am not the only one," Elena hissed,
"You're a vampire too?" Matt confused,
"Yeah," Krystal shrugged,
"Elena, if there's anything I can do to help Elena, please, let me know, you saved my life and its because of me you're a vampire," Matt explained, Damon bit his lip to hold his harsh words in, Krystal had no idea what they were talking about or why Damon was so tensed and ready to rip Matt's head off.
"Matt, I saved you because you're my friend, you never asked for any of this," Elena explained.
"Hey, Matt can we get some coffee for me and Elena, Damon will have his usual, and I would like a burger with ketchup only and a side of fries, Elena you want anything to eat? It will help with the cravings," Krystal explained,
"Um, some fries I guess, and can you make sure that there is no vervain in the coffee?" Elena asked,
"Yeah," Matt nodded, he left the table,
"So what exactly was all that about?" Krystal asked. Elena glanced at Damon,
"Matt was trying to get me out of town when Damon and Stefan left town with Klaus' body, Alaric had turned into an into vampire hunter, his life tied to mine, he found Klaus and set his body on fire, the thing is that we found out before all this went down that whoever was turned by an original would die when that original died, so we thought when Klaus' body caught on fire that Damon and Stefan were going to die, along with Caroline and Tyler.
Me and Matt were driving back into town when Rebekah, Klaus' sister appeared in the middle of Wickery Bridge and caused Matt's truck to go off the bridge, I couldn't get out of my seat belt and Matt was already unconscious, Stefan came, I pointed to Matt, I made Stefan save Matt, I died, but when I died I had Damon's blood in my system, so, because I made Stefan save Matt I became a vampire," Elena softly. Damon had moved to the pool table by the time she finished the story, Krystal glanced at Damon, he felt her eyes on him but concentrated on the game he was playing.
"So he is pissed at Stefan for not saving you first?" Krystal asked, Elena nodded,
"Wow, he must really love you," Krystal seriously.
"Stefan has always respected my decision, I know how hard it was for him to save Matt instead of me but Matt never belonged in this mess, he's got a mother who isn't around at all and he is having to work here to pay off the bills his mother stuck him with," Elena seriously.
"That must be hard, he seems like a great guy, but I wasn't talking about Stefan, I was talking about Damon, there is no telling what he must be putting himself through because of this," Krystal seriously.
"He hates me because I am like this," Elena seriously.
"I'm sure he hates himself for not being able to keep you human more than he hates you," Krystal explained,
"How could you possibly know?" Elena asked,
"Men aren't girls, they aren't going to usually pour out everything on their mind, then there is the fact that he is still concerned for you and is willing to help you at any cost, he is the kind of guy who will go to the extremes for you to keep you "alive" at any cost, so don't be mad at him if and when he lets you kill someone," Krystal seriously.
"He wouldn't just let me kill someone," Elena hissed,
"If it meant you lived, he will," Krystal explained. Elena looked over at Damon, she knew she would be alive, with a pulse, and not having to feed off of humans if he had been there that night, Damon never saw her friends, just her. Damon glanced at her, she gave him a teary eyed small smile, he quickly glanced back down at his game.
"Oh, hi Stefan," Krystal welcoming him,
"Hey, I've been worried about you," Stefan eying Elena as he sat down in Damon's chair,
"Sorry, I should have called," Elena softly.
"I believe its my fault, I wanted to get some girl time in, a chance to get to know Elena, we just finished playing some pool and ordered some food, care to join us?" Krystal asked,
"I don't want to cut into your time, I was just concerned she may have been in trouble," Stefan explained as he got up, Matt came over with the coffees and Damon's bourbon.
"Hey Stefan, can I get you anything?" Matt asked,
"I was just about to leave," Stefan explained,
"Come on Stefan, sit, it will give me a chance to get to know you as well," Krystal explained,
"Um, alright," Stefan sitting back down,
"A scotch please," Stefan giving his order to Matt. For the rest of their hang out time Krystal got to know Stefan and about the mess she had stumbled into with what had transpired with the Salvatore's, Elena, the founding families, and the originals. To say Krystal was shocked was an understatement.