I know I was supposed this up yesterday ! Don't hate me. I'm currently sick and I fell asleep on my couch at like 9 at night which is really early. So since I'ms ick I'm gogin to try and get as many chapters as I can in today. :) Yay ! Hope you all enjoy. I love the reviews and alerts. SN: I DO NOT OWNER THE VAMPIRE DIARIES. ONLY MY STORY. Alright here you go:

Damon sat next to Jeremy in the busy warehouse basement. He could hear a man struggling against people trying to drag him down the hall. Suddenly the man was thrown onto the floor in front of his and Jeremy's feet. Damon stayed silent as his best friend laughed. This was how it was behind the scenes. Everyone in town knew what the two were capable of and it was more downplayed rumors than anything. They were dangerous, but Damon knew dangerous was the most appropriate word to describe who they were. The man spit out blood and got to his feet. Jeremy shook his head back and forth.

"Deputy Harris. How are you this evening?" Jeremy asked.

Jeremy always talked. He liked a show where Damon was more the immediate results kind of guy.

"I'm wondering why I was dragged to the outskirts of town to see you." Harris said with irritation evident in his voice.

"Well I think you should know you are one of my favorite deputies. I like to think we're almost friends."

Harris laughed. Damon watched him with earnest. Mistake number one. Never laugh at Jeremy unless you were family. Katherine, Isobel, Caroline and Elena got away with it because they were who they were. Stefan didn't laugh unless something was very funny. Grayson was his father and John was his uncle so they both got respect. Tyler watched his words because he knew Caroline was protected by being surrogate sister of the Gilberts and Salvatores. Jeremy would never lay his hands on his mother's child so Anna got away with a lot. Damon barely laughed.

"I respect you Gilbert. Friendship has to be earned. There's a difference."

"You've disrespected me. I don't like to be disrespected." Jeremy said.

Damon watched as Jeremy put his bowl of Fettuccini Alfredo that Amelia had made for the two before they left for work. Nonna had really taught her how to cook. It was mouth-watering.

"I don't know recall how."

"What did you to Mani?" Jeremy grilled.

Damon exhaled. It was going to be a long night.

"Mani? I haven't seen Mani in a month."

Mistake number two. Never lie to Jeremy if you were smart. Manuela "Mani" Gonzalez, waitress and bartender at one of their clubs 'Mist', was a twenty-year old who had a rough go of it before Jeremy came along. She came to Mystic Falls three and a half years ago because her grandfather had been sick and was going to leave after his funeral. Grayson had been her grandfather Lou's doctor and regular surgeon. Jeremy met her through Grayson when going to bring him lunch as a favor to Elena. Jeremy and Damon had just opened up their first two clubs 'Mist' and 'Hypnotic.' Jeremy offered her a job when learning that she needed to help her grandmother. Unfortunately her abusive ex, Carl, came looking for her and started to pile on her even with the death of the only father she had ever known. Damon remembered dragging an enraged Jeremy off of a barely breathing Carl a month after Carl blew into town when Jeremy discovered why Mani was lying to him about the bruises and black eyes. Carl left town and had never been heard from again. Damon thought the two were sleeping together and had never confirmed his suspicions. They were always together whenever he saw them even though Jeremy was dating Anna. Mani had a daughter about eleven months after Carl left that she named Jeremia, Damon had never thought it was a coincidence. She was not dating anyone and was always with Jeremy. However, he wasn't going to pester Jeremy about it. If he had a child no one suspected him of having it would soon come to light, like everything did in this town. "Mia" as everyone called the little girl was a little over two years old. Niklaus had been born five months before that and Jeremy was living with Anna. Damon knew of Jeremy cheating on Anna with Bonnie but it was another thing to add another girl and baby to the mix. Damon was never one to judge though; there were some things in his past he would not want anyone to know.

"See I just don't believe you. Mani tells me you propositioned her for sex. Mani's not one of my working girls and I don't appreciate you treating her like one. It upsets me. I don't like to be upset." Jeremy said seriously.

"She's a lying whore." Harris spat out.

As soon as the words left Harris' mouth, Damon knew what was coming next. He sat quiet and watched as Jeremy jumped up from the seat and choked Harris up. Damon only sat there observing as Harris' feet came off the floor.

"Do not ever call Mani a whore a day in your life. She could never be a whore. Do you understand?"

Harris nodded slowly trying to get Jeremy to let his neck loose. Jeremy dropped the man onto the ground with empathy.

"She's lying to you Gilbert." Harris repeated.

"Mani has never lied to me and she won't lie about anything like this. I think you thought you were going to take advantage of Mani being young."

"I'm married." Harris countered.

"Never stopped a man before. And as I recall, you're separated for being a cheating bastard. Isn't that right Damon?"

"Sounds like what Liz was talking about when we were down at the station." Damon said without a hint of emotion in his face.

Elizabeth Forbes was Caroline's mother. She was the full time Sheriff of Mystic Falls. Damon and Jeremy had never given her trouble directly; she had picked up some of their goons for being idiots on their "off-work" time. Damon never figured out why she had never tried to bust them. Maybe it was because they took care of Mystic Falls despite their illegal doings. Damon thought it partly had to do with them taking Caroline into the family they built. Caroline's father, Bill, left her and her mother for another man when Caroline was fourteen. Dealing with all the drama with her parents, Caroline began to hang around the Boarding House and the Gilbert home more often. If Liz was too busy, either Jeremy or Damon would make sure she had money and food. They checked out for every guy she even talked to. It was just the way things were.

"Mani is a lair." Harris insisted.

Jeremy kicked him in the face. Blood filled Harris' mouth as a trail of blood splattered across the floor.

"Want to lie to me again?"

Damon was getting bored with the show Jeremy was giving everyone in the room. He got up from his seat and stopped Jeremy from hitting Harris again.

"Jer, man, I got this." Damon said.

Jeremy nodded heading back to his seat. It wasn't a secret Jeremy would kill someone. It wouldn't be the first time he was responsible for a death. Damon had seen him nearly murder a man for hitting the same woman he was kicking a man's jaw in for now. Damon was the more of a silent killer than a crazed one. A murder did not need to happen tonight. Damon whipped his blade out from his pocket. He pushed the blade out from holder and stalked toward Deputy Harris. The man looked positively frightened like he was about to piss his pants. Damon watched the color drain from his face as he kneeled down in front of him.

"Mani is our family. We don't kindly to outsiders mistreating our family." Damon said in a low voice.

His voice sent chills up the man's back. The room was deadly silent as Jeremy and their men watched the scene before them. Damon wasn't likely to kill someone for hitting on Mani like Jeremy was but he did not like someone disrespecting her because the person had a badge. She was an honest working citizen and in no way was she into any of their illegal dealings unless she handled the books.

"It was just fun. Why else would she be dressed like that?"

"Shorts and a crop top with the club logo on it?" Damon questioned as he raised the knife to face level.

"It's a magnet for trouble." Harris swore.

"We had Tasha wearing the same outfit on the same night. You never approached her. I like my employees in a safe environment. You disrupted my safe environment. Your badge doesn't make you God." Damon said with the same low voice.

One of the guys called it his no bullshit voice. When Damon was too calm, someone was in trouble. Damon smiled at the man as he brought the knife to his face. He pressed the blade into the man's face, dragging it across his face. The man let out a hissing noise trying to show no pain. Blood spilled down the man's face as the blade continued its journey across his face. Damon stopped at the man's nose still smiling.

"Disrespect is the ultimate sin. You said friendship has to be earned, so does respect."

Damon swiftly stabbed the man in the shoulder and he wailed loudly.

"See this would have happened five minutes ago but my friend Jer likes a show. He's a little dramatic."

Damon heard his best friend chuckle from behind him.

"I like to get to it. Now murdering a deputy of my favorite town is not on my agenda for the night, but it could be. I don't think you want to make your children fatherless especially since Niklaus loves coming over to play with Haley and Gemma." Damon spoke with indifference.

The deputy continued to cry and hold his shoulder. Damon slowly pulled the knife out of his shoulder and wiped the blood onto Harris' uniform pants.

"Mani wants to talk to you Damon." Jeremy said from behind him.

"Somebody clean this asshole up." Damon said rising back to his feet.

Jeremy handed him the phone with a smile.

"Hey Mani."

"Jeremy sounds happy." Mani said.

"Is that why you wanted to talk to me? I'm busy."

"Elena called for you. Apparently Jer left her at the pool without a ride home for after practice. She thinks he's busy and you wouldn't answer your phone." Mani told him.

Damon grabbed his leather jacket off the back off his comfortable chair and shrugged it on.

"Call her back and tell her I'm on my way."

"Bye Damon." Mani said hanging up.

Damon nodded to Jeremy. The men moved out his way as he moved towards the exit. His got onto his motorcycle and rode toward town.

Elena was irritated. Damon hadn't answered his phone for an hour then she had to call Mani to get a hold of him. She knew for a fact Jeremy was at the warehouse. He had been on the phone with one of his goons when he was dropping her off. She knew he wouldn't be able to get her. Jeremy took her to lunch at the Grill and gave her a ride to the pool. Her jeep was currently getting detailed so she had to wait for Jeremy to get it until tomorrow. She spotted a man on a bike flying toward the building. She got her messenger bag and slung it over her shoulder. She stepped outside annoyed with everything. Damon came to a stop on the back, leaned back and took off his helmet.

"I'm sorry I wasn't answering my phone. I was at the warehouse. Mani had to call Jer's work phone to get a hold of me. I got here as quickly as I could." Damon explained.

Elena's irritation quickly left. She now had a guilty expression on her face.

"I'm sorry. I would have got Kat to pick me up." Elena said.

"Don't be sorry Elena. You're more important than whatever I was doing. Come on. Are you going home or to my house?"

"Home. Isobel is there and Kat doesn't want to be alone with her." Elena said with reluctance.

Ever since hearing with Paula and Amber were talking about that day, she was not as sure of what was going on with her and Damon. He acted the same. However Isobel was not making her obsession a secret. Whenever Damon was around, she was in a pair of shorts that could be mistaken for skimpy underwear.

"Alright."

Elena tightened the strap on her bag as Damon handed his helmet to her.

"Don't you need one?" Elena questioned.

"If you're safe, I can ride without one." Damon told her.

Elena smiled, putting the helmet on. Damon started the engine. She wrapped her arms tightly around him as he leaned forward. She suddenly felt the bike jerk and fly off. The wind felt amazing in the hot Virginia weather. Elena smiled leaning her covered head onto Damon's back. Her fingers traced the bottom of his six-pack as she held onto him. Once she realized what she doing, she stopped. She thought she heard Damon chuckle but dismissed it to the sound of the wind whipping around her. The bike was slowing down. Her house came into view. The two finally came to a stop in front of her porch. Elena lifted the helmet off of head and shook her long brown hair out. She climbed off the bike. She stepped in front of Damon and smiled.

"Thanks and I'm sorry again for calling you when you were busy. Mani could have told me."

"Well Mani does a lot of things she shouldn't." Damon said with a smirk.

Elena could feel the blush rise to her cheeks as she smiled. She tried to play it off by looking back toward the front door of her house.

"Want to come in?" Elena asked.

"Yea."

She watched as Damon cut off his bike and put into onto its kickstand. He grabbed her hand as she started to walk off. He fell into step with her. She unlocked the front door and walked in.

"Are you hungry?" Elena asked.

Music was blasting through the house from upstairs. Elena could tell it was from her room. Katherine was definitely home.

"Lena!" A girly voice exclaimed.

Suddenly Amelia flung into Elena's arms. Elena laughed swinging the young girl around.

"What are you doing here?"

"Spending time with my brother's future wife."

Elena's eyes widen and she saw Damon tense next to her. 'Is she talking about me', Elena thought.

"Katherine was showing me how to do my make-up. She says I need a girl to teach me how to catch a winner." Amelia laughed.

Elena sighed with relief. Elena looked up to Damon to see a frown on his face. She could not help but laugh.

"Well Kat is insane." Elena offered.

"She says I need to be able to pick out the snakes from my real friends."

"Oh yea, and how did she do that?" Elena questioned as the group walked into the living room and sat down.

Amelia sat next to Elena who Damon currently had his arm around over the couch.

"She gives me examples and characteristics. She says your cousin Isobel is a snake who doesn't know to keep her grubby little hands off D." Amelia said with a giant smirk.

Elena's eyes widen with shock but she could not help the laughter that came out of her mouth.

"She said that?" Elena questioned.

Amelia nodded with confirmation and scooted closer to Elena.

"Yep. I have to know my competition and take them out. Katherine says she doesn't have competition because Stefan values his life. Would she really kill Stef if he cheated on her?"

Elena and Damon both laughed.

"Maybe." Damon said.

Elena elbowed him in the chest and he just chuckled.

"Kat also told me that you have possessive issues Lena."

"What?" Damon exclaimed.

"Yea. She said it's the reason why your vanity mirror is smaller than the last one. You smashed it out of anger."

Elena could not believe her twin told Amelia that. What was with everyone having a big mouth lately?

"Did she tell you why?" Elena asked.

"No. Just that you're crazy." Lia exclaimed smiling.

"Well I'm not. I do not have possessive issues. I was just having a bad day. I had been in a car nine hours with Jeremy rambling about nothing by myself and when I got home I got bad news. The mirror just happened to collateral damage."

This was the first time Damon was ever close to what happened when Elena returned for the summer. He listened intently to see if she would give anything away.

"I believe you."

Just then Isobel walked into the living room. She spotted Elena with Damon and their positions together on the couch. She narrowed her eyes at Elena before coming toward them. Elena sighed irritated with her cousin's constant presence.

"Hey Damon." Isobel exclaimed, waving toward him.

"Are we not sitting here too?" Amelia questioned with a smirk.

Elena could not help the giggles that left her mouth. Amelia was sounding just like Kat. The sound of heels signaled Katherine's presence in the room too.

"Look what the cat drug in." Katherine said swaying her hips with every movement.

Isobel rolled her eyes.

"I guess I'll go." Isobel said walking toward the hallway that led to the kitchen.

"Lia see I told you. It's like she's got Damon radar. He appears so does she." Katherine said with an evil smirk.

"Are you staying over Damon? Elena's bed is free." Katherine teased.

Elena threw one of the pillows at her sister as everyone laughed. She appreciated her twin's ability to joke but she didn't need a constant reminder of Damon and Isobel right now. She needed him by himself to see what the hell was going on with them.

Did you love it? Well I hope you did. Jeremy and Damon's dangerous sides will be on display more often now. Their "work" sides and family sides are complete opposites. Review to show you love it. Thanks. -Nee