The next few months were sort of normal…except Damon would not leave her alone. She was tempted
to just give in so he would stop hounding her. Well, Stefan did warn her he would do this, and did she
listen? No, of course she didn't. Aimee also started seeing a different side of Damon too. He could be
sweet when he wanted to be. She started being nicer to him, but once she did that, he took it as a sign
to try a little harder. Eventually, she did give in and they became sort of friends, but with very strict
limitations. Sometimes he was a bit overprotective, especially when she was around guys. It got kind of
smothery. At the moment, she was waiting on Elena to call her and tell her when she was ready when
the doorbell rang. When she answered it, there was a man standing there. He was maybe in his late
twenties, with blonde curly hair, blue eyes, a little bit of stubble, and the most perfect lips she had ever
seen on a man.
"Hi, I'm sorry to bother you miss, but, my car has broken down and so has my phone; I was wondering
if I could use yours." Wow, a sexy British accent too.
"Well, you're just having all kinds of bad luck aren't you?" Aimee said and he nodded. "Come on in."
She let him in the house and let him use her phone real quick.
"Thank you miss…"
"Oh, Aimee."
"Miss Aimee." He kissed her hand. "I'm Nik. Well, I have to get going. I have someone meeting me at my car. It was very lovely to meet you. I hope we see each other again soon." After he left Elena called her and said she was ready and to meet her at the grill in twenty minutes, so she did but all she could think about was this Nik guy. He was hot, but there was something strange about him that Aimee couldn't quite put her finger on.
"I just don't know what to do, Aimee. What would you do?" Elena asked me when they met up and the grill, but before she could say anything, Damon interrupted them.
"Elena…Oh, hey Aimee, I didn't know you'd be here." He said, flashing Aimee that signature sideways
smirk. She rolled her eyes.
"Hello Damon."
"Yeah, because you totally didn't hear me tell her to meet me at the grill, you spying little bastard.
Haven't you been around long enough to realize that it's rude to eavesdrop on people's conversations?"
Elena glared at him and rolled her eyes.
"Ouch…that really hurt my feelings, Elena…" Damon said with mock sadness. "Why are you always so
mean to me?"
"You'll have to excuse her Damon. She doesn't know how to talk to men."
"Does that mean you know how to talk to a man?"
"Hmm…well, I guess you'll just have to wait and see, won't you? Come on Elena." Aimee grabbed
Elena's hand and they left Damon at the bar speechless.
"Wow, I've never seen Damon have nothing to say. That was awesome. Oh, and I do know how to talk
to men by the way."
"I know, you dork. I just said that to make him think I was sticking up for him."
"You were always good at reverse psychology."
"I can make anybody believe anything. Damon's no different."
"He is in some ways."
"How so? He seems like every other guy I've dated."
"Aimee, there's something I need to tell you about Damon and Stefan and it might be a bit of a shock, so
you'll probably want to sit."
"What? Are they gay?" She laughed.
"No, no nothing like that. Um, do you remember all those animal attacks a few months ago?"
"Yeah…"
"Well, they weren't animals. It was Damon. He and Stefan are vampires." Aimee busted out laughing
and didn't stop until she noticed Elena not laughing.
"Oh…you're not kidding are you?"
"Sometimes, I wish I was, but I'm not."
"Wow…uhm, that was unexpected. Now I see why you and Stefan were trying so hard to keep me
away from Damon." She nodded. "But, I trust Damon. I don't think he would ever do anything to hurt
me." They got to her porch and sat in the swing for a bit.
"And Stefan wouldn't do anything to hurt me, but can we just keep this our little secret? There aren't a
lot of people that know."
"Who all knows?"
"Just me, Caroline, Bonnie, and Jeremy…oh and Ric."
"You mean Mr. Saltzman, the History teacher?"
"Yep, but that's because he's a vampire hunter."
"I knew it! Why doesn't he hunt Damon and Stefan?"
"It's a really, really, long story. I'll have to tell you another night. Jenna's waiting for me to come talk to
her about her boyfriend problems."
"Ohh, okay. Let me know how that goes. Tell my Jenna I love her and to let me know when I need to
kick a guy's ass."
"I'll tell her. Goodnight." Aimee's phone buzzed in her pocket because of a text message, but she didn't
check it until Elena was safe inside her house, and she was walking home. She didn't know the number,
but the message said,
"You think you have me fooled, but you have no idea. I can see right inside that pretty little mind,
Aimee."