Hey Everyone! Ok, sorry I didn't get to post this earlier… I had a job interview and got a job a Penguin Point! Yay! I don't think this will happen for a while, but, I may have to slow down on writing.. But I will try to continue! There will be more chaps to come tho so don't worry!

Chapter 13: The crash

Damon followed Stefan out of Alexis' room. He didn't know why she screamed when she saw him. Stefan turned to him.

"What happened?" He asked.

"I don't know. She was having a nightmare, so I tried to wake her up. When she woke up, she looked at me and screamed." He replied.

"What did you do to her in her dream?" Stefan accused.

"Nothing! Why do you always assume that I did something?" Damon fired at him.

"Because you normally do." Stefan fired back. Damon took a deep breath, trying to calm down.

"I didn't do anythingto her Stefan." He said. A silence passed over them.

"Do you like her?" Stefan asked, breaking the silence. Damon looked at him, confusion on his face.

"What?"

"Do you like Alexis?"

"She's good looking-" Damon began.

"No, I mean, actually like her?" Stefan asked. Damon rolled his eyes.

"Come on Stefan, when have I ever actually liked someone? And Katherine doesn't count."

"Other than my girlfriend?" Stefan added, causing Damon to glare at him. "Never. But I've seen the way you look at her Damon. Come on now." Damon rolled his eyes once more, making Stefan smirk, knowing that he really did like her. All of a sudden Damon looked at the door, his eyes widening. "What? What's wrong?" Stefan asked, listening in on Alexis' and Elena's conversation.

"Lexi, look at me." He heard Elena say. "There's no way Damon could've killed your parents. He would've been like 15 or something. There is no way that he would look the same." Stefan looked at Damon, who was staring at the door.

"Damon. Tell me you didn't." He said, not getting any response from his brother. "Damon!" He yelled. Damon looked at him.

"Stefan!" He heard Elena yell, and he went inside, still staring at Damon, who followed him in.

"Everything okay?" He asked, walking over to them. He watched as Alexis stared at him.

"Stefan! Are you okay?" She asked him, checking him over. He could tell she was looking for any wounds from the branch.

"I'm fine. The branch didn't get me that good."

"But I saw how deep it went in your side!" She replied, staring at him.

"It barely pierced me, I just couldn't move. I'm not good with pain… Your eyes must've been playing tricks on you." He said, hoping that she would believe him and he wouldn't have to have Damon compel her.

"They've been doing that a lot." She replied. He watched as she glanced at Damon. "What about the guy that did this?" She asked, yawning.

"He's gone. Damon chased him off." He replied, watching as her eyes drooped shut.

"Get some sleep Lexi, we'll be here when you wake up." Elena said, rubbing her arm. Alexis nodded, and fell asleep. Elena stood up and walked over to Damon.

"Did you do it?" She asked him.

"Do what?"

"Crash her parents' car, killing them?" He saw Damon look down at the ground, and he immediately knew the answer.

"I think I did."

"What do you mean you think you did! Did you or didn't you?" Elena asked him.

"I'm not sure. I can't exactly remember all the people I've killed Elena!" Damon growled back. They all glanced back at Alexis, who was still asleep. They walked outside of her room.

"Were you around Mystic Falls about 10 years ago?" Elena asked, as soon as they got outside the door. Damon thought back and nodded. He'd followed Stefan here when he came back to see Zack. "Did you crash a blue blazer?" She asked. Damon thought back once again. He remembered it, the day he crashed the car.

Damon walked over to the overturned Blazer. He smirked seeing the man moving. He watched as he turned to the woman in the front seat.

"Helen? Helen! Talk to me!" He yelled, and began shaking the woman. He cried out as pain shot through his body. He turned around to face the backseat. "Lexi?" He asked. "Lexi!" He yelled, not being able to get his daughter to respond. Damon could tell he was panicking. He walked up to the car. "Hey, I need some help. Please, call an ambulance!" He cried.

"What happened?" Damon asked, playing the concerned bystander.

"Somebody ran out into the road and I swerved. Please, you have to call an ambulance, my wife and daughter… They need help, please!"

"Okay, okay. Calm down buddy, you'll be just fine." Damon replied. He opened the driver side door. "What are you doing?" The man asked as Damon grabbed ahold of him. "What-" He began as he saw Damon's face contort, veins popping out around his eyes. He cried out as Damon bit into him. He tried to fight him off but found that his strength was gone. His last thoughts were that he hoped that someone would save his family.

Damon dropped the man's body outside of the blazer. He walked over to the passengers' side and pulled the door open. He watched as the woman fell to the ground. He picked her up and frowned. He hoped that she would've at least been conscious, he wanted at least a little fight, the ones that fought were more fun to kill. He shrugged and bit into her.

Damon walked to the back of the blazer, once again pulling the door open. He looked inside, seeing a young girl, maybe 10 years old. He bent down to bite into her, when he stopped, the girl groaning. He watched as she opened her eyes, the blue piercing his soul, if he had one that was.

"He-help m-me." She mumbled, and fell unconscious. For some reason, Damon couldn't kill her… He felt like he needed to help her. Which really confused him because he'd never had a problem killing before. He bent down, intending to bite into her, when his fangs wouldn't come out. He growled out in frustration, and picked the girl up, and carried her to the hospital.

"You did, didn't you?" Elena asked him. He looked back at her, his face saying no, but his eyes saying, yes.

Elena turned to face the door. She couldn't believe that Damon was the reason her best friend's parents were dead… The reason Alexis almost died herself. She just couldn't believe it… Then again, Stefan was the reason she survived, and she knew that Stefan and Damon were opposites, so it shouldn't be that hard for her to believe. She sighed. She turned back to face Damon and Stefan. Stefan was looking at Damon, but he glanced at her, his eyes telling her not to blame him for his past mistakes. She nodded slightly and walked over to Damon, who was had his mask firmly in place, not allowing an emotion to show.

"Damon?" She asked, Damon looked at her. "We're not going to tell Lexi any of this." Damon furrowed his brow, wondering what she was up to. "What's done is done. It's in the past and there is nothing we can do about it. You're not that same person anymore." Damon rolled his eyes.

"I'll always be that person Elena, it's who I am." He snapped.

"I don't believe that. You've already changed a lot Damon. You don't even kill people anymore." Damon looked away, he knew she was right… He was changing and he wasn't sure that he liked it, he just knew that she did. "Damon, do you like Lexi?" Damon glared at her. Why were they pushing this? Couldn't they just leave him alone already? "Damon?" Elena asked, when she didn't get a response.

"No, I don't Elena, now you and Stefan need to back off." He growled, looking at Stefan. Elena was about to protest when Stefan interrupted her.

"Elena, don't." He said, causing Elena to look at him, confused. He nodded towards Damon, a warning look on his face, telling her not to push him any further.

"Fine." She replied and went back into Alexis' room. Stefan turned to Damon.

"Don't even start." Damon snapped, before Stefan could get a word out. He scoffed, shaking his head and took off down the hall.