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Chapter 22: Time

"Because, it was me. I killed your parents." Damon said, watching as Alexis' eyes widened, and she scooted away from him a little.

"What?" She asked, sure she'd heard him wrong.

"I was the one who caused your dad to swerve your blazer." He could see the un-shed tears lining her eyes.

"W-why?" She asked, her voice shaking.

"Because, I was bored and hungry." He watched as her lip quivered, he knew she was holding back from crying. "I'd followed Stefan to town, he'd come home to see our nephew, Zack. I didn't want him to know I was here, so I explored around and saw your blazer driving down the road. I was hungry so I decided to kill whoever was in the car." He stopped, looking at Alexis, watching the tears roll down her cheeks. "I stepped out into the road, and your dad swerved the car, making it flip."

"When I went over to the car, your dad was moving around, trying to get your mother and you to respond. I went up to him, pretending to want to help. He wanted me to help you both, instead I opened the door and bit him." He heard Alexis take a quivering breath. " He tried to fight me off, but I'm a lot stronger than a human, and I killed him." Alexis turned away. "I went over to your mother's side next." She looked back at him, tears streaming down her face. "She was unconscious the whole time. Never even woke up as I drained her." Alexis let out a sob. Damon stood from the bed and walked over by the door. "Now you know."

"Wh-why?" She asked him.

"I told you why." She shook her head.

"No… Why didn't you kill me too?" Damon let out a breath, he knew she would ask.

"I was going to kill you too. But when I went to bite into you, you woke up and asked me to help you. When you looked at me, it fazed me. I found that no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't bite you… couldn't kill you. So I took you to the hospital." She looked up at him.

"When I got there, I heard that the doctors didn't think you would survive the night… I watched as the Gilberts came in and asked how you were. I didn't know who they were at the time." He paused. "I could hear Elena's heart breaking when the receptionist told her father that you were going to die." Alexis closed her eyes. "And I found that for some reason I couldn't let that happen." She opened her eyes, and looked at him.

"You mean-"

"Yes. I snuck back and found you. I gave you my blood, enough to make sure you survived." He replied, watching as she wiped her tears off of her cheeks.

"You saved my life… Twice now." She said, Elena had told her that he'd fed her his blood after the attack. "Why? Why did you save me? What's so special about me?"

"I honestly don't know. There's just something about you… for some reason, I feel the need to help you, to protect you and keep you safe." He answered, walking closer to the bed. He watched as Alexis tensed up, and he stopped. "You're afraid of me." She shook her head.

"No, I'm not. It's just a lot to process." She let out a breath. "I mean, I think I can get used to you being a vampire… But, you killing my parents? There's only so much you can ask of one person Damon." He nodded.

"I know, trust me, I know." She looked at him, she could see the guilt all over his face, and in his eyes.

"Thank you Damon." He looked at her, confused.

"For what?"

"For saving my life, both times. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you." She said, both of them knowing that she wouldn't have needed saving the first time if he hadn't crashed the car. "And thank you for being honest with me, I know it couldn't have been easy." Damon nodded. "But I think, no I know, I'm going to need some time to sort this all out, to think and to process." Damon nodded once again.

"I know." He turned to head out of the room. He opened the door and turned back around to face her. "I truly am sorry." He said. She looked at him and nodded. He sent her a tight smile and went out the door, closing it behind him.