To be with you Forever- Damon Salvatore/OC

Chapter 22- A normal day.

Summary: I knew he was going to kill me, This was Damon Salvatore, this could never end well and yet I couldn't stay away, the truth is, I didn't want to. Damon/OC

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A/N- I have no idea how to play American football, being English and all soooooooooo I'm going to skip the details =]

Also, sorry for it being underlined previous;y =/ Dont know why that happens =/ weird.

It was hot that Saturday, the day after my last encounter with Damon and some last minute, early morning planning by Caroline meant that we were grouped on mismatched blankets in the local park, sunbathing and chomping on giant bags of chips that Caroline had brought with her. We were all there, the gang, my new friends, Caroline sat cocooned in Matt's arms, Tyler was next to them, sprawled out, taking most of one of the blankets, throwing grass at Matt when he wasn't looking. Elena sat with Stefan on the opposite side of the blankets, holding tight to Stefans hand, Bonnie sat next to me, wearing huge sunglasses and basking in the hot sun with a content smile on her face, Jeremy sat the other side of me, laughing every time Tyler annoyed Matt in some way.

"This is good." I sighed, stretching out on the blanket, it wasn't like Mystic Falls was constantly rainy or shrouded in bad weather, but according to the longer term residents they hardly ever got sun this hot either.

"Yeah." Bonnie said, the same contentment in her voice.

"Did you get much weather like this back in England?" Jeremy asked, grinning at me as I pulled my hair into a ponytail and adjusted my own sunglasses. I scoffed in response earning a laugh, "Maybe once of twice a year, the area I came from, the best you could hope for in terms of summer was less rain."

"That must suck." Caroline commented, biting down on a chip.

"You get used it when you've lived there your whole life." I replied, smiling at the blunt way she liked to phrase everything, "But this." I stretched again, "Is definitely better." I swiped my wrist across my forehead, the thick sweatband soft against my skin, this was another reason I was thankful for the sun, my actions last night with Damon hadn't exactly been well thought through, choosing for him to bite my wrist of all places, one of the most noticeable places. So luckily when I awoke this morning, sun warming my skin, I had an excuse to wear something to cover it up.

"So Elena, how's it going with your uncle?" Bonnie asked.

"Johns here?" Matt exclaimed, "Poor you guys."

I laughed with everyone else as Elena groaned, burying her head in Stefan's chest and mumbling, "He is a nightmare!"

"He's not that bad!" Jeremy argued with his own grin.

"Yes he is! He's really creepy and he's really rude to Jenna." Elena fought back, frowning at her brother, "And he's all obsessed with the town council," I saw her thinking through her next words carefully, not everyone present was aware of the towns situation, I know Matt, Tyler and Caroline weren't and no one had mentioned Jeremy having any knowledge, "He doesn't stop talking about it. It's aggravating!"

Jeremy snorted leaning over and grabbing some chips from the middle of our circle and repeated, "He's not that bad."

"Well people," Tyler said, sitting up, "I love you all, but I'm bored, so guess what I brought boys?"

"Condoms?" Bonnie quipped.

"No." Tyler narrowed his eyes, "A football." Caroline gave an audible groan.

"Oh, my bad," she grinned sarcastically, screaming as Tyler threw the football he had pulled from his bag in her direction.

"Boys versus girls?" Matt suggested with a knowing grin.

"No way!" Elena exclaimed, "You three" she indicated the older boys, "are on the football team."

"You can have Jeremy on your team." Tyler quipped.

"Screw you!" Jeremy laughed, grabbing the ball from where Bonnie had stilled it and launching it toward Tyler, who caught it effortlessly.

"I'll play" I grinned, I'd never played American football before. The football we had in England was what Americans called Soccer, something that had confused my dad and I to no end when we had first arrived, "I've never played before."

"I'll teach you." Stefan offered, kissing Elena's forehead and climbing to his feet. I followed suit, realising there was probably an ulterior reason for his eagerness, "We'll head up this side."

"'Kay," Tyler laughed, "Me, Matt and Jeremy against you guys, anyone else in?" he indicated the girls who shook their heads.

Stefan led me up the park a bit, so we were beyond hearing distance of the others and said, "How are you doing?"

"I'm good." I replied, anticipating that question.

"Really?"

I took a deep breath, "Yeah, I mean, it's still kind of hard to take in but I'm getting there."

"I'm sorry you had to find out the way you did," he said, looking at me sadly, but I also knew that he was paying attention to what the other team were saying, "If we had it our way you would never have found out."

"I'm glad I know, I like being in on things." I grinned, watching as he dropped some bags I hadn't realised he had brought with him, one of them mine, to make a goal the equal size of the one opposite.

He laughed and said, "Aim of the game: get the ball through their goal and stop it getting through ours." I nodded and he continued, "In response to what you said, it's good for us that you know because we don't have to be so secretive, but in retrospect it's better for us when less people know of us, less chance of being exposed you know."

"Sure." I said, watching as the other 'team' continued talking, "Are they working out a game plan or something?"

"Yeah, but I think we'll win."

"Why's that?"

"Because they're all reluctant to go near you. So I'll get the ball and give it to you, you run through the goal. We win." he grinned. He was very handsome, someone I would have been attracted to any other time, but every time I looked at him he was overshadowed by my memories of Damon's face. I felt a pang of sadness at the thought of him, he'd left so abruptly yesterday and I wasn't sure how to take that. Maybe I had completely alienated him, pushed him too far. Stepped over the line.

"So being a girl does have it's perks huh?" I asked, instead of continuing to mull over spilled milk like an idiot.

"We should have convinced one of the others to play," he mused, "They would be even more reluctant."

"I think we can do this," I said with a smile, "We'll show them!"

For an hour or two we played and suffice to say, if Stefan wasn't on my team I would have lost badly, Tyler and Matt were better than I'd expected and Jeremy was surprisingly good too, I hadn't seen the school team play yet so I hadn't known what to expect. The game was rougher than I'd thought at least when the guys tackled each other it was, they didn't like to tackle me as much, what with me being a girl and all.

The game ended, due to injury, mine, it had been an accident, Jeremy held the ball and Stefan had gone to grab it, I'd been caught in the general crossfire and gone to the ground with them, Stefan and Jeremy had laughed but my knee had struck the ground hard and I couldn't stand properly for a while. "Lets call it!" Matt suggested wiping sweat from his brow.

"Yeah." I groaned, rubbing at my knee, nodding as Jeremy asked me if I was okay, "Yeah, I'm good, It'll probably bruise, but it's okay."

"Who won?" Bonnie asked, "We gave up watching the first time Kaye fell over."

Handling that comment in the most mature way that I understood, I poked my tongue out as I hopped back to my place, Tyler steadying my arm until I was stood still.

"Thanks." I grinned as he dropped back onto the blanket, others following suit, except Jeremy who still stood too, just behind Elena who had retaken Stefans hand.

"I'm totally beat." Matt spoke, lying back onto the blanket, placing his hands behind his head.

"You're all sweaty!" Caroline whined, to which Matt laughed.

"Hey, there's Uncle John!" Jeremy exclaimed, pointing to the far end of the park where sure enough the man I'd met last night was strolling through in loose fitting jeans, and a simple t-shirt, he looked nothing like Jeremy and there was no similarity to Jenna though I didn't actually think Jenna and he were blood related.

"Jeremy don't!" Elena hissed, as he made to call him over, he ignored her, earning a laugh from Stefan and called his name. Their uncle looked up, waved, and changed his current course, heading straight towards us.

"Nice one Jeremy!" she hissed, plastering a smile over her face as John approached us.

"Hey guys," he smiled, his eyes glancing at each of us one by one, "Matt! How are you? I haven't seen you in a long time."

"You're right," Matt replied, standing, "It's been too long."

"It's a lovely day isn't it? Jeremy, Elena would you care to introduce your friends?" he asked, eyes Stefan who had his arm around Elenas now tense shoulders.

"Yeah," she said, "Uncle John, this is Matt's new girlfriend Caroline. You know Bonnie, Tyler Lockwood, obviously you know him, Stefan Salvatore, my boyfriend and that is Kaye." she introduced us one by one.

"Salvatore huh?" he mused, "As in the founding family?"

"Yes." Stefan said, the strange tone returning to his voice, the same one he got when someone asked questions that could steer to the truth about what he was.

"Well then, it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm sure we will be seeing more of each other soon."

Stefan nodded and John turned my way with the same charming smile, "Kaye. Good to see you again."

"You too." I smiled politely.

"You know each other?" Elena asked with a frown, probably wondering why I hadn't mentioned anything to her before.

"Vaguely, we ran into each other."

"That sounds about right," Jeremy grinned, "We're now well aware of how clumsy she is." I shot him a playful glare and John said the one thing I'd been dreading he would say, "So how's your wrist Kaye?" His eyes landed on my wristband.

"Uh, It's fine." I answered quickly, "Wasn't as bad as it looked."

I noticed Stefan and Elena eyeing me from their place and said, "It was just a nick."

"Well then," John said, "Will I see you all at the founders day kick off?"

Everyone around me nodded and I realised that they were all from founding families, "Kaye?" he asked.

I shook my head, "No, I just moved here, its nothing to do with me"

"Well I'm sure we could extend an invitation your way!"

"Really?" I asked, smiling, forgetting the creepy feeling I got when he had seemed so interested for me to be there. I didn't think it was in a perverted way, it was just how I felt when he'd told me that I could tell him the truth last night, he just seemed to know that I was lying, "You'd do that?"

"Of course. Any friends of Elena's and Jeremy's are friends of mine."

"Thank you!" I replied, excited, meeting Bonnies excited eyes too, I wasn't usually one for shopping or glamorous parties but I was excited to be going somewhere with my new friends.

"So I'll see you all around." he gave a small wave before heading off in his original direction.

"I told you he was a creep!" Elena said once he as fully out of earshot.

"Awh, he's not that bad!" I repeated what Jeremy had said a few times.

"Yeah yeah." Elena murmured, squealing as Matt threw some chips her way.

I grinned, dropping down onto the blanket, glancing at the group as they laughed and joked, it seemed strange to be here now, carefree and enjoying myself, after the news I had just learned, this was the exact day that Elena longed for, a normal day. It was care free and there was no vampire threat hanging over us, no lust for any ones blood, no evil people attacking me. Every thing was normal. I laughed at some terrible joke Matt made, basking in the sunlight, warm and content. Ignoring the fact that there was still a load of escaped ancient vampires lurking around. Ignoring the fact that I may miss Damon just a little when I wasn't around him. Ignoring the fact that at any moment we could all be thrust back into it all. Right now, we were normal teenagers, granted one of us was over a hundred years old, another was a witch and another was a doppelganger descendent of another vampire. Today was a day for us to forget all of that so I put it out of my head, face to the sun, feeling like nothing in the world could go wrong and nothing could ruin this feeling.

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