A/N: Thoughts are in italics.


Damon's point of view

Ayden hasn't tried to attack me or the pack within the past five days. That's a good sign. That means that no one is planning a war. Everything has slowly been gong back to normal.

"Aspen! Get out!" I hear Natala yell and I also hear a slap. Here we go again. I see Aspen rubbing his right cheek.

"What did you this time?" I ask without looking up from the newspaper I was reading.

"I thought it would be funny if I lay next to Natala to see if she'd talk in her sleep."

"Did she say anything?"

"About that..." Aspen hesitated. "You've changed."

"I haven't."

"You have and you're just denying it. For the past few weeks whenever you're around Nat you're a happier person."

"She's a very uplifting person," I reason with him.

"I was actually trying to see if she would say your name. And she did."

I didn't know what to say. I put the newspaper down while I thought of something to say.

"You need to tell her. She'll feel the same way, trust me," Aspen whispered as Natala walked in the room.

"Did I miss something?" She asks.

"Nope," Aspen and I answer at the same time.

"Ok..." She's says as she sits on the couch.

"I have a feeling that an old friend of Stefan's is going to visit him today," I say.

"Why?" Asks Aspen.

"It's his birthday," I explain.

"And let me guess, his friend doesn't like you," said Natala.

"No, she does not."

"But you're going to see her anyway," Natala finished.

"Yes, I am." I said as I walked to the door.

"Enjoy your confrontation!" Yells Natala.

I really need to tell her how I really feel.


When I get to the boarding house I go to Stefan's room and I find Lexi asleep on his bed. I lay next to her until she wakes up. "Boo."

She groans and turns to where she's not looking at me. "Hello Lexi. What an unexpected surprise."

"Unexpected surprise? I think the wrong neither went back to high school."

"How long are you here for?" I ask.

"Just for Stefan's B-day."

"Oh, you mean that you didn't come all this way to see me?" I ask sarcastically.

She laughs at me. "That's it Damon. After a century I finally realize deaths means nothing without you."

"Why are you so mean to me?"

"Uh, have you met you? You're not a good person." She answers.

"Teach me to be good." I lean closer to her but she grabs my neck and starts to choke me.

"I'm older and that means stronger."

"Sorry," I manage to get out.

"Don't ruin my time with Stefan, 'cause I'll hurt you. And you know I can do it."

"Yeah." She gets up and leaves the room. After a few minutes of rubbing my neck, I head home.


I walk into the living and I see Natala putting Aspen in a headlock. What else is new?

"I don't want to know what's going on!" I yell then walk into the kitchen. They continue to fight. "I really should break them up," I whisper to myself and hear a loud bang. "But then again, they really should work out their problems. After they stopped fighting, I went into the living room to assess the damage. The only things broken are a table and a lamp.

"I want one of you to tell me what exactly happened."

Aspen spoke up first. "I made a comment about family that made Natala mad."

"Is this true, Nat?"

"Yes," she answered.

"One more question. Who got body slammed into the table?"

Aspen slowly raised his hand. That doesn't surprise me.

"The only punishment you two are getting is that you have to clean up your mess and buy a new table and lamp."

"That's not bad," Natala comments.

"It could be worse but I'm a nice alpha. And we're going out tonight."

"We're going to spy on Stefan?" Aspen asks.

"We are."

When everything was cleaned up and Aspen stopped complaining about being beast up by a girl, we went to the grill. It wasn't very busy and we found a table that kept us out of the main area of the grill.

I watch Stefan and Lexi for a while. "Aspen?" Natala asks.

"Yes, evil blonde she-wolf?"

"Do you have a crush on Chloe?"

"I, uh, don't." By his response I could tell that he was lying.

"You hesitated. You have a crush on Chloe!" Natala chanted.

"So? What if I do?"

"That's a great thing. It means that you trust someone besides me and Damon."

"She's right, Aspen. You have to socialize more or you're going to end up alone," I mention.

"I know. But you know that before I joined I was stabbed in the back and I lost faith in people," said Aspen.

"We know," I say.

After five minutes of silence while eating our meals, I see Sheriff Forbes and several of her deputies with a scared girl walk in.

"I have a bad feeling about this," I tell Aspen and Natala.

I was right. The deputies went over to Lexi and injected her with vervain. We were shocked. The deputies dragged her outside. I told Aspen and Natala to follow me. We ran outside to see if we could save her. I told Aspen and Natala to go distract the sheriff. Lexi fought the deputies off her. I made sure that Aspen and Natala were doing they're task. I grab Lexi and lead her to a safe place.

"Why are you doing this?" She asks.

"I'm trying to be good."

I make sure no one will find her in the alley and I head back to the grill. Aspen and Natala are back at the table where are food is.

"You two did a good job," I compliment them.

"So did you," said Natala.

"You might want to be careful. People, mainly Stefan, will notice a change in you and get suspicious," Aspen warns.

"We definitely don't need that," I say.


When we get home, we have a visitor. It's Lexi. I tell Aspen and Natala to head inside.

"Leaving already?" I ask.

"Yes, I am."

"Such a shame."

"You have changed, Damon," Lexi tells me.

"You're the second person to tell me that today."

"Was it the really tall guy?" She asks.

"Actually, it was him. His name is Aspen by the way."

"They seem like nice people."

"They are. They've been with me for the past two years," I tell her.

"You must really care about them to live with them for two years."

"I'm helping them out by watching over them."

"You don't need my help to be good. They're bringing out the good in you. Especially the girl. You really care about her."

"She keeps me from killing people."

"I've noticed that. Keep them around Damon. And thank you for saving me," she says as she walks into the woods.

I walk inside and see Aspen and Natala peacefully talking in the kitchen.

"What did Lexi want?" Natala asks.

"She wanted to thank me for saving her."

"That was nice of her," Aspen comments.

"It was."

The rest of the night passed without anymore fights. Aspen kept talking me by using telepathy. He kept telling me that I had to tell Natala how I feel. Eventually, I will tell her. It just has to be the right moment.


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