Hello, my lovelies. It is time to find out what is going on in Damon S.'s world. Oh, and I have to tell you all that I will not be able to update as frequently. Unfortunately I can no longer keep up with Grad school work and my stories. I will try to update when I can. The updates will still appear on Saturdays. I will try to let you know when the next update will appear on my profile page. In the meantime if you have the time, please, check out my first story, Welcome to 'Amp Burger. Although Delena is not the focus of the story their relationship is a pivotal part of the story. Enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 9: In His World

Waking up in the canopy bed. That was probably the first clue that something was off. The second was when I sat bolt upright and without registering it I was in the bathroom staring in the mirror. No, I wasn't in someone else's body but this was not right. Not at all. Looking around the bathroom I was impressed with the size of the bathtub and the detached shower. It was nice and spacious. Walking into the bedroom I looked around. Very nice.

Then someone was calling my name. "Damon. Damon, are you home?" The voice was familiar but not. Hurrying out of the unfamiliar bedroom and down the hall I thought some things felt familiar. "Damon." The female voice called again. For some reason the voice sounded closer than it should be or maybe just louder. Maybe I partied with Matt and Tyler and now I was hung over.

Stepping into a very large room I looked at the girl who had her back to me. "Damon." She yelled in frustration and I put my hands over my ears.

"I'm here," I replied. When she turned around my breath caught and I took an unnecessary step backward. Elena Salvatore stood in front of me. Taking another step back I stumbled and fell down.

Elena walked closer to me. "Hey, Damon. Are you okay?" I fought the desire to run away from her.

"I'm… I'm fine." I said but I stayed on the floor. Then Stefan Salvatore walked into the room.

"What's he done now?" Stefan asked coming to stand beside Elena.

Elena frowned. "Nothing. I think… I think he's sick or something. He's acting odd."

"Odder than usual. And this is Damon we're talking about." Stefan grinned at Elena who tucked a lock of hair behind her ear with an answering smile.

"Yeah. You've got a point there. I've got to get to school." Elena leaned forward and kissed Stefan on the lips.

I could only sit in dumb horror. Did she really just kiss her brother? "I'll see you later." Elena said while walking backwards out of the room. "Try not to kill each other."

"Sure." Stefan said with what sounded like a lot of sarcasm. The minute Elena was gone Stefan looked down at me. "So, what's the act this time, Damon? Don't you think you've pulled enough crap with her lately?"

For some reason I began to feel angrier than I had felt in my entire seventeen years. Who did this guy think he was? He was attacking me for something I hadn't even done. "What is your problem?" I snapped finding myself right in front of the younger Salvatore. "I'm not the one making out with my own sister. I mean, seriously, I think you two need therapy or to have a little separate time or something."

Crossing his arms over his chest Stefan glared at me. "Yeah, Damon, I'm sure you'd like it if Elena and I spent some time apart so you two could spend some more time together."

Now, I was frowning. "Why would I want to spend time with Elena? She's crazy and violent. Besides I love Caroline. Speaking of things I need to do. I need to get to school to see my lovely girlfriend and tell her about the wild night which landed me at the Salvatores."

Stefan began to shake his head. "Damon, you need to leave Caroline alone. She's got enough going on right now. She doesn't need you trying to re-involve yourself with her."

I had been walking away when his words stopped me. "Re-involve? What do you mean re-involve myself with her? And what do you mean she's got a lot going on?"

"Look, she has enough going on without you interfering. She's still getting used to being a vampire and she certainly doesn't need you trying to be her… whatever you want to call it. Besides you really hurt her the last time. I'm not going to let you do that again." As Stefan spoke I tried to wrap my mind around his words but none of them made sense to me.

Before I knew what I was doing I hurled myself at Stefan. "What did you do to Caroline, you monster?"

Trying to break my grip from where I had him pinned to the floor Stefan finally stopped. "Damon, why are trying to choke me?"

"Oh, sorry." I said releasing my grip and like that my anger had dissipated.

Staring at me with wide eyes Stefan sat up. "Are you feeling well, Damon?"

"Why does everyone keeping thinking that I'm sick. I don't have a fever." I sat up feeling irritated.

"No, I don't think you would," Stefan said chuckling. "Now, Damon, we've got a lot going on. We can't have you losing your mind. It would be yet another thing to deal with." He stood up and held out a hand to me. "Come on, brother, we have things to do to figure out how to protect Elena from Klaus."

After I was upright, I could stare at Stefan. "Brother?"

Turning around Stefan came over to me and looked me in the eye. He began to look genuinely worried. "There really is something going on with you, isn't there?"

Sighing I nodded and walked over to sit down on one of the couches. "Where am I?" I asked looking at the ceiling. This felt so wrong - like my world was upside down.

"Damon, what's your name?" Stefan asked sitting in front of me.

"Damon Adrian Gilbert." I told him.

Stefan sat back, frowning at me. "So, you're a Gilbert."

"Yes."

"Okay. And who am I?" Stefan asked his eyebrows knitting together.

"You're Stefan Salvatore. You're a vampire but you only told me that a couple of months ago because I guess you saved me from drowning in car crash with my parents. I suppose you could say we're kind of friends." I gave him a weak smile hoping he wasn't thirsty.

Sighing Stefan sat forward. "What's Elena's name?"

"She's Elena Salvatore. She said she's your older sister but after that little display earlier I highly doubt that." I replied.

"Oh." Stefan sat back. "So, in your reality I'm Elena's brother, you're dating Caroline and you're a human." Resting his hands on his knees Stefan pushed himself to his feet. "Seriously, Damon? I'll give you credit. You almost had me this time." Shaking his head beginning to chuckle Stefan walked away. "Have a nice day, Damon Gilbert."

After Stefan left I flopped back on the couch. "What was wrong with everyone around here?" My pocket began to vibrate and I pulled out my phone. Only it wasn't my phone. It was kind of like the all black outfit I woke up in. Everything was wrong here.

Looking at the screen I saw my history teacher's name on the screen. Hesitantly I opened the phone. "Hello?"

"Damon. Are you busy? I have some information about Klaus and I thought you might want to meet up." Alaric asked me.

"Umm… Okay." I said.

"I'm at the Grill." My teacher informed me like we met up outside of class all the time. This was really weird. What in the God's name was going on? I really needed to talk to Caroline and I didn't care what Stefan said. Getting up I ran out the door. I'm not even sure what caused me to begin to run rather than look for a vehicle. The feeling of the air rushing around my body felt amazing.

Suddenly I was in front of Caroline's door and she was just walking out. "Damon?" She said looking at me, her face crinkling in anger. "What do you want?"

"Caroline." I breathed and then I was embracing her tightly. I still hadn't gotten used to my speed or apparently, my strength, as Caroline squirmed away.

"What is your problem?" Walking away from me Caroline walked toward her car. "I need to get to school."

"Caroline, please, I don't have anyone else to talk to." I cried slumping to the ground on my knees. "Everything is wrong. Stefan says he's my brother and he was kissing his sister, Elena. And now… now you won't talk to me. Please, Caroline. I am begging you. Don't walk away from me."

Turning around slowly Caroline stared at me wide eyed. "Are you crying?"

I put my head down. This was stupid. I was crying in front of my girlfriend. Or maybe she wasn't my girlfriend. The way things had been going since I woke up that would make sense. Or at least as much sense as anything else around here did. "Care, please," I said. I was spent and there wasn't much more I could take right now.

Caroline came over and sat down in front of me. She took my face in her hands and looked me in the eye. "Damon, I swear if this turns out to be one of your sick and stupid games I will stake you myself," She warned me.

"It's not a trick and why would you give me a slab of meat." I looked at her with my eyes wide.

"Okay." Caroline said softly wrapping her arms around her legs. "Tell me everything."

So, I told everything that happened that morning and then everything I remembered from before that. "Now, do you see why I had to come to you?"

Nodding Caroline looked shocked. "So, this world must suck a lot for you."

"Yeah," I said. It was such a relief to have someone who actually believed me for once today. Thinking about everything that happened I had major question. "Care?"

Looking up from the grass Caroline looked at me. Her eyes were full of concern. "Yes, Damon?"

"Am I a vampire?" I asked dreading the answer.

Caroline nodded slowly. "Yes." Sucking in a deep breath she seemed to be coming to a decision. "So am I."

I blinked rapidly. "No, Care, no. Not you. You can't be one of them."

"It's okay now, Damon. I've learned to control it. And…" Caroline was processing something quickly before smiling widely. "I can help you through this. I'll be like your Lexi."

"Who's Lexi?" I asked as Caroline stood up and dusted herself off.

"She was Stefan's best friend and his mentor before you got in a shitty mood and staked her. Well, other you. The bad you. Do you know how nice it will be to have nice version of you… " I began to tune Caroline out. I did love her but once she started talking sometimes it felt like the world would have to blow up for her to stop.

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