"I want to meet his brother of yours." Enzo says one night, interrupting one of Damon's revenge plans.
"Why?" Damon asks.
"So I can ask him how he puts up with you." Enzo retorts.
Damon lets out a slight laugh, "He doesn't. we spend decades without seeing each other."
"Then why do you think he is going to find you?" Enzo asks.
Damon pauses, "Did I ever tell you how I turned?"
"No, you just said it was a girl, Katherine." Enzo says.
Damon sighs, "She was beautiful, with a dark personality to match. She pitted my brother and I against one another, saying she couldn't choose."
"Sounds like a wonderful person." Enzo remarks.
He can practically feel Damon rolling his eyes, "She is, she introduced me to this new world and promised to make me apart of it. She fed me her blood, promising to turn me, she never said anything about Stefan though."
Enzo stays silent, despite his questions.
"It's a long story, but one night my father and the town went vampire hunting, when he discovered she was a vampire. Stefan and I tried to save her, but we couldn't, and our father shot us." Damon says, wincing slightly at the last act of betrayal his father committed.
"Stefan turned, then convinced me to turn, saying he couldn't live an eternity without his brother. I promised him an eternity of misery." Damon says. "He is a terrible vampire, he goes through periods without emotion, and it makes him into a ruthless killer. When he's like that, the only thing on his mind is blood. We haven't talked in a while, he is probably on one of his rampages. But Lexi, his best friend, will help him. She always does." Damon finishes. He sounds so sure, Enzo knows it must kill him as time goes by, proving him wrong.
"I'm sorry to say this, but that sounds like an excuse to ignore what's going on around you." Enzo says.
Damon sighs, "It takes a while, but he will come. Even though we don't always get along, he's still always there when I need him."
Enzo doesn't want to crush Damon's hope, so he just says, "We'll be long gone by then."
Damon smiles slightly, "What about you, how did you turn?"
"I was dying of consumption, trying to get on a boat to America that had this doctor that supposedly could cure it. They wouldn't let me on, but this woman convinced them, later I knew it was compulsion. I died, and woke up alone on a boat. Everyone was dead, and the woman no where to be seen. The doctor was the last living person, but he was barely breathing. I finished him off, and then left the boat. I didn't even know vampires existed. After five years of figuring it out I met a witch, her name was Maggie. She was kind, and helped me out. She gave me a daylight ring, and taught me the basics of this new supernatural world I entered, and even tried to help me find a cure for my new state. I spent a year with her, but then I soon learned the other witches weren't so welcoming of vampires. I left her behind, knowing it was the only way she would have a normal life." Enzo finishes.
"Is she the reason you haven't turned it off?" Damon asks, he sounds hesitant, like he over stepped.
Enzo almost laughs, they have been cellmates for years, listing to the screams of pain from each other, and Damon's afraid to ask a question. It's almost out of character, but these two always try to respect one another even when everyone else treats them worse than animals. "No. We ended on good terms." Enzo says.
"I thought you said you left her behind." Damon sounds confused.
"I did, but I didn't leave in the middle of the night. I explained to her why I was leaving. She reluctantly agreed, and helped me leave without risk of being caught by the other witches." Enzo smiles, "I came by decades later, for her birthday. She was surrounded by loved ones, her husband, children, and grandchildren, I don't think I ever saw her happier than she was in that moment. I waited until everyone left before knocking on her door, wished her happy birthday and thanking her for helping me when I had no one. I left on good terms, and she lived a live well lived." Enzo says, reminiscing about his old freind.
"She's not the one that brings me hope." Enzo pauses, thinking about a certain blonde.
Damon is interested now, while he talks about his brother all the time and Katherine, Enzo never talks about anyone besides the people who torture them everyday. "Why haven't you turned it off yet?" Damon asks, curious, after all he has done it before.
Enzo sighs, "Hate and revenge fueled me for years, but it began to taper. I wanted to end it all, but then it felt like they would win."
"Your too stubborn for that." Damon interjects.
"Maybe." Enzo agrees with a chuckle, "But then someone looked at me and saw the man I've always wanted to be." Enzo says.
Damon rolls his eyes, "It's not Dr. Whitemore, so who was it?"
"She left before you came, sent here by her parents to study vampires. She never treated me like a monster, she showed me kindness and compassion. Not to mention she was gorgeous, with long legs, and golden locks. She gave me something that I never had before, not even with Maggie, acceptance." Enzo tries to explain Caroline, but it seems impossible.
Damon is impressed, he's never had that before, "Why did she leave?"
Enzo sighs, "I compelled her, there was no need for her to ruin her life here."
"Why does she give you hope?" Damon doesn't quite get it.
"She brought light, and showed me that people are worth saving. I just want to say 'Thank you, Caroline'." Enzo says.
A/N I hope this doesn't seem to out of character, I wanted to show how close Damon and Enzo are. They've been together for years at this point. I also wanted to include Maggie, since she was a very important person in Enzo's life.
Until next time!