BPOV

"Damn you're sexy when you run." Damon said while leaning against Edward's car.

"Damon? How did you get here so fast?" I asked, how could he have possibly known where the Cullen's lived already. Has he been here before?

"Well it was a race Bella, and you and I both know I don't like to lose." He smirked at me and walked closer. "Should I have been a gentleman and let you win, you would have hated me even more." He smiled and touched my cheek.

It's true if he had let me win I would have been angry with him. Damon just understands me; I guess that's what knowing someone for 30 years will get you. Interrupting my train of thought I heard someone clear their throat. I looked over Damon's shoulder and saw Edward and Emmett looking at us with curious yet angry eyes.

"What's going on here?" Emmett asked and walked closer to where Damon and I were standing.

"I could ask you the saw question. Did you guys just come out…..? Of the forest. What were two guys like you doing all alone in the woods?" Damon said as he turned around to face Emmett. Did he just insinuate that Edward and Emmett were gay? Wait, why would he think that?

"Damon what are you trying to say? They were hunting." I told him. I realized that I was still very close to Damon and it wasn't making this situation any better. I need to go to Edward. Make him feel better. So I ran towards him (vamp speed) and hugged him in close and gave him a kiss on the cheek. But he wasn't having that he pulled me closer and kissed me long and hard, but hey I can't complain. I heard my truck pulling into the drive way, so I pulled away from Edward. I turned only to a very upset Damon walking away from the house.

"Damon wait!" I said he turned to look at me. Stefan, Bonnie and Elena got out of the truck and walked to were Damon was. "Hey lets go inside ok I'd like you to meet the Cullen's." Edward and Emmett breezed past us inside the house. I took Damon's hand and lead them into the house. Whoa Déjà vu it was like telling them I was a vampire all over again. They were all there just waiting for us.

"Hey guys I would like you to meet Damon, Stefan, Bonnie and Elena. They have come a long way for some help." I told them and turned to Damon. "Guys these are the Cullen's; Alice, Jasper, Edward, Carlisle, Esme, Rosaline and Emmett. Now for gifts we have Alice, Edward and Jasper. Alice has visions and can see the future, I have a feeling that you and Bonnie will get along just fine. Jasper has the power to influence emotions and Edward can read minds."

"Pleasure to make your acquaintance." Carlisle said as he got up and went to shake Damon and Stefan's hands.

"Carlisle has always been fascinated with vampires; he is even more fascinated with our kind…"

"After Bella told me I did some research and if I am correct to believe that you men are the Salvatore brothers. Turned by a Ms. Katherine Peirce 1864; I must say you older than quite some of us. I met the other members in my family in the early 1900's. If you don't mind me asking will you tell us your story? I mean you can't believe everything you read on the internet."

"Carlisle at least invite them to sit down first; where have your manners gone?" Esme chided Carlisle. "Will you please follow me to the dining room there should be enough room for us to sit and talk there?" Esme said as she led us all into in the dining room I always loved Esme's choice in furniture. It was an exquisite masterpiece; the dark cherry finish glass top is the perfect addition for those looking to add a casual and luxurious tone to their dining room. There were only 8 chairs so Esme sent Emmett to get a few more. "Please sit." She said to us and that's what we did. Edward came around and pulled out my chair for me, while Damon sat in the seat next to me. I looked up at him and smiled.

"I know how talking about Katherine gets you all worked up. Just remember I'm here to help you out." I told him and he smiled back. I heard Edward clear his throat as he sat down on the other side on me. I looked at him and gave him a knowing look.

"Stop it Edward I love you but Damon really needs me here." I told him and rubbed his arm to calm him down.

"He'll try to play it up to get your attention." Edward snared

"Edward you don't know the story so I suggest you stay quiet and listen before we have another fight; and with that he remained quiet but took my hand into his to let me know he doesn't want another fight. Meanwhile Damon took my left hand into his own as well and gave me a brilliant smile. Edward was right of course he is going to over play it to get my attention.

"Okay so what do you want to know?" Damon asked and looked towards the rest of the Cullen's.

"Just your history how you guys became what you are." Carlisle told Damon.

"It all started at some point in 1864 when Katherine came to Mystic Falls in order to hide from Klaus an original vampire and for the sake of this long ass story I will elaborate on that later. She had a romantic relationship with both of us, although she had a clear preference for Stefan, she never loved me it was always Stefan." Damon started off gosh Katherine really is a first class bitch. I squeezed Damon's hand tighter in order to comfort him.

"Katherine had planned to turn both of us into vampires, and had been feeding us vampire blood for a while. When her true identity was revealed and we were both killed by our own father for trying to protect her. However, Damon truly loved her and had hoped to be the only one to be turned into a vampire by her, so he was angry at his at me for being turned into one as well. Furthermore, Damon had been told by Emily Bennett that Katherine had been entombed along with all the other vampires in the town in 1864 as a form of protection, and so, for over 140 years, he wanted to bring Katherine back and he shared a bitter and violent relationship with me." Stefan continued even though I know this story is also hard for him to speak about.

"Damon came back to Mystic Falls after finding what he believed to be a way to finally bring Katherine back. However, after meeting Katherine's descendant and fellow doppelgänger Elena Gilbert, and upon realizing that Katherine had never loved him, Damon stopped caring for her and started working with me to protect Elena and her friends and family from various other supernatural threats. When Katherine eventually returned to Mystic Falls as well and with the goal of killing Elena for various reasons, Damon and I became her enemies. Afterwards, Damon's and Katherine's hate for each other continuously grew." Stefan finished and didn't look like he could handle speaking about it anymore.

"Although Damon would jump on any occasion to get rid of Katherine for good, Stefan has been more lenient with her, believing that she is merely the person that she is because of her harsh life." Elena added this I didn't know.

"I went off to the Confederate army but came back to find Stefan playing a game with Katherine. Katherine was happy I had returned as she now had both brothers to keep her entertained. She needed someone to escort her to the Founder's Ball and both Stefan and I accepted to offer at the same time. Katherine was amused but in the end, she chose Stefan. After the dance, Stefan escorted Katherine, beaming with pleasure because she was staying with our family." Damon continued what Stefan could no longer say.

"Stefan escorted her to her room and confessed his feelings for her and kissed her afterwards. Katherine was taken by surprise, but in a good way. When she entered her room, she found that I was waiting there. I had no problem with Stefan's "feeble crush" but Katherine had compelled me to leave her alone." Damon stopped then, this is the part that crushed him the most.

"While we were having sex with, Katherine's true nature was revealed as a vampire and she bit me. In the morning, she compelled me to keep her secret and not to tell anyone. She had a future planned for her, Damon and me. She compelled both us to keep her secret from one another and eventually be together forever." Stefan took over telling the story now.

"Katherine knew that George Lockwood knew what she was and made a deal with him: she would get him what he wanted, if she helped him escape the town. He agreed. Katherine continued her love affairs with both of us. Damon fell deeply in love with Katherine and willingly drank her blood as he wanted to become a vampire himself and join the darkness in order to be with her for all of eternity. Bella, a friend of Katherine's was aware of what she was doing to the brothers and advised Katherine against it, but Katherine wasn't bothered. Vampires were being hunted and we knew that if Katherine was exposed, she would be taken away and be destroyed. I wondered whether it would be best if we told our father Giuseppe Salvatore so he would protect her but Damon was against the suggestion, knowing that if our father found out, he would kill Katherine himself. Damon, wanting Katherine to be safe, made me promise not to speak a word to our father. Nevertheless, I went to Giuseppe anyway and tried to convince him that there were good vampires in the world, but Giuseppe knew that vampires were monsters and there was no goodness in them. He became suspicious of my judgment; spiked my drink with vervain. Unaware what that father had done this, I went about my daily business. Katherine knew when the vampires would be rounded up and wanted to see me one more time…" Stefan trailed off.

"When Katherine and I were alone, she bit me. By now was used to her feeding on me and didn't mind but I was confused and horrified when she collapsed, due to the vervain weakening her. My father came and told me to alert the sheriff." Stefan finished that last part and looked at Damon pleadingly to finish off the story.

"I came and tried to stop Katherine from being taken away. My father stopped him, knowing that if I was marked a sympathizer, I would be killed with her as well, but I didn't care. I was furious with Stefan for what he had done and blamed him for revealing who Katherine was. We both decided to free her. In the process, I was shot and killed. Stefan picked up a gun and tried to shoot whoever had done it but was shot as well. Stefan watched Katherine get reloaded into the wagon and driven away as he died. Katherine escaped not too long after with the help of George Lockwood and looked back at our bodies." Damon paused he looked at me and then to the Cullen's. I totally forgot about them I was re living this story in my head. They all looked with sympathy towards the brothers knowing now how hard their life was. Even Edward looked remorseful towards them. But the story wasn't finished Damon then continued.

"Both of us woke the next day as transitioning vampires. While I had volunteered to be a vampire, Stefan had been compelled by Katherine to drink her blood. Becoming a vampire had been for Katherine only and because she was going to die, being a vampire was worthless. At the end of the day Stefan went to say goodbye to our father while I went to Fell's Church to see Katherine being taken inside before the building went up in flames. When I came back, Stefan had become a vampire with our father's blood. Stefan wanted us to remain together forever and compelled a young woman to a "gift" for my final transitioning. I was hesitant at first but the temptation for blood was irresistible and I drank the woman's blood. But I was angry that Katherine had decided to turn Stefan as well and vowed to my dear brother an eternity of misery. I talked to Emily Bennett, Katherine's handmaiden, who was a witch and had cast a spell on the church so the vampires were protected from permanent death. Because she kept Katherine alive, I protected her family when she was burned at the stake." Damon finished he held my hand tighter and took a deep breath.

"I think we should take a pause this might take all night and I have a feeling if you want the rest of the story you're going to have to pour Damon a drink." I told them Esme and Alice got up and went to prepare something for the boys. Looking a Damon's face right now all I wanted to do was hug him make sure he was ok make him happy and help him forget Katherine. It was then that I realized it… I still love Damon Salvatore.

Because I Still Love You

A/N So so so sorry it's taken me so long to finish up this chapter. I had a lot of details and I needed to figure out where to add Bella. So far so good next few chapters is going to be more history on the Salvatore's until I figure out in what direction I want to continue the story. So please bear with me as I try to figure out the rest of the story. I'll try to update as soon as possible. Love you Beautiful People.