Thank you everyone for reading. I decided to dedicate each chapter to each girl, mainly because I feel that if I do a little of each girl the story will go in a really slow pace, but don't worry the girls will still interact with each other.

It will first be Elena, then Caroline, and finally Katherine. Enjoy!

Chapter Three: Little Blue Bird

Damon Salvatore wiped his brow as he overlooked his ranch hands that were finishing off the day's work while at the same time jokingly teasing each other. Damon couldn't help, but be proud of everything that he had accomplished in such a short period.

He had arrived in California two years' prior with only a few hundred dollars to his name that his mother had left him when she had died. Damon was alone in the world, but for some reason in California it had been even lonelier.

After their mother, Lily, had died Stefan, his younger brother and him had packed their stuff and headed out west with their dream of operating and owning a ranch that would sell and produced cattle.

Unfortunately, Stefan didn't survive the journey out west and had died from pneumonia halfway to California leaving Damon alone. Damon had nearly died from the journey as well as he had been robbed though thankfully they didn't take his horse, only a few dollars from Lily's money. The rest had been safely hidden inside his trousers because he had been warned of thieves.

He had bought his land when he had come into town and then he ordered his first shipment of cattle when he had still been sleeping in his small tent. Ten cattle had quickly become fifty and those fifty had become a hundred until Damon had more work than he could do himself and he hired ranch hands and built himself a modest home. After all he was by himself.

And now two years later Damon could safely say that he was proud of his work. He only wished that Stefan and Lily had been here to witness it. "We're done for the day." He called out to the ranch hands as he went back home. They were good men, but he was older than them at twenty-six and Damon had a habit of being cagey so he didn't exactly make friends easily.

He warned up the water for the tub and took a quick bath and then got himself in his freshly washed clothes. He closed the house and headed out to dinner. Damon was a lousy cook so he always ate at the saloon in town or the old boardinghouse. Whatever he was in the mood for.

However, he needed a stiff drink. He had, had stressful day today. Two of the cows had been sick and one of them had given birth. He doubted old Mr. and Mrs. Simon would have bourbon.

Elena saw as Sherriff Klaus left The Moonstone Saloon from where she was standing near the church after she had gone and said a quick prayer, though she doubted that she had accomplished anything.

Klaus seemed to be chuckling to himself as an angry blond followed him. "I'll show you! Mind your own business!"

Klaus looked back and gave her a playful wink. Elena had never seen Klaus be a playful anything. "Not likely, sweetheart." He was still chuckling to himself as he went back to his office.

The pretty blond continues to huff in annoyance until she saw that Elena had been staring at her. She flushed bright pink when she noticed that Elena had been seeing the entire thing. "Can I help you?"

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to stare," Elena apologized. "It's just that I saw Klaus leaving, I mean Sherriff Klaus and he was laughing and well he never laughs."

"I bet," the girl snorted. "Don't worry about it, sugar. My name is Caroline Forbes."

"My name is Elena. Elena Gilbert," Elena said curiously. "I've never seen you around town, Caroline are you new?"

"Yes," Caroline said. "I was going to be married to Matt Donovan, but he died and now I'm- "she flushed. "Well, I've fallen on hard times and my family is dead. Madam Pearl was kind enough to let me have a job here."

"As a- "she flushed. "Whore?"

Caroline flushed as well. "Well I'll be serving drinks for a while, but Madam Pearl assure me that after a week or two once I get the hang of the place she'll move me up to upstairs so that I can take in clients."

Elena fidgeted. "Does it pay a lot? Being a prostitute, I mean?"

Caroline tilted her chin. "You set your own rate and Madam Pearl get half of it. It includes meals and a room of your own. The pay will be small at first, but Madam Pearl assures me that it will go up once you become more experience."

Elena nodded. She had never thought about becoming a prostitute. It just wasn't morally right, not to mention that her reputation would be ruined. On the other hand, though if she did become what they call a painted lady she would be able to hire a private detective to locate Jeremy and besides then she and Jeremy would be able to go to a different town and change their names completely.

Elena squirmed. "Do you think that Madam Pearl would be willing to speak with me? I mean I'm a fast learner and even though I am a. . . virgin. I'm sure that I will be able to learn fast."

Caroline nodded. "Of course, come on let us go speak to Madam Pearl. Surely, she will be able to give you more details. Then you can decide."

Elena nodded. But she had already decided.

Madam Pearl was surprisingly nice much to Elena's pleasant surprise. She had heard stories about Madams who owned whorehouses being cruel and treating their girls like slaves. Madam Pearl wasn't exactly warm, but she was straightforward and she would be able to keep half of her earnings and Madam Pearl assured her that she would be able to charge more once she became more experienced.

Madam Pearl gave them both red petticoats to wear them under their too short skirts and gave Elena and Caroline a room of their own. She also told them to think of work names so that the men wouldn't call them by their birth names.

Caroline choose the name "Marigold" because that was her birth flower for the month of October and Elena settled on the name "Sapphire" because her favorite color was blue. That night both Elena and Caroline would start their first day of "work."

Everything had happened so fast that Elena was dizzy. She could hardly recognize herself in the mirror. She was wearing a white corset type blouse that showed off her breast and a too short navy blue skirt that showed off her ankles and the scandalous red petticoat that she wore underneath.

One of the other girls who worked with Madam Peal named Rose had put rogue on her cheeks and creamy lipstick. Elena was glad that she would only be serving drinks tonight and not losing her virginity. She didn't think she would be able to handle it.

Care squeezed her hand. "Are you ready?"

Elena took a deep breath. "As ready as I will ever be."

-End of Chapter Two-