It's a beautiful day in Georgia, as I drive my car. Elena is in the passenger seat.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuX6bt2jKmh
When Elena awakes, she realizes we're not in Mystic Falls anymore, because she asks me, "Where are we?"573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJpY4aUfOn
"Georgia," I reply.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUlikP8ymg
"Take me back to Mystic Falls, Damon," she orders.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUE5C9gmSP
I knew she'd act this way, but I had to keep her safe. Plus, I was on my way to taking a trip here to see some old friends, anyway. That, and I knew it would piss Stefan off. So she's with me.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuZ4adq9hL
"No can do," I reply to her.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhUbfWmbzx
"Damon," she warns me.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03LULHtDVN
Her phone goes off and I take it from her. It's Stefan, so I answer it, while driving.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn2fFILwQIy
"Hello, Stefan."573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzz6KB6Vrr
"Damon, where's Elena?"573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxq2eJyD1s3
"Right here."573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbbbmnALLD
"Bring her home," he orders.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XoLibVcqg
I tell him that I can't and I know he's pissed off, but I don't really care right now. Elena is my priority, as well as this first round trip.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyz1d31IRlv
I hang up on him and give the phone back to her.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmCZ2EPBoH
When I pull over, we get out of the car. Elena gets out slowly and acts like she's in pain, which I know she is a little. I'm a vampire, so I can sense pain. So, at vampire speed, I go to stand by her.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUA1om7I2C
I look into her eyes.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU3H3rJWrrT
"Are you okay?" I ask.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhtMaBo3YA
"I'm fine."573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpRzdE8l7t
I know that's a fib, since I sense her pain, but Elena can be stubborn and I don't blame her for not liking me much. I've done a lot of awful things since I arrived in Mystic Falls. But I wouldn't hurt Elena. I would protect her with my life, because I love her, though I would never admit it out loud.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Zp7GcTcGX
We arrive at a bar and I introduce her to an old friend whom owns the bar. She makes us a meal and we eat. Then Elena gets a call from Bonnie, I don't know what about, and she walks off to speak to her. Then, a few minutes later, my friends asks me, "Where did your friend go?" I realize it's been too long that she has been gone, so I go to investigate. I go out the back where the door is open and see her cell phone there. So I go in search of her.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuF61LbgwTL
When I find her at an abandoned sewer plant, Elena yells at me, "Damon, no!" Then I'm attacked from behind by a vampire with a bat. I'm in pain from him hitting me repeatedly with the bat.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpStFMuhpIj
I look up at him.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9dDaAUADa
"You killed my girlfriend," he tells me.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6pyAYr02x
"Oh, yeah. She was delicious," I reply through the pain. Then he throws gasoline all over me, before lighting a match.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz26RpH4S5R
"You're going to pay," he tells me.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLeK2a2Bus
Before he can throw it down, Elena stands a distance behind him and says, "Please."573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnFejifVfk
He turns to look at her and she says, "Please, don't hurt him!" she says.
The next day, I drive back to Mystic Falls with her.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKI8Trs2Wx4
"I saved your life," she announces.573Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0aDbA3AaN
"I know," I reply with a smirk.
"And don't you forget it," she replies to me.
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