It's a beautiful day in Georgia, as I drive my car. Elena is in the passenger seat.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEjnUBPiSr
When Elena awakes, she realizes we're not in Mystic Falls anymore, because she asks me, "Where are we?"601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrb2pbYI4V
"Georgia," I reply.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzMiXOdp8U
"Take me back to Mystic Falls, Damon," she orders.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuMnu9KAzw
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.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zSBrOiwSD
"No can do," I reply to her.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdpFLfAyij
"Damon," she warns me.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL08cWBj8tu
Her phone goes off and I take it from her. It's Stefan, so I answer it, while driving.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8jMltj5W7
"Hello, Stefan."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokY2TSm2S2
"Damon, where's Elena?"601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4cbeuiC5w
"Right here."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgLwCI79co
"Bring her home," he orders.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYpNjmI7GJd
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.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9e91q77h6Y
I hang up on him and give the phone back to her.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcePbpiTDt
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.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wbx6dyNbg
I look into her eyes.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ibOC0TY3S
"Are you okay?" I ask.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mT4b3Nw73
"I'm fine."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡei6ZRyb79w
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.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEafbHfCr15
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.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwMO1Keh5Q
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.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7s73ciJXR
I look up at him.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZPTcP0VmJU
"You killed my girlfriend," he tells me.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGDd1aveoVK
"Oh, yeah. She was delicious," I reply through the pain. Then he throws gasoline all over me, before lighting a match.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLy3j823fX
"You're going to pay," he tells me.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFb9ZOfR5l
Before he can throw it down, Elena stands a distance behind him and says, "Please."601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdbs9TCdQz
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.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMjXY5b363
"I saved your life," she announces.601Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlShrSvlQr
"I know," I reply with a smirk.
"And don't you forget it," she replies to me.
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