It's a beautiful day in Georgia, as I drive my car. Elena is in the passenger seat.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7KbPLSXnB
When Elena awakes, she realizes we're not in Mystic Falls anymore, because she asks me, "Where are we?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLF4HWQUDG
"Georgia," I reply.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuvLg72BUg
"Take me back to Mystic Falls, Damon," she orders.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCn0ZGuxJn0
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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDkviUYKD9
"No can do," I reply to her.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiKAwnv2jh
"Damon," she warns me.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRW7PwXDal
Her phone goes off and I take it from her. It's Stefan, so I answer it, while driving.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6IbkrKrJiG
"Hello, Stefan."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mtQejKxw9
"Damon, where's Elena?"566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGot49pufm
"Right here."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4ZNhzga39
"Bring her home," he orders.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsErlR0STjX
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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡceQrPIxPBc
I hang up on him and give the phone back to her.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvSGKkWYqs
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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xW3zSM7pa
I look into her eyes.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW794dKMFUt
"Are you okay?" I ask.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRyU4iZ2KV
"I'm fine."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ79ZRx5kUGz
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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz1ky448XvP
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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVqioQ49Pc
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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlT7W5JIKF
I look up at him.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gVVS2AwEI
"You killed my girlfriend," he tells me.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIW7s33PJ2a
"Oh, yeah. She was delicious," I reply through the pain. Then he throws gasoline all over me, before lighting a match.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpnl7rtn6F
"You're going to pay," he tells me.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzsFaxhrLH
Before he can throw it down, Elena stands a distance behind him and says, "Please."566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkmLogESd4
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.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAlTKIRsQ2
"I saved your life," she announces.566Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeby1gXLnp
"I know," I reply with a smirk.
"And don't you forget it," she replies to me.
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