Vervain {Damon Salvatore}

1. Vicki's Problem

"Elise come on, we're going to be late!" Matt yells from downstairs. I get up and groan.
"Five more minutes." I say rolling over.
"Elise! Get your ass up! It's the first day."

"You know, just because you're two minutes older doesn't mean you can be a pain in the ass Matt." I say getting up and walking over to my closet.

I throw on clothes and quickly fix my hair and throw on some makeup.

"Elise!" Matt yells.
"Come on!" Vicki yells.
"Vicki, shut up." I say walking in front of them.
"No." She says.
"Guys." Matt says.
"Who's your new dealer now?"
"You're a real bitch." She says.

I roll my eyes and walk out the door.

While waiting in the car I decide to call Elena since her parents died recently and she's one of my best friends.
"Hey." I say.
"Hi."
"How are you feeling?"
"I don't know. I'm managing. I'm going to school today."
"Vicki and Matt are walking out I'll see you when I'm no longer with my little sibling squad."
"Okay." She says.

I sit in the passenger side. We get to school and I get out and walk over to Caroline, Bonnie, and Elena.

"To a new start." Elena says. We all hug gently and walk inside.

"Where is Jeremy?" Elena says.
"No clue." Caroline says.
"I'm going to kill him." Elena says as she storms off.

"What was that about?" Bonnie asks.
"No clue." I say.

Later that day we notice that there's a new student, Stefan Salvatore.

A few days later we meet up, but Bonnie had to go to her grams.
"He's such a hottie." Caroline says talking about Stefan.
"I don't know. He seems to have a thing for Elena." I say.
"No. I don't have time for that." Elena says laughing.
"Well, maybe he should know that." I say.

Me and Caroline laugh.

I get a notification. It's Matt.
"I need you home like now." He says.
"Why?"
"I can't find Vicki."
"Okay?"
"Elise, please."
"Fine."

"Everything okay?"
"No, Vicki's off to who knows where and Matt needs me to help him."
"Oh, good luck." Caroline says.
"Bye."

I walk out. I got Matt to drop me off before getting to the grill and I don't have a ride.

"Shit." I say starting to walk. While I walk I'm on my phone. Suddenly it dies. Of course this has to happen.

"No, oh my god!" I yell to myself.

I start to walk in silence nervously since it's dark and I'm alone.

I hear a few noises from behind me. I turn around and no one's there. I turn back around and see a group of boys that look around my age.

"Um hi." I say awkwardly.
"Aren't you Elise Donovan?" One of them asks.
"Yeah, why?" I ask.
"Well, your sister Vicki owes us money."
"A lot of it." Another adds.
"Okay, that's not my problem." I say trying walk away. One of them grabs my shoulder.

"Oh, it is now. Cause we warned her that if she didn't pay us one of her siblings would get hurt and you sweetheart just happen to be it." He says leaning close to me.
"What the hell do you mean?" I ask.

He looks at another guy and nods. The guy grabs my arm.
"What the fu-!" I yell but get interrupted by getting hit in the face.
"Sorry to ruin such a pretty face." The guy says.

"Well, why not give her a kiss before she's fucked up?" Another one laughs.
"No! What the hell! Leave me alone!" I start to scream and try to get out of his grasp but another one holds onto my other arm and holds my face to face the guy.

"No!" I start to scream.

He grabs my waist and looks at me with a smirk.

"Leave me alone!" I scream.

Another guy hits me.
"Stop playing hard to get!" He yells in my face. Tears start to form in my eye.
"Please." I beg.

Headlights pull up next to us. The guys look up nervously.

The cars windows are rolled down. It's a guy.

He looks at us all carefully.

"Help!" I yell. The guy pulls my arm down.

The guy looks at me. "Please." I whisper.

He looks at the guys.
"You're going to get away from her. Now." He says. The guys surprisingly let me go and walk away.

"How did you do that?" I ask.
"Easy." He says.

He instantly is standing in front of me. I can see him better now. He has piercing blue eyes and dark hair.
"You're not going to scream and you're not going to be scared." He says.

"Why would I be scared?" I ask stepping back nervously. He looks at me confused. He repeats himself.
"I heard you the first time. Now answer my question. What am I not supposed to scream at?" I ask.

"Vervain." He mutters to himself.
"What?" I say.

He looks at me and smiles.
"How about I give you a ride?" He asks.
"Yeah, my brothers going to kill me." I say realizing how pissed he's going to be.

We get into his car.
"Nice car." I say looking around.
"I know." He says.

"What did those guys have with you?" He asks.
"I don't know apparently my sister owes them money."
"And they took it out on you? Classic." He says.

"What's your name?" I ask.
"Damon. Damon Salvatore." He says.
"Salvatore?" I ask. He goes quiet. "As in Stefan Salvatore?"
"Ah, yes, that's my brother." He says.
"So, you guys are new here?"

"You're asking a lot of questions." He says.
"Sorry."
"What's your name?"
"Elise Donovan." I say. He nods.

"Yes, we are new here. We moved away years ago but we came back. How do you know my brother?"
"We go to school together." I say. He nods.

"Well, here we are." He says stopping in front of my house.

"Thank you, Damon. Really." I say. He smiles and nods.

He drives off and I walk inside ready to tell Matt what happened.