The Blue Eyed Gilbert

Chapter 45

---RECAP----
"You will remember all the love you had for Melanie Gilbert. You will deal with the pain of her being gone." I repeated it and ran home. I breathe out and lie on my bed. I feel someone cuddle up to me and I see someone who looks like Melanie. I stand off my bed and look at her.

"Christine?" I ask disbelieving. Melanie's dead isn't she?

"Nope. Surprised you still think I'm that whore." She scoffs.

"Melanie?" I ask happily.
---end of recap---

Damon's POV
"Yes Damon. 'Tis I. The love of your life. The one you cannot bare to live without." She teases. I chuckle and run to her. I bring her into a hug and squeeze her tight.

"Can't..... Breathe....." She chokes out. I pull back and hold her at arm distance.

"Sorry. Forgot you aren't a vampire anymore. I'm just so happy to see you." She smiles and goes to reply, but I cut her off by kissing her and she happily kisses back. She pulls back and I groan. She laughs and I smile.

"Hey. Do you want to see Jeremy and Elena? And everyone else of course." I ask. She gulps and holds hurt for a quick second in her eyes but it goes but I caught it.

"You ok?" I ask worriedly. She doesn't answer and I wave my hand in her face for a while calling her name. She shakes her head and smiles at me.

"Let's go. I want to see everyone especially Elena." She smirks and witchy-woo-woo's us to her house. We see Jeremy on the couch asleep with Stefan and Elena. I smirk at Melanie and she nods. She goes to her room and comes back. She has a blow horn and she goes over to them and blows it. They shoot up and Stefan flashes Melanie to the wall choking her.
"What do you want Christine?" He growls.
"I-it's me.... Melanie. Let go." She chokes out. I rush over and push Stefan off Melanie.
"It's actually her Stefan! She came back!" I say with a smile knowing I get to hold her for as long as I can.
"How do you know it's not Melanie?" He asks eyebrows raised. I go to answer but realise he's right. I don't actually know it's her. I turn to her and see her looking at me with hurt in her eyes.
"I don't. I'm sorry." I say and more hurt flashes her eyes before tears start welling up in her eyes and she runs upstairs to her room.
"Exactly Damon. We don't. She could be Christine for all we know. Melanie is dead... Don't you think Christine will take this as her opportunity to mess with your mind?" Stefan asks and I groan knowing he is right... There's a reasonable way to make sure it's Melanie. I run up the stairs and to Melanie's room. I try to open the door but it's locked. I hear Melanie or Christine in there crying or maybe she is faking it. I bash down the door and she shoots up. Her eyes puffy and red from crying.
"How do I know you're Melanie not Christine?" I ask.
"It's really me Damon. How can you not recognise me from Christine?" She asks starting to silently cry when all of a sudden it stops. She wipes her eyes and stands up. She comes my way and whispers in my ear,
"If you want to know if I'm really Melanie... Then I dare you to ask me a secret only Melanie would know." She pulls away and stands there.
"Ok. Ok. On the first day we saw eachother... What did you do?"
"You tried compelling me then kissing me so I vervained you taking you and torturing you until Elena and Stefan showed up." She answers straight away and I knew from there that it was Melanie.
"I'm so sorry Mel. I guess Stefan made me doubt it."
"It's fine. I'm used to people doing that. I guess I thought it would be different with you." She shrugs and walks out. I follow her and see her getting on her motorcycle. I step in front of it with my arms crossed and eyebrows raised.
"What are you doing Damon?" She asks.
"You are not riding that death trap."
"I can do what I want. You don't control me." She growls.
"Don't growl at me, pet. I can kill you in a second." I growl as a reflex. She looks taken back and I realise what I said.
"Oh shit. I'm so sorry Melanie, I did-" she cut me off.
"What? You didn't mean it? Of course you meant it Damon. You hate what I am and I'm sorry but that's never going to change." She says eyebrows furrowing.
"Ok. Yes I hate what you are but tha-" she cuts me off again.
"Damon! Shut up! God! I've been back, what? 10 minutes and you have already made me cry as well as tell me you basically hate me! You kissed me for God sake! Did that mean nothing?!" She shouts. She revs the engine and drives round me. I turn towards the direction she went and follow her, catching up to her. She looks at me and shakes her head, then starts going faster. I can't catch up to her. I stop and take deep breaths. She skids on the corner and stops for a moment. She looks back at me and I see tears in her eyes.
"I hate you Damon." I hear her say and she speeds off going as fast as she was before... But I know one thing... With the direction she is heading.... She is leaving Mystic Falls.