The Other Gilbert

10

It is nighttime and down a dark road is Elena's black SUV rolled over in the middle of the road. Amanda is in the driver seat stuck with glass all around her. She looks to her right and she sees a man laying on the ground. A minute later the man gets up and he starts walking towards the car. Amanda starts screaming as he gets closer to the car. Something scares the man away and he takes off running a second later the door opens and a concerned Damon looks inside.

"I was hoping it wasn't you Amanda. How you doing in there?"

"Damon?" I say confused.

"You look stuck."

"It's my seatbelt...."

"Shh,shh,shh!"

"Aah."

"Let me get you out of there. I want you to put your hands on the roof." I didn't question him at all. I just listened . "Just like that. You ready?" I nod yes. "One.... Two.. three." he rips the seatbelt and I fall onto the roof. He gently pulls me out the car and carries me. "Baby are you okay?"

"Uh."

"Can you stand?"

"Ugh."

"Is anything broken?"

"Mm-hmm." he slowly puts me on the ground and I started to collapse, but he grabs me. "Whoa. You're fading fast, Amanda." He helps me stand again. "Amanda, look at me. Focus. Look at me." He puts his thumb on my busted lip, and we both look at each other" "okay. You're gonna be OK."

" Elena said we look like her." I said, with tears in my eyes.

"What?" He says then I pass out.

~~~~~~~~~

I slowly open my eyes and I see it is daytime and I'm in a car. I look out the window and I see fields. I turned my head to the left and I see Damon driving he looks at me and smiles.

"Morning." He says.

"Where are we?" I put my hand in my head and started feeling to see if I had any dry blood or glass stuck in my hair.

" Georgia."

"Georgia? No, no, no, we're not. Seriously, Damon. Where are we?" I look out the window again and all I see are fields.

" seriously, we're, we're in Georgia." We both look at each other. "How are you feeling?"

"I, I..."

"There was no broken bones. I checked."

"Elena car. There was a man. I hit a man. But then he got up and who was that?"

"That's what I would like to know." I put my hands on my sweater pocket and didn't fill my phone.

" where is my phone? Okay, we really need to go back. Nobody knows where I am. I need to call Elena or Jenna. They are worried about me. pull over. I mean it, Damon. Stop the car! Pull over!"

"Oh, you were so much more fun when you were asleep." he slowly pulls to the side of the road. I open the passenger door and I slowly get out and my body is hurting I lean forward and within a second he is next to me he puts his hand on my lower back. "Hey." We both look at each other.

"I'm fine." I say as I straighten up, he moves his hand from me and I take a step forward and quickly loses my balance.

" clearly you're not fine." He says as he holds onto my waist."

"We have to go back." He lets me go again and this time I don't trip.

"Oh, come on. Look, we've already come this far."