The youngest Gilbert

Caught

"Hey" He said. "Hi" I said.

We stood in a comfortable silence for a short while. Just taking in each others presence. I sat on my bed and he followed. "How long have you been a werewolf?" I asked Aaron curiously. He smiled. "Going on three years now." Aaron told me proudly. "That's cool, I've always wanted to be a werewolf but I figured that I've got enough supernatural genetics in me already." I joked playfully. "Yeah. You're a real busy body aren't you Paige. How are you able to be two things at once though?" He asked me, clearly interested. "I was just born like this I guess. I broke my witch abilities in when I was 6, I healed a butterfly's broken wing. As far as being a dark angel is concerned, it means that I have extremely strong powers of persuasion, telepathy, telekinesis and complete and utter destruction at my fingertips." I concluded. Aaron looked semi shocked and semi impressed. "That's why the originals are after you, you can kill them can't you?" He asked rather urgently. "I suppose I could if I channeled enough power and had more practice through destruction." I shrugged. Aaron looked shocked to say the least. "Would you ever kill them Paige?" He asked suddenly very serious and intimidating. I had become suspicious and didn't want to answer. Aaron came closer to me as I moved further away. He was nearly on top of me. His teeth bared. "I asked you a question Paige. Please answer me so that I don't have to cause damage to that pretty little face of yours." He whispered in my ear as his teeth grazed up my neck. "I think it's time you leave Aaron. Whatever you're looking for , you won't find it here." I said bluntly but with authority. "Oh now I can't do that darling. You see, I have this deal with Klaus that I would get him answers at all costs in exchange to be turned by him. If you don't tell me how you plan on killing them... then I'll just have to kill you." Aaron smirked maliciously. I stayed silent. He bared his fangs at me and brought them down to my neck and bit down as I screamed out in pain and attempted to throw him off of me. I couldn't, he was too strong and he was holding me down. Slowly letting the poison in his fangs sink into my bloodstream. I screamed again, hoping someone would hear me and come to my rescue as I was rather weak. The door was flung open and Aaron was pried off of me by Damon and thrown across the room. Damon stormed over to him and repeatedly punched him in the face. "How dare you come into this house and hurt her like that! You sick bastard. If I ever see you within a ten foot perimeter of her again... I will not hesitate to rip your heart out of your chest, inject it with wolfsbane and then proceed to shove it back into your god damned chest!" Damon screamed bloody murder at Aaron. He then threw him out the window, closed and locked it and ran to my unconscious body.

"Paige! Please wake up! Please!" I could hear Damon yelling faintly as I stirred. "She's waking up! Jeremy get her an ice pack!" Elena ordered as she rushed to my side. Jeremy returned seconds later with an ice pack which Damon grabbed and shoved onto my neck where the agonizing bite was situated. I hissed in pain as I fully woke up. Damon pulled me up into a sitting position while he fully supported me with his strong arms wrapped around me as I sat in his lap. "Paige! Dear lord are you okay, how are you feeling?" Jermey asked frantically. I gave him a faint smile. "I've been better Jer, but I'll be fine. I just need time for the wound to heal." I replied with drowsiness evident in my voice. Elena jumped forward and hugged me. I hissed in pain as her arms went around my neck. "Ahhh! God what bit me?" I cried in pain. Everyone was silent as they gave me time to remember the attack and my attacker. I broke down in tears when I realized what I'd done. I'd let one of Klaus's minions into the house and then I wasn't strong enough to keep him from hurting me. I was mentally kicking myself. Damon's arms wrapped around me tighter as he tried to sooth me by holding me to him and whispering promises of revenge and protection in my ears while he rubbed my neck. I let him hold me as I cried. A tear streamed down my face and into the wound. I yelped at the pain it caused me. "It's werewolf venom, I'll have to burn it out." I said through gritted teeth. "Absolutely not! You could seriously hurt yourself." Stefan yelled. "I'd rather face a little fire than die a slow agonizing death Stefan!" I yelled back, absolutely no hesitation in my voice. Everyone looked around the room waiting for a volunteer to burn the venom out of me. "I'll do it." Elena sighed. I nodded at her and attempted to stand on my own but ended up right back In Damon's arms as he supported me and walked me to the table where Elena was standing with the blowtorch. "Try not to enjoy this sis." I slightly joked. "Believe me I won't." She assured me. She lit the blowtorch and applied the flame to my wound. I screamed louder than I ever had. Stefan and Jeremy both reached out to give me their hands. I gladly took them as I squeezed all of the pain I was expressing into their hands. I just continued to scream in pure pain.

Damon's P.O.V
I just stood on the other side of the table watching and listening to her agonizing screams. It was pure torture to see her in so much pain. Stefan and Jeremy's hands looked like they were breaking through her death grip she had on them. I couldn't take it anymore. I had to comfort her in some way. I couldn't just stand here and watch her scream in pain. I rushed towards her and pulled the boys out of her grasp as I looked deep into her eyes and saw pure suffering. It was breaking my heart. "You're going to get through this Paige. Breath. Focus on me and listen to my voice. You are strong, only a few more seconds to go Paige. Hold on." I kept speaking to her and finally Elena finished burning the venom out. Paige let go of my hands from complete  exhaustion. She couldn't hold on anymore. I bit into my wrist and fed my blood to her. Just enough to heal her. I held her close to me as she drank up. I looked around and saw shocked looks on everyone's faces. "What are you lot looking at! You can go, it's fine. I've got her, I'll take care of her." I yelled to the room of people. Elena and Jeremy blew kisses at Paige as they left. Leaving Stefan and me... and Paige, completely drained and asleep, limp in my arms. Stefan smiled and chimed in, "Be careful brother, you don't wouldn't want people to know that you care." I glared at him as he went up to his room. I sat with Paige on the floor for a short while. Just looking at her and taking in the nights events. I picked her up and carried her to my bedroom. I quickly changed her out of her bloodied clothes and into one of my shirts. I tucked her into bed and let her sleep while I reclined in a chair by the bed. Watching over her.

Paiges P.O.V

I woke up in a bed that I didn't recognize. It looked to be about 2am from the color of the sky outside. I looked around and my eyes fell onto a shadowy figure ... Damon. "Hey Damon, you awake?" I asked quietly. He stirred and ran to me when he realized that I was awake. "Paige, you're up." He sounded relieved. I smiled at him. "Where am I... and who changed me!" I asked. "You're in my room. I had to change you out of your bloody clothes Paige, please don't be angry." He said hesitantly. I exhaled a sigh of relief. I suddenly remembered everything that had happened during the night, the attack, the burning and most of all... Damon. I pulled him into a hug. "You saved me. Thank you Damon." I whispered into his chest. "It was my pleasure baby." He whispered back. I smiled at the nickname but tried not to read too much into it. "You know you don't have to stay up and watch over me. You can come and sleep in the bed. There's enough space for the both of us." I said wanting to be close to him. He smiled. "I need to make sure that Aaron doesn't come back." He said flatly. I moved the covers aside to let him in the bed. "You can do that from inside the bed aswell." I smiled at him as he removed his shirt and got into the bed. He pulled me close to him so that he was the big spoon. "I promise you Paige, as long as you are apart of my life, I will never let anyone hurt you. If they do, then I will find them and I will kill them." He whispered into my ear. I smiled and with that sentence in mind and Damon next to me. I fell asleep.