Broken Reality (The Vampire Diaries)

Chapter 11

Damon got out of the Gilbert house and sighed. He had just had a talk with Jeremy. Funny he came into Mystic Falls wanting to destroy it and tonight he wanted to safe it. And he realized something today.

"What are you doing here?" Damon lifted his gaze and stumbled upon two brown eyes. She had a furrow on her face, that didn't suite her. Damon sighed and raised his brows.

"Failed and feeble attempt at doing the right thing," he chuckled to her. She didn't seem amused, not like her. Audrey had a sense of humor and usually attacked all the sarcastic and ironic comments he made.

"Which was...?" she raised her brow questioning. He guessed it hadn't been a great day for her either.

"It's not important. Let me take this for you," Damon avoided and grabbed the bags she was carrying.

"Elena sent me to bring these," she smiled while biting her lip.

"Thank you," she added.

"You know, I came to this town wanting to destroy it. Tonight, I found myself wanting to protect it. How does that happen? I'm not a hero, Audrey. I don't do good. It's not in me," Damon word vomited with a deep and wondering sigh. Now he really wasn't the brooding type; Stefan usually was that one.

"Maybe it is," Audrey smiled charming.

"Nah, it's reserved for my brother, and you, and Elena, and Bonnie who, even though she has every reason to hate me, still helped Stefan save me."

"Why do you sound so surprised?"

"Because she did it for you. Which means that somewhere along the way, you decided that I was worth saving. And I wanted to thank you for that," Damon smiled genuinely. He was truly thankful.

"You're welcome."

Damon got in a little closer to her cheek and pecked it with his lips gently. She raised her eyes and studied Damon. With small hesitation he placed his lips onto hers. With small shyness the kiss started to get deeper and still Damon had a thought that something was off. Then the door slammed open and Jenna stood there; looking pissed.

"Hi," Audrey said with a cough.

"It's late, you should probably come inside," Jenna glanced at Audrey and Damon in turns. She looked at Damon, grabbed her dress and went inside the house. Jenna shut the door with a scowl to Damon and he just stood there. He glanced at the house and touched his lips with a shocked smile, and then he left.

***

Audrey walked briskly inside the hospital and picked up her phone. She picked Damon's number and tried to phone him.

"Damon where are you? Call me as soon as you get this and the ten other voice mails. Jerk," she added before closed her phone. She went up with the elevator to the floor where Caroline was held. Bonnie and Matt were already infront of Caroline's room so Audrey jogged to them.

"Bonnie," she weeped and Bonnie took her in a hug. Audrey closed her eyes as she hugged her best friend while her other best friend was in a hospital room. When she opened her eyes she saw Damon with Liz, looking at her way. She needed to talk to him.

"Bonnie how's Caroline," Audrey let go of Bonnie's hug and turned around and saw Elena. She had the same worried face as Audrey but milder. If someone pushed Audrey over the edge right now she would cry.

"She's weak. They don't know if she's going to make it." Hearing Bonnie say that was a sting in her chest. Audrey bit her lip and swallowed the tears.

"What?" Elena was just as amazed as Audrey was. Bonnie embraced Elena with a hug and Damon started coming over them.

"Is there something that you can do? Like a spell or something?" Elena asked.

"She doesn't know how, do you," Damon stepped in.

"No, I don't," Bonnie said with a hint of insecurity. Audrey watched the two of them fight with a hint of amusement.

"Well, I can take down a vampire, that spell was easy to learn."

"I can give Caroline some blood," Damon said. That made Audrey think; that was Caroline, she couldn't let her die.

"No, no way," Elena objected and made Audrey frown. Why not?

"No, just enough to heal her. She will be safe in the hospital and it will be out of her system in a day, she will be better, Elena," Damon tried to explain. Audrey noticed that his eyes wondered in hers a couple of times. She couldn't help but to smile inside. She didn't show it; of couse not.

"It's too risky, I can't agree to that," Elena was still against it.

"Do it," Bonnie and Audrey said almost at the same time. Elena's expression was priceless; confused and shocked at the same time. Audrey and Bonnie glanced at each other in agreeance.

"This is Caroline. We can't let her die. Do it," Bonnie said while Audrey nodded; agreeing to everything she said.

"If I do this, you and me, call a truce?" Damon said hopefully to Bonnie.

"No. But you'll do it anyway. For Audrey," Bonnie smirked cocky. Audrey didn't know what to think about Bonnie's sudden confedence. It was a positive change though. Bonnie left the situation and Damon glanced at Audrey meaningfully.

"I need to talk to you," she said and glanced at Elena, for her to leave. Damon turned his body to face Audrey's.

"I've been trying to call you this whole time and now you appear here? What the hell Damon? Have you been ignoring me?" Audrey didn't know how she sounded like a jealous girlfriend, questioning her man about where he'd been. She crossed her arms over her chest and prepared to listen Damon's weak excuse.

"What? What are you talking about? I was with you," Damon frowned.

"What? When?"

"Tonight, when we kissed Audrey," Damon almost whispered. Audrey frowned and tried to think. What? Did they? Then Jenna walked in and her thoughts changed.

"Where have you been?" Audrey created a questioning look towards her aunt who looked just as confused as her.

"At the fire department, I had to fill out a report. I told you earlier," Jenna furtowed her brows.

"No, you didn't."

"Yes, I did."

"No, Jenna, you didn't."

"Yes, I did." Damon who had listened Audrey and Jenna bickor realized something. And Audrey and Jenna both looked at him with confusion.

"Mmm, you got to be kidding me," Damon grunted. Audrey and Jenna frowned to him as he switched looks with them. He realized he said it out loud and walked away.