The Owl Gilbert

1:11: Down In Georgia w/ Damon (A DamDam Special)

I'm still upside down in Elena's car as the vampire walks closer and closer as I'm trying to get out of my seatbelt, crying and scream again, and see him dash off and I look around, confused and see Damon appear in front of me, and I scream louder, since he terrified the living shit out of me, turning the other way and look back at him. "How you doing in there?" He asks. "Damon?" I ask. "You look stuck." He says. "It's my seatbelt. Everything hurts, Damon." I say and he shushes me, and I hear him rip a door off. "Let me get you out of here." He says. "I want you to put your hands on the roof." He says and I put my hands on the roof. "Just like that. You ready?" He asks and I nod. "One, two, three." He says and pulls my seat loose and lifts me up; just like when he carried me to bed. "I got you. Are you okay? Can you stand? Anything broken?" He asks and I shake my head, and he sets me down but I can barely stand, and he catches me before I fall. "Whoa, you're fading fast, Adam. Adam, look at me." He says as my eyes feel heavy. "Focus. Look at me." He says and I look up at him. "Ok." He says. "I look like him." I say. "What?" He asks and I faint.

I slowly wake up to feel that I'm in a moving vehicle, and blink a few times, and look around to see the sun is up, and look at the driver, which is Damon and he smiles at me. "Morning." He says and I put my right hand to my forehead. "Where are we?" I ask. "Georgia." He says. "What? No, no. No, we're not. Seriously, Damon. Where are we?" I ask. "Seriously, we're-- we're in Georgia. How you feeling?" He asks and I put my hand down. "I-- I." I say. "There's no broken bones. I checked." He says. "Elena's car. There was a man. I hit a man but then he got up and-- who was that?" I ask. "That's what I would like to know." He says and I look around for my phone. "Where's my phone? Ok. We really need to go back. Nobody knows where I am. Pull over. I mean it, Damon. Pull over! Stop the car!" I exclaim and he rolls his eyes. "Oh, you were so much more fun when you were asleep." He says and pulls over to the side of the road, and I slowly get out, dizzy and lean my head forward, and feel arms at my side. "Hey." He says and I look at him. "I'm okay. We have to go back." I say, walking around. "Oh come on. Look. We've already come this far." He says,  smiling. "I can't be in Georgia. I wrecked Elena's car. I have to go home. This is kidnapping. And I'm a freshman in high school." I say. "That's a little melodramatic, don't you think?" He asks, grinning. "Well, you're in Georgia. Without your sister'smagical little necklace, I might add. I can very easily make you.. agreeable. Oh, wait! You can't be compelled because you're too much of a smartass." He says and I look around. "Agriculture and sun position. We're in Georgia." I say, sighing and hear my phone ring. "That's my phone." I say and he pulls it out of his left back pocket. "Ooh, it's your sister's boyfriend." He says, offering the phone to me, and I shake my head. "I'll take it." He says and answers it. "Adam's phone. Adam? He's right here. And, yes, he's fine." He says and holds the phone out. "He wants to talk to you." He says and I shake my head. "No." I say. "Yeah. I don't-- I don't really think he wants to talk to you right now." He says and smirks. "You have a good day. Mhm. Bye-now." He says and hangs up, and looks at me. "Look, no one knows where I am. Can we please just go back?" I ask. "We're almost there." He says. "Where is there?" I ask. "A little place right outside of Atlanta. Oh, come on, Adam. You don't wanna go back right now. Do you?" He asks, stepping right in front of me. "What's the rush? Time-out." He says and does the 'me. Your problems are still going to be there when you get home. Look. Step away from your life for five minutes. Five minutes." He says and I give a small sigh. "Am I going to be safe with you?" I ask. "Yes." He says. "You promise not to do that mind compulsion thing with me? Even though you can't." I say. "Yes." He says. "Can I trust you?" I ask and he opens the passenger door for me with his right hand. "Get in the car. Come on." He says and I walk in the car, and see a white paper bag, and Damon gets in. "Those are donuts. Strawberry jam filled." He says and I give a small sigh, and use a napkin to grab one out of the bag.

"So, where's Elena's car?" I ask as he's driving down the road. "I pulled it off to the side of the road. I don't think anyone will bother it." He says. "What about that man in the road? He was a vampire, wasn't he?" I ask. "From what I could tell, yeah." He says. "And you didn't know him?" I ask. "If I've never met him, I wouldn't know him. I mean, it's not like we all hang out together at the Vamp Bar & Grill." He says.