Damon Salvatore's Little Secret

chapter 13: Birthday Strangers

I hear a book fall off my shelf as I shoot up from my bed. I look around my room.

"hello?" I say squinting in the dark. I look at my clock. it was 2:13. I roll my eyes.

I watch as a shadow runs across my room. I grab a baseball bat from beside my night table and go into a kneeling position on my bed. slowly and quietly I try to make my way to the light switch. With a sudden force I feel the intuder pin me against the wall. I flick my finger on the switch to see the 'shadow' in my room. His forehead was against mine. I push him away to him smiling down at me. I feel my lips curve into a smile.

"Happy Birthday." he says letting go of my arms.

"Mitch!" I yell as I pull him into a tight hug. I feel him laugh as I smile against his shoulder. I pull away and punch him in the arm. he grabs his shoulder and looks at me oddly.

"what was that for." he asks with a grin. I cross my arms.

"you scared the hell otta me." I reply as my door flies open again. Damon was holding a baseball bat and Sabrina and Phoebe were right behind him with stakes. Sabrina drops her weapon and runs to hug him.

"Mitch oh my gosh I thought you were dead." she says almost hugging him as tight as I was. Phoebe walked over wearing her one direction tee shirt and pajama shorts. she gives Mitch a smug look.

"so you're the famous Mitch I've been hearing so much about." she says crossing her arms. he smiles.

"uh yeah. nice shirt by the way." he says with complete honesty as he points at her shirt. she looks down at her shirt then at us.

"ok I like him." she says smiling. we giggle at Phoebe then realize that my dad was starring at us. I look at him then Mitch.

"oh uh dad this is Mitch." I say hoping my dad doesn't embarrass me. Mitch sticks out his hand and my dad shakes it grimly. I give Damon a look that basically says 'play nice' and he rolls his eyes. I turn back to Mitch.

"Wait what are you doing here. why come back now after all these years?" I ask him with curiosity. he pulls a box out of his pucket and hands it to me.

"what's this?" I ask opening the box and gasping. He smiles.

"Like I said. Happy Birthday Lanie." he says smiling at me. I stair at the bracelet with the gem shaped into an 'D'. I put it on before hugging him again.

"I love it." I say before pulling away and looking at him. "thank you" I continue looking deep into his eyes. our stare was interuppted by my dad.

"ahem. uh look I don't mean to be rude but its 2:30 and Lanie has school today so do you mind." he says rudely. I glare at him.

"uh no um I'll see you tomorrow then." he says before looking at Damon. "do you have a spare room." he asks. I look at my dad and we have a silent conversation. It was basically me yelling at him and telling him to tell Mitch that he could stay. finally he gave up and I won. the power of being daddy's little girl.

"uh yeah sure there's a room two doors down you can stay there for the night." he says before exiting the room. I look at Sabrina and Phoebe. Phoebe elbowed Sabrina in the ribs.

"duhm we-well Mitch umwe have to go do stuff so um nice seeing you again." Sabrina blabs before running out of the room. Phoebe smiles.

"nice meeting you" she says before following Sabrina. I shake my head as she closes the door. I look at Mitch and we stared into each others eyes again. I was about to turn to go to bed when he grabbed my hand, turned me around and pulled me into a kiss. when we parted I looked up at him and smile.

"I've really missed you." he says softly. which only makes me blush. I hear the door knob wiggle and I leap away from Mitch and onto my bed. luckily when the door opened I was relieved to see Phoebe poke her head in.

"sorry I um left my phone." she says awkwardly grabbing her phone off my book shelf. I smile as she leaves the room. I look at Mitch and he laughs.

"uh I should get to bed before your uh dad rips my heart out........ literally." he says walking to the door. I watch him open it.

"hey." I yell making him turn around. "I really missed you too." I finish. he smiles as he walks out and closes the door. I wait a bit before I stand on my bed and do my happy dance. I plop down on the bed and grab my journal from my book shelf knowing that I definitely won't be sleeping tonight.