Love Sucks - The Vampire Diaries - Damon Salvatore

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I sat in the kitchen on the worktop for a while, trying to contact someone. Anyone. No one picked up. After two hours, Tyler finally messaged me back:

Hey sorry been busy with Elena. Everything ok?

"Why is it always Elena!?" I shouted to no one before typing back.

Everything's fine. Just wanted company. It's fine if you're busy though.

I can come over if you want?

As I was about to type, the door opened and Stefan and Damon entered, "Everything ok with Elena?"

They looked at each other before back at me, "yeah, fine" Stefan smiled and walked upstairs.

Damon stood there for a few moments before speaking, "so that conversation..."

My phone pinged again, I'll be round in 10.

"Can wait. Tyler's coming over." I jumped off the work top and walked passed Damon.

He grabbed my arm and pulled me into him, "Can we please talk?"

He was so close I could feel his breath. I could smell something, something stale. Something not quite right, "what's that smell?" I frowned trying to work out what it was.

Damon looked at me confused as I continued to smell around. I moved away from him and smelt behind me. Nothing. I picked up my arm and smelt my sleeve, thinking maybe my top had gone a little musty. Nope. I looked closer to Damon and then I noticed it. Just on the collar of his shirt was a mark. I reached up and grabbed his collar, it was a red stain. I looked up to him and saw a little mark just by his lip.

"Oh my god." I whispered, dropping my arms and backing away, "what did you do?"

"Nothing. What are you on about?" Damon followed me out the room.

"Blood. I can smell blood, like on your breath or something..." I froze in the hallway. My heart pounding against my chest, "who did you kill?" My voice was shaking as I spoke, I wanted to know but I also didn't.

"No one."

"Pull the other one Damon." I could feel tears filling my eyes. "I need some air." I turned round and ran outside.

I ran down the drive and collapsed on the stones. I couldn't breath properly as tears fell down my face. Tyler came into view and ran up to me, kneeling down and grabbing me tightly, "hey what's up?"

I sobbed into his chest, "how could I smell it?"

"Smell what?" I could tell he was confused. It was a weird thing to just blurt out.

"I could smell the blood" his grip loosened a little, "on Damon. I could smell it." I sat up and looked Tyler dead in the eye, "like I was a vampire."

"Hey look at me" Tyler said sharply, grabbing my hands, "you are not a vampire, alright. It's just, errr ..." I could see he was searching for an explanation, but there wasn't one. I knew there wasn't. But it still didn't make sense. "Blood has a strong smell. That's all." Tyler smiled, "and you used your female intuition." He changed to a smirk as I let out a little laugh. "See? That's all it was." I wrapped my arms round Tyler again and nuzzled into the crook of his neck, "what else is bothering you?" He whispered, wrapping his arms back around me.

"Why is it always Elena?" I mumbled.