6. Showdown with Tyler

"Nina, hurry up!" I heard Damon call from downstairs. I rolled my eyes though, and then slipped back into the clothes I had been wearing yesterday. Sadly though, this only included a pair of blue skinnies, a white vest top and a beanie hat. So it was raining outside and I had no jacket. Great, I thought to myself.

Once I'd pulled on my shoes, i ran downstairs to meet Damon who was leaning against the door in all black. His eye-brows were raised and his mouth smirking.

"It's raining outside Nina. You might get sick." He said.

"Well I don't have a jacket." I pointed out.

Damon rolled his eyes and then grabbed a black hoodie from the banister. In split seconds, he was behind me and gently puttign the sleeves over my arms. Then, he zipped it up and turned me round to face him.

"All better?" He asked.

"Yes. Thankyou."  I smiled.

"Come on, then." He smirked and opened the door. We walked through and out to the rain, then Damon opened the door to a black Jeep - holding it up for me. I smiled...maybe blushing a little and then climbed into the seat. Damon of course, was in the drivers side in no time.

"So what movie are we seeing?" I wondered as we began speeding down the road.

"Hmm." Damon mused. "No chick flicks, no sob hards, no vampire movies..."

"So basically you don't want to see any movies that are out?" I raised an eye-brow. Damon just nodded though, and then laughed.

"Movie's bore me. Unless...it's something purely sexual." He waggled his eye-brows.

I rolled my eys. "Well you're not getting a 15 year old into a movie based around sex."

Damon looked at me. "Compulsion, remember?"

"No, Damon." I said. "No sex."

"Fine. Fine."

After a few more minutes, Damon's attention spam finally seemed to increase as his eye's widened. I looked at him with demand in my expression.

"What?"

"Looks like Mr. Puppy Dog wants an explanation." And then, Damon pulled the car to a hault. I was still confused though, and even more when Damon was suddenly out of the car. I looked to the backseat and then rolled down the window to stick my head out.

"Damon?" I called.

"Nina." He said, and was immediatley popping his head through my window. "Stay in the car."

"Why?"

"Beceause I told you to."

I nearly laughed. "And you think I'm going to listen to you? Because I'm not."

"Of course not." He said. "Because you're my little Katherine look-alike."

I sighed deeply and then got out of the car. Damon squinted his eyes and i realized that he was grimacing at the back of me, so I turned round and then almost jumped with shock.

"Tyler?"

"Hello Nina." Tyler smiled from where he stood in front of me. He looked as normal as ever - but there was something about the way he said my name which made me feel weird. He normally said it in a completely loved up voice, but now he said it like I was nothing.

"What are you doing Tyler?" I asked as he began walking closer to me. I took a step back and slammed into Damon's chest. That didn't stop Tyler though. He gripped my wrist and pulled me close to him.

"Easy now." Damon said in a kind of sing-song voice. "What can I do for you tonight Mr. Lockwood?"

Tyler growled...actually growled at Damon. "I'm here to take my girlfriend back. You've obviously compelled her parents and friends because everyone is convinced that she's on a vacation. But you can't compel me. So i'm here to take her home."

"Tyler no." i refused and struggled against his grip.

"What?" He spat. "Do you want to stay here with this thing?"

"For your information, Damon and his brother are actually quite nice. He was taking me to see a movie when you interrupted. And secondly, I need to ask you something first."

"Ask questions later." He snapped.

"No Tyler." I ordered. "Now, just tell me. Are you using me for a...sacrifice?"

Tyler rolled his eyes. "Of course not, Nina. This jerk is planting ideas in your head. Just get in the car."

"Come on, Nina." Damon called from behind us. We both turned to see the grin on his face. "He didn't even deny the fact that he knew about the sacrifice. Look at him, can you really trust this mutt?"

"Of course she can." Tyler answered for me. "Now come on. I can't take you home until the compulsion ware's off. So i'll take you to a friends."

"Are they werewolves?" I asked.

Tyler was quiet for a minute. "...Yes."

"No Tyler. I'm not going."

"You don't have to like it, you just have to shut up and get in the car." He snapped, and that was where I honestly tried to get away.

"Damon?!" I screamed as Tyler whipped his car door open. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I kicked at him as he tried to get me into the car. "Damon please?!"

"He doesn't care, Nina. Now get in the car."

"Damon?!"

And then suddenly, Damon was grabbing me and pulling me out of Tyler's hold and holding me himself. Tyler growled again, and grimaced towards Damon who was now pressing his hands around my waist.

"Get your hands off her." Tyler snapped.

"No." Damon said sarcastically. "Now, I suggest that you get away from us right now otherwise I will take matters into my own hands and tear your little heart out. You're lucky cause I'm givig you the benefit of the doubt. Most days I would have killed you already but I'm going to be nice and be rational about this. Now, leave or else I will kill you. You got that you little punk?"

Tyler nodded and walked over to his car, but looked at Damon once more. "The next full moon is in 13 days. Hand her over to the wolves by then, or we'll bite you. And that will kill you."

"Yeah, whatever. Now get lost." Damon snapped just as Tyler got into his car, and drove away. I turned to face Damon and gave a little smile.

"Thanks."

"No problem." He smiled, brushing the hair away from my eyes. "Still up for the movie?"

"I feel kinda weird now." I admitted. "How about we just go get some pizza, eat it and go home. I mean, to your house."

"Already settling in?" Damon smirked. "Ok, let's get some pizza."

We walked back to the car and Damon began driving to the closest pizza place in town. Once we got there, Damon was acting like a total gentleman and opened the door for me as I stood out. I gave the little cheesey smile as we walked up to the doors and had to think to myself for a little while.

So i had maybe the teeniest crush on Damon. I bet that most girls that saw him did. I mean, him and Stefan were probably the best looking people I'd ever met in my life. But I couldn't act on it though, because Damon was an ass and I was 15. I was young and he killed people. He was obviously only being nice to me because I looked like Katherine and the biggest fact, was that he was WAY to cocky for me.

We sat down at a table and Damon grabbed a menu. "Oooh, pizza. How exciting."

"Well it is a pizza place." I reminded him. "I want something spicey."

"I like girls that can handle real taste." He winked. I rolled my eyes but couldn't help but to laugh. "Pepporoni with extra hallapenos? I'll compel the workers to bring a whole jar of hallepenos and we can have a contest."

"Do vampires even feel it when it burns?" I asked.

Damon leaned in closer. "We feel all burning sensations." I laughed, then he turned away. "Waiter?!"

A guy who looked about 17 came over. He had blonde hair and a built figure. When he saw me, he smiled.

"Hey Elena."

Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap times 100. I knew who he meant by 'Elena.' He meant my sister, the one that I'd only found out about this morning. This was...bad. Because now Damon was eyeing me with a confused expression.

"I'm not Elena." I smiled.

"Of course you are. I think I know my ex-girlfriend and best friend when I see her." He grinned.

"No, really." i shook my head. "I'm not Elena. Who is she?"

The boy just rolled his eyes. "Nice joke. I'll play along. So what's your name then?"

"Nina." i smiled, sticking my hand out. "This is my..."

"Brother." Damon said, also shaking the guys hand. "Damon Salvatore."

"Matt Donovan." The guy said. "So what can i get you guys?"

"Pepporonia pizza and a jar of hallapenos." Damon replied. "On the house."

"First, we don't-" Matt began but Damon cut him off.

"Shut up." He said, doing that mind control thingy. "Go get our orders and make sure it's on the house."

Matt nodded and then simply walked away. "That was weird." I said.

Damon nodded. "Who's Elena? I swear if we get another Katherine look-alike then I'm going to start believing the world is tempting me."

"Well...we'll find out later." I sighed.

"Wait." Damon said. "Do you know who Elena is?" And his eyes hit straight off mine.

"You can't compell me Damon. I'm wearing vervain...that you gave to me."

He rolled his eyes. "i'm not compelling you. Just answer me. Do you know who Elena is?"

"No Damon, I don't."

He seemed to believe me. "OK. I'm trusting you on that."

And though i had promised stefan, i honestly felt bad. But i ignored it and soon enough, Matt came back with our orders.

 "Thanks Matt." I smiled. He nodded and simply walked away, obviously still under compulsion. I grabbed the jar of hallapenos and set it between the middle of the table.

"1." Damon smirked.

"2." I said as we both grabbed one.

"3!" He exclaimed and we both shoved it down our throats. Then another, then another, followed by at least 23.

"Ok! I give!" Damon cried and grabbed a piece of pizza. He set it on his tongue and sighed with relief, which obviously forced me to laugh hysterically.

"You're such a girl!" I laughed and took some pizza for myself. I bit into it and continued laughing at Damon who was still panting.

"Oh shut up." He muttered with a pout. "I want to leave."

"Why? Cause you got beat by a girl?" I joked.

"Maybe...but also because i need to talk to stefan about this 'elena' girl." He said, and stood up. "Take the pizza. I'm not the best cook."

"Okay." i said, mentally cursing in my head. Would Stefan tell him about Elena? Or would he lie? I was so confused. So I just grabbed the pizza, flipped the box over it and followed Damon out the door. We got into the car and Damon practically flew the car back as he was going that fast. Once we got to the boarding house, we both stood out and walked towards the door.

"Wait." Damon hissed as I turned the handle. I looked at him in confusion. "Someone's in there."

"Maybe Stefan?" I said sarcastically. He rolled his eyes.

"Stefan's in there. But there's a human."

"Zach?"

"...I killed Zach a few weeks ago."

My mouth flew open. "What?! Why?!"

"Because he tried to kill me, that's why!"

"You can't just do that Damon!" I shrieked.

"Yes I can!"

"Why?"

"Because I'm Damon Salvatore, that's why." He said, and added a wink. "Anyway, let's go see this little human Stefan has in here. Maybe the human blood's finally got the best of him."

Nodding to his suggestion, Damon opened the door and began walking through to the living room. I closed the door behind me and hurried after him - but that was when something went wrong. Stefan was on the couch, making out with a girl that looked exactly like me. Knowing it wasn't Katherine, i gathered that it was Elena. They noticed our entrance and looked up.

"Damon." Stefan exclaimed, jerking up and pulling my lookalike along with him. I looked at Damon and he was completely fuming.

"So Stefan..." he began in the same voice he's used when he was pretending to kill me - scary.     "Tell me, is this Katherine or Elena?"

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