There is among us a far closer relationship than the purely social one of a fraternal organization because we are bound together not only by a single interest but by a common goal. To win. Nothing else matters, and nothing else will do."-Sandy Koufax

He had a smooth ride, not to mention a nice car. There were no bumps, no Vibrations, no shaking, just a smooth ride. "I got it from Italy" he said as though he were reading her mind.

" You've been to Italy" she asked.

"Yea, Italy, London, Argentina, you name it, ive been there".

"Heaven"she teased

He smiled, "no, they said i was too qualified".

She laughed at his comment. Within minutes silence surrounded them, and all was still. Each growing moment made her restless, and she began fumbling with her clothes, twidiling her fingers. "Now i know what they mean when they say the silence is loud" she told him. He raised his eyebrows, "and who, pray tell, is 'they". She struggled to answer , "you know, she, him, he,her. The people who say...things and stuff". He chuckled, "you dont have much of a good vocabulary. I dont know how you passed English 3 without giving your teacher a free lap dance".

She ignored this comment and took her attention to the piles of cds sitting hazardously on his dash took in notice of the aerosmtih Draw The Line cd and nodded her head with approval, being an aerosmith fan herself. Without his permission, she began searchng through his cds, trying to find a good song that will drown out the ongoing silence. After leafing through a couple of cds she found one that read "Top 20 Rock Ballads". With her interest peaked, she slid the disk into the cd player. He didnt say anything, he just looked at her with that annoying on his face of amusment(which continued to grow more noticable with each growing second).

"Im sorry, but do i amuse you in any way" she challenged him.

"No, not all" he said trying to control his face.

She just ignored him and pressed play on the cd. The famliar intro of a song came on, and bonnie racked her brain trying to figure out what song it was they were listening. Then the singer began to sing and Bonnie took in a sharp intake of breathe as the lyrics poured. What it takes to keep love living You should know, how it feels my friend sung the lead singer of bad company. Damon looked at her, "What, you actually like this song."

"Yeah, who doesnt, i mean this song was the only reason i started listining to rock" she explained. "You should listen to Angel by aerosmith".

"Please, i have an Ipod shuffle dedicated to that song." he replied.

Despite her better judgement, she found herself laughing. Suddenly, the car stopped, bonnie looked around trying to figure out where she was.

"Your house" he said "we're at you house".

She looked out the window and recognized the familiar red mailbox staring her in the face. "You had to park on the sidewalk" she cried.

"You better go in, your dad is getting suspicious" he said ignoring her last comment. "Yeah" she said, for a moment they stared at each other, unsure of what to say to each other. So she just unbuckled her seatbelt, saying "thanks again for the ride and all".

"No problem" he said helping with the door, that she was struggling to open ,and in an instant their hands touched. Bonnie felt a surge of electricity run through her, giving her an involuntary body shiver, and she jumped back. Surprised, damon asked Whoa, are you okay". Dazed and confused, Bonnie shook her head yes and said "yea, its just i freaked out at seeing my dad and all"

"Oh, okay" he said looking at her as though he didnt believe her, which she knew he didnt. So without another word she slid out the car, to avoid his inquisitive stare. "Thanks again" she said. She Started to make her way to the house when she turned around and said to him "happy birthday". And with that she walked away.

It takes two men to make one brother- Isreal Zangwill

Damon looked atthe old house and scolded himself for acting like a little boy. He was bein alame, circling the block just t avoid running into Stefan. He spent two weeks hidden away in a small hotel room avoiding everyone an everythin. He hated it when Stefan sawhim ct soweak, especially when i was over girl. But Katherine wasn't just any girl, she was the girl the had both been in love. Th girl they had both sworn to protect and love uncondiionally, and led them both to belive she loved them in return.

After about an hour of discreet survaillence, he figured the coast was clear and made his way to the old house. Checking over he shoulder one last time, he proceeded to check under the old "Welcome" mat for the spare key. Its amazing how Stefan has been living for 165 years, and still couldnt find a good hiding spot for the spare key.

Damon opened the front door and walked ito the dim lit hallway. After a quick "once over", Damon saw that the house was still looking the same, not that he expected much since he left. Damon's stomach groweld with a low rumbling sound, so h madehis way tothe kitchen hoping for a better snack than Stefan's animal blood, Ugh.

"What are you doing here" asked a hollow voice from behind him. Shit Damon thought to himself. Forcing himself to smile, Damon turned around to face his brother, who, not surprisingly, had elena standing beside him.

Me and you...forever

"Hey Bro he said "long time no se. I was beggining to think you didnt like m, not visiting and all."

"Thats because noone knew where you were, besides i was busy" explained his brother.

"Im sure you were" Damon replied while giving Elena a knowing look with a smirk plasterd on his face.

She looked away and said "I'll be in the car",and she walked away without so much as a glance in Damon's direction. When she left Stefan turnd to Damon and said, "where have you been." Damon snorted, "this place called none of ya damn buisness". Stefan sighed and shook his head "still playing games i see,even after kat-"

"Dont" Damon interrupted with harshness in his voice.

The two brothers stared each other down, willing the other to say her name.

" She didnt love you damon, she never did" whispered his brother.

Damon rolled his eyes and went to his bedroom,and started to pack without another word to his pretentious brother. "Im just saying" said stefanas who followed him "i was worried about you". He lost his train of thought and was immediately pulled back into a flashback.

me and you....forever

" You know what", he began " when have you given a flying fuck about my feelings"

"Please damon, lets not fight i want to protect you,from youself"

"Oh come on Stefan" damon retorted with his voice growning more sinister "get off from that high horse for once and take a look atyou damn self. Does Elena knows about about all the shit you pulled in the last-oh i dont know, 40 ? Does she know about the 'Elena' before her. Yeah you remeber her, what was her name-oh i got it, Cassie! What ever happened to Cassie, last i heard she was found in a ditch with half her neck bitten off,or at least thats what the rumors are." Then he mae hswy down the stairs and into the frontroom"

"You Bastard" barked stefan, whose face began to change imediatey.

Damon laughed, it made him tingly inside to see Stefan at risk of his own emotions. "Just chill bro, you wont have to worry about me anymore, im leaving next week".

"Good "said Stefan, "the ill have 99 problems and you wont be one". Again Damon laughed at his brother and said "you need to stop watching BET". Witout even looking at Stefan, Damon started towards the door. "Wait" stefan called after him, "what happened with bonnie?"

"I explained it over the Phone" argued Damon

"Yeah,but in one sentence"

"But it was a very detailed sentence, and it was actually one and a half."

Stefan just stared athim.

"Fine,vampie wants snack,vampire finds little human girl at the mercy of another Vampire, vamp saves girl, disposes of bodys and takes the girl to dirty hotel room, little human girl doesnt remeber anything" Damon said an finally reached the door.

Behind him stefan called "if it means anything..happy birthday". Damon turned around and looked at the only family he had left in his world. No matter what they had been thought and what they did; they have always been together, but things have changed, and so have they. Despite all of this, they were still brothers."Thanks" damon said and he left.

"Friends: family that you can choose for yourself."

"Dad i'm home" called out Bonnie as she shut the door of her home of 17 years. Bonnie looked around the Den and found that no one was there, "Hello, anyone alive and breathing". Suddenly her dad appeared from the kitchen, along with a large bowl of pudding. "Hey hon, you're just in time for dinner, we have a geust tonight, he's a friend of your's."

"Oh really, who" Bonnie asked, curious to see who it was; probaly Elena. At that moment the kitchen door, opened and out stepped Damon, and bonnie suddenly felt the need to run screaming out of the house. "See look bon-bon" said her dad, who obviously took the expression on her face for joy, instead of what it really was; absolute horro. Bonnie glanced the front room for a easy-to-get to weapon, and found nothing Damn it she thought to herself. "Yep, your parents and i just couldnt resist" damon said with the most maniacal expression on his face. Damon walked up to her, and put his arm around her shoulder and her dad said "come on folks, lets eat some grub". "Not if i eat you first" mumbled Damon, bonnie elbowed him in the stomach, which didnt seem to hurt him.

As soon as her dad left, bonnie loosened herself from Damon's painful grip and punched him in the arm.

"What are you doing here" she hissed furiously

"Relax bon-bon" bonnie grimaced when he said that "your dad invited me in"

"Why" she asked

" I came by earlier looking for you, you left your purse" he said holding up her purse in his hand.

"Thanks" she said, " you can go now" she said pointing him to the door.

"No,no,no" said Damon "im hungry, and if i dont eat somthing in 10 minutes, im going on an all meat diet".

"Fine"! cried Bonnie as she stormed to the kitchen

Letter from editor: Sorry its so short, i wuz jus really xcited to post it,oh and sorri for grammer mistakes. Please review