Travel Back in Time Chapter 5

Travel Back in Time Chapter 5

Damon gasped out, feeling the wood weaken his body. His eyes met the gaze of Grayson who was smirking at him. Miranda let out a shocked gasp as she tried to help Damon but Grayson forcibly pushed her away. "No Miranda, this is a vampire. I knew it from the moment I laid eyes on him."

"I know he's a vampire!" Miranda cried out, shocking Grayson.

"Then why didn't you try to get rid of him?" Grayson snapped angrily at her, narrowing his eyes.

Miranda coldly glared at him. "Because he's one of the good ones, Grayson! He would never do anything to hurt Elena or me!" 

Grayson stared at his wife for a few minutes before exploding into laughter, earning a dark glare from Damon, withering in pain on the ground. "You think this vampire cares about you? You think he actually gives a damn about you? He's a heartless monster who doesn't care about anyone!"

Miranda glared deeply at him, pushing past him and running over towards Damon. With one swift movement, she pulled the stake out  and threw it down the stairs. Damon sucked in a deep breath, trying to keep himself him hissing in unbearable pain. Miranda grabbed his leather jacket gently. Her voice was sweetness to his ears, like honey dripping out of a honey comb. "Are you ok?"

Damon nodded, his voice rasp and weak. "I'm fine." He sent icy glares up at the astonished Gilbert. 

Miranda shot a nasty glare at her husband. How could he do this to Damon, the man that protected his daughter from his depraved brother? "You have no respect." Miranda spat out bitterly. "Damon protected Elena, saved her life when she was about to get run over by a car! And this is how you repay him?! Where were you when John tried to hurt her again? Where were you when he did unspeakable things to her? You try so hard to be a father to her but you fail every single time! Damon is more of a dad to her then you ever will be!"

Grayson was fuming inside. He couldn't believe that a vile, nasty vampire was raising his daughter for him! As if he didn't have enough problems. "You have no idea what you have done by letting him into your life. He will kill you both when you least expect it! I know vampires, Miranda. They have no human like qualities about them. They only seek to hurt and destroy, never caring about anyone but themselves."

Miranda opened her mouth in retaliation but Damon beat her to it. "You're absolutely correct. We vampires have no emotion, no remorse, no kindness, and no redeeming qualities when we have our emotions turned off. Vampires can choose whether they want to feel or not, and most choose not to feel anything. But some vampires actually have a heart for poor little girls that get abandoned by their father!"

"Why you-" Grayson could feel his body shaking from all the anger bubbling up in him. He hated vampires, and with good reason.

"Grayson," the alluring voice of his wife startled him, "I think you should leave."

"I'm not going anywhere until I kill this vampire!" Grayson hissed at her.

Damon sighed, standing up and looking down at the now healed stomach wound. "You're gonna have to do better then that."

"Can you guys just stop before someone gets hurt?" Miranda cried, stepping in between the feuding pair. 

"Get out of the way." Grayson growled threateningly.

Miranda stood her ground, looking at him straight in the eye. "No, not until you and Damon call a truce! He saved our daughter Grayson. He protected her. Give him a chance!"

Grayson glared, debating the decision in his mind. If he let Damon stay then that would increase the chance of danger, but if he killed Damon like he originally intended to, then Miranda was most likely to never speak with him again and he would never be allowed to see his little girl that he loved more then anything. He sighed, coming to a conclusion. "Fine, I will call a truce with you, but not out of the goodness of my heart. I don't want my wife or child upset with me so I'm going to brush my feelings for you aside just this once." He stepped closer to Damon as Miranda veered off to the side, watching as Grayson stared at Damon with menacing eyes. "But know this, if anything happens to my family because of you residing here with us then I won't hesitate to kill you."

Damon nodded. "No harm will come to them. I'll see to that."

Grayson studied Damon's facial expression for any signs of deception but all he saw was honestly and sincerity. Somewhere in his mind he knew that he could trust Damon.

He stuck out his hand towards Damon and Damon did the same, silently calling a truce between the feuding families.

A/N: I know, not much action in this chapter but I promise next chapter will be far more exciting! Please review!