Cold Hearted | Damon Salvatore

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02. Memorial

"You're making a big mistake" Damon told his brother.

"No, I'm not" Stefan said, "If we can get Elena and Aria used to animal blood right off the gate--".

"First off all, leave Aria out of this, she is my responsibility not yours" Damon snapped, making Stefan frown, "Second of all, you're reaching".

"--Maybe they'll bypass all the things that we went through" Stefan finished.

"Delusional" Damon commented.

"Maybe they'll actually have a shot at this" Stefan snapped, getting annoyed by his brother.

"Wrong, you're just wrong, Stefan" Damon said.

"They won't be able to handle if they hurt someone Damon" Stefan snapped, "Aria and Elena's compassion is their Achilles' heel and everything is magnified right now".

"Then you better hope Elena's not a fan of Bambi, because I assure you Aria is, so she's going to be avoiding your diet" Damon declared, "They need human blood, Stefan, from the vein".

"Oh come, you know what happens, you name me a vampire who didn't kill at least one person when they were new" Stefan said.

"You name me one who went on a bunny diet and didn't kill dozens" Damon retorted.

"If Aria or Elena kill anyone, they will crumble" Stefan snapped, "How much pain you think they can take before they shut off her humanity switch?".

"Stop saying Aria and Elena's name in one sentence" Damon snapped, glaring at Stefan, "As long as I'm with her, Aria won't be shutting anything off, you worry about your girlfriend who takes the smallest thing and makes a huge deal out of it, I am not letting you help Aria, she can't learn to control the bloodlust if she's never actually experienced the bloodlust", Damon stood up and walked over to his brother, "It's a cheat, it's like giving a kid a calculator before they know math".

"Just stop" Stefan snapped, having enough of his brother.

"Damon" A confused Aria said, entering Stefan's room with Elena, and seeing the brothers standing there, glaring at each other, "Everything okay?".

"Just having a little disagreement about process" Stefan replied.

"What process?" Aria asked confused.

"You're still not on board with the animal plan?" Elena asked Damon.

"I don't care what you do, Aria is not following that plan, end of discussion" Damon snapped, "Ria, I say rip off the proverbial band-aid and let it bleed, you're a vampire, Ria, be a vampire".

"Ready to go?" Stefan asked Elena and Aria.

"I'm not going with you Stefan" Aria replied, causing Stefan to frown.

"Aria listen--".

"No" Aria interrupted, "You're not the one whose going to get me through this, it's going to be Damon, you want Elena to follow the animal plan, then be my guest, I think I'm going to be listening to the guy who out of all us, has the most control when it comes to bloodlust".