Originally Posted by Bazinga

She felt her hand tingle a bit as Damon placed his hand on hers. "Don't underestimate me. I spent half the summer in hiding once. By myself, not with adults, not with anyone. So I can handle myself. you don't have to be responsible for anything that happens to me. If I am there, I'm there, not because you forced me, but because I am not leaving. Your a friend, a very close friend and I will never change that. No one is going to scare me away from you." She looked into his eyes and stayed a bit standoffish to show how serious she was. She cared about him and didn't care if that put her in any danger, she would do what was needed.