Hey old readers and new readers! This story is a sequel to 'Take Me in Your Arms', a Damon/Stefan story I wrote a few months ago :) My reviewers loved the idea of a sequel, and it's taken me quite some time to form a plan, but finally, here's the first chapter! :D

If you need help remembering what happened before, (or haven't even read the first story) feel free to flick back to it on my account :)

This is the day after the end of the previous story. The time schedule is tight :p Let's say it's Monday now, and the full moon is on Saturday - that's when everything comes to a head!

Enjoy!

Chapter One (Stefan's POV):

Stefan entered the house to a cacophony of blaring stereos and shrieking women.

Bringing his hands up to cover his ears (which did nothing to block the noise from his vampiric hearing), he waded past the gaggle of girls lying in a daze on the living room floor.

"Damon?"

He found his brother drinking happily from a girl Stefan recognised from his history class.

"Damon, what are you doing?!"

Pulling the girl away from his blood drunk brother, Stefan looked deep into her eyes. "You never came here. You were taking a walk through the woods and tripped. Go home and wash up."

She stared up at him through her lashes and brought her hands to his chest. "Don't you want a taste?"

"What?! No! Leave now!" He put as much force behind the compulsion as possible.

When she disappointedly walked off, Stefan leant heavily against the wall.

He hadn't been up to his usual strength since the bite, and he hadn't been able to find an animal bigger than a rabbit to satisfy his thirst.

It seemed the deer had left the woods since the arrival of werewolves such as the likes of Mason, Tyler, Jules and her pack.

Closing his eyes, he opened them to find Damon standing right in front of him.

He jumped away from the wall, hoping his brother hadn't seen his weakness.

If he had he didn't mention anything. "What are you doing?" he complained. "I was enjoying that."

"'That' is actually a 'her'. When I came back from Elena's, I didn't expect girls from my class eagerly offering themselves to be fed on. What is she - and all the others - doing here?"

Damon smiled. "Ah that is a good question. These girls, my brother, are for your amusement, for you to feed on however much you need to, to bring your strength back to vampire glory. Like mine."

Stefan stared at him, then laughed. "You are joking, right?"

"I like to think I'm funnier than that..."

Stefan searched his face for a moment before sighing in resignation. "Look Damon, I can't - "

"No, you look Stefan - I will help you control yourself. You won't get out of hand with me holding the reins. Trust me, brother?"

Before a couple of days ago, Stefan wouldn't have trusted his brother for the world, but now...?

Now, trust was a necessity for their survival.

He had trusted Damon to help him when he had been sick with the bite, and his brother had saved him from the brink of death!

No longer did Stefan think Damon wanted him gone so he could grab Elena.

No longer did he think that Damon hated his little brother.

But all it took was three words.

"I trust you."

"Good." Instantly Damon clapped him on the back and practically shoved him towards the girls surrounding the room.

"Now, choose your girl and feed. Don't worry, I won't let you cross the line."

Stefan hesitated only a moment, then stepped forward, a small light awoken in his eyes.

He believed his brother was there for him and besides, he needed to be strong for what was to come.

(Damon's POV):

Damon stealthily sidestepped his happily feeding brother and escaped the house for a moment.

Searching for the girl, he found her (as he knew he would) loitering outside, as if she couldn't make up her mind whether she should leave or not.

"What are you doing?"

She started at his appearance. "Oh uh, I don't know, I mean, it looks like you're having a party in there..."

"Weren't you supposed to be walking in the woods over there?"

She looked over at the woods, then back at his face, staring intently at him. "No, I don't think I was...you brought me here, you told me you thought your brother could do with some cheering up, then you..." Her eyes widened. "Fed on me?"

She brought her hands up to her head. "Uhh no that can't be right."

Damon raised an eyebrow, then placed his hands on her shoulders, calming her from her confusion.

"We had a nice little party to cheer Stefan up, we drank a lot of booze, you got a little crazy and cut your throat by accident, party over. Okay?"

She nodded dazedly. Before he released the compulsion, Damon added. "Are there any other girls from Stefan's classes here?"

She shook her head.

He smiled his charming smile while she turned and walked away.

Once her back was turned, his smile vanished.

The werewolf bite had caused Stefan to lose so much power. His compulsion was nearly extinct!

He obviously needed guidance from his older brother to survive.

Stefan may not know about it yet, but Damon was sure Klaus would make good on his threat on the full moon.

"I will come to collect."

When that day came, the Salvatore brothers would be ready.

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A/N: How was that for the first chapter to the sequel? ;)