Chapter 4 - Introductions

"I'm home brother" Damon called, opening the door to the ridiculously huge mansion Damon had just pulled his blue Camaro up to.

Tugging Marley by the hand, he led her into the hallway and towards the library. Damon smirked as Marley turned around in a slow circle, mouth opened. The place was amazing. Books lined the walls, antique furniture dotted the room, promising little places to snuggle up and read for hours. Marley was in book heaven.

Amused, Damon indicated an invitation to the books and she walked over, gently stroking the spines of what were probably first edition classics. Damon walked over to a table and poured himself a drink just as another man walked into the room.

"What's up Damon, you don't normally announce yourself when you arrive home" he said, sounding annoyed.

Marley turned at the sound of his voice and her eyes grew wide. "This family has amazing genes" she thought to herself, taking in the James Dean vibe he had going on and the burning eyes that set off his good looks.

He sighed when he noticed her and strode to Damon, hands on hips as he came to stand in front of him.

"Why have you bought her here Damon? Isn't it enough to play with them outside of our home without bringing them here too? I have Elena upstairs and we all know how she feels about your... extra curricular activities. She's barely holding it together now she knows about Katherine, you need to stop bringing them home."

"Oh lighten up Stefan" Damon replied, downing the amber liquid in his glass. "I was just showing Marley where we live and I wanted to introduce her to my little brother. If you're going to be a buzz kill, we'll take it upstairs."

Stefan stepped sideways to block Damon as he moved towards Marley.

"Remember they're people Damon" he growled through gritted teeth.

"I don't need reminding Stefan, I can smell the humanity dripping off her skin, delicious isn't it?" he asked. "Care to join us for a drop of earths finest liquid, I know you want to."

Stefan narrowed his eyes and stepped up inches from Damon's face. "Don't do anything stupid, I mean it Damon."

Damon went still and his eyes turned hard. "Don't threaten me Stefan, we both know I am stronger than you and I am well aware Elena is your weakness, don't make me use that information. I will do as I please. Now step aside, Marley and I are going to my room."

Taking her by the hand, Damon led her out of the room and towards a staircase. Marley felt completely bewildered by the exchange in the library, dragging her feet slightly as she tried to make sense of it all.

"Ah Damon", she started as she followed him slowly up the stairs "so that was your brother? The one you wanted me to meet? Who seemed to not be so keen on meeting me?"

"Ignore Stefan. He is an ass. And I don't want to talk about him anymore."

Stepping onto the second floor they almost ran into a gorgeous brunette with long legs and a surprised look on her face. "Damon?" she asked.

"Elena, Marley, Marley, Elena" he said by way of introduction as they walked passed her and kept on going. "Stefan is downstairs, pouting in the library if you're looking for him" Damon called back as they walked away. Marley looked back over her shoulder to see Elena standing watching them go with a concerned look on her face.

Moments later, Damon led her into a gorgeous bedroom dominated by heavy wooden furniture, a large bed and an old fashioned, luxurious bath tub.

"My humble abode" Damon grinned, closing the door behind them. Sauntering over to the bed and kicking his shoes off, he lay down with his hands behind his head, a smirk on his lips. There he proceeded to quietly watch Marley taking in his room, a fact she had noticed but was choosing to ignore. She was also ignoring the eye candy picture he was making with his black jeans and tight black top that had risen up slightly to reveal a glimpse of his skin. And she was ignoring the feeling in the pit of her stomach that was not altogether unpleasant. She was finding the ignoring, rather hard to do.

Damon laughed quietly to himself and patted the bed next to him. "Why don't you come over here next to me?" he asked.

"No, I'm fine over here" she replied, awkwardly leaning on the wall and looking at the ceiling, the walls, the books next to his bed but not directly at the bed or Damon.

"Oh but I know you want to" he replied, almost as if he could read her thoughts.

"Actually, maybe I should head back to my place" she answered, pushing away from the wall and turning towards the door.

Instantly, Damon was standing before her, his face inches from hers, his lips hovering tantalisingly close. "I don't usually have to compel women to stay with me, they fall over themselves to come home with me" he whispered arrogantly. Sighing he continued "You would insist on being one of the few I must compel, and trust me, you won't be complaining shortly" and looking into her eyes he spoke. "Marley, take off your shoes and get to bed."

Walking backwards, Marley felt the sudden (and not unpleasant) need to get over to the bed, stepping out of her shoes as Damon stalked slowly towards her. All of a sudden he pounced and deftly picking her up, he had her on the bed before she had time to gasp. Landing with a muted thump on her back, she let out the breath she had been holding and an unexpected giggle escaped her lips.

"See, you can have a good time with me" he said, appearing above her and looking down into her eyes. And then his lips grabbed hers, his body pressed against her frame, his arm snaking under her back to pull her even closer. All her senses became heightened as she became lost in the kiss, and the feeling of his hands beginning to explore her body. His kiss wasn't gentle, Damon knew what he wanted but his roughness wasn't an attempt to hurt her, quite the opposite. He pulled away for a moment, looking back down at her with a creased forehead and slight frown. "I compelled you to get to bed, I didn't tell you what to do once you were here."

Confused, Marley frowned and nodded. "Well, I think it's fairly obvious what we can do now I am here. You were kissing me, I was liking it, I'm assuming that since we are both adults, we can work out what happens next as we go along" she finished, stroking her fingertip along his jaw to his lips.

"Well, just as long as we're both in agreement" he murmered, quickly rolling Marley over so she was looking down at him. Then pulling her face to his, he continued his explorations until Marley could no longer think of anything other than the feeling of his breath against her stomach, his hands on her thigh and as her eyes rolled back in her head, only his name, Damon!

I had fun writing that one, hope you enjoyed reading it :) Next chapter in Damon's POV