Burn and Cool

"For the last….time…I don't know…why she's….here." Katherine choked out.

Bella had been throwing Katherine around like a rag-doll for thirty minutes while Stefan and Damon watched.

Bella allowed her face to return to normal and she dropped Katherine, "Get out." She growled.

"I said get out. I want you gone from this house, while I calm down otherwise I'm gonna kill you." Bella hissed.

Katherine quickly stood up and headed for the door, "Katherine," Bella called and turned to face her, "When you see John and Isobel, tell them they had better watch it; one wrong move and I will end them. Also tell John that Alaric needs his ring back."

Katherine left and Stefan finally spoke, "Bella are you…." He trailed.

"Fine yes. Now go to Elena's." Bella replied.

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Stefan left and finally Bella relaxed. Damon noticed that Bella was still in her bloodstained clothes.

"What are you gonna do?" Damon asked.

"I was gonna drink and get drunk but that's kind of out of the question since The Grill is ruined." Bella said bitterly.

"Well I have a solution," Damon said, "How about you go clean up and I will grab all the alcohol I can find."

"Damon, are you trying to get me drunk and take advantage of me?" Bella asked teasingly.

"Are you going to object?" Damon countered giving her a devilish smile.

Bella didn't respond; she merely went upstairs, showered, and when she came back the fire place was lit and as Damon had promised there was a ton of liquor sitting on the bar.

"A man of your word I see." Bella said and sat at the bar, "That's a nice change; I think this is the first time I'm viewing you as an angel in disguise." She said as Damon mixed a drink.

"Don't let this fool you Bella; I'm not an angel." Damon replied and handed her the drink.

Bella caught his hand and leaned close to him as she whispered, "Little secret Damon, neither am I."

Bella and Damon looked at each other for a while before she pulled away and walked to the couch to sit. Damon followed and sat down turning so he could look at her.

"So before we get completely trashed, I have a question." Damon said.

"You're going to get drunk with me?" Bella asked surprised, "What about the journals?"

"They can wait; after the last few nights I could use a night of drinking." Damon said smirking, "Now for my question; why don't you just compel Katherine back into the tomb, or do anything to John and Isobel?"

Bella downed her drink, "Simple, they all know something. Say I put Katherine in the tomb how cooperative do you think she will be? If I were to kill John or Isobel, then we would never know what they know." She replied.

"Why not compel them to tell the truth?" Damon questioned.

"Because I don't know exactly what they know; I compel them now they could run and we might get only part or the wrong information. Plus, in truth Isobel, Katherine, and John are all useful in their own way. Isobel is amazing at research; we know that. She's capable of noticing things we will miss. John has the ability to manipulate people…look what he did to Jenna and Alaric. He could be useful if we were to send him against Katherine. And finally Katherine is just that, Katherine. She has been running from Klaus for years and she's knows who to look out for." Bella explained.

"I see your game plan; in letting them believe you are ignorant and can be fooled you are actually controlling them." Damon said.

"Precisely, it's like shooting to the right of something, running to force it to turn left." Bella said.

"You are so much smarter and conniving than I gave you credit for, which worries me." Damon admitted. "After telling me that, I feel like you have been doing that to us."

Bella laughed, "If I had been doing it to you, do you think I would have just told you all of that? Damon, I haven't played you and I'm not going to."

"But you don't tell us everything." Damon pointed out.

Bella sighed, "There are some things that are too painful or too horrible to admit about myself, but I have told you more than I ever told Edward. When I showed you my scars that was the first time anyone other than Charlie had seen them and even with him, I don't talk about them. I never even let him touch them; you were the first. I understand that you don't trust me, but trust me when I say all I want is Klaus dead, but I won't use someone's life to make it happen."

"So you won't kill Elena." Damon said.

"No Damon," Bella chuckled, "In fact I've grown a soft spot for her. She reminds me of me when I was 17."

"When you were with Edward?" Damon said.

"Yeah," Bella said and she looked at her scar.

After a while Damon placed his hand on her arm and said, "Bella."

It brought her out of memories and she shook her head, "Can we stop with the heavy shit tonight…I just want to drink."

Bella stood up and went to the bar with Damon trailing behind her.

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Three hours later, Damon and Bella were both pretty buzzed and now Bella was lounging on the couch while Damon poured them some more drinks;

"So Damon, am I keeping you from the news lady?" Bella asked sitting up.

"No," Damon said smirking, "I haven't spoken to her in a while…I was getting bored, I need a new distraction."

Bella smiled a rare devilish smile and blurred next to Damon, "Anything in particular?"

Damon put down the glasses and faced Bella, "More like someone in particular." He said and wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him as he inhaled her scent.

"Anyone I know?" Bella questioned playing along as she trailed her fingers down his chest.

"I think you know her very well." Damon said smirking. "Unfortunately she's already turned me down."

"Well things change." Bella said.

"They do?" Damon asked moving her hair away from her face so he could look at her.

"Yea, but I don't know if you can handle me." Bella said.

"Who said it was you." Damon teased.

Bella pushed Damon away, "Sorry for assuming." She said playfully and started walking away.

Damon blurred and pinned her to the couch; Bella smirked, "You really want to play this game?"

"I think I can keep up." Damon said and his lips started to come down on Bella's.

At the last second Bella flipped them so she was on top straddling him, "I don't play nice Damon; I'm kinda rough."

A spark lit in Damon's eyes and he flipped them again, "So am I."

Damon leaned down and his lips connected to Bella's. In that moment a fire ignited and it started raging uncontrollably. Bella's hands wound their way into Damon's black-as-night hair and she pulled at it. Damon hissed and pulled back for a moment giving Bella the opportunity to blur across the room.

"Are we playing chase?" Damon asked standing up.

Bella smiled, "More along the lines of domination. I don't give in very easily."

Damon smirked, "Well I like a challenge."

"Good," Bella said, "Then I won't go easy on you."

"Never wanted you to." Damon replied.

In a moment, Damon had pinned Bella against the wall and had her hands above her head. Swiftly his lips found hers again and the fire started burning bright. Bella caught Damon's bottom lips and bit down on it drawing blood. Damon pulled back surprised and Bella moved them, forcing him to the ground.

"Letting a little bit of pain get to you Damon; maybe you can't keep up. I warned you, I did play rough." Bella said then she leaned down to his ear, "No one said you couldn't play rough too."

Bella's lips took in Damon's earlobe and then trailed down his neck until she reached his collarbone. At that point she stopped and looked Damon in the eye; he was thoroughly enjoying every minute of what Bella was doing. Bella knew Damon was holding back and she didn't like it; so she did the only thing she knew.

"I knew you were all talk, you can't handle what I want." Bella said and stood up heading for the stairs.

Damon's eyes turned icy blue; how dare this girl question his abilities. Damon got up and went to Bella turning her around and pinning her against the front door.

"You want me Bella you got me." Damon said and he kissed her….hard.

It was one of those kisses filled with anger and passion. Damon had never had any woman challenge him like Bella or question him like she did. It pissed off and excited him at the same time.

Bella gasped for air, but Damon continued with his assault only this time it was on her neck. He decided that since Bella had nipped at him he should return the favor, so he let his fangs extend and made a quick little knick. Bella cried out and Damon pulled back smirking.

"Tic for tac Swan." He said smirking.

Bella's eyes danced with excitement and lust, "You're learning the game well."

"Are there any rules I should know about?" Damon breathed against Bella's lips.

Bella wrapped her arms around Damon's neck as she said, "Don't think, just do it. No questions."

Damon's devilish smile appeared and he captured Bella's lips again. After a minute, Bella pushed Damon away and then she flipped so he was against the wall. She grabbed his shirt and ripped it open revealing his perfectly chiseled chest and abs. She quickly raked her nails down his chest causing him to hiss. Damon grabbed the back of Bella's neck, kissed her hard and then he picked her up. In a flash he had her laid down on his bed and he quickly took her shirt off, throwing it somewhere in the room.

Damon began kissing at the hollow of her neck and made his way down until he reached the top of her breast. His lips ghosted over the tops of her silky soft skin and Bella arched her back, wanting to feel more pressure from Damon's lips. He placed his hands on Bella's shoulders and forced her down.

Smirking he said, "I thought this was domination Bella…seems to me like you're giving in."

Damon watched as something changed in Bella's eyes; he couldn't tell if it was anger or lust but either way it turned him on even more. Bella used her strength and rolled so Damon was on his back.

"Careful Salvatore, remember what I told you…I always win." Bella said and kissed down his chest and abs.

Damon rolled and was back on top. He dipped his head and began a trail of kisses down the sides of Bella's stomach until he reached her hip and bit down on it. He stood up, rolled Bella onto her stomach and planted kisses, starting from the small of her back and ending just below the back of her ear.

"I think you will find little Swan that I play this game better…I have been around for some time." He said as he unhooked her lacy red bra.

Bella propped herself up on her elbows, turned her head and replied, "A lot less talk and a lot more action Damon…I'm getting bored."

"We wouldn't want that." Damon replied and kissed her.

He let her turn over and as they kissed his hands went down and unbuttoned her jeans. Bella lifted up so Damon could get them off, then she unhooked his pants.

"No underwear." Bella asked smirking.

"No." Damon replied.

Damon hooked a finger under Bella's underwear and traced it from hip to hip as he kissed her roughly. Ever so slowly he began to slip them off when Bella stilled. She threw Damon off of her and blurred out of the room. Damon laid there wondering what the hell happened when suddenly Caroline burst in the door.

"We have a major…OH MY GOD! PUT SOME DAMN CLOTHES ON!" Caroline yelled shielding her eyes.

Damon stood up and put on his pants, "As I remember Caroline, you've seen me in all my glory." He growled.

"Yea, not something I want to repeat." She snapped.

"What's going on?" Bella asked from the door way.

She was leaning with her arms crossed and fully dressed…not even a hair out of place. Damon narrowed his eyes; he was pissed because A) they had been interrupted and B) Bella looked completely calm.

Truth was Bella wasn't calm, she was just as pissed as Damon, but something told her that it was for the best they were interrupted. No matter how strong that feeling, it was overruled by how Damon's body had felt against hers, how his lips had felt, how he had tasted and so many more things.

"Matt….he knows what I am." Caroline said.

"Add another one to the list." Bella mumbled and walked down the stairs to where Matt was. He turned and stepped back when he saw her, "Hello Matt," Bella said and sat down on the couch, "We need to talk."

A/N: Okay you guys here you go a little B/D action. I know it was a tease but don't hate me just yet for stopping there. There is much more action to come and I promise you won't be disappointed.

As always a huge thank you goes out to Dark-Supernatural-Angel and AllyDLV for all their input and help on this chapter. I really appreciate it.

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