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Stefan stared at Jessica, open-mouthed and frozen with shock, as he listened to her explain the events of the night before and Jeremy's confession that Bonnie had been planning to put an end to Damon and Jessica's relationship for weeks.

It was with great disbelief and disappointment that he shook his head. Bonnie was one of his closest friends and someone he would trust with his life. He felt betrayed by her actions. Damon was his brother and despite their differences throughout the last century, he wanted nothing more than for him to be happy. Jessica made him happy. Why was Bonnie so against it?

Damon sat; his hand gripping a glass full of bourbon so tightly he was sure it would crack under the pressure if he didn't release it soon. He was downright furious. Bonnie had tried to take away the one good thing in his life; the one thing that gave him hope and made him believe that he could be a better man. She had to pay for her actions.

Downing his drink in one swift go and ignoring the after-burn as it slipped down his throat, Damon flung the glass down on the coffee table and began to stalk out of the room; intent on carrying out his mission.

"Damon! Stop!" shouted Jessica; scurrying after him.

It did not take a genius to know where Damon was going and why. Bonnie's interference had set alight a flame of pure anger in Jessica and she wanted nothing more than to verbally attack her 'friend'. The months spent in Damon's company had taught her that Damon did not take well to betrayal and Jessica could only imagine how full of rage her boyfriend was in that moment and, unlike her, he was not opposed to using violence to get his point across.

Tugging on Damon's black shirt, Jessica tried to pull him back and prevent him from leaving. No matter what Bonnie had done, she did not deserve to be on the receiving end of Damon's wrath.

"Let go of me, Jessica." Damon spat through gritted teeth.

If he really wanted to he could have ripped himself out of Jessica's grip. Many decades spent as a vampire meant that his sweet, human girlfriend's strength was no match for his, but it wasn't Jessica's physical strength which was stopping him. No. It was her love. The power she held over him was much stronger than Damon had ever thought. It truly was the only thing keeping him from storming over to Bonnie's house and tearing her throat out.

"Please…" Jessica pleaded. "Don't. Leave it."

Damon sighed and stared down into his girlfriend's beautiful, big brown eyes that were full of love and pleading. How could he deny her anything?

"You're asking me to let her get away with trying to take you from me. I'm not sure if I can do that."

The darkness of Damon's brooding eyes made it very clear to Jessica that he was struggling with her request. Sympathy and understanding washed over her. She completely understood Damon's anger and she fully intended on berating Bonnie for her meddling and immoral actions; she just needed Damon to remain calm for the time being.

"She's not getting away with anything, I promise. Just please don't this… for me."

Damon's face softened slightly and he sighed in defeat. He would do as Jessica asked him… for now.

"Fine. She's going to have to answer to me at some point though."

The way his eyes were bearing into hers made it final. It was no longer up for discussion. Damon would have his way eventually and Jessica would just have to deal with it.

"That's fine. I'm not exactly happy with her either." Jessica grumbled; finally letting go of Damon's shirt and crossing her arms over her chest.

They fell silent. The only sound in the room came from the breathing of Jessica and Damon and Stefan excusing himself politely. Damon stared down at his girlfriend and pushed a stray lock of hair away from her eyes. Cupping her cheek gently in his hand, he suddenly remembered the apology he owed her and the apology she now owed him.

"I'm sorry for being a dick but surely you understand why I reacted so badly."

Jessica nodded and closed the small gap between hers and Damon's bodies; nuzzling her face into his neck. Damon's arms wrapped around her tenderly and he clung to her protectively.

"I'm sorry too. I just thought you were over-reacting because you don't like Bonnie. I never thought she would actually try to break us up. She was supposed to be my friend."
"Bonnie isn't your friend. I don't want you seeing her again. Is that clear?"

Damon knew he was sounding like an over-zealous, controlling boyfriend but he couldn't bring himself to care. Bonnie was trouble and he didn't want his girlfriend anywhere near her.

"Don't worry, Damon, I'm not speaking to her. Not after what she did. Even Jeremy hates her and he isn't exactly your biggest fan. He broke up with her."
"Jeremy dumped the Wicked Witch?" Damon asked; his eyebrows raised.

Jessica rolled her eyes at her boyfriend's shameful glee at the news.

"Stop smirking. It isn't funny."
"I disagree. I think it's fucking hilarious. Little Miss Judgey tries to ruin our relationship and all she manages to do is wreck her own. I don't know about you but I tend to call that karma."

Swotting at Damon's chest, Jessica glared at him. It took little effort for Damon to restrain her and his smirked increased at his girl's frustration at being unable to move her arms.

"Calm down, babe. You'll give yourself an injury otherwise."
"It's not funny, Damon. Jeremy is my best-friend and he just broke up with his girlfriend. He may not like what she did but he did love her and he's hurting!"

Jessica tried, and failed, to pull herself from Damon's grip. Now that she and Damon had apologised to one another their relationship was fine. What she needed to do was be with her friend and support him.

"Where do you think you're going?" asked Damon as he pulled Jessica back against him. "I didn't say you could leave."
"I have to go. Jeremy-"
"Will be fine. You can go see him tomorrow. I've only just got you back. You're not leaving me again."
"Damon…"
"No."

His tone was dominating and his words were final. Continuing to keep a hold of Jessica's arms, Damon pressed his lips to hers and ran his tongue along her plump bottom lip; begging for entrance.

Jessica hadn't expected such a kiss and she gasped in surprise when she felt Damon's blunt teeth pinch her lower lip and take advantage of her open mouth by delving inside. One handed slipped under the soft wool of her black jumper whilst the other held onto her lower back. She could feel every ridge of Damon's hard, lean body and she sighed in pleasure at his touch.

"Damon…" She mumbled against his lips.
"Yes?" Damon asked with a smirk; breaking away from his girlfriend's lips and moving down to graze them across her collarbone.
"What are you doing?"

Her breath came out in small pants and she felt herself lean in closer to Damon. Excitement was beginning to pour through her and from the sensation of Damon's smirk against the skin of her neck, she could tell that he knew exactly how he was making her feel.

"We owe each other an apology. I'm thinking there's a way we can make this up to each other and mutually benefit from it."

Damon stopped kissing Jessica long enough to look her in the eye and grin mischievously at her. He didn't give her chance to reply before whipping her jumper from her body to reveal her lace covered breast; heaving from the effort of breathing.

A rush of cold air hit her bare skin instantly, causing it to goose bump. She moaned slightly and allowed Damon to move her backwards across the room and push her gently down until she was lying with her back against the cushions of the sofa.

Resuming his previous actions, Damon sucked and nibbled at the soft, supple skin of Jessica's neck until a bright red mark had taken up residence. He smirked. It would be days before the mark would even begin to fade. Once again, he had marked her as his.

Arching her back, Jessica revelled in the pleasure she was receiving and she let her hands fall against the thin, black material of Damon's shirt. Impatience over came her and she tore the shirt in two; buttons flying off in all directions and making small clinking sounds as they came into contact with various surfaces.

A growl erupted from deep within Damon's chest and he felt himself harden even more.

"I liked that shirt." he growled.
"Think of it as payback for all the times you tore up my panties." replied Jessica with a look of complete innocence on her face.
"I really liked that shirt. It was one of my favourites. It was expensive."

Jessica had no doubt that the shirt was expensive but she had been forced into having an awkward conversations with Caroline when she asked her to go shopping with her; having realised she was down to only a week's worth of panties due to Damon's impatience during their intense sex sessions.

"Shut up, Damon."

Discarding the useless shirt onto the floor, Damon rid both himself and Jessica of their jeans and left them to fall in a pile on top of his torn shirt. Jessica moaned as she felt Damon's hardened length press against her thigh; so dangerously close to where she really wanted it to be. She cursed his preference for going without underwear.

Lips crashed against lips and Damon enveloped Jessica's mouth with his own. Her taste was so sweet and intoxicating to him. He feared he would never be able to get enough of her. Fingers tangled themselves into his raven coloured hair and a small sting of pain shot through him as Jessica gripped his hair tightly and pulled him away from her mouth.

"I…need…to…breathe…"

Pride swept through Damon as he stared down at the flushed face of his girlfriend; her sunshine blonde hair spread across her shoulders; her lips swollen from the force of his kisses; her brown eyes smouldering with lust.

He relented with his kisses and, instead, gently moulded her breasts in the palm of his hands whilst holding her gaze the entire time. When a loud moan escaped Jessica's mouth, Damon took it as a sign to proceed and he grazed his hands over Jessica's body and down past her hips until his fingers were tracing the top of her lace panties.

Without warning, Damon ripped the panties from Jessica's body, earning a yelp from the girl, and was immediately bombarded with her scent. She was craving him; her natural body instincts told him so.

"Dammit, Damon! You ruined my underwear."
"You ruined my shirt." Damon retorted in a matter of fact voice.

A reply was on the tip of Jessica's tongue when all thoughts left her mind and all air left her lungs. Damon had plunged two fingers deep into her core, crooking them, and was moving them at near vampire speed.

Two things became immediately obvious to Jessica in that moment. One, Damon was not going to be gentle and two, he was going to be sore in the morning.

"Oh…" was all Jessica could say as Damon continued in his quest to pleasure her.

No other words would form. Her mind was a complete mess and her body was fairing up much better.

"Oh? Is that all I get? I think you can do better than that." smirked Damon; his voice smooth and dripping with intense lust.

Pulling his fingers out of Jessica, he licked them clean; enjoying the taste of her and the way it made her groan out loud as she watched him carefully. Placing one hand on her hip and curling the other around her lower back, Damon held onto her as he pushed himself back into her; her walls clamping around him immediately and encasing him in her wet warmth.

A groan of excitement made it's way out of Damon's own mouth. He considered making her beg him to move but the sudden grinding of Jessica's hips against his made him decide otherwise. His movements were slightly restricted due to the tight fit of the sofa but he set a fast, comfortable pace and had Jessica whimpering with desire within seconds.

"Oh god… Damon… fuck… fuck!"
"That's better." grinned Damon. "That's my girl, Baby Forbes."

Try as she might, Jessica couldn't be annoyed at Damon for his use of his nick-name for her. He was causing her far too much pleasure for her to consider being anything but grateful for his existence in that second.

The tiny fluttering of butterflies in the pit of her stomach alerted Jessica to the oncoming orgasm that she knew from experience would arrive shortly. Damon knew it too and he sped up in his effort to allow them both to reach their ends at the same time.

"Damon!"
"Jess!"

Jessica reached her peak first and she came with a loud, guttural scream of Damon's name. Damon came only seconds later and he clung to his girlfriend as she shook beneath him; both riding out the waves of their orgasms.

Without moving or pulling out, Damon collapsed onto Jessica's body and nibbled lovingly on her earlobe. They were both a little sweaty from their activities but neither of them minded. Tangling her fingers into Damon's hair, Jessica sighed happily; glad that her relationship with Damon was back on track.

"You're not allowed to leave again. If you're mad at me, you can't walk away. You can be angry at me in one of the other many rooms in this god forsaken house, but you are not allowed to walk away from me. I've been driven half insane with worry today."
"I'm sorry. I just needed some space. You were being so unreasonable and possessive and it scared me. You didn't need to worry though. I was with Jeremy and Kol."

Moving his head so he was now making eye contact with the girl lying beneath him, Damon stared at her quizzically. He had known she'd spent the day with Jeremy, he was her best-friend, after all, but who the hell was Kol?

"Who's Kol?"

The jealousy in Damon's voice was evident. Smiling what she hoped was a reassuring smile, Jessica caressed Damon's stubble-free cheek.

"He' just a friend of mine and Jeremy's. Don't be so jealous. I love you."
"Hmmm… I'm not jealous."
"Of course not, babe."

"Bonnie! Bonnie, please open the door." Caroline pleaded. "You've been in there ages."

The sound of tears filtered through the wooden door of Bonnie's bedroom and Caroline shared a worried look with Elena. So much had happened that Caroline was struggling to get her head around it. Jessica had disappeared, Bonnie and Jeremy had broken up and Damon had made an unwanted appearance that morning.

Caroline was trying her best to support her friend during such a difficult time but there was only so much she could do. Bonnie was refusing to leave her bed, having locked the door to her room just after Damon's visit, and she wasn't talking. They had received no information about the break-up but Caroline knew her friend was feeling heartbroken. She just wished she'd let her be there for her.

Caroline had tried questioning Elena; believing that she should have some idea about why her younger brother would suddenly break Bonnie's heart. Elena had denied knowing anything and Caroline believed her… at least about the break-up. There was still no reason being offered for her sister's disappearance. If it hadn't been for the text message she'd received earlier that day, from Jessica, informing her that she was fine and would be home later, Caroline would be panicking uncontrollably.

"Please, Bonnie. Let us in. We can help." Elena stated softly.

She was furious at her brother for hurting her best-friend. Sure, Jeremy may not have agreed with her and Bonnie's plan but that didn't mean he had to break Bonnie's heart.

"Go away! Please. Leave me alone!" Bonnie shouted through the door.

She wanted to be alone. She had screwed up so badly. All she had wanted to do was protect her friend from a life-time of heartbreak and possible abuse. In the end, all she had managed to do was wreck her own relationship. The heartbreak and despair was already eating away at her, and she let another wave of tears wash over her as she tried to block out the sounds of her friend's pleas.

It was a little over a week later when Jessica finally saw Bonnie. She was walking home from school with Jeremy and Kol, enjoying their usual teasing banter, when she noticed Bonnie walking down the street towards her.

There was a light drizzle and Jessica watched Jeremy push his damp hair from his eyes as they shared a look. They understood what the look meant. They were silently asking each other if they were prepared for what was about to come next.

Bonnie stopped and blushed from how awkward the situation was. All three had fallen silent at the sight of and the only other sounds were those of other students chatting to one-another as they made their way home.

Clearing her throat to speak, Bonnie tried in vain to ignore how apprehensive she was feeling and stared at Jeremy. She needed to apologise. She needed to know if their relationship really was beyond repair.

"Ummm, Jeremy… can I talk to you?"

Standing before them, with wet chocolate brown curls and sad green eyes that screamed with heartbreak, Bonnie looked defeated and Jeremy heard Jessica sigh alongside him.

"What do you want, Bonnie?"
"I want to apologise."
"It's not me you should be apologising to. It's Jessica."

Bonnie glanced at Jessica and cringed when she saw the girl glaring at her angrily. A part of her knew that what she did to Jessica was wrong but her pride wouldn't let her admit it. The intention wasn't to hurt Jessica, it was to help her.

"I'm serious, Bonnie. Don't bother apologising to me. It isn't going to change a thing. We're over, but if you ever want to be friends again then you need to say sorry to Jessica."
"I… I can't."

Jeremy's face darkened and he shook his head in disbelief. Next to him, Kol was standing with an open-mouth and curious look on his face. Jessica, on the other hand, was seething.

"You seriously can't apologise to me? After everything you did?"
"It was for your own good." Bonnie mumbled.
"My own good? Wow! Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound? You tried to break me and Damon up! You were meant to be my friend."
"I am-"
"No, Bonnie! Friends don't do shit like that. Even if they hate your boyfriend, they still support you no matter what. They listen to you when you want to bitch. They don't spend months thinking up ways to break you up and trying to get your sister and best-friend to join in!"
"Jess, you deserve so much more than Damon. He-."

A groan of frustration sprang from Jessica's lips and she attempted to rein in some of her anger.

"Shut up. I don't care what you think. The fact that you actually thought I'd cheat on Damon with Kol says it all. I am not your friend anymore, Bonnie. Stay away from me."

With that, Jessica barged past Bonnie and set off down the street with Kol and Jeremy running after her. She wanted to put as much distance between herself and her back-stabbing 'friend' as possible. Tears pricked at her eyes as she processed the feelings of betrayal that were swimming about inside of her.

An arm wrapped itself around her shoulder and she smiled through the tears when she noticed it was Kol.

"Don't cry, baby girl. She's a bitch."
"I know."
"How about a movie night at mine? Me, you and Jeremy? I'll even buy you some Oreos."

Jessica and Jeremy laughed at Kol's manic grin and the fact that he knew Jessica well enough to know her favourite snack.

Nodding, Jessica wiped away her tears and linked her other arm with Jeremy's. Together the three friends set off for Kol's house and Jessica smiled to herself; grateful for the existence of the two boys next to her.

Another week passed and with it came the beginning of February. The weather was still chilly but all signs of snow had disappeared. In its place was an almost constant downpour of rain.

Damon had been so busy making sure his relationship with Jessica was going smoothly, that he had almost forgotten about his rage concerning Bonnie and her unwanted and immoral meddling. That was until she turned up on his doorstep one wet afternoon.

He had opened the door to find Bonnie staring back at him with hatred in her eyes. The memory of Jessica revealing what Bonnie had done came back with a vengeance and so did his anger.

"What the hell do you want, Bonnie?" sneered Damon.

He did not move aside to let her in. it was not her place to be in his home.

"I came to see if Jess is here."
"Why? She doesn't want anything to do with you."

The smug expression on Damon's face enraged Bonnie and all thoughts of being civil flew right out of her head.

"You know what, Damon? I know you're all happy that you managed to trick Jessica into loving you but could you not be a grade A dick for five minutes and tell me if she's here?"
"Nope."
"No, 'she's not here' or no, 'I'm not going to help you'?"
"Nope."

Not for the first time in the two years she'd known him, Damon's arrogance and unwillingness to help infuriated her.

"For Christ's sake, Damon! Stop being such an arrogant ass!"
"No. You tried to take her from me. I couldn't care less about helping you."
"You're despicable! I have no idea what she sees in you. I was trying to save her! I don't want my friend to experience the same thing her sister did!"

At this, Damon's eyes darkened with pure rage and he fought with himself to control his violent urges. The fact that Bonnie was insinuating that he would hurt Jessica only served to anger him further, and his grip on the front door tightened so much he heard the wood begin to split.

"I would never hurt her."
"It's what you do, Damon. You hurt people. No wonder everyone always chooses Stefan."

Bonnie's was off her feet and suspended a few feet off the ground within seconds. Damon was snarling at her now and he could hear Bonnie's heartbeat increase rapidly as his hand blocked off her airways.

A sharp, excruciating pain shot through Damon and concentrated in his head. It was so intense that he was sure his skull was about to split open and he dropped Bonnie like she was a hot pan.

Taking in great gasps of air, Bonnie silently thanked her magic and glared at Damon. His actions had just proven her right.

"Bonnie, stop it!" Jessica shouted; running through the front door and out on the path.

The sounds of Damon and Bonnie's argument had reached her all the way up in Damon's room and she had rushed down immediately. With Jessica's presence, Bonnie stopped her assault on Damon who shot her a vicious look.

"Bloody witch!"
"There's more where that came from, Damon."
"Next time, I'll just break your neck."
"Stop it! Bonnie, go away. I don't want to talk to you. Damon, get inside. Now!"

Jessica dragged Damon back inside and gave no further thought to whether or not Bonnie had indeed left. She was absolutely furious. I had told Damon on a number of occasions to leave Bonnie to her and now she had found him attacking her. True, she understood why Damon was so angry at the witch but the violence was uncalled for; on both sides.

Pouring himself a glass of bourbon, Damon took a large gulp and instantly felt better. Not any less angry, but better nonetheless. That changed when he saw Jessica glaring at him with a mixture of disappointment and rage.

Rubbing his temple, Damon took a step towards Jessica who immediately backed away from him. Her entire body was shaking violently with anger and Damon knew he was in trouble.

"What the actual fuck, Damon?! Have you gone mad? You can't just attack her!"
"She deserved it."
"No, she didn't. She deserves me not being her friend anymore. She deserves people being mad at her. She does not deserve almost getting killed!"

Damon snorted.

"Oh, come on! It's not like she's a defenceless little girl, as you bloody well saw! She attacked me as well. I don't see you being a bitch to her!"

Jessica flinched slightly at Damon calling her a bitch. The name-calling hurt much more than she ever thought it would have.

"I. Don't. Care. You're a vampire!"
"So?"
"So? You know what, never mind. How about don't attack her because I asked you not to? I sorted it."
"You sorted it? Of course you did! You haven't asked me why I attacked her."
"I don't-"
"You don't care, I get it."

An almost manic laugh escaped Damon's mouth and he took another swig of his drink. Anger at Bonnie's words and anger at Jessica was coursing through him and he could feel his self-control slipping. The urge to lash out was becoming was more intense with each passing second.

"You don't care what anyone else does, only what I do. As long as I'm a good little vampire, everyone else can just say and do whatever the fuck they like."
"I told you to leave it and you didn't!"
"News flash, babe, I don't do as I'm told. I'm not a child and you can't tell me what to do! You're just a human."
"And you're just an arrogant, selfish vampire who goes around abusing women!"

The very instant the words left her mouth, Jessica clamped her mouth shut and regretted saying such a thing. Caroline's past with Damon was well-known and it was something she'd never held against him when everyone else had. Damon had reformed himself and she knew he would never hurt her.

The last tether on his self-control broke and Damon felt his face transform. He knew his eyes would be black by now; his veins would be protruding and his fangs would have descended. Every instinct in his body was telling him to attack and he could smell Jessica's fear.

"I didn't mean that." said Jessica, her voice soft and scared.
"Get. Out." Damon demanded.
"Damon…"
"Get out, right now!"
"No… Damon-"
"I told you to get the fuck out of my house!"

Damon screamed out loud and threw the still half full glass of bourbon at the walk Jessica behind Jessica. The glass shattered and alcohol seeped across the wooden floor. Jessica jumped when she heard the cracking sound but still, she did not move. It was crazy. Inside of her, her brain was screaming at her to run and run fast. She didn't. She couldn't.

"No." she sounded more confident than she felt.

Within the blink of an eye, Damon was on Jessica and the girl let out a shout of pain as her back hit the wall with brutal force. Damon had her arms pinned by her sides. There was no way she could escape now even if she wanted to. For the first time in her life, she was terrified of Damon.

Somewhere, deep inside, Damon registered the sheer terror he saw in Jessica's big, brown eyes; eyes that were now full with tears. Breathing deeply, he gained control over his senses and felt his face return to normal. Regret bit at him. He had crossed a line. He'd proven Bonnie and Caroline right. He had hurt Jessica and he was certain the force of the impact with the wall would leave her with some ugly bruises.

Pressing his forehead against hers, he squeezed his eyes shut and attempted to lace his words with a loving undertone.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."

Her breath was warm and shaky against the skin on his face and he could smell the salt in her tears.

"Please, don't run from me."

The desperation in his voice was evident and Jessica's heart broke at the sound of it.

"Let me go, Damon." she pleaded softly.
"Don't run."

Slowly, Damon released Jessica but did not move away from her. He groaned. He had hurt her and now she was afraid of him. His heart broke.

Rubbing her arms in a bid to get some circulation back in them, Jessica ignored the blinding pain in her back. She turned her face away from Damon when he tried to caress her. It was instinct. Her body was no longer welcoming his touch; it feared it.

"Please, don't run. I'm so sorry."

Jessica gulped back a fresh wave of tears. She still couldn't look at him.

"We're over. We are so over."

She pushed past and did as he begged her not to. She ran. She ran from him. She ran from the pain. She ran from the love.