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Writer's Notes: Thank you delia, navywife, Roxhall, and Kouga. Stefan isn't stupid. He knows something is wrong, and only time will tell if Bella comes clean or not. There's a lot of concern about Stefan. Stefan is so sweet natured, but Bella is worried about him. Just like she's worried about Klaus hurting the people she's closest to. Bella has lost a lot, and she's in a weird place emotionally, and sometimes, she has to just work through those things. Hopefully soon, we'll get to see some reprieve for her. As always, I appreciate all of you. Don't forget to follow, favorite, and review!
[Somewhere in Georgia]
Bella looked at her phone as it rang again. She swallowed, watching Stefan's name flash on her screen.
"Answer it." Damon said. "Give it here."
Bella answered it and handed it to Damon. She had been avoiding Stefan's call since they left Virginia. They were in Georgia now, but they hadn't quite made their destination.
"Hello brother." Damon said, the hint of charm in his voice.
"Damon, I know you're together. What the hell is going on and why won't she talk to me?" Stefan queried quickly.
Damon sighed. "Klaus Mikaelson happened. We went to Sheila Bennett and we got information we need and now we're in Georgia looking for a moonstone to barter with the scary Mikaelson, so we can all come out of whatever it is, alive."
"Are you fucking kidding me right now?"
"Yes Stefan, I just love joking about the serious nature of a hybrid wannabe needing your girlfriend's blood to complete a crazy ass ritual so he can unlock his hybrid side, so then he becomes unkillable." Damon stated sarcastically.
Stefan was angry, Damon knew it, Bella knew, possibly everyone in Mystic Falls knew it at this point. "I want to talk to her."
Damon looked over at Bella. "He wants to talk to you."
Bella swallowed. "Um. Okay." She said meekly, and took the phone from Damon and put it to her ear. "Stefan…"
"You couldn't tell me any of this? Bella, we're supposed to tell each other everything. I could have helped, but now I'm stuck in Mystic Falls, while you're out there with… him and it's driving me crazy." Stefan said, his tone was softer than when he was talking with Damon, but you could tell that there was upset in his voice.
"I just… didn't know what to do. Stefan, your blood thing and then Damon just knew how to handle it. I'm sorry." She said, her voice small. She was sorry for so many things, but those were things she wouldn't tell him over the phone. She wasn't even sure about anything herself and that made her feel like the worse possible person right now.
Stefan sighed. "It's late, when are you supposed to arrive at your destination?"
"We're about to check in at a hotel." Damon said.
"A hotel? Why not go on to the destination?"
"Because that would mean dragging Bella into a wolf den in the middle of the night on a full moon and brother, quite frankly, I don't feel like dying tonight." Damon responded.
Bella looked at Damon frowning but didn't say anything. "I promise to be careful, and… we should talk when I get back."
"Yeah… we should." Stefan said and then he paused. "Bella, I love you. Please… please stay safe."
"I will." She said, and then she hung up.
"No I love you's?" Damon mused, raising a brow.
Bella swallowed. "You know why."
Damon just nodded and found the exit he needed, to find a hotel for them to stay in for the night and then hit the wolf's den in the morning after everyone has gotten their wolf-out done.
[Golden Inn: North Georgia]
Damon came back to Bella and the car after getting a room. There was one room left and the next hotel was twenty miles out. Bella was tired, he could tell. He opened her door. "Come on."
Bella got out, rubbing her eyes a little. The fatigue had hit her hard and she knew it was from the events of the day. "When's check out?"
"11. But we should get you breakfast or something earlier than that. It's not the Marriott and they only had one room. So I'll use the pull out couch to rest for the night." Damon explained as they walked towards their door for their room. It was more like a middle of nowhere motel, if Damon had to explain it. He opened the door and they walked inside. There was just the queen bed, a recliner, a small table with two chairs, then a counter with a sink and a microwave next to it. A door that went to the bathroom, and then a nightstand.
Bella looked around the room. "There's not a couch."
"Chair is fine."
"It's not fine. Werewolves can be dangerous right?"
"Can be." Damon said and sighed. "But don't worry about that. Go on, get some sleep."
Bella wanted to argue some more, but she stopped herself, resigning to laying on the bed, after slipping her shoes off. She curled up on her side, Damon came over and pulled the blankets up and tucked her in. "Thank you."
"Not a problem. Get rest Bella." Damon murmured softly, and then he went to the chair and sat down. The room was silent, that's when he realized that she was asleep now. She had been more tired than she let on. He closed his eyes, wanting to rest some before tomorrow's events and soon he found himself drifting off. He wasn't sure how long he was like that when her distressed moans ripped him from his slumber… he got out of the chair quickly, and made it over to her. She was thrashing in the bed now, sweat built up on her forehead and she was crying out in her sleep. His arms enveloped her as he scooped her up, as he got in bed with her, and rocked her close to him.
"Bella, wake up. It's me." Damon said, rocking her more.
Bella's eyes flew open and she flinched a little before her brain caught up to her surroundings. She wasn't back at her house in Mystic Falls and Edward was really dead. "Damon…"She murmured and then she turned into him, burying her face in his chest, feeling safe now.
"It's okay…"Damon murmured softly. He kissed the top of her head, closing his eyes, listening to her heartrate calm down from her nightmare. They were silent for a long time, before Bella pulled back to look up at him. "Hmm?"
"You always save me." Bella said, her dark eyes latched onto his blue ones.
Damon studied her. "I will always be here to save you Bella. I won't let anything bad happen to you. Not even Klaus." He said and reached a hand up and cupped her cheek. They stared at each other for a while before one of them leaned in, Damon wasn't sure who it was that initiated it, because now their lips were together, brushing together softly at first, before her lips parted and let him sweep his tongue across to mingle with hers. It was a slow, sensual kiss. A mind numbing, body melting kiss, that made Bella shudder and move against him. She let out a soft moan as they kissed, her hands pulling at his shirt now, getting it off of him. Damon leaned her back against the mattress and pushed his hands up her body under the material of her shirt, his hands slightly cool against her heated skin.
Bella wanted everything Damon was doing and so much more… Damon gave her more. He got her clothes off in a haste, she lay there naked and glorious for him. He leaned his mouth down, kissing over her body, savoring every kiss, his mouth finding her core and his tongue swirled over her clit, igniting the fire more. She moaned, her hips rocking up to meet his mouth as he dove in, his fingers dancing inside her folds, reaching in and stroking her from the inside while his tongue lapped up on the outside.
"Damon," She moaned as his tongue drove against her unrelenting, his fingers continued to penetrate, faster and faster, until she was shuddering on the sheets, her orgasm rippling through her like a tidal wave. It had been a long time or at least that's how it seemed. She moaned loudly as it shook her and she quivered still as he drank her in, enjoying the way she tasted on his lips. His fangs appeared and he kissed the inside of her thigh, she shivered, feeling the sharpness of his fangs and she moaned as he pierced her, her blood flowing over his tongue. He pulled away and moved, taking his pants off, staring down at her beautiful body.
She was so purely satisfied and she looked up at him, the heated desire in his eyes as he removed his own pants. His mouth connected with hers again, as his cock moved to her entrance. Their eyes connected as he slid inside her, they both groaned at how good it felt. He stayed locked like that, plunged all the way to the hilt inside her. He brought his hands up, lacing his fingers with hers and moving her arms up above her head, before he leaned down, his mouth taking over hers again. He kissed her deeply as he shifted his hips to her in long, deep strides. The passion was clear in the way their bodies responded to each other. They way they moved in sync with each other.
He thrust faster, as she squeezed around him tight, unleashing another orgasm, then he was pushing deeper inside her, as he exploded, his seed spurting out hot, inside her. He moaned against her mouth and kept himself still, locked in her depths, until he was finished. His mouth found hers again, kissing her slowly, his hands releasing hers and she brought them up around him, to hold him. He leaned back, to look down at her, her eyes were glazed over from the intense pleasure they both just went through. He bit his lip slightly, letting the blood pool before he leaned in kissing her, her tongue sweeping over his lip, his blood hitting her tongue. He pulled out of her and rolled to the side, pulling her with him, into his arms and she lay her head on his chest.
The silence was welcoming, as they both calmed down, especially Bella's heart, since it stammered out of control while they were linked together. Damon drew light circles over her shoulder, thinking about how this had affected him. He was addicted to her. He loved her. Something he wasn't even sure he could ever achieve again.
"I want you." Damon finally spoke, breaking the silence.
Bella wasn't sure what he meant, so she leaned up to look down at him, her hair falling like a dark curtain, but he reached up and pushed the hair behind her ear. "What?"
"I know I shouldn't. What keeps happening here… I can't not stop myself when I'm with you. Stefan is my brother, but… I want to be selfish right now. I so badly want you to leave him for me." Damon murmured, staring up at her beautiful face.
Bella felt guilty. She never wanted to hurt Stefan. Everything that happened here tonight, shouldn't have happened. She was a cheater and that was something she never saw herself doing. She cared about Stefan. She didn't want him to go off the deep end. What if breaking up with him would shatter him? What if telling him that she was falling in love with Damon, sent him over the ripper edge and he could never regain himself? She wasn't sure if she could forgive herself if something happened. "Damon…"
"You can't say you don't feel this connection. It's something I haven't felt before. I want you with me."
"But Stefan… he's not as stable as you are. What if he… becomes a ripper again?" Bella was worried the most about that.
Damon nodded, he understood that fear. Stefan was nothing short of a boogey man when he was spiraling on human blood. "Let him down easy."
"There's nothing easy about this." Bella said and sighed, sitting up in the bed now. The blankets fell around her and she was sitting there naked. She didn't care about that. "I'm a terrible person."
Damon shook his head. "No, no you're not. Bella, it's okay to love. Why should we fight the truth?"
"When the truth hurts people we care about… that's why we should fight the truth." Bella murmured. "We can't… we can't be like this again. Damon, I know…." She said before he could say something. "I know that it isn't right. I should have never… allowed myself into a situation where I fall in love with someone like you."
"What does that mean?" Damon asked, his eyes showing confusion and some hurt.
"It means, I shouldn't have allowed myself in a situation where I would be pulled apart by two people."
"You love me. Right?" Damon asked, cupping her face again.
Bella swallowed. "You have no idea, how overwhelming my emotions are right now. If it wasn't for Stefan, there wouldn't be any hesitation. I need to talk to him… I need to figure out… what to do, and I'm so confused and my heart, just feels like it's going to burst from my chest when I think about everything. I don't even know myself anymore and I- "
Damon leaned up, his lips pushing over hers to calm her down. It was a deep kiss, one full of passion and it forced both of them into another aroused state.
Bella groaned, shifting, getting in Damon's lap as she pushed her body close to his instead of pulling away like she should. Her speech was just empty words. She wasn't sure she could ever walk away from Damon Salvatore. Her hips pushed over his, sliding down over his hardening cock instantly and she rode him, fast, like she needed this storm. Damon's arms encircled her, holding her as she moved over him quickly. It was what she wanted… needed in this moment and he gave to her. He barred his soul to her and he gave to her everything he was, because he couldn't help himself. Her heart was hammering in her chest as she pushed herself to the climax she wanted, but didn't deserve, but she took it anyways. She shuddered as she washed over him and then his hands were stopping her hips as he unloaded himself deep inside. He rested his forehead against hers, her breathing was fast and hard from her exertion, but Damon was fine.
"God… Bella… I love you. Dammit, I can't… I can't walk away from this." Damon said, leaning up to look at her. His cock was still inside her, but it shrank as they sat there like they were.
Bella felt tears breach the surface and she nodded. "I know." The tears fell down her cheeks.
"But I have to… I'm hurting you." Damon whispered, reaching up and swiping the tear from her face. "Bella…" he said, his eyes dilating, capturing hers in the mesmerizing glare. He had removed her bracelet, when she wasn't paying attention. "You love Stefan… you've moved past Edward attacking you and you're happy, with Stefan. You won't remember your feelings for me unless I tell you to. You see me as Stefan's older brother. You don't love me." He murmured as he slid from her, getting up and forcing himself to get his clothes on. He did it fast, in a blink and then he left the room, leaving Bella there on the bed.
When he got outside in the air, he felt the tears swarm him and like his chest was exploding inside. He sucked in a deep breath as he felt himself shatter. It was a lot of pain that was consuming him inside, but he fought it back. He let the tears fall and he shook a little as he walked away from Bella. He had to walk away for her. It wasn't fair to her for him to do the things he was doing. So he would be the good guy… for her.
