Chapter 16

"Damon...I think you should go." I sighed, not knowing what else to do in this situation.

"What? Why? We were having so much fun." he smirked.

"Damon please. It's been a long few days, and I've just had a fight with my best friend. I need some time alone to just think." I told him.

"Yeah...sure. Okay." he seemed a little taken aback but went up and gathered his things and went back home.

What a mess. I really didn't want to fight with Elena, I can't believe either one of us said those things to each other and I felt like an asshole for saying what I said. Did she feel the same? I didn't want to call her and risk another argument so I just got dressed and made myself something to eat.

I finally checked my phone and saw a few missed calls. Some were from Elena from this morning and a few were from Jeremy. I was surprised he called me, seeing as it was the morning after his wedding night and all, but since he called a few times I figured I should call him back.

"Hey! She finally awakens!" he laughed as he answered the phone.

"Ha ha, very funny." I replied, though with a small smile on my face.

"Seriously, you were pretty wasted last night. Are you feeling ok this morning?" he asked me.

"Yeah actually I am, thanks. I can't believe you called me, shouldn't you be...you know...with your wife." I tried to not make it sound awkward.

"I was worried I just wanted to check on you." he responded.

"Well thanks Jer, I appreciate it." I told him.

"Hey...Elena called me a little while ago. Said you two got into some big fight, but she wouldn't tell me what it was about. Is everything okay?" he asked.

Damn it! How do I do this? What do I say?

"Yeah...it was something stupid, we both said things we probably shouldn't have. I think it'll just blow over in a day or two." I tried making myself believe it as I told him.

"Alright, well I hope you two don't stay mad at each other for very long. We've set up a brunch for everyone tomorrow to attend, to thank everyone for coming to the wedding and being there for us. Then we're off on the honeymoon."

"A brunch? You didn't mention anything about that to me." god that was the last thing I needed!

"Well it's kind of a surprise I guess." he replied.

"Jer I don't know. No offense, but those best woman duties took a lot out of me and I kind of wanted to just rest for a little while..." I was trying my best to get out of going.

"Come on Vi...I really want you there. You've done so much for me these past few months with the wedding, I really need you there." he was practically begging me. And of course I couldn't say no.

"Ok I'll be there...when and where?" I asked. Maybe someday I'd grow a backbone. Right now I just sucked it up and wrote down the info he gave me.

Brunch started around 10am the next morning at a nice bed and breakfast in the town that I had driven past before but never really paid attention to. I walked in and was feeling completely awkward. I hadn't spoken to anyone since yesterday and not only would it be awkward seeing Elena, but it would be weird seeing Damon too.

I must have been running later than I thought because when I got there almost everyone was already there. Jeremy and Bonnie both greeted me with big hugs and Caroline, Tyler, and Matt all did the same. Everyone seemed to be in good spirits and for a few minutes I didn't even notice Elena in the corner with Stefan close by her side.

She looked at me for a minute and then walked over. Well...this was it. I hoped we didn't make too big of a scene at this thing.

"Violet. Hey...how are you?" she fidgeted a little.

"I'm good, Elena. How are you?" I responded.

"I'm good. Listen...I'm really sorry about yesterday. You're right...that was none of my business. I shouldn't have flipped out on you like that. I was just worried that Damon used you or hurt you. You're my friend and I don't want anything bad happening to you." a small smile crossed her lips and I could tell she really was sincere about the apology. Thought I still wasn't buying her reasons.

"I'm sorry too, Elena. I think we both said things we didn't mean. It was just a long few months for me with all of the wedding stuff happening...I just wanted one fun night, you know? Damon didn't hurt me, I promise. Trust me if he did he wouldn't be alive to tell the tale." I smiled back at her.

She pulled me in for a hug and it seemed to set us both at ease. Stefan walked over and gave me a hug. He didn't say anything, but I could tell that she spilled the secret to him about me and Damon. Fair enough I guess, it's not like he's going to go blab.

Things seemed to go well for a while and everyone was talking and having a good laugh, I didn't even notice Damon wasn't there until he walked in an hour late.

"Of course you have to make your entrance, Damon." Bonnie snipped as he walked into the room.

"It's not a party until I get here, Bon Bon." he winked at her and sat down.

Talk about awkward. I didn't know what to say or do, and all I kept thinking about every time I looked at him was our sex marathon just a few nights ago.

I stood up and walked over to the bar hoping to get a mimosa and calm my nerves. As I turned to walk back to the party, Damon was standing right behind me.

"Hey there sexy lady. You can't even say hello to me?" he smiled.

"Hello Damon." I said and took a sip of my drink.

He snaked around me and ordered a drink as well and as I began to walk back to the table he snuck up behind me whispering in my ear.

"You know...we can always finish what we started the other day. There's a bathroom upstairs that we could sneak up to and..."

I turned around cutting him off mid-sentence "That won't be happening Damon. Look...I enjoyed the other night, really. Thank you for...uhh, helping me forget things. But that won't be happening again." I told him.

"Why not?" he pouted.

"Because, Damon! It's already weird enough that it happened once!" I hissed.

"Well technically that was way more than once." he mumbled.

"I mean it...that's it! That one night. We're back to being friends now...or whatever strange relationship we had before."

"Right. You keep telling yourself that." he seemed a little annoyed but walked away from me and back to where everyone was sitting.

About an hour into the brunch I began to feel a headache coming on. I told everyone I was going to head home and hopefully feel better later on. Everyone wished me well and I got to my car without Elena, Jeremy, or Damon following me out and bothering me.

As I got home the headache began to turn into a pretty nasty migraine. I only had some over-the-counter stuff in the cabinet so I popped those and went upstairs to hopefully sleep it off a bit.

A few days after the brunch I headed down to the university to discuss which classes I would be taking that semester. Things got a little behind with all of the wedding planning so I wasn't able to get all of the classes I wanted, so I opted to just do part-time for this semester. It would do me good to not have so much of a workload on me and all of the stress that comes with it.

Jeremy and Bonnie were both taking the semester off to focus on "married life". I was happy for them but it would be so weird not having Jeremy there as my study buddy this semester. Although it might be a good thing in the long run, maybe I wouldn't have so many inappropriate thoughts about him if we weren't together all the time.

The following few weeks went by fairly quickly. Jeremy and Bonnie went on their honeymoon to the Dominican for 2 weeks, and it was right around the time classes started so I had something to keep my mind off of things. Elena and I had gone back to being friendly, but there was always some kind of awkward tension between us. We both tried to ignore it as best as we could and just continue to have fun being around each other.

Damon also listened to me and laid off. He'd make the occasional off-handed comment now and then, but he didn't pester me about that night we had. I had began to believe he finally realized what it was. Just one night to get our minds off of whatever was going on at the time.

Things seemed to be going well, and I was even able to start moving on from Jeremy. There was a guy in one of my classes, his name was Tim, and I thought he was cute and we would flirt and work on assignments together when we were able to. I thought finally I would be able to get over Jeremy and move on. I couldn't keep pining away for him forever.

The only thing that was nagging me were the damn migraines I kept having. They were becoming more frequent so I finally went to my doctor. He told me that they were probably stress-related from both school and dealing with the tragedy of my parents, and he prescribed me some pills to take when I felt the migraines coming on.

Fall turned into Winter and I couldn't believe how fast time was going. I had finally started feeling like myself again. Like the old me, before my parents died, before this whole thing with Jeremy happened. I was happy, I was having fun. Elena even wanted to have a get together for the holidays with everyone. Most of us didn't have any real family left(which was super depressing once I thought about it) so we all decided to spend the time with each other. I asked her if I could invite Tim, seeing as he and I had finally gone on a few dates. She seemed really excited and told me I absolutely had to bring him no question about it.

Of the few dates Tim and I went on, it never went too far. We would get hot and heavy with the make out sessions but one of us would end it at that. For a while I thought maybe I wasn't ready for that kind of relationship yet, but as the weeks went on I realized I was CLEARLY ready for it. He was REALLY cute. Tall, light brown hair, green eyes, and this deep voice I could listen to all day long. I even began imagining him whispering dirty things to me with that deep voice.

I decided that tonight was the night. After the party we'd go back to my place and hook up. I hadn't had sex since that night of the wedding with Damon and I was going a bit crazy.

I put on my sexiest dress and pair of heels and headed to the door when I heard the bell ring. I opened it up and saw Tim standing there, his mouth dropped open when he saw me.

"Wow...you look...wow!" was all he could say.

"Thanks! Wore this just for you." I winked at him as we walked to his car.

I could tell he was nervous as we drove to the party. He had only met Caroline once before while we were at the university library and I had talked endlessly about the rest of them, but I didn't want to introduce him just yet. He was talking quickly about how excited he was to meet my friends and how they must be great since I talk about them so much.

We arrived and he walked me up to the boarding house, complimenting me again on how I looked.

"Seriously you look amazing. Your legs are so long...how did I not notice that before?" he smiled.

"You look pretty good yourself." I commented, running my hand through his hair.

We were so involved with each other we almost didn't notice the door swinging open in front of us. Damon stood there staring, not saying a word. I couldn't get a read on his expression on his face, he looked perplexed.

"Damon, nice to see you. Can we come in?" I asked.

"Uhh...of course. Come on in! Welcome to the Salvatore holiday gathering." he moved so we could pass by and we walked into the great room.

The place looked beautiful all decorated for the holidays. I hadn't been here as much these past few months since I'd been busy with school and, well, Tim. The old rustic décor and the decorations were a beautiful contrast to each other, and a huge Christmas tree was off to the side.

"I'm so glad you guys are here!" Elena squealed as she ran into the room, her arms extended and practically knocking me over as she ran into my arms.

"Good to see you too, Elena." I laughed and returned the hug.

"I've been waiting for you guys to get here! I've been cooking all day and...holy wow!" she finally stopped babbling and looked me up and down "Geez if I weren't already taken I'd hit on you, girl! You look hot!" she took my arm and had me do a little twirl.

"Is this Tim?" she finally let go and asked.

"Oh yeah, sorry. Tim, Elena. Elena, Tim." I introduced them and they exchanged pleasantries.

"Tim come in the dining room. You have to meet everyone. Everyone is really excited to meet you." she took him by the hand and led him into the dining room where everyone else already was at. Why was I always the one that was late to these things?

I introduced Tim to everyone and they all greeted him and were friendly. We sat down and ate dinner, mostly laughing and having a good time. It felt great to finally not be the odd one without a date to these things. I noted Damon hadn't brought anyone which surprised me, he could usually at least compel someone to show up with him. But I didn't dwell on it. Tim was hitting it off really great with Stefan and Matt and even Tyler seemed to take a liking to him. Jeremy, on the other hand, seemed to grill him a bit. I warned Tim ahead of time that Jeremy was one of my best friends and might give him the third degree. He told me not to worry and that he could handle himself, but I still felt bad.

Dinner was over and Tim got himself up to excuse himself to the restroom.

"Down the hall, third door on your right." Stefan told him "And when you come back we'll all be in the great room for some drinks,Tim."

"Thanks man." he smiled "Be right back." he gave me a kiss on the cheek.

I sighed and sat back in my chair, beaming that I finally had someone that really seemed to care about me. It had been so long that I'd almost forgotten how it felt.

"Well Violet I have got to say, he is great. He really seems to like you, and he's hot!" Elena laughed.

"Well I don't like him." Jeremy interjected. I shot him a scowl.

"You don't like anyone, Jeremy." Bonnie tried to diffuse the tension.

"I don't like him, either." Damon agreed, the first time he'd said anything since dinner began.

"Well that's funny because I don't recall asking either of you your opinion on the matter!" I replied.

"Alright come on guys, let's go have some drinks and relax." Stefan got up and everyone else followed "Give the guy a break, will you two? He seems nice. And he's not used to us and is getting along just fine with everyone."

Everyone walked into the great room and Stefan turned on some holiday music to get us all in the mood. I walked over to pour myself a drink and as I turned around I was startled to see Damon standing right behind me.

"That is a very VERY sexy dress..." he moved closer "Tell me...did you wear that just for your boy toy tonight?" he snaked his hand around me and grabbed a bottle of something and poured it in his glass.

"As a matter of fact, I did. Thanks for noticing." I took a sip of my drink and refused to let him bother me.

"You wear stuff like this for him often? Looks more like something you'd wear in the bedroom than to a dinner with friends." he cocked an eyebrow.

"I...no. We haven't really …...done that yet." why did I tell him that!?

"What? You've gotta be kidding me!" he actually laughed at me.

"No Damon. Not everyone immediately sleeps with someone they might be interested in! Sometimes people wait for the right moment, you know." I felt so embarrassed for some reason and I couldn't figure out why. What the hell business was it of his, anyway? But then again I was the one who told him.

"Something's gotta be wrong with the guy, then." he took a swig from his glass.

"Thanks for your advice." I rolled my eyes.

He spun me so I was facing the middle of the room where everyone was at, and gestured towards the corner where Stefan and Matt were playing a game of pool.

"See...if it were me, I'd be trying to figure out a way to get all of these people out of here so I could bend you over that pool table in this dress and make you scream." he breathed into my ear, his body pressed up against the back of mine.

I tensed up, the image he just explained playing out in my head and I couldn't shake the fact that for a minute I really wanted that to happen. But damn it, I knew that wasn't going to happen. And I was pissed that he even went there, especially when I had a date with me!

"Ohh...that sounds like a good idea!" I turned around and smiled "You think you can go get everyone out of here and I can go get Tim and make that happen?"

He looked at me stunned and didn't say anything. It was the perfect moment for Tim to walk back into the room, smiling and heading back towards me.

"Hey babe, what's going on?" he asked, giving me a kiss.

"Nothing, just talking about you." I smiled and grabbed his hand as we walked towards Caroline and Bonnie who were sitting down talking to each other.

The next two hours actually went well. A little too well, for my liking. Damon seemed to suddenly warm up to Tim and they started acting like old pals. Old pals who apparently liked to drink. A lot. I knew Damon could handle his liquor but Tim wouldn't be able to. I tried convincing him not to drink much more, but I think the nerves from being around new people along with trying to impress me won out, and he didn't want to stop.

Finally Elena called it a night and everyone began trickling out the door. Jeremy and Bonnie agreed to give me a ride home, and of course Damon swooped in and agreed to drive Tim home.

"Don't you dare do anything to him." I whispered to him as we all walked out the door.

"Wouldn't dream of it, sweetheart." he winked at me as we all headed for our cars.

I was so angry at how the night ended. It started out so good, I was really REALLY hoping for some alone time with Tim tonight. I guess I couldn't really blame him, he really was trying to have a good time and impress everyone. I guess i'd just have to wait another day or two.

Jeremy stopped for gas before dropping me off at home so I got home a little later than I had initially expected.

I was fishing through my purse for my keys when I heard a familiar voice behind me.

"Sorry your boy toy couldn't keep up with me." it was Damon.

"Damon...not now." I sighed, not bothering to turn around.

"Hey...it's not my fault he was a light weight." he chuckled and I heard him walking up the porch steps.

"Damn it, Damon!" I yelled and turned around "You ruined my night!"

"I...I'm sorry. Hey...look I really didn't mean to make you this upset." his face went from a smirk to serious pretty fast.

"What did you think was going to happen, Damon? You got my date completely wasted and I couldn't even bring him back here! He probably won't even remember tonight!"

"Hey come on..." he gently held onto my arm "I swear I didn't do it on purpose. The guy just didn't want to stop. Probably nervous, you did look pretty hot tonight. I took him home, gave him some of my blood, don't worry he won't remember, he'll sleep it off and feel better tomorrow."

I hoped he was telling the truth. I really wanted things to go well with Tim and didn't want him to think that my friends just wanted to get him drunk and make fun.

"Well..." I eased up bit "thank you for bringing him home. My night is still ruined but I guess there's always tomorrow." I sighed.

"You really shouldn't let this dress go to waste though..." he walked closer towards me, still holding onto my arm.

"Damon come on..." I warned him, but he kept going and backed me up to the door.

"You're driving me crazy in this dress." he began to run his hands down the sides of my hips "We don't have to tell Tim, you know..." his lips got dangerously close to mine.

"Damon I don't think this is a good idea..." I managed to get out, but I didn't move from the spot I was in, starting to enjoy his hands on me and his lips being so close.

"We had fun last time...didn't we?" he asked, looking into my eyes.

"A lot of fun..." I whispered

His lips crashed into mine as his hands gripped my waist tightly. We kissed and fumbled for the door, continuing as he led me up the stairs. I was surprised that he didn't want to get right to it but I guess he had something else in mind.

He kicked my bedroom door open, still managing to kiss me and grope me where he could.

"We don't have a pool table here..." he breathed out, leading me towards the bed "So we'll have to improvise." he replied, shoving me onto the bed.

"On your hands and knees, gorgeous." his voice got deep.

I shivered from his words and the thought of what he was going to do and quickly turned around and got onto my hands and knees. I began to take my shoes off but his hand grabbed mine.

"Oh no...those stay on." his breath was on my neck.

I heard him behind me, clothes shuffling and then felt his hands slide up my thighs and onto my panties. He slid them down and took them off. I was already so turned on by this point and I was pretty sure he could sense it.

"Glad we didn't let this dress go to waste..." he groaned out as he pushed his member into my heat.

I moaned loudly as he entered me, stretching me slightly but the pressure was so good that I didn't mind the slight bit of pain that came with it. He felt so deep as he thrust into me that I couldn't help but keep moaning at every thrust. He was doing the same and I could tell he was having a hard time keeping control again.

He ran his hand up my back and grabbed a fistfull of my hair and gently tugged so that my back was flush against his chest, and he could see the reflection of us in the mirror I had in my room.

"Damn gorgeous..." he moaned into my ear "mind if I have a taste again?"

"Please..." I cried out, needing more from him and he knew I liked the bite.

He thrust in a few more times, then pushed my hair out of the way and sunk his teeth into my neck. The pressure from his thrusts was getting more intense and as he kept drinking he moved his hips and hit a certain spot that sent me wild. I let out a loud gasp and cried out his name, grabbing onto the headboard in front of me while still making sure I was flush against his chest. The position felt incredible! And I didn't want to move, I just wanted him to keep going.

"Oh my god!" I yelled out, trying to keep it together but I was beginning to shake from the pleasure and I needed a release soon.

"Fuck baby..." he grunted "you feel so damn good." his right hand left my hair and he brought it down to my clit. I thought he was going to give a few rubs and send me on my way, but he applied some light pressure at first, which had me bucking my hips back into him, then applied more pressure and moved his fingers up and down at a quick pace, earning a loud gasp from me at the new, intense feeling.

"You're about to cum for me aren't you?" he whispered in my ear.

"Yes!" I moaned loudly.

"Scream for me baby." he growled..

And at that moment I lost it, screaming his name out, shaking and trying to hold on to both him and the headboard so I didn't fall forward, my release spilling all over his cock. He couldn't hold on much longer either and came with a loud yell, gripping onto my hips tightly as he rode out his orgasm.

We both collapsed onto the bed, gasping for air and not saying much for a few moments.

"I knew you wouldn't be able to say no to me." Damon smirked.

"Goddamn it Damon..." I covered my face for a minute, taking in everything that just happened "That wasn't supposed to happen again!"

"Why not?" he sat up and looked at me. "Friends can have sex, it's no big deal."

"No they don't, Damon! You don't see me going and having sex with Elena or Caroline or Bonnie!" I replied.

"Well...no. But now that you've mentioned it...I wouldn't mind seeing that..." he retorted.

"Damon you know what I mean! We have to stop. We can't do this again." I got off the bed.

"That's what you said last time." he stayed put in bed.

"I mean it. Please leave, Damon." I asked him, starting to feel the twinge of a migraine coming on.

"Alright fine. I'll leave. But I doubt this was the last time..." he winked, getting off the bed and getting dressed.

Thankfully he didn't argue much longer and left quickly. I quickly made my way to the bathroom to get in my pajamas. I popped one of my migraine pills and headed back to bed. I began thinking of what to do about Tim, how I was going to tell him. Should I tell him? What was I thinking? Of course I should tell him. Or maybe it was best to just break things off. Obviously I couldn't have cared about him as much as I thought because I wouldn't have cheated on him if I did. I realized that I just liked the thought of someone being there...not anything else. I would have to break it off with him, it wasn't fair.

My thoughts quickly dissolved when I noticed that the migraine was still there. Usually the pills took effect by now, but this one was turning out to be a bad one. I turned off all the lights, but it still was pounding. I managed to make my way downstairs for an ice pack, and went back to my room and put it on my head. Still no use, and I wound up running for the bathroom to throw up. And that's where I stayed for most of the night, while the migraine lasted for hours and hours.