Disturbing Behaviour

I woke up in an unfamiliar but yet familiar place that was not my bedroom. It had been a year since my last one-night stand... a year since I had sex. God I missed the thrill. The supernatural really screwed up my sex life.

I turned my head to see Damon, propped up with his head in his hand. "We had one hell of a night."

"Nobody finds out." His face fell and I grinned. "Not yet anyway."

"You're amazing, you know that?"

I sat up and ran my fingers through my messy hair. "I've figured."

I threw my legs over the side of the bed and strapped on my bra. Damon ran his finger down my back. "Come back for more tonight?"

Grinning madly, I got on top of Damon, a leg on each side of him, and kissed him. "Of course."

"Should we make this a regular thing, then?" He wiggled his eyebrows. "The two of us - supernaturals with benefits?"

I nodded and giggled. "Supernaturals with benefits it is."

Damon drove me back to my house. He kissed me on the porch passionately, and I kissed him back even more passionately. Then I came to my senses and pulled away. "Ahem, public!"

He smirked. "I thought you liked danger."

I laughed at him and smacked his arm. "Shut up."

He caressed my cheek. Thrill raced through me and I relaxed beneath his touch, that was until I saw Caroline pulling up in the driveway and I jumped away from him. She got out of the car, a dish in her hand.

"Ah, vampire barbie," Damon said. "She always has to ruin my fun."

I smacked him on the arm again and shot him a look. Caroline looked between us suspiciously. "I better be going. See ya Louise, barbie."

Caroline glared at him as he left. As soon as he was out of sight, she glared at me. "Damon? Seriously?"

"No," I lied. "We're not... anything."

"Elena told me you didn't come home last night," Caroline replied. "And I can smell him on you. Please tell me you didn't sleep with him."

"So what if I did?"

Shut the hell up! I hissed to myself. I just admitted... argh.

"You did what?" Caroline shrieked in a high and girly voice. "You slept with D-" She lowered her voice. "You slept with Damon? I mean, I knew he was interested, but-"

"Wait, what?"

"You didn't know?" Caroline asked. I shook my head. "The way he looks at you?" I furrowed my brows. "Wow. You may get straight-A's, Louise, but it looks like you are not that smart when it comes to boys. Even Elena noticed it... Bonnie and even Jeremy! So.. Damon finally admitted it."

I rolled my eyes. "You're bonkers."

She shook her head. "I'm not. But I don't think he's in love with you... or anyone for that matter. A selfish ass like Damon can't love anyone but himself."

"Wow, Caroline, rip away. I guess it's only my feelings," I snapped.

My anger was diminished when I saw a certain black-haired witch get out of Caroline's car. "Bonnie!" I screamed in girlish delight. "You're back!"

I ran over to her and pounced on the witch, attacking her with a hug. "I love you, I love you, I love you!" I repeated.

Caroline shushed me. "We wanted to surprise you and Elena, but I guess it's only Elena we'll be surprising."

"Oh right." I linked my arm in Bonnie's. "Come on now Bonnie-pie."

The pretty witch laughed. "Alright then, Louisikins."

Caroline rang the doorbell, practically squirming with excitement. The previous animosity seemed to be magically cured by Bonnie-ness. Elena opened the door.

"I come bearing gifts!" she announced.

Elena's eyes fell on the dish in her hands. "Please say that's not chili..."

She stepped aside to reveal Bonnie and me. "Bonnie!" Elena exclaimed, smiling.

Bonnie smiled. "I'm back!" The two friends embraced. "I leave town for the summer and everything goes to hell for the three of you."

We shared a glance. You have no idea, Bonnie... My baby brother Jeremy came down the stairs. "Bonnie!" he exclaimed happily.

"Jeremy."

Bonnie rushed over to him and kissed him. My best friend was good with my brother... which was incredibly odd. But Jeremy didn't do drugs and Bonnie was a good influence on him, not to mention Bonnie got to have a boyfriend who was normalish... considering he could see ghosts (which I hadn't told anyone about).

Bonnie hugged him and Jeremy looked over her shoulder to what I presumed to be a ghost.

"The problem with my dad's normal side of the family is normal made for a really boring summer," Bonnie said.

"After the last few days, I would kill for a normal family."

Caroline had explained to us that her dad came back to town and tortured her. Bill Forbes used to be a kind man, the type of man I'd have never thought would be capable of hurting his daughter. But like most vampire hunters, their hatred got the best of them.

"So... Louise, what's the deal with you and Damon?" Caroline pressed, trying to get me to 'fess up.

"There's nothing going on," I said, smiling a very forced smile.

"Oh, really?" Caroline scoffed.

Elena looked between us. "Louise... what happened?"

I shook my head. "Nothing happened. God! Why does everyone have to get into business!"

"Because we care about you," Caroline said. "And knocking around with Damon isn't a good choice... at all."

"Wait, have I missed something?" Bonnie asked us.

"Damon's finally acted on his feelings," the vampire barbie told Bonnie. I rolled my eyes.

Bonnie's gaze shot over to me. "You didn't..."

I threw my hands in the air. "Maybe I did. What's so bad about that?"

"This isn't you," Elena said. "Real you wouldn't just jump into bed with Damon."

I scoffed. "Real me? Maybe this is the real me! In case you guys haven't noticed, I'm not perfect."

"Ah!" Elena screamed suddenly, her necklace was sizzling. "My necklace." She took it in her hand, their was a scorch mark on her skin. "It burned me."

"Maybe it's a sign you shouldn't be wearing it," Caroline said.

"Caroline..." Bonnie warned, ever the peace keeper. "Let me see it."

Bonnie touched the necklace. It looked like she got an electric shock when she flinched away from it. Elena dropped it on the ground.

Looked like we had more pressing issues than my sex life.

I sat beside Elena on a bench in the Lockwood Mansion courtyard, Caroline on my other side. Bonnie joined us, her grimoire in her hand. Bonnie was chief-witch, she was the one with the access to the grimoires and she had better witch skills.

"I have an identification spell that might be able to tell me what magic affected the necklace."

Elena handed her the necklace. "It's going to take a while, so tell me if anyone's coming, okay?"

Caroline looked over to me. "So, you and Damon... you're not a thing, right?"

"What?" I asked her, though I totally knew what she was on about.

"Caroline..." Bonnie warned for the second time today.

But nosy Caroline wouldn't shut up. "Stay focused." She turned back to me. "As your friend you loves you and worries for you daily, what's the deal with you and Damon?"

"We slept together," I said. "I like him."

"You just jumped into bed with him?" Caroline pressed. "No feelings whatsoever?"

"Well, yeah... I have feelings for him." The blonde narrowed her eyea at me. "He has feelings for me... we slept together. End of."

"He's not good for you," Caroline insisted.

"He cares about me."

"Yeah, but that doesn't make him any less Damon. If my own father, who I love dearly, can't change me. No one's changing Damon. Not even you."

Maybe I didn't want him to change...

"Caroline, maybe you should lay off a bit," Elena said.

Caroline rolled her eyes, ready to rip some more when Bonnie interrupted her. "Hey, guys..."

The necklace was levitating over Bonnie's grimiore. "What are you doing?"

"I'm not doing anything. It has its own magic."

We all looked over at Elena.

Damon looked at the chilli made by the other founding families. Alaric came over to him. "I'm going to let you in on a little secret... Founders parties are just an excuse for the council to gather in back rooms and plot against vampires."

"Hey, uh, I think you need to take a beat with Louise," Ric said honestly.

Damon was taken aback. "Excuse me?"

"Whatever it is you two have going on, I think it's a bad idea," the hunter told the vampire.

"I don't really think it's your problem, Ric," he snapped.

"It is my problem," Ric said. "I'm supposed to look after her, and this is me doing that."

"Maybe I actually care about her? Did you think about that?" Damon spat.

"What I think is you need to take a beat."

Damon was about to snap at the hunter some more when the sheriff joined them. "Damon? Sorry. Uh, the mayor just called for the council meeting."

"Did Stefan ever tell you where he got the necklace?" Caroline asked Elena.

"No. And I never asked. Hopefully Bonnie will be able to figure it out," Elena replied.

Alaric joined us. "Please tell me it's time to go."

I used to say that to Mom all the time when we were at the supermarket. "Beyond," I said. "Where's Damon?"

"Probably off somewhere doing bad things to good people," Caroline said. I shot her a dirty look. She raised her hands in defense. "Consider me the honesty police."

Suddenly, she started to panic. "What is it?" Elena pressed.

"What's the matter?" Alaric asked her.

"It's my dad," she said.

We turned around to see Bill Forbes. "Didn't Damon compel him to leave or something?" I said.

"I don't know. But I can't..."

Elena nodded understandingly. "I get it. I'll call you later."

Caroline left hurriedly, not wanting to see her bastard of a father who tortured her. "Okay, what was that all about?" Ric asked.

"Speaking of doing bad things to good people..."

We left the room and went outside. Damon approached us. "Wait, wait, Houston, we have a problem."

"Where have you been?" I asked the vampire.

"Managing Bill Forbes. Apparently he's impervious to compulsion."

"How?" Alaric inquired.

Damon shrugged. "I have no idea. But he threatened to out me. Don't get me started on the irony of that."

"What did you do to him?" Elena accused. "How do you know the compulsion doesn't work?"

Damon groaned. "That's not the most important piece of information I mentioned, Elena."

"What does he want?" Ric pressed.

"He wants to control the council. Says it's been compromised."

Ric nodded. "It has."

"He wants to put vervain in the town's water supply."

"Maybe it's not a bad idea. I mean, it'll help you keep yourself in control now that Stefan's not here to..." Elena drawled off.

"To what? To keep me in check? Make me behave? I should have killed him this morning," Damon growled.

"No you shouldn't have," I said. "Bill Forbes is Caroline's dad, Damon."

"Yeah, and when I kill him, she'll have one more parent than we do."

"Oh, come on, Damon!" Ric tried.

"You're repeatedly killing my buzz today, Ric. Step aside," Damon demanded of Ric, who was standing in his way.

"Yeah, it's not going to happen."

Damon shrugged nonchalantly. "Your temporary funeral."

Alaric snapped Damon's neck. "Damon, no! What is wrong with you?" I yelled.

He looked at me, a flash of guilt on his perfectly sculptured face. But of course, it disappeared and he walked away.

Off somewhere doing bad things to good people.

That's was Damon did.

Was it bad that I kind of felt attracted to that trait of his?

I ran into the study when I heard Damon and Caroline's fight. "Well, I'm angrier!" Caroline exclaimed.

She broke his arm easily and threw him against the wall. She got up and left with her dad. Caroline forgave people so easily... it was admirable of her, to be honest.

"Bummer, I love a good girl fight."

There was blood on his mouth. "I know you're a vampire, Damon, and I know you need to feed, but do you have to kill the people that I care about? Is that really necessary?"

"Yes."

I shook my head sadly. "You can't do this anymore. You're hurting the people who care about you-"

"Why not? Hurting people... It's nothing I haven't done before. Why is it suddenly so important for everyone to keep me in check?" Damon asked.

"Because I don't want you to be what other people think that you are," I admitted.

"What? A monster? Sorry to disappoint you, Louise, but last time I checked, I was still a vampire!"

I threw my hands in the air. "I just wish you stopped hurting the people around me! Is that so much to ask?"

"Yes, Louise. Maybe it is."

After a rough talk with Alaric, Damon didn't want to talk to anyone. So, when the doorbell rang, he knew that whoever it was... that better have a good reason for calling by.

He opened the door to see Elena. "Elena. Can you tell your sister that I accept written apologies only? Delivered by hand?"

She smiled. "So, you finally got with the doppelganger sister. Nice choice. Are you two lovebirds fighting already?"

"Katherine. Wonderful. What do you want?"

"I'm just a girl looking for a partner in crime. Feel like hitting the road? Getting the hell out of dodge?"

"Impeccable timing. I was told I need to take a beat," Damon said.

Katherine was delighted. "Is that a yes? I'll drive."

"Why not?" Damon shrugged. "Walls are starting to close in on me around here. Where are we going?"

"Away from here. That's all I'm going to give you for right now. But believe me... It's good."

The doppelganger showed him Elena's necklace.

It was strange, despite all the sadness I was feeling, I felt... good. Powerful.

I pulled over the curtains. The full moon lit the sky. Maybe I was accidentally channeling power from the moon? But all of Bonnie's grimoires said that you had to purposely had to channel power from something... it couldn't just happen.

The room shook, as did the ground. I was beginning to panic. Ric and Elena rushed into the room. The lamp swung on the ceiling before falling to the floor with a crash.

"What are you doing?" Ric asked, worried. "Louise..."

"Nothing!" I insisted, trying to calm myself, but the room was still shaking violently. "Nothing! I'm doing nothing!"

My chest of drawers fell frontward onto the floor. Thump. I jumped with fright. Deep breaths, Louise... deep breaths. Jeremy joined us in my room. "What going on?" He caught sight of the mess and his eyes widened. "Louise, what-"

"I'm not doing anything!" I bellowed.

Elena rushed over to me and wrapped me in her arms. "Calm down... calm down."

"I'm trying," I said, biting back tears. "I'm trying..."

The wind calmed down and Ric sighed in relief, but his relief soon turned to worry. "Something's going on here. Something we have to figure out."

A/N: What should be the Louise/Damon ship name? Damise? Douise? Lamon? What about Klaus/Louise? Klouise? And what do you think of Damon/Louise?

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