One Moment To Another

The heat was unbearable as she walked bare foot along the grass, her dress clung to her skin.

Her loosened her hair hoping for some sort of comfort from the heat but none came.

She had to get to him, it was him that she craved, she had no idea how long she had been walking but she knew he was close.

She hadn't seen him in so long, that she didn't care how the sun burned down on her, she just had to keep moving.

She stopped as she felt a hand slowly running up her arm.

'Don't turn around'

Her breath caught in her throat as he moved her hair to kiss the nape of her neck, while slipping his arm around her waist and pulling her body against his.

'I've been looking for you'.

She whispered and she felt him smirk against her skin.

'Consider your search over'.

He replied as he slipped the strap of her dress down her shoulder and then kissed it before moving the other strap, the fabric of her dress slipped down her body and pooled at her feet.

'Turn around'.

She turned to look at him, he touched her neck lightly with his fingers before slowly running them down to run across her collarbone.

She didn't say anything as he touched her, she kept her eyes locked with his as she removed his shirt from his body.

He brought his hands to her face to cup her face gently, she had waited for this for his kiss, his lips brushed against hers and she felt the heat over take her as she kissed him back, hands running through his hair as he picked her up, her legs wrapping around his waist.

She gasped as he moved his lips to her neck.

'Damon'.

She shot up panting and covered in a thin layer of sweat, she looked at the clock it was already one in the afternoon, the party began at 6and she had spent most of her day having erotically charged dreams about her neighbour.

She got out of bed and opened her curtains, her room instantly filling with light and then she opened the windows letting in the warm afternoon air.

It was then she spotted a black crow perched on a tree branch looking directly at her.

She stared at the bird before turning away.

Her first week in Mystic Falls had been pretty uneventful, she had found good friends in Stefan,Elena and Bonnie but her and Caroline still didn't get along but that was more on Caroline than her but she had tried with the Caroline without success.

While she may have been settling into her new life, she still missed her old life.

'Hey'.

Elena smiled at Bonnie as she walked into her room.

'Hey, are you sure Stefan doesn't mind me coming with you guys'.

'No, he's fine with it'.

'Good, well looks like Caroline is bringing Damon as her date'.

'Of course she is I really don't get what she sees in him'.

'He's the sexy older guy but I still find it hard to believe that he is Stefan's brother they are so different'.

'I know Stefan is sweet and Damon is Damon, you know he actually tried to hit on Brooke on her first day'.

'What ?, Caroline told me that Brooke was flirting with him'.

'No it was the other way round but Caroline would say that she's jealous of Brooke'.

'You know what Caroline's like'.

'I know, so what nail polish choices did you bring me, since my collection is limited'

'We have naughty vixen or delicate flower'.

'What are you doing?'.

Stefan asked Damon as he stood in his room.

'Getting ready for the party, obviously'.

'Why are you even going I asked by Elena, what's your reason?'.

'Caroline asked me, I've never refused a pretty blonde in my life, why start now beside it's our first founders party in 150 years, it's like taking a trip down memory lane'.

'You mean you compelled Caroline to invite you, which means your up to something'.

'Why must I be up to something?'.

'Maybe because you always are'.

Damon raised a eyebrow and then looked back at his reflection.

'What do you think our new neighbour is wearing to her first founders party?'.

'I thought you where staying away from her'.

'I have been staying away from her but I'm just curious, that's all now if you'll excuse me, I'm in need of a drink and I know blonde who is happy enough for me to drink from her, so if you'll excuse me'.

'Brooke',

Victoria walked into her daughters room without knocking as Brooke sat in front of her vanity table and curled her hair.

'Yes, mum'.

She said her voice dripping with faux sweetness but Victoria didn't respond but instead she looked at the dress Brooke had chosen on wearing and a made a face of disapproval which Brooke knew instantly, she had seen that face a lot.

'Your really not wearing that are you?'.

'Yes, I like that dress'.

'Brooke, that dress doesn't really suit you it makes you look bigger'.

Victoria didn't realise how much her words hurt but Brooke refused to let her mum see her cry, tears where a sign of weakness to her.

She got out of her seat and walked into her closet and looked at her dresses and then pulled out a red strapless dress with a silver band around the waist which she held out to Victoria

'That's so much better'.

Victoria said with a smile, she looked at Brooke as she put the dress on the bed.

'I only criticise because I care'.

Brooke rolled her eyes at that comment as Victoria walked out of the room.

Once she heard her footsteps on the stairs, she opened her draw and pulled out a bottle of vodka and stared at the bottle.

She was stood beside her parents playing her part as their beautiful daughter not that even mattered the only time she was acknowledge was when Carol Lockwood commented on how lovely she looked.

She then followed her parents inside the house was a buzz with conversation, they didn't even notice when she disappeared out of their sight.

He noticed her disappear from the side of her parents, he was paying more attention to her than Caroline who was speaking but he was hardly listening as she spoke about how perfectly suited Elena and Stefan where for once he wasn't interested in the happy couple.

He was more interested in the brunette in the red dress, ever since there first meet he had been following her something about her rejection of him made him want to know her.

She took a glass of champagne from a passing waiter as he walked past and headed into a room where people where admiring items that have be donated to the founders display.

'There's a lot of history in this room'.

She turned and smiled at Elena and Stefan.

'You lovely Brooke'.

Stefan said and she smiled.

'Thank you, I didn't realise this town had so much history'.

She noticed that Elena wasn't speaking but staring at two wedding rings, with a note underneath reading on loan from the Gilbert Family,

'Elena'.

She turned and looked at Brooke.

'Sorry, it's just strange seeing their rings and not having them here'.

Brooke nodded she understood Elena's pain and it made her think of Peyton.

'Look it's the original town registry, this over 150 years old'.

Elena's voice distracted her from her thoughts and she looked at the list with Elena who was reading the list and two names stood out to both of them.

'Damon and Stefan Salvatore'.

'The Original Salvatore brothers'.

They all looked at Damon as he walked towards them minus Caroline, she noticed the look that Stefan gave Damon as he smiled at her.

'Our ancestors, a tragic story really?'.

'I don't think they need to be bored with stories of the past'.

Stefan replied before looking at Elena and touching her arm softly.

'Would you like to dance'.

'I'd love to, are you going to be okay Brooke?'.

She asked her voice showing Damon that she didn't trust him alone with Brooke.

'I'll be fine, you go dance with your gorgeous boyfriend'.

She turned her back on him and looked back at the registry, he had no clue why was he drawn to this girl who captured his attention so easily as she tucked a curl behind her ear before raising the glass to her blood red lips, eyes surrounded by long dark lashes.

'Where's your date?'.

She asked him as she ran her fingers across the display case.

'She's around here somewhere, you look ravishing by the way'.

She glanced over her shoulder at him.

'This wasn't exactly my first choice of dress but I'll take the compliment, so tell me why are you still with Caroline?'.

'All you have to do is say the word and I'm yours'.

'Like I told you, your not my type'.

'Why is that exactly?'.

She turned to look at him with one hand on her hip.

'I don't date guys like you because I know guys like you, I've dated guys like you in the past and I know your game your not a good guy your the type of guy that mother's warn their daughters about you sweep a girl of her feet so fast before throwing her aside like a piece of trash'.

'Brooke, you haven't dated guys like me, you've dated guys who think their like me but there not far from it in fact'.

She turned away from him again and he smiled, he knew he was getting to her.

'Why don't you and Stefan get along?'

He was caught of guard by that question, he hadn't realised how observant she being.

'What makes you think we don't get along?'.

'I come from a town where brother issues are normal part of life'.

'Mine and Stefan's problem all started with a girl'.

'Girls are trouble, you both dated her?'.He nodded as he came to stand beside her and she looked at him.

'What was her name?'.

'Katherine, she was beautiful but at times she was selfish and mean but she was also very seductive and sexy like you'.

'This about you and Stefan not me, so who dated her first?'.

'She sounds lovely, so who dated her first?'.

He smirked

'Well you'd have to ask my brother our versions of events are very different but the stories end the same for both of us'.

'She died'.

He cleared his throat and nodded.

'At the end of the day it all came down to the love of a women, that every man's weakness the love of a women'.

'I'm sorry, there was me thinking that it something silly but you both lost some you loved , I hope that you two can work things out, your brothers at the end of the day'.

After her conversation with Damon who was found by Caroline,she made her way through the party and found herself standing outside.

She saw Elena and Stefan walking together hand in hand, a sweet smile on Elena's face as Stefan whispered something into her ear before kissing her cheek.

Before letting her walk over to Bonnie who was talking with Tyler, she didn't even realise that Stefan was walking in her direction until he came into her view.

'I hope Damon didn't drive you crazy?'.

'No he actually didn't we actually had a decent conversation, he told me about your ex, Katherine'.

'That wasn't his place'.

'Stefan, I'm not going to talk about it further I just wanted to know why you two don't get along, I'm sorry I should have minded my own business'.

'It's okay, it's just Elena wants to know more about Katherine and I don't really like talking about my past relationship'.

'We all have our tangles, I'm sure only asks because she wants to know more about you'.

'I wasn't the best version of myself when I was with Katherine, I let her get in between me and Damon and I shouldn't have'

'Do you ever think you'll work things out?'.

'I don't know, why are so concerned about my relationship with my brother?'.

'I'm not but your my friendand for some reason I actually think I could be friends with Damon, I don't have siblings but if I did I wouldn't want to spend the rest of my life mad at them because we fell in love with the same person'.

It was so strange to arrive back home with her parents without them arguing.

She headed up to her room and found the same crow from that morning still outside her window.

She turned her back on the bird and started to get undressed, she hung up her dress and then changed for bed.

She turned off her lights and curled up onto her side as she picked up her cell and dialled a number.

'Hello'

'Hey, did I wake you?',

'Yes but it's okay, how was your party?'.

'Fine, is it okay that I just wanted to hear your voice'

'Of course it's okay, I missed your voice too, you sound sad'.

'I'm not sad, I just miss you, can you believe that this time a month ago I was sneaking into your house'.

'I remember that my mum almost caught you attempting to climb through my window'.

'Almost getting caught was worth it just to wake up in your arms'.

They stayed on the phone together just talking about everything while they spoke the crow watched her closely as her eyes started to close.

While she slept a small gift was left on her front doorstep a gift that she was going to need.

A gift that he gave her because he didn't want his brother to get under her skin the way he was with Caroline, he saw the bird shot up into the dark sky and fly away into the darkness.

Here is the second chapter, I kept it short because I never planned to make it very long but I wanted Brooke to have more interactions with Stefan and Damon.

Katherine is still a part of the story but she won't be introduced yet, the next chapter is going to take place a month after the party.

If your enjoying the story or have any criticism let me know.