Wicked Games

She had been living in Mystic Falls, for almost 2 months and as expected her parents went back to what they did best not being parents, leaving her alone to her own devices.

They had put on this front pretending to be these doting parents who loved their beautiful daughter so much to everyone but behind closed doors they where far from doting.

What kind of parents would take their child away from the place she grew up, the faces she knew and loved and bring her to place where since they had moved there 4 people had been found dead of the course of three weeks.

The reports claimed that it was likely an animal, a mountain lion which wasn't unusual for Mystic Falls but in tree hill animals didn't come out at night and kill

Her parents didn't seem so bothered by these developments and went back to their normal lives.

She lay on her back just staring at the ceiling, outside a owl hooted into the darkness of the night.

She heard the clock beside her beep signalling that it had just gone midnight and she sighed.

'Happy Birthday Brooke'.

She had just finished getting ready for school, opened the cards that had arrived from Tree Hill.

At least they remember her birthday unlike her parents who instead of sending her a card that would show that they actually cared, no instead her amazing parents had sent her a new credit card.

Which was there way of saying Happy Birthday.

When she thought about how she would have spent her birthday before she knew exactly how it would have been but now all she wanted for her birthday was Lucas but long distance didn't suit them and they broke up.

She didn't want to break up with him but what else was she supposed to do it, she missed him emotionally and physically and the distance wasn't helping that and who was she to keep Lucas Scott away from the world, he deserved to be with someone who could give him the two things she couldn't give him.

To say she was broken up about it was understatement but without Peyton and Haley to comfort her, she had to handle it on her own.

Sure she had friends in Mystic Falls but they weren't her friends that knew her inside and out.

She had connected with each of them in a different way but the strongest connections she had where with Stefan and Damon.

Even thought they where completely different from each other, they had been good friends to her.

Stefan had started to check up on her around the time second body was found and told her that was more than welcome to come around to the house if she ever felt worried about being alone in her own house.

A offer she had taken him up on a few times and had spent the night crashed out in one of the many spare rooms which is where she realised Damon wasn't as bad company as she thought he would be.

She gazed out of the window, watching the world go by, the voice of her teacher was just background noise to her until she heard her name being called which broke her moment of distraction.

'Brooke Davis and Stefan Salvatore'.

She turned her attention away from what was going on outside and looked at the teacher as she placed a few sheets of paper in front of her and then she turned in her seat to look at Stefan who sat at the back of the next row, with a 'What the hell is this' look and he smirked just as the bell rang and she gathered her stuff up.

'You dropped this'.

Stefan appeared in front of her holding her pen.

'Thanks, so seriously what just happened I kind of stopped paying attention somewhere around Shakespeare'.

'Well, you should have been paying more attention but we got paired up to do a essay on Romeo & Juliet and the conflicts they would have today in a modern society'.

'Right, I should have been paying more attention, I guess my heads somewhere else'.

He nodded as they walked side by side down the hallway.

'It's understandable I guess this isn't how you expected your birthday to be, happy birthday by the way'.

'Thanks your actually first person to say those words to me'.

He could hear the sad tone in her voice as they stopped by their lockers and she opened hers and took out her bag.

'Brooke'.

He said as he touched her hand that rested in her locker and she looked down at this hand and then into his eyes.

Elena walked out of the locker room and looked towards where her ex boyfriend and friend stood locked in a quite exchange.

She liked Brooke but she never knew how to feel when she saw them together, Stefan had been a good friend to Brooke since she moved to Mystic Falls and they had become friends instantly.

But she had ended things with for a reason because of what he was after he told her the full story about his vampire past, she couldn't be with him, even if hadn't threatened her safety she couldn't be with him.

He had allowed Damon to be with Caroline, let him feed from her she had seen the marks that Caroline had tried to hide under a scarf but she didn't confront her friend how could she.

She knew that Damon and Brooke had also struck up a friendship and she couldn't understand why Stefan was willing to make the same mistakes with Brooke, was he really willing to let Damon hurt Brooke the same way he had hurt Caroline.

Having Stefan and Damon in town had brought nothing but death and pain and now they where both close to Brooke who knew what they would bring to her life.

He took his hand back and smiled.

'I know you thought your birthday would be different and I know you would have rather spent it with someone else'.

'It's not that it's just I'm not feeling my birthday this year, I'm not really in the mood to celebrate, what exactly am I celebrating the fact that I didn't fight for my boyfriend or that my parents would rather spend their time away from me on my birthday, I can't wait till I'm 18 so I can get the hell away from them'.

'Hey, I know I'm not exactly know for being Mr fun but let me take you to dinner, try and at least enjoy a bit of your birthday'.

'I'd like that actually beside your the only person who seemed to remember it was my birthday dinner's good'.

'Good, I'll pick you up at around 6'.

'Okay, look I'm going to skip out and do some damage to my new credit card but I'll see you at 6'.

She closed her locker and turned to face him, kissing him on the cheek before walking away.

He closed his own locker and turned to see Elena standing in the same spot and approached her.

'What was that about?'.

She asked trying to keep her voice sounding even.

'Nothing she's not have a good birthday but I got her out of the house'.

'Thanks, I'll let Caroline know'.

They both stood their in silence and she finally spoke.

'Stefan I think we need to talk about what is going on between us'.

'I know but today isn't about us and last time I checked you told me there is no us'.

'There isn't but we can't keep dancing around each other'.

'I'm not the one who isn't trying here, I want to be your friend but you don't trust me'.

She shook her head.

'I do trust'.

'But you don't trust me enough to be my friend'.

A good shopping trip normally made her feel better but even after doing some serious damage to her credit card she didn't feel better even though her boot and backs eat where overloaded with bags.

She pulled up in front of her house to find him standing their a smirk on his lips as she got out of the car.

'Happy Birthday'.

'You remembered my birthday, who knew that Damon Salvatore actually remembered girls birthday's'.

He chuckled as she collected her bags from the car and walked past him, his eyes spotted the Victoria Secret bag and he chuckled.

'Now what did you buy from Victoria Secret'.

She turned and looked at him.

'Well nothing for you, so why are you here and not hanging outside the high school trying to find your next girlfriend?'.

'Who said I was interested in another high school girl, I learned my lesson'.

'Really '.

'Yes really beside I wanted to see you, ask you what your doing tonight beside dreaming about me and well you in Victoria Secret'.

This made her cheeks blush, she had been dreaming about Damon for so long now and every time they where in different situations but each dream ended the same way.

Her silence made him smile as did the flush of colour on in her cheeks.

'So you do dream about me, what are we doing when you dream about me?'.

'Nothing, anyway tonight I'm having dinner with Stefan'.

'Dinner how romantic, but then that's my brother all over and they romance is dead'.

'Wow if I didn't know better I'd say that your jealous that then that can't be it because that would mean you care about who I spend my time with but that can't be it'.

There was definitely a spark between them they where both, a mutual attraction and flirtation but Brooke would never go there with Damon.

Even if that little voice in her head told her to just do it she couldn't she didn't want to become another victim to his blue eyes and bad boy charm and then ultimately end up crushed by him.

'Brooke I don't get jealous, I always get what I want and I'm not the one you should be concerned about how does Elena feel about you spending so much time with Stefan?'.

'Me and Stefan are just friends Damon, just like you and me are friends, there is no reason for Elena to be concerned because Stefan only has eyes for her and maybe they've lost there way now but that doesn't mean that they won't find there way back to each other,

people that are meant to be together always find there way in the end, now are you going to be a gentlemen and help a lady inside with her bags'.

They sat side by side, just staring at each other.

He touched her lips lightly with his index finger and she looked away as he moved lips to her shoulder.

Then he kissed her just under her jaw and then her cheek but never her lips.

She held his hand and they played with each others fingers as she rested her head against his shoulder, turning her head, she touched his lips with her fingers.

Smiling when he smiled at her.

He watched her as she sat up and turned to face him,, he kissed the tip of her nose.

She felt his hand on her waist, he wasn't trying to undress her he just wanted to hold her closer to him, she rested her hand against his chest and looked down but he caught her chin making her look back at him.

His eyes where cautious as he study her face as she slowly closed her eyes, his lips touched hers for a moment and then he moved back but this time her lips touched his, her hand still rested on his chest, their lips moved so lightly together it felt so natural almost like breathing.

He lay her back against the softness of the bed and she looked at him as he held her hand.

'Stefan'.

So sure she had been dreaming about Damon but she had also been dreaming about Stefan and those dreams where different from her passionate dreams about Damon,

these dreams where intimate.

It was like her dreams reflected the two different sides of her that each brother represented Damon represented the old Brooke before Lucas the promiscuous version of her, the version of her that was about fun and then there was Stefan who represented the girl she was now the girl who didn't have to put on act that could be herself around him.

One brother was her darkness and the other her light.

'I heard your taking our sexy neighbour out for dinner'.

Stefan didn't even bother to make a comment to Damon as he buttoned up his shirt.

'Yes, it's to get her out of the house so Elena and Caroline can set up for her surprise party'.

'Of course it is, could have nothing to do with the fact that you have a thing for her'.

'I don't know what your talking about me and Brooke are friends'.

'Yes so I've heard so what are you and Elena theses day's'.

'Me and Elena are nothing, she doesn't trust me enough to be my friend'.

'Well it's a good thing you Brooke to keep your mind occupied and Stefan don't worry your secrets safe with me'.

'Are you sure she wants this, Caroline not everyone is you when it comes to birthday's'.

Elena asked as her and Caroline got Brooke's house ready for the party.

'She is going to love it, why are you so worried or does this have something to do more with the fact that her and Stefan have been spending so much time together?'.

Caroline asked with one hand on her hip as she watched Elena.

'Your silence tells me that I am right'.

Elena sighed.

'I know I have no reason to be jealous I am the one that ended things but I don't know, I'm jealous, he is different with her, he looks at her in away he never looked at me, I ended things for a reason but now I'm not sure I did the right thing'.

'Then why have you been avoiding him, if you feel this way'.

'There is no point in fighting for him when he has feelings for someone else and he needs to realise that I'm not her'

'Thanks for tonight, Stefan I had really good time'.

She said to him as he walked her to her door.

'Your welcome, I'm sorry your friends couldn't make it'.

'It's game night they are needed beside they'll call me after the game, it's not the same but at least I get to hear their voices, do you want to come in and eat Ben & Jerry's cookie dough with me'.

'How can I refuse cookie dough'.

He said with a laugh as she opened the door and he followed her inside while she turned on the light.

'HAPPY BIRTHDAY'.

The voices of her friends was all she could hear as she stared in shock at the transformation her house had gone through in only a few hours.

She welcomed the hugs from everyone.

'You didn't really think we forgot your birthday'.

Caroline said as she hugged Brooke.

'Well yeah but this totally makes up for it'.

'Well you can't have birthday and not have a totally amazing party'.

'Thanks for getting her out of the house'.

Elena said as she came to stand beside Stefan who looked at her and nodded.

'It wasn't a problem, you guys did good'.

'We where under the control of Captain Caroline'.

He laughed and the looked over to Brooke as she smiled at something Tyler said, Elena watched him look at her and then smiled.

'Did you have a good dinner?'.

'Yeah it was nice, we had a good time, excuse me'.

She watched as he turned and went to join the party.

'Shot for the birthday girl'.

She smiled as Damon handed her a glass.

'What are you stalking me now, does Caroline know your here?'.

He shrugged.

'Well I had to come here and bring you your present'.

'You got me a present?'.

She was surprised by this and he nodded.

'Actually I got you two presents, they would have been here sooner but I thought you'd prefer to get them like this now take the shot and close your eyes'.

'Okay bossy, you do know it's my birthday right'.

He rolled his eyes as she took the shot and closed her eyes.

She heard everyone around her fall silent, the sound of the music faded away into silence and she heard footsteps approaching her and she sighed.

'Seriously what is going on?'.

She asked as she felt someone stand behind her.

'Open your eyes'.

She felt his breath on the back of her neck and shivered as she opened her eyes and she couldn't contain the scream of joy that escaped her mouth as she threw her arms around the two people she loved most in the world.

'Happy Birthday Brooke'.

Peyton and Haley said together as they embraced Brooke.

'When did you arrange this?'.

Stefan asked as he appeared silently beside his brother and Damon smirked.

'Around the time lover boy broke up with her, you sound jealous brother I didn't mean to one up you, I know dinner must have been intimate but having her best friends here for her birthday is the one thing she wanted most'.

'She isn't a game, Damon I'm not going to let you do this again your not going to treat her the way you treated Caroline'.

'What makes you think I would unlike Caroline dear brother, Brooke is beyond my simple pleasure of feeding, but I am curious to what she would taste like aren't you besides I'm not interested in her blood'.

He saw the tightness in Stefan's jaw and he chuckled.

'I seem to have hit nerve, I thought she was just a friend no need to get mad about thinking about me and her'.

'She's not part of a game for amusement and I'm not playing, not with her'.

'Too late brother, you've already started to play now and smile here comes the birthday girl'.

He glared at Damon and then turned as Brooke walked over holding the hands of Peyton and Haley who smiled between him and Damon.

'Peyton,Haley this is Stefan, Damon's brother'.

Stefan introduced himself to them while Brooke smiled at Damon.

'Thank you for getting them here'.

'Well you kept going on about how hot they are I needed to see for myself and I was glad to see you where telling the truth'.

The party was in full swing and had spilled outside into the garden, the music pulsated through the house as people danced and laughed and Brooke was in the middle of it all, for someone that had been down about her birthday her mood had done a complete 360.

Peyton was watching Brooke while Haley spoke to Nathan, she watched as Brooke laughed with Caroline, Elena and Bonnie and then she noticed him standing in the corner with a drink in his hand which he barely touched and his eyes focused on Brooke.

It was something he had been denying, he battled with the way he felt about her but his resistance to her allure was hard to fight and she won out in the end.

The beautiful but lonely girl in the house next door, he didn't understand how they couldn't treated her the way she did, all she wanted was to be loved by them.

He remembers the night he realised he had lost out to the power of Brooke Davis so clearly.

He sat inside the fire warming up the house while outside the rain beat against the ground, he hears the roll of thunder as it rumbles in the sky and the night sky is brought to life by crack of lightening.

He stood up and walked over to the window and watched as raindrops splattered on the drive way forming puddles almost like pools of tears, the sky is a million shades of grey as it paints it's own pictures in the clouds.

From out of the darkness bright lights appear in the drive way through the darkness of the night, he can see her face lit dimly by the light of her dashboard.

She across from her car, a oversized hoodie clings to her body as she runs to the door.

She doesn't even have to knock as he opens the door to find her shivering, holding the soaked hoodie to her body and he brings her inside and leads her to sit by the warmth of the fire while he went to his room to find something dry for her to wear.

She heard his footsteps on the stairs and turned to look at him.

'They maybe to big but at least they are dry'.

He handed her one of his t-shirts and a jumper which she took great fully.

'Thank you Stefan and I'm sorry for just coming over with no warning but being alone in my house on a night like this I don't know I got scared I guess'.

'I told you Brooke whenever you need to come over your more than welcome, I'll let you get changed'.

He walked out of the room and stood in the hallway, he looked up just to catch her reflection in the mirror as she unwrapped the hoodie from her body to reveal a flimsy black tank top which she took of to reveal a creamy canvas of flesh, he wasn't supposed to watch her but he couldn't tear his eyes away.

His eyes travel down as now he realises that the oversized garment she wore had hidden the black shorts that she wore beneath even as she stood there her simple movements as she where so graceful, she steps lightly to take of her shoes and even that is such a dainty movement it leaves him lost in her.

As he takes in the flare of her hips, the smooth indentation of her waist and as she turns to face the hallway where he stands hidden, her beauty blows him away.

Her dark hair has started to curl loosely around her shoulders, her eyes even though they are not focusing on anything are captivating as she slips her hands through his t-shirt it hits her just above her knee and it's wrong that he is admiring someone who isn't Elena but right now Elena isn't in his mind.

They stayed in the warmth of the living room, the storm outside continued until Brooke fell asleep curled up in the corner of the couch, he covered her with a blanket and sat down beside her with his book in his hands.

She opened her eyes to look over at him as he looked at the book and lifted the covers he had placed over her to cover him too and he looked at he as she moved closer to him and rested her head against his shoulder, he moved his arm to make her more comfortable and she curled up to the side of his body as he returned to reading the book.

The light of the rising sun was what made him stir from his sleep, the last thing he remembered was her laying by his side but now they where both laying on the sofa facing each other, there hands almost touching and it was there he knew.

He saw her standing on the outside looking between him and her, even though they where on separate sides of the room, him talking with Haley about books and her laughing with Bonnie and Peyton.

'Elena, enjoying the party?'.

'What do you want Damon?'.

'Why would you assume I want anything, you don't look happy, realising that letting my brother go wasn't the best idea, especially now when your no longer apple of his brooding eyes'.

'I don't know what your talking about I broke up with Stefan because of what you are'.

'Keep telling yourself that but then answer this for me why are you watching him watch her, did he ever look at you like that?'.

They both watched as Brooke walked over to Stefan and he laughed at something she said.

Damon saw the look of envy flash in Elena's eyes and leaned closer to her his voice a mocking whisper.

'What was that look?'.

'There is no look, Damon why do you always try and cause trouble where it isn't needed'.

He chuckled.

'I'm not starting anything, your obviously jealous'.

'I am not jealous'.

'You know I was jealous once of Stefan and Katherine and then Stefan and you but please you pretend that your not jealous I don't really think he'll notice'.

'I am not jealous, okay'.

'Okay whatever you say but I do think the lady protests to much'.

'Whatever I'm leaving'.

She walked away from him not even bothering to say goodbye to Brooke and disappeared into a crowd of people.

She stumbled into her room and ran her hand along the wall until she touched the light switch and looked surprised to find him sitting on her bed, he turned his head to look at her meeting a dimpled smile.

'This is where you got to, I thought you left without saying goodbye'.

He shrugged as she walked over to the bed and sat beside him.

'I didn't think you'd notice'.

He should have left when he had the chance but he couldn't not when Damon had made this a game, a game with no rules but then Damon learn't from the best game player they knew.

Katherine loved a good game everything was a game to her, rules didn't exist in Katherine's game all that mattered was that you played and the last game him and Damon had played they both lost.

'Of course I'd notice, are you okay, you've been more brooding than usual'.

'I'm fine, I want to give you something for your birthday?'.

'I don't need anything, Stefan especially from you, you being here is enough'.

'Close your eyes'.

He replied softly and she looked at him before closing her eyes.

He stared at her watching her every movement the slight kink in her eyebrow to the twitch in her lips.

She felt the weight in the bed dip as he moved only slightly closer to her but she kept her eyes closed until she felt his hand touch hers and she opened her eyes to find his eyes burning into her own holding her captive.

'Stefan'.

She whispers his face is striking as he stares her down watching her reaction to his closeness.

She feels it and it makes her gasp he isn't doing anything but a rush of heat burst through her chest and spreads through her body bringing her every nerve to life.

He touches her face with his hand stroking the softness of her cheek and she closes her eyes at his touch, as his other hand comes to her waist he's not trying to push this further but wants her close.

As his lips touch hers, so lightly waiting for her to push him away but her lips react to his own softer than he imagined, she feels the burning passion beyond his lips as his arms wrap around her making her heart race, as her hands tangle in his hair.

The adrenaline races through her veins and he can smell it and he pulls away and closes his eyes tightly as he feels the ache in his jaw as his teeth expand.

'Stefan'.

He can feel her hands on his face and all he can hear is the racing of her blood in her veins.

'I'm sorry'.

He whispers and she doesn't understand how can she, she has no idea about the monster he really is and then he feels her lips against his, her tongue tracing the outline of his lips and his jaw continues to ache but he kisses her back feeing the ache disappear.

Soon enough there lips parted and they stared at each other.

'I should go'.

She nodded remaining silent her lips tingled in the wake of their kiss, her first kiss since Lucas, his first kiss since Elena.

'Happy birthday'.

He turned and walked away and she raised her hand to her mouth and touched her lips as he walked out of the room.

As he walked downstairs he was watched by Damon who looked at his brother and then at the stairs which he just came down.

She stands with her back turned to her door, he stands in her doorway, he can hear the race in her heart beat.

She doesn't even hear him walk in the room until she looks up to find him standing behind her.

'Damon, you scared me'.

'I didn't mean too'.

He says lightly while watching her with curious eyes and she diverts her gaze away from him which makes him smirk but he follows her as she walks past him.

'I just came to say goodnight'.

'Your leaving'.

He nods and smiles as he leans into her and yet again her heart races as his lips come to her ear.

'Sweet dreams Brooke'.

His hand brushing against her hip as he kisses her on the cheek, slowly moving his hand back to touch her own as he turns to leave.

Two pairs of eyes watched her deep green eyes and light blue eyes from either side she looked from one to the other and vice versa not sure which way to turn.

She was conflicted.

'Come to me'.

She turned and looked at him his eyes pleading with her and she ached to beside him, her green eyed angel

'Come to me'.

She heard his voice and turned her head to look at him a smirk on his lips as he motioned for her seductively her blue eyed devil.

She couldn't pick but she couldn't have them both.

She closed her eyes tightly hoping for them both to disappear and when she opened they where gone and she was no longer standing at a crossroad.

She was now laying on a bed candle light filled the room and she knew she wasn't alone she felt a hand caressing her thigh and she turned her head to find Stefan there and then a hand turned her head and she found herself looking at Damon his lips touched hers and she moaned lightly as she felt Stefan's lips against her neck.

She fell victim to them both as they caressed her skin, fighting for her attention each demanding her to be there's.

Brooke woke up covered in sweat and looked beside her to find both Peyton and Haley where in a deep slumber and then she looked towards her window the crow and she sat there and watched it the same way it watched her until he flew away into the darkness of the night and returned to Damon who smirked and then turned to the girl that lay in his bed.

I know this chapter has been a long time coming but as a treat the next chapter will be posted later today.

Reviews are good let me know what you think is going to happen next how is Brooke going to handle this and what is going to be Stefan and Damon's next move.