Pretty Persuasion

By: Tracy Cook

Disclaimer: I own nothing. These characters belong to the creators of Vampire Diaries.

Couple: Bonnie/Damon

Rating: M

Author's Note : Thank you all so much for your wonderful support! Y'all are wonderful!

Penny For Your Thoughts

'A Penny For Your Thoughts, A Dollar For A Rational One.'

-One Week Later-

"Remind me again how I let you talk me into this?" Damon asked sarcastically with a roll of his eyes as they walked into the Valentine's themed dance that the college was holding. Elena had somehow managed to talk him into attending. She had said something about them spending time together and trying to be friends before they were romantically involved again. Honestly, all he had been thinking about was the chance to see Bonnie in a skimpy little dress and tease her a bit.

"I talked you into this." Elena started, looking up at the man that she loved. "By telling you that it would give us an opportunity to get closer to each other and get back to us." She smiled. That was all she wanted. She wanted things to get back to how they used to be.

He thought about it for a minute before shaking his head, "Nah, that's not it."

Chewing on her cheeks, her playful look turned to one of anger and jealousy as she told him the thing that had finally got him to come to the dance. "And you like to party with sorority girls."

Damon's lips twisted up into a smirk. "That sounds about right." He looked to a group of sorority girls that were walking past them and his smirk widened, "I do like me some sorority girls." After he said that he slapped one of the girls on the ass and winked at her despite the way that she yelled at him and called him disgusting. He didn't care what she thought of him. He didn't care what anyone thought of him.

'Except maybe Bonnie...' His mind nagged, but he ignored it. He always ignore that side of his mind. It could be so annoying and righteous.

Just like his brother.

Elena walked around him and forced him to look her in the eyes. Playful blue connecting with furious brown. "How long is this going to go on, Damon?"

Damon lent forward so that their lips were only inches apart and he raised his brows at her and feigned innocence as he asked, "How long is what going to go on, Elena?" It almost sounded like he was mocking her.

"How long are you going to go on pretending like you can just be friends with me? You are acting so over the top right now, it's obvious that you are trying to teach me a lesson for suggesting we be friends first before we try anything romantic again."

"Who says I'm pretending?" He emphasized on the last word. "Have you seen how many friends I have? I'm not exactly the nicest person in case you didn't know that." Damon smirked. Suddenly, his eyes went wide and he nodded over her shoulder in the opposite direction, "Ooh, look, there's a tall glass of water for ya, you should go ask him to dance, I'm gonna get a drink."

She watched him walk toward the bar with a perplexed look written all over her face.

Elena could usually read Damon. He was pretty straightforward even when he was trying not to be, but right now he was acting completely different. He was acting uninterested in her. And not in the way where he pretends to be uninterested simply to spite her.

No, this was definitely different.

Entering the dance on the other side of the room were Jeremy, Bonnie, and Caroline. Jeremy had his fingers interlaced with Bonnie's and all that she could think about was how badly she wanted to go back to her dorm room. She didn't want to be there. She didn't want to accidentally run into Liv, or worse Damon and Elena. She knew that they were going to the dance together and when Elena had told her, she had barely kept it together. Her jealousy was far more intense than she cared to admit.

She didn't want to see him holding her, dancing with her, kissing her. She wanted to believe that what Damon had told Elena while she was hiding in the closet was true. That he did have feelings for the other girl he had slept with.

She just couldn't figure out why she wanted it to be true.

'I'm dating Jeremy, and he's Damon, I just need to forget what happened between us!'

"Jer, I think I'm just gonna head back to my dorm. I really don't feel like socializing tonight." Bonnie attempted once again to bail out on the dance.

"Oh come on, babe, this will be fun!" Jeremy insisted with a wide smile and a squeeze of her hand. He was excited to go to the college dance, and he was excited to spend some time with his girlfriend after everything that had happened. She had been a recluse for nearly a week and he missed hanging out with her.

"I don't know." She tried once more, but he twisted around her and started to tug the older woman toward the dance floor.

"I think this is just what we need right about now." He grinned. "Come on, let's go dance."

Over his shoulder she caught sight of Damon who was wearing a playful smirk and waggled his fingers at her. Bonnie's heart started to flutter, but she ignored it, and now more then ever she needed to force herself to enjoy dancing with her boyfriend. She could feel blue eyes on her, examining her, waiting for her to look back up at him, but she refused and gently rested her arms on Jeremy's shoulders looking him in the eyes.

She did love Jeremy. She was attracted to Jeremy.

There was just something about Damon that drove her crazy.

Caroline left the two complicated lovebirds alone so that they could dance and deal with their issues, and she headed toward Elena to deal with her own. She had invited Stefan to the dance without telling her best friend and she was scared how she would react when she found out. But, she wasn't going to hide her friendship with the man. They were not romantically involved, right now they were just friends.

The brunette had her eyes fixed on Damon who was asking some blonde girl to dance. Caroline didn't pay close enough attention to see who it was as she approached the other woman, "Hey, what's up?"

Elena wasn't used to being alone at a dance.

She was used to everyone picking her, but her lack of ability to pick someone had left her alone tonight.

"Isn't that Liv?" Elena asked, ignoring the blonde's question as she watched Damon start dancing around the room with a girl she recognized. She was the witch that had been helping Bonnie and Jeremy out. 'Why would he dance with her?'

"Yeah, that's Liv alright." Caroline said sarcastically, she knew what he was doing. He was playing a game and she didn't like it.

"Why would he be dancing with her?"

Her eyes widened and she gasped as a realization hit her. The reason that Damon was dancing with her was because Liv was the other woman, she was the girl that he had been sleeping with. He had been weird since she arrived in the picture. "Oh my god." She looked over at her best friend, "Do you think she's the other girl?"

"No." Caroline said the word a little too quickly and she knew it was because she knew who the real girl was so she quickly added, "I mean, maybe, I don't know, how would I know?"

Elena looked at her like she was crazy and the blonde shrugged her shoulders.

"Either way." She sighed. "At least Bonnie's having a good night."

"I wouldn't be so sure of that." Caroline said. She didn't have time to explain all of the things that the woman on the dance floor was going through, and if she did, she still wouldn't have told Elena. If Bonnie ever wanted her to know then it would be her who would tell her. "Hey look, it's Stefan!" She changed the subject looking across the dance floor at the young man.

He was wearing a suit and a handsome smile as he noticed her.

Elena stared between the two of them, she could feel her jealousy growing even though she knew that she had no right to be jealous. She wasn't dating Stefan, she wanted Damon, and Caroline and him were only friends. But, the looks they were sharing seemed more than friendly. "What's Stefan doing here?"

"I invited him." She said with a dimpled grin.

"Why would you do that?" She sounded betrayed.

"Because, we're friends."

'Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock, You're Just Wasting My Time,

I Haven't Got All Night.'

The heat of his body against hers should have been arousing to her, mostly she just felt sweaty and exhausted from dancing and spinning in pointless circles. She knew that it was a horrible attitude to have. Any woman would pay their boyfriend to go out dancing with them, she just wasn't feeling into it. Perhaps it was because her boyfriend had probably cheated on her a week ago, or maybe it was because she didn't really care, maybe it was because all that she could think about was Damon.

Bonnie had been avoiding making eye contact with him most of the night, but this time when Jeremy started to turn her in the slow dance she noticed him over his shoulder. He was smirking directly at her, like he was waiting for the moment she would crack, and he was dancing with Liv.

Unintentionally, she dug her nails hard into Jeremy's back as she watched the way that his body moved against hers. The song was slow, but fast enough that he could still dance provocatively. 'If you could call that dancing.' She thought. She couldn't make her anger and jealousy go away, which was insane considering that her boyfriend had probably made out with the same girl and she didn't even care.

'What is wrong with me? Keep it together, Bonnie.'

"Hey, Bon." Jeremy's voice dragged her out of her thoughts. "You're holdin' on a bit tight there." He laughed a little.

"Why is Damon dancing with Liv?" Bonnie asked, her voice shaky and angry.

"What?" Jeremy asked and turned to look at the two of them. For just a split second she read the jealousy that was displayed all over her face and her suspicions were becoming more and more likely. At the very least he wanted all of Liv's attention on him.

'At the VERY least.'

The younger man covered his jealousy before it became too obvious, shrugging his shoulders and looking back to his girlfriend. "I dunno." He stated in a nonchalant tone, "Maybe he's the one who has a thing for her?"

Bonnie wondered how difficult it was for Jeremy to say those words. She wondered if it was as difficult for him to say them as it was for her to hear them. Her jaw tightened and she stared over at Damon who was intentionally showing off now, he was intentionally trying to get her attention. Jeremy pulled back and looked her over, smiling. "Come on, babe." He said. "Let's focus on us."

He lent down and captured her lips in a gentle kiss before resting his forehead against hers. His eyes only on hers, her eyes only on his.

On the other side of the dance floor, Damon was watching Bonnie and Jeremy kiss with a disgusted look on his face. He hated seeing anyone else kiss or touch the woman. There was a reason that every time it happened he would interrupt it. Though, he would have never thought it was because he had romantic feelings for her. 'Though, now that I think about it, I should have. How fucking stupid am I?'

"Just ignore Damon and all of his stupid lies." Jeremy told her, tracing his fingers through her hair as they swayed to the music. "It's just you and me tonight."

"And what lies might those be, kiddo?" Damon interrupted their conversation. It seemed that he was always doing that. His voice was dripping with sarcasm and his brows were raised as he stared the young hunter down. He wanted to hear Jeremy admit that he cheated on Bonnie. He wanted him to break.

"How could you tell Bonnie that you caught me kissin' Liv?" He asked, pulling away from his girlfriend to stand in front of the other man.

He pursed his lips and tapped them with his index finger, as if he was thinking, and then he smirked and said, "Probably because you were."

"I was not!" Jeremy dismissed, then turned to Bonnie to repeat, "I was not."

"He was too." Damon sang.

Damon pushed the Gilbert boy out of the way and he moved in so that he was standing in front of Bonnie, their bodies were close together and Bonnie's heart was pounding loudly in her ears. She knew that she should turn him down, but when she stared into his eyes they captivated her. And she knew, deep down inside, she wanted to give in to him.

"What's goin' on?" Jeremy asked.

"I'm cutting in." He smirked. "You can have my date." Damon told him, his eyes staring directly into emerald pools as he placed his hands on her hips and started to sway a little to the music. He never looked away from her as he said the next words, "Your's is far prettier."

"Bonnie." Her boyfriend tried.

"Just one dance, Jer. Then I'm all yours."

Damon lent down and whispered hotly against her ear, his lips brushing up against the sensitive skin, causing her entire body to shake and a soft whimper to escape her throat. Luckily, only he could hear it. "Will you be?"

"Huh?" She wondered.

"Will you be all his later?" His tone was suggestive and she knew the answer to the question, but she didn't answer it. Her silence alone told him that Bonnie and Jeremy would not be making love in the near future. The truth was even making out with Jeremy felt wrong for her now, she didn't feel any passion when they kissed, she couldn't imagine having sex with him. If she did, it would only be to prove something to herself.

"Shut up, Damon."

"That's a no." He laughed under his breath. His heated breath rushing against her skin and causing the hairs to rise.

'Fuck! What is it about him!? How does he make me feel this way!?'

Bonnie could feel his fingers digging deep into her hips, hitting the spot that he knew that she liked, and causing her pleasure. She tried her best to pretend like her body wasn't on fire and she wasn't aching for him to touch her more. She didn't feel like she was being very convincing though as she moved against his body. Now she felt the passion that she had craved when she was dancing with Jeremy. Her arousal was building between her thighs and it was almost painful how badly she wanted and needed him closer to her.

She couldn't pull him closer though. She couldn't show that she was enjoying this. She knew that Elena's eyes were on them like a hawk right now and she had to keep her cool. 'Damn it, I think I'm blushing! How on earth is this hiding what happened!? Damon is taunting me and everyone!'

Her blush intensified as she realized that she was the one that told Jeremy to leave for one dance.

"Jeremy told me that you lied to me about the whole Liv thing." Bonnie told him.

"He's the one who is lying to you, Bon-Bon." When he used the nickname that had once irritated her it caused her heart to race even faster. She hated that she couldn't control the way he made her feel. "What reason would I have to lie to you?"

"I don't know." She growled out in a whisper praying that Elena wasn't listening in on their conversation. She knew that she would suspect something if she was. 'She probably is.' "So that I would be vulnerable and you could take advantage of that to get back at Elena for breaking up with you."

Damon couldn't even blame her for thinking that was possible. He had done so many shitty things in the past just to get Elena. She could see the pain as it crossed his face even though he tried to hide it. He tried to make it look like her words hadn't hurt him. Like he didn't care if she thought he was a terrible person. "Even I'm not capable of doing something like that to you."

He moved his fingers beneath the tank top she was wearing and he dug his fingers into her hips, pulling her body flush against his and causing her to let out a moan. She could feel his toned abdomen pressed against her chest and his body moving against her to the music.

The two of them had danced before, but it had never been like this.

"You suck at dancing." She told him with a smirk.

"You don't seem to mind." He continued to move his hips against her. Bonnie couldn't hide her arousal from him, he could smell it all around him. It was as intoxicating and as sweet as ever and he wanted to taste her again, he wanted to kiss her again, he wanted to be inside of her again.

Bonnie rested her head against Damon's shoulder and she could practically taste the skin of his neck beneath her lips as they barely brushed against it, her fingers were now teasing the spot where his hair met his neck and she was tempted to move her hands up into his hair and pull him closer. She didn't dare. Not with Elena watching.

"You know he cheated on you, Bonnie." He told her. "You know I'm right, it's just easier to believe him."

"It's easier to believe him then you." Her voice came out a whisper due to the arousal she was feeling. She felt lightheaded and her heart was racing, she felt so hot she almost thought she would pass out.

"And yet he's the one that has cheated on you once before." Damon licked over his lips and Bonnie couldn't stop herself from glancing down at them, from wanting to kiss him passionately and get lost in the feeling and taste of his lips all over again. "How long did you wear my shirt, exactly?" He wondered with a playful waggle of his brows and a devious smirk.

Like he already knew she didn't take it off the moment she got back to her room.

"Stop it, Damon." She reprimanded.

"Stop what?" He asked in an innocent voice. Like he wasn't crossing thousands of boundaries right in front of the very person he said he wouldn't. Bonnie didn't know why she ever thought he would listen to her. "It's an innocent question, judgy, just tell me. How long?"

"Elena is watching." She spoke through grit teeth.

Without warning, he used his superhuman strength and speed and twisted the beautiful young woman around so that her back was facing him, then he rested his chin against her shoulder and continued to move against her. Pulling her body against his by the hips again. Only this time, she felt something that she hadn't before, she felt his bulge beneath the denim jeans he was wearing pressed against her back. She was reminded of the morning they had shared and how it had made her feel. She could feel her wetness soaking through her panties knowing how aroused he was because of her.

Bonnie was blushing brightly and praying that Elena would not see his bulge. That she would not smell her arousal and recognize it from the room. But, she knew she would, Elena wasn't that clueless.

"So what if Elena is watching." Damon said with a demented grin. "I don't mind if you don't mind."

"Damon." This time she was serious and he knew that she was by the way that she pulled away from his hands and turned back around to face him. He wanted more than anything to hold her in place, but he would never force her to do anything she really didn't want to do. "This, whatever this is, it has to stop now."

Bonnie let out a sigh and she started to walk away from him, her boyfriend trailing close behind.

"Hey, Bon, what the hell was that!?" He asked her.

"Nothing."

'I'd Rather Drown In Your Arms, They're Shaking.

My Hands Are Cold, So Hold Me Tight.'

Bonnie was laying in bed in her dorm room, staring up at the ceiling and trying her hardest to understand what had happened that night. What continued happening. It was like she couldn't say no to Damon. She didn't want to. He was all that consumed her thoughts over the last week. Hell, she was even wearing his T-shirt again just to feel his warmth around her and scent as she slept.

A knock at the door snapped her out of her thoughts and her heart jumped into her throat as she sat up in bed. She was praying that it was Caroline and not one of the boys, but she doubted that. Last she had seen Caroline and Stefan had been dancing and they didn't look like they were going to part ways.

'Fuck, please don't be Jeremy or Damon... OR ELENA!'

Odds were against her. She was almost positive it would be one of them.

Standing to her feet she approached the door and stood on her tiptoes to look through the peephole. On the other side was Damon, he was wearing that damn smirk that she hated. She reached out and opened the door without thinking to take off the shirt.

"Knock, Knock." He said with a devious grin. "I thought you could use some company."

'I'd Rather Give You My Heart, It's Breaking. So Won't You Give Me One Last Bite,

And Bring Me Back To Life?'

Author's Note:

Thank you all so much for all of your wonderful support on this story! I finally updated and I hope that it doesn't disappoint! The next chapter should be steamy and then will see some of Elena's reaction to it as well. :)) What would y'all like to see? Did you enjoy this chapter? I'd love to hear your thoughts! Anyhow, thank you all for reading and I promise to update ASAP!

-Tracy Cook-