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!

Web Of Lies

'For Once My Eyes Are Open To You,

And Everything You've Said.'

Watching Bonnie sleep was becoming one of his favorite things to do. He just loved seeing her in such a state of peace and serenity. After everything that she had gone through over the last few years, after literally dying and coming back from the dead, after feeling the pain of the dead passing through her, she deserved to rest more than anyone else.

She carried the weight of so much on her shoulders ever since she developed her powers, and no one noticed the way it wore her down. No one noticed aside from him. He had always noticed.

Right now, she didn't look worried or scared or like she was wearing a mask to hide her true pain. She looked like she was lost in pleasant dreams. Full lips twisted up into a small smile. Fingers twisted in his black t-shirt. Holding on to him for dear life as she nuzzled her head against his chest in her sleep. Her dark hair was a mess, and her makeup was smeared, but to him, she never looked more beautiful.

He wondered if she always slept so peacefully or if him being there had something to do with it.

Secretly, he hoped it did.

Damon smiled gently as he ran his fingers delicately through her hair and down along her neck and collarbone. He loved the way that her body shivered and she let out soft whimpers of approval when he hit certain sensitive spots. He wondered what she was dreaming of that was making her so happy.

If there was one thing that Damon Salvatore was sure of, in the entire world, it was that Bonnie Bennett was a person who deserved true happiness. She deserved to have everything she wanted out of life. She deserved to have friends who cared for her more. She deserved to have someone be selfless for her once in a while. She was always so selfless. Always trying to save everyone's lives by risking her own.

Perhaps that was the reason he had brought her back from the dead.

But, that didn't feel selfless of him. He had been selfish.

When he had heard the news that Bonnie was dead his heart had shattered and he had lost himself. He couldn't recall the last time that he felt so broken, so empty, so worthless. He wanted to protect her and he had failed. He tried to tell himself and everyone else that he had brought Bonnie back for Elena's sake, but that wasn't the case. She had hardly even cared that her best friend had died. And he would have risked her to bring the other woman back, because she deserved to be alive.

'I can't believe she went and killed herself for Jeremy on top of it! And then he goes and fucking cheats on her! What is with him!? Seriously, if I ever had the chance to be with Bonnie I would never screw it up!'

Damon knew he didn't have a chance.

After all the times he had already screwed up with Bonnie there was very little chance of ever redeeming himself in her eyes. He could see the judgement constantly swimming behind her green eyes and he knew she would never date him. Last night only happened because they forgot about everything else.

He smiled and ran his index finger over her nose, watching as she scrunched it up and wiggled it around. It was adorable.

So, he did it again.

This time she scrunched up her nose and muttered, "Stop it."

"Nope." Damon laughed and did it again, and this time she slapped him playfully in the stomach and her eyes fluttered open and landed on him. She was trying her hardest to glare at him, but it just wasn't working and she started laughing instead.

'Welp, she didn't freak out and jump out of bed like last time. So, that's a step up I guess!' He thought to himself as his laughter died down and she started to give him a more serious look.

"Morning." Bonnie mumbled, voice raspy with sleep.

"Morning." He returned. "How'd you sleep?"

She yawned and stretched out her limbs before laying back down on top of his chest and staring up at him. "That was actually the best sleep I've had in a really long time." Her face heated up and she knew that she was blushing, but it was the truth. Last night she had snuggled with Damon and she had actually really enjoyed it. It made her feel sort of terrible, but she was growing accustomed to the idea.

"How'd you sleep?" Bonnie asked.

"Eh, I didn't really sleep much." Damon said with a shrug.

"So you just laid there and watched me sleep all night?" She asked, laughing uncomfortably. She didn't mind him watching her, but she felt a little embarrassed by it. She was a girl that always liked to be in control and she wasn't in control while she was sleeping, she could have said or did something stupid.

"Yep." He said, popping the p teasingly.

"That is super creepy, Damon!"

"Some would say it's romantic." Damon waggled his brow at her suggestively which only made her laugh.

"Well, I say it's creepy." She told him. Yet her actions were speaking louder than her words. Her entire body was hot, she was laughing and smiling, and obviously blushing. Her fingers were drawing patterns on his chest through his shirt. And she didn't seem to mind that he had watched her sleep all night in the slightest.

He shrugged his shoulders, "I didn't want to waste any of my time with you, Bon-Bon." He grinned and caught green eyes with blue. "I figured you would kick me out the minute you woke up."

Bonnie suddenly remembered that she still needed to talk to Jeremy about everything. She was planning on skipping her first class and going to see him. Part of her was hoping that if he was cheating that she would catch him in the act, and then there was another part of her that hoped she would find him there alone. She still wanted to believe that he wasn't a cheater. No matter what feelings she was developing for Damon, she still did have feelings for Jeremy. He was the first person she ever loved.

"You were right." She sat up a little.

Damon feigned an offended look when he heard her say this. He wasn't really offended. He had expected her to kick him out. "I have never felt so used." He smirked. "You're really gonna make me do the walk of shame?"

"That's impossible." Bonnie spoke seriously. "You have no shame."

"True."

"Besides, I'm not kicking you out." She smiled. "You can stay here all day if you'd like, but I do need to go and have a talk with my boyfriend."

Damon licked over his lips and watched her closely as she started to climb out of the bed. He wasn't ready to part ways though, and he reached out and gripped onto her wrist, pulling her back down on top of him. Making sure not to hurt her. The tips of their noses were touching and he was staring intensely into her eyes.

She could feel his breath rushing against her lips and it caused her body to shake and arousal to build between her thighs. All he had to do was look at her and it made her want him all over again. Her stomach was filled with butterflies and her skin was on fire. Bonnie wanted more than anything to bridge the gap between their lips and taste his again. She missed the way that they tasted, even if she had tasted them not too long ago.

"Damon, I can't." Bonnie whispered against his lips.

"Aren't you calling it quits with Jerbear today?" He asked.

"Yeah."

"Then what's the difference?" His lips twisted up deviously and there was a mischievous glint in his eyes. On some level it was true. She was ending things with Jeremy, so why couldn't they indulge? But, it was the principle of the matter.

"There is a big difference and you know it." Bonnie told him. She was back to being her normal stubborn and serious self and he knew that there was no fighting her right now. She was going to have to break up with Jeremy before they did anything again. "I promise. After I end things with him I'm all yours."

"All mine?" His eyes widened playfully. He liked the sound of that.

"Yes." She laughed and pulled her arm away from his grip. Honestly, she had been very close to just giving in to him and kissing him again, because she missed it. She practically thought about it all the time now. But she had to stand by what she believed in. And she believed that first she had to break up with Jeremy and then she could indulge in the confusing pleasures of Damon Salvatore.

Bonnie climbed out of the bed and headed to her dresser, picking out some clothes to wear for the day.

Damon was laying on her bed with his arms behind his head, watching her every movement. She wondered if he really had watched her all night. She wondered why he would do something like that?

"I'm taking a shower." She opened the bathroom door and turned to glare at him. "You wait out here."

"Fine." He stretched the word and rolled his eyes.

'Your Web Of Lies Is In The Open,

I Gave You Everything I Had, Until I Had Nothing Left.'

Drops of water rolled down his naked body as he stood beneath the spray of the shower. He was running his hands through his hair, rinsing the last of the conditioner from it, and enjoying the way that the water felt as it hit his body.

His mind was consumed with thoughts of what it would have been like to have taken a shower with Bonnie before she left to talk to Jeremy.

'Bonnie glared at him and told him, "You wait out here." Before she walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind her. He could hear the water running. He knew that it was wrong of him, but he couldn't resist.

Damon climbed out of the bed and he pulled his T-shirt over his head, dropping it to the ground. After that, he unbuttoned his pants and kicked them off. Leaving him clad in only his briefs. He was already getting hard just thinking about Bonnie in the shower, naked and dripping wet. He smirked and pulled his briefs off. Now completely naked.

He knew that she was probably going to get mad at him for this. There was a chance she would never talk to him again. But, there was also a chance that she would give in to what she wanted.

Damon opened the door quietly so that she wouldn't hear him coming, and then he made his way across the bathroom toward the shower. He moved the curtain to the side and stepped in behind Bonnie. She was still unaware of his presence. She must have been deep in thought. He smirked and moved toward her, placing his hands on her hips, pulling her naked body flush against his.

She was shocked. "Damon! What are you doing in here?!"

"I couldn't resist." He said with a smirk, dipping his head and delivering a heated kiss to her neck. She moaned out at the contact and he felt himself growing more aroused. His cock was now hard. All it took was the sound of her moaning and the feeling of her wet body pressed against his.'

As his mind filled with thoughts of Bonnie and him in the shower together, he could feel himself getting hard. He licked over his lips and continued to think about Bonnie naked in the shower with him.

His hand seemed to have a mind of it's own and now he was gently stroking his cock. Enjoying the pleasure that it elicited as he continued to think about Bonnie.

'Bonnie could feel his hard cock against her back as he pulled her close to him. She couldn't deny how badly she wanted to feel him deep inside of her again. "Damon, we can't do this." Her voice came out sounding more like a moan then a dismissal and he grinned. "I have to break up with Jeremy first."

"Screw Jeremy." Realizing what he said, his face contorted in disgust and he corrected it. "Never mind. Screw me." He grinned and moved his hands over her toned abdomen.

"Damon." Her voice caught in her throat and she gasped when she felt his fingers applying pressure to her clit. Pleasure shot through her body and she let out a moan when he started to circle the sensitive nub with his fingers. Her body was shaking and she was letting out whimpers as he lent down and bit down gently on the skin of her neck.

"Yes, Bon-Bon?" Damon grinned, circling her clit even faster. Enjoying the way that she rocked against his fingers.

"Don't stop." She hissed.

"Wasn't planning on it."

He continued to move his fingers skilfully against her clit. Bonnie's body was shaking and she was bracing herself on the wall of the shower so that she didn't fall over. She let out a moan when she felt the thick head of his cock press into her wetness. He didn't thrust inside of her though. He refused to give her what she wanted.

Bonnie groaned out and she thrust her hips back, trying to force him inside of her. It worked. He moaned out when he felt the walls of her pussy tighten around his cock, and he couldn't resist anymore.

He needed her.

Damon continued to circle her clit with his fingers as he thrust deep and hard inside of her. Bonnie screamed out in pleasure.'

"Mmm..." Damon moaned as he tightened his grip around his cock and continued to stroke it. He was imagining that it was Bonnie's tight pussy around it instead of his hand and he could feel himself getting close to his release.

Suddenly, he felt hands on his stomach and he could feel a familiar naked body pressed against his back. His entire body stiffened and his arousal diminished. It was Elena.

Elena smirked and whispered against his neck, "I heard you in here and I thought you could use a hand." She spoke in a suggestive tone.

Damon knew what she was suggesting. She was suggesting that she help him reach his release. He felt sick to his stomach as she moved her fingers closer to his cock. For some reason he felt like he was cheating on Bonnie. He knew it was ridiculous. The two of them weren't dating. But, he just didn't feel right about it.

He pulled away from her hands and turned to face her. She was standing in front of him, dripping wet and naked, and yet he felt nothing when he looked at her. He no longer felt any desire to be intimate with her.

Elena's brown eyes landed on Damon's cock and she realized that he was no longer aroused. He had gone limp. She clenched her jaw tightly. She had never felt so offended in her entire life. Her ex-boyfriend had been aroused and then she got into the shower with him and he went limp? She didn't understand what had changed while Katherine was in her body, but this really hurt.

"Well, I guess I see how you really feel about me now." She said sarcastically. Tears were shimmering in her brown eyes as she climbed out of the shower and started to put back on her clothes.

Damon actually did feel a little guilty about how his body had reacted to seeing Elena naked in the shower with him. It wasn't really that he didn't find her attractive, of course he did, it was that he felt like he was cheating on Bonnie. He got out of the shower and tried to explain his actions, "Oh come on, it's not like that! You just scared me."

She turned and looked up at him. "So, you do want me?"

Silence filled the bathroom.

Elena laughed and shook her head. She knew what the silence meant. It meant that he didn't want to be with her. "That's a no." She couldn't believe it. Damon had spent years pining after her and trying to win her over and now he finally had her and he didn't want her? It made her wonder if he ever really loved her at all. "You must really love her."

Damon furrowed his brow and gave her a look that said he had no idea what she was talking about. He was suddenly getting a little worried that the young woman had somehow figured out about Bonnie and him. 'It's not like I was being inconspicuous.'

"Oh, don't give me that look I saw the two of you at the dance!"

He was prepared to explain his actions when she added, "I saw the way that you looked at her! I just don't get it, how can you be in love with Liv? You hardly even know her!"

"Liv?" Damon looked completely disgusted by the assumption. Of all the people that she could have thought he was interested in, how could she think it was her? He wasn't attracted to her in the slightest.

"Yeah, Liv!" Elena crossed her arms over her chest. She didn't believe his disgust for a minute. It was obvious that he was trying to hide his relationship with whoever he started dating while Katherine was in her body. "Look, I get it. Katherine broke up with you while she was in my body and you were upset, so you went and screwed the new girl, but come on Damon! You don't even know her!"

"Oh Elena, you are so wrong on SO many levels." He stretched the word so and started laughing. "She might be somebody's new girl, but she's not mine."

"What are you talking about, Damon?"

"I don't know." Damon's lip twisted up deviously as he started to pace in front of her. "Perhaps your baby bro has been a little busy with Blondie."

"No, Jeremy is dating Bonnie." Elena quickly dismissed the idea. She knew her brother and he had told her and Bonnie that he would never cheat on her again. That he loved her. After everything that they had been through she just couldn't believe he would be that kind of person. "He wouldn't do that to her again."

"He would." He nodded. "And he did."

Damon stopped his pacing and he took a few steps toward his ex-girlfriend. As far as he was concerned, who he was and wasn't dating was none of her concern. Even before Katherine broke things off with Damon, he himself had ended their relationship. There was no reason for her to believe that she could come back and have him again. "Maybe you should spend more time thinking about your best friend, and a little less time thinking about who I am fantasizing about in the shower."

He waggled his brow and bopped her nose with his finger.

'Even if those are the same people...' He thought to himself. Sometimes it completely baffled him how little Elena concerned herself with Bonnie's problems, and right now was one of those cases. Bonnie was confused and she was going through some huge changes and Elena was completely oblivious to them. She only cared about how things effected her.

Damon approached the towel-rack and he pulled one of the towels from it, wrapping it around his waist. He was feeling a bit too exposed and that still made him feel like he was cheating on Bonnie.

He didn't want to accidentally hurt her. Sometimes he felt like that was all he was good at.

"What I think, is that you are trying to change the subject, Damon!" Elena yelled at him, following him out into the living room.

"Because I am!" He sang.

'Now, Still You Act As If I'm A Burden,

I've Finally Let Go. Let Go. Let Go.'

"Jer?" Bonnie called out. He had been sort of jumping between houses. Sometimes he stayed with Matt, sometimes he stayed with Tyler, and other times he stayed with Damon. He didn't really have a place to call his home anymore after what had happened. But, this week he had been staying with Matt.

As she walked through the living room she looked for any sign of anyone, but all that she saw was a purse. She knew that Matt didn't live with his mother or sister any longer so she didn't think that the purse belonged to them. And it didn't look like any of the purses she had seen Elena holding, but she did feel like she had seen the purse somewhere before.

'Last night at the dance... Liv?'

She clenched her jaw angrily and her muscles tensed as she hurried through the hallway toward the room that Jeremy slept in. She could feel her heart pounding painfully in her chest as all of the pieces were fitting together. Jeremy had known that she had class this morning. He had skipped school, like usual, and he was in his bedroom making love to Liv. If not now, then he had been all night.

"Jeremy!" Bonnie called out louder as she reached the door to his room. She didn't care to knock, she was hoping to catch them in the act, so instead she just threw it open.

Green eyes widened as she watched the scene before her. She had been hoping that she was wrong. That somehow she had mistaken the purse. That maybe Elena had bought the same one. She was hoping to see anything else when she opened the door. What she saw was Liv attempting to climb out of Jeremy's bedroom window, wearing only her bra and pants.

When she realized that she had been caught she let out a sigh and turned to face Jeremy who looked like a fish out of water. His lips were parted and he was staring between both girls, like he had no idea how to explain himself.

"You left your purse out in the living room. You might not want to forget it." That was all that Bonnie could think to say. Her muscles were tense and she felt anger rushing through her veins. Everything that Damon had said had been confirmed. Jeremy and Liv had been sleeping together behind her back, for god knows how long.

She turned and started to walk back down the hallway. She didn't even want to look at him anymore. Not after he blatantly lied to her face just last night.

Bonnie could feel the tears burning her eyes.

She felt so betrayed.

"Bonnie!" Jeremy called out after her as he ran to catch up with his girlfriend. "Bon, come on! Wait!"

Bonnie continued to run away from him. She didn't like to show her weaknesses in front of people and she didn't want to give him the satisfaction of seeing her cry over him.

"Come on!" He shouted angrily. "It's not like you have any right to talk! I know that you spent the whole night with Damon!"

She stopped in her tracks and turned on her heels to face him. She didn't know how he knew about her night spent with Damon, nor did she care. She hadn't done anything and he had been the one who was trying to help her lately. Though, she did wonder if Jeremy only slept with Liv because he thought something was going on with her and Damon. "Nothing happened!"

This silenced Jeremy.

Bonnie lifted her hands and ran them through her hair. She was so frustrated with him. "Besides, Damon and I have nothing to do with this!" She screamed at him, tears now falling from her eyes and rolling down her cheeks. "You told me that you would never cheat on me again!" She took a step toward him, her chin lifted confidently as she stared him in the eyes. "You told me that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with me."

"I do, Bon."

She almost laughed. How on earth could he say that after what she had just caught him doing? "How long has this been going on, Jeremy? And don't you dare lie to me." Her voice shook angrily.

Jeremy looked away from her and chewed on his cheeks. That alone was enough to answer her question.

"How long?" Bonnie asked again.

Liv walked up behind him and smiled over at the other woman like she wasn't doing anything wrong. She almost looked proud of what she had done. "It's been going on for a month, Bonnie. I'm so sorry, I told Jeremy that he should have told you. But, he said that you would get mad."

"A month!?" She furrowed her brow and her voice cracked with emotion. Her boyfriend had been cheating on her for a month. All of those long nights they had talked and he had said that he was only worried about her. All of those nights that they had been intimate and he told her he loved her and wanted to start a family with her. All of them had been lies.

She had died for the man standing before her and he betrayed her.

Jeremy took a step toward her and placed his hands on her arms in an attempt to calm her down. All it did was upset her even more. Bonnie pushed his hands away from her and yelled, "Stay the hell away from me!"

'Don't Threaten Me, With What You Think I Feel,

If You Could Read My Mind, You'd Be In Tears.'

Author's Note :

Thank you all so much for all of your support! I love you guys so much and I am grateful to you guys every day! Thank you for reading my fics and I hope that y'all enjoyed this chapter! Bonnie is certain about things with Jeremy, now she can be with Damon! :)) Well at least intimate with him, because yeah, there is still the Elena problem! Haha, she'll be finding out soon enough!

Please tell me what y'all would like to see with this story! :))

Thank you all so much! I love you guys!

-Tracy Cook-