[false pretence]

OOC: Ashley's still sick with that viral infection so im posting for her.

IC: As Damon stood there, he smiled at Ashley's response.

"Salvatore? As in Stefan Salvatore? I'm guessing you're his brother then."

"Yep, Stefan's my little brother." Damon watched Ashley climb down the wooden latter and made it to the ground.

"I'm Ashley Gilbert. And yeah, me, my brother and our friend built this awhile ago. Surprisingly it's pretty stable."

"It looks really stable." Damon said as he shifted his gaze to the tree house, then back over at Ashley. Damon took notice that Ashley became very quiet, looking like she was lost in thought. When Ashley looked down at his ring, Damon instantly noticed the sudden nervousness in Ashley's face.

"So, what brings you out here in the woods?" Ashley asked. Even though Ashley was wearing Vervain, Damon wasn't able to compel her, but he could still read her mind since he wasn't actually controlling her. Once he had read her mind, he smiled.

"Ah you know, just walking through the woods. Have you heard of these so called animal attacks?" Damon asked as he slowly began to circle around Ashley, like a lion stalking it's pray.

"Yeah I have." Ashley said as she kept her eyes on Damon the whole time.

"What do you think could of done it?" Damon said in a amusing voice.

"I don't know. A wolf maybe?"

"Ah well that would make sense, but you see, I know for a fact it wasn't a wolf." Damon still stalked her.

"Then what was it then?" Ashley asked in a cautious voice. Damon stopped walking and gave her another charming smile.

"Me." Damon shrugged his shoulders and with amazing speed, he ran at Ashley and pinned her up against a large tree. Ashley tried to struggle free, but Damon's supernatural strength was too overpowering.

"So you're a Vampire. That means..."

"Yep, Stefan is too. You should really be careful who you talk to." Damon looked down at Ashley's Vervain bracelet and quickly pulled it off.

"What are you doing?!" Ashley yelled.

"Shh shh, it's okay." Damon knew that if he didn't compel Ashley into letting Damon drink some of her blood then she would struggle which would cause her a lot of pain. If she kept still and calm though then it wouldn't hurt at all. It would actually feel relaxing. Damon looked directly into Ashley's eyes with a serious look. "You're going to just stand here and not move. You're going to let me drink some of your blood and stay calm. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Ashley said in a trance-like state. Damon smiled and let go of Ashley, watching as she just stood there. Damon gently brushed Ashley's hair back away from her neck and brought his lips to her skin. He could smell the lovely body spray of cherry blossoms, along with her blood pumping through her veins. After a few times of softly kissing Ashley's neck, he brought out his fangs and carefully sank them in. Ashley gave out a little moan of pleasure as she closed her eyes. As Damon was drinking, he brushed Ashley's cheek with his fingers. Damon wasn't drinking Ashley's blood out of thirst, but out of the love he felt for her. For Vampires, this was one of the ways they would express their love to someone. As Damon was drinking and drinking, disturbances could be heard in the woods.

"DAMON!" A voice was heard, then grabbing Damon and sent him flying into a tree. Ashley fell to the ground with unconsciousness, droplets of her blood dripping into the yellow and orange leaves.

"Why hello Stefan." Damon said as he stood up to his feet and licked his blood stained lips.

"What the hell are you doing?" Stefan yelled at Damon as he rushed over to Ashley's motionless body.

"Oh I wasn't trying to kill her. You have to taste her blood though. It's nothing I've ever tasted before." Damon said with a devilish smile. Stefan quickly bit his own wrist and brought it up to Ashley's mouth, making her drink the blood. Once the Vampire blood was in her system, the bite marks on Ashley's neck had disappeared. He scooped her up with his arms and cradled her.

"You've really done it this time Damon." Damon sighed as he followed his brother home. Once they reached their house, Stefan laid Ashley on the couch and turned to his brother. "Please go in a different room Damon. I can't stand the sight of you right now."

"Oh don't be so dramatic."

"I'm not being dramatic! Look what you've done to her!"

"She was one hundred percent willing."

"Because you compelled her!

"Yeah yeah yeah." Damon rolled his eyes and walked out of the living room. Stefan sighed as he took a seat on the other couch.

"I'm getting too old for this..."