The Most Powerful Scream is Silence

Chapter 3: The Grill

As soon as Luna got a glimpse of his sparkling eyes and lips curled upwards in a classic smirk she knew he was trouble. And she loved it. Like a total cliché, she loved bad boys.

I guess you could call it an addiction, she kept going back over and over again to the same type of guy knowing how it would end up. She would be hurt and broken, feeling a pain in her heart that matched the bruises on her body. Yet she kept going back.

Maybe she was a masochist.

It would explain a lot of things in her life. Why she didn't run away. Why she didn't tell someone. Why she wanted nothing more than to jump the boy in front of her.

"Damon" Elena warned, her voice drawing Luna from her thoughts.

"What" he replied, never tearing his sapphire eyes away from Luna's sea foam green ones.

"Don't." Elena finished sternly, jutting her chin out stubbornly as she spoke.

Luna, finally finding her voice grinned back at him "I'm Luna, new to town if you couldn't tell." she said softly.

Oh, I could tell Damon thought his eyes flicking down her frame then back up to meet her eyes.

"She lives next door, just moved in today," Elena added, glaring at Damon

"Next door, huh? Guess that means I'll be seeing more of you" Damon concluded, picking up a piece of her copper hair and twirling it around his finger before letting it fall and bounce back into a curl against her shoulder.

"If you're lucky" Luna replied, licking her lips.

Damon leaned in closer, till he could feel her minty breath against his face. His pupils expanded and shrunk, dilating as he stared into her soul.

"You want to see me again, and you want to kiss me" he whispered, a grin tugging at his lips as he spoke in a hypnotic honey tone.

"Damon!" Elena gasped, shock evident in her tone.

Luna leaned forward, her lips brushing against his ever so slightly

"You wish." she uttered, a grin playing on her plump lips as she leaned back

A small gasp escaped Elena's lips as she stared at the pale girl in front of her. Damon, usually one to hide his emotions behind sarcastic comments and smoldering looks, had shock written all over his face.

Luna, who looked between Elena and Damon, confusion marring her features as she spoke

"What?" she asked.

"uh...nothing" Elena answered lamely "He's just not used to having girls resist his...charm" she finished with a glance towards Damon.

"Here's your food" Matt cut in, breaking the silence as he placed the plates down in front of the girls.

"Thanks" Luna replied, as Matt walked away, sending a glance towards Damon as he went.

"So...how do you guys know each other" Luna questioned, popping a fry into her mouth.

Elena, maintaining her composure, answered "He's actually my boyfriend's brother"

"I'm the hotter brother" Damon added, shooting a grin at the girls.

Elena rolled her eyes and took a bite of her burger "Ignore him and he'll go away." She said, swallowing before she spoke.

Luna laughed, a real laugh that crinkled her nose and lit up her eyes.

"I don't know, he's annoying," she said, tossing a glance at the raven-haired boy "but not THAT bad" she finished with a wink in his direction.

"Don't encourage him," Elena warned.