His name is Damon.

Lockwood Mansion

Dad was skeptical of the whole dance thing. He called me a “dirty flirt you”. Wow, lol, but he told me to have fun. I texted Matt I could come and he asked if he could pick me up. Was this a date? I asked dad if it was alright and dad said if he could find the place, yeah. He said he knew where the house was and he’d be here around 6:30. I needed to get cute!

I asked him if a dress was too much and he said it was perfect. I put on a cute little dress that sported tropical flowers and strapped on some wedges. Hopefully I wouldn’t be too tall.

I was super nervous when he arrived. This was all happening to fast. He smiled when I greeted him at the door. “Ready?” he asked.

I replied with “I guess!” and we got in his truck. “Hey we kinda match!” I pointed out. We shared a smile.

 “You look really nice, Noelle.”

“Awe, thank you! Thanks for inviting me!”

We small-talked on the way to the party. Our ages, (we were both 19), our families (poor guy lives by himself! Missing sister, deadbeat mom off somewhere else), a few of our interests, and jobs. We arrived at the Lockwood Mansion where the parties always took place. “Wow,” I said. “This is awesome!” It was lit up beautifully and there were lots of people. “It looks fancy! I’m nervous!”

Matt laughed. “Don’t be.” We got out of the truck and joined the crowd. Shortly after arriving, Caroline ran up to us. “Hey! Did you guys come together?”

I looked at Matt for an answer. “Yeah, where’s Tyler?”

“Oh, his mom made him do something or something. I don’t know. Noelle, I love the dress!”

I looked down at myself. “Thanks,” my cheeks flushed.

“Well, I hope you enjoy the party! I help set these things up and I’m very proud!” With that she fluttered away. “Who’s Tyler?” I asked, nosy.

“Her boyfriend. Me and her used to date, believe it or not.”

“Aw, that’s cute. What happened?”

“Life,” he said in his appealing way. “Oh, I see Elena. I dated her too, but we’re good friends. We all are. Come on, I’ll introduce you.”