What Lies Beneath | Damon Salvatore

Founders Ball.

"Are you sure this dress is okay?" I say to Stefan as I am looking at myself in the mirror as I try out every outfit I brought earlier for the yearly Founders Day Ball that Stefan invited me to. Me and Damon haven't really talked since that day we was hanging out that night. Every time we see each other it's just either a hi or bye thing.

"You look great Flo" Elena says walking inside Stefan's room as she looks at me.

I turn around and smile at her, "you look great as well Elena"

I fix my hair up combing my straight black hair. I sigh fixing my dress as well, I look at the mirror again seeing Damon at the doorway leaning against it. I roll my eyes as I grab my purse, "let's go Elena. I'm guessing Stefan is already waiting for us outside."

Elena nodded and walks pass Damon, I follow behind her as I felt him grab my arm pulling me in front of him tightly. "Oh look your tie is messed up" I say reaching my hands up fixing Damons tie. "You're welcome." I say sternly as I step aside, until he grabs me again.

"Florence..."

"What Damon?"

He sighs looking at me, "you look beautiful tonight." Damon says softly as he forces a smile.

I roll my eyes, "I have to go." I say pushing him to the side, I walk past him quickly making my out out of the house.

Once we got to the Founders Ball in the house of the Lockwoods, I look around noticing it looks way different than 1864. When the last time I went to the ball with Damon, I walk up the steps following Stefan and Elena behind them. Mayor Lockwood invited them, as he sees me and invite me in as well. I walk inside looking around, "I'm going to get a drink" I told them, as I started walking around big mansion.

Once I get a glass of champagne, I look around minding my own business as I stand next to the table of desserts picking on some chocolate covered strawberries. It sucks that I am finally back in Mystic Falls and I'm not even here with Damon, like old times. I just want him to understand that I don't know what is going on anymore.

I take another chocolate covered strawberries since I am craving for blood, all I am doing is eating food just to stop the cravings. "You should stop eating before, you devour everything that's on this table." I hear Damon as he has his hands in his pockets standing beside me.

I look to my side taking a sip of my champagne, "I'm hungry and these sweets help me not to rip someone's head off so, I really do not care if I eat everything on this table." I say simply.

Damon pulls out his hands offering me to take his hand, "just like old times?"

I give him a glare, I take one last sip of my champagne and place it down on the take. I held Damon's strong firm hand as he lead me into the dancefloor. He pulls me close to me grabbing my waist with his right hand and held my hand with his left. I place my left hand on his shoulder, I look up at him as we sway our bodies together to the music.

"Hm, this reminds me about a lot of things" Damon says into my ear.

"Yeah it does."

"Look I'm sorry about what happen a few nights ago, I was just thinking about myself. Like I always do, and I do understand Flo. It's just I haven't seen you in so long that my anger was just building up about the fact that I haven't known you was still in this world."

I nodded slowly and then I smile to myself as I listen to Damon. He pulls away as he twirls me around, then he quickly pulls me close to him as I gasp. Our faces rather close to each other as I lean in slowly teasing my lips against his.

Damon smirks looking down at me, he then finally places his soft lips against mine. I kiss him back as I grip onto his shoulder, then our kiss turned out into a make out session. Our lips move in sync as he pulls me closer to him, gripping onto my waist tightly.

I hum against his lip and pull away as I started to breathe heavily, "um we should take this upstairs?"

Damon nodded quickly, "that's a good idea."

I pull Damon into an empty room, I grip onto his neck placing my lips against his as I kiss him roughly. We both sprint towards a table as he presses me against it, I grip onto his suit pulling it off of him. Then he moves his lips down to my neck, placing soft wet kisses around. Then my phone starts to ring inside my purse, I pull away grabbing my purse.

Damon groans looking at me as he sets his hand on my cheek making me look at him, "hurry up and we can continue."

I bit onto my lower lip and grab my phone from my purse and answered. "Hello?"

"Florence how are you?"

"Oh dad hi."

I roll my eyes and move to the side away from Damon as I make my way towards the bathroom I close the door and look at myself in the mirror to see if my makeup was messed up.

"Trouble in paradise yet?"

"No, actually. I am perfectly fine. I found Damon and Stefan."

"Wow, took you long enough. Now you're going to stay in Mystic Falls?"

"Yeah, I think so. I'll have to go back in New York and grab the rest of my things. That's all, I just don't know when I'll have to do it."

I look down playing with my nails, I look back up and gasp. I turn around seeing a girl standing behind me as she gives me a glare. "This bathroom is occupied, you can leave now." I say sternly.

"Honey, who's that?"

"I don't know she's just staring at me."

The girl takes a step toward looking at me blankly.

"Damon!" I call out to see if he can get the random girl away from me. It's just she doesn't want to listen at all, I don't know who is she.

"okay.." I say as the veins under my eyes appear, I quickly grip the girl sinking my fangs into her neck. A burning sensation runs down my throat, the girl was on vervain. I groan loudly as I held the phone away from me, I held my neck rubbing it trying to get the burning sensation away.

"Phasmatos..." The girl started to say as she held her hand up performing a spell.

I felt my head crushing into pieces, as if my head was about to explode. I gasp loudly holding onto my head as my phone fell off of my hand, "stop!" I yell as I close my eyes tightly groaning uncontrollably. The pain in my head was unbearable, I couldn't focus at all, I'm weak.

The girl stops she grips my head and twists it causing my neck to snap. I fell onto the ground, as my head hits the tile floor hard...

Damon's POV.

I watch Florence leave as she talks on the phone with her dad, wow I haven't seen or heard of him in a while. Ah. I lean against the table as I hear every word they say, yes I'm noisy. This is unnecessary, me and Flo were about to have some one and one action and then it gets ruined. This happens all the damn time.

I jump slightly as I see a girl, she walks towards me. "I heard Florence DeLisi is here, where is she I need her now." The girl says simply.

I raise an eyebrow, "not here. So why don't you run along." I say as I smirk. I gesture my hand around for her to leave the room.

The girl frowns, she lifts up her hand and twists her wrist slightly. Then all of a sudden my neck snaps as I fall onto the ground.