Love Bites

The Founders Party is today. I just woke up and its 10 AM, I didn't stay the whole entire night at Damon's because my mom would of killed me if I wasn't home in the morning, I got in around 3-4 AM. I smell breakfast, guess I should grab something to eat before the party.

I head into the kitchen. There's pancakes, eggs, and bacon out on the table. I grab just a little bit of everything and pour myself some coffee, then I take a seat next to Justin.

"Whats up, brother?" I ask

"Nothing. You going to that party today?" He asks

"Yeah, why? Wanna come?"

"Of course not! Just say hi to Bonnie for me"

"Right. Ya know, shes not into 8th graders."

"It can happen"

"Oh ew Justin"

I finish my breakfast and head back upstairs. I take a shower and do the whole morning routine. Get my dress out and my makeup. I decide to straighten my hair, then I put on my makeup and slip on my dress. I look hot! As I search for some jewelery my phone rings, its Bonnie.

"Hey Bon Bon" I answer

"I love you Savannah" She says

"What do you want?"

"You know that diamond bracelet I love so much?"

"You wanna wear it tonight?"

"Yes!"

"Sure, I'll bring it. Matter of fact, you can have it"

"Really?"

"Of course, I never wear it anyway"

"Thanks Sav"

"No prob, see ya soon"

I hang up my phone and grab some earrings and a necklace, I also grab Bonnie's bracelet and stick it in my clutch. I slip on my shoes and head downstairs.

"Waiting for your father? He's picking up Rachel." Mom says

"No. I have a date. Are you coming?" I ask. "Dad's bringing Amy."

"Of course he is, that's his girlfriend. I might come late."

"Hm. Okay." That means no, they like to avoid each other

"Who is your date?"

"His name is Damon. He's Elena's boyfriends older brother"

"How older?"

"He's 21"

"Isn't that a little too-"

"Its 4 years, so no. Oh, I'm staying at dad's tonight"

"Alright."

I get along with my father way better than my mom, he gets me. He doesn't treat me like a child and hes totally laid back, mom on the other hand is uptight and sets too many rules. There's the door bell, I say bye to my mom and little brother and I'm out the door.

"My god, I think my heart just stopped" Damon says

"That hot huh?" I laugh

"Oh yeah"

"By the way, the party is at my ex-boyfriends house"

"Your ex is Lockwood's kid?"

"Yeah, total asshole"

"This could be interesting"

"No. You're gonna be good. Prove Stefan and Elena wrong"

"Oh, fine fine."

Damon grabs my waist and gives me a kiss before we get into his car and head for the party. We wait in line to be greeted by one of the Lockwoods.

"Savannah, its been so long! You look beautiful" Mrs. Lockwood says, giving me a hug

"Thank you Mrs. Lockwood. This is my date, Damon." I say

"Well, come on in"

"Pleased to meet you." Damon says to Mrs. Lockwood, then she walks away to mingle with the guests. "Lets get a drink"

"Okay."

While getting a drink, we run into Bonnie, Elena, and Stefan.

"Hello Brother" Damon says with a smirk, "Girls"

"Damon" Stefan says

"Here's the bracelet Bonnie" I say

"Thanks Sav, you're the best" She smiles

"Elena, I like your necklace, where'd you get it?"

"It was a gift from Stefan, actually" Elena smiles

"Gift from the boyfriend, how sweet" Damon says

"Don't you have somebody to annoy?"

"Duh, you"

"Okay. Come on Damon, see you guys later" I say to the three of them, pulling Damon away

We enter a room that has a lot of things from the 1800's, this place is pretty much like a museum, a lot of history in this small town.

"You wonder why Stefan says to stay away from you" I say

"I don't wonder. He says it because I'm fun and hes boring" Damon laughs

"Or he says it because of how you act"

"I completely don't see it that way" Damon smirks, making me laugh at his cocky comment

Damon holds my hand as we look at the stuff, we come across the original registry from the first party. Damon Salvatore?

"Does that say Damon Salvatore?...and Stefan?" I ask

"Yes, the original Salvatore brothers." Damon says

"Wow."

"Tragic story actually"

"Tell me." I say, leaning my head on his shoulder

"The Salvatore name was practically royalty in this town until the war, the battle-"

"Of Willow Creek?"

"How'd you know?"

"School. Confederate soldiers fired on a church with people inside."

"Right. But what the history books left out, was that the people that were killed--it was no accident." Damon says, "There believed to be union sympathizers, so some of the founders of the confederacy side wanted them rounded up and burned alive."

My eyes widen at that, what the hell?

"Stefan and Damon had somebody they loved very much in that church, and when they went to rescue them they were shot, murdered in cold blood." Damon continues

"Who were they trying to save?" I ask

"A woman, I guess. Doesn't it always come down to the love of a woman?"

"I guess so. So they died hating each other?"

"Pretty much"

"I hope you and Stefan can work out your issues"

"Me too"

Our little quiet time moment is ruined by Caroline. Why? I don't know.

"Damon? And Savannah?!" She yells, we turn around to face her

"Um. What?" I ask

"You're here with Damon! Savannah, you're supposed to be my friend!"

"What? I didn't even--Wait, how do you know Damon?"

"He-" She starts

"She's obsessed with me" Damon whispers

"Caroline. I know you probably have a crush on him or whatever, but I'm here with Damon, so leave us alone."

I pull Damon away from Caroline and he gets me another drink. I'm a little confused though, she's obsessed with him?

"How did you meet Caroline?" I ask Damon

"At the Grill. I sat down with her while I had a drink, I guess she was drunk. Now, shes completely obsessed. She thinks we're dating. She's a friend of yours?"

"Since 1st grade. Dance with me so I can forget about it?"

"Dance? I don't dance."

"Yes! Dance."

"Fine." He grins

He grabs my waist and we go out onto the dance floor, he's actually a very good dancer. I see Elena and Stefan and I wave hi, after the songs over Damon has to go to the bathroom so I find my dad to say hi.

"Hey dad, Amy."

"Hey kid. Who's your date and where did he go?" Dad asks

"His names Damon, and he went to the bathroom." I say, "Don't forget, I'm staying over tonight."

"Oh we didn't forget, I already set up your room for you" Amy (my dads girlfriend) says

"How old is this Damon?"

"He's 21. If you've seen Elena, he's her boyfriends older brother."

"Is Damon your boyfriend?"

"No, just a friend."

"Do you kiss all your friends like that?"

"Okay dad! Uncalled for! I'm going to find...anybody..bye!"

I walk away from my dad feeling a little embarrassed that he said that, a little funny, but still embarrassing. I have a seat with Bonnie.

"Where's Damon?" Bonnie asks

"Bathroom, but hes been a while. Don't know. Thought I'd see how you were" I say

"Bored, boring party."

"Its an adult party, what do you expect"

After a while I decide to look for Damon, I wander upstairs and I find him. He's talking to Caroline in a bedroom.

"Seriously Caroline, you can't keep following me..its unnatural" Damon says

"But Damon-"

"Leave. Me. Alone."

I walk into the room and see them. Caroline looks pathetic. "Caroline, will you leave him alone. At least while I'm here, its rude!" I say

"Savannah, you don't know anything" Caroline

"Caroline, you need to leave" Damon says, sternly but calmly

"Okay!" She perks up and walks out the door

That was very weird.

"What are you doing up here?" I ask

"Well, I was looking for you. Then Caroline started following me so I came up here, apparently she knows no boundaries" Damon laughs

"That's Caroline for you. Lets go"

"Well, since we're up here already.."

"Damon!"

He pushes me onto the bed and climbs on top. I know we just met a few days ago and this may be going a little too fast, but I don't really care. Damon starts kissing my neck and then softly biting it. I move his head to kiss him and...

"Damon! Your face!" I say, horrified

"Uh-"

It happens so fast, then I hear footsteps. "Somebodies coming." I push him off of me, "Hide!" We hide in the nearby closet as somebody enters the room. What just happened to Damon's face? When the person leaves, we come out of the closet. I look at Damon and he's fine.

"Damon, what happened to your face?" I ask, putting my hands to his face

"Nothing Savannah" Damon says

"But I saw it. It was-"

"Savannah. It was nothing, nothing happened." He says, taking my hands

"Alright."

"Lets go back to the party"

"Okay, actually...I'm ready to leave."

"Alright, I'll get the car"

We go downstairs and Damon walks outside, I go outside also and wait for him. I see Elena yelling at him, what could he have possibly done now? Damon walks back over.

"Uh, I'm sorry. I have to go deal with Stefan. Do you mind going home with Elena?"

"No. Its okay. why did Elena yell at you?"

"Because of Stefan. Shes like his little protector, its cute."

"Haha, behave Damon.

"But its so fun to pick on Stefan" Damon smiles, "I'll call you tomorrow"

"Okay, Bye Damon"

"Bye Savannah"

Damon gives me a kiss before leaving. I leave with Elena, as soon as she starts driving she goes off.

"Please, you have got to stay away from Damon! Please Savannah! There's something wrong with him"

"Elena, please. Calm down. What now?"

"He--I told him to stay away from you and Caroline."

"What does she have to do with this?"

"A lot! I don't know what Damon told you but-"

"He told me she's obsessed with him, and at this point its highly believable. At the party, she like stalked him."

"There's bruises all over her and-"

"How do you know they came from Damon? Why would he hit her?"

"They were...they looked like...they were bite marks"

"That sounds stupid, do you know how that sounds?"

"I know how it sounds but its true. I don't want the same happening to you, Savannah"

At this point, I should of walked home.

"Stefan said you were at their house last night, did you sleep with him?"

"Elena, that's my business. Why would you even ask that? What are you so afraid of!?"

"Seeing what he did to Caroline, I'm afraid for you because you like him a lot."

Awkward silence, are we to my dads yet? Ugh.

"I didn't sleep with him. We made out, played around, talked, but didn't sleep together. Because he said he liked me and didn't wanna rush it." I fess up

"You're not gonna stay away from him, huh?"

"Why should I? He hasn't done anything to me!"

"But, Caroline-"

"I'm sorry, I'm not a horrible person...but that doesn't phase me. I don't know what happened, I didn't see bruises, I don't know if he did anything. All I know is she was acting like a stalker tonight, why should I care?"

"Okay."

Even though we had a little argument in the car, Elena spends the night at my dads with me. We stay up in the living room watching movies and eating ice cream.

"So What did Damon talk to you about?" Elena asks

"So you can tell Stefan?"

"No, just between us. Honest."

"He told me about Katherine, how they both dated her and she's the reason him and Stefan aren't close. Well..actually he blamed Stefan, but its so obvious its her fault."

"Yeah, I got that story too. And that she died in a fire."

"Damon also said he's not over her, isn't looking for a relationship and said love sucks"

"Wow, he actually told you all of that? Doesn't look like he'd admit that."

"He did. But, he told me he likes me, but we're just friends."

"Um...Damon's your special friend. Friends don't hook up every chance they get"

"Okay Elena, shut that pretty little mouth of yours"

It felt good to open up to Elena without being yelled at for liking or even talking to Damon. I still can't get over what his face looked like tonight, under his eyes were almost veiny and his eyes were red. The image is still in my head, but I know it was nothing because its impossible.