Chapter 20 – Dance With Me Tonight

by Olly Murs

We're getting sweaty, hot and heavy in the crowd now

Loosen up and let your hands go down, down

Go with it girl, yeah just close your eyes, yeah

I feel the music moving through your body

Looking at you I can tell you want me

Don't stop keep going till the morning light, yeah

When I saw you there, sitting all alone in the dark acting like you didn't have a care

I knew right then, that you'd be mine, and we'd be dancing the whole damn night right

Oh baby, I just want you to dance with me tonight

So come on, oh baby

I just want you to dance with me tonight.

Friday morning

I felt like that exhilarating feeling you have when riding a roller coaster. It was like being wrapped in a nice warm blanket, right out of the dryer on a chilly morning. When I looked at him I could feel the heat rushing to my cheeks when he smirked at me. It was a feeling that just wouldn't go away.

I had feelings for Damon.

I mentally slapped myself. I had to stop thinking about him. It was never going to work between us so what was the point in me building my hopes up.

I hadn't seen him since that night and had spent most of the last few days in my room seeing as I was still under house arrest. So instead of possibly provoking Damon, I settled for watching T.V. and eating my weight in chocolate.

It was almost 11 a.m. and the house sounded pretty empty, so I decided it was time for brunch. This whole house arrest thing was making me extremely lazy.

I made it half way down the stairs and stopped in my tracks at the sound of cheery whistling coming from the parlour. Lexi?

I stood in the arch way and saw Lexi stretched out on the couch with a bag of blood in one hand and her phone in the other. The room was dark, with the curtains closed. I was confused until I remembered that vampires burned in the sun unless you had some weird piece of jewellery. There were so many rules and exceptions to this vampire thing.

"Morning! Well for you maybe, I'm just about to head upstairs and get some rest."

"So what have you guys got planned tonight?" I felt the need to talk to her because she was such a laid back and fun person to be around.

"Well its Stefan's birthday, so we've all going out for drinks tonight at the Grill. You wanna come?"

"Sure, that'd be great." I settled down opposite her. "Where's Elena?"

Lexi took a deep breath, clearly bothered by the situation. "Her and Stefan are going through a little bit of a rough patch together. But don't worry; as we speak I am concocting a plan to pull them back together."

I gave a small nod. I knew Stefan and Elena had been a bit rocky these last few weeks with the tense atmosphere, but I had never wanted to comment on it, in fear of hurting her feelings. I made it my goal to go and see at some point today. Then it hit him. Damon still won't let me leave the house in case there might be a repeat of the Alexander situation.

"Is Damon home today?" I bit my bottom lip, knowing that it he was home then he would do everything in his power to stop me going out.

"No, he's out with the sheriff at the moment and won't be back till later on." Lexi studied my facial expression and grinned. "Don't worry, I won't tell if you want to sneak out." She winked at me, before jumping off the chair and heading for the bedrooms.

I took out my phone and called Elena.

When I arrived at the house, Elena looked visible distressed already as she invited me in for a drink. She told me about how much she was struggling with the whole vampire thing after a friend of hers, Vicki, was killed. I had heard about some crazy stuff that had gone on in town, but I had too many of my own issues to need to worry about others.

I gripped Elena's hand from across the table and gave it a squeeze. She looked at me through glass eyes, clearly on the brink of tears.

"It's gonna be okay. We'll get through all of this supernatural shit together. I promise."

She allowed a small smile to play on her lips as she wiped the tears from her eyes.

I cleared my throat. "Anyway, there is a party tonight at the Grill. I know you're still upset about Stefan, but I've been told that the best way of forgetting about something is to have a time out, meaning drink."

Her smile grew as she nodded her head. This was going to be an awesome evening and one that neither of us would forget.

We spent the rest of the day just chatting in general before we made our way to the Grill. I hadn't really made and effort for the occasion, settling for a pair of jeans, tank top and tying my hair back in a high ponytail.

Lexi was at the bar when we walked in, and looked over the moon to see that we had actual come.

"Finally you're here! First round of shots is on me." I felt so happy and relaxed about everything, but that soon faded away when Damon stormed into the Grill.

When his eyes meet mine, they burned with rage as he tried to control his face. He slowly made his way over to us, not breaking eye contact once. When he was at the table, he spoke in a smooth and cool tone.

"Elena, do you mind if I borrow Alice a minute, we need to have a chat." It wasn't a question and before Elena had time to answer, Damon gripped my arm and pulled me towards the short hall by the toilets

He pressed himself against me until I was backed into the wall and still had my arm in an iron grip, but not using nearly any of his real strength.

"What the hell are you doing here?" He was angry, but didn't raise his tone too much in case someone was listening in.

I pushed him back and crossed my arms over my chest, not in the mood for one of his temper tantrums. "Look, I have been cooped up in the house for days, I needed to get out! Besides Lexi invited me and everyone, including you, is here. Meaning that if I had stayed home, I would have been unprotected and your little safety plan wouldn't have worked."

Damon studied me with narrowed eyes, but in the end gave in. "Okay, you stay in the Grill and don't leave unless me or Stefan are with you, got it?"

I was beaming and before I could stop myself, I had my hands wrapped around him in a bear hug. He tensed up but relaxed a little as I pulled away.

"Thank you Damon!"

I ran back over to Elena and Lexi just as the drinks had been passed to us.

My aim was to get slightly tipsy and nothing else.

But by my fourth shot, I could feel myself stumbling around a little bit laughing and repeating some semi-incoherent and irrelevant bull-shit unnecessarily loudly. I had been drinking vodka mixes and downing them. The world started spinning and I collapse in my seat next to Lexi and burst in to hysterics and she eventually joined me.

At some point, Elena had gone off to talk with Stefan, but the evening was becoming blurry and everything faded into one.

"You are wasted, kid!" Lexi gave my shoulder a light punch and she down another shot.

"Lexi, I feel fucking amazing! I've never had this much before!" I was buzzing and jumped up from my seat, grabbing Lexi's hand. "Come on, let's dance!"

The DJ had just set up near the back of the Grill. I was surprised that Lexi had managed to get a DJ on such short notice and get the owner of the Grill to agree to this. Then again she was a vampire; she probably just compelled him.

The bass and sound was thumping through the crowd as if it were our very own hearts beating to the music. The bass vibrate in my body to the point I felt like me head would explode but I didn't care; I were having fun. The music wasn't that loud, but everything around me was magnified.

Then the dancing tune came on: Olly Murs. In all honesty, it wasn't a real dance tune, but being in my drunken state, I couldn't give a damn. Just then, Lexi was pulled from me as she started some weird dancing with a stranger. I decided that I needed a dance partner.

I scanned the crowd and spotted the man I wanted. A dark haired beauty in leather. As I made my way to the bar, dancing sweaty bodies press and rubbed up against me. I tried elbowing passed everyone, but by the time I got an opening, he was gone.

I let out a frustrated huff. Brilliant!

Just then, I felt a pair of hands on my waist causing me to jump at the sensation. Turning quickly, my eyes locked with Damon's, and there were no words that could some up the intense wave of emotion as I stared at him. His hands fell from my hips, and I felt my skin bristlier at the touch, making the small hairs on my arms raise up, despite the heat. I had felt his touch a thousand times in real life and in my dreams, but feeling it now sent a buzzing up my spine.

I grabbed Damon's hands and tugged him towards the dance floor.

"Dance with me!"

I wasn't really dancing, more like swing mine and Damon's arms from side to side and I started singing at the top of lungs. I would probably regret this all tomorrow, but right now I couldn't care less.

Damon raised his eyebrows at me as a small smile spread across his lips. "You've been drinking?"

"Hell yeah! I feel amazing! I've never felt this good!" I moved my hands up Damon's arms and locked them around his neck but all he was doing was stood there grinning.

I pulled back, glaring at him. "Fine, if you won't dance with me, then I'll find someone else."

I moved away from him, but he grabbed my hand and spun me out, making the world blur around me in a multitude of colour and bright lights. My ponytail whipped into my face and just as I thought my eyes were adjusting, I was spun back in and pressed against Damon's chest. I could feel myself panting, not just because of the dancing but the way he looked at me took my breath away.

When my heartbeat returned to a somewhat normal rate, I decided to challenge him, in the mood for anything he could dish out.

"Well, that wasn't really dancing, was it?"

He narrowed his eyes and before I could scream his name, he had me lifted up to his height as he span around in circles. It reminded me of the time me had danced at the Founders party, only this time he sped up his movements to keep in time with the music. By the time he has put me back down, his body is pressed into my back and his hands snaking around my waist as he nuzzles into my neck.

"Be careful what you say, sweetheart, because I always aim to please." I could hear the amusement in his voice as he nibbled at my neck, playfully, causing me to giggle at his touch.

He finally stopped and turned me around to face him, holding my hand. "I have to go and sort something out, so have a brilliant rest of the evening and Stefan will be taking you home."

I gave a nod and allowed the biggest smile I ever had to control my face. I watched him as he left, eyeing up his back and beautifully shaggy hair that I just wanted to run my fingers through.

I snapped out of my thoughts, when I saw the sheriff come through the door.

Oh shit!

I quickly made a dash for the side over, hiding in the alleyway, but as soon as that cold air hit me, I felt sick. I couched on the floor and hung my head between my legs, taking deep breaths.

I don't know how long I was stood there for, but the next thing I heard scared me half to death. Gunshots. I peeked around the corner of the wall to see Sheriff Forbs and Lexi whose face had twisted in to her vampire look, complete with razor fangs and growling. She stalked the sheriff and was about to attack when Damon suddenly jumped out of nowhere, staking Lexi through the heart.

I brought my hands to my face in a bid to stop a cry escaping my lips as Lexi's body turned to stone collapsing at Damon's feet. I couldn't believe it. He had killed her.

I hide back in the shadows and closed my eyes. The girl who I had had the best time with this evening was now dead. Not only that, but I watched it as it happened and there wasn't a damn thing I did to stop it.

When I was sure that everyone was gone after hearing the sound of the car pull away, I glanced around to view the stop where she was laying, only to see Stefan and Elena.

His hands where in his hair and his chest heaved up and down uncontrollably.

"Stefan?" Elena was quiet, careful not to startle him. She reached out and touched his shoulder and he whirled around to face her. His emerald eyes darken with fury and anguish.

I'd seen Stefan in his darkest form, but something in my eyes told me that he had been sent over the edge. He was going to kill his brother.

"No more second chances!" His voice was harsh as his hands formed into fists at his sides. "He's not going to change! He's killed so many people, but this..!" Stefan pointed at the remains of his friend, his voice turning weak. "Lexi...I can't let him live after this."

Elena dropped her hand and turned away, she knew she couldn't convince him. I thought about running to her side or trying to stop Stefan, but I couldn't bring myself to do it.

Before I could stop myself, I started to run back to the house. At first I thought I was going it to warn Damon, but I decided I wasn't because all I wanted to do was hide under my bed. Damon was a big boy and could handle himself. In that next moment I was in my room, curled up on the floor as I closed my eyes, rocking backwards and forwards.

I heard grunting, crashing and fighting as the vampires brawled somewhere in the house and I came to conclusion that Stefan hadn't killed Damon. I wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing.

I let out a bitter chuckle. This was definitely a night I would remember, but for all the wrong reasons.

Okay, so this wasn't my best chapter and sorry if it seemed really rushed. I am trying to bring in the elements of season 1 and this actually leads on nicely to the next chapter in the story. It would be fantastic if you guys told me what you thought as I was really unsure when writing this. I wasn't sure if I have done Lexi justice in the way I wrote her as well as her death. I was also a bit annoyed with the way the conversation between Alice and Elena was written as I though it was really rushed and not as heart felt as it should of been.

I loved writing the Damon scenes though, as I love writing him as spiteful, jackass Damon and caring, lovable Damon. Which side of him do you guys want to see more of? Let me know!

Anyway, thanks so much for the on going support guys and gals! It really means a lot to me :)

Next chapter: Alice makes plans to see her father, Stefan morns the death of this friend and Damon reveals why he is back in Mystic Falls which has heart breaking consequences ;) Stay tuned!