The Annual Welcome Back Masquerade Ball

[Emilee Jonson]

Damon was sexting more then five girls until he finally fell asleep with the television still on mute. The tv casting lights on the wall. His phone was still in his hand and he was laying on his stomach. It was almost five a.m. when he finally fell asleep.

- Time Skip -

When Damon woke up, His phone was ringing. By the light shining in the window, it was about seven o'clock. Too early for Damon to be us, but he couldn't go back to sleep. So he did what any normal person would do...He got up and went into Ashley's room. He walked over to the window, making sure not to wake her up, and looked out of it with his arms crossed. He leaned against the wall and watched the sun rise into the sky.

[Ashley Aimes]

Ashley was a light sleeper and heard someone enter her room. And the dream she had that night didn't exactly make her want to go back to sleep. She had a feeling it was Damon considering he was the only other one with a key to her room. She kept her eyes closed made it look like she was sleeping.

She opened her eyes to see Damon staring out the window. Ashley leaned up in bed and rubbed her eyes. "What are you doing here?" She asked. "Again." She added. This was becoming a habit for him and Ashley didn't want Damon getting used to it.

[Emilee Jonson]

Damon smirked when he heard Ashley's voice. He turned to her, still leaning against the wall and smiled. "I just had to see you." He said sarcastically.

[Ashley Aimes]

Ashley got out of bed and walked over to her closet. "It's kind of weird that you pop into my room whenever you get bored." She told him as she scanned her closet for something to wear.

[Emilee Jonson]

Damon pushed away from the wall and walked over to the closet. He backed Ashley into a cornered and looked down at her with an intrigued expression. "What is it about you Ashley Aimes?" He asked.

[Ashley Aimes]

The way Damon was standing, some people might find it daunting but Ashley didn't. This was getting a lot like her dream last night. It was scaring her. Ashley laughed uncomfortably as she slipped away from him and looked back to him. She sighed and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "I think you should go." She told him.

[Emilee Jonson]

Damon smirked and turned to Ashley again. He walked over and backed her into the corner for the second time that morning. "You don't really want me to leave. Admit it." He told her. "I get to you. You're drawn to me. You think about me even when you don't want to think about me. I bet you've even dreamt about me. And right now, you want to kiss me..." Damon leaned down to Ashley so there wasn't any space between them.

[Ashley Aimes]

Ashley wasn't one to play games but she was definitely guarded. How did he know about her dream? When he leaned down, Ashley forgot her composure for a moment. She leaned in until their lips were only a centimeter apart, almost touching. She put her hand on Damon's chest and left it there. "And you can't get me out of your head. You've said it yourself, I'm intriguing." Ashley countered, not actually answering him.

[Emilee Jonson]

Damon inhaled Ashley's sent. She smelled like, he couldn't quite put his finger on it. She smelled a perfectly sunny spring day. It was very intoxicating and very distracting.

Damon felt like he was chasing Ashley around her room now. She kept escaping. "Was it something I said?" He asked innocently. Not much got by Damon and he saw when Ashley suddenly looked away from him when he mentioned her dreaming about him. He couldn't help but smile.

[Ashley Aimes]

Ashley knew she slipped up when Damon asked that question. She sighed. "I'm going downstairs." She announced to him. Ashley managed to slip by Damon once again. She headed back to her closet and slipped on a pair of black converse. She walked to the door and walked into the hall. Ashley basically ran down the hall and to the elevator. Once he got there, she got in and pushed the lobby button.

[Emilee Jonson]

Damon smiled when she slipped away once again. She was definitely an interesting one. He followed her out and down the hall just out of pure curiosity. He jumped into the elevator with Ashley and rode down with her. The whole ride was silent. Once the doors opened, Ashley basically sprinted out. She headed to the dining room. Damon walked leisurely into the dining room and looked for somewhere to sit. He walked over to the table where Brittany, Wynter, Alexis, and Paul where sitting. He sat down and grabbed a piece of bacon from Paul's plate.

[Ashley Aimes]

Ashley shook her head to herself with a smile when she saw Damon run down the hall and hop in the elevator with her. He was persistent, she'd give him that. The elevator ride was awkward. They didn't talk the whole time.

Once the doors opened, Ashley walked out. She walked to the huge dining room where they were serving breakfast. Most then half of the dining room was filled with Rosehurst kids. Probably because Brittany had rented so many rooms and the kids all stayed the night.

Ashley sat down next to Alexis and quickly joined the conversation. Everyone was still talking about last night. Ashley stayed quiet and listened to everybody.

[Emilee Jonson]

When Wynter saw Ashley sit down, she elbowed Brittany in the ribs under the table. "Calm down, I've got this." She mouthed to her. She smiled wickedly over to Ashley. "So how was your night?" She asked. "I heard you had a visitor." She continued. Once she said that, the whole table went quiet and looked at Ashley. Damon almost chocked on his food when she said that. Why was she doing this? When he looked over, he understood. Wynter was still bitter.

Alexis and Paul had shared a room last night. Everyone always assumed they were a couple. Which they weren't but they stopped trying to convince everyone about that a long time ago. "Hey." She smiled at Ashley when she sat down. When Brittany spoke, Alexis shot daggers at her. She knew Ashley would never do something like that. But who came into her room? She looked around the table and saw Damon looking shocked. Oh great.

[Ashley Aimes]

Ashley looked up at Brittany then Damon. How did she know about last night? Ashley remained composed and she could feel everybody's eyes on her. One pair of eyes were glaring at her. Wynter. When she saw that, she understood everything. Wynter was jealous. Damon had gone to see her last night and left Wynter.

"Yeah. Someone gave Damon my room key." She shot Brittany a knowing look. She didn't know for sure that Brittany had done it but only two people knew what room she was staying in and Alexis wouldn't of done that. "So he just kept popping up." She told them then focused on Wynter and smiled. "Next time a guy rejects you, just leave it alone. You end up looking like an idiot." Ashley said that then got up and left. Ashley wasn't a mean person at all but she was not just going to sit there and be attacked and not do anything.

[Emilee Jonson]

Alexis was watching everything play out. This was a disaster. Alexis got up from the table and grabbed Paul and dragged him with her. She ran to catch up with Ashley but not before glaring at Damon and throwing a breakfast roll at him. "Ash!" She yelled across the Lobby. "Ashley!" Eventually, she caught up with her and asked, "What was that about?"

Wynter just sat there with her mouth hanging open. What just happened? How did she know that she wanted Damon? Just then, Damon stood up and grabbed Wynter. "Come with me." He whispered seductively in her ear. Maybe Brittany's plan had worked after all. She smiled and went with him willingly. Once they were out of the busy dining room, Damon leaned in closer to her.

"What the hell was that?" He whisper-yelled at her. "How dare you interfere with my personal life! There's a reason I don't go out with you. You're a whiny little bitch who has a handler! God damn it!" His yells getting louder and louder, scaring Wynter. Finally, he hit the wall right next to Wynter's face. "Stay out of my life!" He told her and stormed off.