Changing
Bella's Point of View
I woke up feeling drained; I was going to have to remember it's been a while since I used my powers and I would have to watch it. I got of bed and heard music playing downstairs; I looked at my clock and it read 7:45 a.m. I opened my door and ran into Stefan;
"Looks like you are still a danger magnet." He said laughing as he caught my right arm and then he saw the scar. "Bella…" he whispered.
"I already told Damon and don't worry about it. Hey what's that noise?" I asked.
"Damon has been having nightly parties with sorority girls." Stefan sighed.
I laughed, "I'll run them off." I said. "Hey Charlie is going to send my transcripts today so would you mind going to the office and handling that? I really need to do some shopping; no offense but my room not my style."
He laughed, "Sure I'll handle the paperwork; do you need money Bella?" he asked.
"Stefan I have money saved." I replied.
"Bella it's no big deal; when you're around as long as I am you matriculate a lot." He said and I shook my head no, "Alright well the offer stands. Are you okay after using?"
"Stefan I'm fine just a little drained, but I'll watch it from now on." I heard giggling and I rolled my eyes.
"I don't know how you stand to be around him; I don't think you would like him if you knew what he did to Jeremy." Stefan said.
"You mean snapping his neck; I already know. Stefan, Damon and I have a strange friendship, but you have to admit with me here he sort of chills out." I pointed out.
"True, I'll see you later and good luck with the sorority girls." Stefan said and left.
I walked downstairs to see Damon drinking and six sorority girl dancing.
"A little early don't you think?" I asked from the doorway.
"Bella come join us oh and you're dressed appropriately; you know you have amazing legs." Damon said smirking.
"Yes Damon you've told me that before; alright ladies party's over." I said.
"We won't leave until Damon says so." One of the bimbos replied.
"They love me." Damon said shrugging, "It's my charm."
I laughed, "Yeah and I'm sure compulsion has nothing to do with it." I said and then pointed to the girls; you see I have the power of compulsion but I'm not limited by vervain, "Girls you went out, drank way too much, and don't remember a thing. Now leave." I said.
The girls grabbed their things and left. I started to feel even more drained and I started to sway.
Immediately Damon was at my side supporting me, "Bella are you okay?" he asked and when I looked into their eyes they were filled with concern.
"I'm fine, you know I wouldn't have had to do that if it weren't for you." I said smiling.
"Very funny my little witch." He said, "What's on the agenda?"
"Shopping, I need some stuff for my room." I said.
We went to our separate rooms and got dressed.
"Ready?" Damon asked as I descended the stairs.
"Of course I am." I said and we headed to the furniture store.
I picked out my bedroom suite and went to pay for it;
"No, allow me." Damon said and started to compel the salesperson.
"Damon." I said and elbowed him, "I'm not going to steal."
I gave the salesperson my credit card and paid for my bed.
"Why did you get a king size canopy bed?" Damon asked.
"I like them and in Forks I had a queen and I like bigger beds." I replied.
"You know that means I could spend the night." He said wiggling his eyebrows suggestively.
"Damon I know this is going to be a big adjustment but if you want to sleep in my bed you are going to have to remember you can't compel me so you have to actually work for that honor." I teased.
"Touché' dear Bella." He replied. "Where to next?"
"Well I need to get some clothes and I need to actually buy a car." I said.
"How about you borrow one of mine." Damon suggested.
"Really?" I asked shocked.
"Bella, you are the only person who will ever be allowed to drive my cars." Damon whispered.
"Then I feel very privilege." I said smiling.
"So I get to be your bed buddy?" Damon asked.
"Smooth, but no." I said and we both busted out laughing.
Damon's Point of View
Being with Bella was fun and easy. Normally I would be bored by now, but when I was with Bella all we had were laughs. I remember the first time we met;
(Flashback Three Years Ago)
I caught wind of an intoxicating scent and followed it to a short little girl with wild mahogany hair. I walked up to her and she just looked at me annoyed;
"Can I help you?" she asked crossing her arms over her chest.
I started to compel her, "Well beautiful I want you to stay quiet as I drink your blood." I let my fangs extend and bent towards her.
She took a step back, "Look vampire your compulsion doesn't work on me." She said.
I immediately pulled back and looked at her, "What is wrong with you?"
"Nothing, what's wrong with you?" she asked.
"I'm becoming annoyed because my compulsion isn't working; are you wearing vervain?" I asked.
"No I don't need to since your compulsion doesn't work on me; didn't I just tell you this?" she asked.
"You aren't afraid of me?" I asked a little offended.
The girl laughed, "Oh did I hurt your feelings? I thought you vampires were tough, but obviously you're just touchy." She teased.
"This isn't funny." I replied.
"On the contrary I find this very funny." She said.
Normally I would of tore this girl apart, but I found myself laughing with her, "I suppose it is somewhat funny." I said.
"I'm Bella." She said.
"Damon." I replied and kissed her hand. "What are you?"
"A witch," she replied and I was silent. She rolled her eyes, "Sorry that I don't live up to the whole long nose, warts, crooked teeth, and green eyes." She said sarcastically, "But hey at least the wild hair fits."
I laughed, "No, I'm not shocked by your appearance more by your attitude. I thought all you witches stayed away from us."
"Sorry but the big bad vampire doesn't scare me." She said and then smiled. "Damon it's pretty cold out so how about we go into a coffee shop and get to know each other better."
(End flashback)
I chuckled at the memory; it was the first time I actually saw a human as more than food. Granted Bella wasn't fully human, but she was close enough.
"Damon, why don't you go scouting for bimbos while I go to the salon?" Bella said.
"What are you going to the salon for?" I asked.
"I said I wanted a change and that's what I'm doing; now go." She ordered.
(Three and a half Hours Later)
My cell rang, "Hello." I answered.
"Hey Damon where are you?" Bella asked.
"In the food court; are you ready to finish shopping?" I asked.
"I'm already done; I finished at the salon about two hours ago." She replied.
"Why didn't you call me?" I asked.
"You were busy with some brunette." She said.
"Ah Jess of course well you could of interrupted." I said.
"Nah, besides I didn't have to worry about you trying to sneak a peek while I tried on clothes." She said laughing.
"Bella Swan I'm offended." I feigned hurt.
"Oh calm down I'll make it up to you." She laughed.
"Where are you?" I asked.
"Look behind you." She said.
I did and standing behind me was Bella, but she looked very different. Her once mahogany hair that was down to her waist was now just a little pass her shoulders layered, and framed around her face. The biggest difference though was it was blonde; not a cheap dye job blonde, but a very natural looking blonde. It fit her so well.
"Well?" she asked biting her bottom lip.
I walked over and took her hand and kissed it, "I think it suits you so much better than what you looked like. This is more natural and fitting with your eyes. I like it." I replied.
"How do you think everyone else will take it?" She asked as we walked to the car.
"Well if they say one bad thing I will kill them; no one shall insult you." I stated.
We put her bags in the car and headed home.
"So tell me about Anna." She said.
I was silent, "She's the one Jeremy fell in love with; turns out her mother had a thing with the first Jonathan Gilbert. Then when the fire happened Elena's uncle staked her in the old building there." I pointed as we passed it.
"I heard about Vicky." She said quietly, "Damon that was pretty bad."
"I know." I replied.
"And Lexi and Zach although I'm not too upset about Coach Tanner he was always an overbearing, know it all asshole." She said.
"I know I screwed up with Vicky, Lexi, and Zach." I sighed.
"What about trying to kill Caroline and Bonnie?" she asked.
"Okay so I've made some bad judgment calls." I said, "I admit it, but with you here I'm sure you will keep me in line." She was silent, "Bella are you alright?"
"Damon I don't want to have to keep you in line; look I'm not trying to change you Damon I would never do that, but I don't want to be torn between you and them." She said.
I pulled up to the house, stopped, and looked at Bella, "I know you wouldn't try to change me and I promise I won't do anything that will force you to choose anyone."
She smiled, "Good." She said and leaned over kissing me on the cheek, "I can always count on you."
I helped Bella bring her things up and then a thought hit me, "Bella do you know anything about the Lockwoods?" Bella was quiet, "So you do know their dirty little secret. What is it?" I asked.
"They are the werewolves that turn during the full moon." She said very quietly.
"What?" I said as my jaw dropped.
"Look I'm going to be watching out for Tyler so don't worry." She said.
I felt a little jealous, "Why you miss him?" I spat.
She looked at me and smiled that smile that could melt an iceberg, "Damon, Ty and I have been friends forever and that's all that we will ever be."
I felt relieved and left her to change since she told me we were meeting everyone at the Grill.
Bella's Point of View
I changed into my new bootcut jeans, black tank top, black high heel motorcycle boots, and topped it off with my cropped denim jacket. I walked downstairs and Damon let out a whistle;
"What a little heartbreaker we are." He said.
"Well it's about time I broke some hearts instead of mine being broken." I replied dryly.
"He didn't deserve you." Damon said as he poured us a shot for the road.
"And she didn't deserve you." I said taking the shot from him.
"Well in that case here's to those we've been foolish enough to love, who we thought were sent from up above. It wasn't until sobered from all the ale that we realized they were really all from hell." Damon said and we clinked out glasses and took the shot.
"Nice." I said putting my glass down.
"Came up with it off the top of my head." Damon said proudly.
We drove to the Grill and got out.
"You go ahead I'm going to look at the shops." I said and Damon went in.
I know I lied to him; I was going to where Anna had died. I know I said I would take it easy, but Jeremy didn't deserve to be alone and he cared about her. I let my senses go and focused on everything Stefan had told me over the phone about Anna; it led me to where her body had been. I focused all my energy and started to chant. It was draining, and I wanted to stop, but I pushed forward; finally a very pretty girl with dark hair was standing in front of me.
"Who are you?" she asked scared.
"I'm a friend of Jeremy's; my name is Bella. You have been dead for a couple days." I said.
"How did you bring me back?" she asked.
"I'm a witch." I replied. "Look you probably need to eat so get some blood and then meet me at the Grill."
Although she was confused she did as I asked and I walked back to the Grill shakily. The moment I walked in I saw Matt;
"Bella?" he asked and then ran grabbing me in a hug, "I'll be damned Baby B is back." He said. "Caroline said you had come back, but I didn't believe it. You look good."
"Thanks Matt you're looking good too." I said hugging him back.
"Bella?" Jeremy asked.
"It's me." I said and we hugged, "I have a surprise for you." I whispered and he looked confused, but I just smiled. I looked over his shoulder, "Hey Ty."
"Bella, wow it's good to see you." He said coming over and hugging me.
"I heard about your dad; I would say sorry, but he was an ass to you." I said.
"I could always count on you to be honest." Ty said laughing. "Nice haircut; you look better blonde."
"Thanks, I did it today and before any of you ask I'm staying for a while." I said.
"Awesome." Matt said.
"So what have you been up to?" Ty asked.
"Living in dreary Forks, met a guy, he broke my heart, then decided to come here." I said.
Tyler put his arm around my shoulders, "Well if he ever comes around I will whip his ass."
I laughed, "I'll hold you to it; look I gotta make the rounds, but I play winner." I said pointing to their game they had going.
"Sounds good, I gotta say Bella I have gotten pretty good at pool." Tyler bragged.
"I can still beat you." I said and headed towards the others.
"OMG Bella; yes I'm not the only blonde anymore." Caroline squealed.
"Bella it looks amazing." Bonnie said.
"Who's this?" I asked pointing to the guy I healed last night.
"This is Carter." She said beaming.
I extended my hand, "Nice to meet you Carter." I said.
"You too they have been talking about you nonstop wondering where you were." He replied laughing as he shook my hand.
"Yes where were you?" I heard Damon ask behind me.
"Taking care of some business." I replied.
"Bella come with me to the bar." Damon said and pulled me with him. "What did you do?" he whispered when we reached the bar.
"Nothing." I replied.
"Bella," Damon said and took my chin forcing me to look at him, "You're pale as a corpse; now tell me what you did."
"I fixed something to make someone I care about happy." I said.
"What….." Damon started, but he stopped.
I followed his gaze and saw Anna had walked into the bar. Jeremy was frozen for about five seconds and then ran to her and hugged her.
"Bella, what are you thinking?" Damon demanded.
"I had to Damon." I said.
By then our entire group were looking at Anna and then back at me. Elena, Bonnie, and Stefan were all worried and pissed.
"You're going home." Damon stated as he dragged me towards the entrance.
"Hey Bella I beat Matt you're up." Ty said coming over to us.
I got out of Damon's grasp and smiled at Tyler, "Sounds good let's do this." I said shrugging out of my jean jacket.
A/N: I'm going to end it here for now. Ya'll let me know in a review if you like the pace the story is going at.
