It was D-Day (Decision Day) for Blair, not only was it D-Day but it was also B-Day. She was going to turn eighteen and she was going to tell Damien her decision about joining him in the dark realm, and becoming a vampire. He has paid her some visits, but as soon as he sensed someone like the Cullen's or Jacob he immediately disappeared. Bella had grown increasingly worried about Blair since she seemed more distant, she was though because she was scared and angry. She was angry that everyone kept secrets from her and angry at Edward for not admitting his love. In school all he did was stare at her. his eyes were so intense yet when she smiled at him he looked away, when she said hello to him in the halls he ignored her, and in their class he asked the teacher if he could change seats. He did everything in his power to stay away from Blair, and she started to believe Damien. Maybe he was staying away because of the fact that he killed James and he was afraid that she was going to remember that.

Blair still invited him to the party though and she could not help but somewhat wish that he wouldn't show up because she knew that Damien was probably going to show up as well…which would be a bad thing.

"Blair, hurry up in there!" Bella was banging on the bathroom door. Blair was just staring blankly into the mirror and forgot that she was done putting on her make up. She spent all last weekend decorating the place with Serena, Bella, Nate, and Mike. It was a winter theme and it turned out to be absolutely gorgeous with all the snowflakes hanging from the ceiling and fake snow mounds and fake winter pines that were scattered in the room. Blair was pretty impressed with herself.

"Sorry." Blair stated while walking out the door. Blair heard her cell phone blaring and she went to the phone and saw Damien's number across the screen. "Hey Damien."

"How is my beautiful soon to be Dark Queen doing?"

"Now Damien, I haven't said yes yet."

"You are going to say yes though. I know you Blair and the offer is just too good for you to ever say no too."

"I won't be able to see my family though right?"

"You will again, just maybe not for a few months. Young vampires go through blood frenzy and I would never leave you around the people you care about Blair. I wouldn't want you to resent me for all of eternity."

"I will think about it."

"I just wanted to say happy birthday Blair, and I look forward to your decision."

Click. He hung up, without even saying a goodbye. The words he said haunted her. She was going to have to give him a decision today and she still had no idea what answer she was going to give him. She looked at herself in the mirror, she was beautiful…like always. She and Bella were both going to wear white and silver. Blair wore a silk pleated Grecian dress with a boned bodice. It was the perfect blend of white and silver, vertical stripes of each color with a big belt around the waist with the same color scheme. Bella's dress was a little plainer, she wasn't big on dresses but again Blair forced her. It was a white Marilyn Monroe style dress, except it had a white belt around it with a silver buckle that was covered in diamonds.

"I hate you for making me wear a dress."

"You look great Bells, you have absolutely nothing to complain about. Plus I want us to somewhat match, it was either this or a jumpsuit."

"Definitely the dress." They both laughing together.

"Okay girls, time to head out." Charlie called from downstairs. They both walked downstairs and Charlie immediately started to take some pictures.

"Come on Charlie…"

"You only turn eighteen once, so let me enjoy the moment. Your mom said she's waiting at the party for you guys. It's just going to be us three on the way there."

"Great, that sounds super Dad!" Blair said while posing for the camera. They walked outside and there was a beautiful carriage. Blair let out a shriek. "I can't believe you got us a horse drawn carriage!" Blair ran over and started to pet the pure white horses. "They are absolutely beautiful!"

"I wanted this day to be special for you girls. Renee pitched in though, so don't give me all the credit or she will kill me."

"This is so awesome." Blair said while opening the white door. "I feel like Cinderella or something." Bella didn't seem quite as impressed, but she really wasn't into the girly and frilly things in life. She just smiled at Charlie thanked him and then went inside the carriage with Blair and Charlie. Blair was bouncing the whole way there and the parking lot was full, seems like they were going to be making a grand entrance.

"Hold on." Charlie called someone and told them that they were out front. "Okay we can go in now." They walked in and everyone began to clap and cheer. Blair felt as though she was some sort of celebrity and the entire school body seemed to be there. They all walked over to them wishing them both a happy birthday, there was a huge pile of presents and Blair couldn't wait to open them. Blair immediately looked around for Edward or any of the Cullen's, but she didn't see them.

"Blair, you are beautiful…wow, you certainly know how to dress."

"Thanks Mike."

"Just wanted to say happy birthday and you are going to love the present that I got for you and if you don't well…then I'm going to be really disappointed."

"I am sure that I am going to love it Mike."

"There is some strange guy here…wasn't sure if he was a family member or not, he kept asking though when you were coming." Blair's heart stopped. She didn't actually expect him to be here mingling with people and asking about her.

"Long black hair, tall, handsome, and a little pale?"

"Yeah, that would be him."

"Where is he?" Mike looked around as though he was trying to pinpoint him. The place was pretty crowded though and Mike was having a hard time finding the stranger.

"I actually don't see him anymore. Who is that guy?"

"Personal friend of mine…"

"Where do you know him from though?"

"Mike seriously, it's my birthday and I really don't feel like being interrogated. He's someone I know and someone that I trust and that's really all that matters. Now I really have to go find him." Blair said while snaking through the crowd trying to find Damien, wondering why he didn't wait to find her. All the faces were a blur to her though and everyone was trying to talk to her, trying to give her hugs, and trying to say happy birthday. There was only one thing on her mind though and that was finding Damien. She felt that he was close too, she just didn't know exactly where.

"Happy birthday Blair." Blair spun around and saw his beautiful face. His eyes so genuine…beautiful…stunning…captivating.

"Edward, I was not sure that you would be coming. After the last time I saw you…well I really thought that would be the last time I'd ever see you."

"I decided that it would be a good idea to come to your birthday party. I really did not like the way we ended things the last time that we saw each other. I thought that maybe we could talk about it a little more. I thought that maybe things were handled a little too harshly and was hoping that we could actually talk alone together after the party."

"I don't think that would be a very good idea." Damien came up from the crowd and slid his arm around Blair's waist. Edward was about to attack him but then he remembered that he was in a room full of humans. Why didn't he sense him? Why can't he smell now that he was a vampire? He wouldn't have known if it wasn't for his eyes.

"Damien, I was wondering where you were at. Damien this is Edward…as you know…Edward this is Damien…not sure if you know him." Blair felt awkward at that moment. It looked like they both wanted to kill each other right at that moment. The crowded room was holding them both back though.

"Blair, I really need to talk to you alone…now."

"Again like I said, I really don't think that would be a very good idea." Damien pulled Blair closer to him as though he owned her. Blair wasn't going to pull away either, she somewhat enjoyed the look of hate and jealousy in Edward's eyes. Plus, Damien has been the only one who had been open and honest with her about things. Edward wasn't sure what to do or what to say. He had to get Blair away from Damien, but he couldn't attack him now.

"Okay, Blair I hope you have a really happy birthday and hope you like the gift we got for you. My whole family decided to come." He said while shooting Damien a threatening glare.

"Thanks Edward, I will have to make sure to thank all of them." Blair said with a small smile. Edward hesitantly walked away and Blair noticed that he immediately walked over to Alice and it looked like they were having a heated conversation. "How could you do this Damien? Now they know you are here…and they are going to try to kill you like they did James."

"Blair, they won't be able to find me. They can't sense me, they can't trace me down, and believe me when I say I am safe." He said while stroking her cheek. "Please tell me that you say yes Blair…it'll be the perfect birthday gift to you."

"I'll have your answer at the end of the party Damien. Right now I really just want to enjoy being normal."

"You have never been normal Blair." He leaned down and kissed her lips softly. It took her off guard, but she found herself kissing him back. She felt all eyes on her…mainly the Cullen's eyes. Blair didn't care though; she was enjoying this dark, mysterious, and dangerous vampire. Something about him was completely irresistible. Someone cleared their voice behind them and Blair turned around to see her mother.

"I didn't know you had…." She looked into his eyes and saw that they were a blood red color. "What kind of contacts are those? Why would you wear something like that?"

"Mom don't be rude!" Blair immediately came to his defense. "I told him that they were cool and I insisted that he wear them, so please mom."

"Sorry, just wondering who this is? Charlie and Bella did not tell me that you had someone in your life…so soon especially after the accident."

"I'm eighteen now mom, I don't need to be questioned and scrutinized. His name is Damien and he's…wonderful."

"It is a pleasure to meet you." He said while shaking her hand. He gave her a look…the same look that she gave Mike.

"It is such a pleasure to meet you Damien. You seem like a really good young man and very handsome too. You two make such an adorable couple!" Her moms entire attitude completely changed in a blink of an eye. "I should leave you two alone though, I am going to go back to Bella!" Renee turned around and walked away as though she was some kind of mind warped zombie.

"I really don't like you doing that to my mother Damien."

"I wouldn't have done it unless I thought it would be for the best. Blair I'm different and they are going to know that I am different right away. You don't want to start a fight with them do you? I'm not exactly the type of guy that parents want around, especially when I am planning on stealing you away from them." Blair knew that he was right, but she still had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. She disregarded it though because she figured it was because all of this was still so new to her. She wasn't used to the idea of sharing a world with vampires.

"Do you want to dance?" Blair wanted to get her mind off of everything right now. Off the fact that he was a vampire, off the fact that the Cullen's were watching her, and off the fact that she might become a vampire at the end of the night.

"I would love to." Damien said while taking her hand and leading her into the crowded dance floor.

Edward's eyes never left Blair's body. He was scared for her and he was pissed at himself for not being honest with her about everything from the beginning. He would have never expected something like this though. He never expected that a vampire was going to come here and try to swoon her. Edward had no idea who he was or what he wanted with Blair, but Edward had to talk to Blair alone and before it was too late.

"I'm sorry Edward, I am not getting any visions from him. It's like he's surrounded by something, it must be one of his abilities."

"Great, how the hell are we going to get Blair away from him? He doesn't seem like he's going to leave her side now."

"We are going to have to find a way." Alice said while thinking. There was nothing popping up in her head though. Right now they were in a pretty helpless position and they knew that they couldn't cause a scene in the middle of Blair's birthday party…that's when it came to Alice. "We are going to have to have Bella talk to her."

"Why didn't I think of that? He is keeping a close eye on me though Alice, I think that you should be the one that talks to Bella." Alice nodded her head and made her way over to Bella who was talking to Jacob, Serena, and Nate. Alice smiled at them softly and they were all pretty surprised that Alice approached them. The Cullen's were never ones to socialize with people out of their group, especially since Blair's accident.

"Bella do you think I could talk to you for just a moment?"

"Sure thing." Bella gave Jacob a kiss on the cheek and then walked down an empty hall with Alice. Bella felt immediately nervous, she had no idea what this was all about, but she knew that it wasn't going to be good news. "What's wrong Alice? You seem kind of shaken up?"

"It's the man that Blair is with, do you know anything about him." Bella turned to look into the crowd and saw that Blair was indeed dancing with a complete and total stranger. Blair had never mentioned anything about a guy to Bella.

"I have no idea who he is. Maybe he's someone from school that I just haven't seen before; I really don't pay attention too much." Bella stared at the mysterious stranger, he certainly was beautiful. He was dark though, there was something cynical in his smile.

"He's not someone from school Bella, he is a vampire." Bella had a sharp intake of breath. She knew that he was a little pale to be a regular guy, but she didn't want to think anything of that. How did Blair get involved with a vampire? This was the exact thing they were trying to protect her from. Instead them lying made Blair very vulnerable to attack. Bella knew it was a bad idea for Edward to stay away from Blair. "What are we going to do? I don't even know what he wants. I don't know who he is. Blair had said absolutely nothing about him."

"We need to get her away from him. Edward tried to earlier, but he wasn't going to let her go with him. His eyes are red, which means that's he's not one of those human friendly vampires. I don't know what he wants with Blair, but you are going to have to figure it out Bella."

"I will see what I can do Alice." Bella straightened her dress and made a b line towards Damien and Blair. He grinned when he saw Bella, as though he knew exactly what she was there for. "I need to talk to you Blair…about birthday stuff."

"Like what?"

"It's something that I would like to talk to you in private about."

"Well, I am kind of dancing with Damien right now. If it's that important then why can't you just tell me now?"

"Because it's not about birthday stuff Blair, this obviously is going to have something to do with me." Damien started deeply into Bella's eyes trying to hypnotize her like he did to the others, she had the same block that Blair had though and there was no penetrating that wall; which frustrated the Hell out of him.

"Bella what do you have to say about Damien that I don't already know. Damien has been nothing but honest with me. He told me all about James…all about Edward…all about the Cullen's…everything." Blair's voice was spiteful and cold, which took Bella a back. Bella did not know what has gotten into Blair, but whoever this Damien character was…he had some sort of spell over her.

"Come on Blair, calm down…it is your birthday and I want you to be happy on your birthday. Bella, I am not going to hurt Blair, I would never hurt Blair…not even dream about hurting her. Why don't you tell your little friends that they should back off…"

"I think that we should go outside and talk about this." Bella said while crossing her arms. She was not going to let this guy off the hook that easily. Damien wasn't stupid though, he wasn't about to go alone outside with the two of them so the Cullen's could go out there and rip him to pieces like they did to his brother. No, he wasn't going to let that happen. Unlike James, Damien knew how to play his cards right.

"I don't think there is a need for any further discussions. Blair and I have something special between us. I know that I might be the suitor that you imagined for her, but you know a little honesty goes a long way." Bella didn't like the way he said his last sentence. She wondered what kind of 'truths' Damien was telling Blair. What ever it was, it made it so Blair was completely in his grips, under his thumb, and Bella knew that she was going to have to find some way to save her.

"I'm just wondering what kind of stories you have been telling her. Especially since I've never seen you in my life; and then you go on about James…like he was something special, he wasn't…he was a monster."

"Okay that is enough! I am really tired of listening to the two of you fight. I am an adult now and I can choose who I want to be with Bells. Damien, maybe I should talk to her alone for a minute." Blair said while looking into his eyes, they were cold and icy. He knew it would be too dangerous for her to go alone with Bella, but he didn't want to seem like he had something to hide.

"Blair of course you can talk to her, she is your sister after all. Can I just talk to you alone first?"

"Yes of course…excuse us Bells; I'll talk to you in a few minutes." Damien pulled her to the edge of the crowd.

"They don't like me for one simple reason Blair…because I drink Human blood…the Cullen's well they are vegetarians and they want to change all vampires to be that way. Blair they don't want us to be together because they don't want me to turn you like me…someone who enjoys the taste of human blood and the power. Don't let them turn you against me." That's when he leaned in and began to kiss her lips again, completely intoxicating her. Blair wrapped her arms around his neck and began to hungrily kiss him back.

"Damien…" She whispered breathlessly. "Whatever they say I know it will be lies, don't worry. It's just too convenient that they want to tell me the truth now." Blair kissed him softly again before walking over to Bella who was now accompanied by Jacob and Alice. She felt like this was going to be a brutal fight.

"Blair, there is a lot that we haven't told you. We did not tell you for your own safety, we wanted you to live a somewhat normal life. I can see now though that we made a mistake by keeping so much from you. Blair, you and I used to be best friends…before the accident and you were dating Edward. A lot of bad things happened to you because you met us…including meeting James. He had this obsession with you and he kidnapped you, and we had to well…take care of him."

"You have any stories that you want to tell me about Damien too? That he has an obsession? That he's going to kidnap me too?" Blair said sarcastically to Alice.

"Blair, Alice is telling you the truth about…everything, and that's hard for me to say because I myself am not the biggest Cullen fan. That guy there, I can sense that he's dangerous and that you need to stay away from him."

"Jacob, I think that it's really sweet that you want to be protective of me. I think the only person that you should be worrying about though is Bella. Damien is actually this really intriguing person…and he's told me a very different story. He says you guys hate him because he drinks from humans, well I don't see anyone really complaining when someone eats a cow…I mean you could be a vegetarian and eat fruit…or you can be a carnivore and eat meat, just because he has different taste doesn't mean that he is this evil person."

"You can't be serious Blair!" Bella was floored by what Blair was saying. "You can not compare a human being to a damn cow! He is a monster Blair…he could kill everyone in this room and have no remorse."

"He hasn't killed anyone in this room and he isn't planning too. This conversation is really not going to go anywhere. You guys have kept stuff from me, you are supposed to be my sister Bella. If any of this is true, then this was something that should have been told me last week. I confronted Edward as well, he's the one who told me he felt nothing for me. So what ever we had in the past, it is over now. I am choosing to be with Damien, and I would really appreciate it if you guys would just accept that fact." Blair had enough she turned around and walked away and walked back towards Damien. She had tears in her eyes but quickly blinked them away. She didn't want to show any weakness…not now. She felt more conflicted then ever. She wanted to be with Edward, and knowing that they were together scared her. She was afraid that she was making a mistake by being with Damien, and she secretly knew she was doing all of this to be spiteful and to be a little bit of a rebel.

"Blair…are you okay?" Blair collapsed in his arms.

"My answer is yes Damien…"

"Are you sure?" He could not help but to smile from ear to ear.

"Yes I am sure, I'm tired of being around all these liars."

"Okay then, lets get out of here." Damien whispered to her.