A/N: This is a one-shot like the Valentine's Day special, but this time she is an Immortal. This has nothing to do with Darkness in the Sun. (So that means that might not even become an Immortal in the real story!) It's a different storyline, but with the same characters and everything. Enjoy! (Sorry, it's a day late though)

Fourth of July Special

Charlotte's POV

I sighed sadly as I opened my eyes and found that I was in my old room. I buried my face in my pillow as I remembered the fight that Damon and I had last night. Damon and I always have fights and I always come and lay down in my old room with the door unlocked. Then Damon always comes in when we have both calmed down and takes me to our room (his room) with him. But, there was something different about this fight. When I got in my old room, I locked the door. I didn't want him to come and get me, everything go back to normal, and we forget why we were even fighting.

I love holidays. I can't help by love them even more now that I became an Immortal. I never really got to celebrate holidays like my friends because of the cancer. So, now that I can celebrate them, I want to go and celebrate with Damon. Problem is, Damon doesn't want to celebrate stupid human holidays (his words, not mine).

That's what our fight was about last night. I wanted him to go and help Stefan and the other guys set up for the fourth of July party that we were having at Tyler's house while I cooked the food with Elena and the girls at Elena's house. He started teasing me and I got angry. Then he gets angry, not understanding why I was angry. Then we argue, I leave to my room, and he tries to come and get me, but the doors locked. He knocks on the door and calls my name for fifteen minutes, then gives up and goes to his room when I don't answer. And now in the morning I wake up in my bed, alone.

I sighed again as my phone vibrated on the nightstand next to me. I picked it up and noticed that Elena texted me.

Be to my house in two hours, Caroline's orders. :)

I texted her back. Aye, aye captain! :P

Dejectedly, I got out of my bed and walked in to my bathroom to shower and get ready.

An hour and a half later, I was dressed and ready to go to Elena's. I grabbed my keys and purse and started walking downstairs. I heard Damon in the kitchen once I hit the top of the stairs.

I quickly and quietly walked down the stairs and made it to the door before he heard me.

"Charlotte?" he called out as he ran from the kitchen.

"I have to go, Damon." I said quickly and slipped out the door and to my car using my vamp speed (that's what I call it) to my car.

I drove quickly to Elena's and made it there fifteen minutes early.

"Elena! I need coffee!" I shout out as soon as I walked into her house and dumped my purse on her couch.

"Really? Damon never lets you leave the house without coffee." She teased once I got into the kitchen.

"Not today." I grumbled as I sat down on the island and she set cup of coffee in front of me. I gave her a grateful smile and took a sip.

"Fight again?" she asked knowing.

"Yeah, but this time we didn't make up the same night." I told her with a nod.

"What was it about this time?" she asked curiously.

"I want to celebrate a stupid human holiday and I want him to celebrate it with me. He doesn't want to because he's a big bad vampire and he doesn't do anything that he doesn't want to. And heaven forbid, he has anything to do with a stupid human holiday." I explained sarcastically with a scoff.

"Who doesn't want to do anything with a stupid human holiday?" Caroline asked from the kitchen door. I saw that Bonnie and Morgan were with her.

"Damon." I grumbled and drank my coffee.

"You two had another fight last night?" she asked.

"Mm-hm." I answered and sipped my coffee.

"Wow, you two fight a lot." Morgan commented.

"You have no idea." I told her seriously.

"Well, it's his loss. We are going to have fun today without him while he sits home by himself." Bonnie said with a bright smile on her face as I finished my coffee.

"I suppose it does make me feel better that he will be miserable because of his own ego…" I said trailing off with a smile on my face.

"That's better! Now, let's get cooking, shall we." Caroline said excitedly.

For the next five hours, the girls and I cooked, ate, and gossiped about random things. Once everything was cooked and packed, we loaded it in our cars and drove to Tyler's house.

We got there and unloaded everything and set it up in Tyler's backyard.

"Hey Charlotte, where's Damon? I though he was supposed to come and help us." Stefan asked as he helped me arrange the food.

"Oh, you know your brother, Stefan. He doesn't want to show anyone that he has an ounce of humanity." I said angrily.

"So, I take it he's not coming at all." Stefan assumed.

"I wouldn't be surprised." I said bitterly and walked back to my car.

I grabbed the last platter of food and heard my phone vibrate in my purse. I noticed it was Damon, hit ignore, and then turned my phone off.

I walked back to the backyard and laid the last platter on the table.

"Everything looks amazing, Charlotte." Elijah commented as he walked up to me.

"Thanks, Elijah." I said with a grateful smile.

"Damon not coming?" he asked.

"Nope, but that's on him. I'm going to have fun with my friends." I said with a small smile.

"Good, you deserve it." He said with a smile.

"Burgers are done! Let's eat!" Tyler yelled out. We all laughed as Caroline shook her head at her boyfriend.

We all chatted and ate until it got dark outside. Then Tyler brought out a bunch of blankets so we could sit in his lawn and watch the fireworks that the town does each year.

I sat down on my blanket alone and noticed that everyone was sitting in couples. I shook my head sadly and waited for the fireworks to start.

"May I sit with you?" Elijah asked politely.

"Sure, Elijah." I said smiling.

"So, what was your argument about with Damon?" he asked curiously. I looked at him confused. "Elena told me." He clarified.

"I wanted to celebrate with my friends today and he didn't. He said that holidays are for humans and we aren't human anymore." I explained the best I could.

"And that upset you?" Elijah assumed. I nodded. "Why?" he asked curiously.

I took a deep breath. "When I was human, my parents weren't really big on holidays. We hardly celebrated them. Josh and I would make our fun on holidays because our parents wouldn't let us go to our friends' houses, claiming we were too young. Then when I got cancer at fifteen, we celebrated holidays less and less because I was in and out of the hospital. Eventually, we just stopped. My parents would always have company parties to go to on Thanksgiving and Christmas, so Josh and I stayed home or at the hospital. And now that I'm an Immortal, I can finally celebrate holidays with my friends and my boyfriend." I explained to Elijah.

"I understand. You want to make do everything that you never got to do before." Elijah said.

"Yeah, I just wish Damon was here." I said with a sigh.

"You rang." I heard Damon say from behind me. I jumped up and saw him smirking at me.

"What are you doing here?" I asked and crossed my arms over my chest.

"I came to apologize." He said remorsefully. I looked and noticed that Elijah vamp-sped away. I looked back at Damon and raised an eyebrow. I'm not giving in easily this time.

"I'm sorry I was an ass about holidays. I didn't know they meant that much to you." He said as he stepped closer to me and stopped when we were only about one foot away from each other. I looked down at the grass instead of at his face. I sighed giving up and wrapped my arms are his torso and buried my face in his neck. I felt him relax and wrap his arms around my waist and bury his face in my hair. I heard wolf whistles and cat calls from our friends. I smiled into his chest.

"Missed you last night." He mumbled in my hair.

"Missed you too. And my coffee this morning." I mumbled into his chest with a smile. He chuckled and pulled back.

"You want to watch the fireworks since you're here?" I asked hopefully.

"Why not." He said dramatically and sat down on the blanket. I smiled gratefully to him and sat down in between his legs. He wrapped his arms around my waist tightly and laid his head on top of mine.

"Love you." He whispered in my ear as the fireworks started.

"Love you too." I whispered back.