Hi Everyone,

So here's the latest chapter, this story is turning out longer than I originally thought but oh well, as long as everybody is happy with it.

Song for the chapter:

Here without you - 3 Doors Down

Damon PoV

We pulled up to the Boarding House 10 minutes later, it didn't look like Bonnie and Caroline were here yet, Elena was still sulking in the passenger seat whilst everyone else chatted quietly. I did raise my eyebrows when I heard the flirty comments that passed between Lexi and Kol. What a pair they would make, they would be explosive. Everyone got out of the car and walked to the front door. Stefan unlocked the door and let everyone in, I saw Bella's eyes grew wide as she took in the gothic grandness of the house, her eyes raking over everything as she took it in.

"Wow, this place is amazing," Bella whispered in awe.

"I did tell you this place was a gothic palace," I smirked at her, she rolled her eyes at me, running her hands over the wooden walls as she followed Stefan to the living room.

"Hearing about it is one thing but seeing it in person is a whole other thing," she replied.

I followed her to the living room, the train of her dress whispered against the old wooden floors, followed by the click of her heels, her eyes sparkled with wonder as she took in the various items that she spotted along the way. My stomach tightened as I watched her, I had always intended of bringing Bella here after our wedding so I could show her my hometown and introducing her to my brother, something she was always looking forward to. She wanted to meet Stefan, her new brother. I hadn't told Stefan about her because he was busy here with Elena, he had enough going on. I had always planned to have her by my side always, but I didn't factor in petty jealousy and warped minds. I made my way over to the liquor counter and poured us two glasses of scotch, my mind still on that day. I could feel the anger rising in me as I thought about that bastard and what he had done to my beautiful bride. I gripped the bottle in my hand tighter and almost crushed it before a soft, warm hand was placed on my forearm, I turned slightly to see Bella's worried expression.

"Hey, it's okay, I'm here now," She smiled at me, her chocolate eyes slightly watery as she gazed at me.

I placed the bottle on the shelf before gathering Bella in my arms, burying my face in her hair, taking in lungful's of her faded scent, in response, she wrapped her arms around my waist and squeezed me to her tightly. She sighed happily, placing a kiss to my chest as we stood there, savouring the moment. I was terrified she would disappear at any moment, I didn't know how long she could stay with me. She leaned back, smiling up at me as she leant up on her tip toes, I leant down to meet her, brushing my lips softly against hers. Her arms went from my waist to wrapping around my neck, pulling us closer together, she sighed out against my lips.

"Who is that? Why is she wearing a wedding dress? Why is she kissing Damon?" A voice called out, causing Bella to freeze against me. I glared over her head at Bonnie who was staring at us in confusion.

"This is Bella, she's my wife," I told them, Bella was still snuggled up against my chest, hiding her wounds.

"Yeah, his dead wife," Elena snorted.

Bella glanced up at me before spinning around, pinning Elena with her eyes as she stalked forward, a growl rumbling in her throat as she glared at the Doppelganger. Caroline and Bonnie gasping at the view of Bella's wounds, Elena looked at Stefan for help who looked away from her, clearly annoyed by her actions.

"You insensitive little bitch," Bella hissed, the veins contorting around her eyes as her vampire face came out, yeah, she had died a vampire. I couldn't let my little mate run around human.

"Y-y-you're a v-vampire?" Elena stuttered, trying to back away from Bella.

"Was a vampire, as you kindly pointed out," Bella snarled out, anger shone brightly in her dark eyes.

"I didn't know, I thought you were human!" Elena exclaimed.

"Why would I be human? I have a vampire husband, why would I want Damon to hold back when it came to me? Why would I make him smell my human blood day in day out?"

"I'm human, Stefan's a vampire, he would never hurt me," Elena said indignantly.

"But I bet it's agony for him at times, not like you seem to care anyway. You may be dating my brother-in-law but keep on with the snide remarks and I'll snap your delicate little neck like a twig, got it Princess?" Bella said as she jabbed Elena in the chest with her pointer finger.

"Stefan won't allow you to hurt me!"

"Is he quick enough to stop me?"

I leant back against the cabinet, crossing my arms over my chest as I watched my feisty wife go at the doppelganger, I almost laughed when Elena glanced at Stefan who was staring at her with disapproval.

"And if she's not quick enough, I will be," Kol smirked from his spot on the sofa, Lexi chuckling next to him. Bella flashed him a smile before walking back to me, anger was still evident in her eyes.

"Didn't you think about the pain you're comment could cause? Isn't it enough we've already lost each other once? We don't need the reminder thrown in our faces thank you very much," She hissed.

"I'm sorry," Elena tried to apologise but Bella just turned to me, ignoring Elena.

"Damon, could I use your shower? I really want to change out of this dress and wash this dried blood from me?" Bella asked, I nodded.

"Up the stairs, first door on the left, you can grab something out of my closet to wear for now," I replied.

She kissed me on the cheek before blurring upstairs. I almost groaned when I thought about my naked, wet and soapy wife. I should be up there helping her with the hard to reach places and instead I was down here, holding a scooby meeting which held, 3 vampires, 3 vampire ghosts, 1 witch and a human. I just wanted this over as soon as possible so I could spend some time alone with her, I needed to make the most of it whilst she was still here, I doubted it would be a permanent thing.

"Elena, why would you say something so callous to an obvious painful truth?" Caroline asked her best friend, Elena's shoulder's slumped.

"I don't know Caroline, it just came out," Elena told her, trying to look innocent.

"So is someone going to tell us what's going on? And how is Kol Mikaelson here?" Caroline asked, raised her eyebrow, just as I heard my shower start upstairs.

"Well it seems that Ghosts have descended on Mystic Falls for the night, Lexi here found me in the Grill then Kol and Bella appeared," Stefan answered.

"We have no idea why we're back but I'm not complaining, it's nice to be back, even if it is for a short amount of time," Kol shrugged, my stomach clenched at his words, I didn't think I could deal with losing Bella all over again, it almost killed me the first time.

"Fair enough, as long as no one is going to get hurt," Bonnie replied.

"So Damon, married huh?" Caroline smirked at me.

"Yes, I have been for over 5 years now."

"So how did that happen?"

"I'll get into all that when Bella comes back from her shower, it's a long story I'm afraid," I replied.

I took a deep drink from my scotch as I heard the shower stop upstairs, I had to force myself to stay downstairs and not peep on my naked, wet wife. Caroline and Bonnie sat on chairs next to the sofa. Elena remained standing where she was, frustration evident in her face. I heard footsteps a few moments later and turned to see the beauty in front of me, Bella had put on one of my long sleeve button down shirts with a pair of my boxers underneath, the collar was turned up so it covered most of the wound on her neck and the long sleeves helped cover the marks and bruises covering her petite body.

The breath caught in my throat as I saw my wife, her hair still damp and her face had a natural flush and glow to it, she'd washed all the makeup off, it didn't matter to me, she always looked beautiful. She came over to me, grabbed her glass of scotch then curled up on the other couch in the room, I quickly refilled my glass and sat beside her, pulling her into my side. It felt so right to have her back my side.

"So, Bella and I met around 8 years ago, I was in Port Angeles in Washington at the time. I was roaming around, trying to find something to occupy my mind before meeting up with Stefan again and causing as much mayhem for him as I possibly could. It was night-time, I was on my way to find someone to feed off then a human woman ran into me, quite literally," I smirked down at said woman who was curled into my side.

"I was in a hurry," Bella defended herself.

"Anyway, I caught her before she landed on her ass, I noticed that she looked petrified and that she kept looking over her shoulder. I didn't take much notice, I was too busy concentrating on something to feed so I let her go and she ran off. A few hours later I heard someone screaming, I went to investigate and found this one here being tortured by a Cold One," I squeezed Bella close to me, she winced at the memory. Victoria had done a real number on her.

"What's a cold one?" Bonnie asked, frowning.

"A Cold One is a subspecies of us, another version of the vampire. They have rock hard skin, their eyes change colour depending on their mood or diet, Red for human drinker, Gold for Animal drinker. Their eyes turn black if they are hungry, angry and lustful. They have the enhanced senses and strength. They are very cold to the touch and they are pale, very pale. The only way to kill them is to tear them apart and set the remains on fire otherwise they can reattach their limbs," Bella explained.

"How do you know so much about them?" Caroline asked.

"When I was 17, I moved from my mum in Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington to live with my father Charlie. He's Police Chief there, my parents split when I was very young. I started school there and met a family, The Cullen's. One of them, Edward, the only single one, pursued me. I eventually found out what he was, we began dating and I was welcomed into his family with open arms. We had been dating less than a month when I was invited to a baseball game between his family, I was just spectating when 3 nomads turned up. One of them really wanted my blood and went to great lengths to get it. I thought he had my mother and went to 'save' her, but it was just an old family video with her voice on it. James ended up shattering my leg, throwing me into some floor length mirrors and bit me, luckily the Cullen's showed up. Edward's brothers Jasper and Emmett tore apart James with the help of Jasper's mate Alice. Carlisle helped Edward suck out the venom so I would remain human," Bella replied.

"Why did they want you human?" Caroline asked puzzled.

"He thought he was a monster and didn't want to condemn me to be a soulless monster, little did I know then how much of a monster he truly was."

"Wow, he sounds like a real bundle of fun," Lexi snorted, Bella barely suppressed a giggle.

"Anyway, everything went fine until my 18th birthday, Alice was intent on throwing me a birthday party, no matter how much I protested. The night of the party, she made me dress in a fancy dress, something I hated. I prefer jeans and comfort over fancy. I never felt comfortable when they tried to 'spoil' me. It went okay until it was time to open my presents, I sliced my finger open on the wrapping paper, Edward overreacted and threw me into a glass table which caused me to cut open my arm, this made most of the family go into a blood frenzy. Luckily Carlisle, their 'father' managed to get most of them to leave, stitched me up and Edward took me home. A week later, he took me into the woods behind my dad's house where he cruelly broke up with me, telling me that I wasn't good enough for him, how I was just a distraction, a pet for him. I was heartbroken for a while, but I got over it with the help of my best friend Jacob and my new stepsister Leah. My father had recently married Leah and Seth's mum, Sue. She was a bitch but I finally after weeks of needling, I fired back at her. We became like real sisters after that."

"What a dick, I mean how cruel can someone be? Sure, if he no longer wanted to be with you then that's fair enough but to be such a dick about it," Caroline said.

"So, what happened after that Damon?" Stefan questioned.

"Well I don't know why but something called me to save her, so I saved her, it seemed the Cold One was after vengeance, she was the mate of the Sparkles who attacked Bella previously. I felt drawn to Bella, so I healed her using my blood and took her back to my hotel room. She questioned how I had managed to defeat Victoria, so I ended up telling who what I was. We talked through the night, exchanging our life stories. We then swapped numbers and she went back to her father, who already knew about a lot of the supernatural community, his stepchildren were shapeshifters, they turn into huge, horse sized wolves. And his daughter had dated a cold one,"

"Is this Forks like Mystic Falls? It sure does seem to attract the supernatural," Lexi Piped in.

"I think it may be, I think there's even a few witches in the area. Her father got my number and called me, thanking me for saving Bella's life. Bella and I kept in touch, I realised I had feelings for this human girl. At first, I was terrified, I didn't want to get hurt again, especially after Katherine but I pushed it to one side. I moved to Forks and we started dating. We dated for a couple of years, I proposed to her and within 6 months we were at the wedding day. This is where everything was bittersweet, it was an amazing day, until everything turned to shit," I said solemnly.

Here you have it, please leave a review so I know everybody is still happy with it. The next chapter will be the Wedding Day Disaster!