Chapter Seventeen:

The next day Rebekah and I walked into the cafeteria to see how the dance committee was decorating it for the decade dance which was tomorrow night and the theme was the 1920s and Rebekah wasn't too happy with it.

"Too flashy, people. It's supposed to be a speakeasy, not the World Fair." Rebekah said to everyone.

Caroline then walked over to us angrily.

"Ah, good, you're here. I need help setting up the tables, so get to it." Rebekah said to Caroline.

"What do you think you're doing?" Caroline asked Rebekah angrily.

"Somebody has to be in charge." Rebekah said to Caroline.

"Yeah. Me. I'm the chair of the dance committee. The theme of the decade dance is the 1970s." Caroline said to Rebekah.

"So you'd rather dress in tacky colors with bad hair… than be a classic flapper from the jazz age?" Rebekah asked Caroline.

"The '20s is a better idea, Caroline." I said to Caroline.

"Stay out of this, traitor!" Caroline yelled at me.

Matt then walked over to us to try to intervene.

"Maybe we could do both decades." Matt said to them.

"No." Rebekah, Caroline, and I said to Matt at the same time.

Rebekah then looked at Matt.

"Go on, Matt, don't be a coward. You know you loved my '20s idea when I presented it to the group." Rebekah said to Matt.

Caroline then looked at Matt.

"Traitor!" Caroline yelled at Matt in disbelief.

"Bell-bottoms and disco? I don't know, this just seemed cooler." Matt said to Caroline.

Rebekah then looked at Caroline.

"See? It's just cooler." Rebekah said to Caroline smugly.

"Ugh. Whatever. Have fun at your stupid dance." Caroline said to us.

Caroline then stormed out of the cafeteria and Matt walked after her.

Rebekah and I then continued to oversee the decorating.

"I really do like this idea better, Rebekah. I just wish I could go to the dance tomorrow. I was really looking forward to being a flapper." I said to Rebekah.

"Yeah, me too. It's a shame that the full moon is on the same night as the dance." Rebekah said to me.

"Well, there's always prom. Hopefully it won't fall on a full moon night." I said to Rebekah.

"Let's hope so." Rebekah said to me.

Rebekah and I then went to the gym to oversee the decorating and after it was all finished Matt drove her home while I went home myself.

Elena and Damon had left last night to go get Jeremy from Denver and they arrived back home very late in the middle of the night.