Again I am sorry for the wait but my laptop is just not co-operating with me.

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Chapter 9

Bella's POV

Technically speaking the drive wasn't long, but it felt like forever. No one was talking. There was just an awkward silence.

We really shouldn't have come together, it would have been better if we went at different times.

Maybe I could convince Elena to let us split into groups and meet up when were all ready so I could drive them back.

We arrived at the mall at around eleven and we all just started walking through shops that had the appropriate dresses. It was still a little tense but me and Elena was just talking about anything and everything trying to just ignore the silence and have fun.

Caroline and Bonnie started talking not long after that.

Every shop we went in we made it a point to try on at least two dresses.

Everyone had such different tastes. Caroline kept on looking at yellow dresses which caught my attention though I wasn't sure why.

Elena just wanted something simple, colour wasn't an issue.

Bonnie looked only at dark colour dresses like black or grey.

I did look but I mostly tried on what Elena and Caroline shoved in my hands.

I did want a perfect dress but nothing was calling out to me.

It was so infuriating. I wanted to look amazing. Beautiful even, for Damon. Yet I also wanted to tease him. Even though he technically hasn't even asked me to go with him. But he kind of insinuated it when he told me not to wear a yellow dress.

I was probably being paranoid but I couldn't help but think that it was a bit strange that Damon specifically told me not to wear a yellow dress but all Caroline could look at was yellow dresses.

After the third shop Bonnie found her dress. I had to admit it was a beautiful dress and she looked amazing in it.

It was a black dress. It ended just above the knee. It had this see-through satin material with silk underneath. It had a big v-neck that showed of her chest perfectly; at the back it goes straight up on the spine and leaves her shoulder blades open. There's also a nice belt thing attached to it, it had a silver outline with gold sequins that filled the belt nicely and in the very centre of the belt the sequins were shaped into a kind of star.

It was the perfect dress for her.

Elena was the next one to find her dress. It was definitely a ball gown. It was deep blue and floor length. It was low cut so it showed off her chest perfectly. It was simple and beautiful. Definitely Elena's style.

Once Elena's dress was paid for we decided to get some lunch since it was nearly one.

We decided on McDonald's. Me and Elena both got a double cheese burger with a banana milkshake and dairy milk McFlurry. All that equals heaven in my book. Especially the McFlurry.

Caroline got a chicken burger with fries and a diet coke while Bonnie got chicken nuggets, fries and a chocolate milkshake.

It was very quiet since we were all eating so when Caroline suddenly screamed it scared me and I dropped my McFlurry on the floor.

I looked alarmed when she got up and ran but when I noticed where she was going I just groaned.

That girl just gets way too excited and it's really annoying. Especially since she made me drop my ice cream.

"Why is she always so over excited it's really irritating?" I complained to Elena as we followed behind Bonnie to catch up with Caroline

"I honestly don't know. I don't know how Matt can take it. It drives me insane. " she whispered back as we walked into the shop that had the dress Caroline screamed over.

When she came out of the dressing room the first thing I noticed was the colour. It wasn't yellow but green. It was a nice dress.

It was light green and had a corset; it flows to the bottom and has a single lighter green ribbon around her stomach. It was also made of silk. I did like it but it wasn't the best one I had seen Caroline try on today.

But it seemed she didn't agree with me as she was smiling and twirling in front of the mirror. She had found her dress.

Now I just had to find one.

It really wasn't easy and I could tell that everyone was getting bored but Elena was at least trying not to look bored and really help me.

We had been searching all day for the perfect dress for me and I had a feeling that Bonnie and Caroline would have left hours ago if they had driven themselves.

It was now nearly four and I was just about to forget it and go home when my eyes caught sight of a dress. A gorgeous dress. I went straight up to it and grabbed my size and went straight into the dressing room before the others could see it.

Staring at my reflection I knew I had found the perfect dress. It wasn't the kind of dress I usually wear because it was quite short but I loved it and it actually looked good on me.

It was sexy yet also suitable for this type of function.

I had a feeling that Damon will love it.

It was a sexy black dress with pencil skirt fitting that ended just above mid thigh. It hung lose at the top and had a single scrunchy flower that hung to the collar. (picture on profile)

It was perfect and I loved it.

I stepped out of the dressing room and gave a single twirl to really show of my dress.

Elena actually wolf whistled which caused me to laugh.

Bonnie simply smiled and said I looked great.

Caroline laughed and said that Damon would love it; she said that I should trust her because she knew his kind of thing.

"What do you mean" I asked her.

It went pretty quiet then.

"You don't know" Caroline asked me looking awkward.

"Well clearly I don't now what is it?" I was getting annoyed.

"Well Caroline and Damon used to date" Elena answered

I was a little stunned; no one had told me that. Not Elena, not Caroline and definitely not Damon

Why didn't anyone tell me it's not a hard thing to do?

Were they trying to hide it from me?

Did they not think I could handle it?

"Heeelllooo, Bella you in there?" Elena was waving her hand in front of my face.

I must have spaced out.

"Oh yeah, sorry I must have spaced. Yes I'm fine"

"I didn't ask if you were OK Bella, are you?"

She looked a little worried

"Yes Elena I'm fine. I'm gonna get out of this dress so we can go home"

When I was in the changing room Caroline decided to speak up.

"Um Bella I just wanted to tell you that you have nothing to worry about me and Damon. We were never serious, it was mostly just sex between us "

Oh that makes me feel a lot better, I thought sarcastically.

"And anyway I'm with Matt now so you have nothing to worry about."

"Caroline I'm fine and I'm not worried at all, I promise"

"Well good, you know I noticed that you never looked at any yellow dresses. I bet Damon told you not to get one. He would never let me wear a yellow dress even though it was my favourite colour on me. He is a little controlling in my opinion but I'm sure you can handle it. "

I was really annoyed at her right now so I just stormed out of the dressing room and went to pay for the dress without even looking at her.

Then continued on to the car with them trailing behind me.

The ride back was even worse than the ride there.

If that was even possible.

I just couldn't believe that no one told me about Caroline and Damon

And the nerve of Caroline to say those things.

I was furious.

I dropped both Caroline and Bonnie of at their houses and went straight home.

It was a really quiet drive.

Elena tried to make a conversation but I wasn't really responsive so she gave up.

As soon as we got to the house I went straight upstairs to dump my bag and get changed for work.

When I walked into my room though Damon was sitting on my sofa watching TV.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"Waiting for you? Did you have a good time?"

He was obviously interested in whatever he was watching because he never looked up once.

"Yes I did. How did you get in here?" I could have sworn I locked the front door.

"The door was unlocked. You forgot to lock it earlier"

"Oh so you think that you can just wonder in here without permission just because it was unlocked?" I asked a bit harshly. More harshly than intended anyway.

I wouldn't normally be bothered by it but I was in a bad mood and Damon was there.

He looked up at the harsh sound of my voice alarmed.

"Is something wrong? You seem a little moody" he asked with his cocky smile.

"I'm not moody!" I snapped at him.

He put his hands up in mock defence and I would have laughed at the sight if I wasn't in a mood.

"Whoa easy there. What's the matter with you? Is it that time of the month or something?"

That last comment definitely didn't help my mood.

"As a matter of fact I'm not. Not every girl who's in a bad mood is on her period. And even if I was on it's not exactly a good thing to point it out to me when I am having a bad mood!" I yelled at him.

He was looking serious by the time I finished yelling. He must have realised now wasn't the time to joke with me.

"Bella what's wrong? What happened?"

"Nothing" I replied simply.

"Bella, there is obviously something wrong. Tell me" He was looking concerned.

I decided to just ask him. I didn't care if I was being blunt.

"Why didn't you tell me that you and Caroline were together."

He looked a little surprised. He also looked like he wanted to laugh but the expression on my face obviously told him I was being serious.

"Are you serious? This is what your mad about?"

"Yes it is. Why didn't you tell me?" I couldn't believe he didn't think this was important. Like he thought I was crazy because I cared about this.

"Because there is nothing to tell. We haven't been dating for a while now. Why would I bring something up from the past. It meant nothing."

"If it meant nothing then why didn't you tell me. Do you have any idea how stupid I felt when it came up earlier. Everyone knew and it got really weird when they realised that I didn't. I should have known. You should have told me. And what is it with you and yellow dresses. Caroline said that you never let her wear one, you told me not to get one. Do you not like the colour or something or is it more than that."

I was yelling by the time I finished. I wasn't even really making sense by the end.

Damon was just sat there staring at me waiting for me to get it all out of my system.

"Are you finished now?" he asked calmly.

"Yes" I replied.

"Good. You know your over reacting right? Your blowing this way out of proportion. Its not that big of a deal."

He stated calmly.

Did he really think this wasn't a big deal.

"If it wasn't a big deal then why didn't you tell me and I am not over reacting. Lets just wait until your in the situation where your feeling like an absolute idiot because you didn't know something that you should have. Now I have to get to work and I would appreciate it if you didn't let yourself into my bedroom any more."

With that said I stormed out of my room not bothering to change, what I had on was fine for work.

Damon's POV

When Bella left to go shopping with her friends I was a little jealous. Its not that I expected to spend all my time with her but we had just got together and I did think that we would spend the first day together.

Though the morning we had together was great. Belle is definitely not as shy as she seems. I actually felt my eyes darken with lust when she said, and I quote "Pretty please with me on top".

But I like it. She's this special girl that appears to be shy but is actually a minx.

She's also a mystery. It's kind of like she knows something that she normally wouldn't.

When she was telling me about her ex-boyfriend it was kind of like she was leaving something out. The look in her eyes was clear that she wanted to tell me something but felt like she couldn't.

Also she said that they were dating for a few months and what kind of guy doesn't pressure a girl about sex. Unless he was gay. But really what kind of straight human guy doesn't pressure a girl.

Its not normal.

Anyway I spent the day watching Stephan. Without him knowing. Its just he's been acting a bit strange and I'm a little worried that he's gonna snap.

Normally I would welcome that but ...

A) The council has just gotten of the vampire trail and I don't really want to go back on it. It's really annoying trying to cover up all the vampire attacks.

B) Bella is new to town and she will be a suspect until they see her in the sun. But I still don't want her to be one no matter how long she is one.

C) I am actually trying to change and it won't help me if I start cheering on my deranged blood thirsty brother.

Anyway he wasn't doing anything unusual. Well not unusual for him anyway.

I couldn't stop thinking about Bella. All day that's all I could think about. It wasn't normal. That has never happened to me before.

Even with Katherine she never once consumed all my thoughts. She was in them yes. But not all the time.

Then I went up to Bella's bedroom to wait for her.

When she arrived she was in a bad mood.

A really bad mood and I almost laughed when she told me it was because I never told her about me and Caroline.

But her face told me that now wasn't the time to laugh.

I never knew that a girl of her size could yell so much. It was a little scary.

Kind of ironic actually, a vampire as strong as me is a little afraid of a human girl.

I would never admit it to anyone that she scared me a little when she was in a mood.

After she stormed out I did something I had never even thought I would consider.

I went to talk to Elena for advice.

I was actually feeling a little humiliated over it but at least she never laughed at me or made any jokes about it.

She just gave me advise and made me look at it from Bella's point of view.

I did see her point after that. I still think that she was over reacting a little but I did see it.

I was a really impatient person and I couldn't wait for Bella to get home so I went to Bella's work.

She seemed calmer. She was listening to me anyway as I followed her around her tables trying to apologise. When I got it all out she stopped what she was doing and faced me. She told me her side and that she was sorry for over reacting.

She was then yelled at to get back to work when we were kissing for more than 5 minutes.

I also officially asked her to go to the pageant with me and she accepted.

I stayed there with her for her break and then we spent the night at hers watching 'Transformers'.

It was a really nice night and we fell asleep on the couch in each others arms.

It wasn't something I would normally do but I liked doing it with Bella.

I guess that I have this side of me that only Bella can reach.

OK so that's that and I know it took a while but my laptop is doing even worse than before. I need a new one. And I have started college so I am pretty busy now.

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