Innocence

Chapter 16: Complications

When i walked into the house again, Elena ran up to me, and she saw the slight tears that were streaming down my face. "It's ok, Scarlet. You'll be ok." She said as she patted me on the back.

"And what if it isn't?" I said back.

"Then, you'll move onto someone else. I just got a text from Rebekah that you are talking to Damon now?" She asked.

"Yeah, I am..." I replied.

"Well, you can do whatever you want, but just don't touch Stefan." She chuckled. During our conversation, Rebekah barged into the house. 

"Scarlet, what the hell happened out there between the two of you?" She yelled.

"I don't know." I replied faintly.

"He loves you! He is breaking without you there beside him, and you're just going to go out with someone else and totally forget about him?" She yelled.

"Bekah, I don't know what I'm going to do. I just need some space and Damon is helping me cope right now. I'm not dating him. There's a difference." I stated.

"Whatever. Just know that he still misses you. I'll see you guys later, and Scarlet, your party is tomorrow, so Bonnie, or Elena, or whoever the hell wants to, will take you to the hair and makeup appointment, and we'll meet you at the venue at 6:00pm to help set up. Don't be late." She said before she walked out of the house and left with Elijah.

"Scarlet, don't worry about it. If they end up showing up tomorrow night, then they all show up. It's ok, and you can deal with him on your own. Don't you still have to pick someone to escort you?" Bonnie said.

"Yeah, it was Elijah...but...I don't know right now..." I said. 

"You could ask Damon." Elena said.

"But Damon doesn't know the dances and everything." I said.

"You can teach him because there's only like 3 of them, aren't there?" Bonnie asked. I nodded my head at her. I decided to call him right away to get started. I walked up to my room and dialed his number, and he answered, 

"Hey Blondie. What's up?" He said happily, and I knew by his response that he was smirking.

"I need your help with something immediately." I answered.

"What about? Did someone get killed?" He asked.

"No, it's about my party tomorrow night. I don't think Elijah is escorting me anymore, an-" He cut me off.

"And you want me to be your new escort and learn all the dances with you by tomorrow night." Damon replied.

"How did you know that's what I wanted you to do?" I asked curiously.

"This happened to me before with Elena. Stefan didn't show up to the Charity Ball and he was Elena's escort, so I had to jump really quick. Good thing I was there for the rehearsals or else I would have totally made Elena look like an idiot. Anyways, continue. Where do you want to meet up?" He said.

"Um, can I come to your house? All the girls are pounding at me for what happened between Elijah and I." I said.

"Sure thing, Blondie." He said.

"Please, can you find another nickname for me?"  I asked annoyed.

"Fine, but until then, your name is Blondie." 

"Fine..I'll see you in like 10 minutes." I said, hanging up. I seriously don't think that this plan is going to work at all. I just don't know how Damon is going to do these dances correctly. I grabbed my wallet, and my phone and headed out of the door. I decided to walk there because I didn't have my permit yet, even though I already have the green card from my Driver's Education class. As I was walking to Damon's house, I began to think about how Elijah felt. I was putting myself in his shoes and thinking about his feelings compared to mine. My feelings were mixed together and there wasn't a distinctive feeling coming out of me, but for Elijah, it was sadness, stupidity, regret, and just overall terrible. Why did I do this to him? I'm such a bad person. But I know that Damon would say the exact opposite about me in this situation. 

As I was getting closer to Damon's house, someone touched me on the shoulder. It was Klaus...ugh. "Hello, love. Where are you going on this beautiful day alone?" He asked. I was so angry at him, so I slapped him across the face. I slapped him so hard his face turned beet red. "Oh, come on now. No need to slap your boyfriend." 

"What is your problem?!" I yelled.

"What problem, love?" He answered innocently.

"You disgust me so much. Why do people like you exist?" I said walking away from him. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me into his chest. His grip was so tense and I couldn't even move. He was holding my curls in his fingers and twirling them within his fingers as I waited for a response from him. "Let me go." I said.

"Well, I can't simply do that if you aren't going to tell me where you are going." He said.

"There's a simple way to do that..." I replied faintly.

"Oh, yes I know there is. But I simply wouldn't do that to you, Rose. I couldn't." 

"Why should I believe you? You could've done it and I couldn't have known about it. That's what its all about, Klaus." I replied, getting more agitated.

"Well, you should believe me. Now where are you going?" He said. I didn't answer him because it wasn't any of his business. He was still holding me in his chest, and if I was to suffocate, it would be his fault. I'm just happy that he doesn't have the guts to compel me. "Rose, answer me." I still didn't answer him, and I knew that if I was to tell him where I was going, he would follow me, and something else would happen to my loved ones, or should I say, loved one. 

We were silent for about another 5 minutes, when my phone rang. Klaus looked to my bag, and grabbed it and answered my phone. "Hello, Rose's phone?"

"Who the hell is this?" It was Damon, and Klaus had put him on speaker.

"Oh, hey Damon. How is it going?" Klaus said in his recognizable voice as I was still wrapped up in Klaus' arms. 

"Klaus...What have you done with her?" Damon growled over the phone.

"Damon, I'm fine. He's just trying to get out of me as to where I'm going." I said faintly, and I knew that Klaus didn't want me to say anything in this situation. 

"That's enough of you, Rose. Now, Damon, if you want to save Rose, you need to find her first." He said as he hung up, and put my phone in his pocket and ran off with me in his arms. Well, it looks like I was taken by Klaus again...Yipee.