A Prevailing Love (2) // TVD

Chapter Twenty-Four of A Prevailing Love

"Are you feeling okay?"

Caroline, Avery and Bonnie had been in Cassidy's and Damon's room as Caroline had found a few dresses that she thought Cassidy might like and thought the girls could have a day watching Cassidy trying on wedding dresses then watch a few rom-coms with a few bottles of wine (and the respected blood bags). 

"I'm fine," Cassidy lightly breathed out as she placed her hands on her hips beginning to feel a bit woozy. It was the morning after the attack and Cassidy had tried keeping as much of it to herself but she knew everyone was seeing right through her act; however, she wasn't sure as to why she had been feeling .. ill. She had gone back into Damon's massive bathroom and leaned against the cold counter for a moment before she began the process of undressing and getting into the next dress.

She could hear the girls in the bedroom talking about her and being concerned but as strong as she was she was going to try and keep up the act as long as she could. She stepped into the strapless sweetheart wedding dress that was simple yet elegant. When she saw herself in it (despite her pale appearance) she absolutely fell in love with the dress. She knew this was the one she wanted to walk down the isle in. Jeremy would be the one to walk her down the isle and give her away to Damon. 

She walked out of the bathroom slowly and Avery had been the one to notice her first and began to slowly smile at the sight of her. The other two girls looked over and had seen the dress upon her and gave her a smile as well.

"Cassidy, you look stunning," Bonnie complimented her best friend. 

"I can't believe one of us is actually getting married," Caroline began letting tears down her face not at necessarily the sight of the dress but at the fact one of the group was getting married.

Cassidy smiled at her friends happily as she went to turn to look in the body mirror but as she went to she had nearly fallen into the bed post. Avery shot to her feet grabbing the vampire quickly from keeping her from falling.

"Cassidy, you're burning up!" Avery exclaimed nearly dropping her at the burning sensation of the vampire's skin. Cassidy let out a shaky breath as she continued to slip from Avery's grasp leaning against the bed as she got to the ground. She felt a fire spreading around her shoulder her that made her want to scream out and when Avery had moved Cassidy's hair from her sweating face that's when she saw the infection. "Cassidy!" 

"What is it!?" Bonnie exclaimed.

"She was bitten," Avery looked up toward the girls with a horrified expression on her face.

Cassidy let out a scream as she felt the intensity increasing on her shoulder while her back involuntarily arched in pain. She began to see images that haunted her dreams ones of everyone leaving. As Avery got up, Cassidy had seen it as Damon getting up from her to leave mostly forever.

"No!" she screamed out. "Damon, don't go!"

"Hey, look at me, look at me. That's not Damon. Damon isn't leaving," Caroline grabbed Cassidy's face gently to get her to pay attention to her while Avery left to go get Damon. Cassidy hadn't seen Caroline's face but a smirking Klaus and that's when she grabbed out and started choking who she thought was Klaus.

"Leave me alone!" she had angry tears welling in her eyes.

"Avery!" Bonnie shouted as Caroline fought against the hallucinating Cassidy. Damon ran in quickly with worried brows as he saw the infected bite on his future bride's shoulder. He had seen her choking at Caroline and quickly pulled Caroline away. She had suddenly snapped out of it and looked at her hands but began seeing blood covering her hands and a dead body across the room. One she had thought she had killed.