"For a wedding planner?"

"For ideas, yes!" He grabbed my phone, opened the window with his magic and flew it out.

"Malachai, what the hell!"

"I dont know if you remember but... there is a crazy, pregnant, blonde downstairs that would absolutely love to plan our wedding."

"No, downstairs there are a bunch of my former friends that probably want me to go back to Europe because I am trying to kill Bonnie. So if anything Caroline would tell me to suck it and say that she refuses to help me plan our wedding."

"I mean I'd be ok with that." He said rolling on his belly with the stupidest smile.

"Oh screw off." I said putting my whole hand on his face and pushing him on his back.

***

"I'd love to help you plan your wedding!" She screamed, her hands in the air squealing. I looked to Malachai who stood next to me and he smiled while holding Datrie.

"What are we gonna do with baby Parker?" Damon asked standing up, handing me a blood bag.

"Well, she will come with. I only trust you three with her and I'm not leaving her alone." I said putting my hand out in front of Malachai, he grabbed a baby bottle from his back pocket and set it in my hand. I opened the blood bag and poured it into the baby bottle.

"Carter, what are you doing?" Stefan asked pointing at the bottle which was filled with blood that I handed back to Malachai.

"Datrie is a vampire. Born a vampire with magic and has a werewolf gene." Their faces were stunned, mouths slightly open.

"Please, Brothers. I thought I taught you better than that." They both shut their mouths and Caroline snickered.

"So! All hands on deck, I'll call up the guys-"

"The guys?"

"Yeah, Enzo, Ric, Matt, Tyler. Its simple, Lynette." Shs said smiling.

"You made a big mistake." Stefan whispered, Caroline hit him while me and Damon laughed.

Caroline called those guys while me and Malachai sat on the couch with Datrie, her eyes were a beautiful blue with the longest eyelashes. She had the softest and silkiest hair in the world. She had an adorable little giggle and toothless smile.

"So! Carter, dresses. Let's go shopping!" She said grabbing my hand and pulling me towards the door.

"Dont kill anyone!" I yelled before she shoved me out the door.

***

We had glasses of apple juice in our hands in between trying dresses on.

"Do we really need to try on more?" I complained in a hideous mermaid dress. The fluff at the bottom made it impossible to walk and it was far too tight. My boobs looked like they disappeared because the dress sucked them back into my body.

"No. Not until you find your dress! I dont care if it takes all day." She said smiling.

"Do you like it?" She asked, I turned toward her and stared at her.

"Caroline, I look like a fat kid trying on their moms wedding dress from her 8th wedding. I cant walk or breath, I hate it." She giggled and helped me walk into the fitting room.

"I said I wanted something short, black and tight! Like a home coming dress or something, not a mermaid dress."

"What about a ball gown?"

"Caroline, key words! Black, short, tight. I doubt they have a black ball gown, plus a ball gown isnt tight nor short."

"How about this, if I find a black ball gown will you at least try it on?"

"Will you stop harassing me about and other dress other than a black, short, and tight dress?"

"Yes!"

"Then yeah, I'll try it on. Why do you have an obsession with ball gowns?"

"Because I want you to look like a princess! Not a-"

"Slut?"

"Well... yeah. I want you to look majestic! Not something that someone picked up at the bar."

"Caroline, I could wear anything in the world and make it look majestic. I get your worried but-"

"But it's your wedding, it's your day."

"I dont want it to sound that way but... yeah." I said with a giggle and she laughed.

"So! I'm going to get out of the horrid dress and you go find the next one, ok?"

"Got it!" And she walked away.

She came back and handed me the dress.

It was a black ball gown with straps that tied around the neck.

"How the hell did you find this?"

"Compulsion." She said so casually and I laughed. I got the dress on and walked out, her jaw dropped and her eyes sparkled.

 I got the dress on and walked out, her jaw dropped and her eyes sparkled

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"Holy shit." She mumbled which made me flustered.

"Smile." She said, I scoffed and put my hand in front of my face and looked the opposite direction of her camera. While looking away I saw myself in the mirror. I walked toward my reflection and stood in front of the three mirrors that had.

I loved the dress. This was the dress I wanted.

"You love it, dont you." She asked.

"I mean, its ok."

"Oh cut the crap, you love it dont you."

"I like it," I said turning around towards her. "Can we buy it?" She smiled and nodded.

"Of course we can. We can steal it." She said, I smiled and nodded. I glided back into the dressing room and changed back into my clothes. I folded the dress and broke off the tags so the alarm didnt go off. I put it inside the box and walked outside of the dressing room.

"Ready to do something bad?"

"Care, I do something bad every day of my life. Stealing something wont hurt." I said smiling and we walked out of the store without using compulsion.

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