"Is Stefan back yet?" Caroline asked as she bounced down the stairs.
"Not yet. Have you heard anything from him?" Matt answered he was the only one around these days. Everyone else was trying to keep busy.
She shook her head looking a little disappointed. Stefan was determined to find a way to bring back Bonnie and Damon. He'd been tracking down witches and land lead he got for months.
"Do you think it's possible? That they can come back?" Caroline asked.
"I don't know, Care. It's been three months. I'm hoping there's something else. For Vickie and Bonnie. Even Damon doesn't deserve to just be... Gone."
"Stefan's not going to give up. It's going to drive him crazy, Matt. And Elena, she still cries herself to sleep every night. I want everyone to be happy again."
"Jeremy's been training with Tyler almost 24/7 to give him something to focus on."
"I feel like you're the only person I've seen since then... Stefan's never here, Elena won't come out of her room, Matt and Tyler leave early. I miss everyone. I don't even know if Stefan's coming back today. He's just, never been gone this long."
"He'll be okay, Care."
She smiled at him. "You know he asked me to go with him this time, I should have."
"Why didn't you?" It was becoming more clear to everyone how much Stefan and Caroline meant to each other. When Stefan was here they were never apart. They even shared the same room, even though Stefan usually slept on the couch, there weren't enough beds in this small house they were forced to stay in.
"Please, this place would fall apart without me." Caroline smiled
Matt smiled back, "you always seem to find a smile for everyone."
"I have too. I'm Caroline Forbes, remember. Anyway, I'm going to try and call Stefan."
"Tell him we miss him." Matt said before she went back upstairs.
Caroline shut the door behind her and grabbed her phone off the nightstand. She went to her contacts and quickly found Stefan. She sighed when she looked at the picture she used for his info. He was smiling, he was happy. She clicked the number and the phone began to ring. She finally got his voicemail. Was she expecting him to answer? He hardly did when he was gone. She always had to wait for him to return the call.
"Hi, Stefan. We miss you, I miss you. You've been gone over a week. I hope you're okay. I should have come with you. I worry about you by yourself. Call me back soon, okay? I need you here, we all do. I feel so alone. Well, I guess I'll take to you later."
Caroline sighed as she hung up the phone. She didn't want to deal with anything right now. She went to the couch where Stefan usually slept. His blanket was still there, folded over the back. She picked it up and layed down on the couch covering herself with the blanket that still smelled like him. She pulled it up to her nose to take in his scent as she drifted off to sleep.