Caroline nervously twirled her hair as she waited for the duo to pull up. She stood by her front door, staring out the window into the black night, anxiously waiting.

As soon as the small red car pulled up she opened the door and ran out to greet them.

"Caroline!" Elena gasped as she was embraced roughly by Caroline, "How are you?"

"I'm good, I'm so glad you're here, I was so nervous and you need to tell me everything. I always knew there was something wrong with Rebekah, but you guys have never been on my team in the killing her debate." Caroline chirped as she lead the two into the house, "It's probably because Stefan used to have some weird thing with her."

"I'm right here!" Stefan said, throwing his hand out and smiling, sometimes Caroline didn't have a care in the world who heard her ramblings.

"I see you, I'm just saying," She shrugged as she closed the door behind them, "So start from the beginning."

The three took a seat on her couches and Elena told Caroline everything, about the car ride with Matt, her phone call with Damon, seeing Stefan in the water, and waking up cold with a thirst for blood. She got slightly emotional when she mentioned the part about Alaric obviously being dead, since their lives were linked. Caroline and Stefan both consoled her during that part.

"Well, it's not all bad, Elena, think about all the awesome things about being a vampire! Are you going to do the bunny diet?" She asked her, Stefan smoldering next to her.

"Yes, Stefan is going to be my teacher in all of this." Elena said, placing her hand on Stefan's. The two shared a long look and Stefan caressed Elena's cheek.

"What?" Caroline interrupted the moment, "What happened?"

"How do you know anything happened?" Elena retorted.

"Oh my God! You bit someone! You totally bit someone!" She squealed.

"No, I didn't!" Elena blurted at her.

"I know you did," Caroline giggled, "I can practically smell him on your breath."

"She slipped up, it's her very first day, it's okay, I was there, he is compelled and alright." Stefan said both to Elena and Caroline.

"Listen, we were actually just stopping here on our way home, I have to check in on Jeremy." Elena said as she got up to leave.

"Oh, sure, I understand." Caroline nodded.

"See you later," Stefan smiled as he escorted Elena out.

Caroline sat back down on the couch and smiled to herself. Elena was a vampire, this was awesome! Now no one would be after her for her doppelicious blood, even though Klaus was dead anyway. And now she had a real vamp friend to hang out with, this was going to be great!

Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock at the door. It was Stefan. He smiled at her through the window as she got the door.

"Elena took the car to her house, I told her I was going home, but, I need to talk to you." He leaned against the door frame as he spoke, making Caroline take an involuntary step back.

"Yeah, sure, come in." She said, leaving Stefan to close the door and taking a seat back on the couch.

"Now that Elena is a vampire, she is going to need friends to help her get through the transition period, you know, get her accustomed to the life and help her to accept her fate." Stefan said as he adjusted the pillows on the couch.

"And you want me to help? That's a given, Stefan, you didn't have to come all the way back here to ask if I'd help you take care of her. She's my best friend." Caroline shook her head at the insanity of his suggestion, as if she wouldn't be there for Elena.

"Tonight, if I hadn't have been there, that man might've died. I'm not always going to be there, Caroline." Stefan stared at Caroline, his tone serious.

"I will be there whenever you need me to be," Caroline responded, placing her hand on his shoulder. "You shouldn't worry so much. You have my number, if you ever need back-up I'm there."

"Thanks, Caroline, really, it's like a weight lifted off my shoulders." He finally smiled.

"Aww, no problem," she said, rubbing his back and smiling, "You can count on me, Mr. Salvatore!"

Stefan looked down and smiled, shaking his head, "You're the only person I know who could be this chipper in this situation." Caroline stopped rubbing his back and her smiling face slowly turned into a confused one, "It's a compliment!" Stefan said, reaching out to touch her knee, "I swear, it's great that you can be like this during something as catastrophic as this."

"It's not catastrophic, Stefan, maybe Elena didn't see this for herself or maybe she wasn't ready, but it was the same for me. And maybe I'll never grow old or have children, but I'll have lifetimes to enjoy this world. I'll have heightened senses, and sure, a thirst for human blood, but I have that under control, making my life pretty ideal. Elena will see the light. She will come to be grateful that it happened, I know I did." Caroline consoled Stefan, rubbing his back again.

"Thanks, Caroline, really, Elena has said that she didn't know what she would do without you, and right about now I feel like I completely understand." He said, smiling.

The two shared an unspoken moment of gratitude before they both stood up, knowing it was time for Stefan to get back to Elena.

Caroline walked him to the front door, and before he left, pulled him into a hug, knowing he probably needed one. They embraced for a while, maybe even a minute, before Caroline let go.

"Call me if you need me." She said before closing the door.

And he would.