Disclaimer: I do not own TVD or Heart Attack by Trey Songz.
This oneshot was inspired by the aforementioned song. I think Caroline will be hurt to find out that Klaus slept with Hayley, and this is my version of her reaction.
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Heart Attack
I knew love could hurt. I read about in stories, but I'd also experienced it... When Bonnie could barely look at me after I turned, my heart hurt because I love her. When Tyler left, my heart hurt because I love him. When Elena said all those awful things, my heart hurt because I love her. When Klaus left, my heart hurt because I love him, even though I wouldn't admit it to myself, much less to him. But I never knew love could hurt this bad.
I wonder if this is what a heart attack felt like. A vice gripping your heart, squeezing it, somehow making it hard for you to breathe. It's the worst pain I've ever felt, even worse than vervain and werewolf bites.
"Caroline?" He says. I can hear worry in his voice. Why is he worried? And then I realize, I'm gripping my chest over my heart to the point that I'm drawing blood. My breath is coming in raggedly, and I'm faintly aware of the tears that are about to spill out of my eyes.
"Caroline, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry love," he repeats, as though he's a record. I know he must really regret it, since he's actually saying those words. I've never heard them from him before. I look at him. He looks as fragile as the night that he bit me, just before I lost consciousness. And suddenly I have to leave, because that vice around my heart is getting tighter and I'm getting closer to losing control. I turn and I run, leaving him behind me. I don't know where I'm going. Where does one go when they're having a heart attack, but they're already dead?
Somehow, I end up in the woods. And that's where I break down. That's where my heart is being torn to pieces, and I'm screaming and crying in pain. It hurts, it hurts so bad and I just want it to stop. It hurts because I love him, but he doesn't know. It hurts because once again, I'm tossed aside for something better. It hurts because I'm still not the first choice.
I never knew love could hurt this bad. I never knew love could be a heart attack.
