"Everyone just needs to stop kissing me!"
I slammed the door shut behind me, breathless and temporarily taken away at just happened. Tyler had just kissed me. And it felt good.
I squeezed my eyes shut my back still leaning toward the door, until mom came by into the hall. She registered my surprise immediately.
"Caroline are you okay?"
"Uh yeah mom I'm fine" I ran past her, desperate for solitude to reflect on what had just happened. I super sped myself back into my room, changed into my pajamas and into my warm bed, replaying every scene in my head all over again.
"I'm sorry for caring Tyler…"
His lips on top of mine silencing me into oblivion, my senses lost, and my awareness of time momentarily frozen to this one event. I felt myself melt, until he pulled away and looked me straight in the eyes, before pushing his soft lips onto mine again. This kiss was more animated, and I could feel his desire almost pooling through the warmness of his lips. It lasted for a second, until I snapped out of it.
Despite my initial reaction and hurting Tyler, we both knew what was happening. Tyler was an astute person, and he would never have acted on impulse
We had been together at his most vulnerable and I was sensing a change in him, as well as myself. It transgressed beyond the want of helping him, into something I needed. I was falling for Tyler Lockwood. And this fall was going to be far from graceful…
I woke up the next morning with resolve. I needed to apologise to Tyler, tell him the truth about the feelings, and more or less, everything that I had been hiding from him. The truth about Mason would shatter him, and make his feelings for me dissipate within a second, but I refused to continually keep him in the dark, after he had exposed himself to be in the barest and most emotional way ever.
I changed into clothes reflective of my mood, with black tailored trousers; black heels and a sparkly top that I hoped gave me the courage to do this thing.
As I drove into the school parking lot, I scanned for Tyler, but couldn't see him anywhere. I spotted Bonnie and Elena engaged in a sombre conversation that probably had something to do with the werewolf bite that Jules had given to Rose.
I casually walked up to them feeling my resolve weakening with every step.
"Hey guys, Elena, how is Rose doing?" I asked. Immediately Elena's expression darkened.
"She's not getting better, Damon's mood is worsening, Caroline, and that Jules isn't letting up. Stefan doesn't want another death in the Lockwood family, so he's trying to keep Damon at bay"
"I really hope she gets better soon" I replied. And I meant it with all my heart.
"So do I, Rose could get pretty sweet at times you know" said Elena with a slight shadow of a smile on her face.
"Have you guys seen Tyler anywhere?" I tried to casually interject
"I think he's gone into the locker room to change for morning practice before his class. Why…?" Elena replied in a suspicious tone
"I need to talk to him and Stefan too, could I drop by your house if he's there?"
"Sure, come by around seven, he should be there"
"Alright I'd better get going" I said to the two of them, and trudged off towards the locker room with trepidation.
As I approached the locker room, the entire, room seemed to be deserted. I was late, they were already outside. I swivelled around to walk back until I heard
"Caroline, wait up"
I turned around to see a slightly red and breathless Tyler jogging towards me. His look of contentment made me feel like a guilty woman of a thousand crimes.
It was a do or die moment. I had to say it.
'Uh…hi Tyler. Listen we need to talk. When are you free?" I said my words tumbling out of my mouth shaken up like I'd swallowed a length of sandpaper.
"This afternoon, after school. Listen Caroline, I didn't mean for things to happen like that. But I'm not gonna apologise. It felt right to me" Tyler quickly said.
I saw his neck slowly begin to redden with the flow of blood and I felt an overwhelming desire to jump his bones right there and then. I quickly snapped out of it.
'We can't talk about this here. Meet me at my house after four. Don't be late" I said before turning on my heel feeling my hands shake uncontrollably at what I was going to say to him at 4pm today.