A/N: So this is the first time I wrote a TVD fanfic so please be nice :) and don't forget to r & r
"So that's just it?!" Caroline screamed, "You two will just let Stefan be ripper him again?" The blonde was so frustrated.
"There's nothing we can do Care. He made his choice. Besides, we have all eternity to help him. Just give him space okay?" Elena sank in the recliner seat in the Salvatore boarding house as she tried to calm her best friend down. It's been two weeks since Stefan left Mystic Falls and since then there have been reports of a ripper on the loose somewhere in Chicago. And just yesterday Damon found out it was Stefan back to his old ways again.
"Elena! I hate to break it to you, but you broke his heart! He left without even saying goodbye! Everything he did and he's doing is because of you! Can you at least show a little concern?!" Caroline didn't want to push but she was just furious. Lately, she feels like everyone has left her. With Bonnie being with her mom for the summer, Matt going on a trip with Rebekah, Elena being Elena… She can't help but feel furious that even Stefan left.
"Caroline! Look, I just… I want to give him space okay? I don't want to pull him back here and just break his heart over and over again every day." Elena finally admitted in defeat.
"So that's it? You don't want to get him and set him straight because you can't handle him here with you and Damon?! That's just selfish! You know what? Just forget it okay?" With that Caroline stormed out of the boarding house. If I can't get them to help Stefan, I will do it myself. No matter what it takes Stef, just wait for me I'm coming to get you.
"Hey Care. You said you needed help with something? What's up?"
"Thanks for coming Jer. I'm sorry if I interrupted you or something…" Caroline gave Jeremy a soft smile, one she won't give Elena right now with how she is acting about Stefan.
"Nah. It's okay. What would an ex-vampire hunter turned ghost who came back to life do besides rotting in the boarding house anyway right?" The younger Gilbert joked. For two weeks since the veil was put back up and Jeremy was back to the land of the living he did nothing and nothing but hang in the Salvatore boarding house because honestly, he wouldn't want to scare the whole of Mystic Falls by walking casually to the park.
"So what's the deal anyway? You were at the boarding house three hours ago. Why not just talk there?"
"Um, I wanted to ask you a favor. But… can you please not tell Elena or Damon?" Caroline's soft smile now turned into somewhat a guilty one. She knew making Jeremy hide things from Elena sucked but it's the only way she can think of to help her best friend.
"Ooh thrill. What is it?" Jeremy flashed a wicked grin.
"Can you still contact ghosts?" Caroline hesitated for a moment and Jeremy just nodded his head "Can you find Lexi please?"
After a few minutes of calling, Jeremy finally saw Lexi... but not the happy Lexi he got to know from graduation. There was a sense of urgency etched on her face that plainly suggests something is wrong.
"Thank god you finally looked for me! I've been trying to have a connection with you for weeks!" Lexi greeted Jeremy.
"Care. She's here." Jeremy whispered to Caroline.
"It's Stefan. He's in trouble." Lexi emphasized the word trouble before going on. "We got to get moving!"
"Are you sure he's down there?" Caroline asked for third time since she found out. Stefan isn't really back to being a ripper. The real Stefan is at the bottom of this ill forsaken quarry. Lexi nodded which made Jeremy nod as well. Caroline and Jeremy along with Lexi raced to the quarry as soon as they found out that Stefan was actually trapped and the one being a ripper out there is actually Silas. Bonnie failed. Caroline still couldn't understand how this happened because Bonnie wouldn't answer her phone.
"Okay. I'm coming in. Hang on Stef." Caroline mumbled to herself as she shed off her cardigan and boots to jump in the water. The water was not only cold and dirty, it was just plain nasty. It also wasn't that easy for her to just find where ever Stefan was. It took her hours before she finally came across a safe that she was sure wasn't supposed to be down there. She opened it quickly as she can and what she saw broke her. Stefan, thinner than ever, white as paper and cold as stone. She immediately grabbed him by the shoulders and swam up for both of them.
"Blood! Jeremy! It's in the trunk! Now!" Caroline didn't even try to hide the fact that she was crying.
"Stefan! Stefan! You'll be okay. Just please be okay." Caroline mumbled as she sat next to him, ripping open a blood bag Jeremy gave her. "Here. Dammit Stefan Just drink!" her voice breaking reminded her of the time when she was still little girly Caroline. She sobbed harder. She couldn't see but Lexi was also kneeling next to him, her hand reaching for his face.
"Jer, tell Caroline that he's going to be okay. But you guys need to get him back home. And don't ever leave him alone to make sure he's him." Lexi spoke to Jeremy for him to tell the other blonde.
"Caroline, Lexi said he'll be fine. We just have to get him home and never leave him alone." With that, Caroline quickly carried Stefan's still damped body to her car and sped home as fast as she can.
Caroline pulled over once they were at the Forbes' residence. Jeremy gave her a questioning look to which she simply answered, "I'm sure he would want to fix he's hair first before anyone else sees him." With a smile on her face. They waited for him to be okay again before Caroline sent him to the shower with Jeremy as his guard. He still had a few things left in her house from when he stayed with them back when he and Elena just broke up. As soon as she was alone, she also changed her clothes and fixed herself. Stefan came back an hour later looking like he was never under water.
"Ready to go?" Caroline asked as she played with her car keys.
"Yeah sure." Stefan gave her a very familiar smile and hugged Caroline. "Thank you… for saving me Care." "I told you, I got your back. No matter what. Now, c'mon!"
On the way to the Salvatore boarding house, they filled him in on everything he missed for the past two weeks and before they knew it they were already pulling over.