There's no one in town I know,
You gave us someplace to go,
I never said thank you for that,
Thought I might get one more chance.
Hear You Me by Jimmy Eat World
A/N: Okay, so Caroline will be a vampire in this story :] But thanks to Peachie X, who commented on my other Delena story Can't Let Go, gave this idea that I didn't even think about at all and once I read it, it just sounded like a perfect way to start off this story! So, now onto the story and thank you Peachie X! :] Oh and the story is picking up in the bathroom scene where Caroline and Stefan were in last weeks episode :] Just thought I'd let you know ahead of time.
Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries, I just like playing with the characters a little :P
Chapter One: Unexpected
Caroline was finally starting to calm down a little bit. If it wasn't for Stefan being there for her and calming her down there, she would have been in hysterics by now. But instead she was there in Stefan's arms, and she felt safe, she liked feeling safe. She hadn't felt safe in a long time. When Stefan finally let go of her, she pulled away, even though she really didn't want to. She wanted to stay there even though she knew Stefan was Elena's. She would usually never do something like that to her best friend, especially one who just saved her from being staked by Damon. But she couldn't help but think about Stefan. She wanted to kiss Stefan, to thank him for making her feel safe and promising to protect her even though he didn't have to.
Caroline could have sworn that when she got closer to Stefan, that he wasn't pulling away, that he was leaning in closer to. And finally she knew she wasn't hallucinating when their lips finally touched. She knew she was dead, so why was she feeling fireworks and explosions and seeing stars when she kissed Stefan. And then him deepening the kiss made the stars and fireworks even brighter. Caroline found a bright spot though in being a vampire, you didn't have to pull away anymore during a make-out session to breathe. But, against her will, Stefan pulled away all too soon and he was staring at her. She didn't want to look away from his green eyes, but he looked away. He moved away from Caroline completely. He was up against the wall on the opposite side of the room, and that's when the guilt set in for Caroline.
"…I'm sorry" Caroline said looking at Stefan now, seeing guilt in his eyes too
"It's not your fault Caroline" Stefan sighed "I kissed you back"
"…Maybe…we should tell Elena now?" Caroline asked, seeing if Stefan would want to tell Elena now and get it over with, or wait. But Caroline really wanted to tell Elena and get that over with. Elena may have kept the vampire secret from her, but kissing your best friends boyfriend was a secret you just couldn't keep, vampire or not.
"…Yeah, I guess so." Stefan sighed
Caroline and Stefan walked out of the bathroom and saw Bonnie and Elena arguing a little and Damon lying on the concrete in pain. Stefan ran over to Elena and even though Caroline really didn't want to, she went to go see what happened from Damon.
"What happened?" Caroline asked Damon who was trying to stand up now and she helped him up
"Bonnie set me on fire" He said and glared towards Bonnie "She's not exactly forgiving, is she?"
"Afraid not" Caroline sighed and looked over at Bonnie, Stefan, and Elena now
"…What's wrong with you blondie? You usually don't have one single somewhat nice thing to say? Why so…calm?" Damon asked curious and saw that Caroline wasn't paying attention to him anymore and was lost in listening to the conversation of Stefan and Elena as Bonnie stormed away
"Rule number one to eavesdropping, Don't stare" Damon said and Caroline's attention was back towards Damon now
"Sorry, I was just…thinking" Caroline sighed
"Wow, you actually have a brain up there?" Damon asked with a smirk
"Highly unoriginal Damon, I'm disappointed" Caroline sighed "So what? Caring for someone for the first time in god knows how long makes you lose all your snappy comebacks?"
"I have no idea what your talking about Caroline. And even if I did, it's none of your business. But what is my business is wondering why you were making sad eyes over at Elena and Stefan" Damon said and Caroline opened her mouth to answer, but was cut off by Damon "And don't even use the whole because Bonnie and Elena had a fight thing as an excuse"
"I…I was really concentrating" Caroline said "Look, I don't have to stand here and play 20 questions with you, I'm leaving. Tell Stefan and Elena I said goodbye" Caroline huffed and turned around to walk off, but Damon grabbed her by the arm
"Not so fast, I'm not letting you go until I get the truth" Damon said
"Fine, you wanna know the truth, I kissed Stefan and he kissed me back, happy now? Can I please go home?" Caroline asked not really caring who heard her at this point, Damon was pissing her off right now.
"…Saint Stefan…kissed you?" Damon asked shocked "Well, well, well, looks like Stefan prefers blondes now" Damon said with a smirk
"I doubt it. He still loves Elena and always will. Now let go of me, I told you what you wanted to know. Just…don't tell Elena, please? If you really care about her like I know you do, you won't tell her. Because telling her would mean breaking her heart and you'll just become the guy that told her that her boyfriend kissed another girl" Caroline said with a smirk, she knew Damon would realize she was right, and she smiled a huge smile when she saw that look cross Damon's face, the one that told her he would keep the secret for now
"Fine" Damon sighed "I won't say anything to Elena"
"Thank you" Caroline said "Now let go"
Damon let go of Caroline's arm and she walked off past Stefan and Elena was was going to try to find a way home.
Caroline stood there at her front door, unable to walk inside.
"Great" She huffed "I hate being a vampire" She said and walked away from the door only to run into Stefan who was walking up her driveway now "Oh, uh, hey"
"Hey" Stefan said "I…heard what you did with Damon back there, you knew if you mentioned Elena that he wouldn't say anything" Stefan said
"It's kinda obvious that he's in love with her" Caroline said "So, why are you here?"
"I figured you would be locked out since your Mom's working late tonight" Stefan said "you can stay at the Boarding House tonight if you want" Stefan offered
"No…but thanks, I think I'll just wait for my mom to come home, shouldn't be too much longer anyway" Caroline sighed and Stefan nodded a little bit "So…should we talk about the kiss and get the awkward thing over with…or should we talk about something like…why you and Damon can go out in the sun and I burn up" Caroline offered
"Damon and I don't burn up in the sun because of these rings" Stefan said and showed Caroline the ring that he never took off
"Oh…okay" Caroline said "Cool"
"And about the kiss…" Stefan said
"I know, I know. You changed your mind, you don't wanna tell Elena, I get it. I'm never the one and I never will be the one for anyone" Caroline huffed
"Don't say that about yourself Caroline. Your important to a lot of people" Stefan said and saw that Caroline was blinking back tears now, not wanting to cry again after that big scene in the bathroom
"Am I important to you Stefan?" Caroline asked
Stefan looked at her for a minute into those blue eyes that were filling up with tears fast. And in a split seconds decision, he grabbed Caroline and kissed her again. And before she could realize that he was kissing her, he pulled away.
"You are now" Stefan smiled at her
Caroline gave a small smile back, but while Stefan was kissing her, they both tuned out their senses, and sitting right there in the driveway next to them was none other than Caroline's mom.
A/N: Okay, So I hope you guys liked the first Chapter and love Steroline as much as I do :] xoxo, Avril