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Show Me Yours I'll Show You Mine
Caroline cautiously approached the parking lot where Tyler stood.
'Is he really here?' she thought to herself, but she didn't show her surprise; instead she flashed one of her heroine smiles and tilted her head, as if she was asking the question she was wondering.
Tyler was standing completely still with his hands in his pockets, looking alternately between Caroline and the ground. 'Shit!' The word sounded so loud in his head that it showed on his face.
"Tyler…" Caroline said, as she walked up to him.
Tyler took a step back as if planning to flee, but he stopped himself when Caroline spoke again, "What are you doing here?"
'I… I … Shit!' he thought again, then angrily asked, "What are you doing here?"
"Well… I asked you first!" She said sounding annoyed.
Tyler stood still and just watched her. 'God, but she was beautiful,' he thought.
But that was besides the point.
"I am here because of my mom," He uttered. At the same time he could see the disappointment on her face.
Caroline wasn't one to show defeat, so she spoke again, "So am I! I have been looking in at her all this time." She left it at that, but Tyler understood that Caroline meant the whole time he'd been gone…
"Caroline," he began, "I had to go. I had to find…"
"Well whatever you needed to find, I hope you found it! Now go see your mother. I won't keep you."
Tyler just stood there, blankly watching Caroline walk away when it hit him and his heart skipped a beat: he was letting her walk away again… Only this time she wasn't going to win, so he turned and as Caroline was about to get in her car he grabbed her arm, and grumbled, "Stop!"
Caroline was about to show her canines when she met his gaze. Those eyes of his melted her heart and she could swear her heart had just skipped a beat, despite the fact that it wasn't even beating.
"What do you want, Tyler?" She asked curtly, but her eyes gave away her emotions as they suddenly became watery.
"I missed you," He forced out.
Upon hearing that, Caroline got angry and shoved him off her. That shove landed him all the way across the parking lot. Tyler picked himself up but before he could utter a word Caroline was in his face. "You missed me?" She half-screamed. "You missed me!" She said again. "You didn't even say good bye! You just left!"
Tyler took a step closer. By that time a tear was rolling down Caroline's face. He wiped it with his thumb and cupped her pale porcelain face in his hands.
"I missed you," he said again. "I'm sorry I left you. I needed to understand what I… who I was… am."
"And do you?" She asked.
"Yes, Caroline, I do."
Caroline let herself fall into his arms, and stayed there for a while, loving the feeling of his arms around her and the way his heart beat wildly, making her breath dance in the same rhythm.
Tyler started to let go, his hands moving down to her waist, and he pulled her away from his chest. As he looked her in the eyes, he let out a deep sigh and said, "Caroline, I will go up to my mom and then meet you at your place?"
She nodded and smiled. She walked back to her car and without understanding her own actions, she let her palm rest on her chest as if she was holding on to the heartbeat she had felt a moment ago.
Tyler walked into his mom's room at the hospital. She looked so serene, he thought, and he was so happy to be home.
As Caroline went home, she was trying to calm herself down. 'Why am I so nervous?' She asked herself. 'Blood!' She breathed, and then put up her hands to her mouth as if to shut herself up. 'Blood,' she whispered. 'That will fix this in no time,' she said to herself.
She glanced in the mirror to fix her hair and change outfits
to be ready for Tyler. 'Thank god for vamp speed,' she said and then nodded to herself to show that she approved of her look.
Caroline approached the Salvatore house, trying to think of an excuse in case someone was in the house; she didn't want
anybody knowing Tyler was back in town: she needed to figure things out for herself before having to explain this… this feeling.
No such luck though. As soon as Caroline entered the front door, her gaze met Damon's, and he said, "What's up, Barbie?"
Caroline looked at the floor and then spat out, "Nothing!"
"Oh, ok!" Damon responded and then added, "No need to chew off my head, is there?"
"No," Caroline responded, going silent once more. 'Damn it!' She thought.
"What's going on, Caroline? Hm? Come on, you know I will find out sooner rather than later, so you might as well tell me…" Damon looked over at Caroline, who was standing there like a schoolgirl that was caught cheating, gaze on the floor as a thousand thoughts were running around in her head.
"I need blood," She finally spoke.
"It's all yours, Barbie," Damon replied. "But why in such a hurry?" He asked.
"Nothing, I … I need blood, that's all," Caroline was getting angrier by the minute, 'God, why did I come here?' she thought, 'I could have just eaten a bunny!'
"Caroline…" Damon sung, "Tell me…"
"Fine! Tyler is in town. I need to feed… eat before I see him, ok?" Caroline went over to the couch and seated herself, crossing her arms over her chest, leg swinging over the other.
Damon came up behind her and whispered in her ear, "Why so upset?"
Then when Caroline turned her head to look at him, he tilted his head and smiled his diabolically crooked smile.
Caroline turned her body towards him and began talking while Damon pretended to care, "Last time I saw Tyler, before he left, and right after Matt had kissed me, and before I could really handle this vampire thing,…"
Damon interrupted her, "Get on with it, Caroline… what's going on with the mutt?"
"He kissed me!"
"Oh joy! So? Tell him to piss off."
Caroline paused, waiting for Damon to get it, even if she wasn't sure she was getting it herself.
"What?" Damon asked, then went on, "Oh my… don't tell me you actually care for the wolf boy?"
"His name is Tyler! And yes, of course I do, I have known him all my life."
"Get real, Caroline," Damon interrupted. You mentioned kissing… that's not an old friend coming home, that's puppy love in the making, pun intended."
"Oh, grow up, Damon! I am going to go eat, and then I am out of here."
"Not so fast, missy!" Damon called out.
Caroline turned around and was now standing in the middle of the room on her way out to go down to the cellar.
Damon was next to her in a flash, "Yeah, you are not going to this rendezvous with Tyler," he pointed out the name as if he was about to start spelling it.
"And why not?"Caroline wondered.
"Well, unless you want puppies at the end of this story, this
is not happening!"
"Excuse me?" Caroline was getting really pissed off. She turned around and started walking down the hall when Damon cut in front of her.
"Do you have a death wish?" He asked. "This 'boy' in lack of a better word, can kill you every full moon! Don't think for a second that he won't because it's you. How stupid are you?"
Caroline tried to get past him to push her way down to the cellar, but Damon grabbed her arms and pushed back.
"Let go of me, Damon!" She screamed out. "Damon!"She said again.
"Listen to me, Caroline… it's doomed; please don't be a fool…" Damon replied, as if he knew what pain Caroline could expect if all of this went wrong.
"It's my choice. I believe in him, Damon. Tyler is a good guy; I deserve love too… " Caroline had stopped struggling.
"Ok, ok fine," Damon let go of her arms. "Feed well so there is no accident, and please for the love of god, use a condom!"
"Damon!" Caroline let out.
Damon didn't care: he just smiled, winked and kissed her on the cheek, "Go get him, Barbie, show him what a kick ass vampire babe you are," and with that he let her through.
Caroline went down to the cellar and got her food. On the way out, she stopped by the library and looked at Damon. He was pouring himself a drink. When Caroline opened her mouth to speak, he shooed her away, "Go make puppies!"
She rolled her eyes and was gone in an instant.
Caroline was smiling all the way home; she actually thanked Damon for his display of emotion over the subject back at the Salvatore house, because now she felt that she had a support system, especially if this ended wrong. She stopped abruptly, 'What am I thinking? Did I miss him so much?'
She shook her head. She knew that before anything went down, she needed answers. She promised herself silently that this was not going to be another Matt fiasco.
Caroline approached her house and stopped by the entrance. Tyler was already there, sitting on her porch, looking all strong and teasing her with 'that' look.
He stood when he saw her. "Caroline…" he breathed. She loved hearing her name all wrapped up in his voice. "I knocked," he said.
"Sorry, I was out, getting… food," Tyler nodded to show her that he understood.
"Come on in," Caroline continued.
Once inside, Caroline automatically continued down the hall towards her bedroom, when she came to a sudden stop. She turned around and looked at Tyler, "Let's sit in here," she pointed to the living room. Tyler followed her.
He sat down on the couch and Caroline was about to sit next to him only to rear right back up, "Anything to drink?" She offered, but Tyler just grabbed her wrist and pulled her back down onto the couch.
"Caroline, I did not come here for drinks! You and me, we have some matters to sort out."
"Oh," Caroline let out. She hated that she sounded like an adolescent schoolgirl, but Tyler's grip on her hand did things to her mind she'd rather not speak of.
"Oh indeed. The last time I saw you, I was a jerk, and the time before that, I kissed you."
"I remember." And she did. Caroline remembered both times very well, especially the time when he was a jerk: that was the time when Caroline had decided that she would never be a pushover again!
"So what happened, Tyler? Too much pressure?" She asked.
"Please, don't be like that." Tyler pleaded. "I'm sorry; I had no idea what was going on! I thought you'd betrayed me, and all those feelings I was having, were only making things worse."
"Feelings?" Caroline wondered.
"For you, and for all that was going on, but especially my feelings for you."
Caroline thought for a second that her porcelain vampire skin broke out in a blush. She lowered her eyes and looked at his hands. Tyler noticed and took her palm in his, saying, "Caroline… I did miss you. I came back for my mom, but that was an excuse, an excuse to come and see you. I know who I am now, and I can control my transformation better. So I still need to figure some things out, but that can wait. What can't wait, is us."
Caroline looked up into his eyes; she could tell he was sincere, but she could not yet take the first step: she needed more… That was when he asked her the question she longed to hear.
"Can you forgive me?"
'Could she?' Caroline stood up and walked to the middle of the room; it was her time to speak, to show him that she had a voice.
"Us?" She started. "Tyler, I will always be here for you, especially when you're going through some things like you have to go through, but in my weakest moment you left me stranded and at your weakest moment I was there."
Tyler shifted nervously, as if to stand up, and Caroline was in front of him in a second, and the move took Tyler by surprise. Caroline stood still in front of him while he was sitting on the couch, speechless.
"Do not ever do that to me again" She continued. "I will forgive it this once, but second chances do not exist with me Tyler. I am clear?"
Tyler nodded.
"As for the 'us' part," she smiled and leaned her torso closer to him so she faced him, "What took you so long?" And with that she crushed her lips to his.
Tyler felt the passion in her kiss and responded automatically. There they were, a werewolf and a vampire, two friends that had known each other their whole lives, and it made no difference, because at the end of the day nothing mattered. They knew each other better than they knew themselves, and that completed them.
Caroline gave in to the kiss that she longed for and Tyler gave up pretending that this strange path his life had taken, would keep him from living. In this kiss he felt more alive than he'd ever felt before.
Tyler grabbed Caroline's waist, pushing her back onto the couch, and he placed his body over hers. Caroline's moans were making his temperature go up and he liked it. Very much.
Caroline ripped off his t-shirt and placed her hands on his back; his skin was burning hot and she couldn't get enough of it, each fiber of her body was melting under him.
Caroline pushed Tyler backwards and sat on his lap, still kissing him with passion, not thinking of anything. When she felt his hands on her outer thighs climbing their way up under her skirt towards her panties, she let out another moan and whispered his name.
The emotions were overwhelming; she'd never had sex as a vampire before and everything was magnified times a thousand.
Tyler threw her on the floor; he wasn't being too careful with her and he liked it that his strength was not an issue with Caroline: he had no need to hold back. As he fell on top of her, kissing her neck and running his tongue down to her chest, Caroline's fingers got all tangled up in his hair.
Tyler sat up on his knees and ran his hands up Caroline's short skirt that did not leave much to the imagination, while touching her inner thigh with his burning fingers. Skin on skin, he slowly hooked his index finger in her panties and pulled them off with one move. Caroline was lying on her back, watching him with piercing eyes, as Tyler's tongue ran down her leg that was hooked over his shoulder. She let out a sigh and Tyler groaned back in satisfaction.
When he spread her legs and placed his head between them, Caroline's body shifted a bit and she screamed with passion as he pushed his tongue inside of her.
Caroline initially lay still on the floor, but the feeling of Tyler's moving tongue was becoming to intense for her not to do anything about it, so she grabbed his arm to roll him over and bit down on his chest. Blood welled out of the small wound and Caroline's canines appeared, but Tyler wasn't scared: he touched her face and pulled her head down, inviting her to drink.
Caroline licked the red fluid with her tongue and sucked on the open scar. As she continued to lick her way down his stomach, Tyler started growling louder and louder.
She snapped off the button of his jeans and tore it right off. Then she sat on his thighs, allowing her most intimate part to grind down on his. Tyler was hard and she could feel his blood pumping under her; she tossed her golden hair back and crushed her pelvis on his.
Tyler turned over and with one move his shorts were off.
Caroline was now on her back and Tyler's body was crushing hers. Marble vampire skin and werewolf darkness united as one.
Tyler spread her legs, holding her one thigh in his grasp, while the other one held on to the back of her head. Caroline's eyes flew open and Tyler's erotic gaze met hers.
She was ecstatic, her canines still showing, and Tyler's eyes had the color of honey now, his shoulders seemingly broader. Caroline's hands touched his torso and moved around his waist and locked over his back as she pushed him inside of her. Tyler let out a growl.
Caroline arched her back upwards and let out a contented sigh. She was moving back and forth under him, inviting his every thrust as he entered her deeper and deeper.
The room was filled with mist and it was humid, the windows were steamed over and their voices echoed around the room.
Tyler lips touched Caroline's skin while he whispered her name, and her frantic reaction to his body let him know how very right this was. When his shoulder met her lips, Caroline bit down. Tyler flinched, but he let her drink his blood, enjoying the feeling of being inside of her in more ways than one.
The thrusting movement of their bodies was speeding up. Just when Tyler thought he couldn't hold his climax any longer, Caroline opened hers eyes and whispered: "Come with me," and with that Tyler let go at the same time she did.
Caroline's head was spinning, some of it was from his blood that felt like the most exiting drug earth had ever produced, and the other was from the massive reaction of her body with this orgasm. Everything was multiplied times a thousand.
Tyler rolled over, so his back was on the floor, and his hand behind her head pulled her into his embrace. Caroline smiled.
"WOW," she let out and they both started laughing. It was so funny for both of them that sex could be this amazing once your animal instincts kicked in.
Caroline turned to Tyler, almost hating herself for asking the question, but she had to know, "Now what?"
Tyler left her waiting for a few seconds and then became serious. He leaned up on his elbows and smiled, running his index finger across her forehead to remove a lock of her hair, and then down to her collarbone.
He said, "Now, it's you and me," and then he crushed his lips to hers, smiling against them and sealing them with a kiss.
To Be Continued...