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Chapter 1:
Caroline was driving to her house, she just wanted to get home as soon as possible and get in her bed because today have been a really long day, and those type of days always ended in fatality. Her mom was sitting next to her, she wasn't able to drive after everything that happened to her, she had a nerve wracking day, she killed Jeremy when she tried to shoot Damon but luckily Bonnie could revive him and she finally accepted Caroline as a vampire and told her she still was her little girl but she wasn't able to drive after everything that happened so Caroline drove them home, both were quite just lost in their thoughts until Caroline's phone started buzzing, she connected it to the car and put it on speaker.
"Hello?"
"Caroline!"
"Oh my god, Damon, Are you okay?" Caroline asked, she have been worried about him since she heard Stefan tell Elena that Damon was bitten by Tyler and she felt guilty, she knew it was her fault, she told Damon to save Tyler too and that she would help him get to the ceil before he started the transformation before they got there and almost attacked Caroline but Damon stopped him and Tyler bit Damon.
"I'm okay" Damon said "Do you think you can come to the boarding house?" he asked
"I don't know…" she said looking at her mom.
"Go, I'll be okay" Liz said
"I'll be there in ten, okay?"
"Okay, I'll be waiting we need to talk"
"What's going on?"
"I think we should talk about it in person"
"Okay" Caroline said and hung up.
"What was that about?" Liz asked
"I've no idea but Damon is worrying me" Caroline said as she stop in front of her house "Are you sure you'll be okay?"
"Yes, just go, it looks like it's really important"
"I'll be back soon, okay?" Liz nodded and entered to the house. Caroline drove as fast as she could, Damon's call made her nervous and his tone of voice didn't help, she wanted to know what was going on.
Meanwhile Damon was in the house with Elena waiting for Caroline, after Katherine left they didn't talked much, Damon's bite was fully healed now with the help of Klaus blood but he didn't know anything about Stefan, the only thing they knew was what Katherine told them, that he gave himself to Klaus for the cure to save Damon, Elena called him countless times but he never answered, at first Damon thought Katherine was lying but with every minute that passed he started to believe it more and more and he knew he needed to find his brother and get him back.
Damon was sitting in his bed and Elena glanced at him every now and then, there were unsolved things between them, specially the kiss thing but right now Damon couldn't focus on it.
"I'm going to take a shower" Damon said and went to the bathroom. He knew Elena was still on his room, waiting for him and he had no idea what to say now. Yes, he got what he always wanted to hear Elena say she liked him just the way he is and she kissed him but Damon couldn't gloat in it or be happy because he was worried about what Klaus could do to Stefan, he also didn't wanted to talk about it because he knew that Elena would say it was a mistake and they should forget about it, that she only did it because she thought he was dying and he wouldn't be able to listen to her say that without falling apart so he just preferred to leave it like that for a while. Few minutes later he walked out of the bathroom, clean and fully clothed and Elena stood from the chair she was sitting and walked to him.
"We need to talk about what happened" Elena said
"I know but can we talk about it later?"
"No, I need to tell you what I'm feeling, now"
"I don't think I could stand hear you saying that it was a mistake, Elena" Damon said "Just leave it like that"
"I'm not going to say that" Elena whispered and his eyes widened.
"You are not?" Damon asked "Then what do you want to say?"
"I… I think I'm in love with you, Damon" Elena said "And I'm glad you didn't die because I don't think I would be able to live without you in my life"
Damon couldn't believe what he was listening, it was the only thing he have wanted to hear since he met Elena but he wasn't happy about it, he couldn't be happy about it, not when his brother was in real danger. In other circumstances he would have kissed her and tell her he loved her and that he was the happiest man in the world but right now he couldn't do any of those things.
"I'm in love with you, Damon" Elena said again and leaned to kiss him but before she could Damon stopped her.
"We can't do this, Elena"
"Why? I thought that was what you always wanted"
"It was but I can't hurt Stefan like that"
"Since when do you care so much about Stefan's feelings?" Elena said "You've been torturing him for more than one hundred years, Damon"
"I know everything I've done, Elena" Damon hissed "But he saved my life, he found the cure and put his life in risk for me, after what he just done I'm not just going to betray him, stealing his girlfriend"
"But I'm finally saying what you always wanted to hear"
"I know what you said but I'm not going to do this Elena" Damon said "Just go home and we'll talk later"
"If that's what you want" she said angry and walked out of the room just as Caroline was walking upstairs.
"Elena!" Caroline said "Where's Damon?"
"In his room" she said and tried to walk pass Caroline but she grabbed her wrist and stopped her.
"Hey Elena, stop" Caroline said "What happened?"
"Nothing Caroline" Elena said "It's none of your business, not everything is about you"
"What? Not everything is about me?" Caroline said "You've to be kidding me; everything is always about you, Elena"
"And you're jealous about that"
"Elena! Stop it! Don't snap at Caroline just because you're mad at me" Damon said walking towards them.
"Just leave me alone" She said and left.
"What was that about?" Caroline asked
"It doesn't matter" Damon said "She's just mad at me, she'll get over it"
"So what do you want to talk about?" Caroline asked "Where's Stefan?"
"That's what I want to talk about"
"Did something happen to him?" She asked getting worried
"He found the cure to the werewolf bite" Damon showed his arm to Caroline and her eyes widened when she saw his arm completely healed.
"What's the cure?"
"It's Klaus's blood" Damon said "But to get his blood to save me, he had to make a deal with Klaus"
"What type of deal?"
"I'm not sure, all I know is what Katherine said" Damon sighed "He traded himself for the blood, Klaus have him and I have no idea where are they"
"We have to find them; we have to get Stefan back"
"I know, that's why I called you, I'm leaving tomorrow morning to try to find them"
"Where are you going to go?"
"I'm not sure yet but I've contacts who can help me, they might have an idea where he is" Damon said "Or they can help me find it"
"Okay, I'm coming with you"
"Are you sure?" He asked "It's going to be a dangerous search, he's an original, and he can kill us in a second"
"I don't care, he has Stefan and I'm going to help you find him" she said "I'm sure he would do the same for me or you"
"Then we are leaving tomorrow at 8 o'clock, I'll pick you up" Damon said "You should go pack"
"Okay"
"Please pack just the essential, not more than one bag okay?"
"But… the essential things I need don't fit in one bag"
"I don't care Blondie, we can't go all over the US or maybe the world carrying a thousand pink bags" Caroline rolled her eyes.
"See you tomorrow then" Caroline turned around to leave but Damon stopped her.
"What happened with your mom? Is everything okay?"
"Well… she knows everything now; she knows that you, Stefan and I are vampires and I think she also knows about Tyler"
"She's okay with it?"
"She's trying to deal with it" Caroline shrugged "I guess some time apart will be good for us"
"I hope things get better" he knew exactly what Caroline must be feeling, she and her mother have never been close just as him and his dad were, it sucked but what sucked even more was to turn into the thing your parents hate the most. They had a lot in common, their stories were really similar, they never got along with their parents, their parents hated vampires and their children's were turned into the thing they hated the most and when they found out they made it their mission to kill them. But there's where their stories change, Damon's dad died before he could do anything to him and well Caroline's mom finally accepted Caroline, she wanted to rebuild her relationship with her even though she knew Caroline was a vampire. Caroline got lucky in that case and Damon was glad that she had a second chance with her mom, a second chance he never got with his dad and he would give anything to have it. He always said he hated his dad but he didn't, he just was resentful because he always preferred Stefan over him and always judged him for every choice he made but Damon loved his dad no matter what and he would have loved to have a second chance with him.
"Thanks" she said pulling him out of his thoughts, she half smiled and left.
Caroline drove back home thinking about the crazy night she had had, every day there was a new problem, first it was the sacrifice but now that it was over, other problems appeared, the day started with them just trying to help Elena and Jeremy deal with Jenna's death and Caroline trying not to freak out about her mom knowing she was a vampire but then they found out about Damon dying because Tyler bit him and from that everything got even more complicated. Her mom was on the hunt, she and her deputies tried to kill Damon but instead her deputies ended dead and her mom killed Jeremy, luckily Bonnie brought him back to life. Damon was now fully healed from the werewolf bite but the drama wouldn't end, now they had to search for Stefan because he gave himself to Klaus to save Damon. There was not a day without supernatural drama or drama at all in Mystic Falls, sometimes Caroline couldn't decide if it would have been better if she had stayed as human, completely oblivious of everything but then she wouldn't want to change anything, because being a vampire opened her eyes to new things, made her grow up and she gained friends. Since she turned Stefan have been there for her, helping her with everything she needed, he was always looking out for her and he became her best friend so that made Caroline ever more worried about him being with Klaus. Klaus was one scary vampire and she knew he was devious so she was scared of what he might do to Stefan.
Few minutes later she arrived at her house and found her mom in the living room waiting for her. "Mom, what are you doing here?"
"I was worried about you, what did Damon want?"
"He just wanted to let me know about everything" Caroline said.
"Oh okay, well I'm going to sleep" Liz said
"Mom… I'll be out of town for a while"
"What? Why?" Liz asked "If this is because I know you're a vampire, I already told you I'm okay with it. I accept it, you don't need to leave"
"It's not about that mom" Caroline said "There are some things going on with Stefan and Damon and I have to help him"
"Is he in danger?"
"We are not sure but we need to find him"
"So you don't know where he is?"
"No, Damon is trying to find out, we will leave tomorrow morning"
"I don't want anything to happen to you, Caroline"
"Nothing will happen to me, I'm stronger than I look, I'll be okay mom" Caroline tried to reassure her mom "Damon will be with me so I'll be fine"
"I don't know…"
"Mom, you used to trust Damon more than you ever trusted anyone, why can't you trust him now?" Caroline asked "He's the same Damon, the same cocky, arrogant but sometimes sweet and really helpful Damon you knew, the only difference is that now you know he's a vampire"
"You're right, I'll trust him but I want to walk to him before you go"
"Okay…" Caroline said "I'll go pack and you should really go to sleep"
"I will, Good night Caroline"
"Good night mom" Caroline hugged her mom before she went to her room.
She took a bag out of her closet, put in her bed and opened it, now she had to decide what to take, it would be really hard to decide and to try to get everything she needed in a bag. She was standing in front of her closet looking at everything when her phone started buzzing, she took it out of her pocket and saw Bonnie's name on the screen so she answered it.
"Bon, what's up?"
"Hey Care; I just wanted to know what happened with your mom?" Bonnie said "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, it's perfect she's still trying to adapt to the idea of me being a vampire but she says she loves me no matter what, I'm still her little girl"
"That's great, Care" Bonnie said "I'm glad everything turned well, do you know what happened with Damon? Did Stefan found a cure?" she asked "I tried to call Elena but she's not answering, do you know anything about her?"
"Yeah, I saw her at the boarding house and she looked really mad, I think she had a fight with Damon" Caroline said "Anyway… Stefan found the cure to the werewolf bite and Damon is perfectly fine now"
"That's great so what was the cure?"
"It was Klaus's blood"
"Okay… that's not good and how did Stefan convinced Klaus to give him his blood?"
"That's the thing… Stefan gave himself to Klaus for the blood"
"He did what?" Bonnie said "Do you know anything about him? Have you talked to him?"
"No, Damon and I have been calling him but he's not answering his phone and he and Klaus already left town" Caroline sighed "Damon and I'll be leaving Mystic Falls tomorrow, we're going to try to find Stefan"
"You can't do that" Bonnie said "Even if you find Stefan what are you going to do kidnap him? Klaus will find you in a second and kill you, it's too dangerous, Care"
"I know it's dangerous but I can't sit down and wait until I hear something from him, he was there for me when I first turned, he have been there for me more than anyone else has and he has become my best friend, Bonnie" Caroline said "I need to find him and make sure he's okay. I'm so scared something's going to happen to him" She whispered the last part and couldn't stop the tears from falling from her eyes, she tried to put a brave face in front of her mom, in front of Damon, she tried to have faith and be brave in front of everyone but now that she was alone she couldn't keep the cover any longer, she was terrified that something could happen to Stefan.
"Care don't cry, everything's going to be okay"
"How do you know I'm crying?"
"I know you too well and your voice changes a little when you cry and try to cover it" Bonnie said "I know you care about him, I think you care about him a little bit too much but that's another topic and we'll talk about it another time. And I also know I can't say anything to make you stay so please promise me you'll call me every day to tell me everything and please take care"
"I promise, Bon"
"Do you have any idea of how long are you two going to be out of town?"
"No, we don't even know where they are, it can take a while to find them"
"I don't know what I'm going to do without you, Care" Bonnie said "My life will be boring without you"
"It'll be drama free" Caroline chuckled
"Yeah but I like your drama" Bonnie said "I'll miss you Care"
"I'll miss you too" Caroline said "Bon Bon I've to hang up, it's getting really late and I still have to pack my things"
"Okay, talk to you soon" Bonnie said "Don't forget to keep me posted about everything and don't kill Damon while you try to find Stefan"
"You would care if I killed Damon?"
"No, not really but sometimes you might need him as bait to escape from Klaus" Bonnie joked
"You're right" Caroline laughed "Now I really got to go, Bye Bon Bon"
"Bye Care" Bonnie said and hung up. Caroline put her phone on her bedside table and started packing, after a few hours she was done and went to sleep.
The next morning Caroline woke up and she was as tired, if not even more tired as when she went to sleep the night before, she couldn't sleep at all. She had Stefan in her mind all the time and even the few hours she could sleep she dreamt with Stefan and those dreams ended with Klaus killing Stefan. It was the worst night in Caroline's life, all she wanted now was to know he was okay.
She looked at the clock next to her bed and realized Damon would be picking her up in less than an hour, she got out of bed quickly and took a shower before getting dress. She was brushing her hair when she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in" She said and he mom opened the door
"You have a visit" Liz said and Tyler entered to her room.
"Tyler! What are you doing here?"
"I wanted to know about you, I've been calling you a thousand times but you never answered"
"Yeah, I'm sorry about that but yesterday was a crazy day"
"What happened with the curse?" Tyler asked "Did that vampire, Klaus broke it?"
"Yeah, unfortunately he did"
"Who did he used for the sacrifice, we were his vampire and werewolf"
"He used Jenna as the vampire, he turned her, made her feed and then used for the sacrifice"
"I'm so sorry about that, poor Jenna" Tyler said "I've to call Elena and Jeremy; they must be going through a hard time"
"Yes, they really are"
"Who's taking care of them? They have no one else"
"I think Alaric is going to take care of them until they go to college"
"Oh okay and who was the werewolf?"
"I'm sorry Tyler but it was Jules" Caroline said "Klaus used her for the sacrifice, I'm sorry Tyler. I know you cared about her" Tyler sat in Caroline's bed and put his head in his hands, he stayed like that for while until he said
"She was my friend, I know you didn't liked her because of what she did to you but she was there for me, she helped me with this werewolf thing that was new to me" Tyler said "I'm going to miss her"
"I'm sorry" Caroline said again.
"It's okay; it's not your fault" Tyler said "So tell me why was yesterday a crazy day?"
"Long story… short, Damon was dying because you bit him"
"I did?"
"Yeah, he rescued us, the transformation started and you lost control, you tried to attack me but he stopped you and you bit him"
"I'm sorry about that, I can't control myself when I'm a werewolf" Tyler said "You said he was dying? Did you found a cure or is he already dead?"
"Stefan was able to find a cure, he's good now but to get that cure Stefan put himself in danger"
"What? What did he do? What was the cure?"
"The cure was Klaus's blood and to get it her gave himself to Klaus" Caroline said "Klaus took Stefan with him and we have no idea where he is, but we're going to find them. Damon and I are willing to travel around the world if that's what we have to do to find Stefan"
"What are you going to do?"
"We're leaving town and going to search for Stefan, we can let anything happen to him"
"He can kill you Caroline. From what you told me about him, he's really powerful"
"Yeah, he can but that's a risk I'm going to take for Stefan"
"Okay, I know it's impossible to change your mind when you made a decision" Tyler smirked "Just take care, okay?"
"Seriously people need to stop telling me that" Caroline said and he laughed. Caroline was about to make some snarky remark when she heard Damon's car stopping in front of her house. "Damon's here" She took her two bags and starting walking out of her room.
"Let me help you" Tyler said taking one of the bags and following her downstairs.
"Hey, my mom wants to talk to you before we go"
"Okay… she won't try to shoot me, right?"
"What? Are you scared?" Caroline smirked
"No! But I've had enough pain the past days; I don't need her shooting me"
"She won't do anything to you, just go talk to her. She's waiting in the kitchen" Damon nodded and went to the kitchen.
"Have you decided what are you going to do now?" Caroline asked
"I'm not sure yet"
"Well give me a call when you decide" Caroline smiled
"You too" Tyler said. They talked for a few more minutes until Damon came out followed by Liz.
"Are you ready to go, Blondie?"
"Yeah"
"I told you to bring just one bag" Damon said looking at her two bags and her purse.
"I'm just bringing the essentials and they don't fit in one bag" Caroline said
"I bet you're taking half your closet" he said taking her bags and putting them in the back of the car.
"Time to go" Caroline said "Bye mom"
"Bye, take care okay? And call me everyday" Liz said and pulled her into a hug; Caroline was shocked by her actions but hugged her back.
"I promise mom" she smiled and turned to Tyler "Please don't tell me the same" Tyler laughed and hugged her
"Don't do anything crazy" Tyler smirked
"I can't promise that" she smiled and hugged Tyler. Damon glared at Tyler before he got into the car.
"Come on Blondie, we have to go" Damon called from the car; Caroline rolled her eyes but said Bye again and got into the car.
"Why are you so grumpy today?"
"I'm not grumpy"
"Whatever you say, Damon" she rolled her eyes "So where are we going first?"
"We're going to Richmond; I have a friend there who says he might have a way to help us find him"
"You have a friend? You said you didn't had friends"
"I don't, He's just someone I made years ago and kept in contact because I knew he would be helpful one day"
"Is it really that difficult to you to accept that maybe you can have friends?"
"I don't need friends plus I don't think anyone wants to be mine"
"If you stopped acting like a douche bag I would be your friend"
"Thank you Blondie but I'm good" Damon said and that hurt Caroline more than she cared to admit, because after all she considered him a friend Yeah, he was a douche bag and really arrogant and annoying sometimes but she still considers him a friend and his words really hurt her. She didn't say anything more; she looked away and hoped he wouldn't notice the tears filling in her eyes.
Damon continued driving and Caroline didn't say anything else, she just looked through the window and listened to the music in the background while she tried to ignore him and the quick glances he gave her. Damon started to get worry because she didn't talk to him and that was so unlike Caroline so he decided to talk to her.
"Blondie, why are you so quite?"
"I don't have anything to say" she said but still didn't face him.
"Are you mad at me or something?"
"No, why would I be?"
"Hey if this is because of what I said that I don't need friends it was joke"
"Didn't sound like that, Damon, but it doesn't matter, you're not my friend so why would it matter to me when you say I'm not your friend either?"
"Caroline…"
"Leave it there, Damon and just drive, we have to find Stefan" Caroline said "I'm just here for Stefan"
Caroline was mad at Damon and he had no idea why he actually cared about it, he never really cared about Caroline or what she thought but here he was, worried that she wouldn't speak to him through all their trip and trying to fix his big mistake. He didn't know when but somewhere along the way Caroline Forbes became his friend and he cared about the Vampire Barbie, even if she annoyed him most of the time, he still cared about her. He decided to shut up and keep driving maybe her anger and hurt would pass with a little bit of time, he drove to Richmond and when they were close to his friend's apartment he finally talked to her.
"My contact lives in a building in the next street, are you going to come with me or you want to stay in the car?"
"I'll go with you" she said as he parked the car in front of a big building. She was about to get out of the car when he took her hand and stopped her.
"Look Caroline, I'm sorry for what I said, I know I hurt you…"
"I'm not hurt" she cut him.
"Well your mouth say one thing and your eyes say something completely different" Damon said "I'm sorry okay? I was joking; I didn't mean to hurt you because you're my friend. Even if I don't say it often and I don't think I'll say this again" he smirked "Get it into your head Blondie, you're my real friend" He waited for her to say something but nothing happened for a few minutes until she said.
"Oh my god!" She covered her mouth with her hands "Damon Salvatore just said I'm his friend, his real friend. Call CNN Now!" Caroline laughed "He has a friend, this is a miracle"
"Not funny Blondie" He said as he got out of the car.
"Yes it is" she said and got out of the car too "You're my friend too, Damon" she smiled and he nodded.
"Okay, let's go" Damon said "We have to find out where is my brother"
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