Most of my friends think of me as a ditzy blond who doesn't know anything about the world, who is a shallow person with no real feelings and always says the wrong thing at the wrong time. Apparently I'm also useless in a crisis and panic at the first sign of danger.

Well now that I'm different, I can prove them wrong. I never believed in the supernatural, not even after the creepy séance at Elena's house when Bonnie went all strange. But now I've been let in on their little secret in the most shocking of ways. At first it was horrible, the idea of drinking blood on a daily bases as part of my diet really wasn't ever appealing to me. But the super powers are handy. Super speed and strength, I can hear things that are whispered from a mile away. I'm a vampire.

I know. It all sounds crazy, like a warped fairy tale told by someone who is drunk or...high. Or both. But any way it's all true. I don't have a lot to do with the evil bitch that turned me. Just that, you know, she wants to kill anything and anyone who gets in her way. She tried to get me to find things out about Elena but eventually Elena guessed what I was up to. And...it was like I didn't have a choice. I was new and vulnerable and it was like she had some sort of hold over me. Stefan says that vampires can't compel other vampires, but they can compel humans. It all sounds very confusing, everything we can do, but you get used to it. But that was then and this is now. I won't ever let someone control me again, ever. Caroline Forbes is her own boss.

And it's kind of fun, watching all of their expressions every time I save their lives...which I actually have done every now and then. They all rely on me now. I like that a lot.

My life has also got a lot more complicated, romance wise. Matt is totally clueless as to my situation and then there's ...Tyler Lockwood. Tyler, of all people. I know he can be such a jerk most of the time but...lately, things have been different. I've seen another side of him that's completely blown me away. He actually has a weakness and...he gets scared. He may act all tough like he doesn't care about anything or anyone, but he does really. It's all an act. And I'm glad I got to be the one who found that out. The fact that he's a werewolf helps a lot. He knows my secret, I know his. We have no more secrets. It feels...freeing, and amazing.

But I don't know what to do about it. We're actually going to go on our date tonight. Don't worry, there's no full moon. There's a moon, but not a full moon we both double and triple checked. I'm very nervous and I shouldn't be. Damon tells me to just get over it, I'm a vampire and I shouldn't let my emotions get the better of me, but I can't help it. Who knows what could come out of this, if anything? Stefan just tells me to be careful.

And we are, being careful. During the night when he transforms he's chained up and I'm on guard. Not as kinky as it sounds, really. It's highly frightening and the first time it happened i almost couldn't handle it, but I managed to stay the whole time. That's got to be a good sign for us don't you think?

Anyway, everything has to be perfect. Perfect dress, perfect perfume and make up. Elena's helping me to get ready with dying my hair and the make- up and she went shopping with me today to help me find my dress. I love this, it's all so normal. I can tell that she is jealous. She wants this for her and Stefan. Well too bad! That makes me sound like the world's worst friend but for once it's going to be me getting the love story. Vampire/werewolf isn't the perfect match of course, in all movies and books and legends it says we hate each other more then vampires and humans.

Anyway, he's going to be picking me up any second and I can't wait for this perfect moment. And it's going to be completely stress free and completely evil free. Free of anything vampire or werewolf related, as of this moment we are too normal people with no problems at all.

Elena smiles at me warmly as the door bell rings and I smile back at her, butterflies flying around my stomach. Or would they be bats? Either way I was nervous again. Here goes.

I hurry down the stairs, Elena behind me ready to go home. I open the door and she slides past Tyler waving goodbye and whispering good luck.

"Are you ready?" he holds out his hand for me to take and I accept the invitation gladly. Being a Lockwood there is naturally a very fancy car waiting for me to get in it. He unlocks the car and holds open the door for me.

"So the night is young, and the night is ours. We're going to have some fun tonight Caroline."

I almost giggle I'm so excited. For a minute though, for some unexplainable reason, I feel guilty about Matt. But when I was feeling insecure and sometimes jealous when we were together he just would never listen or reassure me. Instead he told me I was over reacting. I had a feeling that Tyler would never do that.

We were going to one of the best restaurants in town, one that was very hard to get into, usually you had to wait weeks to get a seat. Luckily Mrs Lockwood new all the right people, and also luckily for me, I'm not someone the Lockwood's are ashamed to see with their son, my mum being the sheriff.

My feelings of guilt completely evaporated, along with any anxiety and as he smiled at me again I knew that everything was going to be fine...

I would love to know what everyone thought of this chapter. It can be a one shot here or if you want to see more, what could go wrong on their first date? Lol but it will only be a few chapters long. And by the way I do love the idea of Matt and Caroline but I also like Caroline and tyler so i thought I would give this idea a go.