AN: I own nothing it belongs to the CW and L.J. Smith. I think in a way that Damon's always putting on a show and that he really cares about Caroline. This is Caroline and Tyler story with Damon and Caroline friendship. Started this weeks ago just never finished it, but I have now. Not Beta'd

Chapter 1

Caroline looked down at her cell phone wondering if she'd ever see another text from him. She'd sent him four and then a voicemail yelling at him till she'd gotten cut off. It had all gotten screwed up and she just wanted him back. She had thought it could survive, but now she didn't know. She wrapped her arms around her body the smell of him surrounding her. She still had his hoodie from the night he'd left it. She had gotten it from his bedroom when she'd gone to see him, to make things right again.

She thought about the last month growing closer and closer. She would never regret not backing down. Tyler kissed her and she had kissed him back. She had unlocked the door and it led to her bedroom. Her body still ached to feel him again. It hadn't been fast, he had gone slow with her. She wasn't going brush it off as some thank you sex. He had made love to her, it had felt good, felt right. He'd held her, kissed her, and loved her that night.

It had meant so much more to her, he'd made her feel something she hadn't before. She remembered his confession when she'd woken up in his arms. He'd never made love to anybody before. He'd stayed there with her too. She thought it was all going to be okay that if he held her tight enough the morning wouldn't have came. His arms felt that safe to her, he would always be strong in her eyes.

She took a breath refusing to cry again. She couldn't cry, she already felt so alone it was killing her. Her heart was shattered. Caroline put on the face every day as if she was happy. However, she wasn't happy like her friends thought. The sound of his voice mail had made her break this time. This morning at school it was the song in the car. It had been playing the night he left. She broke down every time she heard the song.

Caroline wiped the tears away trying to make the cold stay away; the cold that only he could keep out. His warmth made her feel like she wasn't really dead. She tried not to let the sob out, but it escaped her anyway. She needed him to come back. He was the only person that made her feel alive, like she wasn't alone.

She felt abandoned by yet another person. This time it was worse, it was her best friend, the one guy she thought would never leave her. She felt empty inside and the urge to just turn the emotions off to give in haunted her. Tyler kept her from that, just knowing he'd be there for her. She was there for him too, but not now she thought. He wasn't here and the lack of contact she wondered if he would ever come back.

She'd asked his mom if she'd heard from him, but she hadn't. It was like he was just gone, never had existed. That was till she was alone like now and the memories of him seeped into her. They were always there, but she hid them during the day. She tried to think about Elena needing to be helped. Klaus wanted her dead, they couldn't let it happen. It always led back to Tyler though wondering if he was okay wherever he was at.

She didn't know how long she'd been crying, but her eyes hurt and her throat from crying. He hadn't left her a note, no explanation at all. She wanted to hate him, to not love him any more. Her heart that would never beat again couldn't shut that love out.

She had the dreams every night what she thought should have happened. It always ended when she woke up screaming out his name. She was glad most nights her mom wasn't home. It was like the part in the Dixie Chicks' song when the woman woke up screaming out her ex husband's name, but he'd never been her husband. He hadn't even been her boyfriend, but she'd wanted him to be. Tyler had become her best friend and that hole he left hurt more than when her dad left.

It was why she was here right now holding herself with his hoodie on. She bit down on her lip she didn't know where he was now. All she knew was he had left her to deal with all this. He'd saved her from Brady and Jules, but then he'd just left. She didn't know if he'd gone with Jules or on his own. He didn't want to deal with being a werewolf any more, but she never thought he'd leave. Caroline looked over at the chains still hooked up.

She let another sob out remembering him screaming in pain. She remembered the sound of his bones breaking. He had been burning up more than usual and the chains had hurt him it seemed like. He didn't want to hurt nobody else; Sarah's death had been an accident. He had still felt guilty about it though, she had covered for him.

She would do anything to help him. She would stay every night that he had to turn. Every full moon she had told him that when he had saw the video of Mason turning. She cured Damon for this if he hadn't killed Mason then Tyler would have somebody to talk to. He wouldn't have left her alone feeling broken inside. She wouldn't be hanging onto herself trying to soak up his scent and feel alone any more.

It was almost midnight she knew if her mom was home she'd be worried. Caroline couldn't seem to care though. She just sent her mom a 'don't wait up' text earlier. She saw the four text messages from her friends, but none of them was from him. She wanted a text from him explaining what had gone wrong.

Caroline felt the cold of the night air blow inside of the cellar. She pulled the hood up wanting to burry her head away. She hadn't cried this much since she'd turned. The last three days had done a number on her. She had been fine up until she had seen Matt.

He started asking her if they could get back together. It was like Tyler had never been there between them. She had just broke when she had gotten to the car. Why couldn't he see that she couldn't be with him any more? She just wanted Tyler back so bad. She would go after him if she knew where he was at.

She had compelled the attendance person to mark her present all day before she had left. Caroline knew she should probably get up off the floor go home and go back school the next day. She'd been here every night since he had left after she couldn't sleep any more. She had the cooler with blood if she got hungry.

Her phone rang and she looked down at the caller. It was Bonnie, she hit ignore. She was not in any condition to be talking. Bonnie would know she was upset just like Stefan had that morning. She could hide it from everybody but them. How she had managed to hide it from Elena or Damon she didn't know.

Caroline opened her phone sending another text. If you won't come home, please just tell me you're okay. She wondered if he would send a message back now. She hoped that she wouldn't get a response to this one. Her mind wouldn't stop thinking about how he had held her that night. He had taken care of her made; sure all the wooden bullets were out. He had apologized over and over for what had happened.

If she had to breathe she would have already passed out by now. She closed her eyes against the memories. Her phone rang out in the dark of the cellar; she was too scared to check it at first. She saw it and let it ring. She couldn't deal with Damon right now; he'd make fun of her. Why the hell Damon was calling she didn't know.

He'd told her not be Tyler's friend, that he could easily kill her with just one bite. However, he never said they couldn't be best friends which was different. He never said she couldn't fall in love with him and give her entire heart over. She blamed Katherine for compelling Matt and Sarah. She wanted to go back before he had turned. She would never have got to know him like this. Then again she would rather feel the pain than not to know this side of Tyler.

He had been sweet. There was no hiding who she was from him. The risk of letting her self slip and her face turn wasn't a problem. He had thought she was beautiful either way. She let the phone drop on the floor leaning her head back against the wall. Her heart couldn't take this much longer. The why's and what did I do wrong's had to leave.

She was about to start crying again when she heard something. It was footsteps, somebody had found her. She grabbed her phone and used her vamp speed to try and hide. She didn't want anybody seeing her like this. She covered her mouth to keep from letting anything out. Caroline looked at the gate that was still torn away from when Tyler had tried to escape as somebody entered.

"Caroline, I know you're down here," it was Damon's voice coming from the doorway. He was beside her before she could reply. He was about to say something when he caught a glimpse of her face. Elena's nagging had finally gotten to him.

Stefan had tried to assure her that Caroline needed some time. Elena didn't know about her relationship with Tyler. Well she knew about it now, which is why he had come here instead of Elena. She didn't know where Caroline would be, but he did.

"Don't you dare say a word," Caroline said coming out in a sob. She should have known Damon wouldn't miss it. He probably had known all along and just kept his mouth shut. The nickname he had for her always made her think he secretly cared. He might even feel guilt about her being turned. He had tried to kill her more times than she could count, especially when she'd been human. She could see it in his eyes sometimes and now was one of them. Damon actually cared about more than just Elena.

She looked down before wiping the tears away; it just had to be Damon that found her. Why couldn't it have been Tyler coming back. She wanted him to come back and find her here. She wanted to run away, but before she could she felt Damon's arms around her. He was hugging her; she didn't know what to think. Why wasn't he lecturing her or yelling about her crying. He was a mystery she thought, but she buried her face against his neck and cried yet again.

He knew what it was like to feel love for somebody. He had been here twice, Katherine and now Elena. It wasn't a werewolf he'd fallen for, but he knew how much love could make you hurt. Rose had been there then Jules killed her. He had wanted to kill all the werewolves in town. That meant Tyler too, but he wasn't like Mason at all. Tyler had tried to heal Rose, he'd given her his blood, but it had been too late. Rose had been too far gone.

However right now he was pissed at the werewolf. He had just up and left no explanation to Caroline at all. Damon didn't miss the smell all over Caroline when she had thought she had gotten rid of it with a shower. He let it go, not wanting another guilt trip from Elena. He waited till Caroline had cried herself to sleep before he picked her up. Damon carried her out of the cellar back to her house.

Liz wasn't home again tonight so he would leave her in her room. He had a werewolf to find and kick in the ass. It was clear that Caroline was broken. Damon opened the door when he got to her house doing what he'd planned before he left again. He left a note beside the night stand in case she wondered how she got her.

Elijah was in the cellar at the boarding house with stake in his chest. Klaus was no where around and with no immediate threat he had time to find Tyler. He knew that Tyler hadn't left with Jules. He had made sure of that. There were only two places that he could be without leaving the state. A second place if Tyler had left Virginia.

Damon never thought his plans on finding Tyler would start out this lucky. He only had to walk outside and the werewolf in question was standing there. They were looking at each other because Tyler could tell that if he said the wrong thing right now Damon would kick his ass. Damon was waiting for the chance to punch him.

Tyler had needed time to deal with everything. Mason's death, Jules and Brady taking Caroline and finding out that Damon had killed Mason. It had been like a punch in the gut. Caroline had already told him about the other vampires. She had taken him there and they had offered to help him out. Stefan was the one that offered first. Damon had been moody, which was when he had found out about Rose. He had tried to help her, but she had still died.

Caroline being taken by Jules and Brady had caused them to work together to get her back. He actually thought Damon was okay besides his moments of threatening him. He was pretty sure Elena, Stefan and Caroline kept that from happening. Right now looking in the vampire's eyes he wasn't so sure if they could even stop his death.

"I never planned on staying gone," Tyler finally said. He honestly just needed a couple weeks to deal with everything. He hadn't said good-bye to Caroline because it wasn't good-bye. He was coming back and sure just disappearing wasn't the right thing to do, but he had just drove.

"You never said you weren't either," Damon countered not budging. "You think you just going to pick up where you left off?" he asked almost in a hiss.

Tyler knew he had hurt Caroline, but he thought she would remember what he'd told her. It had been his promise to never let her go. He had not let her go; he had left to come back to her. Now it seemed that was the worst thing he could have done to her. "Damon, I don't want to fight you, I just want to see Caroline," he said.

"Why should I let you in?" Damon asked, the urge to make sure Caroline didn't get hurt even more creeping up on him. It had taken him by surprise couple hours ago, but not this time.

He had no good reason really, he only had the fact he loved her as a reason. Tyler didn't know if that would get him in, but he tried it, "I love her, I know that leaving was the worst thing I could have done," he wanted to be telling Caroline this not Damon.

Damon was beside him in a flash and he felt his back hit the side of the porch. "You hurt her again and I will end you," he said loud enough to get his point across, but not enough to wake Caroline upstairs. "I see her in that much pain again, that broken again," he said intruding in Tyler's personal space. "What happened to Caroline in that cage will happen to you," he threatened before he let Tyler go.

Tyler nodded before he watched Damon walk away. It was almost four in the morning, which meant he had few hours till Caroline would wake up. He had to make things right with her again. He really didn't want to see Damon's threat come true.

The voice mails were too much for him he had come back before he had really gotten over what had happened. He could no longer listen to the pain in her voice. It hadn't gone the way he had planned it. Caroline was the one good thing left in his life, the light at the end of all the darkness. She was his saving grace and he had broken her. He was going to make this right again, get her back in his arms.

TBC

AN: Let me know what you though of Damon and Caroline's friendship. Next chapter have more Tyler. This idea came to me while seeing the episode after Caroline found out he was gone and Matt left out all the stuff on how Tyler fell in love with her. Like Matt just not near Caroline or Elena.