The place is a disaster, chairs broken across the ground. People lying either dead or hurt. Blood is everywhere, he can tell from the smell. Another party added to the long list of ruined events.

His eyes flutter open but he closes them again; the light around him so bright. When he opens them again he sees Caroline kneeling next to some woman, trying to feed her vampire blood. It looks like it isn't working from the way she curses under her breath.

"Caroline." He breathes out as he leans on his elbows.

"Stefan." The panic on her face eases a bit on seeing him.

She's about to say something before they hear a loud noise, both of them covers their heads with their hands as they feel their blood boiling. He falls back on his knees, eyes closed he can hear Caroline's screams echoing through his head. He wants to move towards her but the pain prevents him.

Just when he's about to lose his mind from the pain Caroline's screams stops. His hands fall down on his knees as he looks up at Caroline. Her hands are resting on her lap, eyes staring blankly on the ground.

"Caroline?"

No answer.

"Caroline."

His voice is louder this time as he stands and starts walking to her, only to find himself pushed back to the ground. He looks up and sees some guy in a leather jacket. Leather Jacket is never a good sign.

He forgets whatever he was about to say when his eyes spot her. Standing in a blue dress with no worries in the world as if she didn't just walk into a slaughter. She is the one after this, of course. His mother.

"Mother?" He asks.

"Hello, Stefan."

His eyes go back to Caroline. She doesn't seem to notice anything around her. Her eyes are still staring on the ground. He looks from her to his mother, trying to understand what's happening.

"What did you do?" He asks firmly as he rises on his feet. And surprisingly the guy next to him takes a step back.

His eyes fall on her again, and he feels his heart pounding as he takes her face in.

"What did you do?" He asks again, his tune hard as the words fall slowly from his mouth.

He walks towards her before Lily speaks.

"Don't bother; she won't be joining us any time soon." She says with the same smile.

"What are you talking about?"

"Let's just say that she's busy right now."

He looks at her again; her face didn't change a bit. Eyes still staring at the same spot, Hands lying on her lap.

"Whatever you did, undo it." He says. "Now."

"I'm doing her a favor in fact." She pauses as her eyes land on Caroline. "Right now, she's seeing her future."

She looks back at him and her smile grows bigger after seeing his startled face.

"Whether that future is happy or sad, that's not my fault. Actually, it might be your fault." She's walking around her now, standing right behind her.

"Tell me, Stefan. Do you truly believe that you'll make her happy. No don't answer that, do you think that her future is with you?" She raises her eyebrows with cold concern.

"And if the answer is yes, do you think that it will work out? What if you aren't together, do you think she will be happy or not?"

His hands turn into fists as he looks down at Caroline, sadly his mother's words has got under his skin. His mind races as he wonders what is it that she's seeing. All his fears creep out and he can do nothing about it.

"Do you think that you the one who leaves her or is it the other way around?" His mother go on. "It'd be heartbreaking, after all this waiting that you're doing." She sighs with much sadness on her face that he doesn't believe.

"Which reminds me actually, I have to admit, Stefan, I thought you were better than that… waiting for her rather than helping her find someone better than you? That was low. Especially from you."

He looks at her now.

"She's too young for you, Stefan. She deserves better. We both know that." She's walking to him now. The way her face looks concerned almost fools him, in fact, it does.

"She deserves better than the broken ripper, don't you think?" She tilts her head with a soft smile. Her hand goes up to stroke his cheek. "That's why I'm fixing what you've done, I'm giving her another chance. Maybe after seeing her future… maybe she'll see the truth."

He stares at her for while, his face giving away that she got him. That between all those words, she did what she wanted. His hand is soon on her wrist, holding her with much strength. "What are you doing?" He asks through gritted teeth.

She takes a step back, pulling her hand from his grip.

"I promised you that you'll know what devastating mean."

Her face is no longer showing any emotion, fake or not. Her face is blank.

"This is just the beginning."

Just like that, She and her friends are nowhere to be found. He looks around him and sees no one. His eyes look back at Caroline as he hears a gasp leaving her mouth. In a blink of an eye he's kneeling behind her, just in time to catch her as she falls backward. His arms hold her before putting her hair aside. Her eyes are now closed and she's completely unconscious.

"Caroline?"

His fingers stroke her cheek. His heart pounding in his chest as the seconds feel like years. He takes her home after that. And she wakes up after three hours of him staring at her. She doesn't talk then.

She doesn't tell him about the future she saw.

She doesn't tell him if she was happy or not

She doesn't tell him if it was with him or not.

And he doesn't ask.