"You woke me up for this." Damon Salvatore mutters to Caroline Forbes, a scowl on his face at the sight before him.
Hearing that Bonnie and Stefan were in a relationship was one thing but seeing it was another. While a part of him is surprised at the latest coupling of the group, the rest of him isn't. The martyr complex the two shared was bound to bring them together eventually. Whether it was platonic or romantic. Yet that was also the one thing he counted on them never happening anything beyond friends. Being as though they were loyal to Elena to a fault. But they had obviously gotten past it from what he has seen so far. The only thing he was left in the dark about is the when and the how. Both of which everyone seemed to be determined to keep from him. Bonnie and Stefan would probably fill him in. Well once they started speaking to him again, they would. Usually all it took was an apology—and a little effort when it came to Bonnie—and everyone automatically forgave him but this time it was different. Damon assumed he would never see Bonnie again so he never gave much thought to having to work for her forgiveness. And as for Stefan, he expected his little brother to forgive him without a second thought. After the whole thing with Elena, it never crossed his mind that there would be anything that Stefan wouldn't be able to look past. But he was obviously wrong.
Now here he was after what has apparently been three years. Trying to fix the exact type of thing he hoped he was preventing from happening in the first place. So ultimately—aside from waiting for Elena to wake up—his decision to dessicate himself had been pointless. Because now the only thing he had going for himself was everyone pretty much deciding that if he didn't care about them then they should return the favor.
"No," Caroline denies his accusation, barely fighting the urge to roll her eyes "you were woken up so you could save your brother and best friend's lives. Do you seriously think I want to be standing here talking to you? I have a career and two little girls that are looking for me." She shoves her phone into her pocket after sending a text to Alaric "Besides, if it were up to me I wouldn't have woken you up until Elena was sixty years old."
"It doesn't exactly look like I'm needed. Or wanted." Damon points out, grimacing as Stefan smiles down at Bonnie, averting his gaze from the couple entirely once Bonnie cups Stefan's face, standing on the tip of her toes to kiss him. Ever since he helped saved Stefan, the vampire had basically wrote him off. The only reason his brother was even paying attention to him now was because of Bonnie.
"You left them even though they begged you not to. After all that you've done to them. You climbing into that coffin was like one big screw you. So of course they're not going to welcome you back with welcome arms. I mean," Caroline pushes herself off of the car both herself and Damon are leaning against "you have Alaric" she stresses the previous hunter's name to make her point "pissed at you. Did you really think Bonnie would be excited to see you?"
"I was trying to protect them." Damon grits, not understanding how no one was seeing it the way he was.
"Well it didn't work." Caroline pointlessly points out "It actually made things worse. So now here's your chance to fix it. Don't screw it up."
"And you're actually okay with this?" Damon changes the subject. Having grown tired of how this was 'his fault' and that 'he shouldn't have left' and 'blah blah blah'. Rolling his eyes as those thoughts go through his mind.
Caroline frowns at the elder Salvatore's obvious attempt at deflection, but gives in wanting to get the whole situation over with. Her best friend's life had an expiration date and now she was being forced to spend time with Damon Salvatore of all people. "It's not like it wasn't coming. Best friends," she motions towards Damon and herself "don't see their situations the same way that they did. So they have to look out for themselves...again." she adds under her breath, blue eyes lowering in shame "Mix that with them having crappy past and at some point and time slightly shitty friends, and..." she trails off motioning towards Bonnie and Stefan.
"So you're okay with your ex boyfriend and your best friend hooking up?" Damon repeats, noticing how she dodged his question.
Just as Caroline parts her lips to respond she looks up to see Bonnie and Stefan walking her way.
"Enzo says Rayna just give him our first name." Bonnie says making a point of looking at Caroline.
"So how are we doing this?" Caroline questions, hoping that she doesn't have to ride with Damon. A smile splitting across her face when Bonnie grins at her. "You think you can manage being apart?" She teases.
"Yeah, from what I've seen you two have been pretty much fused together at the mouth." Damon chimes in, the humor in his voice not quite reaching his eyes as he stares at Bonnie.
"Unless you'd rather ride with Damon." Bonnie ignores the vampire.
"Point taken," Caroline plays along, slipping her arm though Bonnie's leading the way to her car.
"So you and Bon Bon..." Damon tries as the witch walks away without as much as a glance at him. Blue eyes rolling when the closest he gets to a response from his brother is the youngest Salvatore glaring at him as he climbs into the backseat.
And they have the nerve to call him childish.