A/N I dont own any Vampire Diaries characters and rights blah blah blah they belong to Julie and CW and whoever else has there fingers in that honey pot so dont sue k :)
P.S. I didn't get this Beta cuuuuuuz I had no time before work to oops sorry! This isn't a one shot so the other chappies will actually be Beta'd
It's raining, again Caroline sighs covers her hair with a newspaper heels clicking against the cobble stone running for cover. The night had started out a bit more overcast than expected and she had felt in her bones, her dead vampire corpse body that it was going to pour. She scowled vindication was not so sweet. The rain made everything in her little town of Spain muggy, the kind of humidity that caused her clothes to stick to her body and her curls to tighten just a tad. Taking out her key she turned the lock and stepped inside to her place shaking out the newspaper by the door so it wouldn't drip on the hard wood. Freezing she felt a presence behind her this was not going to be a robber's lucky night if he chose her place to rob but she may get a midnight snack. Turning she had her assailant pressed against the wall but in a blur she was the one who's back hit it instead. Warm brown eyes and prominent brows stared back at her Caroline blinked it had been a long time since she had seen Stefan Salvatore but here he was in the flesh
"How did you find me?" she asked he smiled
"I hired someone" the questions burning on her tongue of course were why and when and what changed, what happened but there would be time for that
"Want something to drink?
"Now it's midnight Care?" he smirked
"It's 5:00 somewhere" she quipped he ran a hand through his hero hair and tousled it so it looked better than before and shrugged
"Sure why not".
The kettle shrieked and Caroline stood up to take it off the stove everything here was old school, time had touched it but not changed it and that's why she loved it. Her little cottage was a far cry from the skyscraper in Tokyo she had owned and the best and most exclusive fashion and clubs she ran with, she had thought that was more her style turns out you could take the girl out of the small town but you couldn't take the small town out of the girl or something like that. Sitting down she poured Stefan a cup he took it and thanked her
"so been awhile"
"oh please like I wasn't going to say it" he chuckled and blew on the steaming cup
"you wouldn't be you otherwise" he answered genially and they sat in silence for a moment
"so" she sighed drumming her fingernails on the table "what brings you here?"
"5 minutes I'm impressed" he leans over and nudges her elbow the act is so familiar so comforting something she hasn't had for so long it physically hurts
"I'm working on the whole neurotic thing"
"You shouldn't change who you are Caroline" he chides gently a few Carolines ago she may have run with that but she's not her and Stefan is avoiding and she knows he's here to drop a bomb
"Don't deflect Stef" she places her hand on his he stares at it for a long time breathing deeply and Carolines concern jumps to worry
"it's Silas" she removes her hand as if he burnt her and looks at him, really looks at him he's still handsome to be sure it's almost a crime but he also looks worn and ragged. They are both remembering how he was when she found him, crying, screaming crawling along the ground digging his face into the dirt worshipping it as if he would never see it again in his prison under the falls
"What about him?" she swallows and he turns to her
"He's looking for me"
"What does he want with you" she questions he shrugs and gets up so abruptly she flinches
"I don't know, I don't know Care and I know I shouldn't have come here it puts you in grave danger, but I need somewhere to go "questions of Damon and Elena want to bubble forth but the implication that heartbreak and betrayal perhaps even the humiliation of the history between all of them stops her she's out of her seat and arms around him before she can question it, girly little Caroline still buried deep in her
"of course you can stay here" she make him look at her "that's not even a question you are welcome Stefan and we will face Silas together" the weight on his shoulders seems to physically lift and he sags back into her embrace running his hands up and down her back, she leans into him for a moment before she put some distance between them, it has been a long time since she last released some frustration and his touch is igniting something she knows can lead to no where good. He complies and sits back down
"we should call the others and warn them Stef"
"I don't want to bother them yet…until I know" Caroline understands the less people the less panic the better
"Damon and Elena deserve to know" she has to point that out he's Silas's family as much as Stefan is and just as much a target. Stefan shoots her a look and it's almost unreadable
"Nobody told you…." He looks so pained and Caroline frowns
"Told me what?" she questions
"Elena" he starts but there is a lump in his throat and he chokes not able to say the words but Caroline is done with pushing back her neurotic self something is really wrong and grabs him by the shoulders shaking
"Elena is what Stefan" she demands it takes her a moment to realize that it's not Stefan that is shaking but her
"A vampire hunter attacked Damon and her on there trip to Africa Damon fought him off but he had a tribe behind him and only one got away". Caroline can feels the hot tears stream down her cheeks the rain pounding on her tin roof feels a million miles away she staggers into her living room, everything on her feels heavy no not Elena Stefan wraps himself around her as she rages and cries and eventually she feels herself give up and sink to the floor he goes with her gently holding her she feels his tears against the back of her neck she had run like a coward away from Klaus and his forever in Tokoyo and away from Tyler and Mystic Falls and a new start. Away from the golden couple Damon and Elena, she had thrown her phone in the river and not looked back taking for granted there forever that they would always be there, and now Elena was gone she wasn't there for Caroline to ignore and it ripped her apart. When she quieted down and collected herself she looked at Stefan who was staring at her intently
"When" her voice was hoarse from crying he wiped a tear off her cheek
"5 years ago" five she mouthed and she hadn't known. A burning resentment started in her gut 5 fucking years and nobody had told her she shoved him away feeling physically sick
"5 years and you are only now tracking me down" she yelled he looked up at her for a moment before he blurred to his feet and pushed her against the wall
"you left Caroline with no word on where you were or how to contact you sorry you weren't first priority for me while I was trying to stop my brother from killing himself" he snapped Caroline sighed knowing he had a point but he had 5 years for the pain to dull about Elena's passing for her it was a sharp knife digging into a wound for the first time and it hurt. She wanted to destroy something she wanted to rip into an innocent and feed feed and squeeze and squeeze until she heard the satisfying crack. His arms went around her waist and he pulled her close hugging her, comforting her even now
"We have to get Damon Stefan…were all that's left if Elena is" she couldn't bring herself to say it so he took pity on her
"gone"
"Then he has no one and Silas could get to him easily"
"Damon is smart"
"Damon lost the woman he loves more than life and Silas can look like anybody Stef" Stefan swore and threaded his hands into her hair pushing himself closer
"O.k. Caroline I'll call Damon"
"no we need to bring him here, he needs to be close we all need to stick together" she snuggled into his shoulder he smelled like rain, mystic falls, warm tea and something just Stefan she hadn't realized she had missed it so much until now "I wasn't here before I needed to go and explore, but I'm not going anywhere this time and you are staying with me and so is he…until we figure this out and maybe even after we do because I might never let you go"
"I missed you to Caroline" was his only response it was the only one she needed.
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