Chapter 1: Take me back to the start

Author Note:

Before starting reading please take a minute to read this note so you can understand it better.

First of all, vampires or any type of magic does not exist in this world. I will write another fanfiction that will include magic but not for now. I already planned the entire story so do not worry, I know where I am going with this! And finally, English is not my first language so I am sorry if I make some mistakes from time to time.

Without further due, here's my story!

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"Nobody said it was easy,

it's such a shame for us to part.

Nobody said it was easy,

no one ever said it would be this hard.

Oh, take me back to the start"

"The Scientist" - Coldplay

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"We're done."

Her words were still echoing in her head as drove home. Two years of building a relationship and it all ended in a few seconds. She was still holding back her tears and she did not know how much longer she could act like it was nothing. She finally arrived at her apartment, got out of the car and rushed to go inside. As she waited for the elevator to come she hoped that Elena and Bonnie were not home. Since graduation, they all decided to live together in an apartment near the college where they go. It was a little hard sometimes but she never regretted moving in with her high school best friends. But today was different. She just wanted to run in her bedroom and let all her emotions out. She wanted to cry and be angry at him. But the last thing she wanted was to run into one of her best friend and having to tell the whole story of what happened. Talking about it would not fix it; it would make her feel worse. Nothing could actually fix her and Tyler anymore.

She turned the key in the lock of the front door of the apartment and tried to make as little noise as she can. No one was in the living room and no lights were on. She let out a little sight and took off her coat and shoes. She slowly walked to her room, closed the door and crashed on her bed.

"We're done."

This time she did not hold it back. She started crying, burying her face in her pillow. Suddenly everything came rushing to the surface. All the good moments, the love they had,… She stayed there for a few minutes, feeling sadder than ever. But she then started to think about what led to the break up. All this time when he tried to control her life, decide what was good and bad for her, even when he was on the verge of being violent. Her mood shifted from sad to angry. Because, yes, in the end she was mostly angry at him. All she has been the perfect girlfriend to him. She was loving, and sweet and even though they were not in the same college and did not see each other a lot she stayed faithful. Then why was did he need to have so much control over her life? She confronted him about this but she never got a real answer. That is when she decided she was done with him. No more second chances.

She got up from her bed and walked to her desk. She looked at the picture of her and Tyler. She looked happy on them. She could not deny that they were happy at some point. High school was a good period for them. She was the cute cheerleader and he was on the football team, everyone knew that they were the perfect match. Well, apparently they were not. She tore the photo into million pieces. She did the same to all the other pictures. Pictures of Prom, graduation, summer vacation,… everything. She could not stand looking at them anymore. Anger grew in her heart and she started to throw everything that was on her desk away. Papers, pens, everything went flying and on the floor. She even hit her lamp that broke, causing a big sound. She did not like that lamp anyway, she convinced herself. She then headed to her closet where she threw all the clothes that he bought her on the floor. She stopped for a second and watched her room, completely messy. She was out of breath and felt like crying again, but this time she was not angry at him but angry at herself. She never should have trusted him or cared for him. She was angry at herself for loving her even though he was not deserving of her love anymore.

"Is something wrong?" asked Elena when she entered Caroline's room.

She must have been awakened by the sound of the lamp breaking. Caroline was standing in the middle of her room, everything broken on the floor, with her puffy because of crying. She knew that she could not lie at this point and pretend that she was ok.

"Tyler and I broke up tonight." She said trying to sound as emotionless as possible.

"Oh my God, are you ok? What happened?" Elena asked as she walked to Caroline. They both sat on her bed, looking at each other for a long time before Caroline finally talked.

"He was being super controlling again. I confronted him about it, told him I was not ok with that. We got into a big argument which ended up by me saying that we were done." Her voice was soft and low as she told her story. She was surprised by her self-control as she did not cried or even felt the urge to cry.

"I'm sorry." Elena said as she hugged Caroline tightly.

"Well, I'm not." Caroline replied as she pulled out from the hug.

"What do you mean?"

"He was a jerk to me for the last six month. I'm better off without him." As she finally put in words her emotions, Caroline found back her self-confidence and started to smile a little.

"Then why did you do… that?" She asked as she showed her the room.

"Yeah… I was angry." She said on a humoristic tone. It was true but she preferred to laugh about it now that she was calm. Both of the girl laughed.

"Ok, then let me help you clean everything up!" Elena proposed with a big smile.

"No, don't worry. I'll do it, go back to sleep."

Elena hugged Caroline one last time before leaving the room. Caroline sat on her bed for a minute thinking. She was grateful for having a best friend like Elena. Even though she did not wanted to talk about her break up, Elena's smile and hugs helped her to feel a lot better. She knew that she was here for her but Elena really knew how to turn Caroline's day around.

She finally got up and started cleaning. Most of the things she threw on the floor were memories of her relationship with Tyler. It sounded normal to threw everything away and never look back on them. Tyler was the first guy she ever loved. But now she knew that he was not going to be the last.

As she cleaned up some papers she found something she had not seen in a while. It was note book her mother gave her when she was 10 or 11. At this time she wanted to be a writer. Her mother gave her the cutest note book ever to encourage her to realize her dream. Unfortunately she never fulfilled this dream. Lack of time? Of motivation? Maybe both. High school totally transformed her into a different person. She used to be quiet and shy. But when high school came around she ended up being friend with all of the "popular" guys and girls so she eventually became popular too. She started to act shallow, stopped focusing on school and writing to focus on boys and cheerleading. A part of her wanted to be this shy girl again.

She looked through the notebook to discover some of the stories she use to write. Of course, it was not extremely good. She was only 10 when she wrote them, but it made her so happy to go back to that period of time where she dreamed of her prince charming. Nobody ever told her that it was just illusions; she found it the hard way.

She spent hours looking back to a time where she was just an innocent girl. Some tears ran through her cheeks as she realized that this time was gone and was never coming back. Then she decided that she was done feeling sorry for herself. She wiped the tears from her cheeks and open up her notebook to a new clean page.

"We're done."

The words echoed one last time in her head. This time she knew it was for the best. She wanted a fresh start, a new beginning. A new page to write her story on.

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Author note:

This chapter is pretty short but it's more of a prologue than an actual chapter.

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Next chapter: Caroline will meet a guy… named Niklaus ;)