Not Your Girl
Chapter 1
Caroline
The streets of Dallas, Texas were abuzz with life as people happily chatted and hugged around her. Caroline's greatest joy in life was watching life through the eyes of others and trying to guess what their story was. It was the journalist in her that made her want to know as much about the life of these people that she surrounded herself with.
She turned one corner where she saw a couple in her line of vision. They were a couple in their teen years as the girl leaned in willing the guy to kiss her. This would be the beginning of their love story. Caroline could tell as she looked at the shy look on the guys face. She missed the days of first love as the guy placed his lips on the girls and she smiled the most beautiful smile. Caroline smiled back at them as she made her way into the alleyway that would take her back to her house. The house that she had worked years for. The house that had finally became hers.
Before she could make it she felt a shove as her face hit the wall making her fall down on the hard concrete. She groaned touching her head before looking up into the eyes of a guy in a mask. She tried to scream but the guy put his hand on her mouth and a knife to her throat.
"Don't make a sound." he said taking her purse.
When he got up a piece of ply wood smashed him over the guys head as another one appeared illuminated by the lights of the street. She panted getting up and taking back her purse with a kick to the guys side.
"Thank you." she said to other guy breathless.
"No problem he deserved it."
"Well thank you for saving me. I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't helped me."
"Well I'm glad I did."
She smiled as she extended her hand.
"Hi I'm Caroline Forbes."
"Stefan Salvatore."
"Well I wish we could have met under better circumstances."
"Me too."
"Well I guess I better get going. I guess I'll see you when I see you."
"You bet you will Caroline Forbes."
She smiled at Stefan as she made her way home.
When she got to her house she opened the door and was met by the smiling faces of her family. Her husband Klaus pulled her to him and gave her one of his earth shattering kisses as she smiled at him thankful that she had him and their two kids to come home to.
Her teenaged stepdaughter, Hope was at the table doing her homework as her five year old daughter Violet came up and gave her a hug.
"Mommy, You're home."
"That I am sweetie. How did your day go?"
"It was awesome, but it's better now that you're here."
She smiled and pulled all her family into a hug glad that out of everything she had been through she had at least had this and that was more than enough.