FYI, Caroline's not a vampire, but Stefan and Enzo are, and Caroline's aware of this…

STEFAN'S POV:

Caroline seemed to have disappeared off the face of the planet. Normally I wouldn't be too worried, but so had Enzo. He was angry, furious in fact, at me giving up on finding Damon and I knew he wanted revenge, and couldn't help but think he had something planned and was going to use her in some way, shape or form to punish me…

Pulling up outside her house, I saw the lights were on. Climbing out of the car, locking it behind me, I made my way up the steps and onto the porch, knocking on the front door…

"Caroline?" I called "Caroline, are you home?"

CAROLINE'S POV:

"Enzo!" I proclaimed as I turned from where I'd been taking the rubbish out, seeing him standing in my back door doorway "What are you doing here?"

"You look beautiful…" he admitted

"Thanks, I think." I replied "You didn't answer my question though, why are you here?"

"How about we have a little fun?" he suggested, raising an eyebrow at me

"Okay, what sort of fun?" I inquired

"Why don't you come inside and find out?" he questioned

STEFAN'S POV:

I let my hand reach out to the door handle, turning it, finding it was unlocked. Stepping inside, the house was eerily silent. Shutting the door behind me, I called Caroline's name again…

CAROLINE'S POV:

"Looks like your knight in shining armour's here," Enzo chuckled "how about I break his neck? Then I can have my wicked way with you…"

"Why are you doing this?" I asked

"Why do you think?" he questioned "He gave up on Damon!"

"Do you think he wanted to?" I inquired "Really? Damon's his brother. He loves him!"

"Then why did he give up on him?" he asked

"He felt he had no other choice," I informed him "he did everything he possibly could to find him but it all led to nothing. He was scared that he'd never see his brother again and gave up. You can't blame him for that…"

"Well I do." he admitted "And because I do, unfortunately you have to be punished."

"Why me?" I questioned

"Because you're the one Stefan cares about the most." he informed me "Me hurting you will kill him!"

STEFAN'S POV:

I'd searched the entire downstairs of the house and couldn't find Caroline anywhere. Stopping at the stairs, I pulled my phone from my pocket and dialled her number, hearing her phone ring from the living room. Walking through, I located it and ended the call…

"Caroline!" I proclaimed

CAROLINE'S POV:

"He's downstairs…" I whispered as Enzo's lips pressed against my neck and I tried to push him away "He'll find us any minute, you wait and see!"

"Okay, then the fun really begins…" he chuckled as he threw me onto my bed, vampire speeding over to me, moving to hover over me

STEFAN'S POV:

"Caroline, are you up here?" I questioned as I reached the landing "Caroline?"

I was about to step forward when I heard muffles coming from her bedroom. Swallowing a lump in my throat, I waited a second and heard her whimpering…

CAROLINE'S POV:

"Ah, here he is…" Enzo proclaimed as Stefan burst into my bedroom "Why don't you come and join the fun? There's plenty of her to go around…"

"Get off of her, now!" Stefan hissed

"Why so angry, Stefan?" he questioned

"I said get off her!" he proclaimed, vampire speeding across the room to him, throwing him off of me and into the wall

"Now we're playing…" Enzo chuckled "C'mon, Stefan, I know you can do better than that."

STEFAN'S POV:

I lifted Enzo to his feet and pushed him against the wall, throwing continuous punches to his face...

"Stefan, stop, please!" Caroline begged

"Go downstairs and wait for me there, Caroline." I replied

"Please, just stop." she proclaimed

"How am I meant to stop?" I questioned

"Look at me," she replied, my head turning as she spoke "and then look at him. Just stop."

Punching him once more, I let his body fall to the ground and vampire sped over to Caroline, enveloping her in my arms, speeding us out of the room and out to my car…

"Where are we going?" she asked

"To mine," I informed her "you'll be safe there."

CAROLINE'S POV:

Stefan and I arrived back at his and he opened the front door for me, letting me in first. Shutting it behind us, he moved into the living room and poured us a glass of bourbon each, handing mine to me. Taking the glass from him, I let the fingers of my free hand brush over his grazed knuckles…

"Does it hurt?" I asked

"Not much." he replied

"Thank you." I whispered, keeping my eyes fixed on his knuckles "Thank you for finding me, thank you for saving me."

I watched as he moved his glass into his injured hand and tilted my chin up, our eyes locking…

"Why don't you go and get cleaned up?" he suggested "I'll leave you some clothes of mine in my bedroom."

"Are you sure?" I inquired

He nodded his head… "Then tomorrow we'll go back to yours and sort things out."

"Okay." I replied

STEFAN'S POV:

I made my way upstairs and into my bedroom a little before an hour later, finding Caroline laid on my bed, her eyes fixated on the ceiling…

"Sorry, I…" she began

"It's fine," I replied "are you tired?"

She nodded her head as I moved over to the bed and laid on the other side…

"Doubt I'll be able to sleep though," she admitted, sighing heavily "every time I close my eyes I just see Enzo's face. I really thought he was going to hurt me."

"Hey," I whispered, pulling her into me as she began to cry "I'm not going to let anything happen to you, I promise. I'm going to look after you and keep you safe, you have my word on that."

"Thank you." she replied

CAROLINE'S POV:

I reluctantly moved myself away from Stefan a number of minutes later and sat up, arranging a pillow behind my head as I rested against the headboard…

"You feeling any better?" he asked

"Not really, but I feel better knowing you're here and that you're not going anywhere." I admitted

He smiled at me warmly as I glanced at him…

"You should try and get some sleep." he informed me

"Okay." I replied

Swallowing a lump in my throat, I laid myself down and turned on my side facing Stefan, smiling at him warmly as he brought the blanket that laid at the foot of his bed over my body…

"Thanks." I whispered

"You're welcome." he replied, tucking some stray behind my ear "Shut your eyes, I'm not going anywhere."

Doing as he said, I shut my eyes and felt the bed dip. Resisting the urge to open my eyes, I felt his hot breath hit my face and I then resisted the urge to smile, realising he was laid opposite me, not going anywhere like he'd promised…

Honest thoughts please, ladies and gents…