A/N: I'm sorry it's taken so long for me to update. Never the less, the update is here now! ^_^ While I wrote this I listened to Breathe Again by Sara Bareilles. I think it really fit with this chapter. :3 Read and Review please.
An hour or so later, Caroline roused from her sleep. Blinking her eyes open wearily, she looked around. In her hand she clutched her sheets tightly to herself, her head rest against something hard and strong. Twisting in the bed, she turned her head and saw Damon. They sat in her bed, Damon behind her, she in his lap, her head rest on his chest.
"I was wondering when you were going to wake up." He said in a voice just above a whisper, watching her with soft eyes.
"Damon," Caroline asked, confusion coming across her features. "What're you doing?"
" You don't remember?"
"No. Would you mind explaining?" she snapped back.
A soft chuckle escaped his lips, "Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." She tossed a glare his way and he sighed, putting his hands up in the air in defense. "Sheesh, calm down." He said.
"Just…I'm sorry. Could you please tell me?" she asked a bit more nicely.
" Apology accepted. Sure thing. I stopped by to drop off your mom's phone that she left at the house. I mentioned something about Tyler, you broke down in tears. We sat in the front hallway for a while, I stayed to comfort you, I kissed you, and then you fell asleep." He finished.
It took Caroline a moment to process everything. I kissed you, rang through her mind several times. Taking a deep breath she sat up, swung her legs over the side of the bed, and stood up. Facing him now she began to speak. " Well, now I remember." She said wearily.
"How could you have forgotten?" he asked quizzically.
"I don't know. Okay. I just did."
"Caroline…you seem on edge, are you..okay?"
"No, Damon. I'm not okay. Okay, do I look like I'm okay?" she said, her voice raising in volume.
Suddenly he was in front of her, cupping her face in his hands, his eyes searching hers. "No," he said in a whisper. "You don't look like you're okay. You look like you've been through hell. Your father just died, the guy that supposedly loves you just left you, and that bastard of a Hybrid keeps drawing you pictures which is extremely creepy." He stated.
"You saw those?" she asked with a raised brow.
He nodded, "I did." He said reaching over to the bedside table and picking up the picture, looking at it momentarily. "Well, he certainly got one thing right."
"What's that?" she asked.
"Your smile. Your beauty. He's captured it just perfectly."
A small blush spread across her cheeks, "I…Thank you." She whispered.
Setting the picture down he turned back towards her, crossing his arms over his chest. "So, what's got you so riled up?"
" I…Well," she began, words just slipping out of her mouth. How was she to say this? You kissed me, took advantage of me. Get out. ? she shook her head, and looked at him dead on. The lights in her room were hitting him just perfectly, soft and leaving a translucent glow. He looked….nice, handsome, sexy, anything that could possibly describe Damon Salvatore as being hot. "You kissed me." She said simply.
" I did." He agreed.
" Okay. And?"
"What?"
"What do you mean what? You kissed me, Damon! I'm dating Tyler, and you kissed me. Now, I've not only got Klaus trying to win my affection but you too!"
"I didn't kiss you because I like you Caroline."
A look of hurt crossed over her features, "I kissed you because I could tell that at that moment what you needed was love. Someone to be there for you, to hold you. And it just so happened that in that moment, I was the one there for you."
She looked up at him, "You didn't have to though. I would've been knowing that you stayed. That would've been just fine."
" People care about you Caroline, don't shut them out."
Slowly a smirk spread across her features, "Careful Damon. People may start to think that you actually care."
"Well, when it comes to certain people, I do. Care that is." He said, a grin spreading across his features.
"Wait, what?" Elena asked, her eyes wide.
" Damon and I kissed."
"I'm sorry, repeat that." Bonnie said softly.
A small smile came to Caroline's face, "Damon and I kissed. How many more times will I have to repeat it you guys?"
"Enough times, until we believe it." Both girls said.
"It's not that hard to believe."
"Uh, yes it is." Bonnie said.
Caroline scoffed watching them, "He was there when I needed him. He was the only one there for me."
"Just the other night we were there for you Care!" Elena exclaimed.
"Yeah, but not in the way I needed."
"And what exactly was it that you needed?"
" To be loved. Someone to hold me, care for me, about me. I just…I needed something other then girlfriends to talk it out with, stay up all night and eat ice cream with until we passed out."
The other two girls took a moment to let that all sink in, and eventually a comfortable silence fell over the group. It wasn't until Elena's phone rang, and she got up to go and take the call that Bonnie finally spoke once more.
"So, you and Damon kissed."
"Yeah." Caroline said. "We already established that."
"So?"
"Do you have any idea what this is going to do to Elena?"
"Bonnie, what're you talking about?"
" She's pretty much got Stefan and Damon wrapped around her finger. She feels something for both of them, whether or not it's love. But, you kissing Damon? Do you have any idea how hurt she'll be?"
"Oh, so now I'm getting ridiculed for kissing someone?"
"No, I'm just sayi-"
"No, I know exactly what you're saying. Until I see Damon and Elena getting it on in a bathroom, or publicly making out, then I'll back off, and let them be together. Only then. But, as of right now, I don't see any of that happening. So I'd say he's fair game."
" She's your friend, how could you say something like that?"
Caroline shook her head, and just looked at Bonnie. "I've got to go."
Just then , Elena came back, seeing Caroline getting ready to leave. "Were you headed?" she asked.
"I'm supposed to meet Damon at the Grille." She said with a shrug, before heading out the door a small bounce in her step.
As the door shut behind her, Bonnie looked over at Elena. "Lena?" she asked.
"What?"
"You okay?"
"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well, as of right now, you look like you want to kill Caroline."
" I…" she took a moment to gather her thoughts. " Wait, you don't feel something for Damon...do you?" Bonnie interrupted.
"No! I…I love Stefan, I know that. Do I feel something for Damon? I..I don't know."
"You'll have to choose eventually."
"I know." She said in between clenched teeth.
"Well, then I guess Damon's fair game."
"Bonnie!" Elena scoffed.
"What? He is." She said with a shrug.
A/N: Sooo….what'd you think of the update? Let me know in the reviews please. Chapter three should be coming soon.
