I was surprised when Caroline started to follow me, when i left she had stayed behind i had assumed she would go off to warn her friends that there was a wolf in town. But about ten minutes after I lost sight of her the wind changed and brought her scent to my attention.
Curious to see what she was up to i carried on as if i hadn't noticed her presence and walk through the woods loudly whistling out of tune with the morning birds in the trees.
Eventually i hit a road and picked up on my own scent from the night before, useing my scent i retraced my steps through the night and soon arrived at strip of road i had parked my truck.
It was exactly as i had left it, my old beat up truck sat on the cirb of the road clearly visible thanks to the red paint job. walking up to it i gave the hood a slap and smiled at the satisfying metallic clang which rang off, i pull open the drivers side door and grab the duffle bag inside. Opening up the bag i took out my own clothes which i quickly changed into replacing the shirt a jeans Caroline gave me with my own probably less fashionable shirt and torn jeans. Neatly i folded Carolines clothes and put them on the seat of my truck before clambering in a starting up the engine.
The truck came to life with an over enthusiastic roar as i turned the key. I wound down the window and called out to Caroline knowing she was still nearby "you going my way?" i shouted. After an indecisive silence i heard a quick woosh of foot steps before the cluck of the handle as Caroline climbed into the truck, turning in my seat to face her i let a smile form on my face "you know" i said "while i consider it faltering most people don't approve of stalking" this invoked another eye roll "i wasn't" she denied.
Putting the car in gear i pulled away a headed in the direction of the town center, "okay then what were you doing then?" i asked "trying to avoid that awkward situation when you say good bye to someone and head in the same direction?". Caroline slumped back in her seat "i just wanted to see if you were telling me the truth" she sounded sincere but it's always hard to tell with vampires somthing about death really improves your deception skills. "Well as you can see this is in fact the truck i said i was going to" i said gesturing around me with one hand making sure to keep the other on the wheel we both would survive a crash but my non existent insurance would be a problem.
"I can see that but i don't know you Jason if that is your name you could be anyone" chuckling to myself i quickly glanced at her confused face before returning my eyes to the road "if i could be anyone" i said "why would you get into a car with me?". Caroline went quiet for a minute as she thought through what i had said " ah ha" i gloated "me thinks you done goofed" but sensing i was digging my own grave i quickly added "you're lucky i'm a man of honesty".
"well you could be look at it from my point of view" she said as i stopped for a red light and turned my head to give her my full attention "i'm walking through the woods when out of no where a flying set of teeth comes at you then said set of teeth turn into a guy who does not give you an explanation as to why he's here and quickly walks off aimlessly into the forest". A loud blast for the car behind me horn alerted me that the light had changed so i quickly drove on "okay so im sensing you want answers" i said "well if you answer a question of mine i will give you a straight answer in return". I took my hand of the wheel a extended it for her to shake but instead she lunges forward and grabs the wheel i have completely abandoned.
"okay okay" she said hastily shaking my hand before putting it back of the wheel for me "good you go first since you went to the trouble of getting me clothes which really wasn't necessary by the way, ask away". Now sitting forward ready the grab the wheel again Caroline nods "okay why are you in Mystic Falls?" a bit predictable but as good a question as any "i'm looking for someone, a relative of sorts and i heard they were in the area". Caroline relaxed in her seat again confident i wasn't going to let go of the wheel again "who are you looking for?" i ignored her question and shook my head "my turn". "Who's Damon?" i asked my question seemed to catch her off guard "how do you..?" i cut her off again "answer my question first" Caroline crossed her arms and creased her face this topic was obviously not a favorite.
"Damon is a douche" she said turning to look out the window "there more to it than that" i guessed, i glanced over at her and instantly decided to drop the subject her expression made it all too obvious that this was that this was too much so soon. "I overheard you on the phone to him" i said "before you came in and to be honest he does sound like a bit of a prick" this brought out a smile on Caroline's face. "go on your turn" i urged wanting to change to subject "okay where are you from?".
"i've come from a lot of places" i said being deliberately vague "where are you from originally?" she asked i little bit more cheerful now we were back to questioning me "England" i said smiling a bit at the memories of home which came with the name. "You're a bit far from home aren't you?" i nodded "yes but i think you'll find it my turn to interrogate you" i said slowing down as traffic enveloped the road ahead. "go on then" Caroline said squirming in her seat "what was a nice girl like you doing in the forest in the middle of the night all alone?" i asked putting a bit too much sarcasm on the nice which brought me a punch on the shoulder.
"unlike you" she said "i was not out there for sinister reasons i went out there to be alone it can get pretty noisy in town sometimes and the vamp senses don't help" i nodded in agreement, i knew all too well that supernatural senses are more of a burden when you're around a large number of humans. "fair enough your turn" i said Caroline nodded and took a few moments to think of a good question "okay... how did you know i was a vampire?" i answered this with three loud sniffs once again taking in the strawberry and rotting smell of Caroline "vampires have a certain smell its kind of like rotting meat". Caroline gasped at the insult to her smell "its nothing about you personally all vampire have that smell and humans can't even smell it so it doesn't even matter". She looked unconvinced and still a little insulted but luckily Caroline didn't linger on the subject "my turn" i said but i didn't get the chance to ask as we turned the corner a Caroline pointed to a house on the left.
Pulling up on the cirb Caroline jumped out and walked around the the driver's window "looks like your questions will go unanswered Jason" i nodded "looks like it, but maybe i'll see you around and get to the bottom of it" Caroline straightened up a shrugged "maybe" she said before turning and walk up to the door before waving to me and going inside.