Don't Push Me Away Chapter 2
Vampire Diaries Fanfiction
By: Bem3373
"I'm Caroline. The person you do not need to be talking to. Just put your stuff in the locker. You know the combo right?" "Yeah, but-" "Tyler replies. "Seriously. Bye." Caroline picks up her bookbag with the needed books and walks away, leaving a swarm of girls to walk up to him. One girl catches his eye. She has long straight brown hair and is talking to a small African-American girl. They look at him and the small girl looks away, but the girl with the brown hair smiles and walks up to him. The other girls leave as soon as she enters, and Tyler guesses that she is the 'queen-bee' and no one wants to mess with her. "Hi. I'm Elena. And you are?" She says boldly. Her friend says good bye to her and walks off. "I'm Tyler." "That's great. So you have to share a locker with Satan. That's rough." She says cruelly and with a smile. "I'm sorry? Her name's Caroline." Tyler is surprised at how defensive his voice sounds, especially since he just met Caroline. "Touchy. Sorry. So. Let me give you a personal tour." She expertly puts her arm around his, and leads him around the school, telling him what each room is. When the bell rings, she shows him where his room is, and walks off, her hips swaying side to side. Tyler enters the room and sits down.
Caroline leaves 4th period with a sigh. That new kid had been in EVERY class she had. She had to admit that he was cute, but she didn't want to ruin his life by becoming his friend. She heads towards the lunch room, and then realizes that she has no one to sit with. Matt had been here last year, as a senior, but he graduated (how, no one knows.) and left. Now Caroline was the senior and all alone. Deciding that the worse decision would be to run, Caroline walks into the lunch room. She had previously put her bookbag back into her locker, and had gotten her lunch in a brown paper bag. Walking into the room full of annoying teenagers, Caroline finds an empty table and sits down. Not soon after, Tyler walks in with a group of girls around him. He goes through the line and gets his food, and then scans the cafeteria. Spotting Caroline, he walks over and takes the seat next to her. Caroline can faintly hear people gasp, like out of a movie. "What did I tell you lover boy. Fraternizing with me is the wrong choice." Tyler smiles and laughs and says "I don't really care. Besides. You're kind of refreshing. Not throwing yourself at me." Caroline looks at him with an unbelieving smile on her face. "Rather cocky aren't you? I guess you're used to girls throwing themselves at you." Tyler laughs and smiles at her. "So what's for lunch?" Tyler asks. Caroline holds up a green apple and a bag of cheerios. "Nice lunch." Caroline smiles and looks at his food. "At least my lunch doesn't move." Tyler looks down at his food and picks up his fork. He looks up at Caroline and smiles daringly. "No! Don't!" She says laughing, and watches as he picks up a huge fork load of a green unidentifiable substance. He puts it in his mouth, chews, and opens his mouth to prove that he swallowed. Caroline laughs even harder and Tyler joins her. "You know, it's not that bad. Tastes kind of like dirt." Tyler says, earning another laugh. People stare at Caroline, not used to her laughing unless Matt had just inflicted humiliation or pain on someone. Caroline notices and gets up and walks ut of the room. Tyler watches her go, and stands to follow but Elena and some other girls surround him and keep him from leaving.
Caroline leaves the school after last period, and walks outside to see Matt's car, instead of the black car. Caroline starts walking away from it, and Matt gets out of the car and walks up to her. "I need to talk to you. Now." He says. "I don't want to talk. Leave me alone Matt." She retorts. "Hey. Don't talk to me that way. I'm talking to you Caroline." Caroline tries to walk around him but he steps in front of her. "I'm serious." Matt says. When Caroline keeps trying to walk away, Matt grabs her arms with his hands. "Let go of me Matt." Not until you talk to me!" Tyler walks out of the school and sees Caroline on the sidewalk with some blond guy holding onto her arms, while she struggled. Tyler walks up to them quickly and says "Is something the matter?" The man looks him up and down and smirks. "I don't think that you're involved in this. Why don't you just go run and play with your legos." Tyler glares at him. "Why don't you just let her go, and then you can go play with your matches." He retorts. Matt glares at him, and Caroline finally gets him to let go of her arms and glares at him. "Matt. Go to hell. Come on Tyler." Caroline grabs Tyler's hand, and walks away leaving Matt dumbfounded.