Title: Saving Carol Lockwood

Category: Vampire Diaries

Characters: Caroline and Tyler

Summary: Caroline goes for a walk instead of going to the Salvatore house. This is a good thing because she saves Tyler's mom from being killed by Klaus. Happy mother's day to all mom's.

Status: Complete

AN: I don't own anything if I did Carol would have never died.

AN2: This is for all the mothers out there happy Mother's day

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Chapter 3

Tyler woke up before Caroline or his mom did, forgetting at first, where he was at. He went downstairs finding Elena in the kitchen with coffee and food. "Don't worry, I got this at the Grill, minus the coffee," Elena said. Caroline had filled her in earlier that morning when she'd found the three of them in the guest room. "You can stay here as long as you need,"

Tyler took the coffee, but turned the food down. He wasn't in the mood to eat, at least not real food. However, he was suppressing the other craving he was having. "Thanks," he hadn't talked to Elena much since she had become a vampire. He was too busy dealing with the problems he'd been having. "How are you doing?" he asked.

"I've been better, I love Damon, I'm sired to him, and my brother is a vampire hunter wanting to kill me," She said before taking a drink of the coffee, "What about you?" she realized she hadn't had chance to thank Tyler for saving her at the wake they'd had for the ones that died. He'd gone up there to draw attention away from her and he'd taken a stake meant for her if she thought about it.

"Been better too," he was still trying to make up for almost getting Jeremy killed last year. He would have gotten in front of the van if he knew what Klaus was up to. He had saved Elena by calling Stefan and Damon a few months earlier when Klaus had taken her. He'd gone back for her and about gotten his self killed, but he didn't care. "I'm sorry for everything that has happened, if you need anything let me know," he couldn't do a lot seeing as he was wanted dead, but he'd help.

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"You staying alive is what you can do for me," Elena said, "Your mom and Caroline's are the only two parents left in our circle of friends," she'd lost her adopted parents to a car crash, but her biological parents and Jenna were gone do to vampires and a hybrid.

"I forgave you for what happened with Jer, you saved my life twice now," he had probably done it more, but those were the two she knew. Caroline loved him and it was all she needed to know. "Just don't let him win," Klaus was taking everything from them, but they couldn't keep letting him. This was their town not his.

"I almost lost her last night trying free my pack," he didn't know if Elena knew his original plan, but he was sure Caroline had told her by now if she knew what she did. "I have an idea on how to keep them safe, I just have to talk to my mom," he said finishing the coffee, it had helped some, but he was still going to need some blood soon. He hadn't fed since the morning before; he just had to wait for Caroline to get up.

"I'm sorry about the pack, and if you need help killing Haley then just ask," Elena said, "We'll be glad to hunt her down for you,"

Tyler gave her a smile before he got up, "Thanks, but I'm going to take care of the back stabber myself, in due time," Right now he had to talk to his mom, talk to Matt and fed, just in the opposite order. "The coffee is defiantly better than used to be," it used to be just as bad as her cooking.

"I'm going to get you," Elena said shoving him glad that he was at least picking on her. He had defiantly grown up since he became a werewolf and then broken the sire bond. "Caroline's lucky to have you," she added before he left the kitchen with two coffee cups.

"You have to catch me first, Gilbert," he called back going to see if his mom or Caroline was awake.

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Carol was regretting the amount of alcohol she'd had the night before. Her head was hurting and she was feeling sick. It was the last time she drunk that much. She had been having fun up until she'd almost been killed. She looked into the mirror that was in the bathroom. Her eyes were red from the alcohol and the tears.

"I think a shower, food and coffee might help," Tyler said handing his mom one of the coffee cups he had brought upstairs.

He had already given Caroline hers before she had gone downstairs for breakfast. She had given him a cup of blood that she'd had in a thermos. She was still keeping it there, which didn't surprise him. He was also glad of it because he'd needed it.

"You're being nice," Carol said giving her son a smile. He never judged her for the things that she did. She knew that he had done about the same as she had plenty of times. He was nothing like her husband, his father, had been, but she couldn't be prouder of him. "I'm a mess," she added before taking the coffee and drinking some of it. She sat it down on the sink before turning to look at him. "Are they free?" she asked not thinking about herself at the moment.

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"No," Tyler said, "They're all dead, it was all a trap mom," he was lucky that he was standing here alive. He didn't know what was going to happen now or if Klaus would finally leave town. He was going to protect his mom and Caroline though. "Haley set me up and I almost lost you too,"

"This is not your fault," Carol could see it in her son's eyes. He was blaming his self right now and none of this was on him. "You couldn't have known what she would do," she left out the part that she never trusted the girl.

She wasn't one to trust people that easily when she didn't know them. Haley said she'd helped Tyler, but she could see it all over the wolf. The only thing that she had wanted was her son. She would never let that happen because Tyler belonged with Caroline. Haley could never do what Caroline could do.

"You did," Tyler said knowing he should have listened, but he didn't want to think Haley could do that to him. "I'm sorry I didn't listen to you, mom, or Caroline, I could have gotten you killed," he had put her life on the line and when Haley told him about what she did, he'd taken off. He'd tried to save the pack, but he'd left his mom vulnerable. "I just left you there alone not thinking about what would happen,"

"Stop beating yourself up, Tyler," Carol said before she gave her son a hug. She knew that Tyler was still blaming his self. She pulled away looking up at him, "You told me that you are their alpha, you were trying to protect them, free them," she couldn't let him keep going on this path of blame. "I said that your dad would be proud of you, but I am too," he had grown up so much in the last two years.

Her son put his life on the line without even thinking twice. He had wanted to give his own life up and happiness to free the other hybrids. He would have given up so much for them. She couldn't be more proud of him than she was now.

He wasn't the little boy she had held in her arms in the hospital eighteen years ago. He was a man now and she was already seeing that in him. He was going to do great things in his life, ever how long it was. She knew that when she died he would be okay and Caroline would make sure of that too.

"Thanks mom," he returned the hug, "I just can't lose you, I still need you," he didn't know what he was going to do when the day did come that he had to let her go. He wasn't going to let that day be now though, "And I have an idea on how to keep you safe," he said before he filled her in on what he had come up with.

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Matt wasn't sure why Tyler had called him to met him at Elena's house. He'd been helping Damon with Jeremy, but he'd shown up. He needed an excuse to get away from Klaus. He hated the bastard for what he had done to his friends. He was looking at the piece of paper that Tyler had given him now. He just didn't know what all of this meant. "You want me to move in your house?" he asked.

"Klaus tried to kill my mom last night, she's not safe there because he has been invited in," Tyler said, he knew that Matt would do it; he just had to tell him what had happened. He'd been best friends with Matt since they were in kindergarten. They'd had their moments, but they always had each other's back. He knew it was a lot to ask, but he'd do anything for him in return.

"I'm okay, thanks to Caroline," Carol said from her spot beside Tyler on the couch, "However, like he said, Klaus has been invited in," she was still nervous that he would somehow find her here and get in.

She wasn't going to live in fear though, she was going to get over that and fight back. She'd already decided that she was going to let Tyler teach her how to fight. He had promised not to leave town and she was going to do this for him. She didn't know the first thing about fighting, but she'd learn.

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"We want you to move in and in all sense of the word own the house," Tyler said, "It's the only way Caroline and my mom can be safe, I can't protect them the way I want to," he said telling Matt that he had invited Klaus into the house, he'd let the bastard into their lives, and he had to fix it. "This is my way of fixing it,"

Matt nodded; he'd do anything for his best friend. He would also do anything to make sure that Caroline was happy and that Carol didn't have lose her son. He was the last one among his friends that was alive besides Bonnie, but he wasn't sure what was going on with Bonnie right now. She seemed like a different person at the moment.

"Where do I sign," Matt asked agreeing to what he was being asked to do.

Caroline smiled before giving Matt the deed to the house so he could sign it. She had saved Carol the night before, but she wasn't the only one that was saving her. Matt was saving her and Elena by letting them stay here until they got the house into a safe name.

She watched Matt sign the deed before she let out a sigh of relief. "We're safe again," Caroline said.

THE END

AN3: I will continue posting my story Letters To Caroline tomorrow enjoy and Happy Mothers day. I wanted to write this for Carol cause she deserved to be saved instead of killed.