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Hey guys! Here is the new chapter, I hope you like it but just one warning, If you like Elena Gilbert, I think you're not gonna like how I'm portraying her!


Chapter 3:

Caroline woke up by someone shaking her "Caroline! Caroline, wake up" she heard someone say and Caroline slowly opened her eyes and saw Damon looking at her with a worried expression.

"Oh my god Damon" she cried and he instantly wrapped his arms around her.

"Sshh… it was just a dream" Damon whispered as he rocked her back and forth trying to calm her down. "Do you want to tell me about it?"

"I… saw Klaus and Stefan… Stefan set me up and brought me to Klaus… he wanted me to join them but I said no so he… he staked me" she said between sobs "It looked so real"

"It was just a dream, nothing happened" he whispered "I promise you, I won't let anything happen to you" he said and pressed his lips into her hair. Those words were really similar to what Stefan told her the night she killed that guy at the carnival, when he promised he would protect her from Katherine and in that moment she actually felt safe with her head in Stefan's chest and his arms around her, soothing her and now here she was in the same position but with Damon hearing the same words and she felt just as safe as she felt with Stefan and it was a little bit weird because she have never felt like that with anyone but him. She relaxed in his arms and was lost in her thoughts when his voice brought her back to reality "…In some weird way I care about you and I won't let Klaus do anything to you, okay?" Caroline looked at him surprised but a small smile appeared in her face, he was never that sweet or nice so it was a surprise for Caroline but she liked him that way. One of his hands was playing with her head while his fingers travelled up and down her arm making circles, it was soothing but at the same time really intimate, she looked up into his blue eyes and he smiled at her sweetly and kissed her forehead but then he realized what he just done and pulled away quickly, Caroline's smile faltered a bit but she kept it up and didn't show him how it affected her the way he pulled away from her. She had no idea why and she would never admit it but she felt a little bit hurt.

"Thank you" Caroline whispered

"You're welcome, Are you feeling better now?"

"Yes thanks" Caroline half smiled "What time it is?"

"It's 3:30 am" Damon said looking at the clock. "Do you think you can go back to sleep?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine" she said, sat in her side of the bed. "Sorry that I woke you up"

"It's okay… night Caroline"

"Night Damon" she said and they went back to sleep.

A few hours later Caroline woke up and Damon was not next to her in the bed anymore, she looked at the clock in the bedside table and saw it was almost 9 am, so she got out of bed. Without thinking she went straight to the bathroom, opened the door and found a wet, naked, soapy Damon in front of her. She wanted to turn around or cover he eyes but she couldn't stop herself from taking a peak at Damon's body.

"See anything you like?" Damon smirked, making Caroline snap from her thoughts.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry" she said and turned around quickly.

"It's okay, Blondie" Damon smirked "It's not like you haven't see me like this before"

"Mm… I'm going to let you finish, I'll be outside" she said walking out of the bathroom quickly and closing the door behind her. It was true, it wasn't like she haven't seen Damon naked but it was awkward, he was her friend now, just her friend and you're not supposed to see your friend naked, even if your friend is as hot as Damon. She had to admit he was in much better shape than when they were "dating", his body was much more toned and she also had to admit he had a sick body, that was one of the reasons she was attracted to him in the first place, those muscular arms, those chiseled abs, those toned legs and… Caroline's mind was taking a dangerous road so she shook her head and tried to put those thoughts aside, this was not the time to start thinking about Damon in that way, she shook her head again and went to make some breakfast so she could distract herself from those thoughts.

Half an hour later Damon walked out of the bedroom, completely dressed this time, she saw that Caroline was blushing and smirked before he said "The bathroom is free"

"Thanks, I'll go take a shower" she said and run to the bathroom. She took a cold shower and tried to keep her mind from going back to Damon's naked body, even though she didn't see him that way anymore, she had to admit the guy was gorgeous so it was difficult for her to just forget what happened.

After her shower, she got dressed quickly and had breakfast with Damon before he called Daniel again to know what he found out about the call, Daniel told them that the call was made from a phone in New York so they got their things quickly and got into Damon's car.

"How long will take us to get to New York?"

"It normally takes from four to six hours but if I break a few speed laws I can take us there in less than four"

"Okay" Caroline said and Damon raised his eyebrows surprised. "What?"

"You're not going to give me a speech about being careful or something?"

"No, we have to get there as soon as possible" Caroline said "I don't want them to leave before we get there"

"You're really worried about Stefan" Damon said and it wasn't a question, it was just a statement. "I didn't know you cared so much about him" that wasn't entirely true, he obviously knew that his brother have been helping her since she turned and he knew that they became friends; at first he thought Stefan did it because he felt bad for Caroline and because Elena asked him to help her but then Stefan's and Caroline's interactions started to change and that's when he started to pay a little bit more of attention to them. They were closer than everyone thought, they had late night hunts and they sometimes had drinks at the boarding house and while all of that would have seemed suspicious to everyone else he knew nothing had ever happened between them and he was curious to know why, maybe this was his opportunity to find out what was really happening so he let Caroline talk.

"Of course I am; I really care about him, Damon" Caroline said "He's my best friend, Damon. He was the only one there for me when I turned, you wanted to stake me, Bonnie, my best friend, was disgusted by me because I killed that guy at the carnival, I had to break up with Matt because I almost killed him once and I couldn't be near Elena as much as I used to be because I was scared that I might lose control and attack her or anyone of her family for that matter so the only one left was Stefan. He taught me to fight, to feed, he listened to my problems and wasn't annoyed by my drama, he made me laugh and I made him laugh too. Every time I was with him, I could let my guard down, I could just relax and stop worrying about losing control and kill somebody, he was my safe place and I'll never stop to thank him for everything he did for me"

"Wow!" Damon said with fake surprise "I always knew you felt something for my brother but I never knew it was that deep, you're in love with him"

"What? No, I am not in love with him; he's my best friend and Elena's boyfriend" Caroline said stubbornly "I don't see him that way"

"Who are you trying to convince, Blondie? Me or Yourself?" Damon asked with a sarcastic grin on his face.

"Leave me alone, Damon"

"We're in a car so I can't exactly leave you alone" Damon smirked

"Just shut up"

"I'll shut up when you stop trying to deny it… it's written all over your face, Caroline" Damon said "Anyone can see it"

"You don't know what you're talking about" Caroline said "I'm not going to keep talking about this"

"Whatever Blondie but I know it's true" Damon said "But don't worry I know he feels something for you too"

"What?"

"Well that got your attention" he smirked

"Stop joking like that, Damon"

"I'm not joking… at least not about that" Damon said "I've seen the way he's around you and I've to admit that I have never see him so happy and relaxed with anyone else as he's with you"

"Really?"

"You haven't notice that Blondie?" he asked and Caroline shook her head "He's a completely different Stefan when he's with you, even Elena noticed that and she was jealous of your "Friendship""

"Don't say "friendship" that way, we're just friends and you know it, there's no way anything could have ever happen between Stefan and I because he was with Elena. He's in love with her and she's my best friend so we would never cheat on her" Caroline said "Anyway… she was jealous? Really? How did you know that?" She asked, she needed to know everything Damon knew, she couldn't believe that Elena was actually jealous of her friendship with Stefan. That actually made her smile; it was about time that Elena, the confident girl, the first choice to everyone started to feel at least a little bit insecure.

"She asked me once if anything was going on between the two of you, if I have seen anything weird"

"Like what?"

"She wanted to know if he slept in the boarding house whenever he wasn't with her or if came late to the house or if you came to the boarding house often and things like that" Damon said "I'm not his dad and I've my own life, I'm not going to focus on my baby brother's life because she wants me too"

"So what did you say?"

"I told her that nothing was happening between Stefan and you because it was the truth but that didn't mean you were not attracted to each other" Damon said "I could see how much Stefan was struggling with that because he was supposed to be madly in love with Elena, she was the golden girl, you know the perfect match for him but then you appeared and everything started to change. You and Stefan are completely opposites so I guess that's why you two are so attracted, you complement each other. And because of that he was a having a huge fight with his feelings so I think that's why he planned that weekend getaway with Elena after the werewolves kidnapped you"

"Are you being serious?" Caroline asked "Please don't joke with something like this"

"I'm being serious, you should have seen my brothers face when we went to meet Jules to save you; he looked like he wanted to rip her head off because she hurt you. He's always the peace maker and he prefers to avoid violence at all costs and he tried to do that but I knew he was struggling with his feelings because he wanted to kill each and every one of them for hurting you. I've never seen him that angry in my life and I've done pretty bad things to him but this time was different because someone was hurting someone he really cares about and I think that's when he realized that his feelings for you were stronger than he thought so he planned that getaway weekend with Elena so they could rekindle their romance and maybe fall in love with her again"

"How do you know all that?"

"I've known my brother for one hundred and sixty-something years, I know him pretty well" Damon said completely serious but then smirked "And I read his diary, he doesn't know how to hide things that well"

"For someone who says that he doesn't care about his brother and have his own life you know a lot about Stefan" Caroline laughed "How he acts, how he feels, you know everything"

"What can I say; I had to learn everything about him if I planned on torture him for the rest of his life"

"Yeah right" Caroline smirked "You care about him; you just don't like to admit it"

"I don't have to say it because I'm on a road trip, with a Vampire Barbie who will never shut up, to try to find and rescue him from Klaus knowing that there's a huge possibility that Klaus would kill us. If that doesn't say I care about him, I don't know what can"

"You have a point" Caroline said "And I don't talk all the time"

"I know I do, Blondie" he smirked "And yes you do but sometimes I like it"

"Do you always have to be so arrogant and sarcastic?"

"It's part of the charm, don't forget that's one of the reason you were attracted to me"

"True" she said

"Yeah… hey, how can you go from liking me to liking my brother?" Damon asked "I'm way hotter than Stefan"

"Yeah, really humble as always… but you don't really want to know, Damon" Caroline said

"I want to know"

"I'm not going to answer that and if you really want to know, why don't you ask Katherine?"

"Okay… that was low"

"Sorry" she half smiled, she meant that as a joke but she knew it hurt Damon, his smirk was completely gone now and he just focused on the road, Katherine was still a delicate topic, she had to make sure not to mention her again.

After a while they continued talking through their long trip, they seemed to never run out of topics to talk about anything and everything, they went through movies, to music, to tv shows, to their favorite places in the world and they found lots on things in common specially in their favorite places in the world, Caroline wanted to go to France, Italy, England, Australia and many other places in the world and those were also Damon's favorite ones, he told her where she should go and what should she do there, by the end of their trip they had already made plans to travel together to Europe one day and make a tour through every single country there, Damon would be Caroline's tour guide.

"So what are we going to do now?"

"The same we did in Washington, search around the city and try to find anything that could help us find where Stefan or Klaus is"

"Okay… I hope this time we actually find something" Caroline said.

"Me too" Damon said.

They took two hours to search around town and this time they felt Stefan's scent, they followed it but it disappeared in the middle of central park. "Where do you think he can be?" Caroline asked

"I don't know but if you smell blood…"

"Do you think he's killing people in the middle of central park?"

"You clearly don't know Stefan on human blood" Damon said "He has no control, Blondie"

"Then we have to find him, now!" Damon nodded and they continued looking for him, after a few more hours there was no other sign of Stefan, they didn't find his scent again or any drained bodies or anything that could tell them where Klaus and Stefan were. "This is so frustrating!"

"I know, Blondie"

"We're always so close but they are always one step ahead of us"

"That's Klaus game, he wants us to be his little puppets and make us follow him all over the country until he gets bored and let us finally find him"

"So what do we do now?"

"It's late so we should go to a hotel, eat something and hope we can find him tomorrow"

"That's all we're going to do?"

"We can't do anything else, Caroline" Damon said "We're not going to find Klaus or Stefan unless they want us to find them"

"Okay…"


"I'm going to take a quick shower and then we can order some food, okay?" Damon said when they were in their hotel room.

"Okay… I'm just going to call Bonnie, I didn't call her yesterday and I bet she's freaking out already" Damon nodded and went to the bathroom. Caroline sat in the bed, took her phone from her pocket and dialed Bonnie's number, she answered it almost immediately.

"Caroline!" Bonnie said "How are you? Is everything okay?"

"I'm good just a little bit tired and yes, everything's okay"

"Have you found Stefan?"

"No not yet. Klaus and Stefan are hiding pretty well"

"Why would Klaus hide, he's an original, he can kill you both in a second so he's obviously not hiding because he's scared"

"According to Damon, he's doing it because he likes to play games and we're his little puppets in this game"

"Then you shouldn't be playing it" Bonnie said "It's dangerous"

"I know but we're not going to stop"

"So you don't know anything about him yet"

"He called me yesterday, the call didn't last more than a minute"

"What did he say?"

"He told me to stop searching, that he didn't want to be found or rescued"

"Then you should listen to him"

"I'm not going to stop until I get Stefan back, Bonnie. Nothing you or anyone says is going to make me stop"

"But…"

"But nothing, Bonnie"

"Okay… so how's the road trip with Damon going? Have you killed him yet?"

"It's going great actually"

"You're not fighting all the time?"

"No, not at all, we're having fun actually" Caroline said "It's not like we're on vacation but we have lots of hours driving so we have talked a lot and he's not that bad"

"Wow, I can't believe what I'm hearing"

"I know right, but I discovered that we have lots of things in common and Damon Salvatore is not the selfish asshole he lets everyone think he is"

"He's got you under his spell, Care" Bonnie laughed

"I'm being serious, he's not that bad" Caroline smiled "Anyway… how's everything going over there?"

"Everything is so boring without you, I can't believe I'm going to say this but I miss at least a little bit the drama" Bonnie said "All the drama I have in my life right now is Elena bitching about Stefan and Damon being gone and none of them answering her calls"

"She's mad that they're gone?"

"Yeah, she's mad at Stefan for giving up everything including her for Damon. And she's mad at Damon for leaving without telling her and not answering her calls, from what she told me, she kissed him when she thought he was going to die and they haven't talk about it, he's being ignoring her"

"Wow! Well now I know why she was so bitchy that day I saw her on the boarding house"

"What?"

"Do you remember we talked the day before Damon and I left Mystic Falls?"

"Yeah"

"Well I saw Elena, she looked so angry and then she snapped at me but Damon defended me and she left even angrier, it was obvious they had a fight. Now I know the real reason"

"Yeah… we always knew they had this weird chemistry but she always denied it and she looked so in love with Stefan but this looks different"

"So what now… she's like in love with Damon or something?" Caroline asked slightly annoyed, she didn't know why but her latest discovery about Elena and Damon was making her angry at Elena. She should be worrying about her boyfriend being in danger because he's with Klaus not thinking about Damon.

"I don't know and I think she's not sure either" Bonnie said "She has mixed feelings"

"Well I think that she should focus about her own boyfriend and stop thinking about his brother"

"Caroline, why are you so mad? Are you jealous?"

"Of course not, why would I be?"

"I don't know… maybe because you like Stefan?"

"You're crazy Bon, I don't like Stefan and I'm not jealous" Caroline said "I've no reason to be"

"Okay… you know what, we'll talk about that when you come back" Bonnie said "Can you tell Damon to answer Elena's calls?"

"Why?"

"Because Elena doesn't stop talking and bitching about it and it's driving me crazy" Bonnie said "I can't take it anymore"

"Okay… this is new, you two used to talk all day and you would never get bored"

"I know and usually I wouldn't mind but all she talks about is Damon or Stefan and that both left her and seriously this martyr shit is getting old" Bonnie said "I didn't say anything before because well she was being chased by these really old vampires and she couldn't do anything about it but now all she does is bitch about it and it's driving me crazy. If it was just about Stefan I'd try to be a good friend and say something but it's also Damon…"

"…And you're not his biggest fan" Caroline said

"Exactly, I just don't know what to say"

"Ha ha poor Bon-Bon" Caroline laughed "I'll try to go back as soon as possible to save you"

"Yes please… so where's Damon right now? Is he listening to our conversation?"

"Nope… He's taking a shower" Caroline said and suddenly pictures of Damon naked in the shower came to her mind, she tried to push them away but it was difficult.

"Care…?" Bonnie said getting Caroline back to reality.

"Um… sorry, I was just thinking"

"Okay… well Care I gotta go, call me soon?"

"Sure, I promise" Caroline smiled "Love you Bon"

"Love you too, Care" Bonnie said and hung up. She went to the suite balcony and stayed there enjoying the view of the city when she heard another phone buzzing, she went back inside and followed the sound to the bedroom where she saw Damon's phone in the bedside table. She read the name in the screen and saw it was Elena so she answered it.

"Damon! We need to talk, you can't be avoiding me and ditching my calls forever" Elena said before Caroline could even say 'hi' "We kissed and you have to confront that, I know you feel something for me and I do too, please come back" Caroline couldn't believe what she just heard, Elena confessed she had feeling for Damon and wanted him to come back to Mystic Falls, she didn't even care what would happen to Stefan while he was with Klaus. "Damon?"

"It's Caroline, Elena"

"Caroline? Why are you answering Damon's phone?"

"He's taking a shower but the question would be why you keep calling Damon when he obviously doesn't want to talk to you?"

"This is none of your business, Caroline" Elena said "Whatever is going on with Damon and I is not your business. Now give the telephone to Damon"

"It becomes my business when you call my best friend's brother because you want to be with him and don't give a fuck about your actual boyfriend"

"Stefan stopped being my boyfriend when he decided to leave with Klaus"

"Oh my god, I can't believe you said that" Caroline was furious by now "He didn't leave because he wanted to; he had to leave with Klaus to get the cure of the werewolf bite. If he hadn't do it Damon would have died"

"He should have thought about me, he should have called me to tell me was leaving" Elena yelled "He didn't care about me at all; he just left and didn't think what it would do to us"

"So you say he should have chosen you and your relationship over Damon?" Caroline asked completely shocked by Elena's words

"That's not what I meant" Elena said when she realized the mistake she just made

"No, that's exactly what you meant. I never thought you would be so selfish… what happened to you, Elena?"

"I'm sorry, Caroline… I just… I'm hurt that he left, that's why I said those things" Elena said "I didn't mean it"

"Yes you did and just so you know if I was in Stefan's position I would have chosen Damon over you too" Caroline said "Bye Elena and stop calling Damon, he clearly doesn't want to talk to you" she hung up the phone and when she turned around she saw Damon walking out of the bathroom.

"So how's everything in Mystic Falls?" Damon asked as he tried to find something in his bag.

"According to Bonnie everything is fine… they're bored to death" Caroline chuckled

"Vampires always make things more interesting" Damon smirked as he pulled a pair of pants and a t-shirt from his bag. He turned showing his back to Caroline and let the towel fall to the floor and started getting dressed really slowly, knowing Caroline was watching his every move, he knew what he was doing to her but he liked to see how he made Caroline blush and being all jumpy and a little bit uncomfortable because she liked what she was seeing.

Caroline knew he was doing that on purpose but she still couldn't keep her eyes from him, from his body so she stood up from the bed quickly and went to the bathroom, she closed the door behind her and sighed in relief, he was finally out of her sight, she didn't know how much longer she could take all that teasing. She went to the sink and splashed cold water in her face, she was blushing furiously and it was Damon's fault, she had to find a way to get him back for it. She felt something vibrate in her pocket and realized she still had Damon's phone, it was Elena calling again; she apparently didn't care about all the things Caroline told her.

"Elena is calling" she handed him his phone.

"Why do you have my phone?"

"She called before, I didn't mean to answer it but your phone wouldn't stop buzzing"

"What did she want?"

"I think you know that Damon"

"So you know about the kiss?"

"Yeah…"

"Hey, I can explain"

"It's not necessary, it's not my business but you should talk to Elena, she's going crazy"

"What did she tell you?"

"A lot of things but I'm not in the mood to repeat them" she sighed when his phone started buzzing again "Answer it, I'll be in the balcony" she said and went outside.

Caroline had no idea when her best friend became a two faced bitch but she didn't like it, apparently she had more in common with Katherine than she thought, the things Elena told her were so not her, she was becoming a self centered bitch and she hated it. She couldn't believe that she actually wanted Stefan to choose her over Damon, she was mad at him for that and what's even worst now that Stefan was gone she wanted Damon for herself. It was like if she couldn't have one brother then she could go for the other; she was becoming a manipulative bitch. She had to get some sense into her best friends head and had to make sure Damon wouldn't fall into her trap, it would only hurt him and Stefan and even if she loved Elena and saw her as a sister she couldn't let her hurt Stefan and Damon. Even if she didn't want to get in the middle of that mess she knew she had to or too many people would get hurt and she couldn't let that happen.

Few minutes late she went back to the room and saw that Damon was talking on the room's phone, when he finished he looked at her and said "I ordered food for us; it'll be here in a few minutes"

"Okay, thanks" she said and sat in the bed to watch tv. Few minutes later there was knock on the door and she said "I'll get it" she opened the door and her eyes widened when she saw the person standing in the other side of the door. "Oh my god Stefan!" she squealed and hugged him tightly. "How are you? Are you okay? Did Klaus do anything to you?" she asked quickly, she looked at him and he looked like the same Stefan she always knew except for his aura, he always had this calm, quiet, peaceful aura but now it had changed instead he had this powerful and dangerous aura and she didn't like it.

"I'm okay, Care" Stefan said and then looked behind Caroline; she turned around and saw Damon standing there with the same surprised expression Caroline had when she saw him. "I'm glad to see you're alive, Damon"

"Same here, thanks for that by the way"

"it's okay"

"You shouldn't have saved me but thank you anyway"

"You're my brother, Damon. I just couldn't let you die"

"After everything I did to you?"

"It doesn't matter, I care about you"

"Well you shouldn't, I've been your worst nightmare for years…"

"Okay guys, can you talk about this later?" Caroline said "We have to leave immediately"

"I'm not leaving, Care" Stefan said "I just came to tell you to go home, stop looking for me"

"No, we're not leaving without you" Caroline said "We're not going to leave you with Klaus"

"I'm okay, Caroline. Don't worry about me, just go home before you get yourself killed"

"Stop trying Stefan" Damon said "We are not going to leave without you" he said and Stefan tried to fight him when they heard a knock on the door and then the door opened and a young guy, in his early twenty's enter to the room with their food.

"Enjoy your food" the guy smiled and turned around to leave but before he could reach the door, Stefan was over him, biting him. Caroline was too shocked to do anything, Damon tried to fight him but it was too late Stefan had already ripped his throat and the guy died few seconds later, before they could say or do anything Stefan was gone.


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