A/N: PLEASE READ!

Ok, so I am a little bit cruel for leaving you all with that little cliffhanger, but the response I got, besides being mean for it, was awesome. The last chapter was my most reviewed yet, and it made me so very happy!

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(P.S) I'm sorry ahead of time for some things in this chapter that are said repeatedly. It was necessary for some of it, for the direction I wanted this part of the chapter to go in. Plus, the appearance and farewell for Tyler in my fic is in this chapter. It won't be very believable, but remember, I can't write anything to dramatic, or I just get writer's block.

Happy Reading To You All!

Disclaimer: I checked, and sadly I do not own anything except for the plot I came up with for the story, and I will return all the 'TVD' characters to the show as soon as I am done playing with them. I make no money from this. This is done for pure fun, and as an outlet for my always active imagination.

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...Caroline's POV...

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"You're my mate, Caroline."

To say she was stunned was quite an understatement. That one little sentence was on repeat in her mind. It was being kicked around into all corners of it so that she would not soon forget it. She truly doubted she could if she tried.

Yet there was one tiny rebellious corner of her mind that wouldn't let her accept it. No matter how serious he seemed.

"That's not possible."

"I assure you, love... It's possible. I am part wolf remember?" His steepled his fingers.

"It's not possible." She muttered under her breath. "It can't be true... Vampire's don't mate, let alone with a werewolf."

"Hybrid. Magic made me a vampire, but I was born a werewolf. I must admit I initially dismissed most of my wolf traits- mating included- nevertheless, it's happened, and there is not a thing you or I can do about it." He was watching her every move and all the emotion flashing in her eyes.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, NO!"She was pacing frantically now, her breathing going near as fast as the beat of her heart that was thundering in her chest. "But... How... It-It just can't be possible."

It was almost as though she thought if she told herself that as many times as possible, it wouldn't be true. Mate. It was just something she couldn't seem to wrap her head around.

When he told her about her being his -gulp- mate, something clicked into place within her. It made sense in her heart, but still her mind was on the merry-go-round of impossibility. In her head she reminded herself that she loved Tyler... her boyfriend. Her world had truly been turned upside down now, if she had to tell herself that.

She just could not handle this right now. "I've got to go." She sped from his home and in a split-second decision, decided that she needed to run. She needed to feel the wind whipping past her and to breath in fresh air. She swept past her car, down the road away from his home and into the woods. She needed to think.

Past wood and rock, pine needles and leaf, she ran. Were she still human her lungs would be burning with the need to catch her breath. She vaguely recognized that she was now running through the woods surrounding the Salvatore boarding house and still she ran. Far outside town. Along with her legs her thoughts were also still running a vicious circle in her head.

Mate. Mate. Mate. Mate. Mate.

Why wouldn't it stop repeating, she thought to herself. It wasn't true... It couldn't be true. He had to be lying.

She stopped. A hazy thought ran feebly through her mind that she no longer recognized where she was. She sat on a fallen tree. "God, what am I gonna do?!" She whispered and her face fell into her hands.

An all too familiar scent drifted to her on the breeze. Slowly she lifted her hands from her face and breathed it in deeply. The sound of a snapping twig to her left had her head swiveling toward it. He was standing there… She couldn't believe he was here.

She breathed out, "Oh my god… Tyler."

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…Klaus's POV…

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He'd given her time before following her. They needed to talk. As he was part wolf his tracking skills were better than that of ordinary vampires. His sense of smell heightened to a phenomenal degree.

On and on he ran, following what tracks she'd left on the ground and when they were gone he went to following her by her scent. She smelled like the sun to him, or a warm summer day after a newly fallen rain. It was a unique scent, one that was entirely her own… it was nothing like the silly perfumes so many women wore. It was different. It was beautiful. He would know the scent of her anywhere, over anything.

The presence of another scent familiar to him had him stopping. "Well now… what is he doing here?!" He thought to himself with a growl. "Tyler!"

He was off again in a flash. He had no idea what his insolent hybrid was doing here, but he intended to find out. He gave another low growl. He hoped that he wasn't with his Caroline. The thought of him anywhere near her again had him seeing red. He expected the mongrel to have had enough sense to get as far from Mystic Falls as possible. Alas, Tyler was proving himself to be more stupid than he'd ever thought him to be.

He could hear her now. He stopped. He could also hear him. He was speaking with Caroline. He stood perfectly still, letting his hearing focus in on their conversation.

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...Caroline's POV...

...(& a little of Klaus's POV, his are in italics)...

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"Tyler... you're here!" She ran to him and threw her arms around him. Just as suddenly she pulled away. "You can't be here, if Klaus finds out-"

"I had to see you, Care... God, I've missed you!" Tyler drew her her into his arms and held her tightly.

She sighed and returned his embrace. She had missed him too. So much. Little did she know that a few miles away stood a furious Klaus.

Tyler spoke after several long minutes of holding her. "What are you doing all the way out here?"

She froze. Think, Caroline, Think... Tell him something, anything. "Just a fight with Elena about her relationship with Damon. I still think the two of them together is gross. She just... makes me crazy sometimes." She pulled away a little to look him in the eye as she said this. She hoped to god that she was convincing.

He looked a little skeptical. She added, "We both said some pretty hurtful things, Tyler... It was our worst fight ever. I just needed to get away for a few hours. So I just... I ran."

He looked sympathetic now. "I'm sorry, Care." He kissed her forehead lightly.

Thank god! She thought to herself. "I don't want to talk about it right now.

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Klaus smirked. Caroline was a terrible liar at times, but Tyler was falling for this lie of hers easily. Although, if the mutt didn't remove his hands from his mate soon, He'd find himself with a missing limb.

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"What are you doing out here?"

"I was on my way back to see you and Matt..." Tyler took a deep breath. "To say goodbye."

"What?" Her breath seized in her throat, her words coming out as no more than a whisper.

"I, uh... I found a pack, in Maine." He dropped his arms to his sides and withdrew two letters from his coat pocket. "This explains everything. There is one for Matt too, when you see him, will you please give it to him?"

She nodded, to stunned for words. Tyler leaned in and place one last light kiss on her forehead. "I'm sorry, Care. So sorry." He embraced her briefly once more and whispered, "Good bye." Before he sped away.

Caroline stood rooted to the ground. Frozen. Her life was was now completely torn apart. She fell to her knees, to numb to all the pain rolling through her to cry. Tyler was gone. She was Klaus's Mate. Talk about bombshells.