A/N- Ok here goes chapter 8... Though I'm not so happy with this chapter, don't know why. But it was important to explain a few thing for the plot hence a slightly boring chapter... sorry! Will do better next time! I want to thank everyone for the reviews especiallyDamonlover86 .Nicole ,.eyes.90,CarolineSalvatore ,Daroline ,VampCaroline, BangelSpuffy, CaraSalvatore , Josestong ,Phuong 1317,StelenaAlways , AmyFrancis ,Miranda. Thank you guys for being such regular reviewers I love it! Ha! If I have forgotten anyone please do leave a review reprimanding me wink! ... Oh and a request to all the Caroline fan's out there, I have put up the prologue of another story (a love triangle duh!) between Caroline /Klaus/Elijah called 'obsession' but since it's a weird pairing I'm not sure if I should continue... please check it out on my profile and let me know what you all think... REVIEW tc...
Chapter 8
"Do you know where Barbie is" Damon said as he looked up from his book at the brooding figure that by some miracle was his brother. How can people related by blood have such opposite personalities? He always asked himself
"She has a name Damon" Stefan reprimanded
"Yes I know she has a name, but the use of a nickname indicates affection... obviously coz you have no nickname proves you do not posses said affection" Damon pointed out mockingly
"No the fact that I have no nickname proves that I do not judge her by her looks"
"So..." Damon said putting his book down and Stefan sighed, he knew his brother was going to come up with some ridiculous argument "You wouldn't say she was hot"
"I wouldn't put it like that" Stefan replied using his forefinger and thumb to massage his forehead... he could feel the headache coming
"Then how would you put it Stefan?" Damon asked not using his usual 'broody' to indicate his brother, he didn't need Stefan to know he felt affection for him right now... not when he was trying to get one up on him with Barbie
"That she is beautiful"
"That chick, beautiful... she's hot lil bro... she's smoking hot" Damon said looking into nothing with a daze in his eyes aware that Stefan was watching him
"So anyway where is she" Damon said after a few minutes
"She said she was going to meet Tyler... it's been a while. She will be back soon" Stefan replied
"I don't like her meeting that mutt" Damon said through clenched teeth
"Neither do I... but she said she's careful, plus he cares about her"
"Ha he's in love with her" Damon said and got angry when he saw Stefan nodding "You know that and you let her leave... bad move bro"
"What am I supposed to then?" Stefan turned to ask him
"We eliminate the competition... that's what we do Stefan" Damon said shrugging his shoulders as if it was the most obvious thing in the world
"Oh..." Stefan laughed "So is that what you are going to do... eliminate me?"
"Yes" Damon stated "What do you think I was doing before she left?" he added raising a brow
"Yes I know what you did Damon" Stefan smiled
"Oh... goody goody" Damon cooed moving ahead and clasping his hands together and looked at Stefan like a school boy "Tell me, did she gush about me? I bet you she was still on cloud nine when you saw her"
"No... She was really angry actually, yes she screamed that everyone needs to stop kissing her" Stefan stated working madly to control his smirk
"What do you mean everyone" Damon asked suspiciously with a hint of anger
"Well you..." Stefan said articulating every letter and pointed a finger at Damon then turned the finger to point at himself and said "and me" now Stefan was smirking and he could truly understand why his brother loved doing it so much
"She kissed you?" Damon asked definitely angry now
"I kissed her"
Damon smirked and said "Doesn't count"
"Whatever you say Damon" Stefan said simply... no need to rub salt in the wound, he could already see Damon's mind working overtime.
"I had her first" Damon mumbled and Stefan couldn't believe he actually pouted
"That makes no difference Damon, she's not a toy. And seeing what you did to her when you had her, it shouldn't really count" Stefan said and was surprised when Damon winced at his comment
"Do... do actually feel remorse for what you did Damon?" Stefan asked skeptically
"What's that supposed to mean... like I'm some monster who..."
"Well yeah you are actually"
"Who would just..."
"Stefan... Stefan" Tyler's terrified voice came from outside the house and they could hear him running to get in. Both Stefan and Damon jumped up instantly and were ready for a fight when Tyler burst through the doors breathless and fashioning a couple of bruises on his face
"Ca-Caroline ..." he stuttered "Caroline ... I tried to stop her..." before Tyler could finish his sentence Damon had pinned against the wall
"What did you do?" he growled in Tyler's face vamping out to add effect
"Not me" Tyler growled right back and Stefan had to take a second to admire the wolf's courage "Your little girlfriend did this... Or Stefan's... who the hell even knows who you people are sleeping with... but"
"Will you stop talking in riddles and tell me where Caroline is" Damon growled holding on tightly to his neck
"He can't talk if you're squeezing his neck Damon" Stefan snapped trying to wrench apart Damon's fingers. Damon let go reluctantly and looked down and Tyler gasping on the floor and yelled "Talk!"
"Katherine" was all Tyler said and Stefan and Damon both growled
"I swear I'm gonna kill the bitch this time" Damon seethed and Stefan nodded in agreement
"Why are we going in here? Why are you taking me? Where are you taking me? Are you gonna kill me"
"God Blondie, do you ever shut up" Katherine said through clenched teeth as she grabbed onto Caroline's hand painfully and dragged her deeper and deeper into the woods. They were so far in by the time Caroline woke up she knew it was no point yelling for help so she just went along with Katherine. No point in trying to fight her she thought she way too strong.
Katherine had made it clear that she wouldn't kill Tyler if Caroline went with her quietly, which is exactly what she did, though Katherine couldn't help herself from roughing up Tyler a bit... she did hate werewolf's after all. For the past hour they had been walking in the woods and Caroline was tired, vampire and all but she wasn't used to such long nature walks.
"I just want to know where we're going" she said to her friend look alike again
"I told you I won't hurt you, now don't force me to change my mind"
"What do you want then?" she said trying to put as much confidence in her weak voice as possible
"I want to warn you" Katherine replied turning to face and stopped abruptly and continued "Where no one can hear us"
"Who would be listening to us"
"Klaus's men... who else?" Katherine said mockingly "God you really are a blonde aren't you!"
"He's coming back" Caroline asked positively terrified now "He knows Stefan is here?"
"He's known for a while Blondie, I have no clue why he has been waiting for so long. But he has, I learnt from my little spy's that he'll be coming here soon. I'm here to warn Stefan and you are to give them my message"
"What message"
"You tell them to do exactly as he says, I know for a fact he has no interest in harming Stefan or Damon. But if they do something stupid he will kill them in a second do you understand" Katherine said looking straight into her eyes
"What... Yeah I understand but why are you telling me all this" Caroline whispered
"Because Klaus can't know I'm here, and Stefan and Damon have been too busy marking their territory around a certain blonde to think about this, and I'm not a complete heartless bitch after all" she added as an afterthought
"Okay I'll tell them" Caroline said, everything Stefan and Damon had told her made her want to be afraid of Katherine and not believe a single words of hers, but she could see the concern in her eyes.
"Tell Stefan to be careful" Katherine said and she looked almost... non evil bitch/ Devil's spawn, and Caroline couldn't help but feel sorry for her "And you should be careful too Blondie" she added returning to the personality that suits her the most
"Why should I be careful?" Caroline asked skeptically
"You think I haven't seen what you've been doing with my Stefan" she replied making Caroline blush and gasp at the same time "But don't worry I like you actually, who knows maybe we could make one hell of a team one day...plus better you than my buzz-kill look alike" she added airily
"Really... you like me more than Elena?" Caroline couldn't help but sport a huge smile on her face hearing this, even if it was from Katherine it still meant something to her
"Yes yes whatever Blondie" Katherine snapped back "Now this next part is gonna hurt a bit" she moved closer to where Caroline was standing and put her hands on her shoulders
"Huh" Caroline muttered
"I said this next part is gonna hurt a bit" she repeated and before Caroline could say anything, she twisted her neck in a way it was not meant to twist and she blacked out and fell to the forest floor
"Sorry Blondie... Can't let people think I've become nice" she said softly before disappearing among the trees.
"Caroline... Caroline, come on Blondie say something... Say 'Pink'" Damon yelled as he and Stefan ran through the woods searching for her
"Maybe she's not here Damon" Stefan said as he whooshed next to Damon
"No she's here I know it" Damon mumbled
"How do you know?" Stefan asked skeptically
"Because we have a blood bond baby brother, I can feel her... she's here somewhere" Damon barked
"Maybe we should split up, we can't waste any more time" Stefan said agitated now...
"Then just look faster and stop brooding..." Damon growled at him, he was getting angrier and angrier since Tyler had burst through their doors, well actually ever since Stefan had told him he kissed Caroline... yup he was getting super pissed from that moment. If only he could see with his own eyes that she was safe and sound then he could go beat the crap out of Tyler, Katherine and of course his brother
"Alright Blondie, say 'yellow'" he bellowed as he sped into the woods again
"Owww" Caroline muttered as she picked herself off the floor of the woods and rubbed her neck in her hands, she held her neck with both her hand and jerked it painfully back in its rightful place and not the lop-sided position Katherine had bestowed upon it. She was surprised when she didn't scream loudly but just winced at the pain, her pain bearing capabilities had gone up ever since her little encounter with the werewolf's a year back. That was when she heard the screaming, it seemed so far away but slowly it was getting closer... she knew that voice, she knew who it was and she couldn't help but thank the stars that Katherine kidnapped her, if she hadn't then he wouldn't be running through the woods looking for her...
"Barbie... Bar- Oh god Caroline are you okay?" Damon voice called to her and she whipped around to look at him smiling a bit
"Yeah I'm okay Damon..." she said as he sped down to her, and she almost hit the ground again with the bear hug he gave her... "Ha! Damon I'm fine really, Katherine didn't hurt me" she mumbled against the crook of his neck. He pulled back to look at her, his hands on the sides of her face... his eyes overflowing with concern and fear and he literally looked her up to down, not in the way she would have liked. He pulled back closer to her his icy blue eyes boring into her soul and she felt her knees go weak for the second time that day... he brushed his thumb and up and down her jaw line and she never knew such small touches could make her feel so much. He hugged her again pulling her even closer as she wrapped her arms wound his neck and he put his hands around her waist
"Then why do you look like a bear mauled you?" he teased into her ear causing her to whimper in frustration and he pulled away from her laughing and she couldn't help but moan in her complaint
"I fell down like 7 times when we were walking here" she pouted
Damon smirked and whispered "Typical Barbie..." and she slapped his chest playfully as he leaned in ever more closer and she really really wanted to kiss him, god did she want to kiss him... Damon Salvatore was incapable of not noticing lust in a woman's eyes, he took this as a sign that she wasn't going to screech against his lips this time and bent in...
"Caroline... Oh thank god care.. Are you hurt" Stefan said as he ran down towards him and Caroline immediately pulled away from Damon and put some space between them... she couldn't believe she wanted to kiss him. She went over to Stefan as he reached them and hugged him fiercely and he returned it, she could feel Damon's eyes boring into her... she felt the rumble in his chest when he heard his brother's voice
"I'm fine Stefan" she told him
"Katherine didn't hurt you?" he asked as pulled away from her, giving a quizzical look to his brother before returning his gaze to her
"No..." she shook her head "She didn't really hurt me, I mean she could do worse... she can't put her reputation in jeopardy I guess..." she smiled a bit and Stefan smiled back at her. He could see she was fine, he patted her hair and kissed her lips lightly and Damon growled behind them.
"What did she want Barbie... I doubt she just wanted to watch you fall" he said returning to his jack-ass mode... though Caroline would think he had a fever if he stayed nice and sweet for too long
"She said Klaus is coming back soon" Caroline said looking at Stefan as he stiffened "She said she knows for a fact that he doesn't want to hurt either one of you and if you do exactly as he says then he won't kill you"
"That makes no sense, why would she want to warn us?" Damon asked
"I think she only wanted to help Stefan" Caroline said shyly and Damon rolled his eyes "Though she said she likes me" she added and Stefan raised a brow at her
"Of course she likes you Blondie you're all rainbows and sunshine and she's all gloom and doom... well no actually that's Elena" Damon added thoughtfully causing Caroline to giggle
"That's all she said and she left?" Stefan asked skeptically
"Yeah that's all" she said, she didn't want to tell them about Katherine asking her to be careful... somehow Caroline doubted she would hurt her... again.
"I'm glad you're alright care" Stefan said again putting a hand on her shoulder
"Yeah yeah yeah whatever" Damon said arrogantly as he pulled her away from Stefan's and moved her to his side, so she had to peer around Damon to smile back at Stefan who was grinning widely by now, Apparently his older brother's tactics amused him.
They were walking back toward the house in silence when Damon suddenly stopped and turned and Caroline walked straight into him, her head in his chest and her small hand on his biceps and she couldn't help the soft gasp that escaped her mouth as she touched his flexed muscles, she pulled back rubbing her nose lightly
"Oh btw car-Bar" Damon started with a smirk on his face "Do you mind me calling you Barbie?" and he smirked again looking at the aghast look on her face
"What... Uhm, well at first I hated it... but" she said looking at Stefan guiltily and continued "But now I guess it feels like something specially for me... so I guess I kind of like it" she finished biting her lower lip
"Told you bro" Damon mocked and Stefan scowled
"I call her care" he snapped back
"Even the mutt call's her that... if you're gonna bring yourself down to that level it's not too much competition now is it"
"So does that mean you care about me too" Stefan asked pointedly
"Absolutely not, I rather be caught dead stuffed in a pink tutu than care about you Stefan"
"Whatever you say Damon" Stefan said with a smirk of his own
"What the hell are you guys talking about" Caroline asked angrily and then stomped her foot when both the Salvatore's burst out laughing
Damon stopped laughing as soon as he saw the car in the driveway and Ric, Jeremy Bonnie and Elena standing near the entrance
"Oh no... Mrs. Buzz kill is here"
