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Damon and Caroline had not talked the whole ride, silently getting out of the car, and following each other into the boarding house.

Damon could see that she was hurt, fighting away tears that were badly trying to make her way down her face, but what he said was the truth… at the time, Damon didn't care for her at all, just used her as a puppet… for him to feed off of and used a while. He didn't feel anything between them at all… all he cared about was Elena! And only Elena! And it pained him that he had been so stupid to ever choose Elena over Caroline… but he knew she deserved to know the truth, she's been lied to enough already.

He remember her laughing slightly after he told her that he felt nothing at all, but Damon knew she didn't mean to at all, he knew it was just a cover up so that she could run from this again, he could just see how hurt she had gotten from him saying that… but he wasn't going to allow her to run this time… and he wasn't either… he couldn't make out trying to explain his reasoning, he just couldn't find the right words to explain his motives and why he felt nothing… he would tell her… tell her that he made a mistake… but I guess right now was just not the moment…

Caroline glanced at Damon every so often, she didn't know why but she was hurt by the fact that he didn't feel even a pinch of affection towards her… but she was probably being stupid… she should've known that he didn't care about her… he never did…

So, she remained quite as Damon's words ringed in her ears, a long with Klaus'. One thing was for sure… not matter how much she was hurting… no matter who cared for her or not… she would never join Klaus.

They entered the boarding house, one after the other, only to be met with a worried Bonnie.

"Where were you guys! I thought you guys were hurt!" Bonnie exclaimed as she hugged Caroline.

Damon moved past the girls, giving Caroline one last glance as he entered the living room, where Elena and Stefan stood. Stefan worried, and Elena simply nervous.

She's probably nervous about encountering Caroline again…

Damon watched as Caroline entered the room, completely ignoring Elena, as she sat on the couch, looking at Stefan and Bonnie impatiently.

Stefan sighed, he couldn't take it any more, "What was with Klaus?"

Caroline sighed, as she remembered everything he had said… she was never going to tell them about all the things he said… it hurt to much… worst of all she knew it was the truth…

"Nothing happened, we just… danced…" Caroline said trailing off.

Damon scoffed, but couldn't help but feel angry over the fact that Klaus had touched his girl, His girl?

"Yeah, sure Blondie… seriously, what happened?" Damon asked Caroline, slightly annoyed at the fact that she was hiding something… something to do with Klaus.

Bonnie and Stefan glared at Damon, as he just shrugged, mouthing 'what'.

"Caroline… Klaus can hurt you… we need to know…" Bonnie stated, as she sat next to Caroline on the couch.

Caroline sighed as she looked at Stefan and Bonnie, "He asked me to join him…"

Everyone looked at her in confusion, Stefan breaking the silence, "Join him?"

"Are you going to..?" Elena asked, a little impatiently.

Caroline stared at her in disbelief, trying to control her anger as she simply spit out her words, "I would never do that."

An awkward silence feel between them, Stefan deciding to ask what everyone was thinking at the moment, "But… he said that if Elena didn't hand herself in… you would be-"

Damon interrupted Stefan, "We've got it Stefan."

Stefan looked at his brother reassuringly, Bonnie smiling slightly, Maybe he did care for her…

Elena and Caroline just plain confused at Damon's out burst, "Well, he's Klaus… you can never trust him…"

Caroline nodded, he was right, ad it just angered her that she could die just because of Elena… she glanced towards Elena who was just eyeing Caroline constantly.

Caroline glared back, not wanting to deal with any trash Elena had to offer.

Bonnie sighed, "Is that all he said..?"

Caroline nodded hesitantly, "Yeah... that's all he said..."

"Stop lying Caroline, just tell us what he said... We are trying to help you..." Elena stated, a little annoyed.

Caroline huffed, in annoyance, this girl just couldn't leave me alone! Trying to help me…? Whatever.

"Oh please, you would probably be happy with me gone! So that it could everything could be about you once again!" Caroline couldn't help but yell, Elena was truly making her angrier by the minute. Just by looking at the bitch it made Caroline's blood boil.

Everyone looked at Caroline surprised, but Bonnie knew that this is what she had thought about all a long... She remembered the time, Caroline was drunk three years ago, and they were at the Grill, she kept talking about being second to Elena. At that moment she just believe Caroline was drunk… but I guess she was just letting her feelings out, which was pretty hard now, it's like she has this wall around her heart, blocking every emotion that she can show… and she couldn't help but feel bad for the blonde.

Elena just stood next to Stefan, both wide eyed, while Damon looked at her curiously, but with concern. Bonnie looking at her with sympathy, as she rubbed, Caroline's shoulder in reassurance.

"That is not true!" Elena exclaimed back, causing Caroline to lose it, as she stood up from the couch, as she walked in front of Elena, practically snarling in her face.

"It is, and you know it! It just always has to be about you!" Caroline snarled in her face.

"And how is that my fault?" Elena exclaimed, shouting back at Caroline.

"It may not be your fault.. But not even you can deny the fact that no one cares if I get hurt! It just always has to be about you, as long as you don't get hurt, everything's fine!"

"That is not true!" Elena snapped back causing Caroline to laugh bitterly.

"Yes it is Elena. I would've said differently 3 years ago when I thought you were my friend. But you made it loud and clear that you never cared about me as a friend... No one ever did…" Caroline said a bit softly.

Damon looked at her with guilty, as Bonnie just sighed. Stefan looked at Caroline, in confusion and anger, he didn't understand the fact of why she was being so harsh with Elena.

"What was so bad that happened three years ago?" Stefan asked a little angrily.

Caroline looked at Stefan confused, but slowly came to realization as Damon and Elena shared a look that she couldn't quite understand.

"Wow, some girlfriend you turned out to be..." Caroline said trailing off, as she was making her way towards the door, only to be stopped by Damon's voice.

"I kissed Elena 3 years ago... And I told he that I loved her... Us both betraying Caroline…"

Caroline looked at Damon, as he neared Stefan, who stared at his older brother dumfounded.

"I didn't mean to hurt you-"

Stefan nodded slightly, cutting Damon off, "I'll be upstairs..."

Stefan walked away, only to be stopped by Elena's hand grabbing his, he looked at her in disbelief as he whipped his hand away from her reach and super sped from the living room, the echoing of his door being shut filling the house.

Caroline looked at Damon, confused, why did he tell Stefan...?

Elena looked at everyone in the room, tears forming in her eyes as anger built inside of her, "This is your fault, Caroline! You did this!"

Caroline nodded in disbelief, "You did this to yourself Elena..."

Elena stormed towards Caroline, "You little bitc-"

"Elena I think you should go," Damon stated, annoyed, as he glared at the brunette.

Elena looked at Damon confused, yet hurt. She glared at Caroline one last time before making her way out of the house, slamming the door behind her, causing Damon to flinch.

Bonnie looked between Caroline and Damon who seemed to be in their own world, "I've umm, uh got your things Caroline... There at the guest room, upstairs down to the right…"

Caroline broke out of her thoughts as she looked at Bonnie, nodding slightly.

Bonnie nodded as well, as she silently made her way out of the boarding house, wishing for the best…

Caroline looked at Damon, who had his jaw clenched as he stared at the ground. Caroline decided to break the silence, "Why'd you tell him...?"

Damon's head shot up to Caroline's direction, "he deserved to know..."

Caroline nodded, but she couldn't help but ignore the look on Damon's face, it was expressionless, yet filled with pain. Caroline's heart sank as she saw a tear roll down his cheek. Caroline hesitantly made her way towards Damon, standing in front of him now. He looked at Caroline in confusion as she gently slid her hand with his squeezing it gently as she spoke, "I'm sorry..."

Damon's brow raised, why was she sorry?

Caroline looked at him in curiosity, trying to read him as much as possible.

Damon sighed, "Enough of this... I'll show you your room..."

Before she could refuse, Damon was already walking the other direction, slowly letting go of her hand as he did so. She followed him quietly, probably thinking that he probably didn't want to talk about it. And it wasn't like he wanted to be comforted by Caroline... It's not like she was Elena... The love of his life...


They entered the guest room silently. Caroline examined the room in awe, As she slowly made her way to the bed that had 2 bags on it. She assumed that it was probably the stuff that Bonnie bought for her, from her house. She smiled slightly at how thoughtful Bonnie was. He attention was snapped to the door when she saw Damon about to leave. Before thinking about what she was saying she called after him, "wait!"

He looked back, in confusion, and boredom, as he faced her, arms crossing over his chest. She continued hesitantly, as she noticed he had actually stopped, she didn't know why she had stopped him, but she couldn't let him just walk away after what happened earlier, even if he didn't admit it, Caroline knew he was hurting and it surprisingly made her pain.

"Stay...?" Caroline asked hesitantly, as she saw his confusion deepen.

Truthfully, she didn't know why she had asked him that, just a few hours ago, she wanted nothing To do with him... Who was she kidding, that would never be possible...

Damon counted to stare at her in confusion, she didn't know what to say, in stead she bent down ruffling through one of the bags, smiling hugely.

Bonnie remembered!

She took both objects out of the bag as she held it in her hands, waving t so that Damon could see, "I was um... Was planning on a-uh Smallville and Supernatural marathon..."

Damon's head tilted to the side slightly as he looked at the box sets in her hands.

Caroline gasped slightly, "How could you not know two of the best shows on the face of this planet!"

Damon shrugged, "Guess I'm just not that into the whole TV show business..."

Caroline smiled, "Well you are now!"

She ran towards Damon excitedly, as she grabbed his hand dragging him into her room once again.

"Now sit. I'm going to just change..." Caroline stated as she looked through her bags, pulling out a few more boxed sets and an turquoise spaghetti strap tang top, a long with dark blue pyjama pants that were made up of strips that contained different shades of blue. Damon smiled slightly, as Caroline squealed in excitement, "This is going to be so much fun! Don't move!"

Then she was gone, behind the doors of the bathroom, as Damon laid down on her bed slightly, head on the bed frame, eyeing all the seasons she had, waiting to be watched.

He grabbed one lazily, eyeing it curiously, as he examined the cover, it had the name of the TV show, Smallville written In big red font on the side, 'Season 4' written on the top as the background showed crops with two individuals standing a long side each other. One a man, and the other a fairly attractive girl.

Damon sighed as he looked at the stash of DVD sets for the other show, grabbing it he brought it into his hands, examining it as well.

There was a pretty old looking car in the background, but it was nice, it reminded him of the old times, when things weren't so complicated. There was a bag of salt next to the car as a man stood in front of it, holding an oddly shaped knife in one hand. Up front was another man. The title ran, across the set, reading Supernatural as the number of the season ran through the bottom, 'Season 1'.

"huh... Supernatural..." Damon said actually interested, before putting it back in place, looking at all the rest she had collected.

How Many seasons are there?

Damon's eyes widened, as he eyed the bag, How long were these shows on air? Probably going to last his entire dead life! To just watch 'em!

Damon's thoughts were interrupted by the bathroom door opening, Damon's breath got caught in his throat, he looked at her dumfounded, as he eyed her slowly. Her hair was in a loose bun, as a few curls hung till her shoulders, her bangs in her eyes as they narrowed at him. His eyes traveled her body. The tang top looking better on her than he had imagined It would. He smiled genuinely.

"What?" Caroline asked, confused at the intense stare he was giving her, as she looked down at herself.

Damon smirked, unknowingly speaking, as if he was in some trance, "You look… cute…"

Damon's eyes widened, he couldn't believe that he had just spoke out, he gulped as he saw Caroline's expression change, "What…?"

Caroline's brows rose at the comment, but she couldn't help the small smile that appeared on her face, Did he just call me cute?

Damon cleared his throat, as he forced himself to look away from her, looking at the seasons once again, "No-nothing… umm let's just watch…"

Damon rolled his eyes at himself, Smooth.

Caroline looked at Damon in amusement, he was hesitating, which made her giggle a bit, she walked to the bed, eyeing Damon as he continued to fight his urge to look at her once again, causing her to grin.

"So which one?" Caroline asked, trying hard not to laugh.

Damon looked at her immediately, swallowing hard, "Ummm… I don't know… you pick…"

Caroline nodded as she picked up a Smallville season, it was different than the one Damon examined earlier… it was the first season…

She slid the first disc in to the DVD player, that was next to the TV, in the far corner of the room. Walking back to the other side of the bed, with a remote in her hand.

Damon gulped when she sat next to him, skin practically brushing. Caroline didn't seem to notice him being so tense, as she continued to start the disc.

"You don't mind watching the very first episode do you?" Caroline asked, still not looking at him.

He nodded as he answered, "Nah, I don't mind."

Caroline started the episode, glancing towards his direction, she smiled slightly at the fact that he was quite uncomfortable.

"Relax Damon, I'm not going to bite…"

Damon's head whipped towards Caroline, who was simply staring at the screen with a small smile on her face.

Damon scoffed, "Who said I'm not relaxed…"

Caroline laughed slightly, "What ever you say Damon…"


A few episodes later, Damon wasn't that uncomfortable anymore… he was actually having… fun….

Caroline and him were actual acting normal around each other like nothing had happened, it was nice.

"She's so hot!" Damon exclaimed, as he pointed at the screen.

Caroline's eyes widened, "What? No, ewwwwww! I hate Lana!"

Damon chuckled slightly, "Why?"

Caroline shrugged, "I'm more of a Clois fan…"

Damon looked at her in confusion, "Clois?"

"Yah, Clark and Lois together… they've got great chemistry! They also look great together! Lana and Clark… not so much…" Caroline explained, causing Damon to smile.

"Well… I still think she's hot," Damon stated as he looked at the screen once again.

Caroline rolled her eyes, at the older Salvatore, as he continued, "Chloe's not that bad either…"

Caroline smiled at that, "I loved her in the series! Her and Lois!"

Damon chuckled, as the continued to watch attentively.


"I'm torn!" Damon exclaimed, as he looked at an amused Caroline.

"Told ya," Caroline simply stated, as she looked at Damon in amusement.

"Lois is pretty hot too. Wow, that Clark dude has got a hard decision to make…" Damon stated.

Caroline's brows furrowed, "Decision? You do know that he's going to choose Lois right…?"

Damon's eyes widened, "What? Thanks a lot Blondie… you ruined it."

Caroline laughed, "Dude, it's based on Superman mythology, it was spoiled since the beginning!"

Damon scoffed, "I knew that!"

"Yeah sure…" Caroline stated, as she continued to laugh.

"How'd he make the decision?" Damon asked, as he stared at the girls on the screen.

"It actually looked like he used her as a rebound after Lana left… I didn't like that…" Caroline stated, looking at the screen herself.

Damon's brows furrowed, as she continued, "Lana left… Lois thought that maybe… just maybe he had feelings for her… but as soon Lana returned, he jumped right back into loving Lana… she was wrong, he would always love Lana… he proved that to her too… completely forgetting about her feelings as Lana returned.. Causing Lois to leave for a while…"

Damon's eyes softened as he saw the hurt expression on her face, and the pain in her voice… it was obvious that she wasn't talking about the show anymore… more like what happened to her 3 years ago…

Caroline laughed slightly, but Damon knew she didn't mean to at all, he knew it was just a cover up so that she could run from this again, he could just see how hurt she was… but he wasn't going to allow her to run this time… and he wasn't either.

It was the truth… at the time, Damon didn't care for her at all, just used her as a puppet… for him to feed off of and used a while. He didn't feel anything between them at all… all he cared about was Elena! And only Elena! And it pained him that he had been so stupid to ever choose Elena over Caroline… but he knew she deserved to know the truth, she's been lied enough.

He watched as she continued to stare at the television, as he continued, "3 years ago… You were just any other human that I happened to bump into, causing me to treat you like how I did… plus, it was a bonus that you were close with Elena…"

Caroline looked at him, eyes narrowing, "So… us 'dating' was just so that you could get closer to Elena?"

Damon stared at her as he heard her hurt expression, as he nodded slowly, continuing, "…all I thought about was Elena, and only Elena… I didn't think about how this would hurt you… and I am truthfully sorry for that… but it's the truth… and I think you deserve at least that…"

Caroline nodded slightly, a little touched by the fact that he was being honest with her, and… apologizing?

Caroline's eyes narrowed, as she spoke again, turning her body a bit, so that she was facing him now, "… your sorry…?"

Damon looked at her confused, of course he was sorry… it's not like he enjoyed torturing her… did she think that?

"Of course I am Caroline… and I know that I don't deserve your forgiveness, but-"

Caroline sighed slightly, "It's alright Damon…"

She had waited so long for that apology… all a long she felt like he didn't care… that he believed that a sorry wasn't necessary…

Damon's brows furrowed, as he slightly yelled, "No it's not alright! You should hate me!"

Caroline looked at him confused, as she responded softly,"As much as I hate to admit it… I can never hate you Damon…"

Damon's heart skipped a beat at that, as relief stroked his body, but he still couldn't help but feel like he didn't deserve her forgiveness… that he didn't deserve her…

Silence fell between them, as the continued to watch Smallville.

Everything was going so well! She was so happy… not thinking about what happened! And then it just had to happen! Even though she said it was alright… he knew that it could never be alright… that it would never be enough… him apologizing… could never be enough…

"It was destiny though…" Damon said softly as he stared at the screen blankly.

Caroline's brow arched in confusion as she glanced his direction.

He took her silence as a cue to continue, "Lois and Clark were meant to be, and even if Lana tried… she could never come between that… he may have not loved Lois at a point in his life… his world may have revolved around Lana before… but it is Lois… she's the one… and Clark was stupid in not noticing that sooner…"

Caroline looked at him, in awe, Wh-what…?

"And I'm pretty sure Clark feels terrible about all of it…" Damon stated softly, before looking to Caroline who was staring at him in confusion and shock.

Damon leaned into Caroline, glancing at her one last time, as he kissed her lower cheek gently, his lips hovering over her lips a bit. The kiss lingered on her cheek, as he slowly pulled away, noses almost touching. Caroline's heart racing at the sudden event. Damon's blue eyes locked with hers, as they just stared at each other for a moment before Damon slowly looked away getting off her bed.

Caroline watched as he neared the door, clearly confused over the fact of why she wanted him to stay… even though she knew it was probably a bad idea…

"Goodnight, Caroline…" Damon said lastly as he made his way out the door, leaving a dazed Caroline behind.


How'd you like it?

Caroline's probably thinking a lot of things right now! ;)

I liked the whole connection with Clark, Lois and Lana… how it was similar to the situation with Caroline, Damon and Elena… how'd you guys think of that? It kind of got them to tell each other they're feelings… in a way!

What about the secret reveal… Stefan upset? Elena leaving with tears in her eyes?

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