Vampire Diaries: Past Encounters (Caroline PoV)
Love is when one person knows all of your secrets…your deepest, darkest, most dreadful secrets of which no one else in the world knows…and yet in the end, that one person does not think any less of you; even if the rest of the world does. – Damon
Secrets are made to be found out in time. – Elena
You close your eyes to the things you don't want to see. But you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel. –Caroline
I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I do want to be something to someone. – Tyler
Tyler Lockwood Ex-Profile: Damon Salvatore Ex-Profile: Stefan Ex-Profile:
Hot, but an ass. Mysterious and sexy Hot and charming
Matt's Best friend Stefan's brother Elena's new boy toy
Most likely to bang every girl in school Player who needed to be tamed Gentlemen
Anger management needed Sweet, but strong Mysterious
Tyler Lockwood New Profile: Damon Salvatore Profile: Stefan Profile:
Hot, but desperately troubled Handsome, but dangerous Attractive and sweet
My friend Elena's new best friend Elena's boyfriend
Player for whatever reason Troubled Smart
Temperamental Furious Kind and gentle
Big changes had been happening in Mystic Falls for so long, but the fact that a guy I'd known since I was a kid had changed that wasn't an easy feat. Yet maybe it wasn't that he changed, but I had just not tried hard enough to understand him. Maybe he was misunderstood, like me. Everyone only saw the front he put up no saw what was inside, no saw his heart because they didn't try to reach it. After all even Matt almost lost hope in him, I think that is something everyone needs someone to believe in them and someone they can believe in. I sat in my car surrounded by the chilling autumn air thinking and being swayed by my random thoughts. Suddenly and rhythmical knocking interrupted my thoughts and I turned to look at the window. I was not happy with who I saw, Damon Salvatore. At that moment I started to reach for the rear shift, but then I saw Damon standing right in front of my car. As much as I wanted to run him over I knew I couldn't, so I got out of the car.
"What're doing here?" I demanded.
"Now, now Caroline you can't honestly say you're not happy to see me" Damon replied.
"Well if it weren't for Stefan that day at Elena's house who knows what you would've done" I retorted.
"That was because you were hiding something from me. I couldn't let you get away with that…" he went on. Damon started to walk toward me and for some odd reason I closed my eyes as if by instinct.
"What is it Caroline you can't look me in the eye?" he asked smoothly.
"Maybe I'm just hoping that if I close my eyes then I can open them to see you gone" I answered. He started chuckling as if my unsteadiness was amusing him that sorry SOB.
"No such luck Caroline I'm here to stay, and I'm not leaving until I get the answers I'm looking for" Damon returned. I swiftly felt his fingertips graze across my cheek and his touch sent a chill down my spine. Something about Damon had never been normal but his ability to control people was something that he'd always had I'm sure.
"I don't know anything" I replied.
Damon took a deep breath and then spoke, "Oh but you do you know something, in that empty head of yours in some information that very much need" he told me.
"Well whatever it is you want I promise I won't give it to you" I said back at him. Then even without looking I could feel his anger flare up and just when I felt as though he was going to hit me someone grabbed his hand, Tyler.
"Caroline are you so afraid of this guy that you have to close your eyes" at this statement my eyes sprung open to see the situation I knew had to being going on. Opening my eyes I saw Tyler tightly gripping Damon's open hand. Tyler looked at me and gave me that worried yet, you're acting pathetic look and that made me kind of angry.
"Why is it any of your business anyway?" I let out. Tyler was saving me I knew that, but Damon was dangerous I know that and no matter what Tyler was or how strong Damon would have no problem threatening him. I'm not sure why I ever liked Damon, maybe it was because I wanted someone who only saw me. Too bad that Damon was in no way that person at all.
"Hey I'm saving you from this ass and you can't even say thank you?" Tyler questioned me surprised at my reaction, "Besides you said we needed to talk so let's talk" he finished.
"Wait your turn tough guy Caroline wasn't done answering my questions" Damon said looking over at me with a devious grin then yanking in wrist out of Tyler's grasp. Damon stared at me for a moment as if he was expecting me to be on his side.
"How do you know Caroline anyway?" Tyler asked Damon furiously.
"Well like I told her little boyfriend there are reasons why we've never formally met through Caroline" Damon said.
"I'm done talking to you Damon" I told him firmly. "When there you go, you heard her Salvatore" Tyler mocked. Upon hearing my response Tyler left Damon's side, walked over to me and grabbed my wrist pulling me in the other direction. Just then I heard footsteps, Damon started walking quickly toward us but just before he reached us I swiftly turned around only to see someone had beat me in stopping him. Stefan was there. Standing side by side the two brothers seemed at odds Stefan looked sternly at Damon and shook his head. At that moment Damon glanced over at Tyler and me and nodded to Stefan. Tyler by this time turned around and notice I was standing still he called out my name and I started walking swiftly to catch up with him, but I was not to far that I didn't here bits and pieces of the mysterious brothers conversation.
"I thought we agreed that she knows something" Damon said.
"Yes, we do but that doesn't… this is going… us any closer to the answer" Stefan returned.
"Caroline is friend of Elena's she's innocent no matter what you think, besides I doubt she even knows what it is that she knows. Even if she did you're the last person she'd tell Damon" Stefan went on to say.
"Fine but if you can't… I will" Damon replied obviously aggravated by his brother's interference. They say your past always comes back to haunt you I had no idea how right they were. The brother who I nearly died because of and the one who never had an interest in me were both coming around again.
The Salvatore brothers wanted something I am certain that I knew what it was, but I'd never tell them. Words just kept coming to mind such as when Stefan told me I could trust him, but in the end if Elena and Bonnie couldn't trust me and I couldn't trust them then no one could be trusted. Though I'd be lucky if it was Stefan who bothered me again rather than Damon, no matter what Elena said Damon was a monster even if that wasn't literally the case. I turned my attention to Tyler who I now had finally caught up with. It had been two weeks since I texted him, but he never texted me back. I was surprised he even remembered, but something about him was different lately. Before he probably would've gotten into a fist fight with Damon, yet this time he'd managed to keep it to snarky comments. Big changes were happening in Mystic Falls. I just didn't know if they were good or bad. Either way trouble was coming like it or not.
People change. But that isn't always a good thing.
(*Note to readers this may be the last chapter for a little while because I want to see what direction season two is going. Thanks for reading and I promise once I get a great idea for the next chapter I'll post it ASAP.)