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Secret Love

Story 7

Chapter 1

Caroline was lying on the bed in Tyler's room. His mom and dad were making sure the set up for the founding party that night was going well. He had brought her home after school knowing they would be gone. He was in his closet trying to get his outfit for the night out. She was teasing him because he'd put it in there two days ago and couldn't find it.

It wasn't like his closet was that full. He mostly had his music and movies in there along with clothes and jackets. She loved his leather jackets the most the way they smelled against him when they were on his motorcycle. They still rode it all the chances they got and found new ways to have sex on it.

She had brought her bag over knowing his parents had no plans coming back. She had gotten back from her dad's boyfriend's daughter's birthday that morning. While she'd been gone the worst storm they had had in years had uncovered a body. That body was none other than Vicki Donovan; Matt's sister, Jeremy and Tyler's ex. She had heard about it from Elena that morning.

She had seen Jeremy and Tyler talking that morning when she had got to school. She'd Tyler before he'd walked over to Jeremy. He was smoking again or he took one off somebody one. He did that sometimes acted like he was the one smoking, but besides weed she hadn't actually seen him smoke a cigarette. His breath had smelled like whiskey when she had gotten him alone for a kiss.

She found a photo album pulling it off the shelf sitting at his drawing desk. She flipped through it seeing the pictures when they were kids. The summer they had been twelve was in this one and she found a picture of Tyler with his Uncle Mason. She sometimes wished that Mason was around more. She never knew why he stayed away, but she remembered the day he had left.

Tyler had looked heartbroken when he found out he was leaving again. Those few weeks his Uncle had been there he'd been happy. Mason was the complete opposite of his older brother. He wasn't a bully, he didn't take his anger out on Tyler, and he was cool.

"Why couldn't you have been Tyler's dad?" she asked, "He wouldn't have to be put through so much hell," turning the page she found a phone number on a piece of paper. She took another sheet of paper writing the number down wondering if it was still in service. It probably had been from years ago or he'd gotten another phone by now. It wouldn't hurt to give it a try she'd call him, it couldn't hurt could it she wondered.

When she heard Tyler coming out of the closet she put the photo album back the way she had found it. Every picture in it had been of them as kids, not one picture in that album had his dad in it. She knew he still wanted his dad's approval all the time, even loved him. However, he'd never give back the love that his son wanted or the approval he wanted so many times.

Caroline went downstairs telling Tyler she was looking for something to drink. She really had other plans, but didn't want to let him over hear. She took out her phone dialing the number shocked to find it still in service. It rang twice before somebody picked up. She hadn't thought of what to say or what exactly to disclose for that matter.

"Hi, is this Mason?" She asked adding his last name as an after thought.

It had been years since he'd been in Mystic Falls, but Mason didn't miss the last name on the phone. He had hesitated to pick it up at first. He had a full moon to worry about and he never could tell when he was going to turn. It had been always after dark, but he always went to the garage early. The reason why the sheriff's daughter was calling him over took the worry about the moon.

"Yes," it was simple answer, but he knew there would be more than asking if he was who she was looking for.

Caroline smiled he hadn't moved, his phone hadn't changed and he sounded the same as he did years ago, but there was something in his voice. She knew that, the way he sounded. It was like the way something shifted in Tyler. She started wondering if Mason knew about it, but shook it off, she was just over analyzing it.

"I know that this out of the blue, but I found your phone number and…" why had she picked up the phone, oh yeah she wanted him to still be there never leaving. "Wanted to know how you were doing?"

He knew it was more behind why she called, but she'd barely gotten that out. He'd left because there wasn't home any more. His brother made it clear he had no role in Tyler's life or his any more. He'd wanted to stay there so badly. He knew his brother had a temper, their entire family did, but he'd learned to control his early on.

Up until May of the previous year he had Miranda Gilbert, Elena's mom filling him in. He hadn't just left and not worried about what his brother would do. He'd seen those bruises on Tyler when he'd gone swimming and they weren't from football practice. He had called his brother on it and been cut out of their lives for trying to protect his nephew. There dad had been the same way, but he'd gone after Richard instead of him.

"Is Tyler okay?" he finally asked the one question he did want to know about. Ever since the Gilbert's had died he couldn't get in touch with anybody there. Richard had hung up on him when he had called to talk to Tyler. He needed to know if he was okay and just hoped his brother hadn't broken him for life.

Caroline wasn't sure if Tyler was hundred percent okay, "He's doing okay all things considering," she said going on to tell him about Tyler's ex being found dead and that he would be find in few days. "She didn't mean a lot to him, besides he has a new girlfriend now," she didn't say it was her, but maybe she would later.

"Caroline, have you seen my keys?" Tyler asked coming down the stairs. She had been gone for fifteen minutes and he knew that it shouldn't have taken that long.

"I gotta go, I'll call you back though," Caroline said in a rush to get off the phone, "Yeah they're in your jeans you took off,"

Mason didn't miss the voice before she hung the phone up in a hurry. Tyler was there with her, wherever she was calling from. She had given him the summary of things, but hadn't said the real reason she had called. He wanted to call her back but the pull of the full moon was telling him he had to go. He had another three hours at most, but he wasn't risking it.

As soon as he woke up human again he was calling her back. He had to know if she was more than his friend. There was something in her voice that he couldn't place. He wondered if it was the wolf inside of him that had sensed it first. Even over a phone he could just tell she was worried about something.

Caroline wanted so badly to dance with Tyler, but they didn't want tons of questions asked. She hadn't seen his mom since the beginning of the event, but she hadn't missed his dad. Matt was getting drunk because of Vicki's death. Tyler was trying to keep him from getting too wasted or get them caught. Elena was worried about Stefan and Jeremy both. Damon had been talking to her mom, who was out of uniform for once.

She had decided to not drink since she'd be the one driving Tyler home if he could get away. They had almost gotten caught when the Mayor showed back up at the house. He'd come to get something and told Tyler he was riding with him. She had called Elena to come pick her up after telling Tyler she'd be fine.

She wanted to be back in the living room with his mouth between her legs sitting on the couch. She'd been ready to cum when they heard the door open. She had scrambled off the couch running to the closet that was just beside the living room. He'd made an excuse about getting something he'd left upstairs.

He hadn't gone upstairs though he'd walked in the closet and they finished what they had started. He'd gotten there filling her with his cum as she was going over. She'd bitten own on his neck to keep from screaming when he'd slammed into her. His dad had been close by, but he hadn't left her hanging. She had to go back and do that again.

Now she was watching Tyler from a far, but he was looking for her, she just knew it. There were rooms here that they could go and have sex in. She was trying to give him a signal to go upstairs, so far it hadn't worked. She saw Matt's mom take his glass, Caroline knew it was vodka before the woman said it out loud, nobody could smell it on him. His dad couldn't tell if he was drinking it either. It was why she had flirted with the bartender to get it. Tyler hadn't liked it at all, but it got him what he wanted.

She saw Elena and Matt going for the double doors that led to the room before the main exit. She walked up to them and heard Matt ask if Elena had seen his mom. "She's been hawk eyeing Tyler," Caroline said in a voice she hoped didn't sound like she cared, Matt was clueless still.

Elena knew the look on Caroline's face and then there was Matt's confused look. Caroline walked through the door and she saw red. Matt and Elena were beside her and she heard Elena's oh my god. Caroline was frozen in place though, Matt's mom had Tyler backed up against the wall kissing him.

Tyler was obviously not into it and trying to push her away, but she wasn't getting the hint. The next thing she knew Matt was punching Tyler after pulling him away. What the hell had just happened, Tyler wasn't kissing his mom back. He was trying to get away from her. Matt didn't give him a chance to explain and just hauled off and punched Tyler.

"Matt no," Caroline said, Tyler was drunk and so was Matt. Tonight was not the right time to pick a fight with Tyler. He was going to loose it, she didn't know what to do because in an instant Tyler was punching Matt back. They went to the floor and she could barely hear Elena screaming for Tyler to stop.

She felt Mr. Saltzman go around her before pulling Tyler off of Matt. It was like she was in a trance at the moment. She saw how hard it was for Tyler to be pulled away, it was like he was too strong for their teacher to pull him away.

Tyler looked so confused walking past her and she heard his dad telling the others get back to the party. She walked out going after Tyler, she had to find him and keep him away from his dad the rest the night. She needed to know what had happened before they walked in on his best friend's mom tonguing him.

Caroline found him in the library like study room in the place. He was pacing back and forth as if it would help his memory come back. "Are you okay?" Caroline asked. She could tell that he wasn't just by looking at him, but she had to ask.

"No, I don't know what happened, all I wanted was her to stop kissing me," he'd told her he had a girlfriend, but it was like the alcohol made her deaf or something. He'd just wanted to make sure Matt didn't have any reason to worry tonight. His best friend was always picking up after his mom and before Vicki's death her too. Matt was alone beside them really and he tried do something nice for him. Now it was all screwed up because he'd punched the hell out of Matt.

Caroline took the risk of hugging him; she didn't care if somebody saw them. Tyler was hurting on a different level right now. She knew he didn't understand what happened. "It will be okay again, Tyler, I'll make him understand," she would have to talk to Matt. They were best friends, but this was something that might not be fixed on its own.

"I hate this feeling," he hugged her back terrified of whatever inside of him had made him do that. It scared him and the fact that he still had to face his dad too. It was the one time he wished he had ran away like he'd wanted to at fifteen. He hadn't had Caroline to confide in then only the hope it would end one day. That his dad would stop hurting him and realize he'd never be what he wanted in him because he was already this person. He couldn't become what his dad wanted him to be. Caroline didn't let him go holding onto him, she would do this until he was okay.

Tyler didn't want her to go, but he knew his dad would be looking for him. He'd promised to call her soon as he got home. She had gone to find Matt to talk to him, but he didn't think it would help. He'd crossed that line. He'd just wanted Caroline to be beside him all night not having to hide. However, it hadn't worked out like that.

He saw heard his dad before he saw him; he was trying to explain what had happened. Maybe saying he was sorry would save him from what he knew was coming. He didn't know what happened and he tried to tell him that, and he thought his dad was going to let it go. His dad turned to walk away, I'm in the clear Tyler thought, but he knew he should have known better. His dad's hand landed against his face so hard he spun around landing against the wall.

His eyes were blown wide at his dad he'd never hit him in the face, it left marks people could see. He'd never hit him where the public could see either. "This is the last time you ever, embarrass this family," the words packed a harder punch than the slap to the face had. His dad was walking away this time, but he was still standing there in shock.

When he got home there was going to be hell to pay. The fact his dad had lost it where anybody could see only proved it. The rage in his eyes told him it wasn't over by far. If he had somewhere else to go right now he would. Caroline's promise to keep him safe couldn't protect him forever. She said she would do anything, but he'd never let her get hurt.

He left going out to the SUV where his dad was sitting in the driver seat, his mom was in the front seat. He hadn't seen her most of the night, but he'd been hiding since the fight. He knew his mom couldn't be blind to what his dad did. He wished she'd say something, just do something. He could never hate her for it; he loved his mom and was closer to her than he'd ever be to his dad. He'd rather be the one hit than her.

It was dead silence in the vehicle on the way home; he sat there after they got home until they were both in the house. He took out his phone texting Caroline he'd call her later. When she asked if he was in the clear he just sent a question mark because he honestly didn't know.

Caroline had gotten Elena to drop her off and she'd gone inside the Lockwood mansion. She was hiding out in Tyler's closet. It probably wasn't the best thing to do, but she had to make sure he was okay. When she saw him she could go, she told herself, but she wanted to stay the night and hold him. Matt had already left when she'd tried to find him.

She heard Tyler walk into the room, but before she could come out she also heard the door open again. She stayed there in her hiding spot listening to the harsh words that was coming from his dad. Caroline covered her mouth so not to make a sound. The tears falling down her face as the bastard continued telling his son what was wrong with him.

She bit down on her hand to stop from crying out when she heard the sound that came next. The tears were coming faster now. She never had heard or witnessed the Mayor's anger towards his son, but she could hear the groans Tyler tried to stop. She had always witnessed the aftermath of how broken the man she loved became. She had to stop herself from disclosing her hiding place.

Soon as his dad left she would go out and put him back together again. She'd hold him till the pain dulled, she'd cry for him yet again. Caroline didn't know what else to do, nobody else seemed to care what happened to Tyler, but she did. She had to do something to help him.

Her mind went back to Mason, maybe he could do something. He hadn't been there in years, but she'd remembered the day at the swimming hole. It was the year that his brother had started venting his anger at Tyler. He'd seen the bruises and she knew like he did that football didn't have anything do with the bruises on Tyler. Mason had left and she knew it had to do with his brother cutting him out his life. She wished again that Tyler was his, and then he would be safe from harm.

Soon as she heard the door close she went out sitting beside him wrapping her arms around his neck. Caroline didn't give him any promise she just sat there holding him. She heard him telling her to go, that she shouldn't be here, but she just held on that much tighter. She would never leave him alone with this, "I'll never leave you baby, I'll always be your safe place," that was the one thing she could say and mean it.

The end of this story more to come in series

AN: I never did like the Mayor and always got the feeling he did more than the things we saw on the show. The fact he just out right and hit Tyler in the episode this is based off of in season one just showed it more. I also love Mason Lockwood he is hot and I heard that in ghost town season three he wanted to help Tyler. Therefore, thought would make it sooner than later. Season one is winding down, but still keeping this going.