Sorry for the delay, guys! I thought about it for a long long time which decade we should have in this chapter, so finally here's the 1920s! XD

Thanks for all the advises you guys sent me on whether Caroline should fall in love with someone else or not! It seems like half of you wanted her to, but the other half didn't... lol

Anyways, I hope you guys are satisfied with how I continue this story, though in this chapter, it wasn't very clear she had fallen in love or not. XD

Enjoy the reading! ;)

Chicago, 1920.

Caroline woke up to find herself in a strange room savored of alcohol and tobacco. With her eyes still closed, the room seemed to be dipping and wheeling around. Her body tingled all over, her throat felt as dry as a bone, and her head ached dizzily. What happened? She put a hand to her forehead and pressed her temples for a moment, as though trying to remember something. Bit by bit, vague memories of last night came back to her.

"How come a pretty blonde like you is sitting here all by herself?"

Caroline lifted her gaze to meet the dark haired guy's, then quickly withdrew her eyes. She got accustomed to being hit on over the years, but it was not until 'that thing' happened that she realized how dangerous it could be.

She ignored his suggestive stare, emptied her bottle of whisky, and walked towards outside. The cool breeze fanned her face, though she wouldn't feel any cold as she was a supernatural being, but she still zipped up her coat, as if it could help her feel more humanlike. She carefully looked around to make sure no one was paying attention, then was about to disappear in supernatural speed. But someone behind suddenly took her by the arm.

"Leaving so soon, Blondie?" It was the same dark haired guy from the bar, smirking at her while seizing her tightly but not tight enough to hurt her.

She stopped and looked up at him helplessly. "Are you serious? Wasn't that flat refusal clear enough to you?"

"Refusal?" The guy seemed not mind a bit. "I thought that was just you being coy."

Caroline rolled her eyes. Stupid, stupid human boy. She wondered how he would react if he knew she was actually hundreds years older than him. She jerked her arm out of his grip, without a word, turned to walk down the empty street.

But the foolish guy followed her quickly, she soon realized she was involved with someone she couldn't easily get rid of. How lucky! She shook her head and smiled bitterly. It wasn't that she didn't want to have some fun and maybe fall in love, that guy's actually quite charming. But from that day on, she was unable to be with someone, for good. Unless she decided to be a heartless monster.

"Just leave me alone okay?" she almost begged. "I don't want to get you killed."

A faint laugh escaped the guy's lips. "Get me killed? What, your boyfriend's a serial killer?"

"No." Caroline slightly shook her head. "He's much worse. And he's NOT exactly my boyfriend."

"Even if he is." The charming man paused to show her a grin. "That's a risk I'm willing to take."

But then what happened? She patted on her head, but the things after that were too vague for her to remember. Did she go with the guy? Had they hooked up last night? And how the hell did she end up in this strange room?

Caroline got out of the bed slowly, the awful feeling she had before was gradually fading away. God bless vampires! She looked about the room with girlish ease. It was quite strange, but also a little familiar to her, quite like the small apartment she had been staying in these days, but clearly not exactly the same one. She went to the door, was about to open it when she noticed a small note lying on the counter.

Thank you for your intense passion, Blondie.

I had a very worthy evening.

Your secret lover

She gave a weak smile, silently praying that she hadn't gotten him into any trouble. As crazy as it might sound, she could feel the remaining happiness inside though those memories of the crazy night were somehow lost. Thank you. She put the note in her coat pocket then walked into the corridor.

It was already getting dark outside, suddenly the lights came on up the whole length of the avenue, chains of misty brilliance in the blue air. Damn it! She passed out all day long? Did that dick drug her? She went down to the pub she had been spending her recent nights at, dejected in heart. To her surprise, there were already lots people inside.

As soon as she entered the bar, her beautiful posture attracted almost everyone's attention. She turned her eyes around, observed the intent faces of the accumulating throng, whispering as they gazed. But she passed them with nary a glance, her face dimpled as she smiled to the man waiting for her at the bar.

"You're a little bit earlier today." He looked at her glowingly.

She sat down beside him in a sudden pet, resting her chin on her hand. "Ugh… don't get me started… just climbed out of bed…"

"Crazy night, huh?" He asked with ridicule and banter. "I thought you never wanna have fun anymore."

"It's not me that didn't want me to have fun, okay Stefan? It's…" She stuttered, wasn't sure how to finish the sentence without revealing her biggest secret to her newly best friend.

Stefan took a sip of his brandy. The girl he just met instantly came into his mind. "I don't know about you, Care. But I wanna have some fun when I'm still able to." He pointed to the girl who was dancing wildly on the dance floor. "I just met a gorgeous girl."

Caroline looked through the crowd, in the direction of Stefan's gaze. Her eyes widened as the girl slowly looked back at them.

Stefan cracked a smile, greeted his new crush with a wave. "Her name's Rebekah. Beautiful, isn't it?"

But Caroline could scarcely hear his words. Her eyes was blazing with anger and fear when Klaus gestured to them from across the bar.

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I bet you already know who that mysterious guy was, right? haha, it's pretty obvious, isn't it? XD

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