A/N: It's been a long time since I came around,

Been a long time but I'm back in town,

And this time I'm not leaving without you!

Sorry, going on a bit of a Gaga freak-out since the You And I video was released Y-day. I know I haven't updated in like, two days? Hope this chapter's good for Forwood lovers xxx – Leahlovessalvatore124 – P.S I will thank everyone at the end of this chapter!

Chapter Fourteen - Seductively

Rays of sunlight streamed through the open window and danced on her skin. Caroline glanced at the Lapis ring that protected her, wishing to be human again.

She was at Tyler's place, and he was still sleeping, still holding her in his arms against his bare chest that lately felt like home to her. Caroline was one of the only people that understood him, and she stroked his cheek lovingly. They were the same, in a way. They had both been afraid, lost, and they'd both found each other.

"You're such a faker!" Caroline whispered as her boyfriend stirred and his eyes squinted. She lightly leaned towards him, planting a kiss softly on his lips. Tyler sighed.

"That feels good, Care." The vampire kissed the werewolf again, this time placing her palms on either side of his face and holding it a little before breaking the kiss.

"How about that?"

Now he was awake. She giggled feverishly as he rolled on top of her, caressing the side of her face and tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

"That's a dangerous thing, waking a werewolf. You know why? 'Cause they might just BITE!" Caroline squealed as he bared his teeth, trying to nibble her ear.

"You...you wouldn't!" She choked out between fits of laughter.

"Oh really?" He challenged, grinning seductively. Tyler leans in, snapping his teeth at her playfully.

"Two can play at that game." Caroline whispers, and his whole body tingles. He pretends to bite her, but instead when his lips meet her skin he kisses her instead, trailing them up from the bottom of her chest, all the way to her neck, and when they reach her throat she closes her eyes. Just as they reach her lips, she hears foot-falls on the stairs.

"Ty..someone's coming!"

Her eyes snap open just as they reach the landing.

"Okay, okay! Quick, under the bed." He shouts, holding hands he helps to push her under just as a small knock sounds at the door and he leaps back onto the pillows, covering himself up with the sheets.

"Tyler, who were you talking to?" Mrs Lockwood pushes open the door, looking suspicious.

"Who was I talking to? Er..Caroline!" He says, his mother looking shocked.

"What?"

"Yeah, on the phone!" Tyler says, waving his Blackberry at her from his side table.

"Well, okay then."

Caroline breathes a silent sigh of relief from underneath the bed, the hard marble cool against her skin and her body pressed flat against the floor.

Tyler holds his breath as his Mom looks around the room, eyes narrowed as she points to the pile of his girlfriend's stuff in the corner at the end of his bed.

"And what is this then, hmm?" Mrs Lockwood storms towards it, picking up the lacy bra with her little finger.

Tyler was dumb struck. What the heck was he going to say now?

"That's Mason's old stuff Mom. He had a couple of 'friends' over, and I was sorting through some of his things the other day. Sorry, I sorta left it there, I just couldn't be bothered to pick it up."

He thanked whatever was up there that he had hopefully been able to get himself out of this one.

"Are you sure?" She questioned, coming to sit on the edge of the bed.

"God Mom! I'm still a virgin, okay?"

There was a snort from under the bed.

"Sorry, I uh, think I'm coming down with something." Tyler sniffed, kicking a shoe under the bed, he heard a small grunt. Did she want to make this any harder for him?

"Well, if you ever want to talk, with your father gone, I'm here for you." Tyler's mother quickly pecked his forehead and swept across the room, closing the door firmly behind her.

"That was close!" Caroline said, easing herself out and going to lay back on the mass of sheets and fluffy pillows.

"You soo weren't helping!"

"I can't believe she fell for that! Although, I have to admit, you were pretty good!" She laughed.

"There's other things I'm pretty good at." Tyler whispered smoothly. Smirking slyly, he pulled the cover's over the both of them.

It had been two days since her attack, and Bonnie was busy applying foundation and concealer in the boarding house bathroom. Today they were going to have one day out of their lives when they didn't have to be erratic or fearful, or worrying about death. One normal day where they could just have fun.

"Bonnie, you ought to be proud of your wounds, child. They show your strength and courage." Her great aunt said as she came in behind her.

"I know, but their just so ugly."

"Here," She took the make-up pads and started wiping the brown gloop from the girls face. "Let me." The ancient woman turned her great niece to look in the grand mirror edged with a brown oak finish.

"They are what define you as who you are."

Bonnie went to join the rest of her friends in the living room.

Tyler was sitting on a couch with Caroline on his lap, Damon was sitting with Alaric, and Jeremy was waiting for her on the other sofa.

"Where's Elena?" She asked, sitting down with Jeremy as he draped his arm around her.

"Cooking up a storm." Damon answered brusquely, beating the human boy to it.

"Actually, she's just getting dips and nachos." Elena said, putting two filled bowls on the coffee table and plonking her butt down next to Damon.

Damon looked up at her and was touched to see she was still wearing his necklace.

"Hey," She said, taking his hands in hers and checking to see that Tyler and Caroline weren't listening in. This surprised Damon and his eyes widened a little, then casually dropped back to normal. "me and Bonnie want to talk to you about something." Elena signalled over at her witch best-friend and she pulled up a chair. Damon's eyes narrowed. What kind of pep-talk was this?

"Actually, Caroline wants us to talk to you, but she knew you'd go all sarcastic on her, so she got us to do it, seeing as I kinda scare you, and well, you and Elena are quite close, she figured we'd be better for the job." Bonnie smiled at him tentatively. Why the heck were they treating him like a freakin' four year old?

"It's about Tyler," Elena started, and Damon rolled his eyes. "you've got to be nice to him Damon."

"Yeah, I mean you guys are sort of the same if you think about it." Bonnie reasoned. This was going to be tough.

Damon laughed.

"Define 'the same'." He snorted.

Elena huffed.

"Look, could you please just try and at least put up with him being in the same room?" She looked up at him with those doe eyes of hers that instantly made his insides melt.

He sighed.

"Don't just assume that I'm going to do something just because it's you who's asking." Damon snapped, a little too harshly, and she dropped his hands like she'd just been stung. Elena felt hurt. She would never play on his heart strings like that, thinking like that was just plain low.

"I didn't mean it like that. If you two have unresolved differences by the next full moon, who knows what will happen." Elena whispered. Damon could tell she was genuinely worried, and he immediately felt guilty.

"I'm sorry, Elena. Fine. But it probably won't change anything, just warning ya."

Elena smiled and he turned to jelly again.

"Try to get to know him, bond, smile a little." Elena said as Damon made his way over to the werewolf, who straight away was on guard.

"Let's bond Tyler. Bonding is important." Damon said, 'smiling'.

"She said smile, not look like you wanna eat him." Bonnie jeered.

"Actually, I think I've lost my appetite." Damon sat beside him, practically cringing.

"So it looks like we have to do this?" Tyler whispered.

"For our girls." Damon said back, for his ears only.

"For my girl, yeah, but who's your girl?"

"You are so dumb it's unbelievable." Damon felt an eye-roll coming on.

"Elena? Come on dude, I knew it was Elena, I was just messing with ya!" Tyler said, although he was looking a little confused. This dude was going out with his blood-sucking brother's girlfriend/soon-to-be-ex? It just didn't make sense, and anyway, he wondered why Damon (!) would talk to him of all people about something that he usually would just tuck away and hide.

"You know, you're not that bad Salvatore." Tyler slurred, chugging back alcohol. He was going to regret that in the morning.

"Well, neither are you Lockwo...ugh, sorry, the feeling of that in my mouth, it just tastes disgusting." Damon pulled a face.

Tyler laughed.

"So this is just an act, right? You know, this 'being nice' stuff?"

Deep down in his heart of hearts, he was maybe starting to like Tyler.

"All for show, Lockwood." Damon said, taking a sip from the bottle and looking at 'his girl' laugh with Bonnie, Jeremy, Caroline, and his good old buddy Ric. Even Great Aunt Avery was having a good time, and she was starting to become a fundamental part of the group. But there was something, some deep sadness in Elena's eyes that said she was all for show too. Damon knew that this would never be over. She would never forget Stefan. Sometimes Damon wished they both could. But deep down, Damon just missed his little brother.

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