Could you look me in the eye
And tell me that you're happy now?
Would you tell it to my face,
Or have I been erased
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
Are You Happy Now? By Michelle Branch
Chapter Twenty-Six: Nice Guys Finish Last
"What are you talking about Damon?" Caroline asked
"I mean your boyfriend has gone physco" Damon said "He's off playing werewolf hunter with Alaric"
"…You're lying" Caroline said "Stefan wouldn't do that, he knows that-"
"I'm not lying Caroline" Damon said and looked her dead in the eyes and Caroline saw now that he was being completely serious with her
"…Oh my god" Caroline said and walked away from the door and into the kitchen. "Uh, Mom, I'll be right back, okay?"
"Who's at the door?" Her Mom asked
"Elena" Caroline quickly lied "She needs my help really quick, I'll be right back" Caroline said and walked out of the kitchen and out the door right past Damon
"Where do you think you're going blondie?" Damon asked and cut her off in her tracks
"I'm going to go find Stefan, now move" Caroline said and walked around him only to get cut of by Damon again "I'm not in the mood for this Damon" Caroline grumbled "Where's Stefan?"
"Where else could he be?" Damon asked with a smirk
Caroline was sick of Damon already and she shoved him aside and walked past him before taking off towards the Boarding House. She was going to kill Stefan for doing anything to Tyler.
Tyler was just starting to come around a little bit and he was starting to look around to see where he was, but had no idea. He soon found out that he was tied to a chair and felt really tired and weak, he tried to break free from the ropes, but they were tied down tightly. Soon, he heard footsteps coming down the hallway and was seriously confused when he saw Stefan walk into whatever kind of cell he was in.
"Stefan? Where the hell am I? Why are you here? Forget that, h=just, get me out of here" Tyler said, thinking Stefan was possibly here to get him out of here
"I'm not letting go of you Tyler" Stefan said and sat down in the chair across from him
"What are you talking about? The last thing I remember was going to the old Lockwood place in the woods and then…there was this…blurry thing…and then I passed out" Tyler sighed "And I wake up in here, tied to a chair, and you're not helping me. What the fuck is going on?"
"I'm just curious" Stefan said "What's with you and Caroline?" Stefan asked
"…Look man, She's my friend, okay? I know she means a lot to you, but, she's just helping me with something" Tyler sighed "Can you let me go now?"
"Not until you promise to stay away from Caroline" Stefan said
"What? No. I'm not gonna promise that" Tyler said
"Okay" Stefan sighed and stood up and walked over to Tyler. Tyler knew something was coming, he just had no idea what was coming exactly.
All the sudden, Tyler felt this plant thing pressed up against his face and it started hurting like hell, it felt like it was setting his face on fire and he was in the worst pain of his life all the sudden. Then it was gone, and he looked up and saw Stefan holding the plant part in his hand.
"What the fuck is that?" Tyler asked through his ragged breathing from all the pain
"Wolfsbane" Stefan said "I know you're a werewolf Tyler. But I'm not scared of you"
"Are you insane? I would rip you apart right now if I could" Tyler hissed out, he was pissed off now that Stefan thought he was so much more powerful
"I think you have it mixed up there Tyler because, I think I could rip you apart first" Stefan said with a smirk
"Are you on drugs?" Tyler asked "I'm a werewolf" Tyler said
"Yeah, I know" Stefan said and got right in Tyler's face and his face changed right away and Stefan knew Tyler was looking at his fangs now "And I'm a vampire" Stefan hissed "Older and stronger than Caroline. I could rip you apart like a rag doll, you understand?"
"…Does Caroline know you're a…vampire?" Tyler managed to ask through his fear
"Yes, she does" Stefan said "Now, are you gonna stay away from Caroline? Or do I have to give you some more wolfs bane? Or, I could just rip you apart and make my life easier again" Stefan hissed
"STEFAN!" Caroline hissed and stormed into the room with Damon right behind her and finally grabbing her and pulling her back "Let go of me Damon!" Caroline hissed
"Caroline, take a good look at Stefan right now, he's not stable right now. Back. Off" Damon said
"I don't care!" Caroline said and tried to struggle free but failed and Stefan returned his attention to Tyler now who was realizing that Damon a vampire too now. "Stefan! Let go of him!" Caroline hissed but Stefan wasn't listening
"Caroline, what I'm about to do is only to help you and after it happens, you need to get Tyler out of here, no questions asked ,got it?" Damon asked her as Stefan hit Tyler with the wolfs bane again
"What are you going to do?" Caroline asked worried since Damon's plans were usually always very insane
"I'm going to distract Stefan and keep Tyler from being ripped apart. I want to rip him apart, I'm not gonna let Stefan do that" Damon grumbled
Caroline was about to say something, but Damon spoke up first.
"Hey, Stefan, over here" Damon said and Stefan looked over at them and Damon turned Caroline to face him
"Damon, what are you-" Caroline was cut off short by Damon kissing her. She wanted to push away, but Stefan already had a hold of Damon. Caroline caught Stefan glare at her and she knew she had to get Tyler out while Stefan was fighting Damon, Damon could handle himself, Tyler couldn't
Caroline ran over to Tyler and cut him free from the chair. Tyler was able to stand up, Caroline wanted to go with him, but she knew she had to help Damon now.
"Tyler, I need you to run. Get out of here now. I'll talk to you tomorrow about everything, just run" Caroline said, Tyler quickly nodded and fled the room, Stefan tried to go after him, but Caroline and Damon held Stefan down
"Caroline, up in the library in the drawer of the desk, there's a vervain needle, get it, now" Damon said and Caroline nodded before leaving the room and coming back with the needle in a flash and injecting Stefan with it before Damon could say a word
"…Thanks" Caroline said
"Never speak of what I had to do to save your little werewolf friend" Damon said
"My lips are sealed. Trust me, I never want to remember it either" Caroline sighed
"Good, now, help me get him sitting up" Damon sighed and Caroline helped Damon
Three long days since Caroline last saw Stefan. She had talked to Tyler, calmed him down, and got everything straightened out, but she avoided Stefan. Damon came every day to talk her into going to see Stefan. She knew Stefan wasn't drinking any blood at all for the past three days, she felt guilty, but she was pissed off at the same time. She wanted Stefan to think about what he did, but she also wanted to go running back to him and kiss him and nurse him back to health like an injured animal. And Damon looming around and making her feel guilty wasn't exactly helping the part of her that wanted him to think about what he did.
"I'm not going to go see him today Damon" Caroline sighed
"We can do this the easy way, or the hard way" Damon said "I can carry you out of here to go see Stefan, or you can walk out of here by yourself to go see him" Damon said "Pick one"
"Neither" Caroline said and sat down on her bed
"I hear your name every waking minute of ever day. He won't stop moaning and groaning and whining about you! I even hand him death threats, and he does nothing about it! He's waiting for death unless you go see him! And I know you Caroline, you care about him! Now, go make up with him or I just might have to kill the both of you for being stubborn idiots and driving me insane!" Damon hissed and Caroline saw the anger in his eyes
"…Fine" Caroline grumbled and got up and grabbed her cell phone "I'll go" She said and marched out of her room with Damon right behind her and following her out of the house to make sure that she was going to the Boarding House.
Damon followed her all the way to the Boarding House and downstairs and Caroline stopped short.
"I changed my mind" Caroline said
"Nope, you're going" Damon said and grabbed her by the arm and practically threw her into the cell where Stefan was and he stood guard right outside the cell "Talk" Damon ordered her
Caroline grumbled a little before walking over and sitting down on the edge of the cot by the sleeping Stefan. She thought her sitting down by him would wake him up, but he was in a deep sleep.
"Stefan" Caroline said and gently grabbed his sleeping hand and hoped he would wake up now.
Stefan eventually squeezed Caroline's hand back and woke up to see her right there. Caroline glared over at Damon to see if he would leave now, but he stood right there.
"Damon" Caroline sighed "I'm not gonna leave"
"…I'll be by the door upstairs" Damon warned Caroline before walking away and leaving her and Stefan alone now
"Caroline, I'm so sorry" Stefan said and sat up and had Caroline in a hug before she could even blink
"…Stefan, I think we need to talk" Caroline sighed and Stefan slowly pulled away "I love you. But…I don't want to be with you anymore if you're going to keep being a jealous freak and tying people up that I care about"
"…I wasn't thinking Caroline" Stefan sighed
"Obviously" Caroline said
"You have every right to hate me" Stefan said
"I don't hate you" Caroline sighed "…I'm just a little pissed off at you at the moment"
"And you have every right to be" Stefan said "But I'm sorry. I regret doing everything I did that night. I did it out of jealousy and because I love you way too much, I went overboard-"
"I don't think overboard is really the right word for it" Caroline said "You went full on physco"
"…Yeah, I did go physco" Stefan said with a smirk
"…How long has it been since you actually had some blood?" Caroline asked him
"A few days, why?" Stefan asked
"Because I see all the untouched water bottles full of blood over in the corner" Caroline said and walked over to one and handed it to Stefan "Come on, drink it or I'll make you drink it. I so do not want a living corpse as my boyfriend" Caroline said and she saw Stefan smile
"So…you forgive me?" Stefan asked before opening the bottle
"Yes, now drink" Caroline smiled "Just…I think it'd be best to stay away from Tyler for the next few days since he's still pretty pissed off at you and well…the full moon is tomorrow night"
"Got it" Stefan smiled and finally started drinking the blood and Caroline instantly saw Stefan to start to look a little better
"…So help me if you ever do anything like this again, I will kill you, got it?" Caroline asked Stefan
"You have my word" Stefan smiled "Next time I get jealous, I'll just find another way to let it out instead of going and kidnapping them and torturing them"
"Alright" Caroline sighed
"Hey Care, can I ask you something?" Stefan asked
"Sure" Caroline said
"…Did you like kissing Damon again?" Stefan asked
"EWW!" Caroline squeaked "NO! DON'T REMIND ME OF THAT EVER AGAIN!"
Stefan just smiled and tried to keep himself from laughing now.
"Shut up" Caroline said with a smile and saw Stefan trying to keep his laughter contained
"You know, you're really cute when you blow up like that" Stefan smiled
"Uh huh, nice save" Caroline said and roller her eyes at Stefan and he leaned in and kissed her on the cheek "Finish drinking that blood now" Caroline said "I can hear Damon laughing from down here. Why were you so jealous of him anyway? He's a jackass, I thought I made that clear by now"
"Yeah you did, it's just a brother thing I guess." Stefan sighed
A/N: Okay, so now we know just how jealous Stefan really is of every guy basically around Caroline. But, I couldn't leave them apart for long at all. I love Stefan/Caroline way too much to do that ;) I hope you guys like this chapter! How is everybody holding on with the TVD withdrawal? Are you all still alive out there? Only reason I'm good this week is because of Harry Potter. But, I think we can all hang in there until December 2nd. Hang in there guys! We're almost there! We can make it!
xoxo, Avril