CAROLINE'S POV:
Stefan and I made our way out of the airport to see Damon waiting for us. Watching Stefan, he walked in front of me and over to his brother, wheeling our suitcases on a trolley in front of him. Pulling my sunglasses down over my head, I followed suit, needing to get in the car, get home and sleep…
"Well hello, sunshine." Damon greeted me
"Hi." I mirrored
"What's up?" he questioned
"I'm extremely jetlagged," I informed him "so don't start with me."
He held his hands up in defence and I climbed into the car, shutting the door behind me…
STEFAN'S POV:
Damon shut the car boot and turned to me… "What's wrong with her?"
I shrugged my shoulders… "She's been like it ever since we got on the plane."
"I'll take this back and give you the chance to talk to her." he informed me
"Thanks." I replied, placing my hand on his shoulder
Climbing into the car, I shut the door behind me… "What's wrong, Caroline?"
"Nothing," she replied "I'm fine. I'm just jetlagged."
"Bullshit!" I proclaimed "Remember who you're talking to and remember that sometimes I know you better than you know yourself. What is it, Caroline? Are you having second thoughts about what's to come?"
She lifted her sunglasses from her eyes and turned to me… "I'm not scared about what's to come; I'm just scared about saying goodbye."
"Why didn't you just say instead of being a bitch?" I asked, smirking at her playfully
"I thought it'd be better that way…" she admitted
"Bottling things up when you're about to go through something this huge doesn't help." I informed her "So if you feel scared again, talk to me, okay? We need to be 100% honest with each other."
"Okay." she replied "I'm sorry."
"You don't have to be sorry." I admitted, shifting closer to her, pulling her into me
CAROLINE'S POV:
Damon pulled into Mom and John's driveway and the three of us climbed out of the car. Thanking him for the ride and saying goodbye as he got back into his car and reversed out of the driveway, driving off down the street, Stefan and I made our way into the house…
"Hey, you two!" John greeted us as we walked into the house "Liz, they're back."
I smiled warmly as Mum made her way through from the kitchen on her crutches, a wide smile on her face…
"How was the holiday?" she questioned, pulling me into her
"Amazing." I replied "Wasn't it, Stefan?"
He nodded his head… "But we're very jetlagged."
"So we can see," John informed us "you both look exhausted."
"We are," I admitted "we barely got any sleep on the plane because there was so much turbulence, so I think we're gonna head up to bed now."
"Okay." Mom replied "If either of you want a shower there's plenty of hot water."
"I think I might just collapse into bed." I informed her "Night."
"Night." she and John mirrored in unison as Stefan grabbed our suitcases and we both made our way to the stairs
STEFAN'S POV:
"Do you have any plans for your last day with your Mom?" I asked Caroline as I shut her bedroom door behind us
"I want to do something special," she replied "so I might suggest we go to my family cabin. It was always so lovely there. So peaceful and magical, and have a day just the two of us."
I smiled at her warmly as she turned to me… "And then."
"And then, yeah," she mirrored, reciprocating my warm smile as I wound my arms around her "our forever can start."
I nodded my head in agreement… "Are you 100% sure it's what you want?"
"I've never been so sure of anything." she admitted
Caroline and Stefan are back from their holiday (sorry I didn't focus on it much, but that's not really where I want the focus to be), and it'll soon be time for Caroline to have one more "human" day with her Mum and then it'll be time for her to change. How will it all go?