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Caroline couldn't sleep and she hated herself for the reason why. She couldn't stop thinking about Tyler. His presence in Mystic Falls again just threw everything off balance. It shocked her and it stirred up old feelings she thought were gone. It stirred up old feelings that she never actually resolved. She loved Matt, she knew this, but seeing Tyler again threw her off completely. It made her revisit the feelings that she never fully figured out. It wasn't fair that he came to town now, when she was happy with Matt. It wasn't fair that he came back and made her remember that she might have been falling for him before the incident with Jules and the other wolf torturing her. It wasn't fair that he made her remember how much he had started to mean to her before all that crap went down.
Matt was a good guy, a sweet guy who loved her. He didn't deserve to have his girlfriend thinking about some other guy.
Caroline hoped that she could stop thinking and just fall asleep and have some sort of stupid dream that had nothing to do with her life.
Just as she tried to close her eyes again, she heard a knock at her door. She sighed as she got out of her bed. She grabbed a robe and headed downstairs to see who it was.
She closed her eyes for a second and took a deep breath when she saw who it was. Tyler was at her doorstep.
Good luck getting him out of your head now.
She opened the door, not really knowing what to expect. She didn't have a good feeling about this with the way she was feeling right now. With her in her weird place concerning feelings for Tyler, it was not a good idea for him to be here.
"Hey Caroline," Tyler said, hands in his pockets.
"Hi," she answered quietly, examining his face. He looked sad and confused, and he looked like he really needed to say something.
"Were you sleeping?" he asked her.
"Not yet," she said.
Part of her wanted him to go away because having him here was not helping with the whole issue of trying to get him out of her head. But the other part saw him looking sad and confused and she couldn't stand it. She couldn't tell him to go away.
"Wanna come in?" she asked.
Tyler nodded.
Caroline had a feeling she was going to regret this.
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"So, I still don't believe you, Judgey," Damon said, sitting on Bonnie's couch, watching her chant, feeling the floor shake.
She obviously wasn't going to answer him because she was using her magic, but he could tell she heard him because she just smirked.
"There's something specific you want to do, and I wanna know what it is," he said, continuing.
Bonnie just shook her head at him.
He knew she wasn't gonna tell him anything, but it was always fun to press.
"You were already knocked out after this long the first time," Damon said. "You owe me for helping you get all strong, Bon-Bon. I'm currently thinking of how I'm going to make you repay me," Damon grinned.
Bonnie opened her eyes and turned her head towards him long enough to roll her eyes, and Damon couldn't help but laugh as he sat back and continued to wonder what Bonnie was really up to..
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Elena took some deep breaths and rubbed her head.
What kind of dream was that?
Elena got out of Stefan's bed and started to pace.
That wasn't a dream and you know it. That just filled in one of the blanks in your head.
Elena went back to Stefan's bed and sat on the edge.
Damon's in love with me? He's actually in love with me?
Elena got up again and resumed pacing. She was shocked, but she wasn't sure if she should be. Bonnie, Caroline, Isobel and Jeremy had all said it at least once. They had all said at one point or another that Damon loved her.
Sure, at one point, she knew that Damon had a thing for her, but she had never believed that he was actually in love with her, had she?
She played back what she saw in her head, played back his words, and it tugged at her heart- that picture of him in her head now: vulnerable, sad, troubled.
The part of her that resented him compelling her, messing with her head- couldn't help but feel maybe the tiniest amount of respect and appreciation for him too. He didn't want to stir things up. He hadn't wanted to cause trouble, he only wanted to let the words out.
What am I supposed to do about this? I should just pretend like I never remembered that, right? It's not like bringing it up is going to result in anything good. Stefan will be just thrilled if he finds out that Damon told me he loved me, and it'll probably just make Damon uncomfortable if I confront him. Hell, it's gonna make me uncomfortable if I confront him. Just forget about it... Yeah, just forget it. Try to forget about it.
Elena walked to the bathroom and splashed some water on her face. When she walked back into the room, she sort of did a double take.
Where was Stefan?
Elena closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She yelled out his name once, already having the feeling that he was gone.
There was no answer. She put her day clothes back on and headed out of the Salvatore house.
Her destination was the tomb. She was pretty sure that's where Stefan was, and Elena did not want him there with her, not at all.