"It's alright blondie, we'll get you home and everything will be alright." I snuck a glance at myself as Damon spoke and I did not look pretty. There was a bruise forming on cheek and I was certain that tomorrow it was going to be back and blue, and sore. Both my lip and nose were bleeding, and I had scratches all over my farhead from my heading hitting the try. There was noway that I was going to be able to hid this from father. "You really don't look so good, and you are being to quit maybe we should go to the emergency room and call your father from there." Damon was panicked. I could tell that he didn't want to be the one to bring me to my father.

"No, no hospitals." I was addamaite. Please just take me home." I pleaded with him. I didn't want anyone who didn't need to know what happen know. It was humiliating enough. Besides Steven was a doctor. "My stepdad is a doctor he can check me out, please." Damon begrudgingly gave in to my request.

"What did you do to her Damon, what the hell did you do?" My father was on Damon before I had time to react. He demonic; I had never seen someone so angry.

"Nothing, I didn't touch her. I didn't touch her." Damon was barely able to chock out as my father's hands closed around his neck.

"Daddy please stop. Damon saved me!" I cried out hoping that it would stop him from hurting Damon any further.

"What?" My father quickly turned to me with disbelief was written all over his face.

"Damon didn't hurt me; Tyler did." My voice was barely above a whisper at my confession.

Bill quickly released Damon and rushed to my side. "Did he hurt you baby, did he touch anywhere else?" My father held my face in his hands and was looking me over. The unasked question was clear: did Tyler rape me.

"I'm fine a little banged up, but fine. If it hadn't been for Damon things would have been a whole lot worse. So can you please leave him alone?" I slowly lowered his hands from my face until I was simply holding them.

Bill tuned to Damon and his expression softened. "Damon, I believe I owe you a bit of gratitude, and an apology." Bill offered Damon his hand to shake. "I would like for you to come in and tell us exactly what happened."

Damon looked over at me and I was shaking my vigorously no. If I had to explain things to my father and Steven I did not want Damon there.

"Daddy we don't want to take anymore of Damon's life; especially after you attacked him so why don't we let him got and then I can explain everything to you." I lead my father into the house as Damon pealed out in his car.

Once inside Steven emerged and concern was written all over his face. "Jesus Caroline. Who attacked you?"

"Thats what I would like to know as well." My father said from behind me.

Steven got his medical beg and began to treat my wounds as I explained the story. The more I said the more furious my father got. He wanted to go over to the Lockwood's and shove his fist down Tyler's throat. Luckily I was able to talk him out of it. I didn't need and more drama and I just wanted it all to go away. My father thought it was best that I take a few days off from school and I actually agreed with him.

Unfortunately my absence only fueled the gossip. After the bonfire my life had been unpleasant at school to put it nicely. Getting on the bad side of Tyler Lockwood had equaled social suicide. If kids were flat out ignoring me then they were repeating the room that I had screwed Tyler and that I liked it rough. All in all it was not good to be me.

"Caroline, can I speak to you for a minute" Alaric beaconed me to his desk with his finger. Ric's class was the worst of them all it was the only class that Tyler and I shared with some of his buddies from the foot team and cheer leading squad. Being in his presence was not pleasant. It also did help that he kept throwing me looks and mock kisses the who class.

"Yes," I found myself answering. However, at that moment all I had wanted to do was escape to my car and have a good cry.

"I know that things haven't been easy for you as of late. I know that these kids can be a bunch of knuckle heads. I guess I just wanted to say that if you need anything you can come to me. Even if you just want to use the classroom." Ric look upon me with sympathy. It had become routine that he walk with me to my locker and help me open it.

Ric watched as a bunch of girls walked past Caroline pointing and whispering he could see the tears that threaten to spill from her eyes and he was slowly becoming angry. Ric was one of those teachers that truly cared for his students. He believed in them and it was his mission to get them to believe in themselves. For students like Damon teachers like Ric were one in a million. Everyone thought that Damon was no good. Some smart ass kid who need to be taught a lesson. However, Ric saw a leader, and he encouraged that leadership. It was because of Ric that Damon stopped getting into trouble, and his grades improved.

"Hey Salvatore!" Ric called out to Damon who was crowded by a bunch of girls.

"Ric, what can I do for you?" It was only Ric and Damon in the hall now.

"You know Caroline Forbes?" He waited for Damon to answer with a nod of his head. "Do you know what really happened between her and Lockwood?"

"Oh yeah." Damon couldn't keep the distain out of his voice. "Blondie doesn't deserve what he is doing to her."

"I need you to do me a favor and look out for Caroline." The two of them shared a look and Damon understood what he was meant to do. Tyler Lockwood was a dead man.

The cafeteria was buzzing with students. It was the only hour of the day where both the teachers and the students were out of classes. Damon scanned the room and found Tyler walking back with his lunch tray. Damon approached him with a smile and once he was close enough slapped the try out of his hands. "So sorry there." Damon offered a mocked apology.

"Dude, really? What the hell is your problem?" Tyler was furious as he picked his stuff off the floor.

"Really you just called me dude." Damon was disgusted and now he had the attention of everyone in the room. "As far as my problem its your treatment of Caroline. We both know what happened in the woods that night and it had nothing to with her liking it rough. Did itTyler?" Tyler paled at Damon's words. If what he did got out then his father would kill him. More then he normally did.

"Listen can we go somewhere else and talk about this?" Tyler got close and whispered in Damon's ear.

"No we can't. I am going to tell you what is going to happen. You are going to stop telling lies about Caroline because if you don't I will tell anyone who will listen what you did. Do I make myself clear?" Tyler kept his head down but nodded his approval and left the cafeteria.

"Wow who would have thought that Damon Salvator had a heart." Rebecca commented from her yogurt.

Damon walked by Caroline and winked at as she smiled at him back. The shared a moment and it bonded them.