Matt nodded to Stefan. "I'll take good care of her. Tyler or any of his
flunkies wouldn't dare make a move with me and her parents there." Holding
Caroline's hand in a gesture of comfort he gave it a little squeeze and led
her down stairs. He gave Bonnie a half smile as they passed. "I'm taking
Caroline home so she can get some rest. Stay with Elena and Stefan because
Meredith is going home to call Alaric. Maybe he can help us. I'll talk to
you tomorrow." He led Caroline to his truck, opened the door for her and
then went around to the driver side and got in. Once the car was started he
gave Bonnie a small wave and pulled slowly out of the driveway and headed
toward Caroline's house.
Bonnie stared wide-eyed as Matt led a fragile looking Caroline to his truck. She felt a slight twinge of jealousy. Before it was Elena that appealed to Matt's gentle heart and now Caroline? 'What am I supposed to do? Come back to life or look like death warmed over to get a guy to notice me?' she thought bitterly then shrugged. 'Let Matt play the hero. It's what he does best.' She waited till he pulled off before she walked outside. She had left her jacket up stairs but the night air wasn't bothering her anymore. 'I'll just wait for Stefan and Elena to come down here. Give them some privacy.' Bonnie walked toward the middle of the drive and stopped, looking up to the starlight night. The night of the Solstice was done and passed but she still felt a little left over vibration in the air. Closing her eyes she smiled up to the night sky. Her best friend was alive and soon most of them would be starting college, what could possibly go wrong now.
Caroline felt the rumble of the engine as soon as she got in the truck. And away matt flew to her house. She watched all the houses pass by her. "Thanks Matt"
she looked at him and then out the window again. Her parents! She had forgotten...they are gonna be so peeved when she attempts to sneak into the house. As she thought this. The Forbes mansion came into view. A big looming stone structure. Almost as big as the Smallwood's but not quite. The first thing she saw was the very balcony outside her parent's room that Sue Carson was thrown from. The French doors brand new and the yard and walkway below free of glass and blood. She turned her attention to the fact that her parents' light was not on. Good. Just climb up the trellis and through the window...all is good.
Matt parked the truck a little ways away from the drive so as not to wake her parents with the sound of the engine. He glanced at Caroline as she surveyed her house and noticed her eyes lingered on the French doors. Putting a comforting arm around her he gave her shoulders a little squeeze. "It'll get better Caroline, it has to. This town has seen enough death and blood shed someone has to give us a break." Lifting his arm he made a move for the door. "Do you want me to come in until you get settled? I'll climb in and out the window. It'll be like old times." he gave her a small grin.
Caroline pondered that thought for a moment. Then decided to decline on that offer. Too much ruckus on the trellis might startle her already-on- edge parents and besides how would bonnie feel if she found out matt actually came into her room. Innocent as it may be but Caroline knew she had a history and bonnie would suspect the worst. What? When was the last time Caroline actually thought of anyone but Caroline? Weird. Caroline erased that from her mind.
"no thanks matt. I'll be fine. Just need to boil in a hot tub and try to sleep some more. It occurred to me that my dad sleeps with his gun now and if Tyler tried anything he'd lose vital parts of his anatomy." Caroline opened the door and slipped out. She looked at matt and smiled weakly. "Stick around till I get in though?"
Matt nodded, "No problem." he said with a smile and watched her make her way across the lawn to her house. Once she was safely in her room he cranked the truck back up and pulled slowly away from Caroline's drive way and decided to pass by Elena's house to see if they were there yet. For some reason though before he got to the turn for Elena's road he decided to head to the boarding house instead.
Damon was bored. That was pretty much it. In such a small town that was already running scared from vampires, he couldn't very well show up down town. Nobody ever accused Damon of anything; no he was too careful for that. His brother was the one every one was scared of. They knew nothing of Damon. But he wasn't dumb. He played off on everybody before hand, but now he was sure the town's people would see the family resemblance.
Lurking in the shadows was one thing, but walking out in the open- well best not to get the stakes a running. He decided to return to the boarding house. If not for anything else, but to get his car and head to and head to a larger more active town. It was in the building behind the boarding house with Stefan's.
as he approached the house, he could sense Bonnie's presence outside. And she was alone...
He walked up behind her, silent. He said nothing when he reached her, just placed his lips against her neck from behind, gently nipping her neck. Not like a vampire with his victim, but a gentle lover. Not hard enough to break the skin, but hard enough to scare her. He let his lips linger there, kissing the base of her neck gently, his lips hot on her skin.
Bonnie tensed slightly. She sensed his presence only seconds before his lips had touched her skin. Fighting the light-headedness she was beginning to feel she gave a soft sigh and suppressed the urge to lean back into him but instead turned and faced him. "Didn't find what you were looking for in town I suppose? What am I your last resort?" She raised a shapely brow tried to control her racing heart and crossed her arms in front of her, her mouth quirking into a small smile. "Elena's going to her aunt's house to look around while they're asleep." She stepped forward and straightened his collar. "You should go get your jacket back, I think she's done with it." 'And hopefully you.' she added silently. "I was about to go back in for my own. You want to come?"
As Matt pulled up he saw Bonnie in the drive with a darkly clad figure. "Damon." he almost growled. There in front of him was Damon looking like he was about to take a bite out of Bonnie but before Matt could make a move to get out Bonnie had pulled away said something to Damon and started toward the boarding house. Matt smiled with relief. 'At least Bonnie can resist temptation.'
Matt started his truck again and pulled out of the driveway. For some reason he didn't feel like being around Bonnie and the rest right now. He spotted Meredith walking and pulled over. "Hey Meredith need a ride home?"
Meredith looked at Matt and smiled gratefully. "Sure." she said as she opened the car door and slipped in.
"So you're going to call Alaric when you get home?" he asked and turned his gaze back to the road.
"Yeah. I'll see what he has to say about everything, like Elena coming back to life." As Matt pulled into her driveway and stopped she gave him a friendly hug and got of the truck. "Thanks Matt."
Matt nodded to her and gave a smile. "No problem. Hopefully things will get better around here since Klaus and Katherine are gone. Well I'll see you tomorrow maybe." he said and pulled out. When he was back on the road he decided he needed some time alone. A few minutes later he stopped his truck near the cemetery and walked to Elena's head stone. He said down and began to fidget with a blade of grass. "It just seems so unreal," he said softly and for the first time in a while gave into his sorrow and leaning his head against the headstone began to cry.
Bonnie moved to walk pass Damon but stopped and leaned to whisper in his ear. "I think your softening Salvatore." She turned when she heard the sound of an engine and looked just in time to see Matt pull away. 'Guess he saw Caroline safely home.' she thought with a shrug and turned back toward the house. She stopped at the doorway, turned and studied Damon. 'I'm playing with fire.' she thought as a shiver ran up her spine. 'But damn if it isn't fun.'
Damon followed Bonnie up to the house. "Elena can keep the jacket for all I care." Damon could almost hear the blood coursing through Bonnie's veins, and that her heart beat quite a bit faster when he was near.
"Softening." Damon let his head fall back, his dark hair moving slightly as he laughed. "That my princess was priceless." He grabbed her wrist and held it close to his body. He stroked the underside with his thumb, over the veins, his touch feather soft. "I have ways that could make you as soft. So soft, Bonnie." He tightened his grip on her wrist, as if letting her know just how strong...and dangerous he was. He pulled her against him with barely a pull of his arm. She was shorter than Elena, so Damon bowed his head down to her.
"Do you remember the last time I kissed you." He asked, his lips millimeters from hers. "Remember how it made you weak in the knees Bonnie? Remember how much you," he paused, and drew her even tighter against him, "liked it."
Bonnie stared wide-eyed as Matt led a fragile looking Caroline to his truck. She felt a slight twinge of jealousy. Before it was Elena that appealed to Matt's gentle heart and now Caroline? 'What am I supposed to do? Come back to life or look like death warmed over to get a guy to notice me?' she thought bitterly then shrugged. 'Let Matt play the hero. It's what he does best.' She waited till he pulled off before she walked outside. She had left her jacket up stairs but the night air wasn't bothering her anymore. 'I'll just wait for Stefan and Elena to come down here. Give them some privacy.' Bonnie walked toward the middle of the drive and stopped, looking up to the starlight night. The night of the Solstice was done and passed but she still felt a little left over vibration in the air. Closing her eyes she smiled up to the night sky. Her best friend was alive and soon most of them would be starting college, what could possibly go wrong now.
Caroline felt the rumble of the engine as soon as she got in the truck. And away matt flew to her house. She watched all the houses pass by her. "Thanks Matt"
she looked at him and then out the window again. Her parents! She had forgotten...they are gonna be so peeved when she attempts to sneak into the house. As she thought this. The Forbes mansion came into view. A big looming stone structure. Almost as big as the Smallwood's but not quite. The first thing she saw was the very balcony outside her parent's room that Sue Carson was thrown from. The French doors brand new and the yard and walkway below free of glass and blood. She turned her attention to the fact that her parents' light was not on. Good. Just climb up the trellis and through the window...all is good.
Matt parked the truck a little ways away from the drive so as not to wake her parents with the sound of the engine. He glanced at Caroline as she surveyed her house and noticed her eyes lingered on the French doors. Putting a comforting arm around her he gave her shoulders a little squeeze. "It'll get better Caroline, it has to. This town has seen enough death and blood shed someone has to give us a break." Lifting his arm he made a move for the door. "Do you want me to come in until you get settled? I'll climb in and out the window. It'll be like old times." he gave her a small grin.
Caroline pondered that thought for a moment. Then decided to decline on that offer. Too much ruckus on the trellis might startle her already-on- edge parents and besides how would bonnie feel if she found out matt actually came into her room. Innocent as it may be but Caroline knew she had a history and bonnie would suspect the worst. What? When was the last time Caroline actually thought of anyone but Caroline? Weird. Caroline erased that from her mind.
"no thanks matt. I'll be fine. Just need to boil in a hot tub and try to sleep some more. It occurred to me that my dad sleeps with his gun now and if Tyler tried anything he'd lose vital parts of his anatomy." Caroline opened the door and slipped out. She looked at matt and smiled weakly. "Stick around till I get in though?"
Matt nodded, "No problem." he said with a smile and watched her make her way across the lawn to her house. Once she was safely in her room he cranked the truck back up and pulled slowly away from Caroline's drive way and decided to pass by Elena's house to see if they were there yet. For some reason though before he got to the turn for Elena's road he decided to head to the boarding house instead.
Damon was bored. That was pretty much it. In such a small town that was already running scared from vampires, he couldn't very well show up down town. Nobody ever accused Damon of anything; no he was too careful for that. His brother was the one every one was scared of. They knew nothing of Damon. But he wasn't dumb. He played off on everybody before hand, but now he was sure the town's people would see the family resemblance.
Lurking in the shadows was one thing, but walking out in the open- well best not to get the stakes a running. He decided to return to the boarding house. If not for anything else, but to get his car and head to and head to a larger more active town. It was in the building behind the boarding house with Stefan's.
as he approached the house, he could sense Bonnie's presence outside. And she was alone...
He walked up behind her, silent. He said nothing when he reached her, just placed his lips against her neck from behind, gently nipping her neck. Not like a vampire with his victim, but a gentle lover. Not hard enough to break the skin, but hard enough to scare her. He let his lips linger there, kissing the base of her neck gently, his lips hot on her skin.
Bonnie tensed slightly. She sensed his presence only seconds before his lips had touched her skin. Fighting the light-headedness she was beginning to feel she gave a soft sigh and suppressed the urge to lean back into him but instead turned and faced him. "Didn't find what you were looking for in town I suppose? What am I your last resort?" She raised a shapely brow tried to control her racing heart and crossed her arms in front of her, her mouth quirking into a small smile. "Elena's going to her aunt's house to look around while they're asleep." She stepped forward and straightened his collar. "You should go get your jacket back, I think she's done with it." 'And hopefully you.' she added silently. "I was about to go back in for my own. You want to come?"
As Matt pulled up he saw Bonnie in the drive with a darkly clad figure. "Damon." he almost growled. There in front of him was Damon looking like he was about to take a bite out of Bonnie but before Matt could make a move to get out Bonnie had pulled away said something to Damon and started toward the boarding house. Matt smiled with relief. 'At least Bonnie can resist temptation.'
Matt started his truck again and pulled out of the driveway. For some reason he didn't feel like being around Bonnie and the rest right now. He spotted Meredith walking and pulled over. "Hey Meredith need a ride home?"
Meredith looked at Matt and smiled gratefully. "Sure." she said as she opened the car door and slipped in.
"So you're going to call Alaric when you get home?" he asked and turned his gaze back to the road.
"Yeah. I'll see what he has to say about everything, like Elena coming back to life." As Matt pulled into her driveway and stopped she gave him a friendly hug and got of the truck. "Thanks Matt."
Matt nodded to her and gave a smile. "No problem. Hopefully things will get better around here since Klaus and Katherine are gone. Well I'll see you tomorrow maybe." he said and pulled out. When he was back on the road he decided he needed some time alone. A few minutes later he stopped his truck near the cemetery and walked to Elena's head stone. He said down and began to fidget with a blade of grass. "It just seems so unreal," he said softly and for the first time in a while gave into his sorrow and leaning his head against the headstone began to cry.
Bonnie moved to walk pass Damon but stopped and leaned to whisper in his ear. "I think your softening Salvatore." She turned when she heard the sound of an engine and looked just in time to see Matt pull away. 'Guess he saw Caroline safely home.' she thought with a shrug and turned back toward the house. She stopped at the doorway, turned and studied Damon. 'I'm playing with fire.' she thought as a shiver ran up her spine. 'But damn if it isn't fun.'
Damon followed Bonnie up to the house. "Elena can keep the jacket for all I care." Damon could almost hear the blood coursing through Bonnie's veins, and that her heart beat quite a bit faster when he was near.
"Softening." Damon let his head fall back, his dark hair moving slightly as he laughed. "That my princess was priceless." He grabbed her wrist and held it close to his body. He stroked the underside with his thumb, over the veins, his touch feather soft. "I have ways that could make you as soft. So soft, Bonnie." He tightened his grip on her wrist, as if letting her know just how strong...and dangerous he was. He pulled her against him with barely a pull of his arm. She was shorter than Elena, so Damon bowed his head down to her.
"Do you remember the last time I kissed you." He asked, his lips millimeters from hers. "Remember how it made you weak in the knees Bonnie? Remember how much you," he paused, and drew her even tighter against him, "liked it."
