I DO NOT OWN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, NOR DO I OWN ANY CHARACTERS FROM THE VAMPIRE DIARIES.

Please note that this is an AU and everyone is human.

Thanks hope you enjoy the story

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"Give it back!" 12 year old Stefan shouted as he stomped his foot on the grass beneath him. He had been chasing Damon through the garden of the boarding house for what seemed like hours.

He received no answer from Damon, which could only mean one thing in Stefan's mind. He was hiding. Stefan cautiously walked through the garden, taking in the greenery around him. "Damon!" He shouted once more. It was then he heard a small giggle coming from the bush a few feet in front of him. He could recognize that giggle anywhere.

"Shhh!" Another voice whispered as Stefan made his way to the bush. He pushed the leaves aside in one quick motion.

"Caroline!" Damon whined while standing up to walk out of the bush.

"Sorry." Caroline giggled, pushing the leaves out of her way. "Why were we hiding anyway?" She asked.

"Cus." Damon mumbled.

"Cus why?" She questioned, pulling a leaf out of her hair.

"Because Care!" He replied harshly.

"Jeez, calm down." She mumbled before spotting her friends near the small creek. "Catch ya later!" She said before running off to her friends, the summer breeze blowing her curls out of her face in the most beautiful manner. Damon averted his gaze, pretending not to notice.

"Where is it?" Stefan accused, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Where is what?" Damon replied innocently, before turning to walk in the opposite direction of his brother.

He felt Stefan's grip stop him.

"My journal. Where did you hide it?" Stefan asked more harshly this time. Damon turned to face him, his raven curls blowing in the wind. His eyes now in the sunlight making them appear an even more icy tone of blue.

"Why do you assume I took it? It could've been Nora or maybe Valerie. Ooh, what about Beau?!" He replied, removing his arm from Stefan's grip.

"They wouldn't do that Damon! Plus I saw you take it! Now give it back!" Stefan shouted. Damon simply shrugged his shoulders and started to walk away again. "I'll tell Father!" Stefan proposed. Damon stopped in his tracks, a look of defeat in his face.

"It's in the treehouse." He replied before continuing to walk away.

Stefan smiled a triumphant smile. 'I knew that would work' he thought as he walked towards the tree house.

Damon made his way to the group by the creek. He made notice of who was there, 'Bonnie, Nora, Valerie, Beau, Caroline, The twins, Rebekah, Elijah, Klaus, Matt, Tyler, The other twins, and their annoying little brother Jeremy'.

Damon tended to gravitate to the older kids, seeing as he was one of them. So, he walked over to where Klaus, Elijah, Beau, Kai, Jo, and Valerie were sitting by the base of one of the trees.

"Hey." He said as he sat next to Valerie, leaning his back on the large tree trunk.

"Hey." They all greeted him, except Beau who waved.

"I think Caroline likes you." Valerie said as she handed him a wrapped piece of candy.

"Really?" He asked, taking the piece of candy his sister gave him, assuming she took it when 'Mother and Father weren't looking'.

"Mhmm." She replied, popping the candy in her mouth. Jo proceeding to nod her head in agreement.

"Dammit!" Klaus shouted a little too loud.

"What?" Damon asked, now facing his blonde friend.

"He likes her." Kai said out loud. Elijah who was leaning on his side against the tree, kicked him in response.

"You told him!" Klaus shouted at Elijah, now facing his brother.

"No, I told Josette and she told him." He said throwing a glance towards Jo, who mouthed an apologetic sorry.

"So you actually think she likes me... like that." Damon asked his sister.

"Ya, she said so." Valerie replied.

Damon looked over to where Caroline was sat on the edge of ground, dipping her feet into the cold water of the creek. She lifted her head to take in the scenery but instead met Damon's gaze, he could see her already rosey cheeks blush slightly. She looked away from him then and refocused her attention on the moving body of water beneath her.

"Be right back..." he mumbled as he stood up. "Goldie Locks!" He shouted, grabbing Caroline's attention once again. When she looked up at he motioned for her to follow him.

She stood up from the creek and put her sandals back on before running after him, waving towards the older kids as she passed them.

He led her deeper into the garden, finally stopping at one of the wooden benches his mother put in the beautiful 'fairytale like' garden. He sat down motioning for Caroline to do the same.

"So, you like me huh?"

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A/N

Hi! Here's a Drabble that will be seen in the upcoming chapter of "I love you, I hate you." I decided to post this separately because I just thought it could be cute on it's own as well! If you want the full story please go check out "I love you, I hate you" on my profile. Thanks so much for reading and, byeeeee!

Reviews are appreciated. :)