p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"read the first 3 chapters here: /spana href=" s/10458787/1/Me-My-Brother-Caroline"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true" s/10558731/1/Don-t-Deserve-You/span/a/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"I lost my login and after several tries thought of doing this/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""You can't do that Stefan". Caroline pushed him away and walk across to the bed./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am sorry, I". Stefan did not know what to say, he was embarrassed./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""It's just that, it has not been long enough". referring to Klaus' news./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I know. it was impulsive, it just happened."/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""let's just forget about it, okay? we are both drunk and still hurting. I am just gonna dry up."/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Stefan just nodded clenching his jaw as if he was trying to hold his frustration in./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"em style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"I should've known better. I have ruined our friendship. why do I push my luck with love, it is not meant for me. never was. Valerie, Katherine, Elena. /em/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Stefan's thoughts were interrupted when he heard the washroom door open, he turned around to find Caroline wrapped in a towel./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I have not unpacked everything."/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""that's fine, I have to wash up anyway". Stefan forces a smile and walks past Caroline and into the washroom. Caroline grabs her luggage and begins to dig for something to wear to bed. /span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"em style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"When did this bag become so messy, I only took one thing out. /em/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She begins to pull out random things to find something comfortable. After a couple of minutes of digging, she finally comes across a pair of pajama shorts, and as she reaches to grab it from underneath, a small piece of canvas paper falls out of her bag and onto the floor. She reaches to pick it up. /span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"em style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"It's like you don't want me to forget about you. I have spent the past three months wishing I could go back in time and take your offer of going with you to New Orleans. I hate admitting even know, even to myself. How could I ever care for someone like you, you took so much from us, from all of us./em/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Stefan walked out of the washroom to find Caroline looking at a drawing of herself with a horse, he cannot see what's written underneath it from his distance. Caroline does not move, she continues to stare at the picture. Stefan walks closer to where Caroline is sitting on the bed. /span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Is that?". Stefan asked hesitantly./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Caroline looked to him, "Yeah. he left me this on the night of their welcome part in mystic falls." She said softly./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""It's beautiful," Stefan admitted a little hurt./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Yeah. I wasn't sure why I kept it for a long time, but now I am glad I did." said with watery eyes./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Stefan comforted Caroline through a soft smile, before walking towards the kitchen of their suite to grab some blood to drink. It had been a long day and only blood can ease the pain a little./span/p
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p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Good morning, I got us a coffee." Stefan smiled as he walked into the suite./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Just what I need it. Also, the reception called, said they have another room available now." /span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Great." Stefan was not too happy but after what happened last night, at least it would ensure him not making a fool out of himself again. "What are we doing today?" he asked to stir away from the awkwardness that lingered in the room. /span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""We are visiting the Sensō-ji, it's a very old temple here. Klaus had mentioned it to me once, he was here when it was being rebuilt during world war ii." Caroline was hoping Stefan wouldn't mind that she wanted to do things that somehow all related to Klaus, though he was no longer between them./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Sure". We are doing this on his name after all. Stefan forced a smile again. /span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Caroline knew Stefan was not thrilled but she didn't care. She was gonna see everything Klaus wanted to show her, with or without Stefan./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"On their way to the temple, they were both quiet, the tension of what had happened last night still lingered between them. They were both brought back to the moment when Stefan's phone begun to ring. He took it out of his pocket and stared at it for a couple of seconds./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Why are you not picking up?" said Caroline, as she moved closer to him to read the name popping up on his iPhone screen. /span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"*Damon Salvatore* /span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Caroline grabbed his phone, "Hello."/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Caroline, is Stefan close by?"/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""No. Can I give him a message."/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Yeah. First to answer my calls maybe. And second, we have a problem"/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""What is it now?"/span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""We just got back to Mystic Falls, and Jeremy had left several messages". Damon sounded wary and it scared Caroline /span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Out with it Damon," Caroline screamed through her teeth, which made Stefan grab the phone and put it on speaker./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Long story short, Katherine is dead". He said almost choking on his words./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""How is this bad news?" I asked Caroline a little surprised at Stefan's expression while maintaining focus on what Damon was saying. /span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Blondie, she was the first direct link to Klaus". Caroline looked at Stefan with confusion as those things came out of his mouth out loud./span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Well, Hello Brother". Damon said angrily /span/p
p style="color: #0e101a; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Wait." Caroline's voice started to break. "Does this mean that his bloodline..." she could not finish her sentence, as tears started to roll down her rosy cheeks./span/p