Chapter Five: Regrets, Relationships and Not Ready To Move On Yet

A/N: Two chapters in one day. Maybe there will be three chapters up today. We'll see. Enjoy(=

Caroline Pov

"Hey Matt." I went up to him as I came into the school.

"Hey." He responded.

"Live band?" I asked as I looked at the poster he just hung up.

"Yeah, business has been a little slow. The Grill's trying to stay afloat." He told me.

"Oh." I said as we started walking. "Aren't we all?" I asked chuckling.

"Have you heard from Tyler?" He asked turning to me.

"Not a peep." I responded. "You?" I asked.

"No, not since he stopped by the grill to talk, and I've left messages on his cell phone." Matt replied.

How come Tyler didn't come to see me and tell me he was going to leave town instead of just leaving out of nowhere without at least giving me a call or saying goodbye?

"He stopped by to see you?" I asked in shock. "What did he say?" I asked.

"Not much, really." Matt replied. "I mean...I think to say goodbye. I just didn't know." He said.

"And that's all he said?" I asked.

"Yeah." Matt said. "Yeah, that's all he said, Caroline." He stopped walking, making me turn to him. "Why?" He asked. "Is there something you want to tell me?" He asked.

"Yeah! I- I mean, no I-" I tried to figure out how to respond. "It's just not that easy." I finally said.

"I don't get it. Since when have I been the one that can express myself and you're one with a loss for words?" He asked.

"No, you're right and I am sorry." I apologized.

"You know how I feel. So it's your move. Just make a decision or leave me alone." He told me before walking off.

I just stood there. Now it's my turn to make a move. My decision. Am I ready to get back into a relationship with Matt? I just got out of one with Damon. I don't know if I'm ready yet. But I know what I feel with matt. I know how I feel when I'm around him. When I'm around him, I feel...happy. I feel like it's just the two of us...alone in this big...big world. No vampires, no drama, no supernatural drama. Just two people...hopelessly in love.

3rd Person Pov

Damon is at home with the babies along with Stefan, Katherine and Alison. The babies are in their nursery asleep. Damon, Katherine and Alison are in the living reading, trying to find a way to kill Klaus. Damon on the sofa, the baby monitor sitting on his lap, incase something's wrong with the babies or if they're up. It's not like he need the monitor. He is a vampire after all. He has super sensitive hearing. Plus Stefan is somewhere near by upstairs, he would be the first one with them if anything happens. But Caroline would kill him if he didn't have that monitor with him. And truth be told, Damon doesn't need...he doesn't want Caroline being angry at him, more than she already is for the whole 'Our babies are powerful witches that the coven tried to get rid of back in 1864' thing. Katherine is sitting on the chair beside the table and Alison is seated on the chair by the fireplace. Katherine leaned over Damon, her elbow resting on the pillow as Alison looked up from whatever she was reading and eyed her best friend and her ex lover.

"Can I help you?" Damon asked not taking his eyes off the book in his hand.

"I'm bored." Katherine sighed. "Emily Bennett was taken by the council today. They kidnapped her from her home and took her to the same location her ancestors were burned a hundred years ago." She read as she followed with her fingers on the book. "So Emily died on the site of the massacre too." She said. "Does it say where?" She asked as she tried to grab the book from Damon.

"Nope." He told her as he slightly glided the book away from her. "You know this whole friendly, cooperative thing?" He asked.

"Mmhmm." Katherine hummed.

"I don't buy it." He told her.

"I have no reason to lie to you, Damon." She told him.

"Lie." He said before going back to the book.

"I'm hungry. Katherine said changing the subject as Alison rolled her eyes at her best friend before going back to the book infront of her.

Alison loved her best friend but she can be secretive from time to time.

"You're the unwanted houseguest. Go feed yourself." Damon told her not taking his eye off the book infront of him.

"Ali, accompany me?" Katherine sighed before looking up to her best friend, smiling.

"Sure, why not." She replied, setting the book on the table.

Katherine and Alison walked down to the basement with their arms linked together. They truly are best friends. At first Katherine thought Alison was the most annoying woman who was preppy, full of sunshine all the damn time. And Katherine hated it. But from time to time she became fond of the blonde. She can be badass when she wants to be. Beside their many different personalities, they had one thing in common. They were both in love with the Salvatore Brothers. Katherine was still in love with Stefan Salvatore and Alison was still in love with Damon Salvatore.

Alison would be lying if she'd said she didn't feel bad for her first recent encounter with her great-great niece. Even though she still loves Damon and it hurt her to see him in love with someone else, she messed up a relationship. She could still remember the look on both of their faces from that day. Caroline, full of hurt and betrayal. Damon, full of regret and sorrow. Alison could tell they really, truly loved each other. She can't help but feel responsible for their heartbreak.

"Well, nothing in any of these." Stefan said as he came downstairs. "Find anything?" He asked as he made his way toward his brother.

Damon looked up from his book making a face that said 'yes I found something'

"Nope.' Damon said loudly nodding his head.

He gave the book to his brother, pointing to the section he found some information.

"That's too bad." Stefan said as he looked to where Damon pointed a second ago.

"Yeah, bummer." Damon said as Stefan closed the book.

Stefan and Damon went upstairs. Stefan, to read what Damon found and Damon, to check on the quad.

"Did you feel that?" Katherine asked.

"What?" Alison asked taking a blood bag from Katherine.

"It's like someone is in here, watching us or something." Katherine replied.

"Katherine, there is no one here beside us,Damon and Stefan." Alison told her.

"And your quadruplets." Katherine added.

"They're not my kids anymore Katherine." She said.

"Ugh come on." Katherine said before she grabbed her best friend's arm and led her to the cellar, where Elijah, one of the original vampire, was kept in, after he was daggered. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Just as they were about to turn around they heard a noise, a quiet one. They turned back and they the dagger being pulled out of Elijah. They both vamp speed to it pushing it back into his chest.

"WHAT THE HELL!" Katherine yelled.

Suddenly there wasn't any pressure anymore. They both let go. Suddenly they heard crashing behind them.

"DAMON!" Alison yelled.

"ALI!" Katherine screamed as soon as Damon came in view.

Alison's back was toward him.

"Alison." Damon said.

Alison groaned as she turned to face Damon. A stake was impelled into her stomach.

"I can't- get it out." Katherine struggled.

Damon went over and forced it out.

"What happened?" He asked both of them as they were seated on the ground, Katherine holding her best friend.

"Damon." Alison managed to say weakly looking over to the dagger that is in Elijah.

It was being ejected out of him. Damon grabbed the firethrower that was nearby and torched Elijah's body ,causing the person, who is trying to set Elijah free, to set on fire. Stefan came running in.

"What are you doing?" Stefan asked his brother.

"Shutting down a crazy ass psychic witch attack." Damon responded. "Get over there and do something about it." He told Stefan.

Stefan looked over at the two women before running upstairs and vampspeed out the house. A couple seconds later, Damon stopped the firethrower and threw it on the ground. He and Katherine helped Alison upstairs. They laid her on the couch. Damon went downstairs to get them each a bloodbag.

"Here you go." He said he handed each of them a blood bag.

They took it. As Alison was about to get up, Damon impell a stake into her.

"DAMON!" Katherine yelled as Alison groaned and gasped.

"What the hell?" Alison asked as she groaned.

"That's for leaving and lying to me for a hundred and forty-five years." He told her.

"Damon I'm-" She started to say.

"Next time…" He pushed it further into her. "It goes in your heart." He told her before pushing it out. "Oh by the way, you're right." He told her. "They're not your kids anymore, they are mine and Caroline's." With that said, he left for upstairs.

"Wow." Jenna said as they danced around.

Soon Jenna caught Ric staring at her. She frowned seeing him.

"I need a drink." She told the girls before she went off to the bar.

"Hey Matt." Caroline said as she saw Matt.

He just ignored and walked past her.

"Things just got real awkward." Bonnie said.

Ric went up to the bar to talk to Jenna.

"Jenna." He said.

"Not tonight, Ric." Jenna said, turning away from him. "Tonight I have traded you for senor tequila." Jenna said before she gulped down her drink.

"Yeah, well, senor tequila's not going to be treating you very well." Ric told her.

"Well, the two of you have alot in common." Jenna scowled at him.

"Look, Jenna, I hate that you're this upset with me." Ric confessed.

"Yeah,well, it's your fault." She told him. "Because whatever it is you're keeping from me, whatever you think I can't handle...you're wrong, cause last year I was a grad student, who smoked alot of pot and couldn't keep a goldfish alive and now I'm a parent, so I think I can handle anything Ric." She said before walking away from him.

"He said the ball's in your court." Bonnie said.

"Yeah, but I can't do anything about it." Caroline frowned.

"Why not? All you do is talk about how much you care about him and how you feel when you're around him." Bonnie said.

"Yeah, but I am still keeping so many secrets." Caroline said. "And besides, I just got out of a relationship, I don't think I'm ready to move on yet." She admitted.

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