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Chapter 2: In over our head

Caroline was reading a book in her room of the Salvatore bording house. After there failed 'let's make a plan' session everyone went to their little section of the house, leaving Caroline to her own devices. There wasn't much she could do right now as she was not a witch and didn't now much about magic stones and such. So she resigned to her room that she was currently staying in and decided to immerse herself in a book.

She looked up to see a storage box lying on the chair in the far corner of the room. But it was not just any box, it was a box her mother had sent her like the letter she had received. The letter she had destroyed on her no humanity stint. Her mother had been gone for around a month now and pain never let up, not even a little. Some days it felt like she was just drowning and all she could feel was pain, like sharp knives cutting into her heart.While being immersed in her starring competition with a box she heard a knock at her door and in stepped Damon. "Come on" he whisperes to her like a kid whose about to sneak out of the house to go to a party that his parents said he couldn't go to. He brings out his hand that was behind his back and waves a bottle of bourbon to her. "No" she tries and fails to say sternly. "Oh come on blondie. Bonnie and Alaric are in research mode, my baby bro had been in brood mode since you friend zoned him and there is no way I'm drinking with the quarterback" he says and knows she doesn't need that much persuasion. She probably needed a drink as much as he did. "Fine" she rolls her eyes and gets off the bed and follows him out.

They find themselves in the back of the boardinghouse, with the forest in front of them and the beautiful night sky above them. It was around 11 at night and there was a chill in the air that Caroline welcomed. They take a seat on the steps and look up to the sky, taking a swig of the bourbon and passing it back and forth between them.

"So are you ever going to open it?" Damon breaks their comfortable silence, referring to the box her mother sent her. "I don't know" she replies honestly. Truthfully she didn't think she'll ever open it. It was to much to bear. To her it made her mothers death so final and something in the back of her mind told her she was not ready for what ever awaited her in that box.

"Whatever is in there" Damon starts, taking another sip and passing the bottle to her, "it won't change the way you feel about your mother" he ends. "Damon Salvatore, are you giving me advise. You have become very wise in your old age." She says light heartedly. "Don't get used to it blondie" he retorts.

They sit quietly for another minute, Caroline still deciding if she should open up to him. Usually she would just go to Bonnie but she was in research mode right now and Elena wasn't here anymore, at least not for a while.

"I'm not ready for this" she says in a broken voice, willing the tears not to fall, "I want her back, I miss her and it's killing me because I still need her and some how the only person who knows even a fraction of what I feel is you. I just..."she says unable to form words but he lets her continue her rambling without interruption knowing she needs to get it off her chest, "and now with everything going on with the heretics and Stefan. My head is just not in it. He's my best friend and I need him to be my best friend and, and..."she tries to continue but is out of breath. "I know" he looks directly at her trying to convey just how much he understands. Except for Alaric, the sheriff was his closest friends and it pained him to have to let that go and even though it will never be the same as Caroline losing her mother, what he feels now that Elena isn't around would be enough to make him spiral. He can only imagine it is worse for Caroline because while he can get Elena back, she will never be able to get her mother back.

"So the stone..." Caroline tries to drift from there current topic. "Yep" he answers unable to say anything else. For the first time in a while he felt lost. They always knew the enemy they were facing- Katherine, the originals, Silas- but now he feels blinded. None of them knew the enemy that awaits them all in the darkness they've come to find in Mystic Falls. "I guess we buy enough time for Bonnie and Rick to figure it out" he continues. Caroline sees the look in his eyes, it's one she's seen before, "please don't do anything stupid. I don't want Elena to wake up and I have to tell her your dead or worse" and he can hear the concern in her voice. After everything, who would have thought that the blonde Barbie would be concerned about him. "No need to worry yourself with that blondie. I fully intend on living long enough to see my girl again" he smiles at her. "Alright I'm heading in. Don't drink to much" she smirks and leaves before he can give her a witty retort.

She opens the door to the house and steps in goinng up the stairs toward her room. She feels as though something is off but pushes the feeling aside. She opens the door to her room but as she steps in she feels tight hands around her waist pulling her towards the window. She knows it's a vampire as she sees things flashing by. She tries to kick and shove and bite and pull and basically anything to get away. Finally they stop and she turns to see who had taken her and now she's just annoyed. "Enzo, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU" she yells at him as he leans against a tree, ankles crossed and arms folded against his chest. "I'm stronger than you gorgeous, but nice try with the kicking" he smirks at her smugly. "Ugh, you are insane" she breaks a branch off the tree and throws it at him with all her vampire strength. She turns around and walks away not worrying if her make shift stake hit him or not.

Enzo easily dodges the stake and walks behind her while she angrily stomps away. "You and your friends need to stop Caroline" he says losing his playfulness. "And what would we do that?" She says in feign thought. "Because if you don't Lilly will kill all of you" he grabs her arm gently and turns her towards him, "give me the stone. You have no idea what you're dealing with" he ends. "Oh, and you do. Lilly tied to kill us before and I have no doubt she will again but it's nothing we can't handle and if you think we're giving up that stone then you truly are insane. You chose your side Enzo, you chose your 'family' over us so stop playing both sides. If your with us then be with us or else leave me the hell alone" she silences him with a glare before turning to walk off again. "They're attacking tomorrow" he shouts out to her but she still walks off.

She flashed to the boarding house as fast as she could. She rushed through the door and literally bumped into Stefan. "Hey, you ok?"he asks, holding on to her arms to steady her. "No we have a problem" she locks eyes with him and he can see the seriousness of the situation in her green orbs. Just as she was about to continue she sees Bonnie and Alaric walk in from the corner. "We've got something- Bonnie is cut off by the look on Caroline's face, "what's wrong?"she immediately questions.

The MF gang had once again found themselves gathered in the living room of the boardinghouse. Everyone hoping there was a way out of their current predicament. Caroline had already told them of her brief conversation with Enzo. It was enough to put everyone on edge. The calm has now passed, the storm was here.