Chapter 3: Mystic Falls

Caroline gently nodded her head, as she sat on the plan towards Mystic Falls. She had the same dream, she'd been heaving for more than fifteen years.

"It's pouring raining" Caroline yelled as she ran away from him.

"Answer the question!" he said running after her.

"Stefan Salvatore, I'm ten years old, I've got too much to live for" Caroline turned and smiled. Just then a large flash of lightening struck and they both screamed. Caroline started to run the other direction.

"Not that way, Care" He said as he grabbed her arm and pulled her towards him. They both ran over to the very spot the lightening had hit. Stefan quickly grabbed his camera and snapped a few pictures.

"We should really take cover" Caroline muttered as the water ran down her face.

"We'll be safe here" Stefan smiled from behind is camera.

"How do you know that?" Caroline asked.

"Lightening never strikes the same place twice" Stefan smiled before putting his camera away.

"Why would you want to marry me anyhow" Caroline asked.

"So I could kiss you anytime I want" Stefan smirked. He leaned in ever so lightly and gently kissed her on the lips before a flash of lightening split them apart.

Caroline woke up and was very confused, she never got to feel the ending of that dream. Stefan had been her first love, but of course Caroline now believed that you can't find your soulmate at ten years old. As she lightly shook her head and ran her fingers through her blonde curls, the plane had began to make its decent. It's decent into her old reality.

Caroline was now driving in a sports car towards Mystic falls, a place she hadn't been to in over seven years. She called Klaus' sister Rebekah. Rebekah had been her first friend in New York and was still one of her best friends.

"Bloody hell, Caroline I was your first New York friend and I have to hear about your engagement by reading about it with 12 million other people" Rebekah complained.

"Sorry Bek's she grabbed my hand, what was I supposed to do?" Caroline asked.

"I know I read all about, my mother can be a real bitch some times. So did you cry?" Rebekah asked.

"Wouldn't you?" Caroline replied.

"One man for the rest of my life, I'd ball my bloody eyes out" Rebekah joked.

"You're the one that set me up with Klaus in the first place" Caroline reminded her.

"How was I supposed to know you'd two actually hit it off" Rebekah exclaimed. "So why don't you come meet us, we're just around the corner."

"I can't I'm in Mystic Falls." Caroline stated.

"Oh my god" Rebekah muttered.

"Yup, pretty much what I'm thinking" Caroline responded.

"Well, keep me updated" Rebekah replied.

"Of course, talk to you later. Bye" Caroline hung up the phone.

As she drove into town, she noticed that it hadn't changed at all. Everything was exactly the same as she remember it from seven years ago. She thought at least they would have updated the bank by now, but nope still looked the same. It was 2015 for Christ sake, and Mystic Falls still looked like it was in the early 2000's. She shook her head and turned down and dirt road towards a familiar house. She carefully slipped off her ring and slid it into her bag. She looked at the house in front of her, the Salvatore home. It's hadn't changed much either. Same trucks, and same garden gnome in the garden that she had placed there. As she got out of her car, the loud bloodhound on the porch began to bark. Caroline didn't even take of her sunglasses and she approached the porch.

"Shh… Buddy…. Lie down!" A masculine voice yelled as the front door open and he appeared. He hadn't changed one bit from her memories. His hair was still prefect as ever and his brooding face looked confused. "How can I help you?" He asked.

"Well for starters you can get your stubborn ass down her and give me a divorce!" Caroline yelled. She watched as his face changed from a smile into a look of horror, he dropped the remote he had had in his hand. "Come on, Stefan the jokes over. Let's just get this over with. I have a plane to catch" Caroline stated.

"You're shitting me right?" Stefan asked.

"No I am not shitting you. I didn't understand that sentence until right now but let's just get this over with." Caroline was very determined. "I've got a copy for you, for me and for the lawyers. I even have idiot proof tags" She stood there showing him the papers and he didn't even flitch.

"What?" She asked after he had taken his sweet time to reply.

"You show up here after seven years, without so much of an oh hey there, Stefan remember me your wife. Or a Hi honey, how are you?" Stefan joked.

"You knew where I was, don't even pretend that you missed me" Caroline muttered.

"Oh I missed you alright, but in this range my aim is bound to improve" Stefan said as he bent down and picked up the remote and walked closer to Caroline.

"Is that a threat? I have a lawyer that costs 350 an hour. He billed me every time you sent these paper back!" Caroline yelled.

"Well, I'm glad to see you finally got the message" Stefan replied hastily. Stefan turned around and walked towards the house.

"Where are you going?" Caroline asked.

"Leaving, you should know what it's like considering you've done it."

"Please let's keep this a civilized as possible. Sign these papers so I can go home" Caroline exclaimed.

"What do you even know about home? Hell I bet your mom doesn't even know you're in town." Stefan asked.

"That's my business" Caroline retorted.

"Honey, that's the only family you've got" Stefan replied.

"Don't you honey me honey" Caroline replied.

"Get your butt back into that car, go and see her and then maybe we can talk" Stefan stated before he turned and walked into his house.

"Stefan, you dumb, stubborn redneck hick. The real reason you won't sign these papers is because it's what I want!"

"Wrong! The reason I won't is because you've become some hotshot Yankee bitch, and I'd like nothing better right now is to piss you off" Stefan smirked as he shut the door and locked it.

Caroline couldn't believe it after seven years both of them still knew how to get under each other's skin and Stefan was as stubborn as they came. This was going to take some serious patience to convince him. Caroline let out a deep sigh, debating on what to do next.

A/N: Chapter 3 was fun to write, Stefan is the mysterious husband! Anyways let me know what you think!