Harry looked around the store because he felt eyes on him, whoever it was had been following him around the store for a good ten minutes now and showed no signs of letting up. He turned around and there was the baby formula right in front of his face, he quietly cursed himself for not been more aware and too focused on the feeling of been followed. He went towards the baby formula when Stefan came around from the back of the aisle Stefan questioned Harry

" Why are you stalking my girlfriend?"

Harry looked at Stefan as if he was insane and to Harry he must be if he was dating Elena the girl gave him the creeps.

"Okay first off is Elena trying to tell you that I am stalking her? Please I have no interest in her. For one she stalks me. Two I am gay. So she's the wrong gender."

Harry said, Stefan looked back at all of the times that Elena has told him about Harry stalking her. He wanted to figure out why Elena was telling a lie. Stefan asked Harry

" How did you know about Elena being my girlfriend?"

Harry answered

" Caroline told me about you and your relationship."

Stefan looked at Harry

"What do you mean?"

Harry gave Stefan a flat look, really he was beginning to get on his nerves now

"As in Care bear is my friend, she spends the weekend at my house and as such she likes to tell me about all the gossip that goes on in town."

Stefan looked at Harry, hard he was trying to see if the teen in front of him was lying but he couldn't detect any deceit coming from him, but it would also explain why Elena was in such a foul mood if Caroline was spending her weekends at Harry's house and not hers, just as he was about to ask a question Harry's phone went off.

" Harry you need to come over to the hospital right away!"

Harry asked with panic in his voice

" Why is there something wrong with Teddy?"

Sarah answered in a rushed tone

"No Carolina and Liz that is her Mom are in the hospital."

Harry shook his head

"Fuck! I'll be on my way."

He then quickly hung up the around to the boot of the car and put the formula back and told Stefan

" I will try to talk to you later. I have to go to the hospital right now."

Stefan who heard the call said

" Let me drive you to the hospital."

Harry looked at him, and gave a quick nod of his head, he knew that Teddy would be safe, he was with Angela who was currently taking him for a walk around the park that was in the middle of town. But he knew that as soon as she could Angela would be straight over to the hospital like the hounds of hell were on her heels.

Stefan took a sharp left, and Harry had to brace himself on the dashboard. Stefan was a wild driver Harry would give him that, but the way that he drove made warning flags raise in his head. It was like Stefan knew who to handle a car, and not in the way were one takes it apart and rebuilds it. No Harry got the feeling that Stefan might have been around when they were built, as if he had drove on of the very first cars. But he didn't look older than 17, Harry also knew that looks could be deceiving he was a prime example of that.

What should have been a 30 minute drive, they got there in under 10, with the way that Stefan had been driving. He saw Sarah's Harley parked in the parking lot and knew that she was already here, he wasted no time in throwing open the door and rushing inside the hospital despite it been his least favorite place to be but Caroline needed him and he wouldn't abandon her.

Harry turned the corner and came face to chest with his aunt, just as he was about to fall onto his backside she caught him. Harry looked at her and asked

"What the fuck happened?"

Normally he would of got a clip around the ear for the swearing but with how haggard that Sarah looked he doubted that she would mind, her hair was in complete disarray from were she had been running her hands through it. Her lips were set in a grim line and he could tell that she had been pacing backwards and forwards just so she could keep busy.

"Miss Evans?"

Sarah whirled around and looked at the nurse as she ground out

"You are the guardian for Caroline Elizabeth Forbes correct?"

Sarah nodded her head not liking were this was going

"The sheriff is in surgery right now, We also cannot get hold of Bill Forbes her father which means..."

"She goes to me."

The nurse nodded sadly, just as she was about to leave Sarah asked

"Do you know what happened?"

The nurse pursed her lips before speaking

"Someone tried to kill himself by laying down on the road, the deputies informed us when we were prepping the sheriff for surgery. Apparently he is un-harmed..."

Sarah snarled

"He wont be when I get my hands on him!"

Harry wrapped his arms around her waist, he felt her muscles straining against his hold. She wanted to kill him and he knew that if he wasn't there and they were not in the hospital then she would do.

She wouldn't regret it at all.

Harry just held on tighter once she had calmed down the two were led into a room were Caroline was sat, her face was littered in cuts and bruises, her left arm was in a sling. One of her legs was in a cast, Harry felt sorry for her but he wouldn't break down not now, not when she needed him to be strong. Harry place a hand on her face, the cut that went straight through her eyebrow and underneath her eye would scar he knew that.

He also knew that she was lucky not to be blind, he was very tempted to let his aunt kill the son of a bitch that did this. He was so angry, he didn't realize that things were starting to float and lights were flickering due to his anger, a warm strong hand on his shoulder clamed him down. The anger was not gone, it was still simmering underneath the surface but he would let it explode later. When Caroline was in no danger of been harmed, when he knew that both of his aunts were there and could help him contain the magic that would explode from his body.

As if knowing that they were in the room and she was safe Caroline's eyes began to move underneath her eyelids.

"That's it Care, come on open them sky blue eyes for me."

Her eyes moved underneath her eye lids this time it was more, the movement was stronger

"That's it, you are nearly there!"

Eventually Caroline opened her eyes, Harry breathed a sigh of relief. Harry carefully gripped her hand as her eyes focused onto him, her sky blue eyes were clouded with pain. Pain he wanted to take away from her, pain that he never wanted her to be in, Caroline looked at Sarah the question in her eyes

"Your mother is in surgery, they are doing all they can to save her Caroline."

A lone tear rolled down her face, making her bruises stand out more as the tear made a clear path down her face. harry carefully climbed onto the bed, screw what the doctors say he wasn't going to let Caroline go through this by herself. He watched as Sarah grabbed the chair and stuck it neck to the bed, she sat on the chair backwards as she looked at them

"They couldn't get in contact with Bill, they have no idea why. So you have been given into my care."

Caroline looked at her as she rasped out

"Why?"

Sarah scrubbed a hand over her face as she replied

"When your mam and dad were going through the divorce they wanted someone else to be there. Incase anything happened to one of them and they couldn't find the other, which is what has happened now."

Caroline nodded her head

"Okay."

She leaned her head against Harry's shoulder and took his warmth, she took the silent comfort that he offered her. The strength that he was silently giving, the way that his arms wrapped around her that made her feel safe and loved. She would kill anyone that tried to take this away from her.

Harry was her rock, he was what kept her afloat in the stormy weather. She didn't want to lose him, it also helped that he was gay and they could ogle men's bums together and they had to admit there were some very nice ones. The nurse came in and spoke to Sarah for a few minutes while Caroline played with Harry's fingers

"They want to keep you in over night for observation, but like I pointed out I was an army doctor. So I know what I am doing, but Caroline if you feel unwell even if it is a stomach ache you tell me."

Caroline looked at her and saw the seriousness in her eyes, she nodded her head. She understood what she was been told, there could be problems with her that they hadn't found and if she kept it to herself she could make the problem worse.

"Good."

With that Sarah walked out of the room leaving Harry and Caroline by themselves

"I'm scared Harry."

Harry looked at her, and rubbed his free hand over the bruise underneath her eye

"You Mom will be fine Care bear you know that, I mean with such a strong daughter just imagine what she will be like! I bet she will be walking out of this hospital in no time eating nails for breakfast, and bench pressing cars for lunch."

Caroline giggled, and shook her head

"You sure that's not your aunts, I am sure they do that every other day."

Harry laughed as Caroline giggled, the good mood lifting their spirits for a few moments until Caroline next spoke

"I don't want to close my eyes."

Harry hummed

"Then don't, keep them open. But Care you will need to sleep at some point whether it is because your body is too exhausted to go on or because you feel tired you will sleep."

She knew what he was right, he had rarely if ever been wrong

"But what if I dream?"

Harry tilted her chin up making sure that he was careful of her bruises as he spoke with a frim tone

"Then I will chase them away Care I wont let him hurt you while you dream."

Caroline believed him, because Harry didn't lie and if he said he would chase him away then that was what he would do so Caroline rested her head against his shoulder and closed her eyes knowing that she would be protected in real life and her dream world.