AN/ I do not own Vampire Diaries.
Chapter 2
Caroline sat at a two-person booth. She looked both ways before sitting back. Matt was not working today, thank goodness. She was regretting leaving her phone in the car. They were supposed to meet at eleven thirty but she arrived an hour early. She was (and still is) the most popular and desired girl at Mystic Falls High. She could have anyone. And here she is now, wringing her hands and starring at the clock. It still read 11:12am.
He would not stand her up would he?
"Caroline?" a familiar face called her from behind.
"Hey," Caroline answered turning around.
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"Elena."
Stefan's voice sounded so haggard. Elena could not help but fall back. He seemed almost the same since the last time she had seen him. His eyes were very distant as if he was a body without a soul. Elena took a few steps toward him but he flinched.
"Stefan. You're home."
Elena ignored Stefan's looks of discomfort as she ran to embrace him.
"No Elena," her brother's voice called.
After a few seconds, she moved back and places her hands on each side of his face. Her hands brushed against Stefan's stubble. He had five-o-clock shadow now.
"Elena."
This time, Stefan's voice sounded as if he were growling and groaning her name all at once. The areas around his eyes are now a deep maroon. She looked up and saw a scar on his left temple.
Stefan clinched his jaw and a hot tear rolled down his face. Tears started pouring down Elena's face.
Elena let her hands fall to his waste and pushed the side of her face to the side of his.
"Stefan I missed you, so much," Elena choked.
Stefan used his hand to move her hair. He seemed to be taking a deep inhale as he lay his head on her shoulder. Elena smiled when she felt the tip of his nose brush against her neck. Then, an arrow whizzed by her ear. She jumped back and when she looked back she saw Jeremy holding a crossbow.
"What is wrong with you Jeremy?" she yelled.
"He had his fangs out. He was going to bite you."
Elena turned back to Stefan who was no longer standing in the doorway.
"Stefan?" Elena whispered.
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Bonnie pulled into Elena's driveway. Caroline and Damon were nowhere to be seen. Maybe Damon was already here. Vampires don't necessarily need to drive cars; he could have just ran. Bonnie hopped out of the car and ran to the door. Her eyes widened. Elena was kneeling on the floor Jeremy had a crossbow in one hand as he walked up to his sister.
"Stefan," Elena whispered.
Bonnie's eyes met Elena's. She walked over to her friend and crouched down.
"He was here, Bonnie. I saw him. He was right here. I even held him."
Tears were rolling down her face. Jeremy reached down and lifted Elena up.
"Come on, Elena. You need to sit down."
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Caroline sat inside her car. She had waited until one-o-clock before the negative thoughts overpowered her sense of reason. She ended up seeing Matt at the Grill. They stuck to safe subjects: the weather, her mom, and his mom. She could feel his eyes on her while she waited for Tyler. It made her feel uncomfortable. As if she was sneaking around and cheating on him with someone else. Even though they weren't dating anymore.
She turned right at a middle school and kept going straight. She passed all of the local fast food restaurants and the community park. She could not believe he did not show up. It had been a long time since she's seen him. Last week he called her; saying he was coming back to Mystic Falls and asking her if they could meet. She took two lefts and as she pulled into her driveway she saw Tyler, standing beside a black Range Rover.
It was beginning to sprinkle. The rain made a pitter patter sound on the roof of her Camry. Caroline pulled in beside her mom's Ford Fusion and stormed over to him.
"Caro-"
Tyler couldn't finish his sentence. Before he could say a word Caroline slapped him.
"Well it's good to see you to."
"Why didn't you show up? I waited for two hours for you!"
"It's only one thirty. What do you mean four hours?"
Caroline ran her hand through her now damp hair. Her eyes were red now. Tears filled her eyes as the rain began to fall harder.
"It doesn't matter. I just, didn't have anything else to do," she lied.
"Listen Caroline-"
"No Tyler. You listen. I waited like a fool for you. Do you know how embarrassing it is to wait for something, someone that is never going to come! You're not the most reliable person in the world but I expected more."
"Caroline-"
"I have been counting down the days, hours, minutes-" She bit her lower lip, "the seconds-"
Tyler didn't let Caroline finish her sentence. His lips smashed into her's.
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Damon laid back as a Frank Sinatra record played. One thing he hated about this century was its music. He had to get wasted before he could listen to a Ke$ha song and then it was only tolerable. He wouldn't get that drunk until four.
He wished Jessica would come back. Or was it Rachel? He couldn't remember so he just decided to shake it off. He walked into the kitchen and opened the refrigerator. Since Stefan was gone Damon decided it would be better to move the blood bags into the kitchen refrigerator. Easy access.
As he peered inside he heard his phone vibrating. He groaned before putting down a bag of O positive and picked up the phone.
"Bonnie, eh? What could Mystic Falls little witch want?"
He smirked as he unlocked his phone.
"Maybe she needs some-"
Damon froze.
"Dammit!"
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Caroline slammed the door shut. They were both soaking wet now. Yet their lips were still connected. They tore themselves away from each other only to let Caroline open the door. Tyler was walking back and Caroline ran him into the banister.
"Sorry," Caroline said quickly breaking away.
His breath sent chills down her spine. Tyler rushed to meet her lips once more. Tyler began walking forward, leading her to the couch. Before they knew it Caroline fell backwards and made an involuntary flip onto the couch.
Tyler looked at her in shock as she stared wide-eyed at him. Then, laughter filled the room. First, it was Caroline who was laughing, later Tyler joined her.
"Maybe we should-"
"Slow it down?" Caroline finished.
They both burst into laughter. Caroline's sides were beginning to hurt. Tyler's laughter sounded like that of a lion. Tyler went to turn on the lights before plopping on the couch beside a now right-side-up Caroline. Caroline wiped a few tears out of her eyes before glancing over at the living room table. There sat her smartphone. It was covered in small fake jewels that made it glitter in the light.
Tyler glanced over at a nearby picture of Caroline and Matt before sneezing.
"Aww man. I'd better go. I just started getting over a cold."
Caroline held her phone and snapped her head at Tyler.
"Wait, I just kissed a sick werewolf! Why didn't you tell me you were sick?"
"Correction," Tyler replied before moving his lips close to her's. "You just French kissed a sick werewolf." Tyler moved his head up and kissed Caroline on her forehead.
"I'll call you."
Tyler walked over to the door and stopped.
"You better change out of those clothes. If not, then you'll definitely get sick."
Caroline rolled her eyes as she unlocked her phone. Two texts, both were from Bonnie.
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Damon slid into Elena's driveway and jumped out of his car. He was moving so fast, he couldn't even think straight. He knocked vigorously until a disheveled Bonnie let him in.
"Damon-"
"What the hell happened? Klaus was here?"
"And Stefan."
Damon rushed to the living room to find Elena curled up in a ball. She had a cup of tea in her hand.
"Elena, what do you mean 'and Stefan?" Damon growled.
"We saw him," Jeremy chimed in. "He came by here a couple of hours ago. Your brother tried to bite her."
Damon took a step back and hit the wall.
"He didn't mean to. Something was wrong with him. Klaus had messed him up. He's not thinking straight," Elena replied.
"You can't be serious. He was sniffed her. If I didn't shoot him he would have killed you," Jeremy shot back.
"What do you mean Van Helsing? Did you shoot my brother?" Damon barked. In a blink of an eye Damon was in front of Jeremy and before Jeremy could back away Jeremy Damon had his hand around Jeremy's throat.
"Damon!" Elena and Bonnie yelled.
"You shot my brother. Look kid, I don't know who the hell you think you are-"
Before Damon could finish his sentence, a mind spliting headache came over him.
"Let go of him, Damon," Bonnie yelled.
Damon fell to the floor. Jeremy put his hand over his neck.
"Don't worry. I missed."
"Why doesn't this surprise me?" Damon growled in-between yells.
"Bonnie, stop it!" Elena begged.
Damon's aneurism subsided and sat up, putting his hand on his head.
"What the hell Bennett?"
"I'm sure it's nothing compared to the hangover you had this morning," Bonnie sneered.
"Witch."
"Vampire."
"Will you two chill out?" Elena cried. Her eyes were red from crying and looked like she was on her deathbed.
"So what's the plan?" Damon asked, walking over and leaning against the doorway.
"What do you mean?" Bonnie snapped.
"Come on witch. I know you already have a plan of action. What do you need me to do?"
"How about stop-" Bonnie stopped herself. Elena was already dealing with enough. The bickering with Damon had to stop if they were going to get anywhere.
"We have to think. Why would Klaus and Stefan come back?" Bonnie asked.
Before anyone could answer Elena's phone rang.
"I'll be right back," Elena whispered as she walked into the other room and picked up the phone.
"Maybe he's chosen Mystic Falls as his first target. Once he's taken care of us, there's no stopping him."
"Come on Damon," Jeremy chimed in, "There's no way anyone can stop a vampire werewolf freak like him."
"He could be after someone. I'm sure we're all on his hit list."
Bonnie looked off after hearing Damon's statement. If that were true then she was definitely in danger.
Bonnie's phone began ringing.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Bon. I've got a horrible headache. Could you pick up some medicine for me?"
"Yeah Dad. No problem. I'll hurry home."
"Thanks Bon-Bon."
Bonnie hung up.
"What? Daddy's girl has to go home?"
"Yeah Damon. Sorry Jer, my dad's not feeling well. I'll be back tomorrow."
Bonnie grabbed her bag and walked out. It was starting to get dark outside. If she rushed, she could make it to the pharmacy.
"You never said what happened with Klaus."
Bonnie jumped and turned around.
"Damon, I've got to go. I told Elena and Jeremy earlier. If you had come earlier you would have heard it."
Bonnie opened her car door only to have it shut by Damon.
"Well give me the Spark Notes version."
"You know about Spark Notes?"
"Yeah, I heard Elena say something about it once. Anyway, we're getting off topic. What happened?"
Bonnie took a quick breath. Maybe I can just spit it out in one breath.
"I ran into him on my way here."
"That's it?"
"Yeah. Now can you please let me go?" she pulled at the handle. Damon's hand didn't move.
"No. There's something you're not telling me. I can smell it."
Bonnie froze. "You see, the great thing about being both a vampire and a werewolf is that I can not only hear how fast your heart is beating right now but I can also smell the fear you are so poorly hiding from me." A shiver shot down her back.
"Bonnie?"
"Look, he just said that- that I better watch out. I can handle it. You know me. One spell and he'll be running with his tail between his legs-"
"Really?" Damon raised an eyebrow and smirked.
"Yeah."
"Look Bonnie. Don't try anything stupid. We don't need you getting killed."
For a second, Bonnie actually thought Damon cared about her welfare. Bonnie watched as Damon walked past her and ran his finger down the scratch Klaus had made.
"Are you sure you'll be alright?"
"Don't worry Damon," Bonnie opened the door and sat with the window rolled down. "I can handle it."
Damon stared at Bonnie. It wasn't a look she was familiar with. She knew his glares and scoffing looks, but this was different. He was peering into her soul. As if he could literally see right through her lie and into the eyes of someone who was scared for their life.
"Be safe," was all he said as he walked back up to the house. Bonnie quickly rolled her windows up and pulled out of the driveway.
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I hope you all enjoyed the second chapter. It's about as long as the first. I'll try to keep each chapter at around at least 2000 words. I lost my flash drive for a day so this is kind of late. I focused a lot on Caroline this chapter. I tried to put plenty of Bonnie action in there. Hopefully Elena will get more of a backbone. I'll try to add some Tyler and Stefan POV. I didn't have much Jeremy POV in this story.
Anywho, I'm really proud of myself for meeting my own deadline. Thanks to everyone for the positive reviews. I had not thought about much Klaus and Bonnie action. I'm definitely thinking about adding some now.