Caroline slept peacefully that night and dreamt throughout her sleep about Stefan Salvatore. The muscled, kind and sweet vampire, her vampire…. Had she just thought about him as her vampire? He wasn't hers. He couldn't be, Stefan had Elena and Caroline had Matt… Oh, gosh, Matt, she'd never even spared a second with Stefan to think about Matt. What a bad girlfriend she was, falling in love with her best friend's boyfriend and emotionally cheating on her boyfriend.

Hold it. She hadn't just said love, had she? God… That's absurd, she couldn't love Stefan and she didn't love Stefan, it wasn't possible.

Energy so warm and loving enveloped her and brought her from her abyss of thoughts and dreams, to the real world, where things were hard and complicated. Like the fact that Elena's amazing boyfriend was everything Caroline could ever want and right now, he was all she desired. Caroline's eyelids flickered open and Stefan's face loomed over her, she let out a small scream and burst into a hysterical fit of laughter. "Thanks for scaring me out of my wits." Caroline gently hit him on the shoulder and stretched outwards, the sensational feeling of the morning rushing through her, "good morning, Stefan. It's lovely to see you, not bothering to keep any distance at all," Caroline muttered, rolling her eyes.

"Morning, Caroline. Sorry, I was just… Waiting until you woke up, want some breakfast?" Stefan asked. Caroline knew breakfast translated to 'hunting' in vampire language.

"Mhm, yes, I would love to, I just need to get changed." Caroline whispered and rubbed her eyes, still half-asleep. Stefan nodded and hastily exited her room, Caroline quickly jumped up out of bed and threw on some clean clothes, hoping this time they wouldn't get covered in blood like last night and pulled on some high-heeled shoes. Caroline walked over to her windows, the curtains were drawn and she pulled them back, revealing the bright new morning, the large sun was peeking over a hill, its rays of sunlight beaming down on the world below. She sighed contently and opened a window, Caroline breathed in deeply, the smell of spring-time filling her nostrils. After a moment of bathing in the glow of the sunlight and the soft breeze, Caroline turned and left her bedroom. Stefan was waiting patiently outside, leaned against a wall, one leg up and his foot rested against the wall too, Caroline smirked observing him, his gorgeous chestnut brown hair was ruffled, small strands of his hair hanging down in front of his eyes. Stefan lifted his head and smiled at her, his heart-warming, sexy, half smile, so friendly and so seductive it made Caroline lose her breath for a minute.

"Are you checking me out?" Stefan asked, crossing his arms over his muscled chest.

Caroline shook her head and placed her hands on her hips, "please, like I'd check you out." She lied smoothly, though Stefan was still staring at her with that same 'I know you are, don't deny it' expression.

"Are we going to go then?" Caroline asked quickly, eager to get off of the subject of 'checking Stefan out.'

Stefan nodded and they both sprang down the stairs and out the door, using their vampire speed to get to the centre of the woods quicker. Caroline stopped and crouched down, a predator laying in wait for her prey. Her fangs sliced through her gums, the veins under her eyes bulged and she bared her fangs. Caroline watched as a large deer nibbled at a small plant, a small growl rumbled in her chest and the deer looked up, suddenly alarmed. Caroline's eyes flickered over to Stefan as he watched her intently, Caroline jumped, closing the distance between her and the deer. She forced it to the ground and gripped onto it tightly, so it had no chance of getting up, Caroline threw her head down and her fangs pierced the deer's skin on its neck, blood began welling up where the two fangs holes were. Caroline eagerly licked up the sweet crimson blood, the taste and texture of it soothing her thirst. Caroline moaned, finishing every drop of blood left in the deer's body, although some of the blood had made a small puddle. She glanced up at Stefan, through her lashes and saw he was watching her with a great deal of fascination, she rose from her crouching position and her eyebrows knitted together. "What?" Caroline asked, cocking her head slightly, she watched as he shrugged, silently and that made her smile. "You're beautiful, even when you're mouth is covered with blood." Stefan chuckled, grazing his foot lightly against the freshly cut grass, the colour of it now red, from the small pool of blood that had leaked from the deer. Caroline blushed slightly underneath the mask of blood that she wore; she licked off the blood moustache above her top lip and smiled at him, wiping the rest of the blood from her cheek on the back of her jacket. "Stefan…" Caroline whispered, barely audible, "You really shouldn't say things like that," She sighed, hiding her face from him with a curtain of honey blonde hair. Stefan nodded the disappointment clear in his eyes. Caroline took a step towards Stefan, their bodies inches away from each other, she heard Stefan's breathing hitch and she couldn't help but smile, she was being seductive! Caroline raised a hand and pressed it against his chest and then she stood on her tip-toes. Her lips pressed lightly against Stefan's and instantly she felt a response from him, Caroline's hands slipped further down until she reached the hem of his shirt, she bunched his shirt up in her fist and her other hand slipped underneath, the feel of his gorgeous body made her tingle with pleasure. Caroline felt arms snake around her waist and crush her closer to Stefan's body, the heat of it radiating against Caroline's body, their embrace made Caroline's knees go weak. Caroline pulled away slightly, her chest heaving with excitement, she pulled away from his embrace and squeezed her eyes shut, "Elena…" The name send unbelievable shivers down her spine, what would she tell Elena? She'd just kiss Stefan, her boyfriend and yet…Stefan kissed her back. Caroline's eyes fluttered open and Stefan was staring at her, hair slightly messed up, she shook her head and instantly he knew that Caroline felt guilty. "I…Just leave me alone for a while," Caroline told him, averting her eyes from meeting his and then she sped off with her vampire-speed.