Title: Fire and Ice

Author: ShadowsDaughter

Summary: He promised he'd never return. She thought it'd be enough. But once you've tasted true love... true desire... can you really let it go? Klaroline fanfic.

Rating: T (Sorry for the mistake in the first chapter.)

Authors Note: Hello everyone! Wow! The response I got from my first chapter was amazing! Thank you all that reviewed. I really appreciate it. It definitely brightens my day. I hope you all have an amazing weekend. -Shadow

Facts to know:

-Katherine actually did die, okay? Because I can't see Caroline leaving her friends when something huge is going on, despite any inner turmoil.

-I will be going off on my own plot, so some things will be AU.

Pound. Pound. Pound.

"Caroline! We know you're in there!"

Caroline groaned and rolled onto her back, throwing an arm over her eyes. She debated ignoring Elena and Bonnie but knew they wouldn't go away. If anything, they'd break in. She wondered how long it would take for Tyler to let them all know about her love for Klaus. The enemy.

"Caroline!"

"Fine! I'm coming!" She called back and sat up, pushing the covers off her legs. She stomped her way to the door and then opened it with a huff.

"Yes?" She asked. Elena and Bonnie both raised their eyebrows at their blonde friend.

"Aren't you in a good mood?" Elena said and stepped close enough that Caroline stepped back and then her friends made their way inside and to the living room, plopping down on the couch.

"Make yourself at home, why don't you?" Caroline muttered under breath. She was not in the mood to hear any lectures.

"So... Tyler came over last night pretty pissed off." Elena said after a minute and Caroline moaned and went over to join her friends, closing the door behind her.

"Let's hear it, then." Caroline said with a sigh and Elena shook her head.

"We're here to see if you're okay, Caroline." Elena said and Caroline stared at her for a minute.

"You guys aren't... upset or anything?" Caroline asked in a quiet voice.

"Well, I mean Klaus is kind of an asshole and he has the whole 'evil' thing going on." Bonnie said with a teasing smile, though Caroline thought it was a little forced. Elena sent Bonnie a look.

"What she means is, we aren't here to judge." Elena said and leaned forward to hold Caroline's hand. "Tyler was pretty upset. Are you okay? I mean, that conversation couldn't have been a happy one."

"He was so mad," Caroline winced. She hated thinking about Tyler in pain, even though he hurt her. "But it could have been worse. He left pretty quick once he figured it out."

"What did you tell him?" Bonnie asked.

"I actually didn't tell him anything, I mean, well I told him things had changed and that I didn't love him anymore. Then he figured out the rest." Caroline shrugged and Bonnie bit her lip.

"So... it's true? You love Klaus?" Bonnie asked after a moment. Caroline let out a laugh and looked at the ceiling.

"It's not like I planned it or wanted to, okay? It just happened! And then yesterday he showed up and was all 'be honest with me and I promise I'll leave' so I thought, hey, this is what I need! I'll do this, get it out of my system and I'll be good to go, right?" She sniffed back tears and Elena squeezed her hand.

"But it wasn't enough?" Elena guessed and Caroline shook her head.

"I love him and now I... I wish I..." Caroline sighed.

"You wish what?" Bonnie asked after minute when Caroline said nothing.

"I wish I hadn't agreed to him never coming back." She let out a sob and Elena pulled her into a hug. Bonnie rubbed her back. "But I know I'm not supposed to love him. Ya know?"

"Caroline, you can't choose who you love." Elena said after a few minutes when she was more calm.

"Yeah, I mean, and it's not like he doesn't care about you." Bonnie said after a minute and Caroline looked up at her in surprise.

"C'mon.. I might not like the guy, but I'm not blind." Bonnie shrugged with a sigh. "I might not like it, but you're my friend and we've been through too much to lose our friendship over this."

"Totally. That's why we're here." Elena added with a smile. Caroline smiled at her two best friends. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad.

"Is it bad if I miss him already?" Caroline asked.

"I don't think so. I miss Damon." Elena shrugged with a sad smile and Caroline pushed away any snappy comments. They were being good friends, she didn't want to ruin the moment by talking about how Stefan was still better than Damon.

"You know what I think we need?" Bonnie said with a large smile.

"What?" Caroline and Elena said together.

"Alcohol and music." Bonnie said and they all laughed.

"I think that's a good idea." Elena said.

"Yeah... let's do it."

"Wanna go to The Grill tonight? We'll have a girls day, spend hours getting ready and then we'll go drink more than we should and dance our butts off!" Elena said and Caroline smiled. A girls day? That sounded like a... really good idea.

"Yeah, and I'm going to have fun because I'm Caroline Forbes! And I don't sit around crying all day. I have fun and I am fun." She said in a firm voice.

"Yeah, exactly!" Bonnie grinned.

"Let's start getting ready then." Elena said and stood up, pulling Caroline with her.

"I can do this." Caroline told herself as she followed Elena into her room. But in the back of her mind, she was still thinking about Klaus.

To be continued...

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