"What are you doing here?" Caroline's voice was faltering.

"If I couldn't fix you, sweetie, then I'll try to fix the person closest to you; Stefan."

"Daddy, why are you doing this? Stefan hasn't done anything, he hasn't killed anyone!" Caroline reasoned.

"Is that what you've been telling her?" Mr. Forbes said, looking to Stefan for an answer.

Caroline looked to her boyfriend, confusion etched throughout her features.

"What is he talking about?" Caroline's eyes darted from Stefan to her father, then back to Stefan.

"Tell her," He ordered.

Stefan looked at the man to his left, the man who he saw as his future father-in-law. His eyes then travelled to his beloved girlfriend, his eyes pleading.

"Stefan, tell me." Caroline's eyes looking betrayed.

"I-I-" Stefan stuttered.

"You won't want to hear what he has to say, love." A voice said, a shadowed figure appearing from behind a tree. "Your poor heart will break for how much your beloved lover has deceived you."

Caroline's body instantly stiffened, she thought she'd never hear that voice again.

Caroline slowly turned around, "Klaus?"

He smiled, "How are you, love?"

She glanced over at Jeremy; subtly motioning for him to come towards her, he obeyed and appeared at her side, taking grasp of her hand. She turned back to her father.

"What are you doing associating with him?" Her voice confused, and disbelieving.

"He said he could help me! Help me get rid of vampires."

"Daddy, he's a hybrid! He's a vampire and a werewolf!" Caroline reasoned.

"Yes sweetie, I know. That's exactly why I started working with him." Caroline's father stated.

Caroline took a step forward, "But he's lying to you! Daddy, he can't be trusted."

"Neither can your Stefan." Mr. Forbes shot back.

Her face fell then, pain crossing her features, her eyebrows furrowing sadly. Jeremy stepped the distance of their stretched arm locked hands, making him at her side once more. He squeezed her hand as his other went to the small of her back rubbing comfortingly.

The older Forbes looked to his daughter, shaking his head sadly at her, "He's been lying to you sweetie. I'm only trying to help you, trying to keep you safe."

"You're trying to help me?" Caroline shrieked, "Trying to help me would be letting my boyfriend go, would be protecting someone I care about, instead of harming them!" She cried, "And you're trying to keep me safe? Trying to keep me safe would be not torturing me, trying to keep me safe would be not trying to change who I am, and not making me hate what I am. You should love me, and love who I love, not hurting them."
"Daddy, you shouldn't be working with someone who has tried to kill me," she paused, "and my friends, people I care about. Why are you doing this?" Tears were streaming from her eyes as she stared at her father with great intensity.

Stefan couldn't bear seeing her cry, fidgeted against the tree; Jeremy squeezed her hand, letting her know he was there.

"I'm so sorry sweetheart." Her father told her sadly, he picked up a stake and held it in the air, aiming for Stefan's heart.

"No!" Caroline screamed, running forward.

"Caroline, no!" Jeremy yelled after her, trying to make his way to her, but Klaus grabbed onto him.

Caroline threw the stake from her father's hand and pushed him, roughly, backwards.

"Daddy, stop!" She cried. "Let him explain himself."

Caroline looked to Stefan, her eyes dark. He looked up at her, his own eyes apologetic.

"What aren't you telling me?" She asked softly.

Stefan looked down, ashamed. When he looked up and his eyes met hers, they were full of regret, countless apologies.

"Care, I-I-" Stefan started, "it's been really difficult for me, you know this," His eyes pleaded with her, "and I haven't been telling you -"

Caroline held up her hand, silencing him, her eyes welled with tears as she turned to her father. "Daddy, I'll make you a deal, for Stefan's freedom."

Her father looked at her, intrigued. Caroline met Klaus' eyes as he watched her approach the older Forbes.

"You let Stefan go, and I'll lock him up in the cellar in the basement of the boarding house. I'll get him back on track; get him back on animal blood. And once I do," Caroline glanced at Stefan before her eyes returned back to her father, "I'll cut him out of my life to keep myself safe from temptation." Caroline's stare became more intense, "What do you say?"

Her father thought about it for a moment, glancing at Klaus who nodded, he looked back at his daughter, "That sounds like a great deal sweetheart."

Caroline nodded, walked over to Stefan and crouched down to untie him.

"Caroline," Stefan whispered, "please."

She roughly untied him, making sure one of her finger nails caught his skin, leaving a good scratch, he hissed slightly. Once he was free Stefan stood to his feet, rubbing his wrists, Caroline stood as well, Stefan made a move to go towards her but she moved away and rushed over to Jeremy. Klaus released him and Caroline's arms flew around his neck, she played with the hair at the base of it.

"Jer, I need to go home." She whispered into his neck, her lips tickling his skin.

He nodded his head slowly, rubbing her back, "Okay."

Jeremy held Stefan's gaze, making sure to give the Salvatore a glare of disapproval. Caroline's arms removed themselves from Jeremy and she reached for his hand. She still hadn't met Stefan's eyes. The pair started walking, when Jeremy stopped.

"C'mon Stefan, we all need to sort this out." Jeremy turned back to Caroline and continued on walking.

Stefan followed and shortly after the three arrived at Caroline's house. Stefan knew he needed to give Caroline some space, he knew that she needed to process everything, but he needed to talk to her, he needed her to know how sorry he was. The three walked up to the Forbes' doorstep.

"Caroline," Stefan started as she reached for the door handle.

She froze, her hand remaining there, and she turned to him. Jeremy stood in front of her protectively; she put her hand on his shoulder.

"Jer go inside." She told him, "I need to talk to Stefan, alone."

Jeremy turned to her concerned; she gave him a reassuring nod.

"I'll be fine," she smiled weakly at him, "go on, I'll be in, in a minute."

Jeremy nodded and went inside, Caroline waited for the door to close before she turned and looked at Stefan.

"Care-" Stefan started.

"How long?" Caroline interrupted, "have you been lying?"

He looked down, "In the beginning, and once one month ago. But those were the only times, Care I promise."

Her hand rested on her chin while the other lay across her chest. She looked at him, her eyes full of hurt and betrayal. "And you expect me to believe you? Do you expect me to still be able to trust you?" She took in a shaky breath, composing herself, "How could you do this Stefan? Why didn't you tell me, we could've worked through it, I could've helped you!" She cried.

He advanced on her, not able to bare the sight of her crying, "I thought you would be disappointed, I thought that you would think I was unable to come back from the edge." He reached his hand out to touch her, but she took a step back.

"I guess you are now." She yelled, "If you had just been honest with me, I would have understood, and I would have helped you. But now Stefan? Now I can't trust you."

Stefan's face fell, his voice begging, "Caroline, please -"

Caroline walked to the door, "I'm sorry Stefan but I think we should take some time apart, learn to be less dependent on each other and learn to trust one another again."

"Care, come on, don't say this." Stefan pleaded.

She looked down, "I think you should go."

She turned the doorknob, and walked inside, without looking back at him. Caroline closed the door, and leaned against it, her tears finally falling. Jeremy was at her side in an instant, she felt his strong arms wrap around her small body, as he picked her up and carried her upstairs to her room. Jeremy placed her on the bed, caressed her cheek and placed a kiss on her forehead.

"It's okay Care, you did the right thing. Everything will be okay." Jeremy whispered.

She nodded sadly through her tears, trying to believe his words. Jeremy started to pull away and leave when Caroline grabbed his hands.

She shook her head, "Jer, don't leave me, please, not you too."

His eyes saddened at her, he nodded, "I'll never leave you Caroline."

She pulled back the covers and got under them, pulling them back further for Jeremy to join her, he got under them as well and instantly Caroline curled into his side, resting her head on his chest. Jeremy put his arm around her, protectively and pulled her closer to him.

"Thank you, Jer." Caroline whispered.

She pulled away from him and moved closer to his face; carefully she pressed her lips to his cheek before resting her head on his chest once again.

Jeremy held her to him, rubbing his hands along her arms; he kissed her head before resting his own on top of hers. "Everything is going to be fine Care, I promise."

She nodded sadly, "You think so?"

"I'm sure of it." Jeremy stated, "you two will find your way back to each other, if you're meant to be, and if not you'll find someone better, who appreciates you and loves you more." His index finger drew small circles on her left arm, "Care?" He looked down and noticed that she was asleep. He smiled, softly, and wiped away the stray tears. He kissed her forehead again, "Night beautiful." His husk voice murmured against her skin.

Finem

A/N: Thank you for reading! I'll update way quicker than before, I've just been too busy with homework and stupid things that are irrelevant! Anyway, please review!