"Don't strain yourself." Damon smirked as he walked out of the house.
Stefan shook himself out of his reverie and quickly pulled his phone out of his pocket. It took only a few moments before the voice on the other end of the line sounded.
"Hello?"
"Elena, it's Stefan."
"Oh…Hi." She said, and he could tell she was smiling.
"Listen, can you come over to the house for a bit? We need to talk."
"Talk? Stefan, what's wrong?" she asked, worry beginning to rise in her voice, the smile disappearing.
"I'll explain when you get here."
"Oh..okay. I love you."
He sighed, a small smile coming to his lips. "I love you too."
After ending the call Stefan returned to his glass and finished it off, setting the empty cup down. He paced the downstairs, then the upstairs, thinking of ways this could even be possible. Damon and Caroline, Caroline and Damon? No, he shook his head. There was no way Damon could compel her since she was now a vampire, so the thought of either wanting to be a couple, shocked him to say the least. Before Stefan's thoughts could go on any longer a knock at the door sounded.
"Stefan?" came her soft voice.
"Yeah. Right here." He answered as he walked down the stairs.
Almost immediately Elena rushed over to him, wrapping her arms around him in a comforting hug. "You sounded worried on the phone." She whispered, pulling back so she could see his face. "What's wrong?"
Shocked. To say the least was what he knew his little brother felt. Walking into the Grille a smirk covered Damon's lips, he caught the attention of almost every woman there, he shook his head in shame. They had no idea. Striding over to the bar he took a seat, ordered his usual and waited. He hadn't been there even 5 minutes before he felt an oddly familiar presence next to him.
"I would ask what you're doing here, but it's quite the obvious." Damon said, turning to face Klaus.
" I've come to talk."
"Talk? Since when does anyone, want to just chit chat with me? I'm kind of a dick." He chuckled, and nodded a silent thanks to the bartender as his drink came.
"I've got Hybrids surrounding her house as we speak."
It was then that Damon set his drink down, becoming alert. "Oh, you're here to talk about Caroline." He mused.
Klaus nodded, " Indeed."
" Why would your little hybrid freaks need to be watching her?" he questioned with a raised brow.
" If you make so much as one move toward me, all I have to do is call them up, and they will tear her apart. Limb from limb. That my friend, is your leverage to be on your best behavior." He growled.
"What do you want?" Damon asked.
" Stay away from Caroline."
"Oh, you mean the Caroline that's my girlfriend?" he hissed.
Klaus just nodded, and stood up. "Time is ticking Mr. Salvatore, you do what I want or you'll soon be attending a funeral." He said, and left the Grille.
Damon growled, threats. All he wanted was to get a rise out of them, he wouldn't actually hurt Caroline if he loved her enough to stalk her. Would he? He rested his head on the bar and sighed, "Damnit Caroline." He cursed.
"Caroline…and Damon?" Elena repeated, still unable to wrap her head around the subject.
"Mhm," Stefan returned, crossing his arms over his chest.
"What? When? How?"
" Recently. I'm not sure. Damon told me." He shrugged.
Elena raked a hand through her hair. She remembered this happening a while back. When Stefan and Damon had just blown into Mystic Falls, when no one even knew about Vampires, or them for that fact. She remembered Damon compelling Caroline to do all sorts of things. How could anyone forget? She shook her head.
"And this Is for real?"
"According to Damon."
"Well, have we heard from Caroline? He could be lying."
"Yes, but why would he, and if he was he wouldn't just come out into the open and say so."
"I'm going to call Caroline." Elena said, picking up her phone and heading into the other room. After several rings there was no answer. "Damn. Voicemail." Elena said as she re-entered into the sitting room where Stefan was.
Stefan walked over and wrapped his arms around her, "Listen, we'll figure this out. Maybe not today, but soon." He said. "Okay?"
" Okay," she nodded slowly.
"Good." Stefan smiled and kissed the top of her head gently. Suddenly there was a knock at the door, both Stefan and Elena rushed over to answer it. When the door opened there stood Caroline, her hair a mess, clothes tattered and torn, blood dripping down the side of her head, bruised and broken.
"Oh my god. Caroline!" Elena asked alarmed, ushering to her friend's side.
" Let's get her inside. She'll stay here for a while." Stefan said, the two helped Caroline inside before shutting the door.
A/N: So..? What do you think? I would've updated yesterday but I had gone out with family. Never the less, I strived to write an update, so here it is. What did you think of the Damon/Klaus interaction? What'd you think of Stefan/Elena interaction and your thoughts on them finding out about Damon and Caroline? What do you think happened to poor Caroline at the end? Read and Review please!
By the way, I'll try to update during the school week. If I don't find time, I'll definitely strive for Friday nights and weekends. ^_^