The room had gone silent as everyone stared between the two girls. For once in her life Caroline was speechless as she gaped at Elena.
With a silent nod to her friends Caroline shook her head at Elena and walked to the door. She stumbled to her car and begin to drive back to her house with staggered breathing.
It was one thing for them to fight, but a whole different thing for Elena to bring up her relationship with Tyler. She had loved him until the day they had broken up, hadn't she? She might have slight, tiny, almost nonexistent feelings for Klaus, but they were nothing in comparison to the way she had loved Tyler.
Caroline got to her house and parked in the driveway. She restered her head on the steering wheel and looked at her feet. She couldn't process the way the day had gone wrong in only a few hours. It would have been bad enough to not have spring break with her best friends. But, to have Elena yell at her like that was completely unjustified. Worst of all Caroline couldn't wash Elena's words from her mind. She should have been able to disregard all speculation about her love for Tyler, so why couldn't she?
With a sigh Caroline popped open the trunk and pushed herself out of the driver seat. She walked to the back of the car and went to grab her suitcase out of the trunk. She was reaching forward when she suddenly noticed that there was a black leather bag next to her hot pink rolling suitcase.
She looked up in confusion and right into the smirk of the younger Salvatore.
"There's no denying that she's a bitch Caroline. If you want a witness to that then" he gave a small shrug and pointed at himself.
"But just because Elena would rather screw Damon" He winces a little at the words "than hang with you doesn't mean you can't have a good time."
"Stefan, this is really sweet, but I don't want to go to New York without my best friends" Caroline frowned slightly "We've been planning to do that since we were twelve. Fight or no fight I still want to see it with them someday"
"Lucky for you miss Forbes, I think New York is incredibly overrated. I think we can find somewhere far better to go."
"You're serious Stefan, you really want to spend the next week with me?"
"Caroline, I've been wanting to get out of this town since Elena made her choice, even if it's only for a week. Plus, I can't think of anyone better to go with than my best friend" He gave her a warm smile that radiated happiness and Caroline returned it.
"Okay Traveler where do you propose we go then?" Caroline asked with newfound enthusiasm.
"Why don't we just start driving south and see where we end up. Maybe Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans, who knows"
Caroline tried to hide her interest in the last option he had presented and smiled. "That sounds fun, but if we're going south then I might need to modify my packing a little. Give me five minutes Stef" Caroline added with a laugh thinking about the lack of shorts she had packed.
She ran inside with her bag and switched out the jeans for shorts and her sweaters for tank tops. She also grabbed her cutest bikinis and as a last minute decision she grabbed her favorite lingerie. She wasn't sure who she might meet on this trip,but she might as well be prepared.
Before the three minutes were up Caroline's suitcase was back in the trunk and she was buckling her seatbelt.
With a glance at Stefan she started the car and turned out of her driveway.
Five hours onto the road the sun was beginning to set and Caroline was starting to feel sleepy. she didn't know if it was the exam earlier, the fight, or the constant driving, but she was yawning. Stefan suggested a switch in driving and Caroline happily accepted. She might be a vampire, but Caroline still needed her beauty sleep.
They pulled over and switched seats and caroline settles into the supple leather of the passenger seat. Before long she was succumbing to her fatigue and she began to fall into a deep sleep.
His lips were like fire as the brushed along her collarbone. Every nerve burned as they made their way up her neck with casual intensity.
She shivered as his tongue scraped over her pulse point lingering there for a second longer than usual. His blunt teeth scraped along her neck as she have a heavy moan. Everything seemed to be spinning around her as her explored her neck and began moving closer to her jawline.
As good as it felt Caroline craved his lips upon her own instead of this brutal worship of her neck. With both her hands Caroline grabbed his shoulders and pushed him backward.
Her eyes sought his icy blue one and locked in an intense stare with him. Running her tongue along her lips she reached one hand into his hair and placed the other behind his neck. Without any further hesitation she brought his lips to hers with undeniable need.
Their mouths crashed in a heated battle of passion as he slowly backed her against a wall. His tongue begged entrance to her mouth and she gratefully allowed it. She didn't bother trying to fight him for dominance when she knew that he would clearly outdo her. He had once said that he didn't need to prove it, that he was the alpha-male. Now she smiled at his dominance over her and the way his hard body pressed against hers.
He grabbed her shirt and began to tear it down the middle until he caught sight of her bright red bra.
"My favorite" she says his voice low and heated.
"I know" Caroline mumbles with a slight smirk.
"Cheeky little vixen" he mumbles before tearing the remainder of her shirt from her body and throwing the offending article across the room.
His lips return to her own briefly before he begins kissing down to her breasts. He begins to nip at the exposed flesh as she twists her hands into his hair.
"As much as I love this bra, i think it would look far better on the floor love, what do you think?"
Caroline just gives in audible moan and a slight nod of her head as his hands reach behind her to unhook the bra.
It falls to the ground and he immediately goes to work at worshipping her breasts. Using his hands and mouth in perfect symmetry he begins to drive her crazy with desire.
"Klaus, don't stop." She mummers unable to think of anything besides the feelings he is providing her.
"Klaus pleas" she sighs as softly bites her nipple.
"Kla-"
Caroline is jolted awake by a strong hand on her shoulder and she looks over at Stefan. He is chocking back laughter and he gives her a warm smile.
"I think we should stop for the night Care, we can keep going in the morning" he says trying to regain composure from whatever it is he is laughing at.
Caroline looks outside the car to the hotel they are parked in front of. She wishes she could fathom an adequate thought, but all she can think of is how damp her panties are and the dream she just had.
"Stefan, what are you laughing at? Do I have drool on my face or something?" Self consciously Caroline wiped away at her mouth while Stefan continued to look at her suppressing laughter.
"It's nothing Care, now lets get inside. I'm sure you want to get back to sleeping." He wiggles his eyebrows at her seductively.
Caroline now realizes he can probably smell her arousal and gives him a small shove. Without further thought she jumps out of the car and grabs her suitcase. Stefan grabs his and runs after her.
"So, who's the sexy man of your dreams Caroline" he says with a laugh. "I mean I completely understand if it's me. I am broody, mysterious and overall irresistible."
"Wow, if I wanted damon on the trip with me Stefan I could've invited him. It was no one" She says hoping he'll buy it and drop this interrogation.
"Whatever Caroline" he says still smiling "you can deny it all you want, but eventually you'll have to tell me."
Stefan of course knew exactly who the "mystery" man of Caroline's dreams was. He had been driving for about hour when Caroline had started wiggling around in the passenger seat. He had expected she was having a nightmare, and was ready to wake her, when she began to moan Klaus's name.
He wasn't ready to bring this up to Caroline, but he wouldn't mind making her admit it on her own terms.
Caroline and Stefan marched off to their respective rooms as Stefan continued to pester Caroline on who her dream was about.
Finally Caroline reacher her room and roller her eyes at Stefan as she put her key in the door.
"I'll see you tomorrow at six o'clock, we need to get and early start" Stefan said to her as she slipped into her room.
Caroline nodded at him and closed the door to her room. She pulled out her pajamas and brushed her teeth before she collapsed into the queen sized bed. She couldn't wait to get back to sleep.