Chapter 19
She was getting good at the game. The cat and mouse. After that first night it got easier. She had her strategy, she began to cultivate her style of attack.
She knew which type of guy was into her and she knew what she liked. Strong muscular men. Almost too cocky for their own good. She liked overpowering them in the end. Acting the demure little girl and then hitting them with the surprise. She could have compelled them but what was the fun in that.
And it was fun. More fun than Caroline ever could have imagined it would be. She loved the feeling as she drank. Just enough to satisfy her appetite. Her lips pressed against his throat, teeth puncturing the flesh. That first taste of the blood as it gushed in her mouth and trickled down her throat. Her head would spin and her body would pulsate. It was euphoric, almost orgasmic. She knew now how he must have felt hunting humans like he did. Shutting himself off and just feeding. She could have had her way with any of the men she drank but that was not what she wanted. Disconnect, no feelings then what she wanted to feel. Trying to fill the hole he left.
She walked out of the bathroom in a pair of sweats and a thin white tank top. Her hair was wet from the shower. She walked into her room towel drying her hair not paying attention. She stood in front of her vanity mirror and got startled when she saw him.
Damon sat on her bed watching her. "You would figure since you are drinking human blood now you would be more aware of your surroundings Caroline." Caroline looked at him then bent down to pick up the towel that had dropped from her hand. She continued to dry the ends of her hair not saying a word.
"It seems you have been having a little fun and causing a bit of a commotion Caroline." he said again standing up this time.
"Jealous." she said as she ran a comb through her hair. She couldn't help but smile.
He was standing in front of her now, looking down at her. He laughed. "A little." he said.
"What do you want Damon?" she asked placing the comb on the dresser.
"What are you doing Caroline?" he said. Caroline's face dropped.
"Oh I'm sorry Damon am I stealing a page out of your book of crazy. No one can do it quiet like you." she said and moved quickly away from him. She felt sick to her stomach.
"No Caroline." he said
"This is not you Caroline. Bitchy and spoiled was cute before but now its not you. Now you are a super girl. You know." Caroline could not look at him.
"Even though I told you not to you were a really good friend to Tyler. That's you. Not this crazy girl thing you have going on." Caroline turned and looked at Damon.
"True you don't make the best decisions." Caroline opened her mouth to rebut but there was nothing.
"Come on Caroline. Klaus? Really? Not the best choice." Still she had nothing to say.
"And I understand what you are going through." This made Caroline angry.
"Oh God. Don't do this." Caroline got angry. "I wish everyone would stop telling me that they know how I feel or telling me how I should be feeling. Only I can feel what I feel."
"You have friends that care about you Caroline. If you would stop being so self absorbed you would realize that."
"I am self absorbed. Are you kidding me?" he said angrily.
"Caroline you are not the only person who has ever been hurt. It happens everyday. It's how you pick yourself up and move on that counts."
"And you are the poster child for the perfect rebound from a shattered relationships Damon. Or how you deal with rejection." He knew she meant Jeremy and snapping his neck.
He turned and scowled at her.
"You know you are ruining this." he said.
"Ruining what Damon?" she almost yelled.
"I don't do this often. I am trying to be compassionate here." he said.
Compassion and Damon were two things that really did not mix well. Caroline didn't know what to say.
"We have a lot more in common now than we ever did."
This was a Damon she had never seen before. A kind andcaring Damon. It almost scared her that he was up to something but no one could fake a look like that.
He walked over to Caroline and touched her face.
"You and I have a lot of history Caroline. Think of me as the jealous ex."
They both laughed at the thought of Damon as the jealous ex-boyfriend. He looked deep into her eyes and she saw an understanding there.
And just as quickly as he had opened up to her he closed off. Damon stepped back and walked towards the door.
"It sucks when the person you love more than anything wants nothing to do with you. Believe me I know. It happened to me twice." he said without turning around then walked out the door.
Caroline stood motionless for a long time. Suddenly she did not feeling like going out that night.