A/N: Thanks everyone for the reviews! For those of you asking, in the next chapter Katherine will finally be making an appearance and I'll try and introduce a new villain who I kind of got from the TVD books.

And I saw the thank you three million fans video and saw that Joseph Morgan's in the video, which obviously means he's going to be in season 4 right? Please be yes! I'm trying to hold onto any hope that we'll get to see his dashing, heart melting smile again. Why TVD? Why do you do this to us?

CHAPTER 4

Four days, it had been four days since she thought that she had lost Tyler and three days since she got him back.

There was something... different about him.

Maybe it was the way he was lounging on the chair and reading. Actually reading. Now Caroline loved him of course, but reading had never been something that he did and it was a bit of a strange sight.

Maybe it was the way he now had this slightly more commanding and confident tone to him. Not that she minded.

It could also be the fact that some words came out sounding almost... British.

'I'm going to Bonnie's. I'll be back in an hour,' she told him and walked out the door. He had been staying at her house for the past four days since her mum was barely home. And when she was, which was only at night, Tyler would sleep in her room instead of going back to his like his mother thought he did. The council believed that they were out of town so she couldn't go out of the house unless she was out of sight of anyone. She and Tyler were still going to carry out their initial plan of running away. Tyler had wanted to leave right away but Caroline had insisted on spending a few more days helping Elena and saying her goodbyes to her beloved, but not so lately, Mystic Falls.

Tyler had agreed, but only for five days, he had said. So that meant this was the last day she would have to spend with her friends.

She couldn't take the car so she sped to Bonnie's house, stopping in between to catch her breath. Upon reaching there she knocked on the door which was promptly answered by a disheveled Elena.

She had been taking being a vampire well, Caroline had noticed. Much better than she had handled it anyways. Although that might also have to do with the fact that Elena had actually known that vampires existed before turning.

'Hey,' Elena said and let her in. Elena had taken to residing at Bonnie's for the past few days. Mostly to take a break from her two Salvatores. Honestly, Caroline had rolled her eyes at this more than once. That girl really needed to make up her mind. If two guys like that were after her, she'd be thrilled instead of whatever Elena was right now. She refused to think about the fact that two guys had been after her.

'Hey,' she breathed. 'What do we have planned for today?'

'You know if you didn't have to leave tomorrow then we could've gone to watch a movie,' Bonnie said from the couch.

'That's the thing isn't it? I have to leave,' Caroline sighed.

'It's okay,' Elena shrugged. 'We'll do manicures and spend the day complaining about our sucky lives!'

Caroline laughed and took out her mani-padi kit. 'Exactly what I was thinking.'

They went up to Bonnie's room and sat on the bed.

'So what are the stats on your relationships with the dynamic duo?' Caroline asked as she took out the nail varnishes.

Elena sighed. 'Not so good…'

'And that's because?' Caroline raised an eyebrow.

'Because she's confused,' Bonnie answered for her.

Caroline scoffed. 'What are you confused over now Elena? Didn't you say that you chose Stefan and that Damon's been leaving you two alone?'

'Yeah but I'm not sure anymore whether I want Damon to leave us alone,' Elena pulled at her hair, frustrated.

Bonnie rolled her eyes 'By that she means she still can't make up her mind.'

'You know, as much as I detest Damon, I feel for him now. The least you could have done was told him you love him when you made your "choice" and thought he was going to die. After going through all that you've gone through and after stringing him along like that it was the least you could have done,' Caroline huffed.

Elena glared at her. 'No one ever mentioned the word love.'

'Oh my god Elena! It's so obvious you love him!'

Elena groaned. 'Yeah well even if that is the case, I've already gone and bloody chosen and I can't change that so can you please help me come up with a solution because you are not helping.'

'How about we just relax for a while, watch a movie and do our nails right now,' Bonnie suggested. 'You two clearly have issues which need sorting but can we do it later?'

'Fine,' they both agreed.

'Good. Now, Breakfast at Tiffany's or When Harry met Sally?'

'Do we have to do classics today?' Elena groaned again.

'Yes! Because it's our tradition and since we won't be seeing Car for a while, we are watching it. For old time's sake.'

Caroline smiled. 'You're already making me miss you guys.'

'You know you love us,' Elena grinned.

The next two hours were spent watching Breakfast at Tiffany's but they stopped in between to take refills on the junk food and Elena volunteered to go make some more popcorn.

Caroline had noticed Bonnie had been jumpy. In fact she had been jumpy a lot in the past few days but she seemed to be even more on edge today.

'Bonnie, are you okay?' Caroline asked cautiously and was surprised when Bonnie turned to her with tears in her eyes.

Her held was held high and her jaw clenched, in true Bonnie fashion, but the tears were very visible.

'I… I did something terrible,' she whispered. It was so low that no one would have heard but Caroline's vampire hearing allowed her to.

'You did what?' Caroline said. This was getting worrying.

Bonnie shook her head. 'Everyone would hate me…'

'Bonnie, we'd never hate you,' Caroline said and took Bonnie's hand. 'You can tell me.'

Elena's footsteps echoed in the house and Bonnie immediately wiped her eyes and put on her happy face. She motioned for Caroline to please be quiet about the whole thing.

She sighed inwardly; all of them, including her, did have issues.

'Here,' Elena handed them the butter popcorn. She played the movie and just like that their moods returned to normal.

The whole day they spent talking, laughing and enjoying themselves. Bonnie refused to stay alone in the room with Caroline though without Elena being there. Caroline in turn hadn't asked her about her outburst… yet.

Night came and Caroline supposed she really should get back.

'You have to come in the morning to say goodbye before you leave,' Elena hugged her.

'You know I will,' she replied and hugged Bonnie who was still a little tense but smiling.

Caroline gave her a questioning look which was replied with a shake of the head, indicating she didn't want to talk about it.

It was night so as long as she kept to the shadows, no one would recognize her. She was tired so instead of speeding back to her house, she walked, enjoying the soft glow of the moon. She had all night and she was going to enjoy Mystic Falls before she left.

Their plan, hers and Tyler's, was to go around the U.S of A and see all the places they had always wanted to see. Then they'd go to Italy or France or Belgium; wherever they felt like really. College wasn't a worry yet, they had eternity and she would get into Harvard whenever she felt like it. She wasn't a fan of compulsion on other people but she wasn't afraid to use it if it meant no harm would be done. Besides, it'd be fun being able to fly first class.

She would miss her mum, she knew, but she promised to visit at least once a year and keep in touch. To say that she was excited was an understatement. All her life she had wanted to do something, see the world, accomplish something. She had resented that her dreams would probably not come true though, that she'd live the life all girls like her were destined to live; perfect husband, two cute little children, perfectly manicured garden, a position in the town committee etc, etc. But now she was actually going to live her dream, she was ever so close.

She finally reached the back door of her house, where she had been going in from for the past few days. She creeped upstairs to her room, even though the house was empty. When she was younger she used to think that there were ghosts haunting her house so whenever she was alone in the house she used try and be as quiet as she could so the ghouls wouldn't wake up. And the habit had stuck, whenever she was alone, she'd be very quiet.

Tyler still wasn't back from his daily ventures so she changed and lay down on her bed, waiting for him. Her things were packed in one big backpack. Tyler had told her to travel light, that they would buy whatever they needed later on. Caroline was a bit skeptical, they hardly had that much money. But Tyler had been talking lately as though he had a swimming pool filled with cash. Their parents were giving them quite a bit of money but it still wouldn't be enough to last quarter of a lifetime let alone two or three lifetimes of a human. She supposed they would have to take odd jobs, or maybe she's do something online.

She heard the door open downstairs and judging by the light footsteps, it was her mom.

Sure enough, her mother's head appeared in the doorway. 'Hey,' she said. 'Can I come in?'

Caroline nodded. 'Of course.'

The sheriff sat down beside her on the bed. 'Did you have fun today? It is your last.'

'Yeah but it mostly made me feel sad for leaving already.'

'I know it'll be hard, but you know it's not safe for you here. And you'll have fun with Tyler. Just don't do anything stupid.'

Caroline gasped mockingly. 'Me and Tyler? Do anything stupid? Never!'

Liz smacked her head lightly. 'You know what I'm talking about.'

She smiled. 'I love you mom. You have no idea how much I'm going to miss you.'

A tear rolled down the Liz's cheek and she bent down to kiss her daughter's forehead. 'Never as much as I'll miss you.'

Caroline hugged her and allowed a few tears to escape as well before her mother got up.

'You had better get enough rest. It's going to be a long day.'

'Okay, good night mom.'

'Good night.' She closed the door.

God, she hadn't expected it to hurt this much.

Ten minutes passed and her boyfriend finally appeared through the window.

'What took you so long?' Caroline asked as he kicked off his shoes and snuggled into bed next to her.

'Just had some business to attend to love,' he said and smiled at her.

She sighed and snuggled closer to him. That was strange; she had smelt this cologne before, only not on Tyler. She remembered smelling it that day, when she had been rescued from Alaric. By Klaus.

Then she suddenly sat up as everything clicked into place.

The scent, him calling her love, his accent, Bonnie's outburst, why they were all alive when they should have been dead the moment Klaus's body had been staked, it all made sense now.

'What is it?' Tyler sat up. She looked at him with slightly wide eyes, she wasn't even sure if he really was Tyler anymore.

'Yeah everything's fine,' she said and stood up. 'I just have to go to toilet.'

She slammed the door close and leaned against it.

Fucking hell.

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