Caroline seated in front of the car; Klaus was driving and Dara was in the backseat. Caroline was watching every movement. She knew anything she said or do without think about it very well could ruin the plan. So she remained quiet most of the trip, arguing she was tired. Klaus did all the talk with Dara, but most of the trip they were all in silence.
Dara did not seem very curious or happy for the couple. She was hiding something, Caroline could feel it. But she was trying not to get worried and think about what Klaus said to her about keeping her safe. They stopped in a gas station so Dara could eat something. Caroline went far away from Klaus and Dara and called Stefan. This time he answered.
"Thank God! I'm trying to call you for days!" Caroline said, angry.
"I'm sorry, I was having some problems do deal with." Stefan said, his voice seemed sad.
"What happened?" Caroline asked, still nervous.
"Nothing... The less you know the better. Concentrate on finding the cure and keeping Klaus on our side. Now that his hybrids beatryed him, I am still worried that he gives up the ideia of making more of them."
"Relax. Everything is under control." Caroline did not say anything about not trusting Dara. She didn't wanna worried Stefan. He was passing through hell with Damon and Elena together and having to watch that everyday was bad enough. "I want to know about my mom... And Tyler. How is he doing?" Stefan waited a little before speaking anything.
"Your mom is fine... I talked to her..."
"And what about Tyler?" Carolined insisted.
"He left, Caroline. Tyler left." Caroline felt so bad about it. She felt guilty about it. She was too distact to notice but Klaus was listening to the whole conversation. He assumed that Caroline was worried about Tyler because of Carol's death. Even though Tyler betrayed her, in Klaus' mind, he knew that Caroline was still in love with him. She didn't cry when she heard Stefan sayind those words. They remained quiet for a couple of minutes.
"Did you talk to him before?" She simply asked. She wanted to be there in Mystic Falls. She wanted to hug Tyler, tell him that she loves him and that everything would be okay. Now, even though she returned, he wasn't there. Caroline felt useless and guilty; mainly guilty.
"Yeah, sort of. I went to Carol's funeral, but he didn't want to talk to me. He just talked to Elena and Matt. You should call her, she will tell you how he's doing better than me." Caroline felt the ressentiment in Stefan's voice when he said Elena's name.
"How are you doing?" Caroline asked, mostly because she was trying to get Tyler out of her head. That was the worst part of being a vampire. Have everything heighten. Her guilt was consuming her, just as her fear of being alone. The less she thought about Tyler, the better. He tooked a deap breath before answering her.
"I'll be fine. I'll wait for you get back with the cure. If everyhting goes wrong I'll just, leave town. There's nothing for me here, Caroline." The girl remained quiet, waiting for Stefan to continue. "I can't help Elena if she doesn't want my help. She is a completely different person... I can't. I just can't." Caroline felt Stefan's pain.
"I'm sorry I can't be there with you. I know you need a friend more than anything and I'm willing to help. Anything you need, just call me. I know you need somebody to talk to." Caroline said.
"I think I just need some time. Don't worry about me. I'm fine." He faked a laugh through the phone.
"I'm sorry, I gotta go" Caroline said when saw Klaus with Dara ready to go, "Just promise you won't do anything stupid. I'll be back soon and all this nightmare will be over." She turned out the phone and went back in the car. Klaus was a little serious; he heard the whole call and although he didn't fel guilty for Carol's death he was sorry that, somehow, it affected Caroline.
As they were getting back in the car, Dara remembered that she forgot something that seemed important to her but Klaus and Caroline didn't seem to care. Caroline was nervous for Stefan, for Tyler and for herself. Klaus suddenly took her hand strongly.
"Caroline, tell me, what's going on?" She was struggling, didn't want to cry in Klaus' presence, but it was inevitable. A tear felt from her eye. She didn't say anything. He took a deep breath, "Look, sweetheart, I don't know what's going on with you, but don't matter what you're thinking, I'm here, with you." He raised her head with his hand, looked at her, seriously. At that point of Caroline's life, Klaus was everything she had. Her "family" was across the ocean.
"I'm sorry" She looked at the window's car, not really knowing what to say, "I don't know why I'm feeling this way. It's just this stupid vampire thing. I'm fine!" She cleaned her tears, Klaus remained himself looking at her, with a little and light smile. At that moment Dara got back into the car and they all act like nothing happened.
"Let's go", she said.