A/N= Yay! I was able to update A LOT quicker this time! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Diaries, even though I would LOVE to. Especially Damon Salvatore.
Damon tossed his bag in the back of his car and went to talk to Stefan about watching the town and Elena while he and Ric were gone.
"Hey, I'm going out of town tonight, could you watch out for any kind of danger and for Elena?" Damon asked when he found Stefan on the couch drinking from a poor clueless sorority girl.
"Why would I want to do that?" He asked, wiping the blood from his mouth and smirked.
"Because even though you're all evil and unfeeling now, you wouldn't let anything happen to her."
Damon knew Stefan was putting up a front. He could tell that Stefan was feeling again. Damon has known him for over a century and they were brothers. Stefan couldn't really hide much from him.
Damon didn't blame Stefan for acting like his feelings are still off. He had done the exact same thing multiple times over the last century.
"Fine. I would of anyways." Stefan knew that Damon could see through his front, so decided to just drop it all together in front of Damon.
"Thanks see ya later."
Damon walked out of the boarding house and was surprised to find a little blonde vamp leaning against his car.
"What do you want, Blondie? I'm kinda in a hurry." He was suppose to meet Ric in five minutes at the grill.
"I'm coming with you." Caroline exclaimed happily. She really needed to get out of town for a few days. Even if it was with Damon. She'd just have to be careful not reveal her feelings to him.
"Who invited you?" Damon asked. "Wait, who told you I was even going out of town?"
"Ric." She smiled and threw her huge suitcase in the back seat of his Camaro.
He was going to kill Alaric. He could of at least invited someone less annoying as the blonde.
"Hey, be careful with the car! She's a classic." He said scolding. "You can't go. This is just me and Ric. No room for vampire barbies."
"Please, Damon? I just need to get away from this place." Caroline pleaded.
"Seriously, the puppy dog face? You really think that'll work on me?"
But little did Caroline know that it was working and he had already decided that it wouldn't be so bad if she tagged along.
"Well, no. But please? I really, really need a break. I won't tell anyone, I promise." She asked, praying he would cave.
"Fine. But why are you putting your huge suitcase in my car? You have your own." He said pointing to the Ford Fiesta that was sitting in the driveway.
"Yay! Thank you so much!" She exclaimed while going to hug him, but thought better of it at the last second. "Because there's no sense in taking two cars and wasting gas!" Not to mention, I have a huge crush on you and I would like to spend time with you, Caroline thought to herself. She was completely overjoyed that she convinced Damon to let her go.
"We're only planning on being gone one night, you don't need all those clothes and whatever else you stuffed in that suitcase." Damon said pointedly.
"You have no idea what it takes to look like this." She replied pointing down to her outfit.
It had taken her at least a hour and a half to get ready that morning. She couldn't decide between her silver boots or her black ankle boots. She decided that the black ankle boots looked better with her silver halter top and black shorts.
Damon rolled his eyes but allowed her to get in the passenger seat of his car. He went around and sat in the drivers seat and turned to Caroline.
"Okay, if your going with us I need to set a few ground rules." He held up one finger, "Rule number one: We will not stop before we get there so if you need to pee or whatever, do so when we meet Ric. Rule number two: When we get to the club, you leave me alone. I plan to get laid tonight and I don't want you to scare off the ladies." Caroline rolled her eyes at that and tried not to laugh at his arrogance.
Damon rose a third finger and said, "Rule number three: Absolutely no talking about Mystic Falls at all." He stated. "Or fashion." He added as a after thought. All he needed was the blonde to chat his head off on the drive there about what kind of shoes look good with what dress.
"Okay, I can do that. Let's hit the road!" She squealed happily. "I brought the music." She said holding up a handful of CDs.
'Ugh, this is gonna be a long drive.' is all Damon thought as he pulled out of the driveway.
Damon pulled into the Mystic Falls grill parking lot.
"There he is!" Caroline pointed to the corner that Ric's car was sitting in.
"Yeah, I see him." Damon was already tired of the mindless chatter that Caroline insisted to talk about. And it had only been a few minutes.
He pulled in the spot beside Ric and texted him that he was there.
"He should be out in a moment. If you get hungry I have a cooler in the trunk with some blood bags in it."
"Thanks, I brought snacks and drinks." She said pointing to a bag she had laying in the floorboard.
"We are vampires. We don't need human food." Damon honestly didn't understand Caroline sometimes.
"I know, but it's just so tasty and I figure I would take advantage of the fact that I can't gain wait." Caroline smiled.
Damon rolled his eyes. Of course.
"Okay, there's Ric." Damon pointed towards the Grill's doors. "You sure you don't want to ride with him?"
A flash of hurt crossed Caroline's face, "I can if you would rather I do."
Caroline didn't understand why Damon never wanted to be around her. She knew she annoyed him but she really did try to tone down her personality around him.
Damon saw the hurt on her face and decided that it wouldn't be that bad if the blonde rode with him.
"No, it's okay. Just no Taylor Swift." He said, gesturing to the cd's in her lap.
Ric stepped out of the girl and spotted Damon. He noticed that Caroline was with him and smirked to himself. He should of known that Caroline would talk him into letting her go. No one can say no to her sad puppy dog face.
"You ready?" He asked the two vampires.
"No! I need to use the ladies room real quick." Caroline said jumping out of the car.
Damon rolled his eyes and thought, 'At least she listens well.'
After he was sure Caroline couldn't here him he asked, "Why did you invite her?"
Ric knowing this was coming said, "I ran into her at the gas station and she looked really sad and I couldn't help but ask if she wanted to come. Come on, you know she isn't that bad."
Alaric knew that the blonde didn't annoy Damon as much as he says she does. In fact, Ric thinks that he actually likes Caroline. Not that Damon would ever admit it, not even to himself.
"Whatever, there's nothing that can be done about it now." He muttered.
"Okay, then. Now, where exactly is the bar?" Ric asked.
"It's right in the limits of Charlottesville. Though, I was thinking we could go ahead and get checked in at the hotel first. You just want to follow me? " He asked, already having thought things over.
"Sure. Be nice to Caroline, okay?"
"Fine, but no promises." Damon replied as Caroline exited the Grill.
"No promises to what?" Caroline asked curiously.
"Just making sure he behaves." Alaric said, not wanting to disclose that he was having to tell Damon to be nice.
"Well, we all know that's not going to happen." Damon said mischievously.
Ric and Caroline both rolled their eyes and laughed.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. So you said it's about three hours to Charlottesville?" Ric asked.
"Yeah, just follow me. Call me if you need to stop for anything." Damon replied.
"Hey! You told me we weren't stopping." Caroline exclaimed loudly.
"Yeah, we're not." Damon said, "For you."
"Damon, stop being a jackass." Alaric said, dismayed with Damon's remark. "Caroline, if you need to stop for something we will."
Alaric had a soft spot for the blonde. He knew about Caroline's infatuation with Damon and felt bad for her. Anyone with two eyes could see that she was in love with him. Damon had no right treating her so badly.
"Hey, I was just kidding!" Damon said.
Everyone thought Damon was such a bad guy, when really he wasn't. It was just a way to get people off his back and to leave him alone.
Caroline didn't feel hurt by the way Damon treated her. He wasn't the first to do it and he definitely wasn't the worst. She also knew that he wasn't as bad as he wanted everyone to think he was. She was willing to bet that he was actually a sensitive person underneath it all and that this is all just a front he puts up to keep people out. She wishes that she could know the real Damon Salvatore.
"Yeah, I know you were kidding. Can we just get on the road? I'm eager to get out of this town." Caroline said with her usual happiness.
"I think all of us are." Said Ric pulling the door to his car open.
"Okay, well, if you both have everything, we're ready." Damon wanted nothing more to get out of this town and forget everyone in for a few nights.
They were about a quarter of the way there. Damon figured they be there in about another hour or so. They would get there around ten p.m.
Caroline had fallen asleep about forty-five minutes into to trip after talking her head off about what was going on in Gossip Girl. When Damon had reminded her of the rules he set, she had pointed out that the only things she wasn't allowed to talk about was Mystic Falls and fashion and that she wasn't talking about either of those things.
He glanced over at the sleeping blonde.
'She truly is beautiful.' He thought to himself. He could never deny that. That's what drew him to her when he first had gotten to town. Damon felt horrible about the way he had treated her, he wishes there was some way he could take it wall back. He'd never tell her any of this though. That just wasn't how Damon Salvatore acted.
He was jarred out of his thoughts when his cell phone began ringing. He glanced at the caller I.D. and rolling his eyes hit answer.
"What, Elena?" He asked exasperated .
"Why didn't Caroline answer her phone? And why is she with you?" Elena asked angrily.
"She's asleep, and she came because she wanted to. She eighteen, Elena. I think she's old enough to make her own decisions." Damon was becoming very tired of Elena. She was always in everyone's business and she thought everything was about her. "How did you even find out she's with us? "
"She's not here, her mom called here looking for her, and you two are the only other people gone. What do you think?
"She didn't tell Liz that she was coming with us?" Damon had figured that Caroline had okayed it with her mother.
"No, Liz went home about twenty minutes ago to find Caroline gone. I told her she was staying with me for a few days. Why did she go with you?" Elena demanded accusingly.
"Hey, I didn't force her to come. Hell, I didn't even invite her. Ric did." He was getting angry now.
"Whatever, just bring her back." Elena stated.
"She can go back if she wants. Leave me alone, Elena. If you have any trouble call Stefan." Damon hung up the phone and prayed she wouldn't call back.
"Was she mad that I came?" Said a sleepy Caroline from the passenger side seat.
"Oh, hey, I thought you were asleep. I'm pretty sure she thinks I kidnapped you, but whatever. At this moment I honestly don't care what she thinks."
"Oh, I'm sorry.. I didn't think it would be a problem." She claimed, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
"It's alright. Why didn't you at least tell your mother though? She called Elena about half an hour ago looking for you." He asked.
"I didn't think she would notice that I was gone. She usually doesn't. She always too busy with work for me." Caroline said sadly.
Ever since her parents had gotten a divorce Liz had became more devoted to her job. Caroline has basically been raising her self since she was fourteen. Her mom was hardly around and when she was she was either sleeping or changing clothes to go right back to work. It was sad, but Caroline had gotten used to it.
"I'm sorry." Damon said sincerely.
He'd try to talk to Liz about spending more time with her. Every child deserved a little attention from their parents.
"It's okay. Anyways, how far away we?" She asked sitting up a little straighter.
A/N#2= I hope y'all liked the Daroline interactions. Let me know what you think! If any of you have any suggestions on what you would like to see in this story then let me know and I'll try to work it in.