A/N= I am SO sorry for the wait on this! I just couldn't get it down right! But, it's done now! This is the longest chapter I've written so far, I really hope you enjoy it!

Damon pulled into the hotel parking lot and parked.

"I'm so glad we're here!" Exclaimed Caroline. "I'm going to go ahead and go in, I really have to pee. I'll meet you both at the front desk."

She hopped out of the car and ran into the hotel.

Ric pulled up beside Damon and got out.

"Where's Caroline? You didn't abandon her, did you?" Alaric asked, only half joking.

"Ha. Ha. No she's inside. She had to use the restroom. I'm not that mean."

"Yes, you are." Ric said with a smirk. "Let's head inside."

They both grabbed their bags and headed inside. They found Caroline arguing with the lady at the front desk.

"You have to have more than one room! There is no way I'm going back to Mystic Falls just because a stupid hotel only had one room open!" Caroline yelled at the poor lady who was just trying to do her job.

"Caroline, calm down." Ric looked at the woman behind the counter, "What's the problem here?"

"We only have one room vacant and this young woman here says she needs three." The woman said , pointing to the aggravated blonde.

"Okay, this isn't a problem, we'll just go to a different hotel." Ric said calmly.

"We're the only hotel with an vacancy in town. There is a big concert tonight, so all the other hotels are booked." The clerk said apologetically.

"Great what are we supposed to do now?" Damon asked annoyed.

"Well, I guess we can just get that room and share.. What room is it?" Ric ask patiently.

"It's actually the penthouse suite."

"Okay, give me a minute to talk to my friends." Ric gestured over to Damon and Caroline who had moved over to the elevators.

Alaric walked over to the two vampires.

"Well, they have the penthouse suite.. But I doubt we have enough money for it." Ric said to them.

"That's really not a problem with two vampires." Caroline said mischievously.

"Wow, Blondie. I didn't think you condoned compelling 'poor innocent people.'" Damon smirked at her.

"I'm not Bonnie or Elena. I have no problem with it if it doesn't cause any harm." She said winking.

Caroline knew she was flirting with Damon and knew she probably shouldn't, but she couldn't help it. It just came naturally to her.

Damon smirked. Who knew the blonde wasn't a prude after all? He wondered what else he didn't know about her.

"Okay, well I guess that's okay. We only want it for a night right?" Ric asked.

"I was actually thinking we could stay the whole week?" Caroline really didn't want to go back to Mystic Falls so soon. She figured that they would say no, but she wanted to give it a shot anyways.

"Sounds great to me." Damon smirked, thinking that he could use a whole week away from that town.

"What about school? And Elena?" Ric asked, hating having to be the realistic one.

Caroline thought about that for a moment and said, "Well, I can compel the school when we get back to wipe it from our records and Damon can just get Stefan to watch out for Elena a little longer. I'll just tell my mother the truth. There's nothing she can do about it, I'm eighteen."

Alaric weighed it all for a moment, "I suppose that will be okay, just as long as everything back in town is in order."

Damon went up to the counter to compel the room, while Caroline went out to the car to get her suitcase and to call her mom.

Caroline pulled open the car door and sat down. She pulled out her cell phone and dialed her mom's number.

"Caroline? I'm busy, honey. Can I call you back?" Liz answered hastily.

"No, this won't take but a second. I'm just calling to inform you that I'll be out of town for this week, everything is fine. I'll have my phone on, just in case anything goes wrong." Caroline said, hoping Liz wouldn't freak out.

"What? Where are you? Who are you with? I thought you were at Elena's." Liz said, sounding agitated.

"Look, Mom, I'm eighteen. I can take care of myself. I have been for years now. I'll see you when I get home. Love you, bye." The blonde hung up and huffed.

'Honestly, why does she even care?" She thought to herself.

It wasn't like she'd see her any if she was at home. Her mother worked constantly. It wasn't anything new.

Caroline placed her phone in her purse and grabbed her suitcase out of the backseat. She walked into the hotel to find Ric waiting on her.

"Hey, where's Damon?" She asked, immediately noticing his absents.

"He just realized he can't anyone back to the suite." Ric smirked. "So, he's at the bar."

"Yeah, that sounds like Damon. Did he not realize he can just go back to his victims place?"

Caroline was secretly happy that he couldn't bring anyone back to the suite, She didn't want to listen to him sleep with anyone.

"Oh, I'm sure he did, but he's Damon, he has a flair for drama." Ric chuckled, "Wanna head up to the room?"

She nodded her head and the both walked over to the elevator,

"I was thinking, tonight I think I just going to get something for dinner and crash. You and Damon have fun at the club." Caroline said feeling a little sleepy.

"I don't really want to go to the club tonight, either. Mind if I join you?"

Alaric really wanted to get to know Caroline, he believes that they could become good friends over time.

It may be a little awkward at first, seeing as Caroline is his student, but she is also very mature for her age.

"That'll be great! I hate having to eat alone. It never fails to make me feel like a loser." Caroline said, sadly.

After years of having to eat alone she had gotten used to it, but that didn't mean she hated it any less.

They walked into the suite and both of their jaw's dropped. The suite was huge. Off to the right was two big sofas facing towards a mounted flat screen TV. Under the TV was a sleek black fireplace. To their left was a fully stocked kitchen.

Alaric sat his bags down on a sofa. "Wow, this place is huge."

"No kidding. My house could fit in here." The blonde said completely awestruck.

She walked over to the far side of the room, which was a wall made completely of glass. The view was amazing, all she could see was the city lights against the black of the night. The town itself wasn't spectacular, but from this view, anything could look beautiful.

Caroline turned away from the city and went to explore the rest of the suite. She found a short hallway that revealed a door to a beautiful bedroom. In the center of the room sat a huge canopy bed. Caroline's face immediately lit up. She jumped on the bed and groaned at how comfortable it was. There was no way that she is going to give this up for one of the boys. Caroline was very stubborn so the boys could just fight over which couch they wanted.

She climbed off the bed to explore the rest of the room. She found a door that opened up into a bathroom with a full sized tub and shower.

'Definitely no way I'm giving this room up.' She thought to herself with a smirk.

Caroline returned to the living room to retrieve her bags to take to her self appointed room.

"I found another room." Alaric said. He had noticed that Caroline had found the master room and assumed that she has wanted that one for herself. "Sense Damon's not here, I'm going to take that one. He'll just have to sleep on the couch.

Caroline giggled, "He's gonna love that."

Just the thought of Damon sleeping on a couch was hilarious. She couldn't imagine he'd be at all happy about it. "He's going to be such a grouch when he finds out."

Caroline dragged her bags to her room and began to unpack her clothes. She was almost done when Damon walked into the room.

"Not so fast Blondie, this is my room now." Damon said sprawling out on the bed.

"I don't think so." Caroline huffed. There was no way that he was taking the room from her. "Go steal Ric's room."

"His room doesn't have a bathroom." Damon simply stated.

"So? You clearly not a girl. You don't need a bathroom, but I do." Caroline pointed out. She was really stubborn and knew that she wasn't going to give it up.

"Do you know what it takes to make me look this good?" Damon said gesturing to himself.

"You're a guy! It cant take that much. Plus, your not that good looking." Caroline huffed, "You're more of a prima donna than I am!"

"Stop denying it, I'm hot and you know it." He smirked. "It doesn't matter either way, I'm not moving."

Caroline rolled her eyes and simply stated, "I'm not giving up the room, Damon" She sat down on the other side of the bed.

'God, he can be so annoying. Why is he so cute when he does it, though?' Caroline thought to herself.

She really hated the stupid crush she had on him. It was ridiculous. He used her when she was human, he treated her like crap. She had forgiven him for that, though. His feelings were off so she knew it wasn't really his fault. What really bothered her was his feelings for Elena. Caroline couldn't understand what everyone saw in her. Sure, she was beautiful, but she didn't have that great of a personality. Elena was shallow. Caroline was never that shallow.

"Guess we'll be sharing the room and bed then." Damon said with his signature wink and smirk.

Alaric chose that moment to come see what the two were arguing about.

"What's wrong now?" He asked.

"Damon insists on taking the room that I clearly staked claim to first." Caroline said, scolding in Damon's direction.

"Seriously, that's the problem?" Ric rolled his eyes at the two of them.

"Yes! I need this room!" Caroline stated, really how many times does she have to point that out?

"I'm not getting in the middle of this." Alaric left the room and headed to unpack his own things.

He walked into the smaller room and laid his suitcase at the foot of the bed.

Ric didn't understand why they had to argue about everything. It was starting to look like this trip may be longer than he expected.

The next morning they all awoke after a nice dinner and heading to bed early. Damon and Caroline had slept in the same bed, seeing as both of them were too stubborn to give it up.

Caroline would be lying if she said that she didn't enjoy sharing a bed with him. It's not like they snuggled or anything but it did seem intimate in a certain way. There was no denying that the blonde vampire really enjoyed the fact that all Damon slept in was his boxers.

Damon smirked at the thought of Caroline being so stubborn about the room. Most people didn't want to be in the same room with him, let alone the same bed. He found it some what comforting that she wasn't afraid to sleep in the same room and bed as himself.

The three friends gathered in the kitchen trying to decide on what to do for the day.

"We could go to the zoo!" Caroline said, getting excited about the idea. Since there was no zoo in Mystic Falls she had only been to one once or twice.

"Really, Blondie? The zoo. No thanks."

'Of course Damon would be opposed to that idea.' Caroline thought to herself with a huff.

"Let's brainstorm some more ideas." Ric said, not really wanting to go. "It's not completely out of question." He said after seeing the sad look cross Caroline's face.

Damon had noticed the look too and decided that it wouldn't be so bad if that's what they ended up doing.

"Well, there's a museum and planetarium." Damon said nonchalantly.

Alaric perked, "Really?"

"Yeah, but you're the only one wants to see it." Damon smirked.

Alaric looked to Caroline who just half-smiled and shrugged. She wasn't a huge fan of history. He knew that from grading her papers she had written for his class.

"Well, I don't know then." Ric said, fresh out of ideas.

"We could go see a movie?" Caroline suggested.

"I don't know.. We could've done that back in Mystic Falls." Ric said.

"Why don't we just go to the damn zoo then." Damon said. "It doesn't seem like we have anything else to do."

"Really?" Caroline asked skeptically.

"Sure, why not?" Damon stated not really wanting to, but didn't see another option.

"Oh My God! Thank you!" Caroline said suddenly throwing her arms around Damon in a quick hug.

Damon froze for a second but then relaxed. He wasn't used to being hugged, but was secretly overjoyed that she had hugged him. Not that he would let anyone know that, let alone Caroline.

"Get off me." Damon said sounding irritated.

Caroline quickly backed away and apologized for her impulsive hug. She didn't know what had come over her. She just had gotten so excited that he had said that they could go.

"Are you okay with it Ric?" Damon asked.

"Yeah, it's fine." He looked at Caroline and fake whispered, "Don't tell anyone, but I may have a thing for meerkats. "

Caroline giggled and went to 'her' room to get ready.

"You have a soft spot for Blondie don't you?" Damon asked, smirking.

"Yeah, I guess I do." Ric said. "Seems like you may have one too."

Damon scoffed but realized that Caroline was growing on him.

"I suppose I am developing one."

Ric rolled his eyes at how ignorant Damon was being. He had seen the moment of satisfaction when Caroline had hugged Damon. Alaric knew that Caroline was slowly, but surly growing one him.

"I guess we should go get ready." Damon said. "Don't want to be late for the meerkats." He smirked at Ric.

"Should've known you would mock me for that." Alaric said.

"Yeah, you should of."

"Whatever." Alaric said with a chuckle.

He disappeared into his room to get ready for the day out.

Damon went to 'his' room to get ready himself. He heard the shower going from the bathroom and figured that Caroline would be a few minutes so he sat on the edge of the bed and pulled out the object he had carefully nestled into the side of his suitcase.

"Hey, Mom." He whispered opening the ancient locket.

It was the only possession of his mothers that he had kept. He carefully opened the locket to see a picture of his mother from about a year before she died and a picture of himself and Stefan at a young age.

He couldn't bare to give up the locket after he had become a vampire.

"What's that?" Caroline asked as she entered the room wrapped in a towel.

Damon snapped his head toward the bathroom door, startled. He hadn't noticed the shower shutting off.

"Oh, it's nothing." He said, tucking the locket back inside his suitcase. "You ready for today? Whoa, you're naked." Damon said, caught off of guard when he turned to see Caroline in the middle of slipping underwear on.

"Uh yeah.." Caroline said. "You've seen me naked."

Damon let his eyes wonder across her bare body. Why had he not realized how truly beautiful she was when they were 'dating'?

"You're sort of creeping me out. I know I'm not that pretty but you don't have to stare." Caroline said feeling extremely self-conscious.

She had always felt really self-conscious. Every since she could remember she had worried that she wasn't skinny enough. It had resulted in a eating disorder when she was younger and that had only ended when Bonnie had noticed and forced her to start eating and telling her mother.

"I wasn't staring at you because you're ugly. You are actually the polar opposite of ugly." Damon said, slipping into the bathroom and closing the door.

Caroline's heart fluttered.

'Did he really mean that? Probably not, it's Damon he was probably mocking me.' Caroline thought. She finished getting ready and headed to the kitchen for some blood.

After everyone was ready to go the gathered by the door and made sure they had everything.

"Yay! Let's go!" Caroline exclaimed.

'What have I gotten myself into.' Damon thought to himself while exiting the suite.

A/N#2= Let me know what you thought! Next chapter: the zoo! I promise that Daroline moments are coming. Slowly but surely!