Before leaving I tucked my empty blood pack in one of my draws I barley use. "Caroline!" My mom shouted, slamming the front door behind her. "I'm home... you want a ride to the football game?" she asked. I rolled my eyes and replied. "I have legs mom! school isn't that far away!".

She ignored me and so I flung my small black bag over my shoulder and bolted for the door. I was meeting up with Elena and Stefan at school. Bonnie had somewhere she had to go to, although I think it has something to do with that cute warlock. The sun had started setting which cause the sky to reveal a beautiful orange wave. Losing myself within the the abnormalities of the colour I heard a car beep. I jump and turned to where the beep came from. It was the deep blue car of Tyler Lockwood. He smiled slowing the car right down so it matched my pace. One of his hands lay on the outside of his car door and one glued to the wheel. "You know, if you needed a ride you could have just asked" He smiled, a single dimple dented into his right cheek making him look younger. I laughed once.

"Why do I need a ride in some fancy car when I could just run? You know, with super ass vampire speed" I said in a sarcastic tone. He laughed and stopped the car knowing I was teasing him. I walked around the vehicle and seated myself in the passenger seat, not bothering to put on my seat belt.

"And FYI.." He started, putting the car into gear. "That super ass vampire speed? completely unfair!" He moaned. I smiled and raised my eyebrows. The ride to school was refreshing. We talked like friends and argued about what radio station to listen too. I won of course. We giggled and I had to admit sparks were flying. To my disappointment the journey was no more than 25 minutes.

"Urg Elena isn't here yet..." I mumbled looking around and seeing the school ground filtered with high school students. I slugged down into the seat. This was great. My happiness had ended to quickly and I would have to mope about it alone whilst awaiting my friends to join me. I realised I was sulking and so straightened my posture. I knew how these games worked for footballers. Tyler would have to be here earlier to change and get prepared and whatever, so I didn't want to waste his time. I shrugged and was about to say my goodbye and wish him luck, whilst motioning to open the door.

"I don't have to go in just now!" Tyler exclaimed as if reading my mind. I smiled and nodded.
"Yeah you kinda do Tyler"
"I would rather stay and wait with you..." His tone was seductive, his eyes had a smoky look about them. I felt my cheeks burn as I bit my lip. If my heart could race it would be popping out of my chest right now. Covering up my bashfulness I playfully punched his muscled arm.

"Tyler Lockwood. Are you flirting with me?" I asked, a grin plastered on my face.

His expression was soft, true meaning behind his eyes. His head slightly leaned back resting on the chair, blinking a few times before responding. "Yes Caroline Forbes I guess I am..."
Oh his voice. It was just so sexy. We continued looking at each other. No, gazing at each other. That's when it happened. The world stopped. The only sound I could hear was Tyler's heartbeat, slow and calm. The only thing I could see was him. His lips parted slightly as he held a small smile on his face. Then the one thing I could feel, was our hands slowly approaching each others. His warm fingers collided with my cold bony ones. I breathed a laugh out and he smiled full on now. Oh I wish he would just kiss me.

"Caroline..." I heard the voice I had known for years and jumped entwining my hand out of Tyler's. Curiosity and surprisemight as well have been written on Elena's head in black marker. I gulped and waved. I turned back to Tyler.

"I gotta go..." I said and shrugged.
"Yeah I gotta go to too. Coach is probably already pissed at me" He replied.

I nodded. "Good luck!" I said before we both got out of the car. He winked at me before leaving and I couldn't help but blush. I turned Elena. Her eyebrows raised, her arms crossed. I started walking towards school not really wanting to talk about her rude interruption. She ran up to me and tapped my shoulder.

"No way am I letting you just walk away without telling me what the deal is with you and Tyler" She demanded. I shrugged.
"We're friends?" I couldn't think of anything better to say. I mean, I guess it was the truth. And besides I couldn't tell her that I had a thing for him. She would be like Stefan and give me a whole bunch of reasons to not fall for him, when really I wanted someone to give me a bunch of reasons to fall for him. "Just friends? you guys were holdings hands in his car, and ... gazing at each other!" She said casually. My eyes were trailing the floor, avoiding her eye contact.

"I'v just kind of kept it to myself for a while" I didn't mean how Elena witnessed mine and Tyler's pretty insane moment and we both knew that. I spoke in the voice of a distressed child which caused Elena to stop me from walking. She put her hand on my shoulder. "I'm here Caroline. You can talk to me about anything... whenever you want okay?" She said in her reassuring tone. I nodded feeling better. "Thank you" I whispered. Then we were joined by Stefan. All three of us bounced into the football ground among our chaotic school singing our schools song and cheering the cheerleaders on. Me and Elena shook our heads when one of them lost balance causing the pyramid to fall. A booming laugh escaped from both schools and the cheerleading captain tried to calm the girls down.

Finally it was time for our school team to come out...

Tyler's POV.

Waving at the crowd, coming on to our school anthem was such a rush. It was always a rush, even though I just got the biggest lecture of coach about being late. Matt was in the locker room but we didn't speak. He seemed alright. He had a black eye and a busted lip, but apart from that he was alright. I however was perfectly fine. This quick healing thing really did have it's benifets. We were not the best team in the world, but our school was by far the most spirited whenever we had a game. But tonight I had a feelings, a pretty good one at that...

Caroline's POV.

"TYLER! TYLER! TYLER! TYLER!" The crowd shouted as Tyler was preparing to take his shot. His shoulders moved up and down, and his arms flexed back. I encouraged my friend by joining in with the chant. He scanned his audience and there I was. On the second row close enough to see his brilliant teeth sparkle due to the ground lights. Then suddenly, eyeing the ball he kicked it.

A moment of silence lingered in everyones breath. Screams arose, hugging began as Tyler had won us the game. I couldn't believe it. Stefan held onto Elena tightly as they joyfully bounced up and down, but my eyes were glued on my close friend being lifted into the air by his team mates. I giggled as they all fell and dropped him. A werewolf was pretty heavy I guess. The crowd soon died down and everyone went home with a smile on their face. "Caroline can you believe it? we won!" Elena exclaimed as we walked slightly behind the other students.

"I know right" I jumped as I spoke. Stefan remained silent, just enjoying that Elena was finally getting a dose of normality back into her life. It was then I thought about my journey home. I didn't mind the dark, in fact, since the fateful day Katherine turned me I've always preferred the dark. It was part my new nature. I liked a lot of new things about my life as a vampire. People, like Stefan, may think it's dreading and un natural, but truth be told my life is a lot better than what it had been. Being immortal had changed me from an insecure freak, to a confident persona. Okay, my insecurities were there, just not as blatant as before.

"Hey do you want a ride home?" Elena asked. I considered of course. Elena would drop me off whilst making small talk and Stefan would either have his arm around the headrest of her seat or his hand placed on her thigh. I smiled and declined the generous offer. When Elena and Stefan bid me goodbye I retreated to the locker rooms. As I suspected there was barley anyone there. Tyler's car however was still in the car park. I leaned against the wall. I heard something footsteps. Not the loud, echoing ones of Tyler. The small, tip toe that I quickly assumed as Matt.

My assumption was correct. There he stood. A large black bag over his shoulder and clean red jersey on casually tied with a pair of jeans. The swollen, red cut stood out within his facial features. Even more so against his fair skin. "Hey..." what else was I suppose to say? He barley smiled. He just looked at me, with those pale blue eyes. "Matt I-"

"Looking for Tyler?" He cut me off. I didn't know what to say, but I'm pretty sure my eyes told him the answer as he said "Yeah, I didn't think you'd wait back just to speak to your ex boyfriend". He dragged his feet past me, eyes sinking into his shoes. When I knew for sure he was out of earshot I screamed releasing the anger and stress that boy caused me. Tears burnt my eyes as I felt them one by one splash against my cheek. I sank into the floor placing my head in my hands...