"Hey Elena?" I answered my ringing cell in a tired voice. Elena had woke me up from my precious sleep.
"Caroline! I thought we were having lunch at the grill... wait... have I just woke you up?" She asked using her it's so uncool that you bailed voice. I replied by asking what the time was and jumped when she said 1:20pm. I had slept in extremely late. Gosh I haven't slept this long since the days I walked human. Fluttering my eyes and shutting my cell I stretched my body, feeling the air tickle the bottom of my stomach where my t-shirt has risen. "Well good afternoon to you Caroline" Said a young, familiar voice. I turned around to see an amused Jeremy with raised brows holding a book caked with dust and dirt.

"Jeremy?" I giggled rubbing my eyes. "What are you doing here?" It came out in a bitchy way which I didn't intend it to. Jeremy looked at floor.
"Research" He lifted his book to signify his one word answer. I nodded. We never spoke then. Stefan popped in a couple of times, shocked I was still here in in lazy, sleepy mode. Then I decided to go home, get ready and meet the girls at the grill...

Tyler's POV.

I strolled into the grill. Hands in my pockets ready to try and make amends with Matt. There he was busting tables. I went to call him out but was touched on the arm unexpectedly by Elena Gilbert.
"Tyler hey" She said. Odd. Me and Elena speak rarely. Maybe once a month if that. She must have noticed the expression on my face as she cut straight to it. "I wanted to talk to you about Caroline?"
Something in my hart ached at the sound of her name. What happened last night wasn't suppose to happen. She was suppose to kiss me back and then we were too tell each that we had romantic feelings. Instead she resisted. She said we were only friends, and yet, that kiss. Caroline actually had kissed me back, and I know she felt it. The passion, the danger and the frustration all muddled up within this kiss, and my heart ached at the thought of never being able to kiss her like that again since all she wanted was friendship.

I nodded. "You think we're dating don't you? Well we're not, we're just friends..." I said and shoved my way pasted Elena. What would Matt think if he saw me talking to the girl he truly loves? Like a paranoid kid if you ask me. I rolled my eyes at myself. I shouldn't get myself worked up over silly things. I breathed and came to complete my mental mission. I scanned the room for Matt again. He was nowhere to be seen. Damn Elena! I cursed in my head. I walked to the bar and asked the bar tender if he knew where Matt was. On his break? I came in 2 minutes ago and now he's on a break? Fine, I guess I'd have to wait. 10 minutes past and me being the impatient bastard I am sat there shaking my knee up and down, never taking my eyes away from the clock on the wall. Finally Matt came out of the double doors that led to the back of the grill.

He saw me. He saw me and his face changed, as if he were stunned that I was here. I smiled at him and walked over. "Hey man..." He examinded me.
"What's up?" He said fiddling with his pen and avoiding my eye contact. I just came out with it.

"I came to say I'm sorry!" He suddenly looked at me. "What happened the other day was completely uncool and I was out of order starting the whole thing..." I was waiting for a big speech on how friends don't do that to each other, or that I was out of order and I'd better stay away from him. Instead he said the complete opposite.
"Yeah... yeah me too" He paused and laughed. "What are we like Ty? letting a girl come between us... letting Caroline Forbes come between us" He laughed. I laughed with him although the way he said 'Caroline Forbes' made me twitch. He spoke about her as if she was unimportant any more but he redeemed himself by saying,

"and even if you and Caroline did have feelings for each other? who am I too tell you guys not to date? I'm the ex boyfriend now. I'll always be the ex boyfriend" He looked at me. "And it's none of the ex boyfriends business who she wants to date, whether it is his best friend or not" I just smiled, not denying it. There was still hope for me and Caroline, I just wasn't going to make that obvious to Matt. I tapped his right arm.

"When did you get wise Donovan?" I asked playfully. We laughed. He had to get back to work, but we made plans to play pool at 6:00pm. Get some normality back to my life. Speaking of normality, I should call Caroline. As much as is pained me I would have to take back the kiss and agree with us just being friends...

Caroline's POV.

I parked my moms car outside the grill and swung my bag over my shoulder. Slamming the door shut behind me I rushed through the doors of the grill. I was here for Elena and Bonnie but was also here because I needed Tyler. I had made my decision. I would tell him everything. Everything from my feelings towards him, the wolf bite legend and that I'm not the only vampire in town. In my rush I felt the body if someone else crash into me. "Woah!" I murmured. Funnily enough the huge person I had ran into was in fact Tyler. He held a tight grip around my waist and one of my hands so I hadn't fallen over. We quickly pulled apart.

"Hey Tyler I was just looking for you!" I smiled moving him over to sit down at a table.
He smiled back. "Really? I was just about to call you" We giggled and finally I just cut to the chase.

I fluttered my lashes. "We should probably talk about what happened last night" His face changed. He seemed normal, happy. Now he looked regretful and sad. He nodded.
"You're right..." He whispered looking at his palms placed on the table. I inhaled and shut my eyes.
"Okay" I said to myself, in preparation. I was about to come out with it, my mouth was open and then he cut me off.

"Let just forget it happened okay?" He blurted out. I opened my eyes in pure and utter shock. He tilted his head to the side examining me. No. Why would this happen? I was just about to tell him how I felt. How I loved his dimples, and the way a ever so light shade of scarlet appeared in his cheeks when he got embarrassed, and how I loved the way he was so passionate about his football and seeing him out there with no worries doing something he absolutely loves. How it made me want to be his, and for him to love me as much.

Breathing heavily I finally spoke. "I'm sorry what?" My eyebrows grew closer together.
"Well that is what you want isn't it? to be... just friends?" I paused for a while. Then I plastered one of my brilliant smiles on my face

"Duh! That's exactly what I was going to suggest...well now that we have everything sorted we can just go back to the way things were" I shrugged and Tyler laughed. I sighed. "I should probably be going" Tyler didn't force me to stay or act needy. It made me question whether he was actually telling the truth or whether that, just now was a joke. I needed to forget, I needed some retail therapy. A thought popped into my head. Or even better, Damon therapy...

In the Salvatore's

"Damon?" I yelled no bothering to knock. No answer. I shouted his name again. Maybe coming here was a bad idea. Was it pathetic? No of course not. He has gone 145 years without showing his devotion for his brother, and he's doing an successful job in hiding his feelings for Rose. He was, in this kind of situation an expert. He could teach me things. Teach me how to switch my feelings of and not give a shit about the world. Well maybe secretly. In a way I kind of envied Damon. He had attitude. I mean I got attitude too but not like Damon has. I don't think I've ever met anyone like Damon.

"Boo!" I jumped placing my hand over my chest in fright. I gave him a hard look. His face was covered in amusement but I had no time for games.

"I need you to take me out tonight" For the first time since I'd met him, I had caught the bad ass villain of guard. He raised his eyebrows.

"Excuse me what?" He asked as what I assumed not thinking he had heard me right.
I nodded. "What not up for it? Come on Damon, you're the pro at getting over someone quickly... or at least pretending... now is your time to show your expertise" I folded my arms and pouted my lips. He waited for me to continue and I knew I would have to give him some sort of explanation. So instead of explaining my entire situation I just said "I need you to help me get over Tyler Lockwood!"

Fearless. Something I hadn't been in a while. A grin grew on his face and his eyes shone. I knew what this look meant. He was up for the challenge and he had some ideas.

He laughed once then said, "I'll pick you up at 6:30pm"