really enjoyed writing this chapter as I do with every one :D hope you enjoy it too! very dramatic...
Adrian's POV.
"I want you to go, and tell everyone that Tyler Lockwood and Caroline Forbes spent the night together last night" I held a young females face as she looked at me dazed.
"I'll go and tell everyone that Tyler Lockwood and Caroline Forbes spent the night together last night" she repeated.
"Good girl" I broke the compulsion and stroked her cheek. She abruptly ran off into the woods. Turns out a fellow named Duke was throwing a party in the woods that most of Caroline's classmates were attending. Silly beggars. I grinned. If the witch wasn't going to help me I would do this alone. It's not like it's the first time, or that I don't have the power. I frowned remembering that night at the hotel with Caroline. The night she had me truly under her spell…
Caroline was in fits of giggles. Her laugh was insane, especially now since she was hammered but me on the other hand? Not necessarily. Caroline fell through her room and curled on the floor with laughter. I had never seen her like this. Well, within the two weeks we've known each other. Of course at the start she was my little vamp toy. Now she was part of my moonstone mission. Well apparently. She was from the small town Mystic Falls were Katerina is. Or so I imagine. I helped Caroline up off the floor and she thanked me, now sitting on the edge of her bed. I softly shut the door and Caroline's face suddenly turned saddened. I was alert now, ready to listen to what was bothering her in order for her to trust me obviously, since she was solely part of my task. "Are you alright?" I asked, kneeling down so she had to look me in the eye. Her hands were placed on her lap as she starred deeply into them.
"I'm in love" She murmured under her breath. I was confused at first but assumed this was the main reason she escaped her small town. I nodded and got up to sit next to her. To comfort her. For…trusting reasons…I guess.
"Who with?" I had to ask. As much as I wanted it to be for the sake of my "mission" it was purely out of personal reasons. She looked away from me.
"My best friend…" she barley breathed out. There was a long silence. What on earth would I say to that? She looked at me, shiny liquid filling up in her eyes. A small smile touched her lips. "He hates me. After what I did…I don't blame him" she continued to shake her head. For some strange reason this made me sad. I can honestly say that it surprised me how someone couldn't love Caroline. She was pretty incredible. I shook my head slightly before she carried on, sounding slightly pained and answering my unspoken questions. "His name's Tyler. He's kind of a werewolf" I was shocked. Never had I heard of a werewolf-vampire relationship. My head was tilted with curiosity. She sighed. "I betrayed him" Caroline choked out before tears started suddenly strolling down her face. Uh oh, I didn't know what the hell to do. I looked around for tissues but couldn't find any so instead I just patted her back like a moron. Come on be cool. The little vampire sniffled and covered her face with her hands. I moved my hand from her back and wrapped an arm around her. She…snuggled into me. Usually the term snuggle would have repulsed me but with her I… didn't mind. I let her sob and shushed her, rubbing her arm. When she had slightly calmed down she lifted her head. I trapped a tear that threatened to escape her left eye with my finger. She laughed gratefully. I smiled. "You know, if this guy hates you maybe he's not worth loving" I was shocked at my own advice. Good Adrian. Smooth. She looked at me, her eyes still glistening from her tears. That's when it happened. I was moving in. To kiss her. She looked torn. I could see it clearly in her eyes. I was also torn. My head was screaming "What in the world? You're pathetic! Stop it right now!" but my heart was screaming "Feel you fool! After centuries and centuries just feel!". Obviously the heart speaks louder than the mind.
My lips collided with hers. It was soft at first but my hand travelled up and cradled her face, making it turn passionate and hungry. On my behalf anyway. Caroline was…numb. I felt it. She didn't know what to feel and I imagine she was thinking only about her beloved werewolf. She pulled away and smiled. "I'm sorry" she whispered, placing her dainty hand on my chest to push me back slightly. I sighed.
"No you didn't do anything dear. I'm sorry. You obviously have feelings for-"
"Yes. Yes I do" she cut in. I smiled and nodded.
"And I shall respect that" I got up from the bed and took her hand. I placed a gentle kiss on it. "Goodnight Caroline" I said before strolling out of the door, slightly frustrated.
Tyler's POV.
I held Caroline's hand and planted a soft kiss on her cheek before we both walked up to the area were Duke held his parties. Our original plan of going to the Mystic Grill had changed when we remembered Duke was in town. The Grill is no fun when everyone is partying and getting drunk in the woods. A few people oddly scrolled us up and down on our way and some even snickered at us. Caroline death glared them and they suddenly became "busy". We finally got to the campfire, almost everyone taking a little glance at us. I've always had a thing for being "talk of the party" but I had a bad feeling about where this party would go if they carried on staring. I sighed. "I'll go get us some beer" I whispered in Caroline's ear. She smiled and nodded, her curls bouncing up and down as she did. It made me smile and so I stroked her hand with my thumb before retreating over to the ice box were the beers where. I pulled two out easily and turned around to more stares. My eyebrows knitted together. I knew me and Caroline being together was going to be hard to get used to but these assholes needed to stop it and mind their own business. Then someone tapped on my shoulder and I turned around to see a really pissed off Matt. "Oh, hey M-" but before I could finish he punched me in the nose. A gasp arose from the people surrounding us as I fell to the floor dropping the two ice cold beers out of my hand. "What is your problem man?" I choked out whilst lifting myself from the ground and wiping the blood that trickled from my nose. Matt was infuriated. His nostrils were flared, his pupils were huge and his face was slowly turning red with anger. He shook his head, his eyes glazed. "I'm going to kill you" He murmured. I was utterly shocked. What the hell was up with him? Some of our team mates from the football team held Matt back as I stood there stunned and confused. "Why the hell are you being like this?" I fumed. He broke free of the guys hold and walked over too me, salt water smeared underneath his eyes. Our faces were inches apart.
"Don't play dumb dick. I can't believe you! After everything you said you seriously slept with her?" He fumed. I was now overwhelmed with guilt… wait. How did he know we slept together?
"How do you know that?" I breathed out. I suddenly felt someone's presence behind me. I turned around to see a hurt Caroline not knowing where to put her eyes. Finally she looked at me and mimed what's going on? I shrugged. I honestly didn't have a clue what was going on. Was this the reason behind the awkward stares and snickers? Not that I cared of course. But I was extremely pissed off now.
"Oh please! The rumours have been floating around all night!" His attention then turned to Caroline. His eyes sad as his heart beat incredibly fast. "Tyler Lockwood, Care? Really?" He questioned her. I rolled my eyes.
"It just kind of, happened Matt. We were going to tell you! You weren't supposed to find out like this" Caroline was beside me now, slipping her hand in mine. Her voice was desperate. She wanted him to understand! She wanted him to remain in her life. Me, on the other hand well I didn't appreciate his sudden outburst…even though I would've totally acted that way in his situation too. He shook his head, a hint of something I had never seen before in his eyes. Like an evil spark or something.
"You're a lot of things Caroline, but I never thought you were a slut"
Just like that I snapped. I felt Caroline pull me back, but she couldn't stop me. Not now. I snarled, overwhelmed with fury. Matt looked ready, but he couldn't be prepared for what I was about to do to him. I grabbed his neck and dragged him to the campfire. "Tyler! TYLER!" Caroline repeatedly shouted as everyone was suddenly alert of my outrageous actions. I put his face close to it. He groaned. The sparks were flying up in his face but I didn't care. I had a grip of a clump of his hair and pulled his head back so my mouth was by his ear. He breathed fast; sweat was increasing on his face due to how close he was to the fire. I had him slightly bent over. If I pushed him any more his face would burn and he would possibly die. "Now, you listen to me buddy" I started through my teeth. "You had your chance. And you blew it! Just like you blew it with Elena and you are so bitter because she doesn't love you anymore, because she's found someone else that's not you and you don't like it" Matt struggled, trying to get out of my tight grip.
"Go ahead! Do it!" Matt murmured breathlessly. I laughed harshly and brought him back up from facing the fire. I pushed him on the dirty floor and it was then I realised it had started to rain. The campfire flickered. I shook my head as Matt starred frightened.
"Don't ever talk to Caroline like that again otherwise I'll be the one killing you" I mocked him only mine was a true threat. Then I come out of my trance. People stood mortified. I was still too aggravated to care what anyone else thought though. I looked to Caroline. Turns out she was trying to pull me off him to whole time. I inhaled a breath of oxygen before storming away leaving Caroline behind. She would probably take care of Matt and explain on my behalf. I rolled my eyes at the thought. I ran like hell, not exactly knowing my destination, but before I knew it I was starring down at my father's grave. He had a fancy tombstone. A big concrete angel that stood out above the other stone crosses and square shaped rock. The rain hit my face hard as I just looked. Richard Lockwood. A loving father, husband and a truly remarkable leader. Our dearest Mayor, sleep well. It read. White roses had been planted around it that were just beginning to bloom as a symbol of purity. My mother would also come and place flowers to match the baby roses. I felt eyes sting and my jaw clench. It's not that I wanted to cry because of sadness, I wanted to cry because I was going through this! Alone! He could have warned me about this damn curse! I hated being on edge twenty four seven, I hated being a risk to my best friend and my family and ever mortal that surrounds me. Surely he knew. A tear fell down my cheek… or a rain droplet. I'm an impulsive bastard and even though my dad could never control that, at least if he or Mason were here I would have someone to go to about it. And that's what hurt the most.
Caroline is here for me and she always will be, but somehow that doesn't always seem like enough. She didn't fully understand what I go through. No one does. Even that Jules bitch seemed all calm. I'm new. I have no one to guide me. I'll be alone with this…until the day I die. The tears came faster now and with a single motion I kicked the angel in half. I was amazed at my newly gained strength. My breathing quickened. I wasn't thinking straight. But then he deserved it! I pulled at my short hair furiously and started stamping on the angel feeling a sick amusement as I watched the concrete shatter. I must have looked completely mad. I then started shouting things like "You should be here!" "I miss you!" "Why the hell did you have to die?" "I'm scared" "I'm alone and it's all because of you". All of these things came out slurred and even I wasn't sure what I was saying now. "God I hate you!" I screeched stamping on what was left of the grey stone. I then felt cold hands pulling me back, attempting to calm me down. I turned around, prepared to fight and let out a loud growl before realising it was her. Caroline. Her face was full of concern and her blonde locks were sticking to her face due to the rain. I was calm. That's all it took. But now I actually felt it. The pain. At least when I was lashing out I'm blind by only hatred and fury, but it's the pain that I can't take. We just stood there for a minute and waited. My chest ached and the tears carried on flowing down my face. But instead of worrying about myself, I took my black jacket off and put it around Caroline. Not that it would do any good in keeping her dry since it was in fact drenched itself. "Here, you must be freezing" I croaked trying to cover up the fact that I was crying. She sighed and shrugged the jacket back off, handing it back to me. I bit my lip on the inside slowly taking it back from her. Once it was out of her hand and into mine I whispered the words "I'm sorry…" and wondered if she even heard me but of course I knew she could. She shook her head. I shut my eyes. Maybe she did understand. Then she wrapped her arms around me and had me in a tight hug. I sobbed into her neck placing my palm on the bottom of her back and letting the stupid jacket fall out of my hand, onto the floor. I lifted that hand to her neck, pulling her closer to me wanting her comfort. I cried into her shoulder as she shushed me whilst stroking my hair.
"No Ty. You have nothing to apologize for. Nothing" She smoothly whispered into my ear. I nodded.
Again, I had the urge to tell her how much I loved her. But I kept it in. Our night had already been ruined and I didn't want to throw in any awkwardness to make it worse…
Caroline's POV.
I held him in my arms. Listening to him cry made me want to cry. I couldn't though. He has been strong for me so I'm going to be strong for him. I stroked his hair and shushed him, trying to calm him down. Eventually he did and I felt like I should tell him that I loved him. It just seemed like the perfect moment. I opened my mouth. Just say it Caroline. Don't be weak! The back of my mind said. "No Ty. You have nothing to apologize for. Nothing" I said instead. I tightened my grip around him not wanting to let him go. I sighed. We weren't ready yet. I guess the 'I love you's' would have too wait. But for some reason, I had a strong feeling that he was thinking exactly the same thing…