AN: I own nothing the CW and L.J. Smith does. Moments through out the season 1 and possibly season 2 of my favorite couple. Tyler and Caroline are meant to be the way I see it. My muse is in over drive at the moment coming up with more and more ways have them together. Not beta'd

Secret Love Series

Story One

Chapter 2

Caroline was trying to sit still on the booth's seat, but her ass felt like it was on fire. She kept thinking about what she had done just a half an hour before coming here. She was looking around anywhere but her mom. She could not look at her mom when she was thinking about something else. She was barely able to sit there and not squirm. She was looking around when she noticed somebody walk in. The same person that had her feeling like this, what was he doing there? He told her he had to meet his parents for the regular attempt at a family dinner.

Caroline's face fell when she saw why he was there, how could she have forgotten. It was Friday that meant family dinner at the Grill for him. She went back to eating her fries dunking them into the BBQ sauce. His parents would love her more than likely, but why the hell should they please their parents. They had no say in their love lives, or any part for that matter. She was getting little ticked off, but it always happened to her around the Mayor. He was a douche bag; yeah that was what he was, the real bully.

Caroline did fake smile because her mom just had to say hi, but she got to give real smile at the one person she was glad to see. He was smiling back at her too, their parents would have thought it was nothing more than because they were friends, but that was not the only reason. She was polite even if she wanted to give somebody piece her mind sometimes. She did it for him, but if he ever said the word she would be going to bat for him.

Caroline was glad when her mom left, but she stayed around going over to the pool tables sitting over there. She was going to wait to see if he got chance to come over. His mom was there so she doubted it, but afterwards he could always get away.

"You want a refill?" Caroline heard not realizing she'd been staring off in the distance. Another daydream and she was really going have to do something about it. If somebody caught her then the secret might be up. It wasn't like they had to keep it that way. They weren't ashamed of how they felt for each other. It just felt right and they didn't want to ruin it with everybody knowing. She finally registered what the guy was asking and nodded.

She got up going to play pool after few more minutes. Elena and Stefan showed up before long with Damon behind them. She didn't want see Damon, why did he have to be here. She groaned turning around tossing her pool stick down. She always had this reason to hate Damon inside of her, she just didn't know why.

Elena came over to her saying hi. "Hey," she said back wishing she was somewhere else. What had happened to her damn she really was turning into that girl wanted to just be with the guy.

Then again, he got her, the first person that did. She had to be this perfect person and it never seemed right. He had same problem, but they could be themselves when they were alone. They could just talk and not even think about who people thought they were. No need for the act of being the school bully, or the insecure neurotic cheerleader.

She was insecure and all those other labels that was branded onto her. However, when he'd broke through the walls he saw the real her. The same happened with him, you stuck around long enough he'd show that side of him. It was the side of him that every one of their friends had known in middle school. The side of him that had made her start to have those feelings of love towards him.

"So who did you run off and meet earlier?" Elena asked picking up the pool stick. She'd convinced Caroline to play and to ignore Damon.

"I just had to do something," She replied, more like you had to do someone to do and she wasn't bragging on it either. Caroline looked over noticing that the left side of the booth she'd been watching was now empty. She looked around trying not to be obvious about it.

Elena was shooting the next ball in so that meant she had another second or two. "You think she can make it in on first shot?" Caroline heard almost in her ear. Damn him for sneaking up on her like that, don't loose your cool she thought. She had to take in a breath because his breath on her skin did things to her. It made those butterflies come back, made her want to kiss him right now.

"Yeah, Stefan gave her a refresher course on playing," she said with smile before what she said came true. Elena got the ball in, that meant few more seconds. He was too close to her, but she could handle this. She'd dealt with it earlier when he'd been standing behind her.

She bit down on her lip when she felt his hand move across the patch of skin that was exposed; when her shirt had rode up. He was the one risking exposing them now. His hand went just inside of the waist band of her skirt. She just hoped that nobody looked over. The way she was standing they couldn't see, but they might know something was up with the way her face was flushing.

Caroline fought the urge to turn around and kiss him. She wanted to so badly though, he was making her wet again. Just the light touches on her skin. His finger was spelling out his name on her back now. Shivers running down her spine at the feeling of what he was doing to her.

"Caroline your turn," Elena said making her move forward lining up the shot. She hoped they didn't take notice of the redness on her face. He always made her feel like this. She made sure to move her ass a little knowing he was watching before shooting the ball in. She knocked the ball into the pocket before going for the eight ball. She had that ball left; Elena had another one to go besides the eight ball. She wanted to end the game now.

Caroline smiled when she won, not that she cared if she won or lost, just wanted it to end now. It wasn't long after that she told them she had to go. They tried to get her to stay talk a while, but she had somewhere to be. "Can I catch a ride, I told my dad I'd find way home?"

"Yeah sure," Caroline said getting her purse before walking out of the Grill. She didn't say a word till she got in the car and he was too. "My house or yours?" she asked.

"Yours," he didn't want to deal with whatever was going on at his house. Some fundraiser being thought of or his parents had friends over. He'd just be upstairs either way might well be somewhere he wanted to be.

He hated his life sometimes, he wondered if his parents ever noticed he wasn't home some nights. He was glad to have an escape route in Caroline now. She never thought he was an embarrassment or a disappointment. She didn't put him down or give him those looks that said more than words sometimes. Caroline never gave him grief, even before whatever was going on between them. He never thought he'd like her; she'd always been the neurotic girl that annoyed him, well since tenth grade.

Before then she'd been one the friends he could talk to like now. High school happened and it was like they became different people. Then again he'd been the one to change, Caroline was still the same girl she'd been freshmen year. It was just covered up because she was insecure more this year than the past.

Their lives were jaded by the crap they had to deal with all the time. By all the times they had been let down by their parents, the people that were supposed to always love them. The people that were never supposed to neglect or abuse them.

She'd never been on top list of people to have sex with because he'd liked her as friend back then. Now apparently was possible to have both. She actually listened to him and he didn't have to be the fake person everybody else saw. It was easier being the dick then he didn't have to seem like he cared. Caroline saw through it all though, how she'd done that he never would understand. However, she'd been there when he started putting the walls up.

"I got junk food at the house already, and even got some movies that you'd like," Caroline said parking on side of the road. "Tyler, you still with me?" she asked turning the car off. He seemed to have zoned out somewhere between the five minute drive from the Grill.

"Yeah, anything you want watch," he'd regret it later probably, but he really didn't care what was on the TV. He just wanted to hide out for the night.

Caroline unlocked the door tossing the keys down on the counter. She got the movie she'd had last time he came over, he'd actually liked it. They made fun of the fact there was romance hidden inside all the drama. It was also action in the movie so it fit for what he liked and she liked.

She put Twister on hating the first part where the main character looses her dad. So while the first part played she grabbed some clothes changing into them before getting them both sodas. She wasn't in the mood for drinking tonight and if he wasn't asking for beer then she wasn't offering.

It was surprising that he hadn't offered to go to the party that was happening in two hours. She'd asked that morning if he wanted to go, but apparently they weren't going. If he wasn't in the parting mood she wasn't going to drag him there. She didn't want to start a fight between them. They had yet to have one and she hoped they didn't.

Caroline put her drink down snuggling up against him; he'd talk when he felt like it. She wasn't going to push him, which might lead to an argument. Somewhere between the second tornado and the third she'd fallen asleep. She woke up finding a note beside her. She sighed sitting up reading it.

"I'm sorry I didn't wait till you were awake, you were asleep, your mom came home and I so didn't want her to shoot me, I'll talk to you later, Care, Tyler"

Damn it mom Caroline thought why did she have to freaking come home of all nights. She groaned before turning movie and TV off going back to sleep. She hoped she would dream about him tonight. She slept better the nights he stayed over, the nights that she could wake up finding him still there.

Ever since that night she had started seeing Tyler like she had when they were younger. She didn't know what happened in ninth grade that made him change. Then again his dad probably was the reason he changed. He had no place to vent from the stuff he had to go through.

Football practices couldn't have caused all those bruises. Right now they didn't have a coach so it made her wonder if the Mayor took his anger out on his son. Caroline closed her eyes thinking of better thoughts than that.

End of this Story

AN: This story is for the alternative universe where they Tyler and Caroline got together in season one after the episode Haunted. The stories will be complete before I post them, but it will be on going series of moments around the idea they got together season 1. Wanted to post them all in one place so didn't have to search for them. More stories coming soon.