AN: I own nothing hope you all enjoyed. Each time post the new chapter(s) they will be complete in line with this series. Thank you for all the reviews that I have gotten in this story. This will be the last story in this series of secret love. Thanks to rjt040190, ForwoodForever, Ashley, and all the others for the wonderful reviews.

ForwoodForever I am glad that you loved how described Tyler and his dad's relationship. It's how I felt he was in secret and he deserves whatever he got in that season one finale.

AN2: I do not know if the month is correct when the Founder's Day celebration happened, but I'm going with it since could never find actual date.

Secret Love

Story 10

Chapter 1

Tyler had been asked to do the art work for the Battle of Willow Creek float, but he had told Mr. Saltzman he couldn't ride on the float. Caroline was beyond happy that he was going to be with her. The secret would be over then though and she knew it. She no longer carried it had been since Halloween and it was the beginning of March.

Caroline couldn't wait until she was on the float with Tyler. There had been a lot of things that had happened the day before though. Matt had gotten his hand crushed almost. Thanks to few guys along with Stefan and Mason he was okay. Tyler had taken Matt to the ER to get checked out because the Ambulance was going take too long.

The second thing that had happened was that Mason came face to face with his brother. It had been while they were setting up. Mason had been helping Jeremy and Tyler both with the two floats. The Mayor just showed up out the blue and it had been argument.

Thankfully nobody had seen it happen except for them. Mason had told him if he ever touched Tyler again he would answer to him. He'd gone for Tyler's arm when he was on the float because he was ignoring him. Jeremy had gotten in the way of him pulling Tyler, but she knew it was on purpose.

Caroline wondered if he would have jerked him off there. She had smiled big when she heard Mason tell him off. It was the one thing she'd been hoping for the entire time. She didn't understand why the world the bastard told his own brother he'd been marked. It was the same thing their history teacher had been told. What was with the talk? It was like marking territory or a kill rather.

Caroline cringed at the last thing that had happened. John Gilbert, Elena's Uncle was really her dad, she had found that out and they couldn't believe it. The man that most people there hated was her dad. Mason seemed to be little edgy around Stefan and Damon though. Something was up with that and she didn't know what. It was like he didn't want to be near them.

Tyler had introduced Mason to their friends. Elena, Bonnie, Matt and her remembered him. It wasn't that hard and Bonnie had been smiling at him like crazy. However, she remembered the idea they had had as twelve year olds. One of them would get the other hot Lockwood. Caroline had forgotten all about that plan. Right now she had no need for the plan, Tyler was her love, Elena had Stefan that left Bonnie, but Mason had a girlfriend.

Caroline rolled on her side looking at Tyler. He was sleeping soundly and she didn't want to wake him. She took out her camera taking a picture of him. She smiled before laying her head down taking picture of both of them. She kissed his cheek before getting up going to the door remembering a hoodie grabbing Tyler's. Mason had found a place to stay, but he couldn't move in till the following week. Until then and when her mom was home she had to wear clothing.

She got downstairs putting coffee into a cup drinking it before turning on her IPod. She had left it on its dock after last night. Elena, Bonnie, Matt, Jeremy, Stefan and Tyler had been there watching movies. They had been cooking at the beginning and the girls had been dancing in the kitchen. Mason had come in halfway through and he'd looked at Elena little odd at first like he was surprised she was there. It had left after a few minutes though.

She turned on the last song that had been playing and started dancing to Kid Rock's So Hot. It reminded her of Tyler, except she wanted to do more than just fuck him. She wanted to be his one love for the rest of their life. She was dancing around in circles singing before the door bell rang. She went over to the door opening it trying figure out who would be here this early.

Caroline skipped the next song before going to the door. She opened the door finding Elena standing there. She was surprised by it; she thought she'd be with Stefan still. "Hey come on in," Caroline said, "Shut the door back," she added going to the kitchen to flip the pancakes she was making. "Tyler and Mason are still asleep," she added when Elena got in the kitchen.

It was just the two of them this early in the morning. Usually Mason was up by now, but he had probably had bad hang over. He had drunk half bottle of whiskey for some reason. He'd had argument on the phone with his girlfriend before she'd hung up on him. She didn't listen in on it though, but he seemed down. A year and six months with one person and having her start pulling away she couldn't relate but she felt bad for him. Maybe the girl would wise up and see that Mason was the one for her.

Elena leaned against the doorway watching Caroline. She had come over because she needed to talk to Mason about something. She just didn't know if he had been up or not. "I just came by to see if Mason was around," she said trying not to be obvious about the why.

Caroline was about to say something when she heard something behind her turning to see Mason standing there. "How in the hell?" She asked out loud, he had been in bed when she walked by as if dead to the world. She didn't know what was going on but he was glaring at Elena. He had done that weird blurry thing again to get there. She had cornered him and tried to get him to tell her. He had said was better if she didn't know.

"What are you doing here?" Mason asked looking at Elena, but he knew exactly who she was. Caroline had let her in the house thinking she was her best friend. Katherine had called him last night trying to get him to get something. She said it would break the full moon curse, but it wasn't like he could get in his brother's house. He hated what he was, but he wasn't here for that. She had gotten pissed off, but he was not going to let her get near Tyler or Caroline.

He loved her with everything he had inside of him, but didn't mean that he trusted her. He wanted to for so long, but something kept him from doing so. Tyler and Caroline he trusted, they trusted him back too. Now wasn't the time to deal with the fall out from Katherine. He loved her, but he ended it. It was the worst thing he had done in a year. She had helped him, but never stayed during the full moon. However, he had two people that needed him more than starting some war.

He knew who Stefan and Damon were, rather what, Katherine had told him to stay away from them. Stefan was a nice guy, and Damon seemed off, but he hadn't hurt him. They were vampires like Katherine, except they didn't kill anybody. He knew she drank from people; he wasn't as blind she sometimes thought.

"I just wanted to talk to you," Katherine said with her devilish smile.

"Fine, but not here," Mason said, he needed more clothes on he didn't want Katherine distracted. He told Caroline to go upstairs with the breakfast. He wanted her safe from Katherine. She took the tray and went upstairs. Caroline had given him a look but he didn't explain. How could he explain this right now, she didn't know about what went on here in Mystic Falls.

Katherine wanted him back, she wasn't letting him end it, and she needed him in her end plan. She had started dating him before he had turned. They had been going out for a year and six months. She almost had what she wanted and the sex hadn't been bad either. Thankfully he hadn't tried to bite during sex; she had no clue if there was a cure for a bite.

Mason made his way out the door with her before she could even say a word when he came back down. "I told you to leave, Katherine" he growled at her, "Your friend is trying to kill people, take her and leave," he had her against the railing on the front porch. She was stronger than he was except during the full moon. "Isobel is not going to hurt them and you are not going near my nephew or his girlfriend," he was pissed off at her. She was trying to use him last night.

Katherine saw the gold come into his eyes and her fangs appeared hissing at him. She should have known he would put together what she'd been trying to do. He might be a surfer, but he was still a Lockwood, they were not dumb. "Let me go now, or I will snap Tyler's neck," she said.

He couldn't believe it had come to this, he felt like he couldn't breathe. She was somebody else, it wasn't the Katherine he fell in love with. It was like his heart was being ripped out of his chest. He let go and she took off in a blur.

"Who, why does she look like Elena and why does she want Tyler dead?" Caroline asked. She had come to see if Elena was staying, but she had seen and heard everything. She looked exactly like Elena, but he had called her Katherine. She'd seen the fangs and Mason's eyes were golden with amber highlights at the moment.

Mason turned seeing her, she looked scared, and he didn't miss the tears. Tyler meant everything to her, and he was his nephew. Katherine wasn't getting near him, "She's not going to hurt him, I promise you that," he just hoped to god he could keep that promise. He wasn't sure how to explain why she looked like Elena though. He moved towards her and she shut the door coming outside.

Caroline didn't understand a lot of things, but she was tired of being kept in the dark. "I want the truth and I mean every bit of it," she said. What the hell Mason was for starters, second why that bitch looked like her best friend and third why did she want Tyler dead. She named them all over adding they weren't going inside till he told her.

Mason knew she wasn't going to budge. She had not backed down when Tyler needed her help, and when his brother tried to hit her after what she'd called him. Caroline wasn't going to let him through that door till she knew everything. He had only one choice tell her his secret because he couldn't leave here.

"I will tell you everything, but not here tonight after the parade," Mason said hoping it would buy him some time. She trusted him enough to call for help keeping Tyler safe, he just hoped she would trust him enough to let him back in the door.

"Tyler will not get hurt you got me," Caroline said, before going back in the house leaving the door open for him. She turned around looking him dead in the eyes, "If she goes near Tyler, I will kick you're ass somehow," she added. What had happened out there, why was she so pissed off at him? Mason was her friend, but who ever his girlfriend was had put them in danger. She wanted Tyler dead; she'd threatened to break his neck.

Tyler was awake when she got back in the room and she smiled. Caroline went over behind him wrapping her hands around his waist. "I cooked breakfast," she said kissing his back. There was not one single bruise on his body or mark. She was glad that he was okay and that since Mason had showed up things had been better. She was scared right now though that he might be taken away.

"I smelt it, and it tastes wonderful," Tyler met her eyes in her mirror and he could tell she was scared. He hadn't missed the shouting match either, how could he miss it. Mason had been pissed off at somebody. Then he'd heard what sounded like Elena. He had gone looking for Caroline when he passed the window that looked out the living room. Caroline had been standing with the door open so she hadn't seen him. He'd seen what looked like Elena before he heard her threaten to snap his neck.

He just knew that it wasn't Elena there, whoever that was scared the hell out of him. Mason knew her too, he had dated her, but he broke up with her. Caroline had shut the door and he'd gone back upstairs before they knew he was there. He wanted to know what was going on and Mason knew something about it.

He turned around wrapping Caroline in his arms, "He promised I wouldn't get hurt, and I trust him to keep the promise, Care," he didn't know what it was that had kept him from going off, but something did. It was like he just knew Mason would never let her near him. Whatever was going on they would find out tonight.

Caroline breathed in his scent and knew he was right. Whatever had happened she had to trust Mason to keep them safe. It scared her to see what had played out, but he'd mentioned Isobel. That was Elena's birth mother, he knew her too. It was just too complicated and she had to know what this was all about.

Mason could hear them from his room, they still trusted him. He got a change of clothes going to the bathroom to shower. The wolf inside of him wanted to go after Katherine and rip her head off. That wasn't what he wanted though. He wanted to go back to before last night, before he felt like he had been hit by a train.

He slid down the shower wall and he let the tears fall because he had no idea what to do. Katherine had used him; she hadn't really loved him, not if she was threatening to kill Tyler. His heart hurt so badly and he didn't know how to put it back together. He hadn't been this lost since he had triggered the curse. The one thing he knew was Tyler and Caroline needed him. They were the two people holding him together. They would never know how much it meant that they trusted him.

Mason heard them both, they knew something was wrong. How was he supposed to tell them that vampires and werewolves were real? It might help though if they weren't blind to what was out there. He was going to tell them and if they thought he was crazy they just would. He wouldn't leave though; he would stay here because his brother wasn't going start touching Tyler again.

TBC

AN: chapter 1 of the three or four part finale of this series and my season one. All chapters of the finale are posted. I had to break Mason and Katherine up; I hated how she used him. He loved her and she just used him to get the moonstone. I want Mason to be the good guy. Did you all know it was Katherine at first when she showed up?