Chapter Thirteen

A/N: Only a little to my story left! But fear not. I'll always write more. I'm on winter break which means a month full of nothing. So yeah this chapter is goign to tie up some loose ends. And to that girl who said something about Bamon in her review well .. let's just say I'm a Bamon fan lmao. But I also like Rose and Damon which is why you've probably been confused about things in my story. But onward, ho! Enjoy, barbies!

Monster

"Tyler, get up. Please get up," was all Tyler could hear through his unconscious state. He knew that he'd transformed back into a human sometime during his sleep. The whole ordeal must have taken such a toll on his body that he went into a catatonic state.

"Tyler, please." the voice plead.

He wanted to open his eyes but his lids felt like they were being weighed down with cinder blocks. He opened them slowly and shut them closed again. Whatever was in front of him was very bright, almost too bright to look into.

He thought it was the sun, but he felt sheets around him and knew he was inside. He flickered his eyes completely open and squinted at it.

"TYLER!" the voice yelled and threw their arms around him. "You had me worried, you asshole!"

He realized the bright light was Caroline.

"Caroline …" Tyler whispered but Caroline shushed him, insisting that he save his energy.

"You had me so worried," Caroline said, trying to fight back the tears.

"You're like … an adult," Tyler said, still disoriented.

"What?" Caroline started to laugh through her tears.

"I … Sorry," he smiled. "That must have been a dream."

All of the events of the passed few months rushed back to him once he saw her smiling. He saw Sarah hit her head against the desk, he saw his first transformation, then Klaus and his entire second transformation and his memories stopped right at seeing Caroline's blinding beauty upon being woken.

He shot up suddenly, startling Caroline.

"What happened?" He said completely alarmed. "Are you all right? I thought you'd died."

"I'm fine. I promise," she said. "But I'm worried about you."

"How long have I been out?"

"A little over 24 hours," she replied. "Your heart rate was so slow I thought for sure you'd left me."

"Never." Tyler said seriously. "I will be around until the day you tell me to leave."

Caroline looked down and smiled.

"What were you saying before? About me being an adult?" Caroline asked, trying to change the subject.

"Oh," Tyler laughed airily. "I had this dream about that day when we were younger and you broke my finger with a basketball. Do you remember that?"

"I try to repress that memory but yeah I remember," she giggled.

"I think I had that dream for a reason," he said. "I think that was the moment that we decided we could never be friends … not close ones anyway."

"Maybe it's because we were never meant to be friends," Caroline replied, placing a hand on his cheek.

"Maybe we weren't," Tyler laughed a little nervously. "We were always meant to be like this I guess."

"What, a vampire and a werewolf?" Caroline said, stroking his cheek lightly with her fingertips.

"No. I mean together," Tyler said, leaning into Caroline's touch.

He placed his hand on her waist and flipped her over him so she was on her back and he was on top, making her scream in surprise.

"Where's everyone else?" Tyler asked.

Caroline ignored the question and pulled Tyler down by the neck to kiss her.

….

Downstairs were Stefan, Damon, Elena, Bonnie, Luka, Rose, Jeremy, Katherine and Alaric joined by Matt and Jenna.

"I can't believe you slept with Matt," Elena said angrily at Jenna.

"We didn't sleep together, I swear." Jenna looked at Alaric.

"Elena what's going on?" Stefan asked.

"I went home and found them in bed together. What else am I supposed to think?" Elena said.

"Is this true?" Alaric asked. "He's one of my students. He's like 17."

"I'm 18, thank-you." Matt snapped, bitterly. "And nothing happened. We just drank a lot and passed out. I swear."

Alaric shook his head and walked out. Jenna followed after him, trying to apologize but he would not listen.

"Nice going, Elena." Bonnie rolled her eyes and Matt took that as his cue to go home.

"Why are you getting an attitude with me?" Elena said, taken aback.

"You're a hypocrite!" Bonnie whispered sharply.

"I can hear pretty well, Elena. What is she talking about?" Stefan gave his signature brooding look.

"She's not talking about anything," Damon jumped in.

"Elena?" Stefan stepped to the side of Damon so he could see her.

"She did something with Damon, which is why I'm calling her a hypocrite." Bonnie looked at Stefan.

"Bonnie, how could you?" Elena cried.

"Stefan's my friend too. Remember? You made sure of that," Bonnie replied sourly.

"Stefan I'm sorry," Elena approached Stefan but he disappeared upstairs and would not reply to her knocks and sobs no matter how loud they got.

Katherine rolled her eyes at them all and slipped out without anyone noticing. Even though she'd helped everyone survive last night and knew they'd all probably be willing to take her on as a friend, she knew that she had to keep running. Only this time she didn't know from what. She just knew she could never settle and be happy in one place like Stefan or Damon could. There was no place she considered home.

"Thank-you for everything, Luka. You'd better get home," Bonnie blushed a light shade of scarlet.

"Really? After all this you're still all gaga over him?" Jeremy asked, hurt.

"It's not like that, Jer." Bonnie turned to face him. "You're just my best friend's brother. It's weird for me, okay?"

"Well you don't seem like best friends anymore," Jeremy said and he left the house angrily.

"I'm sorry about that," Luka said.

"It's okay," Bonnie blinked away a tear. "He'll get over it."

"I'm afraid to go home," Luka swallowed back the lump in his throat. "I fear I'll find my father … dead."

Bonnie sighed and tried to comfort him.

"Come with me?" Luka asked delicately.

"Sure,: Bonnie nodded.

Luka stepped in for a hug and she obeyed readily to it. But when he stepped away he bent down to kiss her.

"What are you doing?" Bonnie said, pushing him away.

"I thought …."

"Just go, Luka."

"I'm sorry," Luka smiled. "I must have misread your signals. I thought that you rejecting Gilbert meant that you liked me."

"It means I like someone … but I'm sorry," Bonnie said, and she threw a glance over at Damon who was sulking in one of the antique couches in the next room.

Damon looked at Rose for the first time since Bonnie spilled the beans about him and Elena. She looked pallid even more so than usual. Her skin looked like paper just draped over her bones and her hair looked dull and flat.

"Is what Bonnie said true?" she asked weakly.

"I regret if it hurts you," Damon said, putting his head onto her lap. "I really like you, Rose."

Rose pushed his head off and stood up.

"I think it's about time I left this place," she said. "All these years of running and I've forgotten how to stay put."

"No, please …"

Rose smiled at him very weakly. She took a step towards the door and her entire body collapsed to the floor. Damon rushed to her and propped her head up on his shoulder.

"No. Come on, Rose." Damon rocked her gently. "Stay with me."