Chapter Eighteen

A/N: Hello my little barbies. Here's another lovely chapter for you. Enjoy it! And to the girl who wanted it in Jules's POV i don't know if I can do that because I don't really want you to know what she's thinking. Plus she's crazy so it probably wouldn't make much sense anyway lol. So enjoy my little birds.

Monster

"Tyler what the hell did you do?" Caroline asked, looking down at the body.

"I didn't do this! There's no way in hell I could do something like this," Tyler replied. "Whatever did this didn't even leave a mark."

Caroline considered telling him what she had seen with Matt but she figured she wouldn't for at least a little while. Plus, telling Tyler she was at Matt's house would just make him angry.

"Well why'd you call me?" Caroline asked.

"Well .. I don't know. I just need you, Car." Tyler looked down. "When I saw this, I looked to my right just expecting you to be there. But then you weren't and I just had this pain in my heart that I can't even describe. I just can't do anything without you anymore."

"Well I'm glad you're so helpless," Caroline smiled. "because I need you too. I've literally watched every single Lifetime movie in existence and eaten every flavor of Ben and Jerry's these past few days. I'm miserable. And I'm sorry for getting mad at you. You just got so angry and it reminded me of the old Tyler. And the old Tyler hated me."

"I never hated you and I never could," Tyler said intensely.

"I've just been so sick about our fight. Let's just stay together, okay?" Caroline said, looking straight into Tyler's eyes. "Right now, you're pretty much all I've got. So no secrets?"

She was hoping he'd bring up Jules on his own and explain but she wouldn't be upset if he didn't. It was probably nothing.

"You've got me, Caroline, until you come to your senses and realize I'm no good for you," Tyler joked.

He grabbed both of her hands and placed a delicate kiss on her lips. She wanted more but it wasn't the time or the place.

Caroline went and picked up the body and carried it a little further into the remote part of the woods. Tyler grabbed a shovel and dug a very steep grave and Caroline placed the body gently into it and Tyler covered it with dirt. They placed a few branches and dead leaves over it so the ground wouldn't look like it was covered in fresh dirt and then left to wipe away their footprints.

"Why do we have to do things like this, Ty?" Caroline asked as she swept away the last print with a branch.

"It's just the cards that were dealt to us," Tyler replied as he wiped his muddy hands on his pants. "It'll get better one day though. Maybe we can leave this town and start fresh somewhere."

"I'd really like that." Caroline smiled.

"I missed you so much and I've never missed a girl before," Tyler smirked. "I've never actually cared about one either."

"Come home with me?" Caroline asked. "Just be with me. I can't stand to be alone anymore."

"Of course, babe." Tyler smiled and threw an arm over Caroline's shoulder and they walked back to her house, trying desperately not to be seen in their muddy clothes.

….

Jules went to Caroline's house and peered in through a window to check if Sherriff Forbes was there. She already knew she wasn't because she couldn't smell her, but she figured she'd check anyway.

She took out her new set of keys and let herself into the house, locking the door behind her. From there she went upstairs and into Caroline's bedroom. She could hear the shower running and Tyler and Caroline laughing together in the bathroom.

'Perfect," Jules thought to herself. She'd been watching Caroline for a few days now and knew that Caroline took off her lapis lazuli ring when she showered and placed it on her nightstand. Jules took the ring and put Caroline's keys that she'd stolen in its place.

With a final look around she left with the ring in her pocket.

Caroline and Tyler stepped out of the shower a few minutes later and returned to Caroline's bedroom. Caroline blindly reached for her ring but all she felt were her keys.

"Where's my ring, Tyler?" Caroline asked, panicked.

"Is there where you left it?" Tyler asked, securing the towel around his waist.

"Yeah! I left it right there," Caroline said, pointing to the spot.

"Well no one's been here so it has to be around somewhere," Tyler said calmly. "Don't worry we'll find it."

…

Matt stepped into the sheriff's office and took a seat in front of the cluttered desk that had a picture of an eight year old Caroline on it. He looked around and thought, "Wow. This ugly room is going to be the last thing I see before I go to jail."

Sheriff Forbes stepped into the room and sat down at her desk and pushed a piece of her blonde hair out of her eye.

"Matt, do you know why you're here today?" Liz asked.

"Does it have something to do with Amber?" Matt asked.

"Actually yes it does. You know she's gone missing right?" she asked, giving him a hard stare.

"Yeah. I work at the Grill and there are posters all over that place," he replied, trying to keep his composure.

"I was told that you were with her on the afternoon of her disappearance. Is that true?" Liz asked.

"No, I wasn't." Matt lied. "Okay, I mean yeah I was. All right?"

"Why'd you lie?" Liz looked at him with a peculiar face.

"I just am not proud of the reason I was with her. It's embarrassing. You're my ex-girlfriend's mom," he said. "And you know that I still love her."

"Let's just keep this professional," Liz said. "Now can you elaborate on the reason you were with Amber?"

"Well," Matt gulped down hard. "I was having a terrible day. I had found out that my best friend and my ex-girlfriend were seeing each other and like I'd found out so many things about myself and all the people around me. So I went to work and Amber was there and she was upset about something too so I sat and talked to her for a while."

"What was she upset about?"

"I don't really know," Matt said. "I was so preoccupied with my own problems that I didn't really listen. It wasn't serious though. I think she didn't get the prom dress she wanted or something like that."

"Okay so go on," Liz urged.

"Well then we went back to my place and … you know," Matt blushed hard. "And when I woke up she was gone and I didn't hear from her after that."

"So she just left?" the sheriff asked.

"Yeah, I guess so." Matt lied.

"Do you realize you're the last person that saw her alive?" Liz asked. "And I'm sorry but that makes you an automatic suspect." "What?" Matt panicked. "But you know me, Miss Forbes."

"I know you're a nice kid and I'll try my best to go easy on you but this is out of my hands," Liz crinkled her forehead. "I'm sorry."

"How do you know a vampire didn't do it," Matt blurted.

"Did you just say vampire?" the expression on her face went from sympathetic to very deeply serious. "How do you know about that?"

"I-I …" Matt stumbled over his words. "I did some research after my sister died."

Matt praised himself for thinking on his feet.

"You think a vampire did this?" Liz asked gravely. "It would make a lot of sense since all of the recent deaths have been vampire related."

"So am I free to go?" Matt asked.

"No," Liz said. "Your story has a lot of holes in it. You're going to have to tell me the truth or I'm going to have to arrest you."

"I told you," Matt said. "I didn't do this. I think a vampire took her and did to her what they did to my sister."

"There aren't any known vampires in town, Matt. I'm going to have to take you in," Liz said.

"Caroline," Matt whispered under his breath.

"What?" Liz scrunched up her face in confusion.

"Caroline and Tyler," he said. "They're supernaturals."

Liz looked at him in disbelief. She stared at him for a good minute before she realized what she was doing. She stood up suddenly and grabbed her purse and her phone.

"You're free to go, Matt." Liz motioned to the door without looking at him.

Matt shot up and rushed out the door, closing it behind him. He leaned against it and let out a long sigh.

"What did I just do?" He asked himself aloud.