Chapter 25

A/N: Soooooooo sorry that this took so long. School has been kicking my ass. I promise this story will be done soon so we can all get back to our lives lol. But here you go. More soon!

"Is that … No it can't be," Caroline said, spotting Jules and Katherine fighting along side the road. "Quick, Ty. Pull over."

He pulled into the lot and Caroline immediately got out and rushed over to Rose and Matt. Tyler followed and grabbed Katherine by the neck. He picked her up and threw her back onto the ground hard while Caroline grabbed Jules and held her.

"Why are you just standing there?" Tyler barked at Rose and Matt.

"You hurt her, dude! What the hell?" Matt yelled, running to Tyler and punching him in the face.

Matt kept throwing punches at Tyler which he continued to block. He didn't want to hurt Matt since he was much stronger.

"Matt, stop it!" Caroline yelled but he didn't stop.

Matt pretended to give up and walk away but at the last minute he turned around and sucker punched Tyler in the stomach. This angered Caroline and she rushed in and sunk her teeth deep into Matt's neck. She was so hungry and full of pure rage that she could have completely drained him without ever meaning to. She was blinded by thirst.

She kept sucking until Rose pulled her off.

"You're killing him now," Rose said calmly. "You need to stop."

Caroline stopped and looked down at Matt horrified. She raced into Tyler's arms and hid her head in his chest.

"Did I kill him?" Caroline asked quietly.

"No, Car. He'll be okay," Tyler responded, rubbing small circles on her back.

"Can we just get out of here please?" Caroline asked, still afraid to look up.

Matt clapped a hand over his neck and tried to stop the bleeding but it was too intense. Katherine walked over and knelt next to him. She kissed him sweetly on the lips and pulled away fast. He was so taken aback he didn't notice the wounds on his neck had closed up and healed.

Rose scoffed at everyone and grabbed her broken necklace from off the floor. She put it back around her neck and took off to rejoin Damon at the Boarding House.

Jules got into her car and peeled away. Tyler thought about stopping her but he changed his mind last minute. She knew she was outnumbered and overpowered and would not win. She was harmless now.

Tyler picked up Caroline and put her in the passenger seat of the car and took the wheel. He left Matt and Katherine there. He'd find his own way back if that's what he even wanted to do.

He didn't know where he was or where he was going. After all he had no home and no family anymore. The whole town of Mystic Falls was sharpening their stakes and silver daggers waiting for them to return. There was just no future there.

He finally ended up back in Virginia. It must have just been intuition that brought him there. He was a few miles outside of Richmond where he figured they could rest for the night. He glanced over at Caroline's sleeping body and smirked a little. She looked peaceful even though her hair had streaks of blood in it and her mascara was running down her face.

Tyler shook her and she opened her eyes lazily to face him.

"Where are we?" she asked, looking around.

"Richmond. We're at a hotel," Tyler replied. "Let's go check in, okay?"

They grabbed their things and went to the main lobby. It was a typical cookie cutter hotel with absolutely no charm but it'd do for the time being.

"Just a room please," Tyler said to the receptionist as he reached for his wallet.

Caroline stopped him.

"Actually we want the suite. And it's on the house," Caroline said, staring deeply into her eyes.

The woman took back the room keys and gave them a set of new ones. Tyler smiled at Caroline who had a huge smug grin on her face.

They got up to the suite and crashed on the bed.

"Will we always feel like we're on the run, Ty?" Caroline asked quietly.

"Probably. But we'll be young for a very long time. How many people get to do what they always wanted to do before they died? No one. We can do it all," he said.

"You want to like write a bucket list?" Caroline asked. "I'm never going to die so it might be a couple million pages long."

"Imagine when I'm an old man and you're still 17 and beautiful," Tyler said. "Will you leave me?"

"Well I've always had a thing for Clint Eastwood …" Caroline laughed. "But that won't be for a very, very long time. We'll worry about it when it becomes an issue."

Tyler was satisfied with that answer.

"Let's not talk about the heavy stuff tonight," Caroline said. "Just make love to me, okay?"

Tyler smiled and her and stroked her hair with the back of his hand.

"I can't begin to tell you how happy you make me," he said, softly. "I love you."