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Chapter 7
It was dark as Caroline pushed open the gate to the cemetery. She couldn't believe she was here yet again but the best way to tell Tyler about his history was to have him meet his family. "What are we doing in a cemetery?" She could tell he was annoyed. Caroline pretended not to hear him and continued leading him to the Lockwood family plot. He suddenly grabbed her arm spinning her around to face him.
"I asked what the hell are we doing here." He growled. Caroline smiled a little. "We're here so you can meet your family." She watched as confusion settled in his eyes. After a few seconds it was replaced by realisation. He turned to face the graves next to him. "Tyler meet Carol and Richard Lockwood." He stared at the graves for a long time. Finally his eyes moved to the grave on the right. "Tyler Lockwood." His voice broke as he read his own name on the headstone.
There was silence for a while before he turned back to Caroline. "Did you know them?" He asked softly. Caroline nodded once. "Yes I did and so did you." He looked at her beautiful face. "Did I know you?" Again she nodded. "You did." Tyler sat down on the ground and Caroline sat next to him. "What happened?" He asked looking up at the sky. Caroline took a deep breath. Clearly he didn't remember anything from years ago.
"We were dating." Caroline started keeping her voice soft and gentle. "Our history teacher got turned into a vampire by Klaus and Rebekah's mother, Ester. She had linked his life to Elena's." She looked at him. "Elena was the doppelganger back then." She answered his un-asked question. Caroline went on to explain what Jeremy and Rebekah had done. "A few days after that you disappeared without a trace. I searched for you for years but I couldn't find you." She finished softly.
He ran his hand through his hair. How was it possible for him not to remember any of this? He looked at Caroline. "Why can't I remember?" Caroline twirled her hands in her lap. "Stefan thinks its because you are being compelled to forget." His face got even more confused. "I'm a vampire I can't be compelled." He was talking more to himself than to Caroline. "The Original family can compel vampires as well as humans." Caroline knew it was hard for him to process all this.
He looked up at her, even in the darkness, she could tell there were tears in his eyes. "How do we undo it?" Caroline felt a warm glow in her stomach as he said we. "Well the first step in sorting this out is to figure out who is compelling you." He raised an eyebrow. "How do we do that?" Caroline reached into her purse pulling out a small bottle of liquid. "This is vervain. It tastes horrible and burns your throat but it prevents you from being compelled."
He took the bottle from her. "Okay so what's the plan?" Caroline thought for a second. "You have to make them think you found a lead. Tell them someone mentioned the Lockwood family was a founding family and your going to investigate. Whoever is compelling you will be shaken and will compel you to forget. You have to play along and pretend to forget. That way we will know who is compelling you. We can take it further after that."
He nodded in agreement just as his phone let out a beep. He pulled it out and read the text. Groaning he got up. "I have to go Rebekah is looking for me. Thank you for everything." Caroline got up as well and nodded. She knew he still hadn't worked through everything. "Can I see you tomorrow? To talk some more." He was sounding more like her Tyler. "Of course, come over to my place we can figure out what to do when we know who is compelling you."
He nodded and turned to leave. He had only taken a few steps when he turned around pulling her into a tight hug. "Thank you for everything Caroline." He whispered softly before kissing her cheek and then he was gone. Caroline slowly started walking towards the gate. It wasn't exactly the night out she had in mind but she was closer to getting Tyler back and that's all that mattered.
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