The Aftermath
by poopaw
(Disclaimer: I do not own TVD)
It happens one night when she's browsing through her computer. It was a lazy week in the life of one Caroline Forbes. She had no exams lined up and no supernatural beings to defeat. It was a rare and quite welcomed occurrence. She feels like this hasn't happened since they started their junior year in high school.
(Of course, she doesn't include the fact that she's been avoiding all of her friends as of late because of the little revelation that involved one vampire, one Original hybrid, and some scandalous forest sex as part of the lazy week rubric.)
A pop-up manages to escape her computer's system and catch her attention.
"Discount flights! Get them now!"
She hits the link before she can even second-guess herself.
She notes that flights to New Orleans are 50% off.
The temptation to escape the silent judgments from her friends is growing. Her heart aches to heal somewhere far, far away from Tyler.
(The fact that she's tempted to heal somewhere near him goes unnoticed.)
She closes her laptop and lies back down on her bed.
What if the pop-up was a sign?
"Hey," she sends him a text.
She knows he's not going to answer. She doesn't even know why she tries.
His mouth kissing her neck. Her hands tugging on his hair. His teeth grazing her skin.
"Please," she whispered as dark, yellow eyes collide with her soft, blue ones.
Her blood runs through his and his through hers.
Eventually, the promo flights expire and her text message remains unanswered.