Because you're you-and I'm me Chapter 3

A/N: Whee, long Hiatus. I'm sorry. Moving stress. I'm trying, trust me. Thank you for everyone who reviewed. I love this Caroline as well. ^.^

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Caroline slumped on the bed, she was tired. School had been bad. Horrible, horrible math teacher annoyed the shit out of her and Gilbert today. Bonnie had called in sick, she had a horrible fever. Were witches supposed to get sick? Was that even possible? Caroline couldn't be bothered to put too much thought into it. She just wanted to eat, and then get ready for the bonfire. Elena was texting her relentlessly about what to wear to her grill-meeting with Stefan this afternoon. She was going to go shoot Elena in the face if this continued. The girl had to learn something about shutting the hell up. At that instant her window started moving. Someone was trying to push it up. Caroline smiled.

"Wow, I didn't know stoners had no muscles. I would've figured you'd be captain America with all the weed you're smoking." She joked as she pulled the window up. Jeremy climbed through.

"Haha, silly Caroline. I'm a dealer, not a user." He winked as he kissed her on the cheek. She laughed.

"How could I forget. What did you bring?" She asked wearily as she threw herself on the bed.

"Well, only the finest weed, assorted with some nice pills for you to push." Jeremy remarked jokingly. Caroline rolled her eyes, chuckling.

"I meant, what food?" She chastised. Jeremy sighed.

"To me, for being the stupidest best-friend ever and forgetting the pizza for the evening." He said as he let himself drop onto the bed next to her.

"Huzzah!" Caroline clanked her head with his. Jeremy grunted.

"You're getting stronger again, that's good." He said, rubbing his temple."

She grinned. "To me, for now I will order said Pizza!" She said, sliding her phone out from under her dress.

"Pizz-ah!" Jeremy fist bumps the air before saying. "Please tell me that phone wasn't in your underwear."

"You know I have a belt for that." She rolls her eyes before dialing and ordering pizza. Jeremy likes his friendship with Caroline. He had no idea when she had turned into a better sister than Elena. She just did. She was there for him when his parents died, and he had promised to be there for her when she needed it again. Like, if he came back. Jeremy was pissed, like Bonnie, that he couldn't have done anything to stop it from happening. But going up against a vampire was impossible for him. A human. He turned his head to stare at Caroline conversing with the person on the other end of the phone. He smiled.

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Damon was stumbling away from a road. He had just killed two people. He had been hungry, could you blame him? He looked at the corpses. One of them was a blonde girl with green eyes. Not as green-blue as Caroline's, but very pretty none-the-less. Caroline. Her letter was still in his pants. He was completely blood-drenched anyway. And vervain. It tingled a bit, but the effect had pretty much worn off.

He didn't know where Caroline lived yet. He would figure it out. He looked at the male victim. He was strangely handsome. Not as handsome as he was, obviously. He was Damon freaking Salvatore. He was a god. And he refused to be tricked, or intimidated by a mere human. But was she human? She looked human, smelled human, tasted human. But she fucked like a vampire, and was mysterious as if she was something else. Parts of his dark t-shirt kept stinging him, so he took it off. He was going to have to head to the boarding house. He didn't feel like it.

If you're going to kill someone-don't. People know. He looked at the corpses again. He sighed grudgingly. He took a lighter, and held it against the victim's necks. He burned them until their necks were completely black, burned to a stage where no one would notice that there had been bite marks. This would go into the books as murder. He didn't care. He took the guys t-shirt, pulled it on, and strutted towards the main road of Mystic Falls. The houses hadn't changed much since he had last been here. It was beautiful. He saw a pizza delivery guy heading towards one of the biggest houses on the street. And then he heard a familiar giggle.

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Caroline yapped for air as Jeremy mercilessly tickled her. She was ticklish as hell, Jeremy knew that. He was going to pay for this. Revenge. Muhaha. She giggled relentlessly.

" .God. Jeremy…stop! …Can't…breathe!" She choked out between giggles. Jeremy leapt on top of her, holding down her hands, and staring into her eyes with mock-gruesomeness.

"Only if you take it back." He raised his eyebrows expectantly. Caroline seemed to be pondering it.

"Never." She said, still giggling as she freed her arms and rolled away from under Jeremy, darting towards her living room, and out of her bedroom. Jeremy was on his feet a split second after and chased her across the house. He hugged her from behind, tickling and poking her continuously.

Caroline gasped out, exhausted. "Fine, I take it back, I take it all back!" She was still shaking with laughter. Jeremy looked very serious.

"And what do you take back?" He asked, listening for the doorbell.

"That you looked like a girl in last year's yearbook photo." She admitted silently, biting her lip.

"Good." Jeremy looked satisfied. "Now where's that damn pizza?" He asked just as the doorbell rang.

"No swearwords, this is a household, Jeremy." Sheriff Forbes chastised as she walked down the stairs.

"Sorry." He muttered, whilst smiling a crooked smile. Elizabeth laughed and pinched Jeremy's cheek.

"Ah, no worries. You'll be so gorgeous when you're in your twenties. A real heart-breaker." She mused. Jeremy looked embarrassed. Caroline laughed whole-heartedly.

"I'll just get the pizza." Jeremy murmured, his face flushed. He shook his head, saying something under his breath that sounded a lot like 'women'. Caroline laughed even more. Jeremy paid for the pizza, slammed the door in the face of the very startled delivery guy, and dragged himself back to Caroline's room.

"I mean it." Liz shouted from the kitchen. Jeremy rolled his eyes. Caroline couldn't stop laughing. Liz poked her head through the door.

"So, I'll text you when the cops come looking for any underage drinkers. Make sure you can still walk afterwards, alright?"

"Thanks, mom." Caroline smiled. "I might sleep at Jeremy's though." She wedged in between. Elizabeth was glad Caroline had found such a good friend, Jeremy seemed like genuinely better person around Caroline. And since he had yet to hurt Caroline, she had no contradictions.

"Sure, you do that. I'm heading to the police station now." She said as she walked out the room. They heard a door click.

"Eat your pizza, I'm getting dressed."

"You want me to save you a slice though, right?" He asked skeptically. Caroline dropped her dress, standing towards her closet in underwear only. Jeremy didn't mind. Sure, Caroline was hot, but they were siblings, so that was good. She glance back at him.

"Or two, if you're feeling generous." He scoffed at that comment.

"I paid for it."

"Ah, but you need to watch your figure."

"You're the girl here." Jeremy shrugged, he was already dressed appropriately.

"And you're what? The Captain of the vagina squad?" She deadpanned.

"Please, I go by 'Captain', thank you very much." He put on a joking voice. Caroline laughed. Jeremy had humor. It was hard for someone to be able to take everything the way Jeremy did. She pulled out a top, and held it in front of herself. Jeremy cocked his head.

"Where did you get that?" He raised his eyebrows.

"Tyler got it for me for my last birthday." She rolled her eyes.

"And you haven't burned it yet?" Jeremy asked, shocked.

"Haha, no. Tyler can be pretty cool if he's not pining after Vicky. Same goes for you." She shrugged.

"Oh, so my coolness is level Tyler? I'm offended." He pouted. She looked at him, raised her eyebrows, and pulled on a torn Iron Maiden band t-shirt, along with black distressed skinny jeans, and lace up black boots. She opened her hair and shook her head vigorously, while applying a little eyeliner, to give her cat eyes. She put on a little bit of bright red lipstick, and then kissed Jeremy on the cheek.

"Did I say that? No, you're much cooler than Tyler. But only if you promise to keep that kissy-smudge on your face for the night." She beamed. Jeremy nodded, while laughing a little bit.

"You look hot."

"Thank you, you look dashing as well, now get your cool-ass-self out of this house. Were late." She chastised, picking up the pizza box and taking it to her car. Jeremy got into the drivers seat.

"Well, you fifteen year old person, just what do you think you're doing?"

"Sixteen in two days, you know that." He raised his eyebrows.

"Just don't crash us, alright? We need this car to get home." She said as she put the piece of pizza in her mouth.

"I won't, Forbes. You know me." He patted her soothingly on the back before starting the car.

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Damon had been in the boarding house, and had burned the t-shirt of the road-kill. The guy had horrible taste. After he had clad himself in Armani, he headed back towards the forest. He heard that there was some sort of back to school thing going on, and he didn't want to miss out on all the free snacks. Stefan and Zack hadn't been home, that was good. He couldn't have Stefan know he was in town just yet. He needed to wait until he cleared up what Caroline Forbes knew of Katherine Pierce. The normal, ordinary human girl. Yeah, the normal ordinary human girl who managed to trick you twice, vervain you and torture the shit out of you. Okay, soshe wasn't normal. Or ordinary. Whatever. He was looking for her. To talk to her. Maybe kill her, see what the day brought.

He saw her arrive on scene with the baby Gilbert. Oh, that was the guy who had insanely tickled her. He had listened to them for a while, but left when the mother came. It discomforted him that a girl like Caroline would choose someone like Jeremy. He imagined it wasn't satisfying for her at all. He saw her kiss Elena's cheek reluctantly, careful not to leave any marks like the one baby Gilbert was sporting. Damon raised his eyebrows. Jeremy saw a brown haired girl walk bye, and excused himself to go after her, giving Caroline a peck on the cheek. Damon found this all very strange. Then he saw Stefan arrive on scene, looking for Elena. Bonnie had gone towards Caroline, saying hi to her.

"Oh, look who decided to spontaneously feel better." Caroline said as she hugged Bonnie.

"I don't. But I had a bad feeling. Also, because Jeremy told me you let him go. You let him go? What the hell? Caroline, he's going to want to kill you!" Bonnie whisper-shouted.

"Ah, this is why I shouldn't tell Jeremy shit." Caroline rolled her eyes.

"…which of course, is exactly what you want. Why die now? You've come so far…!" She bubbled.

"Hey, hey. Bonnie! Don't cry. I'm not going to die! Oh shit, that rhymed. What the hell is wrong with me? I need a drink. Go see if Elena is alright. Shoo!" Caroline shooed her away. Then she walked up to Stefan. Stefan turned around after a friendly 'hey' was thrown at him. He looked at Caroline.

"Look, Caroline, you and me? It's never going to happen." He said smugly, completely sure of himself. Caroline looked at him completely gobsmacked, blinked once, and then burst out laughing. Jeremy came running towards her. He put an arm around her and asked her what was wrong. Damon was touched, slightly.

"You…you think I'm hitting… on… you?" Caroline yapped in between laughs. Stefan was looking uncomfortable, all smugness erased from his face. He looked as though he was shitting bricks. Damon was close to bursting out laughing. That was too hilarious.

"Yeah, well, I thought…" Stefan stammered.

"You have a huge ego, you know that?" She said as she patted Stefan on the shoulder. He looked embarrassed now. He had thought Caroline was fawning over him. What was that all about?

"Never would I ever pick up Elena's trash, darling. Come on, Jeremy, let's go find the Vodka." Caroline was still laughing. Jeremy was chuckling along. And Damon was ready to die of laughter.

About an hour later, everything changed. Caroline looked around nervously, she could feel it. Damn.

People dancing.

People drinking.

People laughing.

Then: "Vicky! Somebody help!" A deranged, damaged Jeremy came running out of the woods, with Vicki in his arms. She was bleeding. Caroline saw Stefan leave. Then she felt herself drawn to the woods.

People screaming.

People crying.

People worrying.

"Some animal attacked her!"

Yeah, some animal.

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And that concludes today's chapter. Review please.