Disclaimer: I don't own the Vampire Diaries, nor the characters! But, if I did, I would soooooo put Damon and Caroline together! Daroline forever! =)
A/N: Hey guys! Here's another chapter to Altered Love, sorry for not updating in a while, things have been busy, but I tried my best! I know I said that I would have Damon and Care meet in this chapter… but it ended up not happening… it's going to be in the next chapter! AND I CANT WAIT! :P
Stefan watched as Damon picked up the feathered pen in his hand, his cocky grin still plastered on his face, as his sarcastic tone ringed through the air, "Btw… that means 'By the way'…"
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Damon smirked, as he stared at no one in particular, bringing his hand to the side as he moved it as he cheered, "It's all, RA-RA- GO TEAM!"
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7:44 a.m.
Caroline flinched her hand away from the slight ray of light coming from the crack of the window. She hugged her hand towards her chest, her confusion deepening, as her breathing increased, trying to ease the pain she felt at the very moment, her mind was shifted when she heard a footsteps coming towards her room, she closed the curtain further before rushing towards her bed, covering the dry blood that covered her bed with her blanket, before straightening up once again, her brows furrowed at how fast she had did that, almost in a blink of an eye, What just happened?
Caroline's thoughts were broken when the door to her bedroom opened, her eyes met her mother who stood at her door, in full attire. Caroline panicked internally at the sudden curious expression that crossed her mothers face, "I was coming to check up on you… didn't know you were up so early…"
Caroline's brows furrowed at the sudden burning sensation that started to build in her throat, it seemed to grow as she smelt a pleasant smell filling the air, "What is that smell?"
Liz cocked her head the side, "What smell?"
Caroline sniffed the pleasant smile, her mouth watering, as her throat also continued to yearn for it, whatever it was, "Did you make something?"
Liz's brows furrowed, a small smile appearing on her face, "I think the lack of sleep is getting to you, what happened, you alright?"
Caroline laughed nervously, glancing towards the hidden blood stain that hid under the blanket, "I wasn't exactly feeling so well last night… couldn't go to sleep…"
Liz narrowed her eyes at her daughters behaviour, but she shrugged it off, concern filling her voice, "Why, are you alright?"
Caroline sighed internally, as she thought to herself, Oh, I'm great, just great…
"Yeah, just feeling a little sick that's all…" Caroline replied, only to have Liz nod her head with uncertainty.
"Are you sure?"
Caroline forced a smile onto her lips, "Yes mom, you go… go do your job. Others need you more than I do…"
Liz sighed, smiling as well, "Alright then… call me if you need anything… and don't worry about going to school if your not feeling to well…"
Caroline nodded, Yeah, definitely won't be able to go to school today, can't exactly walk out into the sun… which was literally burning my flesh…
Caroline watched as her mother walked out of her room, she heard the door close behind her, Caroline slumped onto the bed, What's happening?
Once again, Caroline picked up the note that still lay on her bed, she read over it over and over, anger boiling through her veins, "Of course, Damon. Of course, someone who looked like Elena would just have to refer back to her famous follower. But, why? Why drag me into this?"
Why was it always the fact that Caroline was always the puppet? Caroline was always the one that was pushed around? Was used? First Damon, using her as his own personal puppet, then this Katherine chick, who killed her to give a message to Damon, and Stefan… Damon, Damon, Damon! Why?
Caroline's eyes widened, Katherine had killed me… she killed me! Why am I still alive? Then the sun… why is it that every time my skin comes in contact with the sun, an agonizing pain strikes my flesh?
Caroline's mind suddenly went blank, her eyes slowly drifting closed, as images scattered through her brain, images of Damon and herself, him laying on her bed, reading 'Twilight' as she roamed around the room, trying on multiple dresses…
-x-
"How come you don't sparkle?" Caroline asked as she walked around in her undergarments trying to pick what dress to wear at founders party. She had picked a beautiful yellow one before, but Damon demanded her to change it... So she was going for the white one.
She looked into the mirror, glancing towards his direction slightly, as he spoke again, still flipping through the book, "Well, I live in the real world where vampires burn in the sun.."
Caroline's brows furrowed, "But you walk in the sun..."
Damon responded instantly, as he wiggled his fingers in the air, revealing a ring," I have a special ring..."
Caroline stared into the mirror that she stood in front of, she examined the bite marks on her body, gently creasing her finger tips upon the healed wound that laid on her upper back, "Will these bite marks turn me into a vampire?"
Caroline watched from the corner of her eye at the sudden movement from Damon who lay on the bed, still flipping through the book, Damon looked at her away from the book, as he closed it, looking at her with boredom as he sighed slightly, "it's complicated, you have to feed on my blood.. Then die, then feed in someone else's blood.. It's a whole process... This book has it all wrong..."
And with that, he threw the book to the side, grabbing Caroline's forearms as he pulled her onto the bed, rolling on top of her, causing her to giggle. He kissed her gently, as his lips travelled down her neck, kissing her softly.
"You can be very sweet when you want to be..." Caroline stated, a small smile on her face.
Damon smiled slightly against her neck as he travelled back to her neck, talking in between the kisses, "Yes I can be sweet..."
He pecked her lips once again, before pulling away staring at her piercing blue eyes, as he played with her hair slightly. He notice her tense a bit, her brows furrowing, "are you going to kill me...?"
Damon glanced at her, before playing with her hair once again, "Mmhmm..."
-x-
Caroline's eyes opened wide, her breath getting caught in her throat, as only one simple word came out of her mouth, "Vampire."
12:03 p.m.
Damon groaned slightly as the sunlight hit his face. He groaned louder as he got up onto his elbows, the headache finally hitting him, Right. The aftermath of drinking…
Frustrated, Damon got up from his bed, his brows furrowed slightly, as he stared back at the bed, I didn't remember coming back home… I don't even remember drinking… I was at Carol-
Damon's expression darkened as he remembered exactly what he had done last night. It was the right thing, I did the right thing… right?
Damon's thoughts were broken by Stefan who spoke from the door, "Your up?"
Damon turned around to find Stefan leaning against the door frame, Damon groaned in frustration, causing Stefan to smile slightly, "What do you want?"
Stefan shrugged, amusingly walking into Damon's room, "Nothing, just came to check up you, that's all…"
Damon smirked, "Aw, how sweet… was I that bad last night, that mommy had to come and check up on me?"
Stefan side smiled, "Well, you can say that… you did say… a lot…"
Damon's eyes narrowed at Stefan's expression, he watched as Stefan made his way towards Damon's bed, sitting on the edge, staring up at Damon amused.
"What do you mean by, 'a lot'?" Damon asked, his curiosity growing, but he couldn't help but wonder if Damon had something about compelling Caroline…
Stefan shrugged, amused expression still there, "What? Don't remember?"
Damon stared blankly into space, as he tried to recall what had happened last night, but there was no use, he didn't remember a single thing. Damon looked towards Stefan, who chuckled, "Well, you might want to ease up on the liquor then…"
Damon was about to speak but he was interrupted by Stefan getting up from the bed, walking towards the door once again. Damon's brows furrowed, as Stefan turned around, the amused expression gone, as a serious, yet concerned one captured Stefan's facial features, "I'm sorry about Caroline… I no it must have been hard…"
Damon's eyes widened slightly, I told him about compelling Blondie…
Damon's brows furrowed at the last part of Stefan's statement, "Why would it be hard?"
Stefan smiled, causing Damon's confusion to grow. Stefan recalled what Damon had said last night, before speaking up once again, "I'm in love with Barbie."
"Why don't you ask yourself that, Damon…"
Damon watched as Stefan walked down the hall, leaving him to his thoughts…
Tears rolled down Caroline's face, Why did this have to happen to me? Why did I have to be the one to have to be the sacrifice… Why do I have to go through a transformation, only for a stupid message! Why?
Caroline's sobbing continued, as she held her knees in front of her, cradling herself, as she sat on her bed, I-I can't kill an innocent person… I can't… all this for a message… Stefan and Damon… Damon…
Caroline's sobbing slowly dimmed as images once again flowed through her head.
-x-
"No. The only thing stupid, is you."
-x-
"Are you going to kill me?"
"Mhmm…"
-x-
"What's your problem Damon! I try so hard! So hard to just help you, be there for you! But all you do is push me away! Why?"
"Because your not Elena!"
-x-
Caroline's facial expressions went cold as she recalled the older Salvatore, "Damon…"
This was all because of Damon, Damon and his obsession with Elena… he was the reason for all of this! If he had never entered my life, none of this would have happened, Damon… he did this… I hate him, hate him…
Caroline's eyes closed shut, her mind roaming once again, as another memory came across her mind, I hate him, hate him… hate him…
-x-
Caroline cradled herself on her bed, endless tears forming and escaping her eyes, as she mumbled to herself, It's all me… all my fault…
Her head shot up when she heard her window open, she got off her bed immediately, brows furrowing, "What are you doing here?"
Damon's eyes softened as he saw Caroline wipe the few tears that escaped her eyes, he took a step closer, only to have her take a step back. He sighed.
"Please don't hurt me… I-I didn't do an-ything! I d-idn't tell anyone! I swear!" Caroline exclaimed, backing up more, as a few more tears escaped her eyes.
Damon looked at the blonde with concern, as he took a step closer, "I'm not going to hurt you, Caroline…"
Caroline's brows furrowed, as she looked at him in confusion, Damon tried to ignore the sudden feeling he had in his stomach, "Caroline… I'm not going to hurt you…"
Damon neared Caroline slowly, watching her carefully, as she tensed.
"Why are you here?" Caroline asked a little too harshly, causing Damon to flinch.
Damon looked Caroline straight in the eye, walking towards her, until they were only inches apart. Caroline looked up at Damon, speechless. First off, he was making it hard to think, having him so close to her.
"Dam-"
Caroline was interrupted by Damon's finger finding her lips, shushing her softly. She looked up at him in confusion, "I'm sorry, Caroline… for everything…"
Caroline's eyes widened slightly, as she could feel her heart racing, "What?"
"I'm sorry, Caroline… which is why I have to do this…" Damon replied softly, trying to force the pain that came from his voice.
Caroline looked up at him in confusion, "Do what?"
Damon looked Caroline in the eyes, causing her to stare back at him dazed, "You will not feel guilty about Vicky's death. With everything I did, after treating you, I didn't apologize. You hate me… you don't love me…"
"I don't love you…" Caroline repeated back, dazed.
Damon stepped away from Caroline, disappearing just as quickly.
-x-
Caroline's eyes shot open, her eyes wandering as everything came into place, her lips parted as she whispered out one name… his name…
"Damon…"
"He what?" Elena asked, wide eyed, the curiosity taking the best of her.
Stefan nodded, but he couldn't help the small smile that came across his face while looking at Elena's expression. Elena's eyes suddenly softened, as she sighed, "I can't believe I said all those things to Damon last night…"
Stefan sighed as well, "You were a bit harsh on him…"
Elena's brow arched at Stefan's sudden concern for Damon, "Since when were you and Damon on good terms?"
Stefan looked at Elena who sat on her bed, he slowly made his way towards her, sitting on the edge of the bed as well, "He's my brother… no matter what he does… or who he is… I love him… and nothing could change that…"
Elena nodded, only to have Stefan continue, "Damon shows everyone something and someone that he isn't… he hides his caring side… his human side, he hides his feelings and emotions, but you can read him so thoroughly…"
"Do you love her?"
"Yeah… I do…"
"I tried denying it at first… claiming that I didn't love her… pushing her away… hurting her… but, I guess it was no use…"
"I'm in love with Barbie."
Stefan smiled to himself, Caroline changed Damon… every time she would be around him, Stefan would notice… she would make him feel like himself again… his old self, and Stefan wouldn't want anything more for his older brother.
Elena's brows furrowed at Stefan's distant look, "Stefan?"
Stefan shot his head towards Elena, only to have her continue, "You alright?"
Stefan smiled at her, "Everything's fine…"
Caroline paced around the room, her phone at her ear as the ringing played over and over again, she groaned in frustration, "Pickup the damn phone, Stefan!"
She sighed as the recorded version ringed in her ears, she threw her phone on her bed, as she slumped onto her bed, her face in her hands, Why isn't he picking up the phone?
Elena moaned as Stefan pulled her closer, mouths attacking each others as tongues fought for dominance. Stefan groaned as Elena pulled at his hair. Elena gasped at the sudden force of Stefan pushing her to the bed, him laying on top of her as their tongues continued to tangle. What Stefan didn't notice was his phone that continued to buzz in his jacket that lay on the floor, on the other side of the room.
"I'm sorry, Caroline… for everything…"
"I'm sorry, Caroline… which is why I have to do this…"
Caroline looked up at him in confusion, "Do what?"
Damon looked Caroline in the eyes, causing her to stare back at him dazed, "You will not feel guilty about Vicky's death. With everything I did, after treating you, I didn't apologize. You hate me… you don't love me…"
"I don't love you…" Caroline repeated back, dazed.
Caroline's hands closed into fists as her knuckles went white, "How dare he?"
How could he do this? I loved him! I loved him, and he made me forget that… forced me to hate him? How could he do that? He even apologized… just to have me forget it? How could he do such a thing?
Caroline fell to the ground, as tears streamed down her face, "Why Damon… Why?"
Stefan walked into the boarding house, sighing. About to go up the stairs he stopped in his tracks as his name was called, "Well, hello Stefan…"
Stefan smirked, as he turned around, only to face Damon, "Damon."
"There was something I wanted to ask you…" Damon asked with uncertainty, only to have Stefan's grin to grow.
"What?"
"Last night… did I say anything else other than… compelling Caroline…?"
Stefan continued to grin, as he lied, "Nope."
Damon nodded, "Alright then…"
Damon sighed in relief internally, he didn't know why, but he had this felling that he had said something last night, something important… one thing with being drunk… you have no idea what happened when you were drunk…
About to turn away, Damon started to walk away from Stefan, only to have Stefan's voice ring in his ear as he picked up his cell phone, "Hello?"
Damon eyed the younger Salvatore with curiosity at the sudden concerned look that crossed over his face, "Caroline…?"
Damon's eyes widened at her name, Why would she call Stefan?
Damon watched as Stefan tensed both growing a concerned expression on their faces, "Caroline, don't cry… tell me what happened… what's wrong?"
Damon didn't know why but he couldn't help but feel worried for the blonde, Wh-y, is she crying?
Damon's confusion grew as Stefan's expression turned to pure shock, as he listened to the girl on the phone.
"What?"
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