Title: Playing Tyler

Category: Vampire Diaries

Characters: Caroline, Tyler, Matt, Jeremy, and Julian

Summary: All Tyler thought about while being held captive was Caroline. Now Julian, still in Tyler's body, decides he wants to have her too. To get information from Julian their friends decide not to tell Caroline that it's really Julian she's with now, not Tyler.

Status: In Progress

AN: I don't own anything if I did then a lot of things would be different. There is no Maria in this story idea. Maria was Julian's wife on the show, but here he's not married and she doesn't exist.

AN2: Thanks Forwood13 for steering me towards this idea. Hope you all enjoy it.

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Chapter 4

The sun wasn't even up yet, but Julian slipped a pair of jeans on and his boots before looking for a shirt. He went with one of the button down ones that Caroline had said she liked him in. He wondered if she had bought any of them for Tyler. He went over to the bed kissing her awake moving his hands over her body. They had fallen asleep watching a TV show that she liked called Supernatural. He had thought it was okay, but there was a lack of women on the show. He told her she was better than any woman in the world though.

"Wake up, Caroline," he brushed his thumb over her nipple before sucking the other into his mouth. He smiled when she started moaning, "You said you wanted to see the sun coming up," they had at least an hour, but if they started having sex they'd never make it. She had talked about it the night before during one of the commercials.

"It's too early," Caroline groaned, but she sat up not even opening her eyes. She pouted because she didn't want to get out of the bed. She had been so comfortable and sleeping snuggled up with Tyler all night had been wonderful. It was the first time she'd gotten to sleep soundly in so long. She had woken up before when he left, but it had been perfect the night before.

"Open those beautiful eyes, Carebear, I want to see them," Julian had already picked out the outfit he wanted to see her in. It was one that she had gotten recently, but never worn. The price tags were still hanging on it and she had told him that she had a few different sets of clothes. He had smiled when she said it was in the out fits for him pile, well Tyler. She had hoped maybe they would get back together so she'd bought it and left the tags on just in case. He had taken it off the rack and pulled a pair of shorts out as well.

"Too early," Caroline said, but she opened her eyes looking up at Tyler, "You are so going to owe me a nap today," she looked him up and down biting her lip. She couldn't help but let a moan out when she saw what he was wearing. "You look good enough to eat in that," Caroline took hold of his hand pulling him to her. Julian shook his head kissing her, but he didn't let her get too far.

"Get dressed," he picked her up off the bed standing her on her feet as the sheet fell to the floor. He spanked her bottom making her jump, "Your clothes are on the dresser, don't take too long," he had left the bra and panties out again. He didn't want her to have so many clothes to take off. He kissed her neck, "I have to pack us a nice breakfast," he told her to be ready in fifteen minutes since he would be back by then.

"Ha ha," Caroline laughed knowing that fifteen minutes was actually more time than he'd given her before. "You know that is impossible, Tyler," she looked in the mirror before yawning. She picked up the clothes that were lying on the dresser before she went to the bathroom.

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Damon had suggested they stay at the boarding house, but she had refused. She was not going to stay there all night. She wanted her own damn bed or at least Tyler's, which they had ended up at her house. She just didn't understand why on earth Jeremy had insisted on staying over too. She was starting to wonder if they were worried that Tyler would be kidnapped again or something. Elena told her not to worry that it would be okay, Tyler was fine, so she had stopped worrying.

Caroline washed her face hoping it would help her wake up. She usually could get up and go after half an hour, if she had some coffee and blood. However, she felt exhausted and she guessed it was from all the sex and lack of sleep she'd been getting. She didn't mind the sex though, it was wonderful. It wasn't better than before, like she'd thought it would be, it was about the same. She shrugged it off though thinking it was just her and nothing to do with Tyler.

"You're acting crazy," She told herself putting her shirt on and then the shorts. She sighed looking in the mirror, "Tyler loves you, he came back to you, and Katherine can never hurt us again," she just hoped that nothing else would hurt their relationship either. They were together and they weren't going to think about the past anymore. They had agreed to put Klaus behind them and anything else that might want to come between them.

Caroline started putting her make-up on going with the barely there look. She still remembered almost two years ago when Tyler had walked in and took the make up from her. He'd told her not to even bother with it, she looked so much better without it. He had even wiped what she'd put on off, if she hadn't freaked when he went to toss the kit, it would have ended up in the trash. She wore it sometimes when they went out, but most of the time she didn't bother with the heavy colors.

She finished up in the bathroom going back to the bedroom getting a blanket and a bag that was big enough for what she needed. She wondered if he had gotten any whiskey since they had drunk the last bottle the night before. She had told him to pick some up if he went out, but Matt had cut in saying he would. It was like they didn't want Tyler to go off alone, but she did get it. He might not be able to protect himself against the Traveler's; he had told her that he turned just to get away. After that he had dropped the conversation not wanting to think about it.

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Down stairs, Julian was hoping that Jeremy didn't wake up before they left because he didn't want to deal with him. He was starting to find him annoying and wished he could kick his ass. However, he was one of Tyler's friends, they apparently used to fight a lot, but it was different now. He knew that Jeremy wouldn't hesitate to spoil everything if he did something stupid. He so far had them convinced he was Tyler.

He found a picnic basket in the hall closet along with a cloth to go in the bottom. He looked in the fridge finding lots of fruit and some things to make a nice breakfast up. He didn't want anything to heavy; he was still full from the night before. She had given him two bags of blood with popcorn and chili cheese fries that were actually some type of chip out of a bag. They had been okay, but he liked the real fries more than anything. He was going to take Caroline up on making him a real meal soon. She said he hadn't had good food in a long time since he probably didn't eat anything but pizza and fast food.

Julian wasn't sure what Tyler would eat really, he kept trying to get to those memories, but it was like he was refusing to let him see them. Caroline had walked into the bathroom when Tyler had been trying to get control again the night before. He had been talking to Tyler out loud trying to get him back down. When Caroline had walked in he had just started singing some song he'd heard on the radio to her. He used it as an excuse while he was battling Tyler and it had worked. Tyler got locked back down and she had liked the singing, it was a win win for him.

He cut the strawberries up and put them in a bowl with the grapes and watermelon that he had found. He found some chocolate sauce putting it in the middle cup inside the bowl. Once that was done he toasted two bagels, adding blueberry cream cheese once they were done, and put them back together. He got the thermos out of the cabinet putting the blood from the bags he had heated up in it.

"Where are you going?" Jeremy asked sliding into the chair at the table. He had been keeping an eye on Tyler most of the night. He was trying to figure out if it was actually Julian instead of his friend.

"Caroline wants to see the sunrise," Julian said, before putting the thermos into the picnic basket too, "We're going up to the falls if she makes it in time," he didn't meet Jeremy's eyes hoping he couldn't tell he wasn't Tyler. He was refusing to be locked down and have Tyler free yet. He looked in one of the drawers thankful that it was the right one pulling out a fork and spoon.

"Just be careful, you two out there and Julian pops up," Jeremy said before pouring himself a cup of coffee from the pot on the table. "You feel like he is just call Matt or me," he just wasn't sure about it, but Caroline was happy. He didn't want to ruin her happiness after the last three months.

"I will, just don't say nothing, I don't want her worrying," Julian said, he hoped that it might be something Tyler would say, "If she thinks there are two of me in here she might not want to go anywhere," he turned around putting the knife he'd used to spread the cream cheese in the sink. He was almost holding his breath to see if Jeremy would say anything else about calling him.

Jeremy ate a couple of the grapes that were in the bag from the fridge. He knew that Caroline's mom hadn't known about Tyler's mom being dead when she was possessed. It was how Tyler knew she wasn't herself. There were things that he found Julian didn't know either and one of them was about Vicki. He also didn't know anything about Caroline and Tyler being broken up at first.

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"So are you going to see Vicki any time soon?" Jeremy asked just dropping it into the conversation. He knew if he said yes or anything that meant he thought Vicki was alive, it would be Julian and not Tyler.

Julian thought about it for a moment, he had messed up on the phone the first time with Caroline. She hadn't noticed it though, but Jeremy would know if he messed up. "No, there is no way I am screwing things up with Caroline," he said searching Tyler's mind for any hints on Vicki.

Jeremy got up spinning Julian around, "You're not Tyler," he said it really low not wanting Caroline to hear, "What do you think you're doing?" he asked knowing that he couldn't get Tyler back up front. Matt could only pull Julian to the front with whatever it was he said. "How long have you been in control?" he asked because last night he had told Damon it was him, as in Tyler, not Julian.

It was probably a lie now that he thought about it; he'd been standing behind Tyler and looked up seeing the look he'd been hiding from all of them. It hadn't escaped him, but he had thought it was the fact that he was still recovering from the vervian and wolfsbane he had shoved down his throat.

"Shut up," Julian hissed, he should have known it was a trick question again. He really had to start getting farther into Tyler's memories if he was going to keep this up. "You say a damn thing I will kick your ass," he shoved Jeremy backwards, "You do anything before we walk out that door and Tyler just might have a relapse and bite her," he threatened, he would never do it, he loved Caroline too.

"They'd know, after all, we're friends now, and Caroline wouldn't forgive you if you hurt her," Jeremy was already pissed that Julian had let the knife get burned up. If it wasn't for the damn deal Damon made he would find a way to kill Julian without hurting Tyler. He acted like he was going to leave, turning away before he punched Julian in the ribs causing him to hiss in pain. "I been living with Tyler for a week or more now, he taught me a few things," Damon had also shown him a lot of things as well. "Like how to hurt somebody, like he is," Jeremy was glad that Tyler had given him the few pointers. He'd also shown Matt what to do with a stake so it wouldn't kill him, just hurt him a lot.

Julian went down to his knees biting down to keep from yelling out in pain. He hadn't expected Jeremy to attack him. He knew what a hunter was though and should have kept his guard up. Jeremy and Matt had been torturing him to get information, which he'd started giving willingly. He'd do anything to keep being with Caroline. "You bastard, you say you're friends yet you attack me,"

"I am Tyler's friend, he's like a brother to me, but you're not Tyler, you are a Traveler that took his body over," Jeremy looked towards the living room to make sure that Caroline wasn't coming back in. She had gone to get something from her car. It was why he was chancing this, "You aren't going to get Caroline," he said grabbing a hold of the back of Julian's neck, "She loves Tyler, not you," Jeremy kneed Julian as hard as he could hearing one of his ribs snapping.

"But I am Tyler," Julian's cry of pain turned to a laugh before he moved forward like he was going to bite into Jer, but he moved out of Julian's reach kicking him hard in the mouth. Julian groaned before he used Tyler's speed to shove Jeremy away from him. Jeremy slammed back into the sink counter, "Mess with the deal I made and I might just kill Tyler and go back in my body," He got up grabbed the basket off the table and took off out the door. He was just glad that the kick hadn't done too much damage and he healed fast.

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Caroline was getting ready to walk back in, but he took her hand, "I got everything," he smiled glad that his ribs were healing too. He was in pain, but he wasn't going to let his guard down near Jeremy again. He might end up with a stake in him again and that was one experience he was not going to live through again.

"Okay," Caroline smiled at him, "I thought we could take your truck," she handed him the keys that she'd gotten from her car. She had found she loved the Bronco he'd gotten, that he'd been living out of on the run. "We got just enough time to get up there, if you drive," she giggled, "What did Jer ask you?" she asked walking down to where he'd parked his truck the night before.

"He just wanted to use the house tonight, I said I wouldn't be home," Julian lied kissing her opening her door. He just hoped that Jeremy would keep his mouth shut about the fact he wasn't Tyler. He would make him pay if he didn't, he was already a nightmare. He was the one that mixed that shit up and made him drink it. He didn't want to hurt anybody, but he would defend his self before he let anybody kill him.

Caroline nodded kissing him back before she got up in the Bronco sliding over to the middle to be next to him. She sighed happily glad that they were getting back to what they used to do. Watching the sun come up or go down was something that they did at least once or twice a month. It might be more than that, but she didn't keep track.

Julian went around to his side of the truck getting in after putting the picnic basket in the back. He started it up before putting his arm around Caroline bringing her closer. He took off towards where the falls were at glad that it was one of the places he actually knew about. He would have to deal with Jeremy when he got back, maybe he could make a deal with him. A little more time and he'd go back into his own body, he'd told Damon that already though. He'd give Tyler up, but it would be a lie, instead he'd do the other spell, lock himself in. He would try and convince them it was really Tyler and they should burn Julian's body, well his body.

Caroline rested her head on Tyler's shoulder closing her eyes, "I love you, Ty,"

"I love you too, Care," he kissed the top of her head, "You make everything better," she really did, he'd been alone for so long. She was perfect and he wished that she could see the real him and love him. She had told Bonnie that there was nobody else for her, but Tyler. It was why she was miserable a lot, but Julian had changed that, he had gone to her as Tyler.

"You do too," Caroline added moving her hand over his thigh smiling as they got closer to the falls.

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NEXT TIME ON PLAYING TYLER

"I like being bad more," Julian said before hoisting her up on the dresser that was on the other side of them. "Let's see if you're wet enough to leave," he smirked glad that the bottom of the dress wasn't tight so he could easily get it up. Julian moved his hand between her thighs keeping his eyes trained on hers. He massaged her thighs before teasing her southern lips with two of his fingers. Caroline hissed in pleasure when he finally brought them against her clit.

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Caroline smiled, but she wasn't convinced that everything was okay. She kissed his cheek, flipping them over, before getting up, "I need something to drink, I'll be right back, don't you go getting dressed," she hoped that nothing sounded off in her voice as she grabbed her dress putting it back on. She needed to call Bonnie or Damon; hell maybe Matt could tell her what was going on because something was wrong.

"Don't go," Julian took her hand before she could get out of the room