Title: Playing Tyler

Category: Vampire Diaries

Characters: Caroline, Tyler, Liz, Bonnie, 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 6

Julian was lying beside Caroline watching her sleep. It had been two days since the party and he'd been fighting like hell with Tyler to keep him down. There had been a couple times when he thought he was going to lose the fight. He had gone for a walk or a run to burn off the energy that he needed to. The last two days with her had been wonderful; it wasn't just sex either, although that had been hot as hell when they did. He made sure that Caroline didn't drink from him during the act though. He couldn't risk that again even though he wanted to taste her again himself.

He moved his hand over her torso and side kissing the top of her head. He had fallen hard for her and so far she didn't know that it wasn't Tyler she was with. He knew that when it did come to the point she had to know it was going to hurt like hell. There would probably be a fight and he knew that she would be hurt. He wanted to stop her from getting hurt; he already had a whole speech planned out that Tyler was there too. It wouldn't be the full truth, but he'd let Tyler see a few times. They hybrid was getting on his nerves though, giving him headaches at times.

However, he was going to do anything to keep her from having to find out. He kept pretending to be Tyler, even around the others so they thought it was him now too. He hadn't had any more of the fights with Jeremy or Elena for that matter. He was starting to be trusted more, but it was Tyler not him, which sucked.

Caroline was loveable, sweet, amazing and she didn't give up easily. She fought for what she wanted and for her friends, who were her family. He wondered if she would fight for him if she knew that he was not Tyler. He had been the one loving her the last week. He didn't know how she would react though and knew the chances of her hurting him too were high.

Julian moved his hand over her breast loving the feel of her skin, the nipple pebbled under his touch. He had gone with a walk the night before with her and they ended up sitting under one of the trees in the woods. They had talked for what seemed like hours about the future, anything, but the travelers. He was glad of that because he didn't know how it would come across if he was talking about them. He hated them with a passion even if he was one, they ruined his life.

He pulled his arm free glad she didn't stir as he got up. He needed to work on finding his body so that he could do the spell and make Tyler his permanent body. Damon just wasn't telling what he had done with it so he was going on another hunt for it. There were only so many places it could be unless it wasn't in the house. If he could just get him to talk about it without letting on that he was Julian.

However, they were worried that somehow Julian, thinking he was Tyler, would find out and go after it at some point. It was a good reason to be worried, because he was going to find his body and destroy it. It had finally come to him to do just that, he didn't want to let Caroline go. After maybe a year or so he could tell her the truth, the other side would be gone by then and Tyler would forever be gone. The only thing he had to worry about was keeping Bonnie from telling Caroline when Tyler's spirit had to cross over into her.

Caroline had been telling him about things going on at college and that she still was trying to be good and not compel herself an A in one of her classes, she had a B. He loved how smart she was and that if she was told she couldn't do it, she did. He told her not to wear the skin tight shirt that morning, but she had just to torture him all day long. He could see her breasts every time she leaned in, which she had done a lot. She was very good when it came to being bad and he loved that in her. He could see her as his wife and the two of them having kids, it would be wonderful.

They had gone for a swim the night before at his house, which he found he shared with Matt and Jeremy. Damon hadn't wanted him to go, but Caroline promised to keep him on a short lease. It had gotten a laugh from Damon and a promise to kick his ass if he did run off. He was not sure what was going to happen when she found out the truth behind the comments of be careful. It couldn't be held against him though; Caroline deserved to be loved again. It was going to be the biggest part of his plea bargain.

He could hear Tyler yelling at him constantly threatening to kill him when he got free again. He would just yell right back it was his own fault. If he had treated her right it wouldn't have happened this way. He might have shared, letting him see and feel everything, instead of hiding most all of it. Julian leaned down kissing Caroline after getting dressed before he left the bedroom. He got halfway down the hall before he heard footsteps.

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"I know your secret," Julian turned around seeing Bonnie standing behind him. He knew she was the anchor to the other side and was already dead. There was nothing he could do to stop her from talking since she was dead. It also meant that she probably was told by somebody on the other side what to do to him. They all thought that he was buried in Tyler, but there was no way Tyler had that much control. He might be a damn alpha, but his powers trumped all of that crap. He had let them believe he was buried in Tyler for the last three days now and he loved it. Marcos claimed that Tyler had more energy than he did, but things were different now. He was using the fact he wanted to be with Caroline to overpower the hybrid.

"What are you talking about?" Julian asked, he would just act like he didn't know what she was talking about. It might just be something that Tyler was doing and not even him.

"I used to be a witch; I know you're not Tyler," there was just something different about him at the moment. He also hadn't done the spell yet to get back into his body. Bonnie looked in his eyes and noticed that they were also different at the moment, "You said you would go back into your body so we wouldn't kill you," She reminded him, she wanted to know the game he was playing. She had no warmth towards him after what he had done to Jeremy. She wanted so badly to cause him some kind of pain.

Julian knew that he had to convince her that this was for the best. If she ratted him out then it was all over. "Caroline's happy, can't you just leave it with that?" he asked knowing her friends had known she'd been miserable without Tyler. It was like a red beacon light all over her the way she was lately. "To her I am Tyler, she's happy, she trusts me, and I can protect her,"

Bonnie looked down, she knew it was the truth. She had watched Caroline go through hell because of all the problems they'd had lately. However, she wasn't sure if she could let Caroline believe that it was Tyler. "You're not Tyler, she deserves him telling her all of those things," she wondered if it was what Julian felt instead of Tyler. It would all be a lie and Caroline would be back where she started, but worse because she would feel like she had cheated this time. It would also be miserable for her because she'd had Tyler back for that short time, well Julian.

"I love her," Julian said in almost a growl that sounded exactly like one she'd heard from Tyler before. "He was an ass to her not even finding out the truth," he went on saying that Tyler left her so why shouldn't he have a chance. "She thinks I'm him, she doesn't have to know the truth," so far the other Traveler's weren't looking for him, they might even think he was dead by now. "You want to break her heart go right ahead, but what will happen to her then?"

"You better tell her the truth because Damon's going to put you back in your body soon," Bonnie had helped Damon hide Julian's body again so that he couldn't find it. They all knew it was what he was looking for when he wasn't with Caroline. Matt already knew the spell and he was going to do it the following night because the full moon was then. It would give more help since he hadn't done it before. He wasn't a witch, but she was going to talk him through the spell.

"He can't," Julian looked panicked, "Please, I need more time with her, Bonnie," none of them owed him anything because of what he had done. He took Tyler's body as his and locked their friend so far down inside he couldn't get out much. "This body is better than mine; I'll share with him," why did he have to be screwed over yet again, "Katherine killed the woman I loved years ago, don't take Caroline too," he asked what would happen if somebody took Jeremy from her, "How would you feel?"

Bonnie didn't say anything back she walked away leaving him standing there. She wasn't going to help him keep Tyler hostage in his body anymore. It was bad enough that she couldn't do anything and the other side was falling apart fast. She already knew she was going to lose Jeremy soon and it hurt like hell. She hadn't meet Julian's eyes because he would have seen the hurt there. He would have used it against her too, but she owed everything to Tyler more than Julian.

She had half a mind to go and tell Caroline now, but he was right. Caroline was happy and it was the way it was supposed to be again. Nevertheless, Tyler was coming back soon if Matt could do the spell, which she hoped he could. Julian had maybe a day, less than that probably if Caroline's mom did what she told Damon she was going to do. Liz wasn't going to let her daughter believe the lie anymore. She'd found out about what they were doing and wasn't happy at all.

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Caroline had woken up going to look for Tyler finding him on the balcony of her room. After the run in with Bonnie he had gone back to the room. He had to think and it was the only place he could stay and not have somebody else to try and do something to him. "Hi," he felt Caroline wrap her arms around his waist and he held them to him. He smiled feeling her lips on his back; he'd thrown his shirt off finding it making him hot to wear it.

"Hey to you too," Julian said back, "I wish we could just runaway together and forget all of this," if he could find his body he would convince her to run with him.

Caroline laid her head against his back taking comfort in him, "I'd run anywhere with you, you know that Tyler," she had him back and she wasn't going to lose him again. If he wanted to run away she would do that. She would forget about going back to college and just be with him. She had told him she would do it the year before and she would do it now too. "We just need to get rid of the Travelers," she couldn't let them take over the town. It was the only reason she hadn't said yes when he had asked before.

"Let them take care of them, Care," Julian turned around, now was his chance to get her to say yes, for them to run now. "We have nothing holding us here, my mom's gone, college is out right now," they could run and not look back, he could lock himself in Tyler's body and he'd never get Caroline back. After a year or so he'd tell her the truth and she'd already love him. It was going to be the perfect plan. Tyler would be long gone, done melted away by then too.

"Tyler, I cannot leave them here alone, Jeremy and Matt need your help too, you promised Matt you'd never leave again," she was feeding him the words right back that he had told Matt minus not having her. "I will not let you do that to him," she pulled away completely out of his arms going back into the bedroom. She had come between their friendship and brotherhood once, she wasn't doing it again.

Julian yelled in his head at Tyler for making that stupid arrangement. The best plan had been ruined because of the damn friendships the hybrid had. He also was thankful because he would still be chained up otherwise. "I'm sorry, Care, maybe just a vacation after all of this," he offered up, it would turn into a permanent trip though. He would somehow convince her to stay away.

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Caroline didn't respond to his offer she left the room instead needing to get some air. She walked downstairs finding her mom sitting in the living room. She smiled hoping that she didn't notice that she had been crying. The thought of leaving her friends had gotten to her, she wanted to be with Tyler, but she didn't want to runaway. She said she would, but she didn't really want to. She had wanted to make him happy, but running was something she was tired of him doing.

"Hey mom is everything okay?" she asked.

"We need to talk, Caroline," Liz said, she couldn't let her daughter keep thinking that it was just Tyler in his body. Damon didn't want to piss Julian off in case he knew that biting would cause a fatal death to him. However, she wasn't going to be scared, she knew how to deal with it. She owed Tyler for saving her life and she loved her daughter. There were great together and she knew that Tyler had been close to going back to Caroline.

"Okay, I was feeling kind of hungry," Caroline knew it was getting on in the morning time, but she was sure that Damon had something around here to eat. "We can talk over a snack or something,"

"Not here, Caroline," Liz looked up seeing Tyler coming down the stairs and wondered if it was him or Julian. She offered Caroline a home cooked meal and hoped that if it was Julian he didn't know how badly she could cook. It was always a code for Caroline and her now that things had gotten weird. Tyler knew just how badly she could cook and would eat it, but she knew he didn't like the taste. It was why some times he turned her cooking down offering to do it himself.

Caroline looked at her mom for a second before she understood. "Sure, I'd love a home cooked meal," she looked over at Tyler giving him a smile, "I'll be back in the morning," she wanted to know what was going on and her mom was the best bet to find out. She was the sheriff and she had been there when Tyler had stabbed her. It had saved her life, but she was starting to wonder if her mom had been bait. It was little things, but Tyler seemed off and she hated waking up alone at night.

He kept saying it was bathroom trips, but Tyler didn't have bathroom problems. He might have to still go, but he wouldn't need to go that damn much, up until recently, he didn't even leave the bed at night. At least, when they were together before, he hadn't left the bed every night. They both slept like they were dead; sometimes he'd wake up gasping because he forgot he didn't need to breathe. It was always cute; it made her love him even more.

"Okay," Julian gave her a smile walking over to her kissing her, "See you in the morning," he wasn't sure why they were having a home cooked meal this late or why the sheriff was even here. He was just glad she hadn't seen him behind Tyler when he had taken over Tyler's body. It really would be bad because he was sure she didn't know what was going on. Then again, she seemed familiar, but he didn't know why. It would however give him the perfect chance to look for his body outside somewhere. He needed to find it before Matt did the damn spell or he was so doomed.

Caroline kissed him back before she left with her mom. Liz didn't say a word until they were a good mile from the house though. She knew that vampires had good hearing and Tyler could always hear twice as good. She wasn't risking anything on this, "Caroline, Tyler's possessed, and I have proof," she glanced to the side seeing Caroline's stunned look as she kept driving towards the place that her ex-husband had kept their daughter. It was where she had let Bonnie and Damon lock Julian's body up.

None of them knew what she had promised Tyler when she had seen him those few hours that he had gotten free of Julian's hold. She had seen him leaving their house and went to see him, unknown to the others. She had promised that she would make sure that Caroline was safe no matter what. She had been dealing with everything else the last week, but when she had walked in and found Julian not chained up in the basement, she knew things were not going as planned.

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NEXT TIME ON PLAYING TYLER

"I'll take care of it," Damon said a few more things before he hung up, "You're games up, Julian, Caroline knows," he had been waiting for this moment. He grabbed him by the throat slamming him against the wall, "Now I can kill you if I want to,"

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Caroline backed away, but Tyler grabbed her wrist before she got too far out of his grasp. She looked at his hand on hers before up at him. She met his eyes for the first time since he had taken control again. He stood up glad that the shackles gave him that much leeway. "Don't," she stopped him before he could get any closer. "If you kiss me, neither of us will be okay," she needed time, her heart was hurting so much. "I really did break your heart this time," she pulled free and took off knowing he couldn't follow her.