Title: Playing Tyler

Category: Vampire Diaries

Characters: Caroline, Tyler, Damon, 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. Sorry for the delay the site wouldn't let me post last night was errors every time I tried.

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Chapter 8

Caroline had left going to Tyler's room at his house lying down on his bed. She couldn't help how she felt right now. All she wanted was Tyler and for the entire week she'd been fooled. When she tasted his blood she should have figured something was wrong, but he had talked her into staying. He had sweet talked her like Tyler said, Julian had destroyed everything. There was no way that he'd done this for Tyler or her. She almost laughed at his comment of love because he couldn't know what it was she felt for Tyler.

It was like being back at the party when Katherine as Elena made Tyler think she slept with Klaus. She had slapped the shit out of the bastard's face; she'd left as fast as she could and she hadn't looked back either. She had gone to try and find Matt, but she'd seen Rebekah pulling him out of the safe. She had leaves in her hair because she'd been hiding so that they wouldn't see her. She'd been happy because she'd seen Tyler when she had come in the door. Also, Katherine was dead which had been wonderful or so they thought.

She was going through all of the memories in her head since the party and she felt empty until a week ago, come morning. It would be when Julian had stormed into her bedroom, acted like Tyler and told her he got over it. It wasn't like she had a reason to think it wasn't him, Tyler had done that before with her. He had barged into the shower once at school on her and taken her against the wall. He had sat with her and watched bad TV that he hated eating junk food. He had used his claws on her during sex.

She closed her eyes falling asleep at all the memories she had of Tyler doing what Julian had done. It was all she could think about since she had left Tyler chained up to the wall. She had wanted him to ask her to stay with him. She would have known if it was Julian this time, she wouldn't fall for the sweet talking again. She got that he was hurt to, she wasn't denying that he would be, she just wanted to help him like she used to.

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"You know by telling her to leave you screwed up?" Damon said, he had shown up at Tyler's request and when he had punched him, he hadn't hit him back. He had deserved it after all for letting Julian free. They were getting ready to put him back in his body; him showing up wouldn't be good. "She wanted you to tell her to stay, it's all you've said all week," he wasn't sure if getting Tyler mad would help any, but it might with patching things up between the two love sick teenagers.

"Damon, shut up," Tyler didn't know how the hell they could act like he was that other guy all week. "You didn't even tell her it wasn't me, you're as much to blame as I am," he should have had his guard up, but he let it down. With Klaus gone he thought he didn't have to be as careful, but he'd been wrong.

"Have him bite me and send me to the grave, I sure as hell think not," Damon had tried telling Caroline, but Julian was always there and he kept giving him that look. "I got her mom to tell her," it was the only way to protect himself and the others. "You know he did you a favor, Caroline and you have been all lovey dovey since you stormed into her bedroom," he was telling Tyler what he had seen between the two of them. "I mean you took her in my living room and had your way with her,"

"Kill me now," Tyler groaned not wanting to hear what Julian had done, but he knew that Damon wasn't going to stop. He was going on and on about everything he had seen or heard about. "Wait," he stopped him on the last thing he said before he could continue. "I'm sorry, did you just tell me to share her?" there was no way in hell he was going to share Caroline with anybody. "I will die before I share her with another fucking person, do you hear me?"

"What you going to do, not let anybody near her, you two are technically still broken up," Damon said, "Julian was the one that got back together with her, not you," and that was the loop hole that Tyler needed. Julian had been dating her not him, even if it had been in his body. "Why do you have that look, that is not a look you need," Damon groaned knowing it was going to cost him probably. He should have just kept his mouth shut; he would have let Stefan baby sit, but Tyler and him seemed to be at each other's throats as well. Also, Tyler had wanted him, not his brother. He was sure it had to do with the way his brother was eyeing Caroline. God help him, he really had to work on getting Tyler back with Caroline.

"Get me my phone, I have to talk to her, Damon," he didn't know if Matt could do this spell or if it would be the right spell. "She has to know she didn't cheat," if he could just tell her that maybe she would come back. He didn't want to be alone if the spell got screwed up and Julian became permanent instead.

"Fine, but don't you get all mushy or I will rip your heart out," Damon rolled his eyes handing Tyler his own since he didn't know where the hell Tyler's was at. He hadn't seen the phone all week since Tyler gave it to Jeremy. He now knew why Julian hadn't just called Caroline himself all the time; the phone was where he couldn't find it. "She might actually answer if it is me," he said when Tyler gave him a look.

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Matt was ready with the spell, he was hoping that maybe Nadia had told Bonnie the truth and he wasn't about to lock Julian in Tyler forever. He had actually liked her, even if she had screwed them over, messed with his mind and a few other things. He didn't know what was wrong with him for liking her. He guessed it was the girl looking for her mom; he always wanted his mom to actually be there instead of off only god knew where.

They just weren't sure if he could do it, but he'd had a traveler inside of him. He knew a lot of what they knew because of that, which had helped a lot with Julian. He guessed it wasn't really a spell since travelers weren't witches or had any magic. He started saying the words that he had confirmed with Bonnie. He was holding onto Tyler's head hoping that a connection might help more.

Tyler groaned because Julian was fighting him, he was seeing all of the memoires that the traveler had with Caroline all week. He saw Julian and her at the party, the two of them at the swimming hole. Caroline was having so much fun and she was smiling. He hadn't seen that smile on her for months now. He knew that he had broken her heart. She'd broken his too, why should he not be mad, even though he now knew it was Katherine's doing. He kept going back and forth on his emotions, which was pissing him off.

He felt anger, guilt, betrayal, and he wouldn't deny that he loved her still. It had never stopped; he had always loved her, which had hurt him the most. He just wished that Julian didn't hold so much over him or their friends. He had the memories of everything Julian did even begging for more time with Caroline. He wasn't getting anymore fucking time though, if this worked Julian would be in his body again soon. He just wished he could make it permanent so he couldn't get back in.

He hadn't been able to reach Caroline; she wouldn't pick up her phone, her house phone or his house. He had tried there in case she had gone there to hide out. He knew her inside and out all of her dreams and what she wanted in life. He could hear Julian laughing and he wasn't sure why. He was starting to get worried because he was sure he wasn't supposed to be seeing what he was. He was hearing Marcos and Julian's conversation before he had been chained up after he had been taken over. He was watching them burn the knife up in the fire and he yelled out in pain again as Julian started fighting to get to the surface.

"Matt, stop," he was begging for this to end, it had to stop now, he tried to move, but he fell over, "Don't do this please," he couldn't be locked in his own body with Julian in control.

Julian's laughter was getting louder, but then Matt stopped all at once, Julian wasn't in him anymore. He couldn't feel anybody else besides the wolf and himself. Tyler felt alone for the first time in two weeks. It was how long he'd been trapped with Julian inside of him. He looked over noticing Julian waking up on the floor near him.

"You lose," Tyler said before he got up slowly going over to Julian, "She's mine you got that, even if we aren't together, she's mine," he wanted to kick him, kill him, do anything, but he was too damn weak. It was worse than when Klaus had taken over his body. He fell over and if Damon hadn't grabbed him he would have hit the floor. "Caroline's mine," it was the last thing he said before he passed out.

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Tyler came to on the couch in the living room upstairs finding Bonnie sitting in one of the chairs and Jeremy standing behind her. He groaned feeling like his head had been split in half with whatever spell Matt had done. He had to keep reminding himself it wasn't an actual spell though, Traveler's didn't have magic, well they had something, but refused to call it magic.

"Welcome back," Jeremy said giving him a half smile, "Feel any better?" he knew that Tyler might be upset with him, but they had gotten a lot out of Julian. It was more than they could have gotten if Caroline knew it wasn't Tyler. He had kicked Julian's ass that one morning too, it had to count for something, "I know you're not happy with us, but here," Jeremy laid down what he had found out from Julian when Caroline wasn't around.

"What's this?" Tyler looked over the pages in the notebook, "Why did he give you all this?" it was tons of stuff on the Traveler's. It also included the reversal spell that they had done, the same one Matt got from Nadia. Marcos' plans were laid out that Julian knew and he seemed to know a lot.

"He loved Caroline," Bonnie said in a soft voice, "He agreed to give us everything," she added more telling Tyler that for not telling Caroline the truth, he gave them something else too. She pulled out a book that Tyler didn't remember seeing before. "He gave us all the bodies of the Traveler's and this book," she told him that it must have been dropped by mistake because it gave a lot of their 'spells'. "It goes back generations," it was like her families books.

"We're sorry for what we did to you, Ty," Jeremy said, they had figured if it got them what they needed to stop the travelers for good then Julian could have a little freedom. He hadn't wanted to do it, but he couldn't risk Julian killing Tyler. "He wasn't going to run, Marcos wants to kill him, and he still does," it was why they had agreed to keep Julian safe.

"You made a deal with him?" Tyler asked standing up. He still wasn't happy with him having his body, but this was not going to fly with him at all. "I don't care if he's number one on the hit list, he touched Caroline," he was trying not to get pissed off, but he was seeing red and he could feel the wolf wanting out.

"Tyler calm down," Bonnie got between Jeremy and him not wanting either of them to get hurt. She was already dead so it wasn't like he could really hurt her. "He isn't going to take you over again," she was hoping that would help him, but she could see his eyes shifting and his nails had turned into claws. "Don't make me chain you back up," she knew she couldn't really do it, not couldn't, wouldn't, but she could threaten it.

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"You broke up with her, Tyler; you didn't even want her near you," Tyler turned around finding Stefan behind him and he knew all he had to do was bite him and he'd be dead. He couldn't stand that he'd gotten close to Caroline either. It had been fine back when it was only a friendship, but he couldn't stand how things were going now.

"Fuck you," Tyler said getting in his face, "You go near my girl and I will end you," Stefan might have helped him before, but all he could see now was him trying to get his girl. "Caroline is mine and I will kill you if you try and get with her," he knew his fangs were out now and he had Stefan backed against the wall. "Nobody will have to worry about the doppelgangers anymore," he growled before taking a swing punching Stefan, who hadn't expected it.

Stefan blocked the second punch hitting him just under the ribs. Tyler didn't really feel it though; there was too much pain in his heart from what happened to feel anything else. Tyler grabbed hold of Stefan's wrist before he could get in another swing snapping it. He hit him in the gut with his elbow hearing him groan.

"Tyler, stop," Bonnie didn't want him killing Stefan, but she knew not to get in between the two. "This isn't you," she was trying to be the voice of reasoning since Caroline was MIA at the moment. "He's not worth it, you'll hurt Caroline if you kill him," she left out that he might be on a few other hit lists if Stefan died.

"I don't even know who I am anymore," Tyler said before he sped out of the room wanting to do more than punch him. He wanted to actually kill him. It was eating at him to just punch his hand into his chest and rip it out. Julian had thought about doing it a few times during the week. The thoughts were still there, but he knew that Bonnie was right.

"Here I thought he didn't want Julian near her," Damon said, "What on earth did you do to make him think you wanted Caroline?" he asked his brother. He knew they were friends, but also knew that Tyler was back to his senses and he wasn't letting Caroline be alone much longer. "Hope you got another girl lined up," he walked over getting himself a glass of Scotch.

He would have stopped Tyler before he got any farther; he needed to get the anger out. It was more than just Julian he was pissed at and he didn't need him going after the ones that did this. Well Tyler taking on Julian wouldn't be bad because the guy deserved it. He had actually started liking Tyler, he didn't feel the need to try and kill him all the time. He threatened it sure, but wasn't like he would actually do it these days.

"Shut up, Damon," Stefan said glaring at his brother spitting the blood out of his mouth.

"Damon, he is out of control, if he turns or something and Marcos finds him," Bonnie said, "He might think he's still Julian," she didn't want Tyler being stuck in this cycle again or killed. She couldn't bring anybody back from the dead; even if her friends believed she could.

"What you want me to do chain him up with Julian, I don't think that is wise, do you?" Damon asked. He really didn't need them trying to kill each other or Julian possessing Tyler again. It was bad enough that Julian wanted to kick his ass for not giving him more time. It wasn't like he could do anything since Caroline knew. "If you want to lock the time bombs up together be my guest," he gave her a cocky grin, "Or put them and Caroline together let them see who can pleasure her the most," he couldn't help the joke. If Tyler was there he would have gotten punched, but he knew he had run off to the basement. It was where Julian was and he would go and stop him before he could kill the Traveler soon.

"You really want to get hurt," Jeremy said, but he was trying to hide his own smile because he'd thought about the same thing. He just didn't think Caroline needed anybody, but Tyler, they were perfect together in his book. It was like his love for Bonnie, he didn't know what he would do if she really left him. "Nobody will ever love her like he does, he knows what she needs, he knows everything about her," sure there was that moment of thoughts of cheating, but after Tyler saw the truth it was more about blaming himself not her. "I mean Julian had to rely on memories of Tyler, he didn't know anything about her really," he glanced over at Stefan knowing that even if the vampire knew Caroline, Tyler would be the only one that truly ever knew Caroline.

"They're puzzle pieces, they only fit together," Bonnie smiled before she came up with an idea hoping that it worked, "I'll be back, just don't let Tyler take off, if he does call me," she was telling it to more Jeremy and Damon than Stefan. She was sure that Tyler would kick his ass if they were near each other right now and that was the last thing they needed. Julian was already on Tyler's hit list no need to put Stefan at the top too.

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AN3: Next Tuesday and Thursday are the last two chapters of this story so it is winding down fast.

NEXT TIME ON PLAYING TYLER

Damon thought if Tyler got it all over with then maybe he would stop beating himself up and go find Caroline. He could stop running away from the one person that really knew him. Damon knew that the hybrid loved, vampire Barbie, as he called her. If he didn't still give a damn he wouldn't have done all he had done so far.
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Tyler jerked free of Damon's hold snarling the blood he'd been drinking from Julian was covering his mouth. "Fuck off," he was ready to fight Damon too, but after a moment his fangs and claws disappeared. "Your brother messes with Caroline, I'll do the same thing," he sped off out of the house needing to get far away from Julian before he did kill him.