When life leaves you high and dry

I'll be at your door tonight

If you need help… if you need help

Caroline ran to Stefan where he was thrown at the floor. She got her hands on his shoulders and helped him to sit straight.

"What are you doing?" she yelled at Damon who stood in front of them, his gaze not leaving Stefan, while Stefan looked away.

"It's not his fault; Elena made her decision and none of us would change it. It's not his fault." Caroline said, angry.

"If you didn't give up… none of this would happen." Damon said in a low voice but still angry. "You shouldn't give up, not you." He said, then he walked pass them and left.

They both stayed in silence, no one moved. His eyes didn't leave the floor and her eyes didn't leave his face. He was guilty, and somehow, she was happy with it. Of course she felt bad for him fighting with Damon, but seeing him like that, the fact that he felt guilty, that he cared again. It was good, she missed it.

He finally looked at her after what seemed like eternity for her. They just stared at each other for a moment before she pulled her hands from his shoulder and rested them on her lap.

His eyes drifted to her lips as she licked them slowly. She was now looking at her hands and avoiding his gaze.

"And you? Don't you want to punch me in the face?" he said with a little laugh.

"Believe me, if that what it would take, I would do it." she said with a nod, looking up at him with her eyes travelling his face.

He nodded too, and then he just shook his head. "Then what would it take?" he asked. She sighed heavily as she looked away.

"Tell me, if a punch in the face can't help it, then what else can I do?" he shifted his position, his body facing her as they both sit on the floor.

"What, now you care to fix things with me? Four months ago you completely avoided me and now you're all in to make up with me?" she asked, her eyebrows furrowed.

"Caroline, I didn't avoid you. Everything was just a mess, I was a mess… and I needed to be alone." His eyes were so concerned; he wanted her to believe him.

"And now what? Your brother is back and you want me back too? You suddenly don't want to be alone?" she said angrily as she stood up on her feet. Then he stood too.

"Yes, Caroline. I don't want to be alone." It was almost a shout, but then he took a breath and calmed down. "I know it's selfish, but I don't, I don't want to be alone. I need you with me, to fix the whole mess with Damon and Elena and Enzo and Tripp and Mystic falls and Bonnie." He was talking quickly that he almost caught his breath.

"I need you Caroline." He sighed and dropped his arms in surrender.

"And I was always there." She whispered, shaking her head. "You're the one who left, you didn't let me be there for you."

"And now I'm here Caroline. I'm late, but I'm here. Don't let your anger drive us away again. I'm here… and I need you." He held her hand with both of his hands.

Give me reasons to believe

That you would do the same for me

And I would do it for you

She looked down at their hands, she swallowed tightly. She was breathing difficultly, hard.

"You want us to be friends again." Her voice was throaty. It was more a fact than a question, and she wasn't saying it to him, she was sending it to her mind.

"Yes." He said, "It's all I want."

She looked up at him, took a deep breath and bit her lower lip. Then there was a smile, getting bigger. And the pain in it growing, it was sad and broking. She nodded to him, nervously. And a tear fell down her cheek.

He sighed in relief, and pulled her to his arms. He hugged her tight. She didn't respond, she just let him hug her. They were both closing their eyes. He was smiling, a big and happy smile, everything was getting better again.

And she was crying, silently. There was a smile, but it was heartbreaking, it was sad and pity. Everything was getting worse; she just signed the papers of forgiving him, of being his friend again. She knew it would be difficult. But he needed her, and she just couldn't walk away from him and leave him like that, lost.

And because after everything he put her through, after he walked away from her for million times, she couldn't walk away from him, she couldn't change the fact that she loved him. With everything he was, with him walking away and being gone, she loved him.

'cause baby I'm not moving on

I love you long after you're gone gone gone.