Ghost World
I was beyond pissed I somehow crashed my car last night effectively totaling it. I wasn't hurt but I ended up stranded outside for hours while I waited for cops and a tow truck.
I was thankful I wasn't drunk because this would've gone a completely different way. I ended up calling Rebekah to come get me, I knew I could've asked Damon or even Matt. Probably anybody else but as of right now Rebekah was the only one I didn't want to incinerate.
I'd handed the dagger over to Rebekah who was surprised but thankful it was in her possession and not Klaus'.
"Rudy, let's get you breakfast." I sluggishly went downstairs to the kitchen. I grabbed the huge bag of dog food from on top of the fridge and filled up his bowl. He greedily ate while I sat down on the kitchen counter clutching my phone in my hand. I sighed deeply pulling out my phone and calling my dad.
"Hey Dad." I greeted in a fake cheery tone, I wasn't Bonnie so I already knew how this conversation was about to go.
"Hey honey." He replied, he was probably around somebody he wasn't ever really affectionate with me.
"I lost control of the car last night and hit a tree, is there any way we'd be able to replace it?" I asked, there was no point in sugar coating it and I'm sure he already knew.
"We'll talk about it when I get home. Why didn't you call me sooner?" He asked, he actually sounded concerned.
"I got in really late and just went to sleep." I replied,"Yesterday was terrible."
"Okay, we'll talk about it tonight. In the meantime I'll see if I can get you a rental."
"Thank you, Dad." I replied hanging up, I was more surprised he took the time to listen to me than anything else.
I swapped out Rudy's piss pad and went back upstairs to shower and get dressed, they were doing the night of illumination today and I promised Bonnie I'd actually show my face today.
If I took just enough time getting ready I could miss Carol's speech, and be less bored with the whole thing. I wondered if this was part of senior year, becoming less and less invested in things.
I decided to leash Rudy at the last second, and scooped pulled out my phone. Bonnie had already left so I needed a ride, what better of a way to piss somebody off than to call the person who'd least expect me to reach out.
"Hey Ty, can you do me a favor?" I smiled happily as he agreed to pick me up, without Caroline. I opened the front door and Rudy and I went out onto the porch to wait.
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"I didn't expect you to call me." Tyler said after an awkward stretch of silence, well if you ignored that Rudy spent a good amount of time in my lap growling at Tyler. Rudy really was a good boy.
"I crashed my car last night and didn't get a chance to tell Bonnie, so she left me." I replied shrugging, it wasn't a lie. She probably didn't even think I was home.
"Crashed? Are you okay?" He asked, tearing his eyes away from the road, he looked concerned and I felt touched for a second.
"I'm here aren't I?" I shrugged."So you and Caroline." There wasn't any reason to waste any more time, might as well get to the point before we arrived downtown and went our separate ways.
"Yeah." He awkwardly said rubbing the back of his neck. I waited for there to be more of an explanation but there wasn't one.
"You move on fast." I replied coldly, Rudy went from growling to outright flashing his teeth at Tyler. I wondered for a second if he could sense my distress. I patted him on the top of his head and he stopped.
"It wasn't like that." He said quickly. I was taken aback at how fast he responded."You were gone so she helped me through my transitions, we all thought you were dead when we couldn't contact you."
"You can't kill a bad bitch." I scoffed rolling my eyes, even if I had died was that really a good enough reason to do what they did."So what? You felt so moved by what she did you fell in love? What's her excuse ?"
"You'll have to talk to her." He said, my heart pounded a bit. He didn't disagree when I said he fell in love with her."Neither of us wanted to hurt you."
"What about Matt?"
"What about him?" Tyler asked as if he hadn't given the fact Caroline was dating Matt a second thought. I scoffed maybe Matt really was the only good guy in this town.
"He was dating Care whom you're happily dating now." I replied annoyed."You claim you thought I was dead but he was right here the whole time, what your excuse for that."
"Alicia, if you planned on arguing the entire time you were in my car you could've called someone else." He raised his voice slightly, I was taken aback. Sure he had a temper but I never really saw it. Even when he was pissed about Mason it wasn't really directed at me and he felt horrible after the fact.
"Yell at me again and I'll skewer you." I threatened, I knew that every part of you became heightened when you became a vampire but, Tyler was completely different.
"I'm sorry." He said, I suddenly realized how terrible of an idea this was and no longer even wanted to be here."For everything."
"Are you?" I asked skeptically, I hated everything that happened between us. I could go to Tyler for just about anything any time but now I felt like I was talking to a stranger.
"I am." He replied, I spent the rest of the ride staring out the window. The car ride hadn't given me anything and I hated it. I practically bolted out the car before he even put it in park, I had nothing left to say and I didn't want to hear anything else from him.
I strolled straight over to Bonnie who's eyes lit up when she caught sight of my little furball. She was hanging a few lanterns in some trees by herself.
"Look who made it." Bonnie smiled reaching for Rudy who happily jumped into her arms." I'm sorry I left you, I didn't see your car and thought you bailed. Dad explained everything to me."
"It's fine." I shrugged watching her snuggle and kiss on my puppy."Got any more lights or are you done?"
"I'm about done."
"Great, I bullshitted enough." I grinned, my smile dropped when I saw Caroline we made eye contact and she turned and went the other way.
"If I would've known I would've told you." Bonnie said following my line of sight."I don't agree with it, but she's happy Alicia."
"What about me?" I asked taken aback by what Bonnie said, no matter what happened as my big sister she was always supposed to have my back and protect me."Does my happiness not matter?"
"Alicia, she went through so much shit. Her dad knows about her." She replied, my eyes widened staring at the spot the blonde previously was."He tortured her until her mom and Tyler saved her."
"He hurt her?" My jaw dropped. Caroline was always a daddies girl and for her dad to do that to her it had to hurt a lot.
"Took her ring and burned her in the sun." She replied lowly, I hissed. I wanted to stay angry with her but a part of me would always feel for my best friend.
"That's awful." I couldn't find any other words to say, did it make what went down any better for me? No. Was I willing to forgive? No. But that part of me that felt compassion, was bothered.
"Have I told you about Jeremy?" She asked changing the subject, I knew she said something about him seeing ghosts. I just didn't know the specifics.
"Not the details."
"He's been seeing Vicki and Anna, and Matt was also seeing Vicki." She explained lowly,"I just don't know how to feel that he's spending time with his dead ex girlfriends."
"They dead." I said bluntly, Bonnie's eyes went wide while I shrugged."They can't touch him, they can only talk to him. What's the worst that can happen?"
Bonnie went to respond but Rudy went into a frenzy seconds later, Damon pulled up beside us in his car. Maybe Rudy had a better supernatural detector than I did.
"Greetings Tia & Tamera." Damon smirked, Bonnie rolled her eyes while I looked at him curiously."I think you got your voodoo wires crossed when you got rid of Vicki Donovan."
My eyes went wide when I'd lost control of my car last night. It felt like a very hard sudden jerk, Gramm's had taken great care of that car and it should not have any problems. Maybe just maybe Damon was onto something.
"What do you mean, why?" Bonnie asked, she placed Rudy down on the ground but kept a tight grip on his leash.
"I got my neck snapped and locked in a cell this morning, it felt pretty tomb vampirey to me." He replied. I narrowed my eyes, something definitely felt off now.
"You didn't see a thing? Just had shit happen?" I asked, Damon gave me a stiff nod and I sucked in a deep breath."I think that's how I lost control of my car. It felt like a hard tug, like somebody snatched the wheel from me and yanked it as hard as they could."
"The ghosts shouldn't be able to physically interact with people." Bonnie said her eyebrow creased in concern.
"Fuck. Did that bitch Jules try and kill me again?" I hissed. Damon pointed at me and frowned.
"I don't have time for vengeful spirits, when I kill someone they are supposed to stay dead." Damon said and I couldn't agree more with him the amount of enemies we had had to be a long list." Whatever you screwed up, fix it."
Without another word Damon drove off leaving Bonnie & I staring at each other with identical looks on our face.
We really fucked up
I see Matt across the street and he looks like he's heard everything, while Bonnie and I look stressed the hell out Matt looks remorseful.
I tugged Bonnie's arm and we jogged across the street to the quarterback.
"I haven't seen Vicki I swear. I sent her back like you told me to." Matt said immediately, I cocked my head to the side if Vicki was gone this really was a bad sign.
"Are you sure? Because she has just as much reason as anybody to haunt Damon Salvatore." I said nervously, but then again Vicki and I made our peace with each other she had zero reason to haunt me.
"She's gone Alicia. If she was here I'd know it." Matt replied sadly, I felt for him I really did. Losing a sibling was a pain I hoped I never had to feel.
"Vicki wouldn't have crashed my car." I said shaking my head, I knew it wasn't her the moment Damon came to us but that didn't mean I wanted it to be any less true.
"If any other ghost has a physical foothold on our side, that means Damon is right and something has gone really really wrong." Bonnie frowned, Matt shakes his head and I already know what's coming next and I do not blame him.
"I've had enough of this ghost stuff to last forever, so you guys can leave me out of this." Matt scurried off, I wished I had the luxury of just fucking off out of witch business.
Bonnie adjusted her bag on her arm but her grimoire fell out, I went to pick it up from the floor but the wind blew, opening it up to a very specific page. Rudy barked while Bonnie & I stared at each other skeptically.
"A manifestation spell." I whistled lowly, I had an idea of who would've shown us that exact spell.
"We're gonna reveal some ghosts." Bonnie grinned, picking the book up from the ground she put it back into her bag and handed Rudy's leash back to me. We headed to Bonnie's car and she drove the two of us to the old abandoned witch house, I hadn't been here in What felt like forever and it didn't feel any more inviting than it did before.
"They aren't here anymore." Bonnie said almost as if she read my thoughts, we climbed out the car and stared up at the house. I was almost scared to go inside it.
"You're sure?"
"Yeah, they made it clear they aren't ever coming back." Bonnie explained, I raised an eyebrow when they were cursing us out, I was never told that. I wondered if they made sure Bonnie & I heard different things when we were bringing Jeremy back.
"Let's do this then." I climbed the steps first with Bonnie a few steps behind me, I pushed the door open and sighed I expected to be thrown 50 feet in the air by now.
Maybe the witches truly were gone.
We ended up in the living room, I wasn't sure if we were lazy or if the particular spot held extra magic but we'd always been here when we casted spells. I lit up the candles and the two of us sat down in the middle of the floor directly across from each other, Bonnie placed the grimoire down in between us and took my hands.
We start casting the spell and I can slowly hear the sound of our voices less and less, it sounds like we're driving in a car really fast with the windows down. All I heard was wind.
I let out a loud gasp when I feel a hand on my shoulder, Bonnie & I are still holding hands so this third hand should not be here. Bonnie and I pull back at the exact time, I bolt to my feet and immediately throw my arms around the owner of that hand.
"Gramms." Bonnie says shocked, after a second or two went by she threw her hands around both of us. Tears of joy slid down my face. I never thought I'd see my grandmother again let alone be able to touch her.
"You're here." I whimpered, burying my face into her chest farther.
"I'm here babies." She whispered back holding us tightly, I didn't want to leave her embrace but she reluctantly let us both go getting a good look at both of us." Now stop your crying, we don't have time for tears."
Bonnie & I pulled ourselves together and watched Gramm's curiously. She was going to help us fix this mess and I was beyond grateful.
"A fine mess you've made,honey." Gramm's said looking squarely at Bonnie." The witches told you there'd be consequences to bringing Jeremy back and you did it anyway."
I opened my mouth to say something but an icy look from Gramm's shut me right up.
"Let's not forget you straight up murdering that girl with black magic. You were worse than Bonnie with the magic whether you admit it or not." Gramm's said, I shrank down a bit she was right. Because I knew how to do things doesn't mean I needed to do them.
"We didn't have a choice." Bonnie replied quickly. I was shocked she didn't just defend herself."I love him and I couldn't just let him go."
"I understand but you two cracked open a door to the other side when you did it. There's an old witch over here, she took advantage of it. She took advantage of you." Gramms explained looking at Bonnie. I wondered exactly who this old witch was and what she had to gain by doing what she did." When you did that spell to send Vicki away, she wedged the door wide open. Giving a free pass to anybody with unfinished business."
"How do you know this?" Bonnie asked, I tapped her on the forehead it was a dumb question. Gramm's is on the other side with nothing to do but watch of course she knows what's going on.
"Witches talk. Even on the other side. Who do you think makes the rules?" Gramms smirked playfully. She had a point, Bonnie & I pissed off a bunch of dead witches who effectively took their magic back and stopped talking to us.
"What does the witch want? Who is she?" I asked curious anyone that was this determined to settle unfinished business is someone I didn't need to cross paths with.
"That's original vampire business." She replied, my eyes went wide. Could she be talking about the original witch?" I don't want you getting in the middle of that Alicia. I'm here because you two upset the balance of nature. And it's your duty to set it right. We need to close that door."
I was confused as hell when my phone rang, nobody should be calling me at this exact moment. I hated everybody. I pulled my phone out and sat down on the floor confused why Elena was calling me.
"Alicia, tell Bonnie not to destroy the necklace." She said quickly, I raised an eyebrow confused as to why we were still in possession of it? I thought Katherine stole it?
"Okay? Is that all? A text would've worked, Elena." I replied impatiently.
"I'm going to be busy helping Lexi with Stefan." Elena replied, I smiled fondly a bit. I'd forgotten about the blonde vampire and if there was anyone who could get him back on track it's her.
"Tell her I said hi, if you need anything else just text us we're dealing with the ghost problem."
"There's one more thing, I saw Jeremy kissing Anna." Elena said, I glanced at Bonnie who was happily chatting with Gramm's. Of course Jeremy does this while Bonnie is happy.
"I'll tell her." I replied now, understanding Elena's actual reason for calling. It was less about Stefan for once and more about Bonnie.
"Thanks." She said, the two of us hung up. I made my way back over to where Bonnie and Gramm's stood. Telling her about it in front of Gramm's was out of the question, all this happened because she saved him. The last thing we need is to make Bonnie feel worse about it.
I punched the air when my phone rang again, why am I suddenly so popular? I groaned, stepping out on the porch this time. I got irritated a bit at the name on the phone.
"Mason Lockwood, buddy who almost got us all killed." I scoffed."What can I do for you?"
"I didn't know she'd take it that far." Mason replied quickly."I tried to stop them from going back but Tyler wasn't listening."
"Well fuck Jules." I shrugged she was dead and hopefully wouldn't show her face.
"I found a way to kill Klaus." Mason said, I raised an eyebrow confused where this random information came from."Caroline told me about the sire bond."
"Fuck Caroline." I shrugged again."I'm on a different assignment today. And Klaus doesn't bother me per say so call somebody else."
"I thought you cared about Tyler?" Mason asked, taken aback, I rolled my eyes at his clear attempt at guilting me.
"We've got ghosts running around town right now, and you'd actually be one of them if I hadn't saved your ass. So either call someone else or do it yourself.."
"Fine." He replied bitterly. I didn't even respond and just hung up. I started to head back inside but Bonnie came out onto the porch. She noticed my annoyed expression immediately and I knew there was no point in even beating around the bush.
"Mason knows a way to kill Klaus. I'm opting out on that one but Elena saw Jeremy kissing Anna." I said quickly, hoping it was too quick for her to pick up on but her face dropped clearly she did.
"He what?"
"We're gonna get rid of the ghosts and then kick his ass." I said trying to keep Bonnie focused, she nodded her head. The two of us got really good at hiding our feelings on the outside but man, did our magic wreak havoc when we were really upset. I didn't miss the sudden heavy gust of wind. I wasn't in a position to judge since I just shattered some windows last night.
"Right." Bonnie replied.
"We're gonna find that necklace, Bonnie. Focus on that." I said, my mouth dropped when I spotted Jules standing in front of the house armed with matches and gasoline."Ah fuck."
"What is it?"
"You get started on that with Gramm's, I have a loose end to kill." I said walking down the steps, Bonnie followed my line of sight and nodded before heading back inside the house. There were way too many distractions happening right now.
"Why can't you stay gone?" I hissed at the blonde, she just smiled. I grimaced when I realized the wet sounding grass I just stepped in."You know that's pretty stereotypical of you to try and burn me."
"You were thinking about me." She shrugged, lighting a match. I huffed mildly insulted. She thought that would be enough to kill me. I snuffed the flame out immediately and was surprised when she threw down the canister and ran off.
"What the fuck!" I yelled, I knew she wanted me to chase her, and right now I didn't give a damn if it was a trap or not. I wanted to kill something and Jules was definitely it.
So I took off running chasing after the blonde, either she was intentionally not using ghost speed or she just wanted to fuck with me. She'd be close enough I could almost grab her then at the last second create a massive distance between us.
I was more pissed at myself than I even realized, she'd lead me to the Lockwood cellar. Damon was on the phone when she vanished so he didn't even see her.
"Alicia?What are you doing here ?" Damon asked skeptically, I'm sure he noticed I was out of breath and just chose to ignore it. I noticed he was holding a shovel staring into a random opening that definitely was not there before.
"Fucking Jules, bitch tricked me into helping you." I scoffed, finally catching my breath. I moved closer to Damon peering into the hole.
I join Damon and the two of us walk in silence for a second, I hear him let out a deep breath before putting his phone back into his pocket. I wondered when he would lose service cause if he didn't, man I'd be switching expediently. We come to a literal fork in the road, Damon turns his head to me as if I should just know where to go.
"Use your magic or something."
"Ah, yes my magic will just guide me to whatever it is we're looking for."I scoffed, I started to go left but something stopped me."You know we'd cover more ground if we split up."
"Fine, Tia." Damon replied he started walking left while I went right. It wasn't too long before I heard Damon let out a yell before I turned on my heels and rushed back. He was staked several times and looked like the spots where he got stabbed were burning so vervain also. "Little help here?"
I used my magic to yank the stakes out all at once and tossed them to the floor, Damon sighed in relief but still looked like he was in pain. I helped him to his feet and we continued on, after awhile I noticed Damon abruptly stop it was like he slammed into a brick wall or something.
"What's wrong?" I asked, turning to face him.
"I can't get through, it's like I'm not invited in." He explained I scoffed annoyed as hell because if something else popped out at me I'd have to get hit by it.
"I'll go the rest of the way with you." Jules appeared behind Damon, she stepped around him with ease and walked up to me."Can't waste too much time now, the blonde gave the necklace to your sister."
"Did she?" I asked, Jules gave me a stiff nod I gave Damon a look before he also gave me a stiff nod. If this bitch kills me in a cave that Damon can't get to me in I'm gonna be super pissed off." Let's go."
The two of us started walking, I made sure to keep Jules in front of me the entire time. I'll be damned if I turned my back on her.
"I'm not gonna kill you, Mason needed your help. You saw what happened back there with Damon, he'd still be stuck if I didn't bring you." She explained which made me even more skeptical of her because she tried to kill not just me but Damon also.
"We're also two people you were willing to kill to take Tyler."
"I thought he was in danger. I'm realizing now him being sired to Klaus is much more dangerous than you guys were to him." She replied."Like I told Elena all I wanted to do was help him."
"And probably relish in the fact Damon and I died while you got to help."
"That would be nice, but no." She shrugged we finally come to a stop in front of what seems to be ancient cave drawings.
"What the hell?" I asked, staring at them confused, I had zero idea of what the hell I was seeing.
"What is it ?" Damon shouted, I was way too busy being confused to even respond. I realized I was alone after a few seconds, shocked hmm maybe Jules really wasn't trying to kill me.
"It's cave drawings." I called back, I pulled out my phone and took a few pictures of them.
"Cave drawings? Of what?" He yelled back, I didn't even know how to describe what exactly I was seeing.
"We're gonna need someone with a bigger brain than me." I called back.
"Okay, so come out and we'll call Ric." Damon said, I carefully secured my phone in my pocket. I doubted Ric could translate the wall art but I had an idea of somebody who might be able to.
While Damon called Ric, I went and called Bonnie since Jules disappeared she was able to send the ghosts back. I was bummed I couldn't say goodbye to Gramm's again but I knew the choice I made when I chased after a dead werewolf.
"Bonnie it worked." I smiled, I wasn't sure what kinda bullshit was happening back at town.
"Yeah, Anna stole the necklace but Jeremy brought it to me. Grams & I destroyed it." She explained, I felt like there was a but coming."But it fixed itself."
"Should we be worried? Do you still sense any magic?" I asked Bonnie paused for a second."I feel like that's a yes."
"We'll worry about it later." Bonnie replied after a moment."Are you coming back or should Rudy and I leave without you?"
"Yeah, I'll walk or something." I shrugged, I knew Damon wasn't leaving any time soon since he'd be waiting for Alaric and probably Elena.
"Be safe."
"I will." I hung up the phone and turned to Damon he'd just finished up with Alaric himself.
"I'm gonna go, if Alaric finds anything let me know?" I asked."I took some pictures and I'm gonna just go ask Rebekah, I imagine someone as old as she is would know what that stuff meant."
"Or you'll be revealing our hand?"
"Or since she seems to tolerate me more than the others she'll tell me and not kill me?" I asked in the same condescending tone.
"It's your funeral."
"And make sure you're carrying my coffin." I smiled, turning on my heel, logically I'm just gonna walk to the Lockwoods and request another ride because even if Tyler said no, Carol would still make him do it.
I walked up to the front door and knocked plastering an innocent looking smile on my face as Carol answered the door, she looked extremely worn out making my smile drop.
"Are you okay?" I asked, she smiled softly… whatever happened it looked like she thought I was checking in on her.
"I'm fine dear." She replied, smoothing out her hair."Caroline stepped in and helped out, but thank you for stopping by to check on me."
"You're still my other mom." I smiled sweetly, we stared blankly at each other for a second before she stepped to the side. I raised an eyebrow was she testing my humanity? I stepped inside the house and noticed her let out a sigh of relief.
"I'm sorry I'm just on edge." She explained, she started walking so I just followed her." Do you want a drink? God knows I need one."
"Water is fine." I replied as we went into the kitchen she passed me a bottle of water while she got to work pouring a glass of wine.
"I do hate how things went with you and Tyler." She said after another awkward silence."Your mom and I use to joke about an arranged marriage when you guys were small."
"Who wouldn't wanna be a Lockwood." I smiled, I always hated when people who knew my mom talked about her. I didn't have the luxury of having any memories of her so I always felt like I only got the idolized version of her, the only person who'd give us the raw and gritty details was Gramms and that was only on days Bonnie claimed Gramms was hitting the bottle hard.
"It's a lot of work." She replied, taking a sip of her wine." I love Caroline I really do, but she isn't you. Granted she is definitely daughter in law material, I don't like that she'd date her best friends ex."
Is Carol Lockwood on my side?
"It's fine." I shrugged there wasn't much I could do, I left town for three months and was shocked life went on without me."I left, life goes on."
"Is that really what you want though? You showed up here on my doorstep randomly. I know it wasn't just to talk to me." She replied, hmm for her to have been a closeted alcoholic she still was extremely sharp.
"I'm relearning how to get around without a car, a ghost crashed mine." I shrugged, hey fuck it. No reason to keep things from the adults who already knew everything anyway. Besides if she knew about Caroline, she knew about Tyler so she probably knew about me.
"This town is a mess." She mumbled finishing her glass of wine."I'm gonna head to bed, but I'll tell Tyler to give you a ride."
"Thank you, Mrs. Lockwood." I replied, she pulled me into a hug before heading into the other room. I played on my phone for a bit before I heard footsteps coming toward me, I looked up from it when Tyler popped up in front of me.
"Twice in one day?" Tyler asked as he raised his eyebrow at my bottle of water and his mom's discarded wine glass."You're having late night visits with my mom now?"
"In my defense I was already close by with Damon, and decided I was ready to leave and he wasn't." I replied the childish part of me hoped he'd get jealous, his face didn't even twitch.
"Right, well come on." He turned on his heel and walked off, I put my phone in my pocket and followed closely behind him. We climbed into his car and he still hadn't uttered another word to me.
"So are we just not friends anymore?" I asked crossing my arms, I was usually so much cooler than this but for Tyler I couldn't help but to be vulnerable.
"No, we'll always be friends. I just know what you're trying to do." He explained carefully."And Klaus requested that I keep you safe, it's so hard to watch over you and not fall into how we were."
"He asked you to watch over me?" I asked taken aback, I surely thought Klaus would want the exact opposite seeing as Stefan & I betrayed him.
"He said he needed his witch and his Doppelganger alive and in one piece when he got back."
"That's sweet for him." I replied it actually also explained why Rebekah wasn't trying to kill me. I noticed his swift change in conversation and didn't let it go."What am I trying to do?"
"You broke up with me, tell me to never speak to you again. And then you call me for a ride dressed like that." He replied motioning to my outfit. I did spend the bulk of the past few months living in sweatsuits, I'm trying to bring them back single handedly but it wasn't catching on with anybody just yet. I was wearing a short jean skirt, wedges and a tank top. It was literally a horrible choice in outfit for the running and cave dwelling I did.
"It's hot outside." I shrugged, and I could easily warm myself up if I did happen to get cold but whatever he didn't need to know that.
"Right. Everything is confusing for me right now and you aren't giving me time to figure it out." He replied, I sucked my teeth and nodded, he was right. He'd gone through a huge change and instead of trying to help him I'd been adding on to it.
"I'm sorry." I chewed my bottom lip." I'm just hurt, yes I said all those things to you. I was mad at how hurt Caroline got because of you so of course I'm bothered by you two suddenly being a thing, I almost died for you."
"And I will always love you." He replied, we didn't say anything else to each other for the rest of the car ride just like earlier. Except this time was different I wasn't eager to get away from him, I was dreading getting out because I knew I wouldn't get another chance.
He pulled into my driveway, Bonnie and my Dad were both home most likely waiting for me so we could figure out my car situation. I popped off my seatbelt and started to get out.
"Alicia." Tyler said, I turned away from the door and faced him. We leaned toward each other, his lips brushed against mine. At this moment I didn't care if he was dating Caroline, he would always be my first love, whether he knew it or not.
"I'll always love you too."