Caroline 's POV

This is it; I'm going to bury myself into the ground. Why can't I just hold it together when he is around me? It's not like I am affected by his presence, or am I? I shrug off these thoughts lingering at the back of my mind. I really can't think about him right now.

The house that I lived in before is just a door away from me, so many memories, so many happy and painful tears have been shed in this house, painful mostly. I just couldn't bring myself to hold the doorknob, I just couldn't. I can't escape it either, so after contemplating for a while, I slowly did what I had to, I opened the door and inhaled the familiar scent of the place that I once thought was my home.

Flashback

" Mom, I'm home! " exclaimed a eight year old blonde little sunshine.

" Welcome home, Caroline, come to mama " said Liz Forbes, the infamous Sheriff of the town.

Caroline ran towards her mother and gave her a tight hug, she placed a sweet kiss on Liz's cheek and started swaying on her embrace.

" Well, somebody had a long day ", Liz said to Caroline soothingly. Caroline started sobbing on her mother's shoulder and she was shaking violently. The smile fell off of Liz's face the moment she realised that Caroline was crying.

" Care ? honey, are you crying? what happened? ", Liz asked her daughter impatiently. Caroline kept on shaking her head but it was of no use.

Liz drew invisible lines around Caroline's back to soothe her and that must've worked for her because Caroline was calming down slowly.

" Caroline "

" Yes mom " Caroline replied in a small voice, staring at her little fingers

Caroline nodded slowly and looked up at her mother with glossy eyes. She knew that her mother was an angel, who is able to fix any bad thing that the world has to offer because she was her only saviour.

" You are one beautiful child, Caroline.

You're neither worthless nor do you need someone's validation on it. I was filled with pride when I saw you for the first time, you were smaller yet had this halo of an angel around your head, you are my angel, Caroline, your birth was nothing less than a blessing to me. I love you, Caroline. " Liz completed with tears prickling her eyes.

" Mom, promise me that you'll never leave me ", Caroline said in a hushed voice

Liz smiled at her little one and said " I'm not leaving you, Caroline, not for a long time "

Caroline hugged her mother tightly, they embraced each other with a smile on their faces.

Caroline shrugged off those memories and went towards the room where her dead father was kept i.e.in her mother's room. The first thing that she noticed while entering the room was her mother, standing near the window was the woman who didn't age or change a day from the last time she saw her. She was wearing her uniform and was attending a call probably , she's frowning like a cute little kid. Caroline was chuckling silently as she noticed her mother.

Caroline 's gaze then went towards her father's lifeless body lying in her mother's bed, even in death he held a certain kind of animosity in his posture, she'd puke all over the floor if she had to shed tears for this bastard. He was lying deceased on her mother's bed, Caroline made a mental note to herself to throw this damn bed out the moment his body is taken away.

Liz Forbes cut the call and noticed Caroline glaring at her deceased father, if she could she would bring him back from wherever he is and kill him with her bare hands, Liz sighed exasperatedly and walked towards Caroline.

" If you're done killing him with your pretty big eyes, can we talk? " Liz spoke, snapping Caroline out of her thoughts.

Caroline snapped her eyes towards Liz and widened it in sheer happiness. They both hugged each other. It felt like an embrace of a lifetime.

" Mom, how are you doing? " Caroline asked in a small voice.

" Caroline, baby, I'm good, how are you " Liz replied to her daughter in broken voice, the reunion between the duo was all that she needed.

" Mom, I'm really doing good but please don't cry like this " Caroline replied to her mother.

Liz received a call and was about to reject it, but Caroline urged her to take the call and assured her that she'll be right outside this room and to call her if she needs anything.

Caroline stepped out of the room and accidentally collided with something or rather someone. She was about to fall on her butt when the other person sneaked their arms around her waist and lifted her towards their chest.

Caroline was well aware of this scent, she was aware of the fact that this scent belongs to none other than the person she was once in love with. Stefan Salvatore.

" So, you're still clumsy,huh ? said Stefan with a hint of sarcasm in his tone

" Huh ? "

An- I'm so sorry for going MIA, I'll make it up for you. I'm so tired of this app and it's glitches, I had to rewrite this story thrice. Please comment what you feel about the story and please keep writing motivating comments more.