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Hey this is my first Damon and Caroline fanfic and I dont know why but I just had an idea and started writing. Sorry about my spelling and grammer.

Damon slammed his glass on the bar table again. He poured himself another. Just when he was about to gulp down another glass, an annoying blond took the stool next to him. "You found me!" He gulped down his glass, not caring what Caroline thought. Caroline has driven four hours to find Damon in a deserted bar. "So now your drinking your sorrows" Caroline stated glancing at the two empty scotch bottles accompanied the one Damon was picking up to take a swing at. "No blondie, this is celebratory drinks" he smirked at her before drinking the rest of the bottle.

Caroline rolled her eyes. Why was she looking for him? Oh that's right because she was a good friend to this dick who really hadn't done anything for her. She wasn't in the mood to make Damon confess his emotions, she just wanted to make sure he was safe, but more importantly to make sure he didn't kill a whole family to get rid of his emotions.

She snatched the new bottle of scotch from behind the counter. "Can I join?" she asked. She didn't wait for a reply and poured two glasses.

Damon and Caroline were now the only ones in the bar after Damon compelled the bar attendant to leave, Caroline would have protested but she knew it was safer for the girl to leave rather than be a walking blood bag after Damon finally cracked. Caroline knew how Damon operated, he would get drunk but after a night or days he would finally crack and be furious and then he would break down and tell her what was really bothering him. But Caroline already knew what was bothering him, everyone in Mystic Falls knew.

"Blondie, pass another one." Caroline went to the bar and grabbed another bottle; they had finished all the scotch and drained the tequila supply and now were drinking vodka. Caroline watched Damon dance on the tables to an unfamiliar song, she smiled but behind the bar she poured out each vodka bottle just as she had done with the scotch and the tequila.

Once the alcohol was drained she knew Damon would want to go back home, and hopefully Caroline would be able to help him there. After draining the last bottle she put a generous amount of money in the till, so the bar can buy more alcohol.

"I can't believe we finished it all!" Damon slammed is head on the car seat. Caroline was driving and couldn't help but smirk, her plan had worked she was driving them back to Mystic Falls. "Who knew baby vamp could drink that much" Damon smirked at her and lingered on Caroline's body. Caroline ignored his look, "I guess I learnt from the best" Damon laughed loudly.

They finally arrived to Mystic Falls, and she was approaching the Salvatore's house. Caroline looked to see any evidence of Damon and Elena. Nope. Damon noticed her eyes investigating "There probably at Elena's house celebrating" Damon spat sourly. Dammit. Caroline thought. He figured out why she was helping him, this is going to interesting. In vampire speed he flashed to his house, Caroline sighed but followed him in.

She found him near the fireplace pouring a glass of blood, Caroline mentally thanked he had stored blood or he would be hunting for a victim. She helped herself to a blood bag. "So Blondie, what's next? Are you going to make me confess my real emotions about what happened?" He shot her a glare. Caroline sighed loudly, "I just wanted to make sure you were okay" she said softly, "No, you wanted to make sure that everyone around me was okay" he gulped down the blood. He was right, that was her main concern to make sure he didn't hurt anyone. "Could you blame me?" she questioned. He had done things in the pass when he was upset. "What is there to be angry about? Elena chose Stephen again, after another year since she chose him as a human. So what?' Caroline was about to speak but Damon rambled on 'even after she said that if she met me first it would be different, even after she remembered I said I love you. I mean who would be angry about that." He gulped the rest of the blood down and got up to get another glass.

"You have every right to be angry, she chose Stephen even after that but maybe it's for the best." Caroline said the last bit cautiously. Damon's back was to Caroline and his grip on the glass tightened, showing his white knuckles. Caroline waited for an outburst but it didn't come so she continued. "Tell me Damon that Stephen isn't good for her, that he'll hurt her. You and I both know that he won't, he loves her and he will be good for her, for the rest of their liv…"

Caroline was cut off when Damon slammed her to the wall. He held only by her throat against the wall. She looked at him, in his eyes. He was hurt but Damon knew Caroline was right and that's what killed him the most, Stephen was good for her, perhaps better than Damon. Caroline resisted the urge to fight back but only raised her hand to rest on Damon's arm. She understood what it felt like to not be good enough, to be left behind; she experienced it in the last year. Damon looked down, afraid at what his eyes were revealing; he loosened his grip and slowly dropped Caroline. "It will always be him" Damon repeated the words Elena spoke to him after finally decided to choose his little brother over him. Caroline couldn't help but wince at the words, the words that she told Klaus, the words that she… her thought was interrupted when she saw Damon lose balance; Caroline flashed to catch him.

Damon woke up in Caroline's arms on the couch. He must have fallen asleep. He looked at Caroline; she was a good friend he thought. And from last night she seemed empathetic, no-one knew what happened with her and Tyler and Klaus. All that Damon knew was that Tyler left and Klaus did too, he was too invested into Elena to even ask Caroline what had happened a few months ago. She started to stir as well.

She woke and saw Damon looking at her. The first thought was, I must look like a mess. "Blondie what are you doing today?" Caroline tried to think what she was doing today. "Nothing" she stated plainly and he looked around the room, trying to think what he was doing, "me neither" he replied. They both sat in silence, but he saw a smile creep on her face. And before he knew what he had gotten himself into, she simply took his hand and made their way to the door, "Shopping".

They had stopped at her house so she could take a shower and change clothes. Now Damon was sitting outside a shop refusing to enter the tenth shop they had visited. Caroline eventually emerged holding another two bags. Damon eyes widened 'How could this girl need so much' he thought, she smiled at his expression.

Her planned had work, she was distracting him from the Elena dilemma. "Damon what do you wanna do now?" She was finally over shopping. He sighed in relief, "A drink" he stated, he really needed to drink if he was to spend another minute with this blond. "It's only two" she responded, 'how much did Damon drink' she thought. "Oh no. Now we must go I missed out on my midday drink" He responded sarcastically.

After dumping her bags in the car, very roughly according to Caroline, they finally entered the grill. It wasn't that full but both Caroline and Damon stood still as they saw who was laughing in a booth. Stephen, Bonnie and Elena. Caroline turned to leave but Damon stopped her, his eyes already locked with Elena's. Knowing Damon needed support, Caroline walked with Damon to the booth.

They stood awkwardly next to her friends. "Hey Bonnie" Caroline smiled at her witch friend and tried to break the silence. But no one responded. "Hey Stephen, hey Elena." Caroline smiled at them, they were sitting next to each other facing Bonnie. "Hey Caroline. Damon" Stephen nodded his head to his brother. The tension in the air was thick, "can I have some" she sat down next to Elena in the booth and snatched a fri.

She left Damon to take the seat next to Bonnie. "So… Damon are you coming tonight?" Elena finally spoke to Damon. Caroline mentally slapped herself in the face, how could she forget it was the crowning of the next Mystic Falls. Caroline had to go, to pass on the crown. Damon looked at Elena for a long time before finally smiling, "Yes, I'm accompanying current Mystic Falls" he glanced at Caroline. Everyone except Damon nearly choke on their dinks, especially Caroline.

Caroline was faced with both Elena and Bonnie glaring at her. "That's right" was all she was able to respond with. "About that, Caroline we need to get your dress" Caroline used all her control not to drop her mouth open at Damon, so she resided to just a glare, "Yes how could I forget" She smiled at her friends. "We better go now" Caroline and Damon stood from the booth while the others remained silently. "See you tonight brother" Stephen smirked at Damon, Caroline could feel Damon stiffen. "It shall be fun" Damon responded and it was Stephen turn to stiffen. Damon smirked and pulled Caroline along with him towards the exit.

"Where are we going?" Caroline watch Damon drive away from Mystic Falls shops. "We don't have enough time to go to the next town to buy a dress" she exclaimed now stressing about tonight. How could she forget, oh that was right supernatural business. "We're not going to any shops. I just happen to have some dresses at my house" he exclaimed. Caroline broke out in hysterics. She laughed at the thought that Damon had dresses in his closet. But the silence shut her up. "You have…" Damon cut her off "I don't use them, over the years I've brought dresses for beautiful girls and have some I've never thrown out. She gawked at him from the passenger seat.

Damon brought out a beautiful light blue dress. It would cling to her body and it would show some cleavage. "I couldn't wear this" she exclaimed at it's beauty. "Well it the only one I have. So unless you would want to come in nothing, which I would be fine with, it's the only choice" he gave her a cheeky but handsome smile. "I thought you said you had dresses" she recalled. "Well actually I only have one" he rebutted. "This isn't old, this is quite new, and I thought you only had dresses from the past." She challenged him to reveal more about the dress. "Well this dress was recent you could say and it has never been worn." He smiled back but it was obviously he was hiding something. "Better get dressed you only have two hours" he walked from the room closing the door behind him.

Caroline glanced at herself in the mirror, the dress was truly beautiful. She had only ever worn one dress given by another man, but she quickly shook those thoughts from her head, she didn't want to think about…him. She had just passed the crown to another blonde girl, Caroline didn't know her. Caroline thought she would be upset, sad even at the loss of the title, but truthfully she felt indifference. Her life had changed so much. "Caroline you do look beautiful" she was startled by the familiar voice.

Caroline turned to face Stephen. He looked good in a suit but then again she always knew that. Caroline smiled at Stephen, "Not so bad yourself" he smiled back and approached her; he looked at her in the mirror. "Thank You Care. for taking care of Damon." Caroline could tell that Stephen was worried about his brother. "Not a problem, he's been easier to handle than I thought" she smiled softly, thinking back to today's events, she had had fun with Damon. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay. That he wasn't using you." He spoke the words cautiously; he remembered that Caroline still had a hurt wound from Damon using her as a blood bag and much worst things. Caroline turned to Stephen. How dare he accuse Damon of using her, they were friends. "Damon's not using me, why would he think that I could hurt you." She glared at the Salvatore. "Not me. Elena. He's using you to hurt her, the dress you're wearing.…" Caroline cut him off. "He would never hurt Elena, he loves her. Or did you forget that you two fought over her. He is my friend and he gave me this dress as a friend, Elena wouldn't be jealous over Damon giving me a dress." Caroline took an unnecessary breathe.

Stephen shook his head, she didn't know, "Caroline the dress you're wearing, Damon brought it for Elena, he was going to give it to her after she would chose him, and Elena knew about the dress. But she chose me so the dress was never worn" Caroline stared at Stephen, was he right. It made sense about how he was acting before. But why would Damon use her to hurt Elena, he loved her. Furious Caroline flashed from the room to him the other Salvatore a piece of her mind.

"What the hell Blondie?" Damon choked as Caroline flashed him to an empty room and held him from the floor. "THIS DRESS WAS FOR ELENA, YOU USED ME TO HURT HER." Caroline tossed him to the other side of the room. It didn't matter that he was older, she was angrier, he had used her again. "Caroline stop!" But Caroline kept advancing forward disregarding his instruction. Damon shook his head knowing he had no other choice. He flashed to her and took her by surprise and lifted her from her feet. "Listen to me. The dress was Elena's but I gave you it because I knew you would look nice in it. It was not my intention to make Elena jealous; I know that my brother is better for her. I get it, I do. I didn't want it to go to waste that's all." After she stopped struggling he let her down. "I'm sorry" she said, she was meant to be her friend but she was betting against him. She was ashamed. "Hey let's get out of here" his tone was back to normal, "Sure" she smiled, knowing that in the future she would try to be a better friend.

Damon like gentlemen opened the door back to the party, they had made a mess in the room but oh well. Caroline scanned the crowd. She took a step back, she thought she saw Tyler. But she glanced to the same spot and no-one was there. She shook her head to try to get rid of the face. When Tyler left months ago she kept seeing him, but he would never be there. She prayed to herself, she hoped they weren't starting up again just when she was forgetting about what happened a few months ago.

Damon offered her his arm and she took it with a smile, they started to walk to the exit when their vampire senses picked up Elena's scream.

They flashed to behind the house, where the sound came from. Damon flashed straight to Elena who was carried by Stephen. "He bit her" Stephen spoke softly, never taking his eyes from Elena.

Damon moved the strap to get a better look at the bite. Caroline looked at Elena in the eyes, her friend looked so scared but not for herself, for Caroline. "He's back" Caroline felt her knees weaken and strong arms catch her. A hybrid bit her friend. Her old love was back in town.

This is a really long chapter. I wanted to just a good foundation. I hope I intrigues you guys enough and please review. If I get enough people wanting another chapter I'll publish it as soon as I can.