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Caroline smiled as she waked through the mansion, knowing without needing to hear any noise exactly where she could find him, quickly stopping on the large staircase to fish her buzzing phone out her pocket, unlocking her phone and seeing the text.

To Caroline

Just asked Rebecca - she said yes-how's ur end coming?

Love Matt

She smiled and keyed in her response, then stuck her phone back in her front pocket. Continuing on her mission. She stopped every once in a while to admire a piece of artwork which managed to catch her eye, after stopping for what felt like the billionth time she sighed infuriated with herself for the nervous procrastination and vowing not to top till she found him.

She started walking again, along the familiar path to the studio, certain she would find him there…Not wanting to think bout how much wider her search would get if he wasn't there.

She came up soundlessly to the open studio door, smiling slightly, leaning against the doorframe watching him work for a few moments, enjoying the look of relaxation and tranquillity on is normally battle hardened face. She continued watching him work, wondering when he would notice her presence, and what his reaction would be to the offer she had for him.

She coughed quietly, enjoying the way his eyes flicked to the doorway and his face instantly seemed to brighten when he saw her, she walked in needing no invitation from him to do so.

"Hello love, what can I do for you?" he questioned lightly, she smiled at how relaxed he was around her and walked over to a chair placed in front of the easel he was working on..

She laughed cheerfully, causing him to smile at the youthful sound. "For once, the answer is nothing. I'm actually here to offer you something" she smiled ambiguously, waiting to see what his response would be to her admittedly rather suggestive comment, curious if he would take the bait and respond the way every other male on the planet would.

"Which would be?" he questioned curiously, not jumping to conclusions about said sentence or offer, simply gesturing and smiling at her to continue, She smiled, admittedly impressed at how calmly he had reacted.

"Me and the guys were gonna go away for a while, a holiday to the beach" she explained, smiling beatifically, knowing beyond doubt that he could see where this was going.

"I dare ask what this has to do with me" he murmured quietly, smiling at Caroline with a rare patient warm expression, whilst simultaneously focusing on his painting. His comment made her chuckle lightly as she continued. "Anyways, were inviting you and Rebecca" she smiled, extremely pleased at how smoothly the invitation had gone, relieved it hadn't ended with her leaving whilst he attempted to make her fall in love with him, or had it end in some huge fight where she stormed out.

"Really, define we?" he laughed, Apparently not believing every member of the mystic falls super gang would want him there. She rolled her eyes, having anticipated his arguments beforehand.

"Okay, the majority" she amended still smiling, knowing she was gonna have to define further. "Which would be Matt, Stefan…Even Damon, although that's mostly cause he thrives on conflict and thinks you being with us will be a giant time bomb" she explained nonchalantly, goading and baiting him with the challenge of proving Damon wrong,

"what of the doppelganger and witch?" he questioned lazily, making her smile at how curious and interested he seemed.

"…They'll play nice, their not thrilled but they wont openly start anything or argue about you coming" she assured him smiling, her hope dwindling ever so slightly as she watched him continue working.

"And what of you?" he asked her pointedly, his gaze moving from the canvas to her in a millisecond, his eyes warm and relentless making her feel strangely weightless. She took in a breath and blushed slightly, cursing her blush prone fair skin.

"It was my idea" his smile widened and his eyes flamed at her admission. Strangely she didn't feel as if she had made a mistake admitting it, even though she knew he could and would probably use this in his attempts to win her over. He walked round the canvas until he stood in front of her.

"Well then it would be my pleasure" he smiled bringing Caroline's hand to his lips and kissing her knuckles making her smile at the accepted invitation. She clapped her hands and laughed happily, making him chuckle at how happy the news made her giving him further hope that she would one day give in. she threw her arms round him in a quick hug then bounded off leaving him in a state of shock, stopping at the door to tell him to meet at the boarding house on Sunday night when they leave.