A New Beginning

Chapter 7

So many Questions

Elena waked up at 11 am. She is too hungover to remember last night. But she remember parts, and she remembers the fight. She remember how the guy died and how Tyler's eyes turned yellow. No, that can't be true, it must have been a dream.

She went downstairs to make a cup of coffee. How did she come home last night? That's right, Damon drove her. He drove them all home. Everyone except Tyler who stayed and talked to Stefan. Wonder how he came home, and why did Stefan need to stay and talk to him? They could have called the police or his parents. On the other hand his parents is the mayors and they treat him very bad, at least they used too. It was worse before he started to date Caroline. His father used to scream and punch him when he did something they believed was wrong.

She decided to call Caroline and ask her if she was okay.
"Hello, it's Caroline."
"Hey, Caroline. It's Elena. How are you doing?"
"I don't know. I'm scared. I wanna know what happened to Tyler."
"We can go to him if you want."

Elena couldn't drive in her permission. Caroline either, but it wasn't so long to Tyler so they could walk.

"Really? Thank you, Elena."
"Of course."
"I'll be at yours in ten minutes."
"Okay, bye."

While they were walking to the Lockwood mansion where Tyler lives they talked about last night.

"Do you remember anything from last night?" Hopefully Caroline remembered more than she did.
"I remember the fight and all weird stuff that happened, but I don't remember what happened before or how I came home."
"It was Damon who drove us home."
"Yeah, I know my mother told me but I don't remember it."

Elena waited a little while before she asked what she actually wanted to ask. What happened with Tyler? The things she saw, it can't be true, but they seemed so real. Had Caroline seen the same thing or was she only imagine it?

"You said you remembered the fight... and all weird things that happened. What weird things?"
"This may sound crazy but I'm sure of what I saw. After Tyler killed the guy he started to grooming and screaming like he was in pain and then his eyes turned yellow. I know this sounds weird but..."
"Yes Caroline it sounds weird but I saw the exact same thing."

They starred at each other for what felt like minutes. They had seen the same thing. The thing they both thought was a dream. What is going on?

"Are you sure he didn't use contact lenses."
"Yes, I'm sure. I would have noticed if my boyfriend's eyes were in a different color earlier at the evening."
"Maybe it was a streetlight?"
"Elena stop. You are only trying to make up excuses because you can't explain it. But you know what we saw."

She was right. It wasn't a streetlight or contact lenses. This was something neither of them could explain. Maybe they should just ask Tyler himself. He's the one who should know what happened to him.

They sat in Tyler's bedroom and talked.

"What happened to you yesterday?"
"I killed someone, Caroline!"
"I know but it wasn't your fault. You didn't mean to do it. He was the one who started."
"It doesn't matter. I killed him. I am the one who did it."

"Tyler please, you can't blame yourself for this. You only wanted to protect me and then he didn't want to stop, how much you tried. But after he died something happened to you. Do you remember that? Do you know what happened?"
"Of course I remember but I don't know what it was. All I know is that it felt like something inside of me wanted to come out. Like my bones broke."

So they were right when they said he were in pain. But it still sounds too strange, even stranger. How can someone's bones broke and eyes turn yellow because you kill someone? Everything is too weird and freaks them out.

"What did Stefan told you when we left?"

"He told me we needed to get out of the crowd and that he would explain everything later but he didn't. He only drove me home and told my mother everything that happened."

"So you have no idea what happened? But Stefan does?"
"Seems like it."

A new guy shows up in town the same day college starts and a few days later something really weird and scary happens and he knows everything about it? It seems like his brother Damon also know things since he took them and drove them home without even saying a word. What the hell was going on here?

"We need to talk to them!" Caroline said.
"No we don't. I feel much better now. Maybe he just wanted to help by saying he knew what was going on. Or that he has going throw the same thing and if that's the case I will not let you see him. Never!"

Tyler were right. They don't know anything about Stefan and Damon. Maybe they had killed people before and just pretended to be nice so no one would suspect them.

"Okay so we will ask them in school on Monday?" Elena asked gently.
"Yeah that's probably a good idea."
"Is it okay if I stay here?" Caroline continued.
"Sure."

*******
Caroline and Tyler sat on his bed.
"I never had the chance to truly thank you yesterday. Thank you for being there Tyler."
"Of course, Care. I'm always here for you."

He kissed her and she kissed him back.
"I love you."
"I love you too."

They started kissing each other again. Caroline sat on him with one leg on each side of his and their kisses became more intense. Tyler kissed her neck and down to her chest. He took her shirt of and she did the same thing with his. They lay down on the bed and kept take of their clothes. Their kisses became even more intense. Caroline were on top and Tyler pulled his hands over her back and suddenly grabbed her waist.

Caroline started to groan of pain but Tyler didn't notice and pulled her around instead so he was on top. The groan kept going until Caroline tried to push him away.

"Tyler stop it. You are hurting me! Tyler stop!"

Tyler stopped and looked confused at her. This was what they used to do, why is suddenly hurting her?

"What happened? What am I doing wrong?"
"You are too strong, your hands are hurting me."

His hands? How can they hurt her, he was just holding them on her. Well he pushed a little, but not more than he uses too. He thought he hurt her in a different way.

"I'm sorry, Care. I don't understand what is wrong."
"It feels like you try to break my waist between your hands."

He took them away and looked at her and his hands. Try to break her waist? Why would he do that, how could he do that? He wasn't that strong.

"Turn around, let me see your back."
Caroline turned around so he could see her hurting back. It had felt like she was stuck between two rocks that squeezed harder and harder.

"Oh my god."
She was red and you could be aware of his handprints on the sides of her back. No wonder she was in pain.

"What is it?"
"I'm so sorry Caroline. I don't know what happened. I didn't know I could do this."

It was a mirror in the bathroom so she could see how bad it was. She got scared and surprised. When she looked at Tyler she saw how upset and scared he was. He never meant to hurt her.

"Tyler it's okay. They will go away. It's not hurting so much anymore."
"Stop it Caroline! You can't always offend me. First I killed someone and now I tried to kill you."
"You didn't try to kill me."

"Can you just stop?! What is wrong with me?" He was screaming and crying. He was so scared and hated himself for what he had done to her.
What was wrong with him? Why had his eyes turned yellow and why did he suddenly got super strength?