i hate that i love you ~klaroline fanfic~

chapter 13 'welcome home'

Caroline's pov

Me and Tyler both walk through the door to his apartment in silence. I don't know why but I feel like there is an awkward atmosphere between us. I walk over to the sofa and sit down, sighing tiredly. Tyler stands at the end of the sofa for a while, looking down at the ground. I stare up at him, confused. there must be something bothering him. I stand up and move to stand in front of Tyler, I place my hand on his arm but he immediately snaps it away from me. I stare at him in shock, have I missed something?

"Tyler?.." I whisper. He slowly lifts his head so his eyes make contact with mine. "what's wrong baby?" I ask him softly. He narrows his eyes at me.

"do you like him?" he asks calmly. I tilt my head in confusion.

"who?"

"don't fucking play dumb Caroline, Klaus! do you like Klaus?!" he yells at me, making me flinch away from him. I take a step back from him, but that clearly upsets him more because he forcefully grabs my arm and yanks me closer to him.

"Tyler, that hurts" I whimper but he doesn't listen, instead he just tightens his grip.

"I said do you like him?!" He yells in my face. I turn my face away so he can't see the tears falling down my face. He never liked it when I cried, he always said it made me look pathetic. "Don't fucking cry" He spits.

"No" I whimper, trying to stop my tears. "I don't like Klaus, Tyler" I cry to him. He scoffs and releases his grip on me, pushing me away forcefully; so forcefully that it knocks me over. I look up at him from the ground in shock. Tyler has never been this violent.

The tears roll down my face more rapidly as Tyler stares down at me in pure disgust.

"I fucking know when you lie Caroline! you want to fuck him don't you?" He yells again. I shake my head.

"No! I don't!" I yell at him, which was clearly a mistake, because a new wave of anger washes over his face. shit shit shit, you've done it now Caroline. He kneels down in front of me and grabs a fist full of my hair and pulls me up forcefully making me cry harder and scream out it pain, which he clearly doesn't like because the next thing I know his fist is making contact with my eye. 

I try to open up my eye but it's too swollen to open. I open my one good eye and stare at him in shock. I need to get away from him before he kills me. I continue to stare at him as I slowly lift my knee back then with all of my force smash my knee into his crotch, making his grip loosen on me. I shake his grip off of me and run to the bathroom. I hear him groan in pain through the door.

I quickly fumble with my phone and click onto my contacts. I scroll through until I reach Ben's name. My finger hovers over it but the I remember what he said to me when he kicked me out. No. I will not let him know that he was right and give him that satisfaction.

"OPEN THE FUCKING DOOR CAROLINE!" I hear Tyler yell through the door then a sudden crash and bang making me cry out in fear. fuck it. now it not the time for my stubborn behaviour. I quickly press call on Ben's name and hold it up to my ear, trying to contain my tears, but failing.

"hello?" I hear Ben's confused voice through the other line.

"B-Ben.." I sob down the phone, slapping a hand over my mouth to try and silence them.

"Caroline, what's wrong?" he speaks rapidly down the phone.

"H-Help me, please!" I choke down the phone, the tears falling more as Tyler's bangs on the door become more frequent and hard.

"What's going on Caroline?! what's that sound?!" He speaks down the phone to me.

"T-Tyler...Ben help please. He's going to kill me" I whisper down the phone, afraid Tyler would hear me. I immediately hear shuffling on the other line and Ben swearing to himself.

"Okay, I'll be there in a minute Caroline. Try to keep away from him!" He speaks quickly then hangs up. I look up at the door when I hear a faint cracking noise. My eyes widen in fear when I see a small crack in the door, it won't be long before he breaks that down. My phone slips from my hands and I fall to the floor, cowering back into the furthest corner possible. I cry loudly now, not caring if he hears me any more.

"I'm going to fucking kill you! you stupid bitch" Tyler yells, his voice full of anger and rage. I hear the sound of metal hitting tile flooring and the sound of wood splitting. I immediately know he's broken the door down and I'm fucking screwed. Tyler appears in front of me, his fists clenched and his eyes burning with anger. He grabs my hair in his fist and yanks me to my feet making me scream out in pain. He raises his fist back, I immediately close my eyes and wait for the impact. but it never comes, instead I feel the grip be released off of my hair and a big bang. I open my eyes to find Ben with his fists clenched and Tyler out cold on the floor with a bloody nose.

Ben turns to me slowly and his eyes widen with shock. I immediately lose it and break down in tears, my body shakes uncontrollably. Ben rushes over to me and wraps me up in his arms, making me feel half safe.

"shhh, sh sh" He whispers in my ear while rubbing my back as I sob into his shirt.

"I thought he was going to kill me Ben...I...I was so scared." I sob to him.

"Come on lets get you home and rested, we can talk in the morning" Ben says calmly. I nod in agreement and follow him out to the car.

When we get home me and Ben walk up the stairs to my room, where he tucks me in under the duvet, Letting me get changed into some pyjamas first. When he goes to leave the room, I wrap my hand around his wrist, making him stop in his tracks and look back at me.

"stay please, I don't want to be alone" I whisper. He smiles slightly and nods, climbing into bed next to me. I wrap my arms around his torso and bury my face into his chest as he wraps his arms around me and kisses the top of my head.

"I'm sorry Ben, I should have listened to you" I whisper before slowly drifting off to sleep.