Good to You

Chapter Four

Stefan's phone buzzed in his pocket from where he sat at his desk, pondering just what he and Damon were going to do if they couldn't get Elena's humanity back on. He fished his phone out of his pocket to see the sheriff's name flashing on the screen, his eyebrow raised in surprise as to why she might be calling him. "Liz." He said in greeting.

"Stefan, have you heard from Caroline or seen her recently?" Asked Liz. Usually she didn't worry too much about her daughter, knowing she was more than capable of handling herself and being a vampire. She was nowhere near defenseless. But when Caroline never came home last night, it threw some red flags up for her. It was unlike Caroline to stay out all night and not let her know where she was going to be, not sense they grew closer after she accepted the fact that her daughter was a vampire.

Stefan frowned. "Not sense yesterday? Why?"

"She never came home last night." Said Liz, the worry shining through. "Usually I wouldn't worry too much but with this entire search for the cure and Silas it has me more than a little concerned."

Stefan understood where she was coming from things were crazy at the moment and now that he thought about it, Caroline hadn't been around all that much recently, keeping herself busy with other matters. He had assumed it had to do with the last few weeks of senior stuff, preferring to stay out of the whole cure and Silas business and stay away from Elena sense they left things on a bad note and she had to practically restrain herself from attacking her friend. "Have you tried calling her?"

"Several times but it's gone straight to voicemail." Liz sighed.

"Okay." Said Stefan. "I'll try calling her and asking around if anyone's heard from her."

"Airtight, call me if you get a hold of her or hear anything." Liz told him.

"Liz, I'm sure she's fine and just got caught up but I'll call you as soon as I know anything." Stefan said, wanting to reassure her.

"Alright, just do what you can to help find her." Says Liz before hanging up.

Stefan immediately called Caroline's phone afterwards only for it to go straight to voicemail. He called Bonnie next seeing if she seen or heard from Caroline since yesterday, she hadn't. Stefan was trying not to worry but after several more tries trying to reach Caroline and receiving only her voicemail he was quickly growing concerned.

Deciding that he was getting nowhere he pocketed his phone, grabbed his jacket and left the boarding house deciding to go out and search for her himself.

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Klaus checked the time on his phone and sighed in annoyance. Caroline was running late and he thought the least she could do was let him know so he wasn't waiting around for her to show like some high schooler waiting by the phone for a damn phone call.

He dialed her number, pushing down the flare of annoyance rushing through his system when all he got was her voicemail. "Caroline, love, where are you? You're late and common courtesy dictates that if you're running late you should give your friend - that would be me - a call so he isn't left waiting." He sighed. "Just get here sweetheart or at least call and let me know when you will be here."

He pocketed his phone and poured himself a shot of bourbon, downing the shot and returned to the sketch he had been working on.

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Stefan had spent the last couple hours scouring Mystic Falls when he came across Caroline's car abandoned on the side of the road. He looked around for any signs of her but there was none, and there didn't appear to be a struggle. Hoping that she had simply only had a little car trouble he got in the driver seat and turned the keys in the ignition. His hope was dashed as the car started with no problems, he stepped back out of the car and almost stepped on a cell phone on the ground, he picked it up recognizing it as Caroline's phone.