Begin Again

Chapter Nine

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Begin Again- Chapter Nine

Elena's P.O.V.

"Tell me what happened three days ago.." I'm lost in my own head when she says it. Emotionally gone in thinking about my next move and the truth... that escaped past my husband's lips just 72 hours ago. Way before I even stumbled into Carol Lockwood's office, completely unannounced. The man that I love, the one person who I thought would never hurt me and I could spend the rest of my life with..Has. He hurt me in the biggest way imaginable..being with someone else.

I swallow hard, looking down at my wedding ring that I haven't been able to take off yet because I'm scared of what anyone will think..Of what they may say about the poor and unfortunate luck of 'Mrs. Elena Salvatore.'

The tapping of Carol's foot against the wooden floor in her office jolts me out of my own head. And, when I finally speak in a cold tone, the words come out like acid that leave a bitter taste in my mouth and against my tongue. "He.." I pause. Unable to say the words out loud. Because, I know that once I do. Once I say them, that it'll make things 100 times worse and 100 times more real. I don't want to believe it, I don't want to go home to an empty house, where all I have is my kids and the reminisce of a man that was supposed to only love me, that was supposed to always just be mine.

It's silent for a long time, like she's allowing me to realize what I've been trying to say during this whole session. But, the thing is that, Carol doesn't know that I've already processed it. That I have already allowed myself to wallow in my own self pity and even though, I'm not over it. After two days, I can finally sleep in the bed we used to share without picturing his lips all over Rebekah's skin and his hands all over her body. Because, it's all been playing in my head like a nightmare and all I've been able to see in front of me is that, up until last night.

"Elena...tell me what exactly happened. So, that I know how to help you. So, that I know you'll be okay." Carol advises, locking her eyes on me as I lean my head back and close my eyes, picturing the events that had lead up to this point. Telling Carol that there is no one who can help me now, who can heal me because I'm too far gone, to even give a damn about anything except for my future with my children and my life once again, that will probably be without Stefan in it...

...THREE DAYS EARLIER...

Caroline's P.O.V.

"Shit!" I shout out loud, watching as Tyler looks over at me, his hands loosely on the steering wheel of our car.

"What's going on in that pretty little blonde head of yours?" He asks, turning onto the on ramp towards the freeway, taking the longer way home for no reason, probably just so that we can talk about whatever may be on our minds, just like we have been these last few weeks.

"I forgot my phone at the fire station tonight! It was my work phone too and if anyone calls on it and I don't pick up, my pretty little blonde head will be in a lot of trouble." I explain, hearing as he laughs and gets onto the freeway, picking up speed when the car lurches forward and I hear him comment. "We can go back, it's fine. Let me just take the next exit and we'll go get the phone. Or...We could always-" He starts to suggest. I know exactly what he's trying to say, what he's implying and if it wasn't late and for the fact that I was on call with the police department, I'd surely take him up on the offer.

"Tyler...I'm on call tonight..you know that..." I gaze over at him, the headlights from the oncoming traffic hitting his face and I can tell that my husband's pouting about it.