Hold On, I Still Need You

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Hey everyone, when writing this chapter I sobbed so much but I do enjoy writing this book, it holds such a dear place. I hope you guys like reading it, and can't wait to really get it up and going! I know that these two chapters here have been so emotional and hope to get it happier soon ;) When I said the last chapter broke my heart, it did but I think this one did more and my Playlist didn't help. Hope you so enjoy!

Thanks again for reading!

-Taylor

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Alaric looked over at her, and in a way he felt terrible for making her choose, but he had to look out for the girls. Memories from his wedding night flooding back into his head, with that burning inside you before you cry. He knew exactly how she felt at this moment, but his girls at least came out of it. He placed his hand on her leg and gave it a small squeeze, trying to comfort her, there wasn't any words to be said. He remembered what a deep dark place he went to after he lost Jo, it was his mission to make sure Caroline didn't.

She looked at him with tear filled eyes and put her slender hand on top of his, understanding what he was trying to say. His phone rang, interrupting their moment, and honestly he felt terrified to even look at it. He didn't want to answer it or even know who was calling because of what they might say. He knew that at least someone had survived to be calling, but it would not be a good call, it would always be bad news. The good thing about this, the only good thing was that Bonnie's plan had probably worked and Katherine Pierce was gone. After it had rang a few times, he caved and looked who was calling, it was Matt Donovan.

"Ric, it is done, it worked! Katherine is dead." Matt's said on the other side of the phone "You guys can come back now, it is finally safe. Dad and I are headed over to the Salvatore Boarding House right now, Bonnie is already waiting there."

Alaric looked over at Caroline, knowing she could hear everything be said. She had pulled her knees up and buried her face in them, all you could tell was she was shaking from the sobs. "Where's Damon, Matt?"

"Well, neither Bonnie or I know at the moment, I seen him earlier, right after everything went down. He was really on edge about the night's events and looking frantically for Stefan." Matt said with pain in his voice "It is all my fault Ric... I should have done more! I know they weren't my favorite people but I could have helped more!"

Alaric sighed, as he turned the car around, heading back to Mystic Falls. He then replied "Matt calm down, I don't know what you are talking about but we are on our way back now. You can explain once we are there."

"Okay, be careful you guys. Bonnie and I will be waiting here for you." Matt said and hung up.

The drive back to Mystic Falls was silent, and felt like 10 years had passed. The only thing to break the quietness, was Caroline's occasional sob, that had broke free despite her efforts to hold it back. He felt his eyes water up, just thinking about everything that has happened. He almost wanted to go as far away as he could but knew she needed to be home. She needed familiar surroundings right now, she needed to feel close to Stefan, close to everyone.

    When he finally pulled into the driveway at the Boarding house, to see Matt and Bonnie standing there waiting. They both looked exhausted and battered, their eyes laced with defeated. They truly looked like what they had just been through and it was written all them.

As soon as the car came to a stop, Caroline flew out and over to Bonnie, into her arms. She let herself break, crumble into pieces in her best friend's grip, everything she was holding back began to flood out. Bonnie held her tight in her arms, as Caroline fell apart, Bonnie crying along with her. Despite everyone, Enzo and everything that she had lost, this affected her and it was written all over her face. Stefan can't actually be dead! Bonnie thought, rubbing small circles on Caroline's back.