TVD/TO AU
Elijah and his brother Klaus were looking forward to celebrating the 4th of July with a huge ball. Everything was going perfectly.
But then Elijah finds out his girlfriend cheated on him. And Klaus, who was enjoying his life as a womanizer...
Tyler came home to his and Caroline's apartment right after Caroline had caught him with his lover. When he came in, he saw his girlfriend with an icy look on her face and folded arms, standing in the middle of the room.
"Explain! You have two minutes!" she said, silently and cold.
He held his hands up in defeat and started talking. He knew better than to try opposing Caroline in this situation.
"Okay, listen. About five months ago, I had some sort of emotional breakdown at the office. Klaus was making fun of me and made me work late. I was so pissed that I took it out on Hayley. She works for him as an accountant. After work I went to her, because I wanted to apologize for being so rude to her. She was so understanding, told me she knew what I meant, since Klaus is her boss too. We ended up talking some more. Nothing else happened. But, then, somehow, we started hanging out more often. And yes, sometimes we would talk after work and go to a bar for that, but it was just a friendship at first, really. At some point, she let me know that she wanted more, but I told her I had a girlfriend."
Caroline raised her eyebrows.
Tyler swallowed and continued: "And then, on Christmas day, when we got off work, the collegues suggested to go for a drink, to celebrate both the early end of work and Christmas. It was supposed to be just one drink with collegues. I thought it would only be for an hour or so, so I said yes. Everyone else went too. Including Hayley. We drank, talked, laughed and danced... and somehow things got out of hand. At some point whithin the last weeks, I must have started to fall for her. I don't know when. From that point on, we started seeing each other. I tried to come up with a way to tell you, but I never found the time. For a while, I was also not sure what to do. I wasn't sure whether to keep you or her."
"So you kept both of us around? Are you mad? And what about her? Did she know? About me?"
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"Well, yes. She was very understanding about it. Said, I should take my time. Look, Care, I know we've been together for a while now, but this is not really working. I mean, you're great, but-" he hesitated.
"But what???"
"But you can be a lot. You always need to control everything and everything always has to be perfect. I mean, it's like you're physically unable to relax! I don't remember a single time we met up with our friends here on which you didn't need everything to be exhaustingly perfect."
Caroline listened. It hurt her to hear him say that. She felt like she couldn't breath anymore. Hot tears fought their way to her cheeks.
She grabbed her beg and coat. Before leaving the apartment, she turned around to Tyler one more time.
"I will be sleeping elsewhere tonight. And when I come back tomorrow, you better be gone! You have one week to get your stuff out of the apartment. We are done!" And with that, she left.
