Fire & Flame | Klaus Mikaelson

twenty one

21. Before Sunset

"What do you mean you're ditching my clean-up committee?" an annoyed Caroline asked her boyfriend through the phone, walking down the empty hallway of her school.

"Klaus called" Tyler informed for the other side, "He's leaving town and wants me to pack up his house".

"Well, since when does sire bond equal mover-slave?" a frustrated Caroline asked.

"He's making me doing these small petty jobs ever since he saw me share that dance with Lily at the decade dance" Tyler revealed.

"So, he's being petty" Caroline realised.

"And he still thinks I'm sired to him" Tyler added, "It's fine, I'll keep up the act and it will all be over soon".

"Speaking of which, have you told Lily about you no longer being sired to Klaus?" Caroline asked.

"I wanted to tell her at the dance, but before I could Klaus showed up" Tyler replied.

Caroline sighed, "Tyler, you need to tell her as soon as you can, if she finds out from someone else, she won't take it well, she'll think that like everyone else, you've also lost your trust in her".

"Trust me Care, I know, the last thing I want to do is make Lily think I don't trust her, the second I get the chance, I'll tell her everything" Tyler assured, "Now I'm late, I gotta go, I love you".

"I love you too" Caroline said, before hanging up on her boyfriend, as soon as she cut the call, she heard a door bang, causing her to look behind her in confusion, wondering who was here, she then felt a whoosh infront of her, "Hello?" she called out, but no one said anything, thinking she was just imagining things, Caroline proceeded to make her way towards the school cafeteria, as soon as she entered she was confused seeing Rebekah and Lily already there, with Rebekah cleaning, and Lily sitting on a chair with her legs on the table, scrolling through her phone.

Hearing footsteps, Lily looked up from her phone and smiled at her sister, "Hey Care".

"So this is where you disappeared to" Caroline said, she had gone to check on her sister in the morning, only to see that she had already left the house.

"Rebekah dragged me here before you could" Lily said, knowing her sister was looking for her to drag her here as well, just like Rebekah, these two were much alike then they thought.

"I'm just glad someone managed to get you here" an amused Caroline said.

"I managed to get her here, but I can't get her to help, maybe you'll have better luck" Rebekah said, throwing empty cups into the bin.

"Not likely" both Caroline and Lily said stimuteanously.

Caroline looked at Rebekah, "The more you get to know my sister, the more you'll realise that she doesn't like getting her hands dirty".

"Except when it's hurting people" Lily clarified, making both Rebekah and Caroline chuckle.

"Hey, where's Matt, by the way?" a curious Caroline asked, remembering that the Donovan boy was also supposed to be here.

"He bailed" Rebekah informed, "He got called into work at the last minute".

"Are you kidding me?" an annoyed Caroline asked, "So it's just us?".