Thantophobia

9. Summer Days Drifted Away

I slammed my car door shut, and made my way to the truck of the car, picking up my box of things.

"Wow." I looked around in awe.

"Here we are girls. College." Caroline said with a smile.

Elena, Caroline and I went to go inside our dorm room soon after we arrived. I plopped myself on one of the beds in the room, calling it for myself. "Hold on guys, Damon's calling." Elena left the room to answer the phone.

"Ugh." Caroline rolled her eyes, probably because Elena mentioned Damon's name. I laughed to myself. "You'd have to admit the fact that they make a great couple." I chimed in while I started unpacking my things.

Caroline started to unpack her things as well. "Whatever." Before I finished unpacking my things, I looked outside our dorm window, deciding whether or not I should call Kol. There was a knock on the door, and I ran to get it right when Caroline, with her super speed, reached the door before me, opening it.

"Ah, hello Caroline. It's been a while hasn't it?"

"Olivia!" Caroline shouted over to me, as I made my way over to the door. "What's he-" She started to ask me, when I cut her off out of excitement.

"Kol!" I practically jumped onto him for just a hug. "Relax darling, I saw you just yesterday." He chuckled, placing a kiss on my lips. Caroline left the situation immediately, grabbing herself a bloodbag before anything else could happen. I raised my eyebrows, confused before I spoke, "Uh I didn't see you at all yesterday?" Me and the girls went shopping recently, and I didn't happen to see him at the mall...

He stared at me before he gave me that 'oh yeah, I forgot' look. "Oh yeah, I forgot. I saw you but you didn't see me." I kind of shrugged off the whole situation, because as you know, vampires like to stalk people. "I liked the first dress that you picked out, by the way." He smirked.

"Um, creepy much?" Caroline joined the conversation from across the room, while sipping her bloodbag. I laughed before Elena entered the room again. "Oh, Kol, what a surprise." He almost faked a smile, making Caroline almost choke.

Kol started to speak, breaking the silence in the room. "Well I guess I'll see you all in class then tomorrow. Farewell, love." He pecked my cheek before he left in a flash.

I was just about to plop back onto my bed when someone knocked on the door again. I groaned and flipped over on my side while Caroline got the door again. "What is it?" She whined as she opened the door.

"Woah um. Sorry to bother you guys- but we're having a party tonight. It's a Whitmore tradition, and we'd be glad if y'all came." A group of older guys stood outside our room, making it quite visible that they were staring us all down. "Sure." Caroline shrugged as the tallest guy handed her a flyer.

Caroline made no hesitation on closing the door, while one of the guys tried to finish his little spiel. "Alright, cool. See you there." I bursted out with laughter.

"Oh my god." Elena covered her mouth, because she was laughing too. "Guys come on. I mean, they tried." Caroline added. In any other situation, I'd be pretty glad that a bunch of college boys eyed me from outside my dorm, but since I was dating Kol; even the thought of the idea was off limits.

"Tyler isn't even around, and he hasn't even returned any of your calls, Care! In my case, go for a college boy." Elena stated while I nodded my head along, agreeing completely. "She's right, don't even worry about it." Caroline sighed and sat down.

Caroline shook her head a few times. "Alright alright- fine. Help me pick out something to wear tonight." She concluded. I cheered and wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "There's the Care we love and know." I laughed before I went through her clothes.