Friends with Death

death sounds so beautiful

Caroline pushed herself up, crossing her legs as her back rested against the wooden headboard of her bed. Cora placed herself at the end of her bed. She wore black skinny jeans, a dark grey shirt with a camouflage jacket. Her jet-black hair cascading over shoulders in gentle waves. Caroline would have feared her if it wasn't for her soft grey eyes. There was something swirling in them that calmed her.

She really liked that.

"Now, what are you doing with Katherine Pierce?" Cora didn't look impressed with that set of information.

Caroline was still cautious as she didn't know her from anything. She couldn't remember her at all. "You know her?"

"Of course, although she doesn't know me so let's keep it that way, Caroline."

She nodded, making a note to keeping that information to herself. "Don't worry too much about Katherine, Damon and Stefan have her in the tomb under Fell's Church."

She didn't say anything after that but she just stared at Caroline, almost as if she was scanning her or checking her over for something. Caroline arched her eyebrow at her. "What?"

"You're scared of her." Cora told her and then continued, clarifying what she meant. "Katherine. She killed you, didn't she?"

Caroline nodded stiffly. She remembered that night so clearly – she will never forget it at all. She woke up and saw, what she thought was, Elena not sporting her signature straight hair. It was set in tight curls. Her eyes weren't doe-eyed as she remembered, they were darker. She questioned 'Elena' but only ended up with a pillow covering her face. "She did. She smothered me with a pillow."

Cora looked down at her hands, exhaling an exhausting sigh. "I'm sorry this happened to you." She pushed herself off the end of her bed and strolled towards the window that faced the road, and other houses that sat opposite.

Caroline's eyes never left her. Her humanity was intact, she cared about things and more importantly her which she hardly understands. "I have so many questions." She began, getting out of her bed and heading to her wardrobe.

She pulled the doors open. "Like, how fast you got here since I left the message not twenty-four hours ago,"

"Also, like, how you know about Katherine." She kept going.

Cora looked back at the blonde with an amused smile as she kept rambling on with her questions. "How old are you anyway? Do you know about werewolves? Witches?" She didn't stop her as she got dressed into jeans, a flowy shirt, a leather jacket with a cute silk scarf around her neck.

Cora's brow furrowed as a phone buzzed on a side table. Caroline picked up the phone quickly. "It's Elena." She told her, looking at her for guidance.

"It must be important. It's from the doppelganger." That confirmed that Cora knew about Elena's heritage. Caroline nodded and answered the phone.

"What's happening?" She asked into the phone.

Cora listened into the conversation, she found the voice to be like Katherine's but sweeter. "I need your help, Caroline."

"What is it? Are you okay?" Caroline asked hurriedly, concern lacing her tongue.

Cora heard the stuffing of a bag in the background. "Yeah, just meet me at the edge of the woods. I'll tell you everything." Caroline looked at Cora, wondering if something was seriously wrong with her best friend.

Cora nodded. "As I said, it must be important."

"Okay, I'll be there in ten minutes." Caroline confirmed over the phone to Elena.