Kenzie Gilbert: The Coercive Twin (5)

3: Applied Microbiology

Chapter Three

"Hey, roomies," I greeted coming into the room. Stefan by my side, holding my hand while holding papers in the other.

"Hey, hey," Bonnie smiled at us.

"Hi, guys," Caroline said.

"So Megan's memorial outside is growing by the minute," I told them, plopping down on my bed.

"Ugh. College kids are so dramatic. She was on campus for, like, one day. She couldn't have made that many friends," Caroline groaned.

Bonnie sighed, "Caroline, she's dead. You can stop competing with her."

"Sorry. I'm in a mood," Care said.

"You talked to Tyler?" Stefan assumed.

"He's deferring from enrolling and deferring from returning my phone calls, so I'm deferring from having s*x with him ever again," Caroline spat.

We all sat there awkwardly. Stefan, Bonnie, and I shared looks before Stef gave me that 'say something' look. "How's the snooping going? Any explanation why our Vervain-laced... Vampire-slaughtered roommate had a picture of my dad on her phone?" I asked.

"No," Bonnie and Caroline chorused.

"Well, we went by the hospital this morning. Megan's death certificate. It says she died of suicide. No mention of the gaping vampire bites on her neck. So whoever signed off on the cause of death was part of the cover-up just like the Founder's Council back home," Stefan said, standing up. He handed copies to both Bonnie and Caroline.

"Dr. Wesley Maxfield," Caroline read the name outloud.

"AKA our applied microbiology professor. I switched our classes around so that we can--" I said.

"Applied what... what? Uh, Kenzie, we are supposed to be taking intro to communication. What happened to getting drunk and making bad decisions about boys? What happened to our fun freshman year at college? I am supposed to be a drama major!" Caroline complained.

"You didn't touch my schedule, right?" Bonnie frowned.

"Uh, you're not going to be an anything major if we get exposed as vampires," Stefan pointed out. "So actually I switched MY class. And Kenzie decided she wanted to sign up to be with me."

"And so I switched mine, yours, and Caroline's schedule, Bon. Didn't want you to taking communications without me," I smiled proudly.

"We are still gonna have our fun year, Caroline, but we have to protect ourselves. The way Damon kept his secret in Mystic Falls was because he infiltrated the Founders Council. So bust out those alleged acting skills, and let's get on it, ok?" I added as neither showed any enthusiasm.

"Stefan!" Caroline shouted. "How could you let her do this? You have this under control, right?"

"Yes. I'm going to make sure everything runs smoothly around here. Like I always do, girls... But Kenzie, almost deferred from having sex with me... So I gave in and let her change your schedules," Stefan said and I smirked.

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Stefan, Bonnie, Caroline, and I were all heading to find seats in our bio class. I led the way up the stairs. "Hey. Blow-off girl. Aren't you a freshman? How are you in this class?" Someone asked.