Caroline

Chapter 3

The next day it wasn’t all sun shine and birds chirping, It was dark, cloudy and the sky was threatening a storm. They all met at the grill, well now it’s called mystic dine in. They all waited for each other and when they all arrived they went out into the woods and made a plan. “We have to get her to come to us, if we come to her she will most likely freak and run off again” “I don’t know this Caroline isn’t scared of anything if we go after her she’ll come after us” “how are you so sure?” “Her eyes. Their different, they look so…..cold and dark nothing like the Caroline we used to know” “I know how to get her to come to us, it’s risky though” “we have to try anything”

“Who says it will be that easy? This is Caroline, stubborn, annoying Caroline. She won’t budge that easy even now that she flicked the switch” Damon said. “Yes but we have to at least try. She always helped us so we have to come through for her.” Elena said. “Aww so glad you care” Everyone turned around to see Caroline standing there. “Caroline what are you doing here?” “What I can’t see my friends who care so much about me?” Caroline said with a sly smile. “Caroline were sorry we did this to you, we never th-“ “I’m going to stop you right there. If you’re going to try and ‘’save’’ me you don’t need to, I can’t be saved because there isn’t anything for me to be saved from” Caroline said with what looked like a sympathetic/bitchy smile. “Were going to leave you two to catch up” Damon left pulling Stefan along. “I wonder why they left; you aren’t going to give me a lecture about how much better I was when I wasn’t a killer are you?” “Caroline why did you flick the switch, were you angry after I was a hypocrite about you screwing Klaus?” “It’s probably worth mentioning that I know about your plan, how you were going to replay history and have a fight with me about Klaus, it won’t work that’s not the reason I turned it off” Caroline said crossing her arms and half smiling. “How did you-“ “I have ears you guys weren’t exactly subtle about your plan, especially when you guys met at the grill-or whatever it’s called now and then mysteriously walking straight into the woods. Yeah subtle” Elena sat on a rock not sure what she should do. “I came here to say that I don’t want to be fixed, I don’t want your help, I’m doing just fine on my own.” Caroline was walking away and called out. “You can’t fix something that is beyond being fixed. It’s too late Elena.” Caroline smiled and kept walking. 

“I’ve really screwed up this time.” Elena put her face in her hands. “It’s not your fault how were you supposed to know she was unhappy this-“ “I was supposed to know because I’m her best friend…or at least I was” “I know this is hard, especially for you but we have to focus on helping Caroline.” “What if we can’t” “We’ll keep trying we have to help her, she wouldn’t give up on me so I’m not going to give up on her.” Stefan was now sitting on the couch across from Elena. “I’ve been replaying what Caroline said to me and she was right. I did drag you and Damon along and I’m sorry for that, I really am.” Elena was staring Stefan straight in the eye so he knew that she wasn’t lying. “I forgive you, it wasn’t exactly an amazing feeling but I also can’t blame you. Damon and I put you in a position that wasn’t fair and I can’t imagine what it would be like to choose, it’s not your fault you knew that if you chose one you’d lose the other. I understand.” Stefan said ending in a sympathetic smile. “I couldn’t imagine you not being in my life, even when you should be furious at me you somehow blame yourself, it’s really sweet but there is a reason why sympathetic ends in pathetic it describes what I am.” Staring at the floor Elena ends with “I need to change the person I’ve become starting with rescuing Caroline…from herself, god that sounded so much easier in my head” with that Stefan laughed. “You are not pathetic if anything you’re just a little lost, but you’ll figure it out you always do.” With that Damon walked in with a weird look on his face. “Damon what’s up, it looks like you just came out of my year 12 math’s class” Elena said staring at him. “We may have a slight problem. Katherine is gone” “What do you mean gone?” Stefan asked. “I mean she is gone, you know when I don’t know where someone is that should be here. Gone.” Damon sarcastically answered with. “Where could she be?” Elena asked not nearly as worried as Damon was. “I have an idea and you’re not going to like it” “Damon just tell us” Stefan said. “I think she has reunited with Caroline, how I know this well she is KATHERINE” Damon explained yelling her name in anger. “Damon calm down we can slap her to China when and only when we find and talk or yell at her.” Elena said, Stefan nodding in agreement. “Ok then let’s find the wicked witch of the west” Damon said walking out of the living room. “By now they’ve probably made a plan on how to suffocate us in our sleep, we better hurry” Damon half said half sung.