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Caroline Lockwood was stressed out. Being neurotic was in her nature, but this was a new level of stress. Today was the twin's fifth birthday party.
She had been planning the party for six weeks. Everything had to be perfect. Her babies were turning five, it only happened once, so it had to be special. And special it was going to be.
It was now four hours before the party started and she was nervous. The two cakes had been ordered three weeks ago. A pink heart shaped sponge cake with pink frosting on the outside, which had a picture of Scarlett in the middle, and a multicolor train cake with 4 carriages for Maxwell. They were currently sitting on a white marble table in the tent which was currently taking up half the Lockwood's backyard. The white tent was very big. Inside sat seventeen tables for the 75 guests, each table was decorated to perfection with an ivory table covering, a pink rose centerpiece and party favors which included $10 gift cards to her friend Jenna's boutique. Outside the tent, taking up the rest of the yard was an ice cream truck, pony rides, a magician, an open bar for the adults and a petting zoo. As you can tell already, there was no budget for this extravagant event.
"Can you set up a table another table over there, so we can set the gifts on it?"
Caroline asked one of the staff. She was standing in the middle of the tent. It better be a large table, she thought to herself, because she knew the amount of gifts the twins were going to receive would be vast. Her and Tyler had gotten Scarlett; a full wardrobe of princess dresses, a kitten, dolls, clothes, books and many other things, while Maxwell was going to receive; a bike, a tablet computer, action figures, clothes and many other gifts as well. Caroline had grown up with money, and expected nothing less than the best for her children.
"Caroline! Hey! The place looks amazing" spoke Elena, looking around the party venue by herself.
Elena Gilbert was her neighbor and one of her closest friends. Elena was married to Damon Salvatore, a big shot in the corporate world, he was the CEO of Salvatore Manufacturing. They made everything from pens to small aircraft. They were the richest residents in Mystic Falls. They had gotten married seven years ago and had a four year old daughter, Olivia.
"Thanks Lena but I'm freaking out! The pianist hasn't arrived, the ice sculpture is melting and my mom can't make it because she is on a cruise! Who goes on a cruise on their grandchildren's birthday! What happens if today is a disaster? My babies will hate me forever! I will always be known as the mother who throws the worst birthday parties imaginable! I will never be able to live this down! I'm the freakin' head of the PTA! I'll get kicked out and my life will be-"
"Caroline! You need to calm down! You are going to give yourself an aneurism! Go and get yourself a cup of coffee- wait you probably don't need anymore caffeine going through your veins. Go upstairs and lie down, i will make sure everything is Caroline perfect."
Elena was the resident doctor in Mystic Falls. She opened her practice three years ago and business was fabulous, if you had a cold or had a broken arm, she was the person you went to see. Caroline envied Elena. Elena made a difference in this town, treating the sick, Caroline wanted to be something, lately being a stay at home mom hadn't been enough. There was something missing. She shouldn't be feeling this way, she thought. She had the perfect house, children and husband. Tyler Lockwood was the police chief of Mystic Falls, keeping the city safe. Caroline fell in love with Tyler 15 years ago when they met at Duke's University in North Carolina. Caroline was studying art, a thing she loved but hardly had any time to enjoy it anymore. It was love at first sight for the both of them. They married two years later and moved to Mystic Avenue three years after that. Lately, Tyler had been working more, and Caroline was missing her husband. Five years ago, something had happened which almost destroyed them but now they were stronger than ever. She just wish her husband was home more often.
"You're probably right Elena, thank you, you're a great friend" Caroline spoke as she gave her friend a hug,"Do you have any idea where Scar and Max are? They will have to start getting ready soon."
"They are up in their rooms, Olivia ran up to play with them. Don't worry Caroline, I will get them ready, you just relax." Elena said and gave Caroline a playful nudge towards the patio door, "Go! Don't make me drag you!" Elena giggled
"Okay, Okay, I'm going!" Caroline hugged her friend one last time before heading upstairs. Sometimes she didn't deserve Elena as a friend, Caroline thought to herself. She had done some horrible things to Elena in the past, stuff she will never find out.
The Lockwood twin's birthday party was going to be one of the biggest events of the summer. The sun was shining high in the sky on this balmy July day. With the sun shining on the street, Mystic Avenue looked like a picture out of a magazine. The street had 10 houses (or mansions as normal people would regard them as). All of them with white picket fences, green grass and exotic sports cars and SUVs parked in the drive way.
Everyone who lived on the street was attending the birthday party. Even the disliked were attending, they couldn't not go to a silly birthday party, it was a Lockwood party. In Mystic Avenue, reputation was everything.
That was why Katherine Pierce was attending. Her husband Stefan Salvatore was making her go. Sometimes she wondered why she married "Saint Stefan". He was the principal at Mystic Prep, the most exclusive elementary school in Mystic Falls, it cost twenty thousand dollars a year to send your kid there. That price was small for the residents in Mystic Avenue to pay. Fortunately for Katherine she didn't have a child to send to the school. She hated children. To her they were unnecessary, they were only going to cut into her shopping time. The name Katherine Pierce was a brand, a brand which included a clothing line, a jewelry line and clothing line for dogs. Children would only mess up her plan, and that couldn't happen. Ah, she remembered, that's why she married Stefan Salvatore, the kind teacher ,he was all apart of her plan, her plan to get close to his brother,Damon Salvatore.
Katherine's assistant, Lilly Hale, was very involved in her life. Katherine had a very precise way of life that only Lilly knew. She trusted Lilly with her secrets, and in some ways, her life.
Stefan and Katherine arrived to the Lockwood's house at 3pm, an hour late, or quite fashionably late as Katherine called it. Lilly was following closely behind. Katherine had made Lilly get the gifts last week, as she was in Las Vegas, seeing a client. Lilly had asked Stefan what the twins would like, and she eventually had gotten the twins; books, a train set for Maxwell and a doll for Scarlett. Katherine didn't like how friendly Lilly and Stefan seemed to be, it needed to stop. They had set the gifts down on the large table in front of the tent, which was already piled high with gifts. Katherine left Stefan and Lilly to go get a drink from the bar. A large drink. She needed it if she was going to make it through today. She hated literally everyone she saw here today, she thought, as she observed the crowd from the bar.
There was Bonnie and Jeremy Gilbert. Bonnie was a psychiatrist, that was reason enough to hate her, it also didn't help that she was kind, pretty and was friends with Damon. Her husband, Jeremy, who was Elena's brother, was a cop. She hated cops with a passion, for reasons only she knew. They were also lived in one of the smallest houses on Mystic Avenue, Katherine Pierce didn't associate with the 'poor'.
She glanced over at Stefan, to find him dancing with Lilly. Even though she somewhat liked Lilly, did Stefan have no shame? He was dancing with the help in a public place. Katherine gagged, looked away and continued to observe the crowd.
There were the Mikaelsons. She only hated them because Rebekah Mikaelson was a famous model, and dissed her clothing line, bitch. Rebekah lived alone until two mysterious men moved in. No one knows who they are, not even Katherine. Katherine was pretty sure Rebekah was secretly dating Matt Donovan. Matt owned the car dealership, Donovan motors. Katherine guessed he made a good living otherwise he wouldn't be able to afford a house on Mystic Avenue. Matt was good looking, but if he talked to scum like Rebekah, they obviously wouldn't have a lot in common, therefore they didn't associate/
Then there was Alaric and Jenna Saltzmen. Jenna owned BeauBelle Boutique in Mystic Falls. The clothes weren't awful, Katherine thought to herself, she had bought something from there once or twice. Alaric was a co-worker of Stefan's at Mystic Prep. The two had a son called Joshua who was 7 years old. They lived in the first house on the street. That's all Katherine cared to find out, because to her, they were invalids.
Ugh, then there was Meredith Fell. Katherine hated her. Meredith hated Katherine. When Meredith arrived to the street they took an instant disliking to each other, true, Katherine took an instant disliking to everyone, but there was just something off about Meredith Fell. She was just a mystery. Katherine didn't know much about her only that she moved onto Mystic Avenue, in the middle of the night, three months ago.
There were other people on the street, Katherine didn't see the point learning their names or secrets because she wanted to leave as soon as possible. As soon as she got what she wanted, she was going to leave and never come back.
"You didn't do bad, Blondie. I couldn't get Liv away from the ponies." Damon praised. He wouldn't look into her eyes though, Elena was a little bit suspicious. What was going on here? she wondered. Damon was carrying a sleeping Olivia on his shoulders," But i think Elena and I better go and put her to bed."
"Thanks for coming guys and thank you for the presents." Tyler spoke when he came past. He was very busy saying goodbye to the rest of the guests. Damon and Elena had gotten a lot of toys of various prices and colors.
"Yes! Thank you guys! Especially you, Elena! Without you, i probably would have suffered a mental breakdown," Caroline spoke as she gave Elena a hug,"I'm going to check on the twins, they collapsed onto the sofa an hour ago" Caroline laughed.
Caroline said goodbye to the Salvatores,not looking at Damon, she couldn't, and went inside. It was 8pm. The only guest that was left was Matt Donovan, Tyler's best friend. They were going to have a couple beers. Caroline said goodnight to both and lifted the twins to their rooms. After, she went to watch TV in the small living room. She had a glass of wine and was trying to relax. Today, after all her worrying, was a success, the twins had an amazing time. The help was going to start tomorrow cleaning up so Caroline didn't have to worry about the clean up. She had just settled herself and began to watch Friends when there was a knock on the doors. Caroline sighed and got up, who would be calling now?
It took her a couple of minutes to reach to the door, the Lockwood home wasn't small by an means. Tyler and Matt were sitting in the kitchen laughing. She smiled to herself, she loved it when her husband was happy.
Another knock on the door brought her back to reality. She opened the heavy wooden doors and gasped.
'Hello Caroline," the woman spoke, a woman that Caroline thought she would never see again.
In Mystic Avenue, everything on the outside may look picture perfect, but behind closed doors it's a different story.
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