Caroline paused, her hand on the door. Did she really want to go in? She had not left on the best of terms yesterday, but surely it would not have tainted this morning.
Taking a deep breath, she pushed the door open.
"Good morning," caroline said as brightly as she could.
Esther gasped, dropping her book onto the counter with a 'clang' and running the short distance to the door. She pulled the girl into a bone-crushing hug as if Caroline had been gone for months instead of mere hours. "Oh, Carolien,
I was so worried when you never came home."
"Sorry, I needed some time to think," she replied into the woman's shoulder. "Didn't damon tell you where I was?"
"Of course he did. Said you needed to be alone to consider things. You do have a lot to consider," Esther agreed sympathetically. Even after an afternoon and evening of nothing, that compassionate look and tone of understanding still annoyed the girl, but esther moved on before it had time to ruin caroline's whole morning.
"Would you like something to eat?"
Caroline asked. She had slept in her clothes and was looking far worse for it. The night spent crying did nothing to help her appearance either.
"Of course" esther smiled. "Go on. I'll have the maids prepare something for you when you come down."
She nodded and went up to the room she shared with kathreen . The younger girl was snoring quietly on atop a stack of new glossy bridal magazines on caroline's bed. Seeing her sister, caroline was very glad to have escaped to the waterfall. Even with the stress of the news that she would be marrying her arche enemy klaus Mickalson , the night hadnt been at all pleasant .
Caroline took a long, hot shower, dressed in one of the outfits she loved and finished eating breakfast before anyone mentioned her being out all night
"I'm sorry, Esther " caroline said as she extricated herself from the woman's arms. I cant marry your son.
you have no choice in the matter " Esther said " you will mary my son in a months time and that is finale .
The girl stopped as she pulled on her jacket, looking back at the woman in shocked disbelief. "I'm not going to marry him , i refuse "
caroline ran up to her room and slamed the door , she fell down her door crying only getting up when her mother came to knock at the door begging caroline to forgive her parents for arranging a marriage between the two young enemies .
For the second time in one morning, the girl was left speachless .
She took one more minute to steel her nerves for whatever it was she was about to ask .
why "she asked " why would you do this to me ?
We had no choice it was an arrangement made many years ago by your father and Mikael , i have no say in the matter "Liz Forbs said apolagetecly "
Well i guess your all wondering what the hell happend , why im engaged to my arch enemy , well lets just say , its long story and a story im going to tell you . This is the story of how i met the love of my life .