Hello everyone,
There are just a few points that you need to know before reading this story as I've changed it around quite a bit. In this story, Klaus and Caroline slept together just before everything that happened with the Travellers and Bonnie and Damon died; then Klaus left. So the timing is a bit different. Also, Kol and Katherine are still going to be alive and there is no Hayley and Baby.
*Spoilers* If you haven't watched Season 6 yet please don't read as there are a lot of connections in this story! *Spoilers*
I hope you enjoy it, if you have any questions please ask and if you're feeling generous, please leave me a review! It lets me know what you think and motivates me to write more. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything characters from TVD/TO.
Chapter One
Caroline was quiet as she scuttled through the crowd towards the bar. Having finally found an empty seat away from the drunk men, she started to swing her legs letting them lightly skim the floor. Her lips twitched into a smile as she recognised her favourite bar maid walking towards her.
"Afternoon Caroline, the usual for you again?" The bar maid asked, a large smile on her face. Was it sad that the young girl could remember what Caroline was drinking? Did she really come here that often? Caroline was silent but nodded at the the girl, smiling reassuringly.
Leaning down her head hung heavily in her hands as the nauseous feeling returned to her stomach. Something had felt wrong recently, but she didn't have a clue what it was. She'd been sick numerous times over the past couple of days which was not good considering she was a vampire. Yes, she was immensely stressed about the fact that she still hadn't managed to come up with any ideas or plans at all involving bringing Bonnie and Damon back; but it wasn't that. This was something different.
Looking up she watched as the girl added a straw to her glass and swirled it three times before placing it on top of the dark red coaster; the colour of which was reminding her of blood and making her rather peckish.
"Thank you Melissa." Caroline whispered, smiling sweetly before her head returned to its previous position in her hands. Allowing her eyes to close, she racked through every recent thing that she had done or experienced that could be causing her to feel sick - but she couldn't think of anything. She steadied her breathing, focusing on silence as she tried to block out all of the surrounding noise.
"Hello there sweetheart." A heavily accented voice said from beside her and her eyes flashed open, her head propping up as she looked at the familiar face.
"Enzo, hi!" She smiled, sitting up tall as she tried to act like her normal bubbly self.
"What's wrong?" He asked, wearing an expression of concern as he studied her. She seemed paler than usual, her eyes were bloodshot and her breathing heavy. "Has something happened?" Slipping into the seat next to her, his hand reached forward and rested on her knee.
"I have to go." She whispered, shaking her head violently. Her stomach felt ready to burst so she turned, flashing towards the restroom and out of his sight. Kneeling on the floor she slammed open the toilet seat, groaning inwardly at how disgusting it was. She was actually tempted to clean it! Involuntarily tears started racing down her cheeks as she gagged, throwing up into the bottom of the toilet, coughing continuously.
Grabbing a section of tissue she wiped her mouth, flushing the toilet and standing up, her eyes instinctively rolling as she turned around.
"Don't start, I'm really not in the mood." She spat, pushing past him and over to the sink, noticing for the first time how bad she looked. It didn't even look like she'd bothered to brush her hair. "You shouldn't be in here you know Enzo, it's the women's bathroom." She avoided looking at him because she knew she wouldn't be able to handle his judging expression. The truth was, she didn't know what was wrong, so she really didn't have an answer for him.
"I'm well aware of that Caroline. What was that?" He asked, his hand pointing to the stall that she had previously occupied. She rolled her eyes immediately, zipping up her bag and turning to face him. "That was me being sick Enzo, no big deal, it happens all the time." She replied, turning swiftly as she tried to move past him and back out to the bar for another drink.
He reached out, grabbing her wrist, effectively stopping her from going any further. His free hand reaching up gently moving her face to look at him.
"Caroline, what is going on?" He asked, now looking directly into her eyes. Her lips started to tremble and her eyes turned watery. She shook her head, looking away from him but he sighed, reaching forward and pulling her into him for a hug; her body jolted as a reaction to her sobbing.
After a few minutes the warmth of his body helped to calm her down, but she continued to grasp him tightly. He looked towards the door having noticed it creaking open, a young girl entered and his body tensed in an upright position.
"Err excuse me for interrupting, I didn't think this was a communal toilet now." The girl spat, looking at how Enzo was embracing Caroline with venom.
"Actually, you're interrupting something, so if you could just hop along." Enzo growled, glaring as the girl looked at him in shock.
"I don't think so, I've cut my hand and I need to wash it. I'm sure you can both find somewhere else to carry on with whatever that was." The girl retorted, walking over to the sink and letting the water flow over her open wound, her blood turning the sink red as it pooled near the plug hole.
Caroline stood back, her eyes focusing in on the blood flowing down the drain, mixing in with the water. Her hand tightened on Enzo's shirt, effectively gaining his attention as her eyes turned black, the veins protruding around her eyes and her fangs beginning to show.
"What's happening to your face?" The girl asked with fear as she noticed Caroline's reflection in the mirror. Grabbing a tissue she stepped backwards, her eyes never leaving Caroline's fangs. Enzo frowned, turning to look at Caroline. He noticed the way her heart was beating faster and her eyes had focused in on the blood soaking into the tissue.
"Time to go." Enzo muttered, flashing and grabbing the girls face to force her to look at him.
"You will forget that you saw us here, you've had a lucky escape gorgeous." He smirked before turning and grabbing Caroline's wrist, flashing her out of the bar and away from the people.
"I don't know what's going on Enzo; if you weren't there I would have killed that girl!" Caroline shouted, her arms flailing around as she paced continuously in circles, freaking herself out over the way in which she acted.
"Calm down gorgeous, you're a vampire, it's what you do." Enzo retorted, picking up a piece of her underwear from the draw and smirking as she flashed over, ripping it from his grasp.
"Do you mind? Have you heard of an invasion of privacy?" She spat, slamming the drawer shut before stopping and looking at him.
"Don't tell anyone about what happened today Enzo, I mean it." She ordered and he nodded.
"My lips are sealed, don't you worry." He winked before flashing out and leaving her alone in her room. She sighed, sitting down on her bed and reaching towards her phone. Flicking through her contacts she stopped on the one person that she really needed right now; Bonnie.
"Where are you when I need you Bonnie?" She whispered.
Turning around she laid down fully, pulling the duvet up and over her as she curled up in bed, closing her eyes as she tried desperately to fall asleep and forget about whatever the hell was happening to her.
There you go everyone, just a short first chapter to set the scene for you. Also, as I forgot to say earlier, Enzo and Caroline have become closer, Stefan has still gone off to start a new life and Elena has erased all memories of Damon still.
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