Caroline directs her Opel Adam to a parking lot and chokes the engine roughly. If things go on like this, she'll have to get a new car. And this time a real one! She wasn't keen on her cousin's used car right from the start.
She pulls the key out of the ignition lock and unbuckles. Then she reaches for her handbag, checks her make-up one last time in the mirror and then gets out.
Immediately a noise wave strikes her, but she tries to ignore it. Instead, she sets off in search of her two best friends, Bonnie Bennett and Elena Gilbert.
Especially Elena wants to see her again after what happened to her parents. "Caroline", a male voice suddenly sounds behind her.
Asking, she turns around and discovers Matt Donovan, a blonde boy she has known since childhood.
"Matt", she gives him a happy smile and immediately runs towards him. During the holidays she has strangely seen her friends as rarely as never before.
"Are you looking for Elena and Bonnie?," he asks, as if he could read minds. She nods quickly and looks at him with interest.
From time to time she forgets that Elena and Matt are together. Matt is a really nice guy and he and Elena are really cute together, but Caroline never expected that they would be together so long. Matt is just like that ... Basic. Maybe that's what Elena needs after the death of her two parents. A little down-to-earth.
"Okay, follow me", with a gesture of his hand he underlines his words. She follows his request and follows him. But she can't help but look at him with interest.
"Can I ask you a question?" A cynical grin appears on her lips, making Matt suspicious.
He knows Caroline well enough to know that she would certainly like to have some information about the latest gossip.
But nevertheless he nods, albeit a little hesitantly: "What's up?" "Is it true that Vicki made out with a Blaine Andersen?", she shakes her blond eyebrows salaciously.
For a moment the boy regrets having answered her question. Rumours are spreading far too fast at this school.
Somewhat stronger than he wanted, he opens the doors to the school building and enters with the blonde in tow.
He thinks about it briefly, but then decides to give her a good answer. Not that Caroline would interpret anything into his silence.
"Yes, it's true," he rolls his eyes in a tangle. She is not the first to ask him that today.
"Oh man", she seems anything but shocked. Instead, a dirty smile appears on her lips. She either doesn't seem to notice his displeasure about this question or simply fades it out. Matt taps more on the second possibility.
"I always thought you'd rather lose your virginity. Even if you're the younger Donovan." "What? no, they don't have ... " he quickly tries to object, but she interrupts him. "Think that calmly if it helps you sleep better," she winking to him.
For a moment there is silence between the two, because Matt does not know what he should reply to it. The thought of Vicki and Blaine only causes nausea in the boy.
"But you really should take the initiative with Elena," the cheerleader breaks the silence after a few seconds. "Care", his tone sounds asking, as if this is a topic she wouldn't want to talk about.
"What?", she detaches her gaze from the others in the hallway and looks at him questioningly. But this time she sounds really interested. As if she would notice that something is wrong.
"Elena broke up with me," Matt tells her meekly, in a smoky voice. He holds his gaze firmly to the ground as if he were afraid of Caroline's gaze.
She stares at him stunned and with her mouth open. "Seriously," although Caroline had known for some time that Elena was unhappy with the relationship, she never expected her best friend to really part with the good-natured boy. It just doesn't suit her.
"There you are, Care," the voices of her best friends are ringing out at this moment.
