Elena's the one who tells Caroline that Katherine's out of the tomb, and Caroline feels the poetry in that. That one look-alike tells the other look-alike's victim that said other look-alike is walking around free. It makes Caroline shiver, but she's not quite sure why.
She wants to believe it's because she hates Katherine or because she's scared of her. Preferably the former, but she's fairly sure the latter is closer to the truth—although not quite the whole truth. Caroline shivers because there's a part of her that anticipates seeing the older vampire.
She hides her emotions from Elena, tells her she'll be careful and that she'll absolutely call Elena if she hears from Katherine. And Elena, trusting as ever, leaves it at that.
-x-
A few days later, Katherine is waiting for Caroline in her bedroom when she gets home from another failed attempt at getting Matt to talk to her.
"How did you get in here?" Caroline asks with more confidence than she feels.
She was crying on the way back to her house, and she's not in the mood to fight right now. She just wants to go to sleep and pretend everything is okay for a little while.
"Hello, Caroline," Katherine says, a small smirk on her face.
"I'm not in the mood to play right now," Caroline remarks, wiping pitifully at her face. The tears are dry, but she can still feel them. For that matter, Katherine can see them.
"Someone break you're heart?" the older vampire teases.
"I won't talk about Matt with you," Caroline hisses.
Katherine raises an eyebrow. "Matt? I remember him, he's hot. What happened?"
Caroline doesn't even bother to answer, but she can't stop the tears that well up in her eyes. Katherine, always one for details, notices immediately and reaches a hand to the blonde's face and wipes them away.
Caroline can't verbalize how Katherine's actions affect her, but she's allowing them, so she knows she can't be reacting too badly. She should, of course, but she's not.
"I can make you feel better," Katherine whispers, a small smirk playing on her lips.
And Caroline's too desperate for someone to really care that it's Katherine, so she nods. "Okay," she whispers.
-x-
Later, Caroline eyes the phone in her hand. She knows she should call Elena. She knows she should tell her that she did, in fact, see Katherine.
But how would she explain the reason for her mused hair and her obviously kissed lips? How would she explain the desire in her eyes when she looks at the human doppelganger?
So she puts her phone down and turns out her light.