Caroline nibbled on the tip of her pen as Alaric talked about Mystic Falls history. Caroline was beyond caring at this point as she planned her birthday party. Sure, she was a vampire, but that didn't mean she wouldn't take the chance to have a party.
"Better late than never, Ms. Mikaelson." Alaric suddenly says, Caroline's head snaps up to see a unfamiliar blonde vampire standing in the doorway.
She flashes Alaric a smile, "Very sorry, I had quite some trouble finding my way around the school. It's quite massive." She walks up to him and hands him a note, "From my dear brother." She adds before she sits down in the desk next to Caroline.
Caroline ignores her and gets down to her party planning. She underlines new dress with much urgency.
"Caroline." Alaric says, and she snaps her head up.
"Yes?" Caroline asks in her sugar sweet voice.
Alaric taps her notebook, "I hope those are notes you're taking."
Caroline suppresses the urge to roll her eyes, "They sure are." She replies in a chipper voice, she doesn't bother hiding her eye roll.
"Anyways." Alaric says, "We need everyone to get into a group of two for your projects. I'll be assigning pairs." His eyes glance across the room, "Caroline, since you seem to be taking such great notes, I'll put you with our new student, Rebekah."
Caroline freezes in her seat and looks up at Alaric, he was supposed to put her with Elena, he always put her with Elena, "Yes sir." She replies.
Alaric finishes assigning pairs and lets them get to work. Caroline stops her party plans and turns her desk to Rebekah's.
"New student, huh?" Caroline asks, "Where did you move from?"
Rebekah sighs, leaning back in her chair, "Why start with the idle chatter? You're a vampire."
Caroline can't hide the smile that crosses her lips, she liked Rebekah, she was sassy, "Good point. Also a good assessment." She licks her lips, "Caroline Forbes."
"Rebekah Mikaelson. Originals." Rebekah adds the last part with ease.
"Mmm, Alaric talks about the Originals, mainly your parents, since you guys are supposed to be dead." Caroline offers her a smirk, "But I suppose things change."
"Certainly." Rebekah smiles, "I suppose we have to get this project done, assuming he's on vervain." Rebekah grabs out her phone, "What's your number? I'll text you my address so we can finish it."
Caroline recites her number with ease, "I'm not too good with history, as you can tell." She taps her notebook.
Rebekah licks her lips and smiles, "I couldn't help but notice, what are you writing about?"
Caroline hands Rebekah her notebook, "It's my birthday soon. I know that since I'm a vampire and all, soon it won't matter, but I won't pass up the chance on a party."
"Smart girl." Rebekah grins, "You know of the Originals and how to throw a good party."
"You can come, if you want of course." Caroline flushes, "It's sort of a, whoever shows up can join the fun party. Besides, since you're new and all you'll probably need someone watching out for you."
The bell rings and Caroline has a wild idea.
"So what do you say to skipping the rest of the day?"
Rebekah and Caroline end up at the Grill. Caroline is sipping a strawberry smoothie and Rebekah is drinking cherry as they talk about her party.
"Tell me about your family." Rebekah suddenly says.
"I hope you like soap operas." Caroline says with a roll of her eyes, "I'm a only child, my Mom is the sheriff, which helps me get out legal trouble. My Mom and Dad divorced because my Dad started to have a thing for dudes. Dad totally hates me and what I am, so he constantly tries to torture it out of me."
Rebekah raises her eyebrows at the last part, "Hm, quite a thing to tell a perfect stranger."
Caroline grimaces, "I'm sure your family isn't any better."
"You're quite right on that, I have four brothers, each of them worst than the next. One of them is MIA, so I don't feel the need to mention him. My brothers are, Elijah, Finn, Kol, and of course, Niklaus." Rebekah rolls her eyes at the list, "It's best to stay as far as you can from each of them. Finn won't be a problem though."
"What happened to Finn?" Caroline questions.
Rebekah sighs, "He's dead. Last town we were in, things ended.. not entirely in our favor."
Caroline stirs her smoothie with her straw, "I'm sorry that happened to you. Must have been hard."
"He was hardly my favorite brother, but a brother nonetheless. As you can see both of our lives are quite the soap opera" Rebekah takes a sip of her smoothie then nearly chokes, "You have to be kidding me." She says, her eyes drawn to the door.
Caroline watches Rebekah's startled reaction, "What?"
The man standing in the doorway spies them immediately and makes his way over. He doesn't seem too pleased with his sister.
"Rebekah, what do you think you're doing? I thought you were giving high school a try?" The mysterious man says, not even a look shot at Caroline.
"I am, part of high school is ditching it. This is my friend Caroline, Caroline, this is my brother Elijah." Rebekah introduces the two, "Before you get concerned, she's one of us."
Caroline offers Elijah a smile, "Sorry for turning your sister into a rebel on the first day."
Elijah sighs, "She would have found a way, nonetheless." He then stalks off towards the bar.
"Tell me more about you, it's different, hearing about a vampire living a relatively human life." Rebekah says, seeming to be fascinated.
"I'm friends with Bonnie and Elena, they are definitely the best friends a girl can have." Caroline says, taking a sip of her drink, "Then, there are the Salvatores." She says, a tone of disgust.
"Damon and Stefan?" Rebekah supplies.
"You know them?" Caroline quips.
Rebekah nods, "Back in the 1920's, Chicago. Quite the.. feisty ones back then. Ambitious, Stefan was friends with Niklaus, Stefan and I dated for some time. Or a fling, in other words."
Caroline looks down at her drink, "Everyone seems to know them. I used to date Damon, though it was against my will."
"How so?" Rebekah asks.
"I was a human when he met me. He used me, he fed off of me, used me for sex, and abused me. When a series of events occurred, I became a vampire, I was so angry, I was sure I was going to kill him." Caroline bites her lip, nearly drawing blood, "Everyone convinced me he had changed though, so."
Rebekah looks sad at her tale, "No one deserves that kind of treatment."
Caroline takes another long sip of her strawberry drink, "I was weak and human. Sometimes I wish I was human again, but then I remember what Damon did to me."
"I could kill him for you." Rebekah grins.
They both burst into laughter then, Caroline fighting tears.
"You are certainly something." Caroline says with a smile lighting her whole face.
Rebekah arrives home some time after five. Niklaus is, of course, drawing in his sketch pad on the couch when he looks up at her presence.
"Already found a boy, Rebekah?" He teases with his heavily accented voice.
Rebekah rolls her eyes as she sets her bag down on the floor, "Ha ha, very funny Nik. I found a friend though."
"Mmm, human, I hope she's a tasty one." Niklaus replies, a smirk highlighting his lips.
Rebekah sits down in the recliner across from him, "She's not human Nik, she's a vampire, like us."
Niklaus looks up, suddenly interested in what she has to say, "Is she? So I'm assuming there are vampires in Mystic Falls."
"Seems so, the quaint little town you painted out for Elijah and Kol is hardly as quiet as told. The Salvatores are here." Rebekah adds the part at the end.
"Mmm, Stefan and Damon." Niklaus grins, "How are they?"
"Stefan, I haven't heard much. But Damon, quite the terror in the beginning of my dear friend's time. She's a young vampire, only recently turned, he used her while she was human." Rebekah explains.
"Why is he still alive?" Niklaus asks, "I'm sure she must have been furious."
Rebekah sighs, leaning back into the recliner, "She was, beyond that even. She's quite a spitfire, took ages to be calmed down. Her friends told her he had changed."
"She believed them?"
"They were restraining her." Rebekah clarifies, a bit of bounce in her step when her phone lit up, "Speak of the devil. She needs me to help her pick out a dress after school tomorrow."
Niklaus seems genuinely interested, "Is that so? Where is she planning on going?"
Rebekah raises a eyebrow at him, "Why on earth should I tell you? Knowing you, you'd follow us." Rebekah rolls her eyes and leaves the room, fingers tapping against her phone.
Niklaus smirked and poured himself a cup of scotch. Looks like he had some people he needed to pay a visit to.
Caroline grimaced at the dresses in the shop, "It looks like a bedazzler exploded all over this place." She notes, spinning around to see all of the sequined dresses, "I don't see a ounce of sexy in here."
Rebekah quirks a eyebrow at Caroline, "Are you trying to impress someone?"
Caroline grabs a dress off the hook and holds it to her body in front of the mirror, "I wish, my love life is about as active as a chair." She puts the dress back. Her phone buzzes and she pulls it out, "Oh! It's Bonnie!"
"Who's Bonnie?" Rebekah questions as a small woman walks into the shop.
"Bonnie!" Caroline raises her hands wildly, "Over here!"
Bonnie spots them and walks over to them, "Hey Care. So you must be Rebekah, I'm Bonnie Bennett." Bonnie shakes Rebekah's hand and smiles, "Vampire." She notes.
"Witch." Rebekah says in response, the smile still on her face, "Yep, I'm Rebekah. Original."
Bonnie rolls her eyes, "Alaric talks about your family constantly." Bonnie grabs a nearby dress and lets her eyes drift over the fabric, "I swear, he probably has a shrine."
The three girls erupt in laughter.
Bonnie hands Caroline a dress, "Try olive."
Caroline raises a eyebrow at Bonnie, "Okay, I love you and all.. but.." Caroline is handed the dress and she ponders for a moment, "Okay, I'll try it." She ushers into the dressing room and quickly strips down.
Meanwhile Rebekah and Bonnie are glancing at other dresses for themselves when the bell by the door rings.
In walks Klaus Mikaelson.
Rebekah's eyes widen and she grabs Bonnie's elbow and jerks her into a dressing room.
"Woah, what are we doing?" Bonnie asks as Rebekah gets up on the seat so her feet don't show.
"It's my annoying, pestering brother." Rebekah snarls, "How'd he find me?"
Bonnie peeks out of the dressing room to assess the man looking around the dressing shop, "I don't know, but he's sort of cute.. for a vampire." She adds the last part.
"Oh shit, Caroline." Rebekah squeaks as she hears Caroline's dressing room door open.
Caroline assumes that Rebekah and Bonnie were on the other side of the store searching for their own dresses, she stands in front of the full body mirror. She smiles and smooths out the kinks in the dress.
Finally, getting irritated with Rebekah and Bonnie not returning, she texts them both.
Bonnie's cell phone loudly chimes and Caroline follows the noise, opening the dressing room door.
"You could have just told me the dress looked bad." Caroline says to the two girls, Rebekah then whips out and pulls her into the dressing room.
"No, it's not you its-" Rebekah hisses, but throughout all of their commotion, Klaus found them.
"It's me." He says from outside the dressing room door, "Now Rebekah, I recommend opening the door so I can meet your new friends."
Caroline, Bonnie, and Rebekah all share a estranged look. Rebekah sighs, giving up, she opens the dressing room door and walks out, Bonnie and Caroline are out behind her.
"What are you doing here, Nik? I thought I specifically told you not to pester in my personal life." Rebekah growls, folding her arms across her chest. She's glaring at him quite intensely.
"I thought I'd pay you a little visit." Klaus says, a smirk set between his lips, "My name is Niklaus, but I prefer Klaus." He says, turning to Bonnie and Caroline.
"I know what you are." Bonnie says quite boldly.
Klaus grins, looking down at the ground, "Right to the point I see. I know what you both are also, a witch." Then he turns to Caroline, "A vampire, a young one at that. Still celebrating small things such as birthdays?"
Caroline's feisty, she can't hold it back, even though he could rip out her heart without blinking, "It's something to look forward to. Not that you'd know since you're like, a billion years old."
Rebekah can spot her brother getting riled up about a mile away, so she quickly steps in between the two, "Nik, I think it's time for you to leave. Don't you have townspeople to terrify?"
Klaus glares at Caroline and stalks away.
"He seems nice." Bonnie says sarcastically.
Decided to try a new aspect where the Originals didn't know about Elena being the doppelganger & were just a innocent (semi innocent) vampire family escaping a dark past! :)
thanks for reading!