I run into the woods to get away from people, I need the silence to think, to feel.
My heart feels like it's going to explode, my head feels like it's crushing together. The feeling of losing your own mother has got to be the worst pain I'll ever endure, she passed away just last week and I can't stop my self from feeling the pain over and over again. I can always just turn it off. Wait, no I can't do that I would become the monster I fear most. To deal with the pain I have to run, run deep into the forest and cry so hard that my head is ringing by the time I am done.
I am stood by the tree that I always find comfort to scream and cry at but today I just feel like crying so I sit and lean back with my head between my bent knees and sob. Its feels like hours have gone by but I know it's only been half an hour, I just keep thinking about my lovely mother, the one who always cared for me, rotting in a grave. Stop it Caroline, you can't think like that! I awake from my sob induced coma when I hear a twig snap.
I jump up in a fighting position only to find a heavily pregnant Hayley standing in front of me.
"What the hell are you doing here?" I asked while wiping my tears away.
"We've come back from New Orleans because, well the situation got too intense and I needed to take a break from the crazy family"
Haley replied looking down at the ground.
"We?" I was wondering if Klaus had come back, stop it Caroline deal with your own problems.
"Yes me, Rebekah, Elijah and Klaus."
I smiled at the thought of Klaus returning but I quickly stopped it from forming so Hayley would not have noticed.
"Caroline, what's happened?"
She actually sounds concerned, as if she would care she has a new life with the Mikaelsons.
"Nothing is wrong Hayley, I'm fine" Crap, my voice broke half way through that sentence, God I hope she doesn't notice.
"Yeah you seem perfectly fine, sitting here, alone, sobbing"
God I just want to be left alone is that too much to frickin ask.
"Hayley go back to your life and pretend you never saw me" that came out too harsh "sorry it's just been a difficult couple of months"
"Tell me then"
She still wants me to tell her, even though I just basically told her to piss off. Maybe I should tell her I mean what else have I got to lose.
"Fine, we found out a few weeks ago that my mom had stage 4 cancer" I'm trying so hard to hold back a sob but a gasp for air was needed. "I lost her just last week"
I can't believe I'm crying in front of Haley for Gods sake but she does something that literally took me by surprise, she hugged me and I actually hugged her back.
"Caroline I'm so sorry, do you want to come back to the mansion for I don't know bourbon or even coffee and we can chat instead of staying in these freezing woods"
I completely forgot I was standing in the woods at winter time, guess I'm not as affected as she was, I completely forgot she was pregnant and as I said I have nothing to lose. "Sure, a coffee sounds really good right now"
I chuckle at the thought that Haley and I were actually getting along and we're going to have a heartfelt chat, at the Mikaelsons mansion no less. I just really need to talk to someone who just listened and didn't try to cheer me up like the rest of my friends. I don't need pity, I need a friend.
I saw how dark it actually got and how far we were into the woods. Haley looked like she was about to ask me something when I heard rustling behind us. I quickly turned around but couldn't see anyone, that was until a very tall dark shadowy man walked out from behind a tree.
"Who's there?" Why does my voice always break in these situations, I look like such a wuss. All the response I got was a very sinister laugh. Well great, looks like we have a new guest in town.
The next thing I know I'm pushed back against the tree, I head butt the man holding me back and kick him in the gut. I see another man running at Haley, I'm running towards Haley and grab her before flashing out towards the mansion. Before I flashed us both out of there I heard 3 gun shots! My back is burning and the pain is unbearable, I can't breathe, think or stop, I just have to get Haley inside the mansion first. My pace is getting slower. I have to stop or I'll collapse and be completely useless! Haley is looking at me with worry in her eyes and I don't blame her, I probably look like hell right now.
"Haley I need you to run the rest of the way, I'll catch up". She pauses but eventually I persuade her to go and she nods at me and starts to run. I find the nearest tree to rest and catch my breathe! Breathing feels like someone set fire to my chest but I have to start moving again. The bullets in my back are working there way up to my heart. Shit am I going to die? I can't die, I won't die, not right now. I push myself to run as fast as I can and I can see the mansion is so close! I can feel my legs are about to collapse but I can't let that happen, I start to pick up the pace and finally reach the steps of the mansion. I am banging on the door and Haley opens it up.
"Oh my God Caroline" She grabs my right arm and drags me in. I scream in pain, it hurts so goddamn much. I drop to the floor, I have no energy to carry on walking and the bullets are digging further into my back towards my heart! My vision is starting to blur and it's becoming harder to breathe!
The next thing I know I'm in somebody's arms, carrying me and I recognise his sweet scented Cologne. It's him.
Klaus.