He's The One
Chapter 1
"Caroline Forbes, don't you dare bail on me now", Bonnie moaned, along with Elena. Caroline's two best friends pouted as they popped their heads around her bedroom door, only to see her sitting cross legged in the centre of her bed in a world of her own as she read, a huge frown forming on her face.
"Really Caroline… do not do this! You've been stuck in this mood for weeks and you're doing some stupid studying. It's no excuse, Caroline."
Caroline looked up from her laptop and chuckled at Elena's desperate expression… "First off I am not studying, I'm reading. And secondly, I am not quitting on you, because I'm pretty sure I never agreed to go out in the first place. Now if you don't mind, I actually do have some studying to do."
Elena threw her hands up in the air and walked into the bedroom, standing at the end of Caroline's bed, hands on her hips…
"Caroline, do not make me beg!" Elena proclaimed as she moved to sit at the end, donning a wonderful pout and puppy dog eyes
"Oh please" Caroline laughed "Elena Gilbert begging? I don't think I'll ever see the day…"
And she was right. Elena hardly ever begged for something she wanted, mainly because she was always so used to getting her own way. But she still loved the girl, no matter how spoiled she got sometimes. It had become her second nature to love Elena; it had taken a while, as her complicated life was a far cry from Elena's. She and Bonnie on the other hand, hit it off right away. When you're the new girl at school and have literally no clue where you're going, it's nice to have someone in the same boat as you…
That was something that surprised many people, the friendship between Caroline, Elena and Bonnie. They were all so different, well actually saying that, Elena and Bonnie did share the some similarities but compared to Caroline they were so completely and utterly different. Elena and Bonnie were what you would call adventurous, they were extremely confident in what they looked like, had no issues with saying what they thought and both of them craved the attention of males, Elena more so than Bonnie. But Caroline? She was the opposite on so many levels. She was shy around guys, extremely self-conscious and much preferred to stay at home with a good book or film…
"Yes, alright you may have a point," Elena scowled before laughing "butt on this occasion I will beg, whether I'm happy about it or not because, you my boring little friend need to get a life."
They then heard the front door open and Caroline's Mom indicate she was home, with a yell up the stairs… "Anyone home?"
"Upstairs, Mom." Caroline called back, rolling her eyes as the telltale footsteps of her mother began to climb the stairs. The door opened and Liz stood looking at the three girls
"Hi, girls, so what's the plans for tonight then?" she asked as she took notice of the serious facial expression her daughter was wearing
"Oh, nothing, " Caroline replied, knowing her Mom was about to try and persuade her to go out using the good old "You deserve a good time" "But Elena was just about to beg…"
"Elena Gilbert beg?" Liz asked, chuckling as she perched herself on the other end of the bed next to Bonnie "Must be something serious if you're resorting to beginning, Elena."
"Caroline is refusing to come out with us tonight. Tell her please she has to come out! She wants to stay and read instead." she said nudging the book pad on the bed with a disgusted look
"Sweetheart, go out and have a good time, you haven't had a night out in so long, so go and have fun." Liz proclaimed, Caroline glaring at her as she spoke
"I don't want to Mom…" Caroline admitted
"Why, Caroline?" she asked
Caroline suddenly found her hands really, really interesting as she tried her hardest to ignore the existence of her two best friends and mother in that moment, a seemingly impossible task…
"Yes, Caroline, why not?" Elena interjected
Caroline looked up, meeting her Mom's and her best friend's piercing eyes and sighed loudly… "I'm just not ready to go to another party just yet. The last one I went to was such a joy and ended so well, didn't it? I mean seeing your ex-boyfriend literally eating some random blonde on the dancefloor is really something I want to see everyday…"
The girls all sat there in silence for a few minutes all thinking about the night they decided to go to a party - uninvited, I might add. It was Caroline's boyfriend; Tyler's party and they had all been slightly put out by the fact they hadn't received an invitation in the first place. The three had expected it to be a fun night out, they had just started their final year of school and were officially seniors so it seemed a good opportunity to let their hair down and celebrate. However celebration was the furthest thing on their minds - as soon as they walked through the door, the sight of Tyler pinning a blonde on the wall at the bottom of the stairs was a something a far cry from anything worth celebrating.
"Well I say get over it!" Elena proclaimed, snapping them all from their trances
"Elena!" Bonnie scolded "You can't say that!"
"What? I don't mean to sound mean, but Tyler's an ass and always will be, and if you let him stop you from having a good time, Care, he'll be a prick too. And we don't want to give him the satisfaction."
Caroline understood what she meant, she really did, but it didn't make her more in a partying mood; it probably made her less willing in fact.
"Thanks, but I'm sorry, I'm just not in the mood for going to some stupid party." she sighed
"Correction!" Bonnie interjected "It's not some stupid party,. It's a new club that's opening. Come on its going to be so fun, it's a masquerade too, no one will even know it's you. Come on, I know you're tempted," Bonnie poked Caroline's arm teasingly as she spoke and then looked to Liz. "Tell her Liz, she has to come."
She was right, Caroline thought. She was very tempted to just let lose for one night, God help her she doesn't do it enough, but it would just be one night.
"But.." Caroline started but her Mom butted in
"No more buts, Caroline. You're young. Go and have fun." she replied, digging into her bag, holding out some money to her "Take that and have a good night with your friends. No excuses."
"There's going to be underage drinking and everything," Caroline proclaimed "probably even drugs!"
"I can't hear you!" Liz spoke as she made her way out of the bedroom
"There's like only a 5% chance Tyler's going to be there, Care, and to be honest what does it matter if he is? He isn't going to know it's you is he?"
"But…" Caroline said and rolled her eyes, not even going to bother to answer her question "But we have school tomorrow and I have to study. What makes you think I'm not going to be too hungover tomorrow to go?" Caroline questioned thinking it through her head "No, no, I can't go, no I need these grades to get a good GPA so I can go to college. I can't just go and get drunk the night before school," And she was right, she did need the grades, but she was already top of nearly all her classes. Elena sighed along with Bonnie groaning as they both dragged themselves up off the bed to walk towards the door.
"It's your loss, Care" Elena sighed
"Well, what about if we make sure you don't drink?" Bonnie suggested as they stood in the doorway
"Yeah, we can totally do that!" Elena replied "Come on, please!"
"Please?" Bonnie questioned
"Fine!" Caroline proclaimed "Okay, okay, I'll go. But if I don't get good grades, it's totally your fault."
Elena and Bonnie smiled and ambushed Caroline, hugging her tightly as they reached the bed, Elena hurrying over to Caroline's wardrobe to pick her an outfit…
"So this should be interesting…" Caroline muttered turning around in her bed and hiding her face in her pillows
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