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When Caroline was finally finished with doing the dreaded sit-ups, she stood up shakily. Feeling light-headed all of a sudden, she clutched at her stomach with jittery hands.
"Caroline?" Stefan asked, stepping over to her with a worried look on his face.
Klaus noticed their actions. "Get back into the line." He said forcibly, and shot the pair a challenging look.
"But, she isn't feeling well." Stefan protested.
"I'll be fine, Stef." Caroline whispered. "Get back in the line." The last thing she wanted was to get her friend in more trouble so she feigned comfort.
"But—" Stefan began to cut her off.
"I'm okay," Caroline said, trying to reassure him again. Stefan and Caroline were best friends. They actually treated one another like siblings and Caroline loved that, but for now she was determined to be the only one under their new commander's watchful eye.
Stefan nodded reluctantly and stepped back into the line.
Caroline looked down at the ground, but all she could see was a vague outline in her hazy state. She took a deep breath. When at last she felt her dizziness subside, Caroline stood and straightened.
Elijah took a step forwards. "Are you alright?" He asked the girl.
"Yes," Caroline replied, trying to regain her composure.
"Very well, please get into the line." Elijah said, and he motioned to the line with a flick of his wrist.
Caroline nodded and moved to stand beside Bonnie. She shot a quick glare at the asshole again and then resumed looking back down to the ground.
"Look at me," Klaus said, authority in his tone as he walked over to her with his hands behind his back.
Caroline sighed and looked into his blue-grey eyes. Stefan's hands balled into fists; he didn't understand why their commander was being such a jerk to Caroline, only she did.
Klaus looked straight into the girl's blue eyes and felt his chest begin to flutter. He cleared his throat and looked away from her, refusing to allow any emotion to corrupt his judgment. He went back to his place and studied the rest of the teenagers. He spotted his little sister in the crowd and she smirked at him when their eyes met. Klaus gave her a returning smirk as well and then continued to scan the different faces.
"I am Commander Niklaus, and I will be in charge of your group. This is Commander Elijah and he will also be with us for the rest of the summer." Klaus said.
Kol cleared his throat pointedly, and Klaus rolled his eyes.
"Now last but not least," He added. ", this is Commander Kol and he is my second in command. You are to address him the same respect as you address Elijah and me. Are we understood?" Klaus asked.
The teenager's nodded quickly. Like good little soldiers He thought, and nodded towards the group. "Good."
"Hello to you all," Elijah took a step forwards and stood next to his younger brother. ", as you now know I am Commander Elijah, and I would like to ask for all the men to follow me; now." He added.
Jeremy raised his hand and Elijah waved a hand at him to speak.
"Where are we going, sir?" Jeremy asked.
A petite girl, with raven-black hair, looked over at Jeremy's physique and sighed. He is so very handsome she thought.
"We are going to the male barracks." Elijah informed them. Katherine, meanwhile, eyed the older commander who had just spoken, and a small smile formed on her lips. The guy looked like a freaking male model, she thought, eyeing him up in a not-so-subtle matter.
"Yes sir!" Jeremy cried, and he raised his arm in a salute towards Elijah.
The raven haired girl giggled silently, and then looked back at the commander's in front of her.
Elijah nodded at Jeremy and motioned for the men to follow him. They left the girls behind with the other two commanders and made their way towards the barracks; with Elijah leading the way out in front.
The girls made sure to keep their gaze directly towards the two commanders as not to get noticed, and they listened intently as Kol spoke up.
"I will be leading you to the female barracks," He said. ", so if you'll follow me…" The second-in-command gestured with a hand.
The girls' followed him and once they were out of earshot from Commander Niklaus Kol turned to them, a small grin playing at the edge of his lips. "You may speak now." He permitted.
The silence was now filled with female voices; some were worried, some were curious, and some were simply discussing the commanders.
"Care, are you sure that you're okay?" Elena asked her friend, worriedly.
Caroline sighed. "Just peachy," She muttered.
"Seriously," Elena said.
"I'm fine, just a little thirsty." Caroline admitted, and she licked her lips when she saw Kol's canteen.
"I'm sorry you had to go through that." Bonnie offered.
"Why are you sorry?" Katherine interrupted. ", You deserved it Care, and you know it."
"I know," Caroline said sharply and then added; "Let's change the subject, shall we?"
"We shall," The three girls said in unison.
"On the upside our Commanders are freaking gorgeous." Elena whispered.
"Quiet 'Lena, we don't want Damon finding out about your attraction to our Commanders." Katherine whispered as she nudged her twin sister with a wink.
"I don't care if he finds out," Elena shrugged. ", it's not like we're together."
Caroline nudged her gently. "But you will be."
"And what makes you say that?" Elena asked, and folded her arms across her chest.
"Well it seems to me like everybody knows about the spark between you, everyone apart from the two of you." Caroline added. ", and it's pretty obvious that you both feel the same, too."
"Yeah, but… Whatever." Elena mumbled, but the slight tint in her cheeks gave her away.
Caroline shrugged, and was glad when she finally saw the barracks awaiting them in the not-so-far distance.
"I agree with Elena, our Commanders are kind of gorgeous… Especially that one," Bonnie said, and she motioned to Kol with a careful hand.
"I heard that," Kol's reply came nonchalantly.
Bonnie's green eyes widened in embarrassment, and the other girls doubled over in laughter as she attempted to hide from Kol's bashful gaze.
"He did not hear that." Bonnie hissed, her cheeks flushing deeper than Elena's.
"I think he did," Rebekah, the pretty blonde girl from the bus, said in mock-whisper.
"Well then, that's just perfect." Bonnie said sarcastically.
Kol smirked, but they were distracted as they finally stopped in front of the barracks. The girls stopped as well and looked at their commander for further instructions.
"Five girls in each barrack," Kol said.
Caroline nudged the rest of her friends. "We have to get a barrack together." She whispered quickly.
"We will, Care." Katherine reassured her.
"Now I'm debating on whether or not I should choose who goes into each barrack, or…if I should let you choose." Kol pondered, and he put a finger on his chin in a mid-thought.
The girls stood silently as Kol began to slowly walk around the group.
"Well," Kol paused behind Bonnie. ", what do you think, darling?" He asked with a smirk.
Bonnie felt her breath catch as she felt Kol's own breath on the back of her neck. She swallowed, and ran her tongue across her dry mouth.
"D-Do what you t-think is right, sir." Bonnie managed to stumble out, and she cursed herself for stuttering in front of the entire group.
"Very well, hm…" Kol began to say, and Bonnie shivered; still feeling his breath on her neck.
"Very well," He said. ", Choose with whom you want to share the barrack."
The girls smiled at one another and Kol went back to the front.
Bonnie let out the breath that she was holding, no longer feeling Kol's breath on her neck, and turned to her friends; her cheeks painted a bright red.
"Oh my god," Bonnie mouthed.
Her friends nodded in agreement as they began to hurriedly pace towards the barrack closest to them. Caroline turned to Rebekah and noticed that she was standing their alone, looking around the area for somewhere to claim.
"Hey Rebekah," Caroline called out with a wave. ", why don't you come and join us?"
Rebekah's blue eyes snapped towards Caroline and she nodded gratefully. She caught up to Caroline, and the rest of the group, and they entered the barrack together.
"Thank you," Rebekah said, graciously.
"You're welcome," Caroline said and smiled at the other girl.
"I want the cot in the center!" Katherine claimed it as she dashed to the cot that was placed in the center of the room, and flung herself onto it.
The girls groaned and chose the cots that were placed off to the side.
Caroline sat down on her chosen cot and she sunk into it. She huffed in annoyance and looked over at Rebekah.
"I thought you said they were comfortable." Caroline complained.
"They are… sometimes," Rebekah added with a wink.
"Great…" Caroline grumbled. She took her duffel bag off of her shoulder, and placed it beside her.
Caroline got off her cot and took the duffel bag as well. She was about to slide the duffel bag underneath when she felt something else under the cot. Reaching her hand underneath, she rummaged around and then took out some sort of hard fabric. When she took out the fabric she saw an olive colored uniform.
"You have got to be kidding me." Caroline mumbled.
"What's wrong?" Bonnie asked.
Caroline held up the material. "We need to wear uniforms."
"Really?" Elena asked. "Where'd you find that?" She motioned to the uniform in Caroline's hands and frowned.
"Underneath the cot," Caroline answered.
Elena bent down and retrieved the same exact uniform.
"I hate this color." Elena said, and she scrunched her nose up as she held the material gingerly.
"Well I love it," Katherine said. She reached for her own uniform, and held it up with a flourish.
"Tell me again," Rebekah began. ", how it is you two look exactly alike but are complete opposites?" She asked with a grin, and followed the other girls in retrieving her uniform.
"I don't know," Katherine replied. "I don't even know how Elena and I are related, we're so different." She added with a shrug.
"At least we agree on something, Kitty Kat." Elena said with a wicked smile as she called her twin sister by her dreaded childhood nickname.
"Ugh, I hate that name." Katherine growled.
"You used to love it." Bonnie said.
Rebekah looked at them, confused. She wondered why it was that everyone was calling Katherine 'kitty cat'. "What did I miss?" She asked.
Elena noticed Rebekah's confused expression and replied; "Back when we were kids, Katherine, Bonnie, and I used to do everything together. I think Bonnie came up with the nickname, actually."
"Yep I did," Bonnie said with a proud smile.
"Were you there Caroline?" Rebekah asked, intrigued by their upbringings.
"Nope, my family and I moved to Israel when I was eight." Caroline told her.
"Really?" Rebekah's eyes widened slightly. ", from where?"
"America," Caroline answered.
"You're American?"
The blonde shrugged. "I guess you could say that."
"Where in America did you live?" Rebekah asked.
"Virginia,"
"Oh I see, "Rebekah replied. "I've never been there myself, though."
"Yeah, well…It's not exactly a great vacation spot." Caroline said with a shrug.
"I guess-" Rebekah began.
"Ladies!" Kol interrupted their conversation from outside. "Get into your uniforms and be out here in five minutes. I am timing you!"
"Are we actually going to start boot camp today?" Caroline asked.
"Yeah, these guys aren't exactly patient." Rebekah said with a shrug.
"Well this sucks, I haven't showered and I haven't even drunk any water since I've been here." Caroline complained.
"None of us have, Care." Katherine added, and she shimmied out of her shorts and pulled on her uniform pants.
Caroline huffed and removed her dirty clothes as well. She pulled on her pants quickly and then threw on her short sleeve olive colored shirt.
Three minutes later, and most of the girls were already outside waiting for a couple of others. Feeling stiff, Caroline put her hand on her waist and stretched to the side. She held the stretch for a few more moments and then stretched to the other side.
By the time she was finished, all of the other girls were finally outside, and they looked at Kol; waiting.
"Alright ladies, it is time to start your first course." Kol said.
"Commander Kol," Caroline addressed him, carefully. "I was wondering what this course will be about, if you could tell us more, perhaps?"
"You'll find out in a couple of minutes." He told her. "Come on ladies, and march in a straight line will you?"
"We have to march?" Elena whispered.
"Yeah," Rebekah and Katherine said, together.
"Wonderful, just wonderful" Elena said, bitterly.
The girls got into position – one behind the other - and followed Kol's lead. He stomped his right foot first and then his left and the girls attempted to copy his movement. Most of them succeeded straight away, but a couple of them got lost as they marched awkwardly; trying to keep up. The raven-haired girl accidently got pushed into another, tall girl with long straight blonde hair and the blonde turned to the poor girl angrily.
"Watch where you're going, newbie." The blonde girl barked.
"I—I'm sorry," The raven haired girl stuttered.
Kol heard the commotion and turned around.
"Enough," He halted the group.
The girls looked over to Kol and got back into position.
"I'm so sorry, it was an accident." The raven haired girl added quickly.
"It's fine, I was just playing with you." The blonde murmured.
"Oh, uh… I thought-"
"That I was going to hurt you?" She finished with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes,"
"I won't, "The blonde began. "I always do these types of things, you see; I want to be an actress after I get out here." The blonde added with a smile.
The other girl gaped at her. "Really?"
"Yeah," The blonde nodded once. ", I'm Lexi by the way."
"Anna," The raven haired girl said, and the two shook hands.
"Nice to meet you, Anna," Lexi beamed. ", and I'm sorry for scaring you."
Anna shrugged. "It's all good."
"Good," Lexi repeated with a smile.
"Can you two shut the fuck up?" A brunette girl hissed from behind them.
"No," Lexi frowned, but ignored her comment.
"What'd you say to me, you little bitch?" The brunette asked angrily, and she stomped over to Lexi; knocking Caroline out of the way as she did.
"Watch it!" Caroline yelled, and she remembered the brunette's name from the register earlier; Haley.
"What are you going to do? Huh, Barbie?" Haley asked with a twisted gin.
"I said enough!" Kol yelled out as he spun around and looked at the brunette girl angrily.
"She started it." The brunette said, and flicked her hair over her shoulder.
"Are you fucking kidding me right now?" Caroline asked, and her blue eyes widened in anger and disbelief.
"She's lying, Commander Kol, the bitch bumped into her so she's the one that started it." Lexi said with a shrug.
"Nobody is talking to you, Blonde Bimbo." Haley spat.
"That. Is. It!" Lexi cried as she stomped over to the brunette until she was inches from her face.
"Back the fuck up!" The brunette yelled out.
"No, what are you going to do huh, bitch? Can you only talk or can you actually fight? Let's go!" Lexi said as she brought her fists to her face.
Haley just rolled her eyes. "I don't do teen drama."
"That's funny, it really is." Caroline accused. ", You started this shit so why don't you say the truth?" She stood next to Lexi and balled her own hands into fists.
"No one is talking to you, so why don't you run along?" Haley asked.
"No." Caroline said; her voice dangerously low.
"I need backup," Kol rolled his eyes at the cat-fight unfolding, and spoke into his phone. There was no doubt he could take on both girls, but he wasn't sure on the rules regarding girl fights so he thought it best to call for his brothers.
"Well…?" Lexi asked; her eyes locked hard onto the brunette.
"I'm not afraid of you." Haley said, staring equally hard.
"Big mistake," Lexi spat.
Katherine rolled her eyes at the drama and stood between the two girls. She faced Haley and said, "Why don't you just confess, and then we could all move on like happy soldiers."
"And who are you? My mother?" Haley asked, dryly.
"Hell no," Katherine smirked. "I actually feel bad for your mom. It really sucks that she has to deal with your shit."
"That's what mother's do, bitch." Haley said through gritted teeth.
Katherine huffed in annoyance and said, "You're wrong."
Klaus and Elijah finally arrived at the scene and Klaus immediately stood between all of them. He shoved Haley to the side and turned to face Lexi, Caroline, and Katherine.
"Enough," He said, and his voice was so low and commanding that the fight stopped; instantly.
"She started it." Caroline mumbled, and tried desperately hard not to think about how damn good-looking he was; especially standing so close to her…
"Listen sweetheart," Klaus began. ",it's only your first day and I've had to speak to you twice, so you better get your fucking act together before I kick you out, do you hear me?"
Caroline's heart was beating fast. His face was so close to her, clouded with anger and rage as he shouted. "You want to kick me out?" She hissed. "Do it. I hate this place anyway." Caroline said quietly, before turning to walk away.
"Don't you dare walk away from me." Klaus said, and Caroline tried not to tremble at the power in his voice.
"I'll do what I want." Caroline turned around to face him. "You might be my Commander but I won't let you control my life whilst I am here. Do you hear me?"
"You don't have a say in that." He hissed back.
"Niklaus, enough!" Elijah broke off the pair's argument. "What is with you today? Leave the poor girl alone."
"Stay out of this, Elijah," Klaus said, sharply.
"No," Elijah continued. "I don't understand why you're picking on the girl. She has a right to speak Niklaus, and you know that as much as I do."
"Fine." Klaus surrendered, but turned to Caroline with a hardened look. "But if you do something again, I'll make sure that boot camp is the hardest time of your life."
"Yes sir," Caroline muttered with a glare, before turning away from him once again to stand in line.
"Now that we have everything settled, march!" Kol commanded.
The girls began to march and soon they were at the clearing. The guys were already standing there, scattered around the area and looking bored. When they spotted the girls coming, they perked up slightly; and some even mock-cheered.
"Finally." Damon said, annoyed.
Caroline looked around the area and spotted Stefan in a small group. She smiled at him, and waved a hand. He smiled back at her for a second and then his face was back to normal as he chatted to the guys around him.
Klaus began to walk around the group. He noticed Caroline slouching, and paced across towards her.
"Stand up straight." He commanded.
Caroline didn't even bother looking at him. She straightened herself out and put her hands behind her back. Klaus nodded in approval and then continued to study the rest of the teenagers that stood before him.
A guy with chocolate brown eyes stood slouched as well and Klaus barked out, "Stand straight!"
The guy stood straight and then Klaus glared at him before walking off. The guy rolled his eyes at his Commander and then looked over at Caroline. He smirked to himself, this summer was going to be fun, he thought.
Caroline didn't notice the guy looking at her because she was too busy grilling Klaus with a cold stare.
"Don't," Katherine whispered.
"He's being a jerk!" Caroline half spat and half whispered.
"Is there a problem, ladies?" Klaus asked the pair as he strolled over to none other than the same blonde who had been giving him problems since the beginning of the day.
"No sir," Katherine said, politely, but Caroline was having other ideas.
"It doesn't concern you." She murmured.
"I beg your pardon?" Klaus asked in surprise as he gazed into her blue eyes.
"I said no," Caroline lied.
"Like hell you did." Klaus said as he gave her a pointed look.
"Uh huh," Caroline replied as she gave him a fake-smile.
Klaus nodded and went into the center; with Elijah and Kol standing on either side of Klaus.
"Now it is time to get to know one another." Klaus informed the group.
"Indeed it is," Elijah said as he nodded in agreement.
"Get into a circle, everyone." Kol said.
The teenagers got into a line efficiently and Caroline stood next to Katherine with Lexi on her other side. A couple of minutes later and all thirty teenagers were in a large circle.
"Very good," Kol praised. ", now, as we go around this circle I want you to say a couple of things about yourself." He instructed, and then looked over at Klaus.
Klaus nodded and pointed towards Stefan, "You introduce yourself first."
Stefan nodded back and introduced himself. "I'm Stefan Salvatore, and I am 18 years old. I have an older brother and I am half Italian due to my father's side."
Klaus nodded, content with the introduction, and then looked over at the next guy in the circle; Jeremy.
"I am Jeremy Gilbert" The dark-haired guy began. ", and I am 18 years old, I lost my parents when I was still a baby and although I do not have any biological siblings I consider my cousins to be my sisters."
The raven haired girl, Anna, looked over at Jeremy sadly and then looked back at Klaus.
"Anna, 18 years old, from Tel Aviv." She stated, like a list.
It was Damon's turn, and he addressed the group with an eye-roll. "My name is Damon Salvatore and I am 19 years old. I was going to join the military the year before but I couldn't because I was studying abroad in France. I have a younger brother, Stefan." Damon said as he gave a quick nod in Stefan's direction.
Klaus waved a hand at his sister, and the introductions continued. "My name is Rebekah Mikaelson, I am from Haifa and I have 5 brothers. Four of my brothers are older than me and one is younger." Rebekah finished.
"Damn…" A few people in the crowd commented.
Kol hushed them and then looked over at the beautiful girl with the piercing green eyes he had spoken to earlier.
"It's your turn." Kol said, and he pointed at Bonnie with a flirtatious grin.
"Oh right, my name is Bonnie Bennett and I'm from Ramla. I am 18 years old and I have a little brother who is seven years old."
Kol nodded at her and then looked over at Elena, "Elena Gilbert, 18, from Ramla as well, and I am the daughter of Grayson and Miranda Gilbert. " Elena said.
Katherine was next and she looked bored as she said; "Katherine Gilbert, 18, Elena is my sister and Jer is my brother. My parents call me Katarina and…I hope to go to Greece one day." She added, sounding vaguely distant.
Caroline was up next and she said, "My name is Caroline Forbes, I am 18 years old and I was born in Virginia. I am the daughter of William and Elizabeth Forbes, or how they like to be called Bill and Liz Forbes. I have an older brother named Matt and I have two nephews named Aiden and Mason. I come from Ramla as well and I hope to one day travel the world with my significant other." Caroline stopped quickly, realizing she was rambling.
Klaus looked over at Caroline and then looked away from her just as quickly. He couldn't help but notice how the name suited her perfectly. She was beautiful, with an air of confidence, but with a strong head on her shoulders. He knew that he had been hard on her earlier, but it had to be that way or things would become…complicated if Klaus allowed himself to develop any other emotions for the blonde.
Lexi cleared her throat, next in the circle. "Lexi Branson, 18 years old, I am an only child, and I hope to become a well-known actress one day."
"She's good too." Anna said out-loud, without thinking.
Klaus gave her a pointed look and she looked down to the ground in embarrassment.
"It's okay," Jeremy whispered to her. Anna looked up at his kind eyes and nodded; feeling slightly more relaxed.
A dark-haired guy with strong shoulders and high cheekbones spoke next; "I'm Tyler Lockwood, and I am an only child." He said, tapping his foot on the ground.
The irrationally rude brunette from earlier sighed but introduced herself; "Haley, 18, and this whole thing is annoying me…greatly."
Caroline gave a delicate snort then covered her mouth to hide it.
"Sorry…" Caroline mumbled. "Not really." She whispered.
The introductions continued until all the teenagers had spoken, and Caroline cast her eyes around the circle. All these people were here, together, so surely she could find some ways to pass the time?
It might not be so bad after all. She contemplated, and without even realizing it, her gaze had stopped to rest at Klaus. Despite his actions towards her, Caroline found herself inevitably drawn to her commander, and she knew that it would definitely bring about more trouble in the future.
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