"Baby shh, I'm on the phone with auntie Bonnie." Caroline says, putting her index finger in front of her lips as Bonnie laughs on the other end.
"How is he? I haven't seen him in a couple of months." Bonnie asks.
Caroline smiles, "He's growing like a weed, and he's getting stronger every day. But those weird concoctions you've made up have been helping, and he hasn't been hungry since starting them." Caroline takes a deep breath, stopping herself from telling Bonnie all about her son, and gets to the matter at hand, "Sadly this isn't a personal call."
"What happened?" Bonnie asks.
Caroline bites her lip, she doesn't want to add more to Bonnie's already full plate, but this is important, "I met a guy yesterday."
"Was he hot?" Bonnie asks.
Caroline smiles at Bonnie being Bonnie, "Incredibly so, but that's not what I want to talk about, he's a witch. Not just any witch though, he can absorb magic from supernatural beings. I've never heard of one before, nor do I know his capabilities. He did tell me he couldn't practice magic unless he absorbed some. But since magic is what keeps me alive, will I die if he takes all of it? Or what if he takes Alec's magic, will Alec die? I mean he's half-"
"Caroline, calm down. I'll look into that, until then stay as far away from this guy as possible." Bonnie instructs.
Caroline watches her son as she says, "Thanks Bonnie, you're the best."
"I know, and don't you forget it, now where's my favorite godson?" Bonnie asks.
Caroline rolls her eyes, "Unless Elena has any children, he's your only godson."
"If you bothered to call anyone other then me you would know, but she doesn't." Bonnie informs.
Caroline sighs, "I can't tell her, if she ever finds out she will tell him and he can't know."
"I know Care, I know, but you can't keep a secret for eternity. Plus, everyone's worried about you. You just left to go 'live with you dad' and that was three and a half years ago, with no contact with anyone but me. Not even your mom. Just send Elena an email or something." Bonnie suggests.
"Maybe, but with college and work and Alec-" Caroline starts to say, but is quickly cut off.
"Caroline Elizabeth Forbes, those better not be excuses I hear." Bonnie says.
Caroline motions for Alec and he walks over to her, "Baby, aunt Bonnie wants to talk to you."
Alec reaches his hand out, Caroline hands him his phone while she hears, "You better not be giving the phone to my adorable godson to get out of this conversation-hi baby! How are you doing?"
Caroline laughs as she hears Alec tell Bonnie about the new toy he got the other day. Caroline settles down with her laptop and starts writing her paper, a few minutes later she hears Alec say, "Love you too."
Then Alec runs over to her and hands her the phone, "Thanks baby." She says.
"This conversation is not over, but I have to go now because I also have college to worry about." Bonnie says.
Caroline laughs, "Tell me about it. Love you."
"Love you too, bye." Bonnie says.
"Oh, and his name is Jake Parker, if that helps." Caroline says.
"That very generic name is going to help so much, thank you." Bonnie says.
Caroline smiles, "Bye Bonnie." She hears Bonnie grumble something on the other end before the dial tone can be heard.
Caroline gets back to work while Alec colors something.
Across town Jake is just waking up with a pounding headache, Jake reaches over and blindly grabs the ibuprofen next to his bed, he pops two in his mouth and swallows the whole glass of water before flopping back down on his messy bed. He looks over and notices it's 10:30 a.m., to early to be up on a Saturday. Jake groans and rolls over, hoping to fall back asleep. After 5 minutes of just laying there he realizes sleep is futile and gets out of his bed and makes his way to the bathroom. After freshening up a little he goes to the kitchen and rummages through his cupboards for something to eat, all he finds is expired pancake mix, cereal, an empty coffee tin, beer, bourbon and gin, the fridge is no better it just has more beer, expired milk, and a bunch of old take out.
Jake sighs, "Ugh, I need coffee to think." Jake puts on a worn sweatshirt, last nights jeans, sun glasses and boots before heading out. He locks the door and walks a block to his favorite coffee shop and orders a black coffee and a blueberry muffin to go. The barista hands him his order, with her number on the receipt and a wink, but he's to hunger over to notice, "Thanks." he mumbles as he takes his stuff. Jake doesn't notice her put off look as he leaves, but he does notice the sun kissed blonde across the street.
Jake lifts his sunglasses just to make sure, "Caroline?" he whispers to himself.
The girls head turns slightly and he realizes it's not her, he doesn't know why but he's disappointed.
Jake shakes his head and takes a sip of his coffee. He walks home, once there he sees a message in his voicemail, which is weird since most people use his cell. Jake types in his code and listens to it as he eats his muffin.
"You have one new message," The machine says, Jake hears a click before hearing his voicemail and finally the message,"Jake?" Jake pauses mid bite, it's his little sister Jo, he hasn't talked to her since he was 16. "This is Jo, uh-I know we haven't talked in a while and that you and dad aren't on good terms but," the recording pauses and Jake hears her sniffle, "Mom di-died. Dad's a wreck and I can't get a hold of Kai. I'm sorry to drop this on you, but I don't know what to do." Jo takes another pause to compose herself, he hears her suppress sobs that turn to little hiccups and once she reaches the sniffling stage she begins to talk again, "Her funeral is in a week, and we could really use your help right now. Liv no- ugh, I got to go, bye." The message ends and the machine asks if he wants to repeat, forward, or save but Jake is to busy processing what he just heard. Jake gets up, lukewarm coffee and half eaten muffin forgotten as he rushes to his room. He takes his suitcase off the top shelf of his closet and puts it on his messy bed. Jake begins to collect his clothes that are piled hazardously in his closet and shoves them in his suitcase, he only pauses when he sees his neatly pressed uniform hanging up reminding him of his responsibilities here. Jake sighs and grabs his cellphone dialing Lex's number.
"Jake?" Lex's confused voice filters through the phone, he probably expected Jake to still be asleep.
Jake sighs, "Lex, I need to take two weeks off I'm leaving for Oregon tonight. My mom," Jake pauses to compose himself, "She died, and I need to go back and help my family."
"Okay. If you need anything let me know." Lex says.
"Thanks man, I'll call the station later." Jake says. They exchange goodbyes before Jake hangs up. Jake tosses his cell on the bed and runs a hand through his messy hair, he stands up and growls in anger before punching his brick wall splitting his knuckles open. Jake shakes his hand and blood splatters across his sheets and floor, but at this point he doesn't care. He grabs his cell and dials a number he's dialed every night when he first ran away, but never had the guts to press call until now.
"Come on, pick up." Jake demands.
He gets voicemail, "You've reached Kai, I'd apologize for not picking up but I probably didn't because you suck. If this is dad calling to remind me I'm an abomination, don't bother to leave a message. Everybody else, I probably won't listen to your message so don't bother leaving one. Beep, nah just kidding." Then the beep does happen and Jake leaves a message explaining everything.
Jake finishes packing, called the station, and is now on his way to Oregon. It's been five years since he left, cutting all ties, and now he's going back to a place he hates with every fiber of his being.
A/N This chapter is a little boring, and the next few will be too, but I'm trying to set a baseline as well as build up.
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Until next time.