A/N: Thanks for the great reviews, you guys are amazing. So since you all have been asking for Tyler he is making an appearance in this chapter. He will be featuring more from here on. This chapter is also longer than the previous two. Hope you enjoy.
Chapter 3
The next few days dragged by. Caroline spend most of her time in the apartment she shared with Katherine trying to figure out how Megan's existence was possible. On the Friday morning Caroline was awoken by Katherine pulling open her curtains. "Get up. You are not missing another day of school." She commanded.
Caroline groaned and rolled over. "What do you care? You didn't even want to come back." She snapped. "Exactly, you did not drag me back here to spend everyday locked in here, just because Stefan Salvatore can't get over me and found himself another Katherine look-a-like. Now get up!" Even though she was joking Katherine's voice was strict and it was clearly implied that if Caroline didn't get up by herself, Katherine would force her.
Knowing there was no point in arguing Caroline rolled out of bed. Katherine smiled satisfied and headed out of the room. Caroline had a quick shower and got ready for school. As she made her way downstairs Katherine was waiting for her with a grin on her face. "Would you like me to put your blood bag in a lunch box?" She teased. "Shut up." Caroline mumbled and slammed the door behind her.
By the time she got to school it was halfway into the first period. Caroline checked her schedule then headed towards the history class. Having skipped out after lunch on Monday she didn't have history. She was excited as she approached the classroom. She loved history especially since she lived through most of it. She opened the door and walked in. "I'm so sorry I'm late I…." Caroline broke off in mid sentence as she looked at the teacher standing at the front of the class. It was Elijah
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"Ahh Miss Forbes I see you finally decided to grace us with your presence." Elijah's voice was just as calm yet smug as Caroline remembered. "So have a seat." He instructed when it was clear Caroline wasn't moving. For the first time she pulled her eyes away from Elijah and looked at the class. She gasped as a mixture of confusion, shock and even a little horror crossed her face.
Sitting in the front row was the Original sister herself. Rebekah was clearly shocked to see Caroline. She shot Elijah a dirty look then went back to flipping through her history book. Stefan and Megan was seated a few desks behind Rebekah. Stefan seemed his usual brooding self, just like she remembered him. Megan simply smiled and mouthed "where have you been?" Caroline focused on the back of the class. The left hand corner was taken up by Kol. He simply grinned at her which reminded Caroline of the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland.
"Is there a problem miss Forbes?" She could hear the amusement in Elijah's voice. "No sir." Caroline answered and quickly moved to her seat. She could hear the rest of class giggling and whispering. She sank low in her seat wishing she could be anywhere but here right at this moment. Her blackberry buzzed making her jump.
She pulled it out under the table while Elijah had his back turned to her. She didn't recognise the number but quickly opened the text. It was from Stefan.
"We need to talk. Meet me in the parking lot after class. S."
She could feel his eyes on her. She turned to him and nodded once. No shit they needed to talk she wanted answers. She couldn't wait for this class to end.
It felt like hours before the bell rang signalling the end of class. Caroline gathered up all her stuff and hurried out of class. She was hurrying toward the front door when someone ran into her. "Watch where you're going jerk!" She snapped as she gathered up her stuff. Anger was flowing through her body as she straightened up to give the idiot a lesson on how to look where you are going. As their eyes met all the anger drained from her body. It was Tyler Lockwood.
"T..Tyler?" Caroline's voice was no more than a whisper. So many emotions rushed through her that she couldn't tell exactly what she was feeling. Tyler gave her a blank look. "Yeah and do I know you?" She was shocked and confused by the coldness in his voice. Before she could say anything he spoke again. "Look blondie I have a class to get to." He pushed passed her and walked away like nothing had happened.
Taking a breath Caroline realised she was alone in the corridor. Everyone else had already rushed to their next class. Remembering where she was going Caroline continued towards the front door. She had to talk to Stefan now. There was a lot he needed to explain.
Caroline found Stefan waiting for her next to her car. She dumped her stuff in the back seat and faced him. She could only master 3 words. "What the hell?" Stefan looked at her calmly. "Hello Caroline. It is good to..." Caroline clenched her fists. She wasn't there for small talk she wanted answers. "Cut the small talk Stefan. What's going on?"
Stefan knew Caroline well enough to know he should just get to the point. "I was travelling when I heard of a new doppelganger in Mystic Falls. I couldn't believe it. It wasn't possible." Stefan stopped to take a breath. "As you know I wasn't quite myself but I headed back here to see for myself. A few days after returning I learned I wasn't the only one who heard about Megan." "The Originals." Caroline stated softly. Stefan nodded and continued. "I cleaned up my act and enrolled at Mystic Falls High but by then Elijah was already teaching and Rebekah and Kol where enrolled as students."
There was silence for a moment as Caroline processed everything. "But they haven't gotten to Megan?" She asked carefully. Stefan laughed. "No, lucky for me Rebekah and Kol were more focused on fulfilling their high school fantasies. Rebekah is cheer-captain and Kol the school bully." He sighed shaking his head. "Do you know where Klaus is?" Caroline didn't yet want to ask about Tyler and his strange behaviour. "Damon has been tracking him. As far as we can tell he is trying to find werewolf packs. He turned so many of them last time there are very few left with the werewolf gene."
There was silence again. After a few moments Stefan spoke. "Have you seen Tyler?" His voice was soft and caring. All Caroline could do was nod. "He's the quarterback of the football team." When Caroline didn't say anything he continued. "He's been compelled." "What?" Caroline looked up, her eyes were huge. "He has been compelled by one of the Originals. Its like he doesn't remember anything from five hundred years ago."
Suddenly his strange behaviour made sense. So that's why he didn't know her. "You okay?" Stefan asked gently. "Yeah, just processing." She said looking at him. He was smiling. "What's so funny?" She asked slightly annoyed. "Well doesn't this seem like deja vu to you? Here we are again protecting a doppelganger from Klaus. First it was Katherine, then Elena and now Megan."
"Oh my god, Katherine!" Stefan was surprised by Caroline's sudden outburst. "What about her?" He asked clearly still pissed off at everything Katherine had done. "She's here. She's living with me." Caroline watch as surprise, confusion and shock all crossed Stefan's face. "How? What?" He stammered.
"I kind of saved her life." Caroline explained. "After I left Mystic Falls I was struggling to survive. I had no money. I ran into Katherine and she offered to show me how it's done. One night we were hanging out in a bar when Elijah showed up and threatened to kill Katherine for betraying them. I told Elijah that killing her would take away my happiness and that violated Klaus' deal with Elena." Caroline shrugged lightly. "We've been surviving together ever since.
Stefan looked at Caroline in total disbelieve. "She's not so bad, you know?" Caroline looked at Stefan as she spoke. "She may have made some bad choices but we have all done that." Before Stefan could answer someone yelled at them from the end of the parking lot. "Hey you two, get to class." Stefan gave Caroline a quick nod and they parted ways the teacher watching them. As Caroline headed back into the school building her mind was spinning from everything she had just learned.
A/N: So let me know what you guys think and what you would like to see happen in the future.
