"You haven't really thought it through, now have you, Forbes?" Caroline scoffed miserably at her own reflection. She splashed a handful of cold water into her burning face to help her cool down but it didn't really make a difference given it couldn't wash down the shame and regret. I propositioned a drug dealer for sex. Way to go, Caroline, you goddamn idiot. If this gets out, you're dead.
After the incident she did what she should have done in the first place and asked around about him in certain social circles. Klaus Mikaelson's reputation was far from immaculate, although it had only been a few weeks since he had moved to Mystic Falls. In that short span of time he had managed to start selling weed, get into numerous fights and get drunk frequently. And she practically threw herself at this guy who she had known nothing about except he was a Mikaelson and somewhat hot. Scratch that, he was impossibly hot. This has got to be my new low, she thought.
She couldn't believe she was willing to go through with this madness only to bring down Rebekah. She was so blinded by her desire to get revenge that she forgot how to think altogether. What was my plan anyway? What if he invited me over? Would I have really slept with him just to get into the Mikaelson mansion?
"No, I wouldn't have", she said to her own reflection but it wasn't very convincing. "Well, I probably wouldn't have."
Her plan was to find an excuse to get into the Mikaelsons' home without attracting any suspicion and needless to say, a 'date' with Klaus would have been the perfect opportunity. She would have had an alibi in case she got caught by his family members: "oh, I just got lost on my way back to Klaus' room, I'm very sorry" or "oh, this wasn't the toilet? I could swear that Klaus said that...". As for Klaus, she could have bailed on him before things turned too adult-themed but not before she had a chance to go through a certain Mikaelsons' room.
But now her plans were doomed, thanks to her inability to at least collect some information before she acted. I should have just gone for Kol. As bad as she wanted to get into his house, she couldn't risk getting linked to drug dealers. She had a reputation to maintain.
"No one will ever know about this." And she hoped to God he would hold his tongue.
"You know, man, sometimes I look at cheerleaders and I think, wow, these girls are very scary, you know… I mean, it's not easy to do these jumps and flips, it takes almost inhuman strength… And they always smile like they know something we don't… What if they smile because they have superpowers? What if they can fly? I don't know, man… I guess what I'm trying to say is cheerleaders actually might be very smart.
"Dude, you are stoned."
Aaron Whitmore broke into a tired laughter and rubbed his eyes with great difficulty.
"You totally are, Jer. Of course they can fly", he yawned. He was asleep within seconds.
Klaus Mikaelson, Aaron Whitmore, Jeremy Gilbert and Mason Lockwood were sitting on the grass outside the Mystic Falls High sports ground, safe distance from school property, but still close enough to see the cheerleading practice clearly while sharing a fat joint on Klaus' expense. To say their train of thought was wrecked was an understatement.
Jeremy held out the cigarette to him but Klaus just shook his head. "Pass. I've had enough." Mason was more than happy to take it.
"Speaking of cheerleaders... Who is the blonde over there?" he pointed to Caroline.
Mason stared in the girls' direction but it was evident he couldn't fully open his eyes anymore.
"Who, Rebekah?"
"Of course I know who my sister is, mate." Klaus sighed jovially.
"Right."
"I meant the other chick."
"That's Caroline Forbes", Jeremy said between two giggles although it was unclear why he was giggling like a maniac at all. Finally we are getting there, Klaus thought.
"She is seriously hot. Does she have a boyfriend?"
"She's just broken up with Donovan."
"Donovan? My sister's Donovan? The quarterback Donovan?"
"No, Vicky Donovan... What do you think? Of course the quarterback."
Instead of striking back at Mason, Klaus stated confidently, "So she is single."
"She is at the moment. She won't be long, though." Jeremy crushed out the cigarette in the wet grass. "She is a serial dater. She has never been single for more than a few weeks."
"That girl? Really?" Klaus found that hard to believe after the way she basically offered herself on a silver plate - as he eventually found out -, without even knowing him.
"Yeah, man. Why?"
"She seems like the kind of chick who likes to sleep around."
"You wish." Mason smirked at him subtly. "As far as I know, she doesn't. She likes to party, she likes to dress up, but she is a hard-to-get. A hard-to-get and a control freak. Worst combination ever, if you ask me. And she always has a boyfriend."
"Huh. Interesting." He stared at her with a little more intensity than he should have had because Jeremy shook his head immediately.
"Forget it, dude. Don't even try it. She is way out of your league."
"Is she, Gilbert? Enlighten me."
"You are not her type, trust me."
"And what her type would be?"
"Top student, top sportsman, top popularity. She only goes for the very best and only if you are lucky", Mason chuckled.
"Fuck off, mate. I'm a top student. Well, I was, while I bothered to study. And I'm fit."
"You are fit-ish."
"Stop insulting me, Lockwood, or I'll break your nose."
Mason and Jeremy froze in place and stared at Klaus with huge eyes, only to broke into a loud laughter a second later.
"Watch out, Mase, we have a badass over here."
"Stop insulting me, Lockwood, or I'll break your nose", Mason imitated Klaus' threatening speech with a laughable British accent.
"Wankers", Klaus muttered under his nose.
His friends only laughed harder.
Caroline was having easily the worst cheerleading practice of her life. It wasn't enough that Rebekah showed her off again, starting to threaten her position in the team, but out of all places in Mystic Falls, Klaus Mikaelson had to choose this exact spot to get stoned with some other losers. The mere sight of him made her uncomfortable enough to make several mistakes during practice but when she saw him point to her from the corner of her eyes and his friends started to laugh uncontrollably she knew she had enough.
She stepped out of formation without a word, simply dropping Amanda in the process and headed straight to the group of friends.
"Just where do you think you are going?" Rebekah shouted after her.
The only answer she got was Caroline's middle finger held up in the air.
