A/N: Sorry for the long wait... and for the terribly short chapter but I had to split it into two, or else it would look like I was speeding through.

Nothing makes sense to Caroline as an outpour of word filled with sentences flow out of Stefan's lips. He gives up eventually to her arched brow, especially reserved for her witchy mojo best friend. It isn't until Caroline hurries off after Stefan with a sharp burst of superhuman speed; the wind roaring at her suddenly keen hearing and her perfect eyesight that allows her to make a side step around the thin dark tree trunk. Without it, she would have probably hit it smack on and Damon would have a field day if he heard.

"What the-" Caroline starts and nearly stops inches short of colliding into an immovable being. She peeks around Stefan and then she sees Her back-hugging her best friend who looks embarrassed at being caught red-handed. Like the time they went to check out the old Fells church even after it was sanctioned due to its unstable foundation. A patrolling officer recognized her and their parents were called to the station; they had been grounded for weeks.

This oddly familiar imposter impersonating her best friend - Caroline had seen her before but she can't put a name to it - bares a blinding white set of teeth akin to a wolf hiding in sheep's clothing. "Oh this is so lovely. The whole Scooby gang is here."

"Elena! You have a twin sister and you didn't bother to tell us?!"

"She's a vampire, Care."

The befuddlement fog lifts up from the corners of her brain and everything that Stefan was rambling away about; it all makes sense now. But it frustrates her that Elena Gilbert was once again, special, in ways Caroline Forbes would never be able to achieve.

It hits her at the right moment and she can't help but blurt, "Oh my god. You're her. At the grill. You were behaving so… un-Elena-like."

She remembers entering the grill with Matt and Tyler in tow. They had played a couple rounds of pool and Elena had been kissing Damon in the booth; a bit too enthusiastically for Caroline to stomach. She had stormed off towards them in jealousy. The Salvatores didn't want her; weren't interested in her. They were both too enchanted with Elena. She knows now that that wasn't the case. It was this vampire that was far prettier than her best friend. She has the brothers trailing after her like lost puppies.

This is also the same vampire who apparently saved her life that very night; whose blood regenerated her own blood cells into a frenzy that put the best doctors scratching their heads at her sudden miraculous recovery.

And then Bonnie turns to her with an incredulous look. "You knew?"

Caroline back-pedals quickly, fearing for her life for the second time that night that she might have said something far too soon. She hates it when Elena has to come to her rescue; the brunette darting out towards her, only to be bodily yanked back by her vampire twin- Katherine.

"Get back. It's not safe. She's one of us now," Katherine scolds, angling herself in front of Elena who stares back at her with an alarmed expression.

"I don't understand. How do you know?"

"Because I only hear two sets of heart beats," Katherine snaps to Elena's frown.

-A-

If the shouts were visible, they'd be reaching over the air, strangling the life from Caroline. The verbal argument rises with each hiss, spit flying from both directions - Damon vs Katherine, with Stefan attempting to play mediator. Bonnie stands near Damon's side, back stiff and jaw taut. Elena looks like she wants to help but every time she attempts to get around, it's like her vampire clone knows and mirrors her movement without looking, blocking and angling her body whilst tearing through Damon's verbatim.

Apparently, there's an unsaid rule of thumb when turning someone into a vampire. The one who usually sired the human is responsible for said vampire. Her case is, well, a little bit vexing.

"It was never my intention to turn Blondie into a vampire," Katherine points out smugly. "You killed her. Failed as most of your half-baked plans do. You teach her."

"Teach her?! No way! I'm not teaching her."

Stefan butts in, "Oh, I agree with him on this one." The look on everyone's faces forces him to continue; arms raised placatingly. "He's not a good teacher. Look where it got Vicki."

"Vicki? Vicki Donavan? Matt's sister. They said she left town."

"You're more gullible than I thought." Damon bites off with a sneer, only to be cut off by a slurred yell.

"You killed my sister?!"

It's Matt; stumbling and pointing a shaking finger at Damon, one hand loosely holding a bottle of beer. In the next minute, he is compelled to forget the last few minutes and gets sent away. Bonnie leaves with him; not before shooting him a dark glare at Damon who returns a glowing look at Stefan.

Stefan steps forward. "How about I teach her since you two can't agree?"

"Hell no!"

"We don't need another Ripper in town." Katherine rolls her eyes hard at Stefan's proposal.

"Okay. Do you have a better idea?"

Damon shrugs and blurs off into the trees, not without tossing back a sarcastic retort. "Nope. She's not my problem anymore if you turn her into a raging homicidal psychopath."

Katherine barely gives her a glance before looping a firm arm around Elena's. "Whatever. This is boring. You're ruining my night. Do what you want, Stefan." She inspects her nails and sniffs. "She won't last one day as a vampire."

Ignoring Elena's verbal protests, Caroline watches her whisk Elena away into the night, leaving just the two of them.