Chapter 7

No one's perfect

I have no idea I sat there staring at my mum's blank face, some people say people look peaceful when they have died, all I could think was that she looked lost and scared, her hand was clamped between mine I wanted it to move and for her to open her eyes and say something like "What do you want for dinner" or "Are you meeting Tyler tonight?" Sobs hit me like a wave when I realised that I would never hear her say those things to me ever again. I heard the front door open and someone called out my name I couldn't get my body to respond I was frozen, I felt a hand on my shoulder which snapped me out of my trance, I looked up and saw Klaus looking down at me, he prised my hands from mums and held me to his chest as I let even more tears escape. He stroked my hair and just let me ruin his shirt

"SSHHH Caroline it's all right" he kissed the top of my head as I got myself under control

"What do I do now?" Realty hit me and all of a sudden I realised I was alone

"What do you mean?"

"I'm alone now my mum and dad are both gone now, where will I live, I'm not even out of high school yet" my brain was going into over drive millions of thoughts were going around in my head

"Love, you're not alone you have me, as for the other things we will work it out"

I looked around the room and began to cry again, Klaus decided to take me to his mansion and I was going to stay in the guest room, I felt numb again as I climbed into Klaus's car. One question came to mind as we zoomed through the dark streets

"What made you come over?"

"I could smell the blood. I was worried that it was you"

"What…..what about her body?"

"I'll take care of it" He held my hand as I fell numb again, I didn't realise we had made it till I was in the middle of a huge comfy bed staring at the ceiling with bone dry eyes. Sometime later I must have drifted off into a restless sleep.

When I woke up I could see the reflection of the moon in the mirror, it must have been around midnight, I felt lonely I couldn't stand being in the big bed all by myself all I could see was the picture of my mum's body lying there. I got out of bed and looked for Klaus's room on my way I passed the study which had a lot of paintings on the wall I couldn't place the artist. Klaus's room was at the far end of the hall I walked in and walked over to his bed, he turned and looked at me

"Is there something wrong love?"

"I felt lonely in the bed on my own. Can I get in with you?"

He moved over and I got in and felt Klaus's arms wrap around me in a protective cocoon, there I fell into a dreamless sleep.

Word spread quickly in a small town like Mystic Falls it hadn't even been a day when I started getting phone calls from people. Elena and Bonnie called and asked if I needed anything then Tyler called and asked me if I needed him to come around and help clean up. I declined all their offers of help. Klaus had sorted everything out before I got up. He had sent some hybrids to clean up and to see if they could find some leads on who could off done this. Every time I thought about going to the house I broke down in tears and fear, what if the person who did this was after me? Was it just bad timing, mum should of still been at work. Klaus didn't even give me a choice he told me I could stay with him, I was grateful he seemed to know what I needed.

I decided to go to school I needed to do something to take my mind off things. Tyler greeted me at the main entrance and kissed me on the forehead and held my hand as we walked into the school Elena and Bonnie were at my locker.

"We didn't think you would be in today" Elena looked at me with sad eyes

"I needed to do something to take my mind off of things"

"Do you need somewhere to stay?" Bonnie was always the mother of the group

"It's alright, I'm staying with my aunt" I couldn't tell them that I was staying with Klaus, their enemy.

"Elena, do you know if my mum was with Damon last night?"

"Damon was with us last night"

Tyler turned towards me and said

"Care where were you yesterday? I tried to call you"

"I was at the library, I was studding for the history test so I turned off my phone"

I didn't even think to check my phone this morning what if mum had tried to call me and all I was doing was learning how countries can't get along

I pulled out my phone from my backpack and stared at my phone, I looked at the call blog and all I could see was the calls I got from my friends this morning. Nothing more happened during the day till I was sat in history, I sit behind Stefan and Elena and I heard then whispering I wouldn't off cared but I heard my name mentioned which sparked my interest.

"Do you think they could off done it"

"Who"

"Let me think, the twelve vengeful ghosts Bonnie released last night when she was practicing her spell"

"I dunno, what would of they wanted with Care's mum?"

I stopped listening, I felt sick. Where they to blame for my mums death? The day couldn't have ended any quicker. When I got home I found Klaus in the study he was painting something,

"Are these all your paintings?" I pointed to the paintings on the wall

"A hobby of mine, how was school"

I told him about what I overheard today and he stopped painting, he said he would look into it. I looked over his shoulder to the painting her was painting, it was of a snowflake it looked so beautiful yet lonely at the same time.

"Hello Nick" I turned around and found a tall blonde girl standing in the door way

"Rebekah what brings you to Mystic Falls?"

"You know what I want Nick"

"I do, and you're not going to get it"

She looked at me and I felt a chill run up my spine

"I see you're keeping food around"

"Leave her alone she has nothing to do with the cure"

"You're the Forbes girl I hear Elena and Bonnie talking about"

I turned towards Klaus, this girl scared me and I had no idea why. Klaus was looking hard at this women

"Rebekah this is Caroline and she is my guest. Caroline this is Rebekah my sister"

"Your sister?"

"Yes there are a few Mikaelson's around"

"Oh"

"Caroline I need to have a private word with my dear old sister" He walked over and kissed me as I left the room. I walked into my room and looked at myself in the mirror, I was wearing yesterday's clothes since I didn't have any other clothes to wear, in that second I decided I needed to go back to the house and get a few things including the sword. I didn't want to go alone but Klaus was with Rebekah plus I needed my car I had to walk to school this morning, that wasn't fun at all. I walked the streets to my childhood home and let myself in, I couldn't help it I half expected my mum to be sitting on the sofa waiting for me but of course she wasn't there the living room was just the way it was on any other way, there was no sign that anything had happened. I made my way up to my room and packed my bag I looked around my room and took one finale look, I removed the floorboard and removed the sword. If the sword was still here then my mum wasn't killed for the sword or they couldn't find it. I grabbed my car keys from the side and made my way back to my temporary home. I walked past the study but it was empty. The whole house seemed to empty besides me, I was in the middle of over thinking when my phone started to beep.

"Hello"

"Hi Care, we still on for tonight?"

"I'm sorry what?"

"The dance"

I'd forgotten all about the dance me and Tyler had planned it ages ago, I didn't feel like dancing but I needed to keep an eye on my friends, it was a masked ball and I didn't even have a dress

"No were still on I'll meet you there"

I put the phone down and started to panic I didn't have a dress and I had no idea where I was going to get one

I was stood their panicking in the hall way when Klaus found me

"What's the matter love?"

"There's a masked ball at school tonight and I told Tyler I would go but I have no dress and I have no idea what I'm going to do"

"I may be able to help you out there. Follow me"

I followed him down towards a small room somewhere in the back of the house, in the corner of the room was a chest Klaus opened up the chest and within was the most beautiful dresses I had ever seen

"Take your pick"

I kissed him on the lips and almost leapt with joy "Thank you"