With a taste of your lips,
I'm on a ride,
You're toxic, I'm slipping under,
With a taste of poison paradise,
I'm addicted to you,
Don't you know that you're toxic?
And I love what you do,
Don't you know that you're toxic?
Toxic by Britney Spears
Chapter Ten: Katherine's Helper
Caroline woke up in her room, and saw someone she never wanted to see ever again sitting on her bed.
"Katherine?" Caroline asked sleepily
"Hello Caroline" Katherine said with a smirk on her face
"What are you doing here?" Caroline asked
"Your going to do me a favor" Katherine said and stood up off the bed
"…What kind of favor?" Caroline asked
"Your going to kidnap Elena for me" Katherine said
"What?" Caroline asked shocked "I'm not going to kidnap my best friend!"
"Then distract her, do anything to keep her away from the Boarding House tomorrow" Katherine said
"Well…she's having a barbecue tomorrow" Caroline sighed "But…she kinda hates me right now"
"I don't care how you distract her Caroline, spend the day apologizing if you have to, or start apologizing today, just tomorrow, keep her away from the Boarding House tomorrow" Katherine said
"…Fine" Caroline sighed
"Oh, and Caroline…since your new, I'll let you off with a warning, but," Katherine said and in seconds she had Caroline pinned down in her bed, her hands wrapped tightly around Caroline's neck "Keep. Your. Paws. Off. Stefan." Katherine hissed
Caroline nodded slightly and Katherine let go of Caroline with a smile on her face.
"I'm glad we had this conversation" Katherine said with a smile on her face "Remember, keep Elena occupied tomorrow"
"Okay" Caroline said and watched Katherine walk out her bedroom door and out of her house
Suddenly it hit Caroline, what did Katherine do to her mom? Caroline got up and out of bed and downstairs in a flash and saw her mom happily making breakfast in the kitchen.
"Oh, Care, I didn't hear you coming down the stairs" She said "What did Elena want?"
Elena. Katherine must have used compulsion on her to let her into the house and made her believe that she was Elena.
"Uh, good. She invited me over to her barbeque tomorrow" Caroline sighed "She's helping Jenna all day today"
"Oh, good" Her Mom smiled "Well, I'm gonna go to work, actually eat something Caroline, I've barely seen you eat anything"
"Okay, Bye Mom" Caroline said
"Love you" She said as she walked out of the door
"…Love you too" Caroline sighed as she walked out the front door.
Caroline walked back upstairs to go get showered and dressed for the day, she was heading over to Elena's house to start begging for forgiveness. That, and she would have to talk to Stefan today too, to tell him that they would have to seriously just be friends, because Caroline knew that Katherine was not playing around.
Caroline stood there on Elena's porch, waiting for someone, hopefully Elena, to answer the door. And she got her wish, Elena answered the door.
"Caroline?" Elena asked
"Elena, I can explain everything, and I want to say, I'm so, so, so sorry for everything and-"
"Caroline, breathe" Elena said "Come in" Elena stepped aside for Caroline to come into the house "I forgive you Caroline"
"Wait, what?" Caroline asked "I thought you hated me?"
"I never hated you" Elena said "It was never gonna work out between me and Stefan anyway…for tons of reasons"
"Oh…so…are we friends again?" Caroline asked
"Of course" Elena said "You know, I'm having a barbecue tomorrow, we can hang out then?" Elena offered
"Sure" Caroline smiled "I have to go hunting now anyway, it's been a few days" She sighed "I'll call you later Elena" Caroline smiled and walked out the front door
That went easier than expected…something had to be up with Elena for her to forgive her just like that. Caroline decided to investigate a little more and snuck behind Elena's house and got up to her second story window and peaked inside. She saw Elena walking into the room, and plopping down on her bed with Bonnie in there. Caroline decided to listen in to see what was going on.
"You don't think Caroline is working for Katherine…do you?" Elena asked worried
"She might. Katherine is stronger than her Elena. I don't wanna hurt Caroline if she is working for Katherine willingly, but if she's being forced…we've gotta help her. And for now, you have to stay close with her, because if I stay too close, you know Katherine will think something is up, I'm supposed to hate vampires, remember?" Bonnie said
"I know. I don't hate Caroline though, I told her the truth" Elena sighed "Me and Stefan…it was more than just the obvious vampire thing…I just…wasn't in love with him fully anymore"
"Don't even tell me it's-"
"Don't say the D word" Elena sighed "…No…at least I don't think it is" Elena sighed "He's just my friend…somewhat"
"Even friend is still gross" Bonnie sighed
"He's helping us Bonnie, he wants Katherine gone too, and with the werewolves running around now, we could use all the help we can get" Elena said
"I know" Bonnie sighed
Caroline jumped down from the window then. They thought she was working for Katherine, and she was. She felt like a traitor for working for someone who was evil and meant harm to her friends. But she had to do something, she wasn't going to be dumb and stand up to Katherine and let her go along with her plan and do god knows what to Elena, Jeremy, Jenna, Alaric, and everyone else still human. Plus, Katherine could hurt Stefan and Damon too, she didn't care much for Damon, but she cared for Stefan. Then again, it looked more like Katherine wanted Stefan for herself, but she wouldn't let anyone get hurt. If she had to, she would keep working for Katherine, find a way to tell Elena and Stefan without Katherine finding out so she wouldn't get killed.
Caroline walked away from Elena's house and started heading towards the woods, she needed to hunt to clear up her head a little bit. And then she would go find Stefan, tell him about Katherine and her threats today.
A/N: Okay, so I hope you guys like this chapter :] Next chapter will be the barbecue at Elena's house :]
Other news; I'm working on another short story thing, like my other story Can't Let Go was, or it might be just a one-shot thing, I don't know yet :P Still working on Shattered, I'm working on chapter 22 right now, so hopefully you guys will like it :] And I'm starting the next chapter of this right after I post this, so thank you guys so much for reading! I love you guys! xoxo, Avril