Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries

A/N: Thank you for your reviews! And also thank you to my beta Jess (venomandchampagne - if you have a tumblr you should definitely check out her blog)

Just to make a few things clear for those who may be confused:

-Besides The Mikaelsons, everyone in Mystic Falls are human.

-Bonnie and her Grams are the only locals with supernatural powers.

-Caroline is human at the moment. But personally I think vampire Caroline is way better, so if you don't like her insecure, human side that WILL change.

Chapter 11: Beware

Caroline awoke to chanting and the smell of candles burning. She lazily opened her eyes and after a minute of lying there, she finally found the strength to get up.

After the drama filled day she endured yesterday, it was nice to get rest. Well some rest. It wasn't until the early hours of the morning when she finally fell asleep. It wasn't like she could just act like everything was normal yesterday, because things weren't normal. In fact, nothing was normal. The Mikaelsons were vampires. She wasn't sure if they would stick to their word of not harming them…most likely not. Especially if they found out that she wasn't a witch and was just a regular human.

Although a large part of her was frightened, she was also slightly disappointed. Of course the hot British guy had to be a dangerous vampire. Why couldn't things just go her way?

She should have predicted this. Well, not this exactly (how the hell was she supposed to know he was a vampire?), but Caroline knew there was something about him that was different. Every time he came around she got this odd feeling. His presence itself caused her to get goose bumps.

Caroline got up from the bed and slowly made her way downstairs. Bonnie and her grandmother were sitting cross-legged on the floor in the living room. Lit candles surrounded them and they were speaking in a language Caroline didn't understand. Suddenly their voices got louder and the fire blazed higher, causing Caroline to jump back against the counter in surprise.

Right. Witches. Caroline would have to get used to that.

Eventually the fire died down and Bonnie and her grandmother opened their eyes.

"Um good morning…" Caroline said nervously from across the room.

Bonnie looked up after hearing her friend and smiled. "Hey, how did you sleep?"

"Good," she lied. "So… what were you two doing?"

"Grams was showing me some of my ancestor's grimoires. We were just practicing one of the spells."

Caroline nodded, trying to act casual while inside she was still trying to grasp this. Bonnie seemed perfectly calm about the whole witch thing.

"You girls should get ready for school," Sheila said once she put away the last of the candles.

"School? Where Kol and Rebekah are? Did we not just find out they were vampires or is that just something I dreamt up?" Caroline asked astounded. How was she supposed to go to school knowing two vampires walked the halls?

"Caroline, you need to pretend that everything is normal. Vampires are very powerful and dangerous. As long as we do not get in their way you should be fine. Just… avoid them at all costs." With that, Sheila left the room and went upstairs.

Caroline eyed Bonnie warily. "I feel like there's something she's not telling us. There is no way your Grams would let us go back there knowing about the Mikaelsons," Caroline whispered.

Bonnie nodded, but decided not to think about it. Her Grams knew what she was doing; she had no need to worry.

The girls left the house, but not before thoroughly looking around their surroundings. Once they left the house, any one of the Mikaelsons could get them.

Bonnie drove Caroline to her house so she could get ready. Caroline tried to act normal in front of her mother. Although she didn't have to try hard as their conversations usually lasted less than a minute.

"You ready?" Bonnie asked as she pulled into the school's parking lot.

"Not even close, but I'll manage," Caroline replied and got out of the car.

Bonnie and Caroline walked into Mr. Saltzman's class and were relieved to see Kol and Rebekah were not there. Elena was sitting in her seat doodling something in the corner of her notebook. She looked up and smiled at her two friends and waved for them to come over.

The girls knew they had to keep what they knew a secret, but keeping something like this from Elena was going to be extremely difficult.

"So?!" she exclaimed.

"What?" they both said at the same time.

"What was it like?" Bonnie and Caroline were still confused, having no idea what she was talking about. "Rebekah's house!" she clarified. "And did you meet her brothers? Tell me everything!"

Bonnie remained silent, trying to figure out what she was going to say.

"It was great, the house is huge. But I think we're going to stay away from them. They're the rich, snobby type. You should stay clear too," Caroline replied, easily lying.

"Hmm… they seemed pretty nice to me," Elena commented.

The door to the class opened and in stepped Kol and Rebekah. Caroline immediately stiffened in her seat. Bonnie turned her focus to her notes and pretended to be reading them. Instead of sitting beside Caroline, Rebekah walked passed her, to Caroline's relief. Kol walked down the aisle getting closer and closer to the girls. Bonnie continued to read her notes, but Caroline knew she was ready to make a run for it if she needed to. Kol was now beside Bonnie's desk.

"Hello Bonnie," he smirked.

Bonnie gripped the side of her desk in response to his close proximity. She nodded her head, acknowledging Kol.

"Nice to see you girls again. We had such a nice time yesterday, don't you think? You should come over more often," Kol suggested. Caroline knew he was teasing them and was trying to get them to be afraid (as if they weren't already).

"No thanks," Caroline said. "You should get to your seat. Class is about to start."

Kol eyed her and slowly walked away; letting his hands trail along Bonnie's arm as he did.

"What was that about?" Elena asked confused.

Caroline merely shrugged and turned her focus to Mr. Saltzman as he began the lesson.

Elena, Caroline, and Bonnie made their way over to their usual table in the cafeteria. Matt was already there talking with Tyler and Stefan. Caroline suddenly slowed her steps. With everything going on, she totally forgot about Tyler.

"Let me guess, you guys aren't together right now?" Elena asked. She said it almost as if she was annoyed.

Any other day, Caroline would have responded with a bitchy comeback, but she had other things to worry about today. "No," she answered simply.

Caroline walked over to the table, trying to wear a mask of indifference as Tyler looked over at her.

"Hey Stef," Elena said, sitting down next to Stefan. She gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Caroline looked away aggravated. Why should she be mad? More like she was a little jealous. Not of Stefan of course, Elena and him were made for each other. But she was jealous of what they had together. Why couldn't she have something like that?

Conversation flowed throughout the table, but Bonnie and Caroline were anything but in the talking in the mood as they saw Kol and Rebekah sit down at a table a few feet away from them. Girls were surrounding Kol and they started laughing at something he said.

Rebekah sat at the corner of the table, seemingly trying to ignore the hormonal, giggling teens. She looked over at Bonnie and Caroline and Caroline could almost make out a sad smile. If it weren't for the fact that she was a vampire, Caroline almost felt bad for her. She looked so lonely.

"Caroline, did you hear me?" Matt asked.

Caroline quickly looked back at everyone who stared back. "I'm sorry, what?"

"We're all going to be at The Grill after school, you in?"

"Uh sure…"

"But can we do something other than another game of pool?" Elena whined.

"You're just mad that you lost last time," Stefan teased.

"Well it wasn't exactly fair, you put all the girls together and we didn't even know how to play!"

"Excuses, excuses," Matt laughed.

The bell rang, and they all gathered their bags to go to their next class.

"So we all in?" Stefan asked.

"Yep," they all said in unison.

Caroline and Bonnie began to walk to their next class when Tyler came running down the hall.

"Caroline! Hey, can I talk to you for a sec?"

"I'll be in Ms. William's class," Bonnie said, and quietly left, giving the two some space. However, Caroline wasn't exactly in the mood to talk to him.

"Did you need something?" she asked impatiently.

Tyler furrowed his eyebrows, wondering why she was acting like that towards him. "I was wondering if you wanted to come over later?"

"Aren't we all supposed to go to The Grill?"

"Yeah well, I'm sure they could manage without us," Tyler said and twirled a piece of her hair. She only snatched it back and adjusted her bag.

"We told Stefan we'd be there. I have to go, I have class."

Caroline turned to leave but Tyler grabbed her arm, spinning her back to him.

"Caroline what's going on?"

"Nothing," she answered right away. "It's just, we're not together."

"You sure about that? You always come back for more Caroline," Tyler winked and grinned playfully, probably attempting to make a joke.

"Excuse me?" Caroline almost shrieked. "Says the guy who was at my door the other week."

Without letting him reply, she turned around and stomped to class. She swallowed down the lump in her throat and begged herself not to cry. Why was she upset in the first place? Tyler was a jerk. But she did take him back every time they had a fight. She always did.

Caroline knew she deserved more than him. But without Tyler, who would want to date her? It was always Elena. All the guys wanted her; no one would even glance at Caroline. Even when Stefan came to their school, it was Elena.

It was pathetic, how she had to settle for Tyler. She was pathetic.

You could only put up a mask for so long…

She walked into Ms. William's class, already having her fake smile up. But it was gone almost immediately when she spotted Rebekah and Bonnie sitting uncomfortably next to each other. Their project was on the table in front of Rebekah.

Crap, Caroline had totally forgotten about that. How were they supposed to be in a group together?

She slowly made her way to them and sat down on Bonnie's side.

"I finished the project," Rebekah said. "I figured we may as well hand it in early."

Caroline and Bonnie remained quiet and eventually looked off to different parts of the room.

"I guess we're not friends anymore…" Rebekah uttered.

Caroline didn't know what to say. She almost felt bad for Rebekah. But how could she continue to be friends with her? She had to admit, Rebekah did seem nice and she had a feeling they could be really good friends, but that was before all the recent discoveries. Bonnie's grams told her to avoid them at all cost. They were dangerous; she didn't need any other reason.

Rebekah took their silence as a no and acted as if she was unaffected by the news. All she had wanted was a new start. Even if it was just a cover, it would have been a nice change. She had lost the only two friends she had made.

The rest of class continued but they paid no attention to Ms. William's lesson. Once the bell rang Caroline and Bonnie jumped up from their seats and rushed to the door.

What is the point of even staying here anymore? Rebekah thought.

"And another point to the guys!" Matt cheered and high-fived Stefan.

Matt, Stefan, Bonnie, Elena, and Caroline were at The Grill playing a game of pool. Tyler had texted Stefan saying he didn't feel too well. Caroline knew it was just a lie and that he was avoiding her. Bonnie had a feeling something had happened between them two during their 'talk' but she decided not to mention it.

Elena groaned and walked away from the pool table, and sat on a stool. "You said we'd play fair this time!"

"We are! Two against three, you girls have the upper hand," Stefan said and started chuckling with Matt.

"We don't even know how to play," Elena countered.

"And here I thought we were just really good," Matt commented.

"I need a drink," Caroline stated and walked over to the bar.

"Good luck with that," Matt said. He wasn't on shift right now and knew Caroline wouldn't be able to convince the current bartender to serve someone underage.

"Relax, I was just going to get some water."

She sat down on one of the stools while the rest of her friends continued the game. The bartender handed her a glass of water.

Someone came up beside her. "For the middle of the day, this place seems to be busy."

Caroline cringed in her seat. She knew it was him before he even spoke— if the hair standing at the back of her neck were any indication.

"Hello Caroline," Klaus said. Even without looking at him she could tell he was smirking.

Caroline kept her focus on the glass in front of her, refusing to look at him.

"You're ignoring me, I see," he noted.

She got up and was about to walk back to her friends (perhaps into the arms of Bonnie) when Klaus grabbed her right hand.

"Can I at least get you a drink?"

"I'm underage," Caroline muttered.

"That won't be a problem." Klaus called over the bartender and ordered two drinks. When the bartender asked to see Caroline's I.D. Klaus looked him straight in the eyes.

"You will give us what I ordered, no questions asked," he said, his pupil dilating as he did.

The bartender walked away and came back with their drinks. Klaus looked back over at Caroline and smirked. "You see? No problem."

Caroline numbly took the drink from Klaus. "Is that what you tried to do to me?"

"It would have worked if you weren't on vervain," Klaus replied, sipping his drink.

"And if it did?" Caroline began. "What would you have done if it did work? Would you have killed me?"

Klaus was taken back by her question. "No," he answered simply.

She scoffed, not believing a word he said. "So if you weren't going to kill me, what were you doing?"

"Having a taste, I believe I told you that already."

"Of what?" Caroline asked.

"Your blood."

Caroline stopped breathing momentarily, suddenly realizing how close she was to Klaus. She should be avoiding him, not having a conversation with him. Yet she found herself not able to walk away at the moment.

"You said you weren't going to kill me? Doesn't that contradict what you just said?"

"Vampires do not always have to kill, love. Besides, I wouldn't kill someone as... intriguing as you," Klaus smirked.

Caroline blushed and she let the side strands of her hair cover her from his view. What was she doing? Why was she blushing in front of Klaus? Klaus the vampire.

Caroline looked back towards her friends and saw Bonnie staring back in fear. Caroline mouthed the word 'help' when Klaus wasn't looking. Bonnie discreetly nodded.

"I'm going to go back to my friends now," Caroline said and got up from her seat.

"Shame. I was enjoying your company."

Caroline ignored his comment and walked towards her friends. Bonnie was at her side in an instant.

"Hey guys, I think we're going to go home now," Bonnie announced while gathering her things.

"Come on! Stay for a little bit longer," Elena begged.

"We have to work on our project, sorry Elena," Bonnie excused. No need to tell them that Rebekah already finished the project for them.

Klaus observed the group from his seat. He knew Rebekah had already finished the project— after repeatedly telling them that they were the worst brothers ever while she did it.

Caroline and Bonnie left The Grill. Klaus quickly got up from his seat and followed them outside.

A/N: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, please leave your thoughts in the reviews! Bonnie, Caroline, and Klaus confrontation will be next chapter!

PLEASE READ: I'm starting school on September 9th, and this year I'm in a couple of AP and Honors classes so the work load will be heavy. Due to that the wait between chapters will be longer (possibly 1-3 weeks) I apologize for that, and will try to reduce the wait as much as possible.

I'm hoping to get another chapter up before school starts, if not, the next one will be up a couple days after the above date.

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