A./N. Hello wonderful readers! Here's the chapter that has probably been most anticipated! We love your suggestions for the strange couples but our favorite has to be the suggestion for the Kolena and Klena friendship! So shout out to Alexis2160 for a fabulous creation ;) If you want to see more friendships happen go vote on our new friendship poll located on our profile! Lastly here are the top four couples:
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Caroline
The bell rings and I quickly gather my things, wanting to be out of this classroom. Maybe I can just ditch last period. I'm tired of hearing all these jokes, and I'm pretty close to accepting Klaus' offer to kill everyone in the school.
"Hey Care." I hear Stefan say. I keep on walking, and he comes up next to me.
"Stefan, can we save this conversation for later? I'm really tired, and in the mood to kill just about anything right now, so yeah." I rambel out quickly while fussing with the textbooks in my hands.
Just then some girl that I reconize from the cheer team slams into me, causing all my books to fall to the floor. Stefan quickly bends down to pick them up and I stop him. I'm about to say something to the girl, or rip her throat out, when suddenly Klaus appears out of nowhere, grabbing the girl's arm forcefully.
"I think you should apologize" he says through gritted teeth.
The girl rolls her eyes in response, "Oh really, who's going to make me?"
Without any further conversation Klaus grabs the girl and slams her head into the lockers causing her to crumble to the ground. Everyone in the small crowd that has gathered around us gaps and begin to mutter things along the line of "omg he's a physco" "did he just kill her" and "it's carrie all over again"
Klaus responds to the comments by turning to glare at everyone and raising his hands in a challenge, "Well, come on who's next? Anyone else want to make a joke or knock some books down, because I have all day?"
"She's fine, everyone" Stefan says immediately kneeling down next to the girl Klaus just attacked, "Take her to the nurse" he instructs her friends who nod and help her up.
I should probabaly be helping Stefan diffuse the situation but instead I turn to Klaus enraged. I grab him by the arm and drag him a safe distance away from the crowd before saying, "What the heck is wrong with you! I can take care of myself, I don't need you walking around bashing people's heads in every time they insult me! I'm not some little kid Klaus, I can handle my own problems!"
I expect him to get angry, but instead his expression softens and he replies, "Im just looking out for you luv, considering you turned down my offer to murder everyone in this pathetic school so we can start fresh somewhere nicer. By the way I do still have those plane tickets, we could go anywhere you'd like, Rome, Paris, New Orleans. All you have to do is say the word and we'll take off, it will be like we were never here,well be gone without a trace, you can leave all this negativity and drama behind. We can start over, together"
He takes my hand in his as he says this and gives me that look that makes me want to melt. Still, I hold my ground. After all this isn't the first time we've had the whole run off into the sunset together conversation and Klaus knows very well were I stand on this matter.
I quickly pull my hand away from his knowing that we are more likely now than ever to be watched by the students still mingling in the halls. "We both know that 'gone without a trace' means youll probably murder everyone in this town" I reply with an eye roll.
"Well not everyone, after all there is Elijah, Rebekah, and Kol to think about. I don't happen to have any white oat steaks around so I suppose we'll have to spare them" he replies with a shrug and I honestly can't tell if he's joking or not.
"Or a compromise, we'll just dagger them" I respond sarcastically.
"You said it not me, luv" he replies with a grin.
I groan shaking my head before responding, "This isn't funny! First off I'm not going to run away with you, and secondly I do not need you murdering anyone, or everyone, for that matter, and lastly, I've already told you I don't want us to be seen together right now, but since you can't seem to listen ill make myself more clear, leave me alone!" I say stressing the last three words.
"Rebekah-"
"No! You don't get to go 'Caroline' me using your stupid smile and your stupid charm to convince me to change my mind! I'm serious, as of now consider us done" I decide.
"All due respect luv, you don't get to decide if we're done. The last time I checked there are two people in this relationship" He counters and I notice he's getting more irritated by the minute. I remind myself this has to be done.
"Look, I'm not saying we're done done. I just... I need some time to figure stuff out, after what happened last night I think I deserve a break"
"Our relationship becoming too much work for you" he fires back looking a mixture of angry and hurt.
"Actually, no. Being in a relationship with you, although it isn't always easy, isn't too much work for me. What is too much work is hiding our relationship so that things like last nights incident don't happen every day" I counter. Every word that comes out of his mouth is just making me angrier and angrier.
"oh so you need some time apart, let me guess next is the part when you say, it's not you it's me" he coaxed with an eye roll.
"Oh no, its definitely you" I assert crossing my arms.
He shakes his head and gives me a challenging look but before he can respond we are interrupted, thankfully.
"Hey, Care you all right?" Stefan asks as he approaches us.
"I was before I started this conversation" I mutter shooting a look at Klaus.
Stefan catches this and turns his attention to Klaus in a not so friendly manner, "What the heck was that back there? You do realize you could have gotten caught, or you could have killed her, in front of half the school"
"Is she okay?" I inquired, trying my best to keep Klaus out of this conversation.
Stefan turns his gaze on me once again and he visibly calms down from the angry deminior he had with Klaus, "She'll be okay, convincing everyone that this was nothing and that Klaus is getting punished for attacking another student is the only hard part at this moment, I'm sure somebody's bound to tell a teacher or something"
"Hopefully I won't get detention, that will just ruin my record" Klaus states sarcastically.
I roll my eyes and shoot him an annoyed look, "I can't take any more of this, mind walking me to my next class?" I ask Stefan.
Stefan has his gaze set on Klaus and it looks as if he's going to tell him something, but seemingly decides he's not worth it as he turns to me with a small smile, "Of course. Try not to do anything Stupid" he suggests to Klaus who puts a dumb smile on his face.
"I'll try my best"
Elena
I quickly search through my locker trying to find my chemistry textbook so I can head to class and get this day over with already. I felt terrible for Caroline and all the grief she was getting and I also felt extremely guilty considering I knew exactly who was behind all of this.
I finally find the book and throw it into my bag with a victorious smile. I slam my locker door shut and immediately jump back when I come face to face with a person who was not standing there a second ago.
"Hello Elena" Elijah greets me, formal as ever
"Elijah..." I trail off not sure we're exactly to go with this.
"We never got to finish our conversation last night" he says, as if I need to be reminded.
"Right, thanks by the way, for not letting Klaus rip me to shreds last night" I reply as I Start walking to class, Elijah walking closely behind me.
"Niklaus can be very... Irrational at times, especially when he is provoked. I'm sure you can agree with me on the matter that last night was definitely a reason for him to have an outburst, but still him murdering you or anyone else for that matter would have accomplished nothing. Also now that you brought the matter up you wouldn't happen to know who was behind last nights.. Theatrics"
I sigh choosing to remain silent knowing there is truly no right answer to this question. After a few more seconds of silence Elijah shakes his head chuckling before saying in a knowing voice, "So it was Katerina"
I give him a sympathetic look, I honestly can't imagine how hard it is to be in love with somebody who not only hates your brother, but has made it their personal mission to ruin his life, along with anyone else who got caught in the crossfire.
"I'm sorry Elijah, if it makes you feel any better she wasn't in it alone"
He must have seen the look on my face Bonnie loves Kol because he immediately responds, "Damon" I notice the anger and annoyance in his voice as he says that one simple word and I wonder if anything he said last night when he thought I was Katherine were true. Did he really credit Damon for their break up?
"Look, I'm just as angry with them as you are, but you can't tell anyone especially not Klaus. If Katherine found out that I told you, if she even found out that you knew we switched places last night, she'll ruin things with me and Damon" We now stand outside the door to the chemistry lab. We move slightly to the side so that others may enter considering our conversation doesn't appear to be finishing anytime soon.
"I was under the impression that you broke things off between the two of you" Elijah questions.
"I... I did it's just... I still care about him, I love him, I just can't be with with him. I don't want him to find out what i did because it will break his heart. In spite of everything that has happened I still have hope that we can at least be friends one day, and that will never happen if he hates me" I admit.
Despite the fact that Damon and I broke up I still felt guilty for what I did and I didn't want Katherine to tell Damon. I just couldn't imagine a world we're he hated me.
"I'm sure Damon would never hate you Elena" Elijah responds. I'm worried he's leading up to the announcement that he's going to tell Klaus what happened anyway and decide to take a different approach.
"Everything with Damon aside, we both know that if Klaus finds out what they did he'll kill Damon and Katherine and I don't think you want that" I try, hoping Elijah's feelings for Katherine are still intact.
He seems to find this amusing because he smiles shaking his head softly, "I won't tell Niklaus Elena, but I'm not doing this for Katherine"
Before I can reply the two of us are interrupted.
"Elena, can we talk?"
I turn to face Damon who is standing there looking as annoyingly gorgeous as ever. I try to avoid eye contact with him as I reply, "I'm talking to Elijah"
"And?" He responds simply as if the fact I am talking to another person who is not him means nothing.
I roll my eyes, "and I don't want to talk to you"
"That response can only work for so long, before you have to come up with something more original, no pun intended" he adds glancing at Elijah who's expression remains neutral.
"Can you please just except the fact that I don't want to do this anymore" I plead.
"Sounds like your just giving up, and I care too much about you to let that happen. Please Elena, let's just talk" he begs
"Damon, I can't" I say turning so I don't have to look at him
"Elena"
Before he can continue he is cut off, "I believe she said she doesn't want to speak with you"
Damon turns to Elijah raising an eyebrow, obviously surprised he decided to jump into our conversation.
"I believe that this is none of your business" Damon responds mockingly.
"Considering you interrupted my conversation with Elena to inconvenience her with your attempts to beg for her forgiveness yet again, I do believe this matter concerns me" He counters.
"Seriously?" Damon says turning his attention to me and giving me a 'why in the world are you talking to this guy' look.
"If you could leave us to finish our conversation" Elijah says making it sound more Like an order then a suggestion
"How about no" Damon says leaning against the lockers as if trying to get comfortable.
"Just go Damon" I say practically begging him
"I'm not leaving until we talk, so why don't you tell the suit here to take a hike" he suggests.
I remain silent trying to think of a way to handle the situation. Before I can decide what to say Elijah breaks in once again, "I will leave as soon as Elena tells me to" he decides
Both men turn to look at me waiting for me to do something. On one hand I want to tell Elijah to go to prevent the tension between him and Damon from escalating, on the other hand, if I do that Damon will take it as an invitation to pull me back into another conversation about our relationship, and I'm not sure I can handle that right now.
"Damon.." I start trailing off
"She's made her decision" Elijah says causing Damon to Glare at him
"Do you really want to do this, you know I did take down your brother last night, why not make it two for two" Damon says threateningly.
"I can assure you that being able to stop Kol doesn't put you at the level of fighting me or any of my other siblings" Elijah replies simply.
"Want to test that theory?" He challenges
"I'm not going to fight you Damon" Elijah states simply
"oh come on, why not? I'm sure you've been waiting for a chance to pound my face in without looking like the bad guy. "
"Damon stop." I demand, stepping in front of Elijah. Damon laughs, and shoves me Out of the way gently. I trip over a stray backpack and fall to the ground. I almost miss It All.
Elijah pulls his arm back prepared to punch Damon, but just before he makes contact with Damon's face, Kathrine appears out of nowhere and grabs Elijahs fist.
"What's going on here boys, not fighting over me are you?" Katherine says with a smirk. Elijah immediately pulls his hand back glaring at Damon.
I roll my eyes and snort at Katherine's comment causing her to turn her attention to me. She chuckles considering I'm still on the ground and remarks, "So clumsy Elena, you should learn to watch we're you're going" I know part of this remark is anger at the fact I tripped on stage last night while pretending to be her. I can't honestly say it was completely an accident.
Damon turns to me, an apologetic look on his face when he realized what happened. He offers me a hand but I slap it away getting up on my own. Katherine smirks at this exchange and I roll my eyes at her.
"Katerina this is none of your Business" Elijah says trying to push her aside to get a path to Damon.
"Why are you picking on Damon Elijah? i thought you were suppose to be the nice brother, not jealous are we?" She replies in a slightly mocking slightly flirtatious tone.
"Not everything is about you Katherine" I interject.
"In fact, Elijah here was just about to fight me for Elena" Damon says before either Katherine nor I can say something.
I notice a mixture of anger and jealousy flash across her face for half a second before she puts on her usual Katherine smirk and says, "Wow Elena, you're so bored with your life your intent on stealing mine. First Stefan and Damon, now Elijah? How much more pathetic can you get?"
"What's pathetic is humiliating an innocent girl in front of the whole school just for your own personal amusement, and then being too cowardly to own up to it. " Elijah fires back
"You told him!" Katherine says looking at me outraged. I wince and try and compose myself.
"It must have slipped out." I say shooting her one of her famous smirks.
"Well since your in the mood to tell the truth, is there something you'd like to say to Damon? Or, should I do the honors myself?" She fires back shooting a smile at Damon who looks between the two of us confused.
"Katherine-" I start but she immediately cuts me off
"Right, you've made your choice then. So, Damon, you should probably know that your precious girlfriend here-"
"Katerina stop this" Elijah interrupts her.
She glares at Elijah replying, "Who's going to stop me?" In a challenging tone.
"If you continue with this, then Niklaus will stop you when he finds out what you and Damon here did to him and Caroline last night" he threatens.
Damon and Katherine exchange a look and Katherine keeping up her confident facade says, "You would never do that Elijah, you know what will happen if you tell Klaus"
"Try me, after what you did last night to Caroline and Klaus I-"
Suddenly Elijah stops mid sentence and a serious expression falls on his face as he looks at something behind me. I turn around to see Caroline and Stefan walking over to us, Caroline seeming a little less depressed then before.
"Hey, what you guys talking about?" Caroline asks with a warm smile.
The four of us remain silent. Elijah keeps a serious expression on his face, while Katherine looks somewhere in between laughing and still angry with Elijah for the comment he just made. My eyes finally land on Damon who, surprisingly, looks at Caroline with a mixture of guilt and regret. I begin to wonder if he actually feels bad about the role he played in the stupid prank last night.
After a few more seconds of silence Caroline's smile falls, obviously realizing that we were talking about last night. There is silence for about two more seconds before Katherine burst out laughing.
"I'm sorry, I tried the whole, 'pretend we were talking about something else' thing but its too hard." she continues obviously trying to stop laughing but failing. She looks as if shes going to continue taunting Caroline but Damon nudges her shooting her a look. She rolls her eyes at this but remains silent.
"Come on Care lets go sit down" I suggest nodding toward the classroom.
After a while she nods uneasily and follows me to the room while the other four remain behind. I silently pray that they talk out their issues rather then resorting to punching each other again. The last thing we need right now is a vampire fight on school grounds.
Damon
"Alright class don't get too comfortable because we'll be changing seats today" the chemistry teacher, Mr Knob, announces. A few kids groan in annoyance while the rest clap excitedly and the teacher rolls his eyes having expected this.
I shoot a look at the person sitting next to me who just so happens to be Caroline Forbes. She has her head turned away from me and her eyes are focused out the window as if shes daydreaming of all the places she rather be then here.
I can't help but feel another pang of guilt when I realize this was most likely all my fault. Operation Klaroline was just a prank, it was suppose to be funny, and it was, but after a day of everyone torturing Caroline over it, it was obvious this was taking a big toll on her. Honestly, when planning this whole thing out I hadn't really considered Caroline and her feelings, the fact that she was dating Klaus was the major focus considering it would make him even more angry and fun to mess with. Now, watching Caroline who appears truly miserable and considering the fact Elena would rather talk to Elijah then me, I was starting to think this prank wasn't all that funny anymore.
"Alright, everyone to the front of the room" Mr. Knob instructs.
I start immediately gathering my things while Caroline stands up uneasily following in suit. "Well, it was fun while it lasted, partner" I say with a smirk.
She doesn't have much of a reaction to my comment, rather she just looks at me nervously as if expecting me to turn it into some Carrie reference. After a few more moments of silence she nods in reply and we both head to the front of the classroom.
"Alright, row one, Philip and Megan. Chad and Mark. Katherine and Stefan. Elena and Elijah"
The moment he says that I'm filled with a mixture of anger and jealousy after what just happened in the halls. My eyes immediately meet Elena's and the look in her eyes doesn't do much to make me feel better. I would do anything to make this up to her, but it's very hard when she refuses to even talk to me.
"Zack and Chelsea, and Enzo and Rebecca" he finishes. I notice Enzo doesn't appear to be too bothered by this arrangement and I remind myself to talk about his new 'friendship' with Rebecca. As his friend it's only fair I warn him of what he's in for.
"Row two, Kol and Zeek" Zeek takes his seat but Kol's remains empty. Mr. Knob looks around the room and repeats Kol's name but he doesn't appear to be here.
"Kol's absent today" Bonnie says her tone revealing her excitement.
"Of course you would notice" Katherine remarks with a smirk causing Bonnie to glare at her.
"Uh yes well, behind them, Michelle and Lucy. Damon and Bonnie..."
Bonnie and I immediately exchange a look. I smirk at her annoyed expression and she rolls her eyes muttering in a voice that only a vampire could hear, "and I thought Kol was bad"
The teacher continues directing kids to their new seats and I begin to tune him out as I text Ric. He's teaching a class right now and making him look unprofessional by texting him in class is really my job as his best friend.
I continue ignoring the teachers calls until he says two names that everyone hears, "And Klaus and Caroline here!"
Everyone bursts into laughter and it seems that the memories from last night flood back in.
The two standing covered in blood, caught between anger and complete shock.
Caroline was the first to recover. She looked down at her blood soaked dress and then back to the crowd.
"Who did this." She said each word coming out like acid. I've never seen her looking so dangerous. Almost deadly.
And with that the whole gym chorused into laughter just as they laugh right now.
As Caroline takes her seat, I have to clench my fist to stop from admitting everything, or killing the nearest student.
I catch Katherine's eye and she winks at me, and I can't help but feel disgusted with myself as I shoot her a smile back .
A/N What did ya guys think?! I know we suck for not continuing homecoming but I promise next chapter all will unravel. But until then... Did you like the Damon and Elijah fight over Elena? What about Katherines Imput? And Klaroline? What do you think of their breakup? Do you think Caroline is right? Or is Klaus right? Where is Kol? What will happen Next?
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