Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
Goodbye To You by Michelle Branch
Chapter Twenty: Killer Kitty (Part One)
Caroline woke up for the first time in a few days in her room again. She kinda missed waking up next to Stefan, but at least she knew that he was hear last night when she fell asleep, and that was enough for her. No sooner did she wake up, but her Mom walked into her room with a smile on her face.
"Nice to see you up for once when I come in here" She smiled and opened up the window
"What are you doing home? Don't you have work today?" Caroline asked
"Well, considering I was sick for a few days, I figured I might as well take one more day off, spend it with my daughter" She smiled and sat down on Caroline's bed as Caroline sat up in bed
"Oh, that's…different" Caroline said, she never remembered a day where her Mom took off of work where she wasn't deathly ill. "Uh, give me a sec to get dressed and stuff and we'll hang out, okay?"
"Okay" Her Mom smiled and walked out of her room
Caroline dug through her purse that was on the side of her bed and finally found it. She called Damon. He picked up on the second ring.
"Enjoying Mommy, Daughter time I'm guessing?" Damon asked and Caroline knew he was wearing that stupid smirk that she was about ready to go slap off his face
"What did you do to my mother?" Caroline hissed "She's acting like a real Mom, not my Mom" Caroline said
"Caroline, I saw you that night she said you weren't her daughter anymore" Damon sighed and that painful memory finally surfaced into Caroline's mind "So, she's still Liz, just the new and improved Mommy version. Don't worry, I didn't make her over protective or anything, she's just a little more Caroline friendly than before"
"Thanks Damon, but I don't want her to like me just because she was compelled to" Caroline sighed
"Look, she's the same Mom you've had all your life. Just slightly more supportive. I didn't tell her to take today off, she did that by herself, and if you don't believe me, then fine, don't. I just told her to forget the picnic and to spend more time with you to get to know the real you, which actually isn't half bad after having to spend three days with you living here. You also managed to make Stefan fun after all these years. So, go enjoy your new Mom. And if you feel the need to tell her about you being a vampire still, then go ahead, just keep in mind Caroline, you're not as bad of a person as you think you are" Damon said
"…Thanks Damon" Caroline said and smiled a little "For a jack-ass, you have your sweet moments"
"I blame Elena" Damon said
"Whatever" Caroline said and laughed a little "Hey, is Stefan there?" Caroline asked
"He is not" Damon said "He went to go set up that little masquerade ball down at the Lockwood's" Damon said
"Okay, I'll just call him later then" Caroline said "Thanks again Damon"
"No problem blondie" Damon said and hung up
Once she was off the phone with Damon, Caroline got up and dressed and walked downstairs to find her actually baking cookies in the kitchen.
"Oh my god. Damon has turned you into the kinda Mom that bakes stuff for no reason at all" Caroline said under her breath "Mom, what are you doing?" She asked out loud
"Baking" She smiled "Remember when me and you used to do this all the time?"
"When I was like 4 or 5" Caroline said
"I figured we could do that again today, you know, talk and bake cookies and stuff" She smiled
"…Sure" Caroline said "I'd like that"
Caroline was smiling and eating cookies with her Mom, talking to her about the last few days and everything else.
"So…you and Stefan now, huh?" Her Mom asked
"Mom" Caroline sighed
"What? I have a right to know who my daughter is dating" Her Mom smiled
"Well, for your information, yes. I'm dating Stefan" Caroline said proudly and smiled "And he's the sweetest guy ever"
"Good to hear that" She smiled "Now, I hate to bring this up, but…whatever happened to Matt?" She asked
"Well…we…had our differences and…it just couldn't work anymore" Caroline sighed
"It happens" Her Mom sighed
"I know" Caroline sighed
Before her Mom could say anything else, Caroline's cell phone went off. She took it out and looked to see who was calling and saw it was Elena.
"Hold on a sec Mom" Caroline sighed and her Mom nodded as she answered the phone "Yeah?"
"Caroline! We need you here now!" Elena said panicked
"What happened?" Caroline asked nervously now
"Stefan! He went down this well to go get the moonstone and I can't get a hold of Damon or anyone else and this well is filled with vervain!" Elena said
"I'll be right there" Caroline said and hung up
"What's wrong?" Her mom asked worried now too
"Just something with Stefan, he'll be fine, I just have to go see him, he…got hurt…badly" Caroline said trying to think of a way to explain it to her Mom "I'll be right back, I promise" Caroline said and head for the front door and bolted out before her mom saw her
Caroline finally made it to the well and saw Elena standing there waiting for her. Caroline was ready to go jump down there and save Stefan.
"Caroline!" Elena said and grabbed her "You can't, vervain, remember?" Elena said
"Right" Caroline sighed and spotted a pile of chains next to the well. "Elena, you have to go down there" Caroline said as she started setting up the chains for Elena to go down there and for her to pull Stefan out
Elena nodded a little and once Caroline had everything set up, Elena grabbed onto the chains and Caroline lowered her down just as Bonnie came running up to them.
"Where's Elena?" Bonnie asked
"Saving Stefan" Caroline said
"I got him Care! Pull him up! I'll look for the moonstone!" Elena yelled
"Moonstone?" Caroline asked curiously as she started pulled Stefan up
"Something Katherine wants" Bonnie sighed
"Oh, I get it" Caroline said
As soon as Caroline got Stefan up, her and Bonnie got him out of there and onto the ground. Caroline desperately wanted to help him, but she had to get Elena out first.
"I got it!" Elena yelled "Pull me up!" She said
Caroline started pulling Elena up and out of the well and her and Bonnie helped her out too. Elena handed the small wooden box to Bonnie and walked over to Stefan and kneeled down next to him on the ground.
"Elena, you have to help him" Caroline said
"I will" Elena said
Caroline kneeled down next to Elena and bit into Elena's wrist for her and let her go and Elena let Stefan drink from her. Caroline nervously watched as Stefan fed from her, if she could have a heart attack, she would have one right now. As Stefan kept drinking, Caroline saw his burns heal up more and more, and he was able to grab Caroline's hand which made her tear up and smile a little bit.
"It's okay Stefan" Caroline said and squeezed his hand "I'm right here"
Caroline heard Elena's heart rate slowing down and Caroline gently pulled Elena's arm away. "Thank you" Caroline said to Elena and Elena smiled back at Caroline
"You should get him home, let him have more blood" Elena said
"I will" Caroline said and stood up and helped Stefan stand up and put his arm around her shoulder "Come on Stefan, you might have to get a few bunnies in you to get home" Caroline sighed "I'll see you guys later?" Caroline asked Bonnie and Elena
"Sure" Elena smiled and Bonnie nodded
Caroline started walking off with Stefan into the forest and set him down half way to the Boarding House.
"I'm gonna get you a few bunnies, okay? Stay here" Caroline said
"Caroline" Stefan said and grabbed her arm
"You're not coming with me" Caroline sighed
"I love you" Stefan said
Caroline smiled down at him and bent down to kiss him before happily taking off into the forest. She brought him back three bunnies that he all drained and he was able to walk a little better by himself now. Caroline finally got back to the Boarding House and was going to set Stefan down in the living room, but saw Damon in there with a tarp on the floor that looked like it had a body wrapped up in it.
"…Who's that?" Caroline asked
"Katherine's dead boy toy Mason" Damon said
"Damon, you know that you just pissed off Katherine by doing that, right?" Stefan asked
"Oh, I know, I want her pissed off" Damon said with a smirk
"With Katherine pissed of, she's going to hurt Elena! She's going to go after Caroline too! You don't think Damon!" Stefan hissed
"Stefan, calm down" Caroline said and helped him over to the couch and ran into the kitchen and came back with blood for him
"Oh please, Katherine won't do anything now that we have her precious moonstone" Damon said and pulled it out of his pocket "The witch dropped it off here"
Just then, everyone heard Mason's cell phone go off. Damon reached for it and Stefan and Caroline saw that smirk on his face as he answered it.
"Hello Katherine" He said
A/N: Okay, so here is your dose of Steroline since they weren't really together for the last few episodes. Let me just say this now, I totally love the idea of Delena & Steroline, but, who else felt their heart break when Stefan and Elena broke up? I did! I wanted to go hug Stefan so badly! There's just something about seeing a guy cry that really breaks my heart /3
As for Mason dying, I kinda saw that coming, and it was a little sad for me too because Damon was right when he said he saw himself in Mason, I saw it too kinda, he was blinded by being in love with Katherine like Damon was. I kinda saw the ending part coming too, with Katherine and Matt, I'm still trying to figure out why Katherine wants to free a werewolf of their curse of the full moon though :/
And Jenna, OMG, I was freaking out, even though I read the spoilers and knew she was gonna live, still freaking out :P
And is it me, or did Jeremy seem hotter this episode? I think joining Team Badass added to his hotness xP I've always thought that Jeremy was cute, but now he just seems really hot to me :P I'm weird, I know :]
So anyway, enjoy this chapter :] xoxo, Avril