Chapter two
Unfortunately for Caroline by the time she had put enough distance between herself and Stefan, the school bell rang for the start of class and her first class just happened to be History.
"Great." She muttered under her breath as she had to return from where she came.
Luckily she didn't run into Stefan or Tyler. Because if she had, she was pretty sure her patience and restraint would have been put to the test. Caroline quickly grabbed a seat next to Elena and pulled out a notepad from her bag. For the first time ever she was eager for class too start. Tyler as usual slumped in at the last second. He looked at her with big puppy dog brown eyes, but she was still aggravated by his obvious pride that he took in being a Hybrid.
"You're in my seat."
Caroline's eyes shot in the direction of Stefan's voice. He was standing on the other side of Elena's desk. At first she thought he was talking to her but instead his glare was focused squarely on Elena.
"What?" Elena's face had suddenly gone pale.
"You're in my seat. Now move." Stefan said again.
Elena frightened jumped to the empty seat that was next to her on the right side. Stefan smiled before he sat in the middle between Elena and Caroline. He turned his focus on Caroline the minute he sat down.
"Hey beautiful." He winked.
If Caroline could blush, she was positive that her face would have been flushed scarlet. Elena too was extremely puzzled by Stefan's remark and gave Caroline a look that said: What the hell is going on?
Alaric cleared his throat, aware that there was some tension in the room. All clearly focused on the one individual whose humanity seemed to be missing.
"Welcome back, seniors. Let's turn our brains back on, starting with this country's original founders … the Native Americans."
Before Alaric could continue Rebekah waltzed into the classroom. Caroline groaned under her breath, her life was definitely heading for the sewers. At least Caroline got some satisfaction when she noted that Stefan wasn't too happy with Rebekah's arrival.
"What about the Vikings?" Rebekah interrupted as she took a seat in the front.
"There's no evidence that Viking explores actually settled in the United States. Who are you?" Alaric asked.
Rebekah grinned cheerfully.
"My name's Rebekah. I'm new. And history's my favorite subject." She smirked.
Alaric immediately caught on but decided that it was best just too act as if everything was normal.
"Welcome, Rebekah." Alaric replied before he dove into his lesson plan.
Caroline tried in vain to ignore Stefan staring. She made meticulous notes and continued on doing so, until a piece of paper was flicked onto her desk. She glared at the note before turning her glare onto Stefan's handsome smirking face. Caroline unfolded the paper and read:
I mean it. You look beautiful today. How about you come to my place after school and I'm sure that dress will look just as good on the floor.
Sexual Regards
Stefan
Caroline scrunched up the note, before turning to Stefan and whispering:
"Seriously?" She hissed.
"I'm just teasing." Stefan rolled his eyes dramatically, before casting another wink at her.
Caroline's day had marginally gotten better and by the time it was cheerleading practice, she had already forgotten about her argument with Tyler and Stefan's sudden interest in her. She was stretching when she heard her fellow cheerleaders comment on Dana's sudden absence.
"Sounds like you have an opening on the squad." Rebekah appeared out of nowhere, startling Caroline in the process.
"What are you doing?" Caroline asked annoyed as Rebekah stretched beside her.
" . You can't just come here and infiltrate all of our lives." Caroline continued.
Rebekah stopped stretching and gave Caroline a coy smile.
"I'm only interested in yours. Your spunk, your popularity," Rebekah said glancing to the far side of the field where Tyler was practicing. "Maybe even your boyfriend."
Caroline crossed her arms and watched as Rebekah joined in with the other squad members.
"Look at you. Looking all sexy with your pigtails and your short shorts." Stefan appeared beside her, dressed in a grey tank and black sweat pants.
Caroline rolled her eyes.
"Oh great. I forgot about you." She sighed.
Stefan placed an arm around Caroline's shoulder before speaking again.
"Don't worry about her," He gestured towards Rebekah, "She's just a jealous little original."
Caroline felt uncomfortable with Stefan's arm around her. He would have never done something like this in the past.
"Tell me about it. Aren't you supposed to be shadowing Elena?" Caroline frowned.
"Nope. Change of plans. Speaking of plans, are you going to the bonfire tonight?"
Caroline scoffed.
"Obviously I am."
"Excellent. We can go together" Stefan pulled her in closer.
"What?!" She asked flummoxed.
Stefan dropped his arm and moved so that he was facing Caroline.
"You and me. Tonight?" Stefan asked again.
"I don't want to go anywhere with you." She walked off away from practice and away from Stefan.
Stefan followed.
"Why not?" He asked again.
"You have no humanity. You're ripper you." Caroline continued on walking.
"So? I'll behave."
Caroline stopped and turned.
"Why?" She asked.
"Why what?" Stefan replied.
"Why me? What do you want from me?"
Stefan cocked his head to the side before leaning in closer.
"I want to apologize."
"Apologize for what?"
"For last year. I was terribly harsh on you and I want to make it up to you."
Caroline immediately remembered the previous year. Her obvious sadness and defeat when Stefan had turned her down. She had been miserable. His rejection had really hit her.
"How can I trust you?" She asked.
Stefan smiled. Not a smile that said he knew something that she didn't, but a real genuine Stefan smile.
"You can't trust me. I'm not me remember?" Stefan shrugged.
"He's in there, somewhere," 'She pointed towards Stefan's heart, "That's the person I trust."
Caroline made to move away but Stefan grabbed her hand.
"He's not. Don't get your hopes up." He snarled.
Caroline smirked.
"He is. I'm not blind."
"Well you can't get him back." Stefan smugly replied dropping her hand.
"Maybe, but I like a challenge." She replied before taking off and leaving him behind.
An: Thank you for the feedback and reviews on my new story. Really appreciate it.
Next chapter will be up next week.