Chapter 4

Esme and Carlisle were as welcoming to the two new vampires as they were to me. Jasper seemed uncomfortable at first, probably from sensing the tension between the two from the earlier fight, but he ended up getting along well with Stefan. Emmett explained vampire baseball to them right as he found out that Stefan did in fact like sports. I could see the jealousy forming the second Rosalie laid eyes on Caroline, but really, what did I expect when I introduced the most self-absorbed girl I knew to another blonde with looks that rivaled hers.

The only problem was the conflicting diets. It got a little been awkward when Caroline asked for a blood bag.

"Wait," Emmett said, "You two drink human blood?"

Caroline POV:

My eyes widen in shock and embarrassment when I realized that the Cullens shared the same animal-loving tastes that Stefan did. I quickly jabbered away, "No. I mean, Stefan doesn't. I do. I don't kill people or anything, I just drink from blood bags."

Emmett was still staring at me, "Blood bags? Do you drink them like juice boxes?"

"Emmett," scolded Esme who then smiled reassuringly at me, "Don't worry, we can get you some from the hospital. You can wait until tomorrow, right?" I nodded, grateful that they weren't completely weirded out.

Dinner was… strange. Since their type of vampires didn't have to eat for some reason, Stefan, Elena- I mean Bella, and I ate what Esme cooked- which was really good considering that she couldn't taste it. I was starting to absolutely love Esme; she owned the most beautiful house ever. I really wanted to introduce her to my mom.

Carlisle intrigued me the most. Among the vampires back in Mystic Falls, I had the least blood on my hands which probably was because I was the most recently turned next to Elena. Other than the Mikaelson family, he's the oldest vampire I knew and somehow he had managed to never drink human blood in his life even as a surgeon.

At the end of the night, Esme welcomed us to share rooms with the other people in the house. Bella, who usually would have stayed in Edward's room ended up sleeping with Alice because Edward decided that Stefan would probably be most comfortable with him. If I had a doppelgänger, I personally wouldn't want to sleep in the same bed as mine but at the same time, as Emmett pointed out, you get to change in the same room because there's nothing you hadn't seen before.

I finally joined Alice and Bella because Rosalie is… scary. Not as much as Katherine, but she is pretty close. Turns out, Alice is a little creepy but her obsession with fashion made me warm up to her quickly. I mean her closet is literally another room. She probably owns every outfit I've ever seen. Needless to say, we spent an hour or two playing dress up.

Once Bella fell asleep, Alice left the room to go hunt with Edward and the rest of the family. But a half an hour later, I was still awake. For a while, I focused in on Edward's room just to hear Stefan's breathing. As creepy as it sounds, it was comforting to hear something familiar. I was already starting to miss the guys back at home and something about Bella looking exactly like Elena made me miss her even more.

Then I heard Stefan's voice, "Caroline?" he says. I wasn't expecting him to be awake. "You don't have to respond because according to Edward, Bella is a light sleeper so I don't want to wake her up. I just want to apologize for disappearing for such a long time. But I couldn't bring myself to come back without Damon and Bonnie because I knew how disappointed you and Elena would be. I gave up when I finally realized that they're gone. They disappeared along with the other side and I'm so sorry."

Of course, I knew that Bonnie was dead but hearing Stefan say it just made it so… final. "And I know it's been hard for you; you feel like you aren't allowed to mourn Bonnie because Elena lost Damon. And then you lost me. I can't apologize enough for disappearing but I felt like I had to cut myself off from everything that reminded me of him." Tears formed in my eyes when I realized that that meant he hadn't heard any of the hundreds of voicemails I had left him. He continued, "Caroline, you're the strongest person I know. I hope you can forgive me."

I didn't sleep well that night.

I got up early the next day hoping to beat Esme to the kitchen so that I could prepare breakfast for the food eating half of the house. But when I entered the kitchen, I saw that Edward and Bella laughing as they made pancakes together.

Watching silently from the corner of the room, I was saddened by how happy they were. Never with Damon, not Tyler, not even Matt had we been as happy to just be with each other as Bella was with Edward. The last time I saw a couple as happy as them was back when Stefan and Elena were together. But somehow, I could sense that unlike Stefan and Elena, there was nothing that could separate Edward and Bella.

He smiled and nodded at me. I rolled my eyes and said, "I forgot that you could read my mind. It's creepy, you know."

Bella laughed; it must be nice to be her knowing that she was safe from anything a vampire could do to her. Other than getting her blood drank, of course. Edward frowned. Ugh! Get out of my head. It's a small world, after all, it's a small worl-

The doorbell rang. Edward walked over, "It's Angela. Caroline, Bella, you should go upstairs. I'll talk to her."

We agreed and ran upstairs. From Alice's room, I focused on the voices at the door.

"Edward, I don't know if that was some stupid prank or something, but what the hell did you do to Bella?" she screamed.

"Sorry, but what do you mean?"

"How would you not know? You stabbed her right in front of me."

"Why don't you come inside and sit down."

Edward said quietly underneath his breath at a volume only Stefan and I could hear, "What exactly did you tell her when you compelled her?"

Stefan appeared in the bedroom. He whispered, "I told her to wait by the Ferris wheel and forget she saw me."

"Well, she obviously didn't do either of those because she wasn't even at the fair when I went to go pick her up yesterday and now she clearly hasn't forgotten."

Stefan and I repeated the conversation to Bella whose human hearing was keeping her out of the loop. We continued to listen to Angela shout at Edward downstairs when Stefan finally spoke up, "Back at the fair, you switched drinks right?"

Bella facepalmed, "Of course. You put vervain in my drink to see if I was a vampire. Angela drank that one instead of me."

"How could you have forgotten that?" I cried in frustration. Stefan looked at me, silently asking if I was still upset with him. I shook my head, "Don't worry. I would've done the same. I'll go deal with her."

Angela gasped when she saw me. I sighed and muttered an apology before sinking my teeth into her forearm. Her blood was completely clear of vervain.

"Leave, forget everything that happened today and yesterday. You and Bella had a perfect time at the fair but you left early because you were feeling sick. The bite on your arm is from your dog," I said while staring into her eyes.

"But I didn't. Why did you bite me?"

I stared at her, confused as to how she was still fully aware of what was happening. I tried again, "Leave, forget every-"

"Caroline," Stefan placed his hand on my shoulder. "You know what this means."

"Her? There's no way." I said.

"Angela," Stefan said calmly, "You're a witch."

Sorry for the super short chapter. But please review! I really want to know what you guys think should happen and what you think of the story so far.