A Portrait for Caroline
Chapter 3
Caroline threw her purse down on the hardwood floor as she took a good look at the sight before her. It suddenly came to her mind that she needed a change in her life and she needed one right now. She sighed and used her vampire speed to clear out all the furniture in her mother's house. It was tainted with memories of her mother and she didn't need anything to remind her of her pain or to force her to turn her humanity back on.
When she was ready she would turn it back on and not a single second sooner, but for right now she had more important things to do then sit there and dwell on her mother's death. Shopping for a new wardrobe for instance.
Caroline sighed. She would have to go to her dorm room before Elena woke up and gather all her clothes to throw in the trash. It was time for the new and improved Caroline Forbes.
Caroline sighed as she remembered Klaus's advice in the back of her mind as she went over the things she would say to Elena if she saw her. She would just have to stand her ground with Elena and come up with a good lie to tell her if the thing with Liam popped up. Caroline gathered her bags in her hand and went into the room where Elena wasn't alone, but she couldn't care less if Bonnie was alive or not right now all she needed to do was get through this day without someone triggering her humanity. She had a plan all mapped out in her head and she didn't want anyone to get in the way of that.
"Caroline, Ugh, You're here."
"And you're perceptive."
She threw her bags and purse on her bed faking the perfect Caroline smile that everyone knew her for.
"What are you doing?"
"Starting over. New everything. New Sheets. New clothes. Hey, I got us a new blow dryer."
She pulled it out of the bag to show Elena and saw Bonnie's face for the first time in what seemed like ages. She wished that she cared more, but she didn't.
"Oh my God. Bonnie's back. Hi. I thought you were trapped in 1994."
"I got out." She said looking relieved.
"Huh." She said not caring at the moment.
She had better things to do anyway.
"We've been worried about you Care." Elena said feeling unsure.
"You mean you were worried about people around me. Like if I killed them. " she said folding her new dress up.
She guessed it was time to tell Elena the truth if only to get under her skin the slightest bit.
"Okay funny story. You remember Liam? Oh Elena dated this pre-med hottie, but then she realized she still had feelings for Damon, so she compelled him to forget that they ever had a thing. "
"What did you do to Liam?"
"I ate him and he was delicious. You know how cute guys just naturally taste better."
"You killed Elena's ex?"
Now it was her time to figure out a good way not to involve Klaus but to sound like her usual egotistical self.
"Okay. Can I tell my story please?" she said sitting down on her bed.
She just hoped this lie was convincing enough.
"Remind me why we're glad she's back again."
"Please tell me that Liam is not dead."
"Fine. So I was feeding and the little voice in my head that tells me to stop never piped up, but he started getting all woozy and weak. He also got blood on my necklace so I wasn't really in the mood to drag a dead corpse through the woods or to the dumpster, because it would just raise questions and one of those policemen could remind me of my mother so I didn't kill Liam."
"So you didn't kill him, because it would be inconvient?"
"Elena. I shut off my humanity. I didn't turn into an idiot. The last thing I want to do is give you a reason to ruin my life."
She took a gulp from the wine bottle she had got while she was talking about all this. She was going to need it if she was going to listen to yet another of Elena Gilbert's stupid lectures.
"Huh. It's weird. It's like she's Caroline, but she's not." Bonnie said butting in yet again.
Caroline gave a short chuckle to humor her.
"Oh Bonnie. How we all just missed your commentary." She said putting the wine bottle down.
She got up and looked Bonnie and Elena dead in the eye.
"Anyway in return for my good behavior I want a year where I don't have to feel pain or grief or remorse. You're not going to lock me in a cell and dry me out. And you're defiantly not going to trigger some latened emotion to snap my humanity back on."
"So all you want is for us to leave you alone and you promise not to kill anyone?"
Well at least Elena wasn't as stupid as she looked. Now it was time that Caroline triggered her inner Klaus.
"That's all I want and granted if anyone tries anything to flip my switch back on and I mean anything. I'll become your worst nightmare. "
She looked at Elena and Bonnie to make sure they understood and she took their silence as a yes.
"Great. I'm going to get a latte." She said picking up her purse. "See ya."
It was time to start the next point of her journey no matter what that was.