Chapter Ten:
The next day was Caroline's birthday so Elena and I began decorating her locker when Bonnie walked up to us with a poster in her hands.
"Hey. Sorry I'm late. I, uh, got held up." Bonnie said to us.
"It's okay. We just got here too." Elena said to Bonnie.
Elena then pointed to a few balloons that were lying by our feet.
"Can you pass me the balloons?" Elena asked us.
"I got it." I said to Elena.
I then picked up the balloons from the floor and handed them to Elena.
"Thanks." Elena said to me.
"No problem, sis." I said to Elena.
Elena then taped the balloons to Caroline's locker and then looked at Bonnie.
"What got you running late?" Elena asked Bonnie curiously.
"I, uh, was working on some new spells. You?" Bonnie asked us.
"Working out with Alaric." Elena said to us.
"I over slept. Kind of needed the extra sleep after what happened last night." I said to them.
Bonnie then held up the poster she was holding to show us and then Elena took it out of her hands and taped it onto Caroline's locker.
"So, uh, we have something to tell you and you're not gonna like it." I said to Bonnie.
"What happened?" Bonnie asked us.
"Jeremy's gonna be leaving town for a while." I said to Bonnie.
"He'll be staying with some old family friends in Denver… until this whole Klaus thing blows over." Elena said to Bonnie.
"Jeremy wouldn't just leave you guys to deal with Klaus on your own." Bonnie said to us.
"I know. I asked Damon to compel him." Elena said to Bonnie.
"And I agreed to let him do it." I said to Bonnie.
"You what?" Bonnie asked us in disbelief.
"I know, Bonnie… but it's not safe for him here anymore. Leaving will give him a better life." Elena said to Bonnie.
"The reason we're telling you this now is because he's leaving tomorrow." I said to Bonnie.
"We know that you two haven't really worked your stuff. And we thought maybe you'd wanna say goodbye." Elena said to Bonnie.
Bonnie then saw that Jeremy was standing at his locker and then walked over to him.
I then looked over at Elena.
"Okay, I can't do this. I can't be here. I'll see you later." I said to Elena.
I then walked away from Elena and then I walked out of the school and towards the parking lot.
I then got in my car and drove home and stayed there for the rest of the day.
That night was the Wickery Bridge Restoration Fundraiser at the Founder's Hall and I decided to go since I wanted to know what was going to happen to the bridge my parents died on.
After changing into a gold applique charming short mini cocktail dress with a high collar golden applique lace zipper back A-line and putting on a pair of white high heel shoes I left the house to go to the Founder's Hall.
When I got to the Founder's Hall I walked into the room that had a model of the Wickery Bridge and stared at it.
I don't know how long I was staring at the model of the Wickery Bridge but I was brought out of it when I heard someone walk up next to me.
I then looked to my right and saw that Klaus was standing next to me looking at the model of the Wickery Bridge.
"I should have known you'd be here. An event like this suits you well." I said to Klaus.
"And yet you still came. Why?" Klaus asked me.
"I wanted to be here to see how the fundraiser turns out. My parents died going off that bridge and I want to know what happens to it." I said to Klaus.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't know." Klaus said to me.
"Of course you didn't. How could you? You don't know anything about me. I was just another one of your playthings, right?" I asked Klaus bitterly.
I then began to walk away from Klaus but he stopped me by grabbing my wrist.
"You were never a plaything, love." Klaus said to me.
I then pulled my wrist out of Klaus' grip.
"I don't believe you." I said to Klaus.
I then tried to walk away from Klaus again but he stopped me by getting in front of me.
"Please, let me explain myself, love." Klaus said to me.
"Why? So, that I can listen to you lie and flirt your way back into my life? No. If you ever cared for me at all, you wouldn't have done what you did. You knew I was going to help you find your family, and yet you resort to violence to speed up the process." I said to Klaus.
"Damon left me with no other choice!" Klaus yelled at me.
"There's always a choice, Klaus. You could have relied on me to help you get your family back, but instead you put Jeremy's life in danger to motivate Elena and Damon to get the job done. He's leaving town tomorrow because of what you did." I said to Klaus.
"I told Elena he was spared when she gave me Rebekah." Klaus said to me.
"Did you really think we believed that? No. Of course not. We had to make sure that he was safe from you even if it meant sending him away to the other side of the country." I said to Klaus.
"I'm sorry, Caitlin. I didn't mean to hurt you." Klaus said to me.
"But you did." I said to Klaus.
I then walked away from Klaus and this time he let me go.
I walked out of the Founder's Hall and then went home since I've had enough of the party and figured I'd find out how the fundraiser went from Ric when he gets home.