CHAPTER EIGHT

Here's another chapter.

Beware! Our favourite vampire will make an appearance very very soon. Next chapter. I'm working on chapter nine and let me just warn you that it might be a little shorter than the other chapters. Also I haven't forgotten about Carter and her supernatural abilities. That will be explained further, probably after chapter nine. I want to thank all of you who gave my story a chance, my active readers and my silent readers. Thank you all. Please continue to read my story and don't shy away from telling me what you think (just don't insult my existance). Annnnnndd Happy Heritage Day to all South Africans! Have a lovely holiday!

(CHAPTER SONG: FUEL TO FIRE BY AGNES OBEL)

IT IS SAID THAT ALL EVIL ROOTS FROM GOOD.

With each passing day, Caroline was getting more and more suspicious of their roommate. She was a strange girl; unlike any Caroline had ever met before. But she was also oddly weird, which made her anxious.

With everything that happened the past three years, she learned it the hard way never to overlook odd things. She learned to trust her instincts and her instincts were telling her to be careful with Carter Degrassi. She was not what she appeared to be.

She has a dark aura, or she thinks she has a dark aura; Caroline doesn't know but she doesn't want to push it aside too.

She would talk to Elena about it but her best friend was back home, sorting out the Stefan/Silas issue and the only other person who's not a stranger to her in this campus was Katherine, who is pretending to be Elena, and Caroline would rather drink vervain water than tell her anything; especially when it came to such delicate matters.

She may be wrong about Carter but even if she was not, she just didn't have it in her to expose a possible innocent to a horrific person like Katherine Pierce. She couldn't.

She was a good vampire.

But she had to find out if Carter was a possible danger. She didn't seem like the type to be merciful about anything and if her friendship with Wes was about something bigger, she would need to tell her friends so they can all come up with a plan to eradicate the threat she poses, probably without killing anyone.

Between Carter Degrassi and Wes Maxfield, Caroline just doesn't know what to think anymore.

She noticed the two hanging out a lot the past few weeks. She'd seen them together in between classes and during breaks. Although she is unaware of the type of relations they have, she is quite certain that a sexual relationship between a professor and a student was not permissible.

There might be doing just that discretely, or Carter might be apart of whatever the hell Wes was up to.

Caroline hoped it was the former because God knows she can't deal with yet another threat.

Not now.

Not this year.

"So let me get this straight; you ditched your student to come all the way here and have a cup of coffee with me?"

Carter sat on a stool facing Wes in the coffee shop near the campus, giving him a pointed look with one raised eyebrow.

"I don't see anything wrong with that." Came his reply after taking a sip of his coffee. He was smirking.

"You know you might get into trouble for this?" her tone was serious and a tad bit edgy as she pinned him with a sharp look, her blue eyes never faltering.

Carter was aware of the whispers and rumours that have been spreading like a wildfire throughout the campus and she didn't mind at all but that doesn't mean they are true. In fact, everything that is said about her and Wes is not true.

And while she was aware, Wes was oblivious to all the talks. Or at least that's what he pretended to be. It bugged her how he dismissed everything. He was a professor and she was a student. They were forbidden to engage in a sexual/romantic relationship and the consequences were severe for violation of college rules.

She wouldn't mind if it was high school, but this was college and most importantly, her hiding place. She could not jeopardise her chances of running a smooth life in college. She didn't want any trouble that's why she found these rumours an issue.

And it irked her to see the doctor playing dump.

"For having coffee with a student?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.

"For spending way too much time with a student who is not your student. You're a professor which means the authorities are free to assume anything and I wouldn't exactly blame." She snapped her annoyance visible in her tone.

"Carter, you're an excellent student with the brain of a scientist and I am a man of science. There's nothing wrong with two minds alike sharing ideologies."

"Except I'm a law student. I have nothing to do with science or micro-biology."

"Yea about that-"

She leaned back, knowing what he was about to say.

"Wes if you're going to talk to me about switching courses again, let me just tell you you're in for a colossal disappointment. "She interrupted. By now her coffee mug was empty and a waitress came over to refill it. She thanked her silently while waiting for Wes to continue.

He was ambitious, she noticed a long time ago. If only she possessed such ambition, she would not be hiding out in a small-town college but out in the world attending the University of her Choice; maybe Yale or Princeton. All she'd have to do was get a bursary or sponsorship and she would be set.

Instead, here she is, fraternising with a professor with hidden agendas.

Yes, she was aware of Dr Wes Maxfield's secrets but she just can't figure out what is it that he is hiding. He seems adamant on trying to get her to switch courses and train under him. She doesn't know why though.

That's why she's been spending a lot of time with him these past weeks, trying to coax information out of him without seeming interrogative or suspicious but Wes was a hard nut to crack. He knew how to speak, revealing only that which he wishes to reveal. Had it not been for her supernatural senses, she'd never realise that he was hiding things.

"I don't see why you would refuse my offer. You are clearly smart enough to take up medicine. You have the potential to achieve greatness in the medical field. Your kind is made for medicine, not law. I'm not entirely sure why you'd go for a common course like law. " he had his convincing tone on and his expression was stern.

"I chose law because I love it. I'm sorry Wes; I can't switch nor work with you. But I could shadow you for a while and see if I change my mind, if that makes any difference."

Carter was not changing her dream course just to quell her curiosity. She loved law and she wouldn't change it for anything else. It was her dream and she owed it to herself to achieve it.

So no. She will not switch to medicine because she is curious about a doctor with a hidden agenda. She'll find other ways to get to the bottom of things, if there was a bottom that is.

Wes nodded his head lightly, his lips pressed in a thin line. He looked as if he was holding himself back from saying anything.

"Alright. I'll take what I can get then." He said with a tight smile.

"That's good." She said before standing up and collecting her oversized bag. "I have to get going now. I'll see you around?"

"Absolutely. I'll let you know when we can get to work. I must warn you though, I don't go easy on anything. There'll be a lot work."

"Don't fret doctor. I can handle it, just let me know when we can get started."