Hey all! I am back with an update! I am seriously blown away by the response and I hope to have the next chapter out very soon! A big thank you to Lia for being an awesome beta :)
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Katherine entered the dorm room after her conversation with Stefan and she was still speechless. She knew that there were certain guys at the University that were more beast than man, but she couldn't believe that one of them would do such a thing to Caroline. Katherine knew that her best friend had been through enough and she wasn't about to let Niklaus Mikaelson get away with hurting her. She was going to make sure that they got even.
The curly haired brunette spotted Caroline sitting by the door with a faraway look in her usual bright blue eyes.
"You heard," Katherine sighed as she shook her head sadly.
Caroline simply nodded before she stood up and walked over to her bed. She sat down on the bed slowly and before she could stop herself, she was crying.
"Caroline…" Katherine began as she thought about her words wisely. She knew that Caroline was in a fragile state at the moment and she didn't want to make it worse.
"Why- why would he do that to me? He doesn't- even know me…" The blonde stammered as she sniffled.
"He's a jackass, Care… Guys are assholes in general." The brunette told her because she knew that it was the truth from her own past experience.
"Why can't they all be like Stefan?" Caroline questioned as she looked over at her best friend with the moisture building up in her eyes.
"Because Stefan is one of a kind." Katherine responded as she wrapped an arm around her friend's shoulder.
Caroline nodded in agreement and she looked down at her hands with uncertainty and sadness. She came to Michigan State to start a new life and now she was right back to square one. Caroline wondered if she would ever find the guy that she would spend the rest of her life with, but she assumed that she wouldn't considering that every guy that she had a crush on fucked her over someway or another. Katherine watched her best friend and her eyes filled with sadness. She could see how upset Caroline was by the way she held her posture. She was slouched over and her eyes didn't meet Katherine's. Katherine hated that her best friend was going through the same thing yet again. Caroline Forbes was one of a kind and she most definitely not deserve this.
"What should I do now?" Caroline wondered as she exhaled a heavy sigh.
"I recommend we get even." The brunette suggested as a small smirk crept onto her lips and the wheels in her head began turning.
"Get even? How?" She asked as her eyes narrowed slightly in thought.
"Well… If his fraternity is throwing such a fucked up party, I say we go and get even."
"Kat, I am not going to that party..." Caroline sighed as she shook her head frantically.
"Oh, come on! This is the perfect opportunity to show these son of a bitches that they're wrong."
"Wrong how? I mean look at me... I understand why he chose to ask me."
"No." Katherine immediately said. "I don't want you thinking like that. Niklaus Mikaelson is the scum of the Earth and we are going to get even with him. He won't even know what hit him!"
"Kat, what are you getting at exactly?" The blonde questioned as she eyed her best friend with curiosity in her watery blue eyes.
"It doesn't matter. I want you to call up Stefan." Katherine told her.
"What? Why?" Caroline frowned as she furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.
"I want you to make sure that he doesn't do or say anything." The brunette shrugged.
"But, he has to... The party has to get cancelled or else a lot of girls are going to get hurt."
"Caroline, I'm telling you... If you call Stefan and tell him not to do anything, everything will work out."
"But the other girls." Caroline cried out.
"I have a plan for them as well."
"What plan exactly?" The blonde wondered as she bit down on her bottom lip.
"Think that movie that Ryan Gosling-may god bless him and his perfect abs-and Emma Stone were in."
"Gangster Squad?" Caroline guessed.
"No. This isn't some gangster based plan, Care..."
"Well, the only other movie that I can think of is Crazy, Stupid, Love..." She recalled.
"Bingo," the brunette beamed from ear to ear.
"Wait... We aren't talking about a makeover, are we?" Caroline questioned as her bright blue eyes widened.
"Oh, we most definitely are." Katherine smirked.
"No. No way!" Caroline shook her head.
"Yes way. Do you want to get even with that motherfucker or what?" She questioned as she eyed her best friend pointedly.
Caroline thought about it and she soon began to nod. Yes, she wanted to get back at him for what he did. Because from now on, Caroline Forbes was done playing the good girl that always got hurt.
"That a girl." Katherine grinned mischievously before she handed the blonde her cell phone.
"Call Stefan and make sure that he doesn't fuck this up." The brunette ordered before she grabbed her pajamas and toiletries and left the dorm room.
When the blonde was alone, she looked down at the phone in her hands and she inhaled a deep breath before she dialed his number.
Stefan was almost at the fraternity when he heard his cell phone vibrate in his pocket. He took out the phone and looked down at the caller I.D.
"Caroline," he sighed as he stopped and put the phone to his ear.
"Stefan?" He heard his best friend question.
"Yeah, it's me Care… Are you alright?" He asked, his voice taking on a worrisome tone.
"Uh, I'm getting there, but I need you to do something for me. Now, you may not like this plan, but I think that it's a good one, so you better have my back."
"Spill," he ordered as he walked over to one of the benches and sat down.
"Okay, well… I heard everything that you told Katherine and as much as I want you to march right into your fraternity and punch that asshole, we have a plan."
"You mean Katherine has a plan." He sighed heavily.
"Yes, Katherine has a plan. Now, are you going to let the birthday girl speak or are you going to interrupt again?" The blonde questioned as she laid down on her bed.
"My apologies, birthday girl." He chuckled. "What plan did the sly Katherine Pierce come up with now?" Stefan questioned.
"Okay, so… Your fraternity is having a competition: whoever brings the ugliest girl wins something, Katherine came up with an idea that will get back at all of the guys that wanted to participate in."
"Hold on… Please do elaborate because I am pretty confused at the moment."
"She is going to find all of the girls that they asked and she is going to give them a makeover, including me." Caroline told him as a ghost of a smile appeared on her lips.
"Wait… You still want the competition to happen? I mean really? I can call in an anonymous tip and it'll get cancelled."
"If you try and get it cancelled, the guys will know that you were involved. I don't want you getting hurt in the process, so just play along with it and when Saturday arrives, they won't know what hit them."
"Caroline… It's a great plan, but are you sure that you're up for it? You changed your whole look because of what happened back in Mystic Falls. I don't want you to go back there if it'll bring back the worst days of your life." He responded, his voice laced with concern.
"Stef, I thank you for your concern, but I am done getting stepped on. Klaus used me because he wanted to win a fucking competition. Tyler did the same except I didn't know that he had a hidden agenda. I want to get back out there, but I can't do that if I hide beneath these hideous clothes… I need to move past what happened to me and even though that video is still out there somewhere, I want to forget about it." She told him.
"Okay, okay… I won't say anything, but how do you expect me to be see him for the next couple of days and not kill him?" He asked her.
"I think you can do it, Stef… Just please… Do you remember that time in middle school when you played the lead in the school production?"
"How can I forget? I played Romeo after all." He retorted as the memory flashed through his head.
"Yes you did… Just think of this in that way. You are simply an actor that is pretending to like Klaus."
"I'm a sucky actor, but alright… I'll try and do it."
"Thanks, Stef! I also need you to ask around. Ask those that are participating who it is that they're bringing."
"Alright." He sighed.
"Thank you, Stefan, Really, I appreciate it."
"Yeah, yeah… What are best friends for anyway?"
"Don't let Katherine hear you say that." She giggled.
"Wouldn't dream of it." Stefan told her as he chuckled softly.
"Alright, goodnight!" She told him.
"Likewise," he said. "And Care?"
"Yeah?" She questioned.
"Happy Birthday."
"Thanks," the blonde told him, genuinely happy.
"Caroline! We have to get to the town square." Her mother called out for her.
"Just a minute, mom!" The blonde called back as she plugged in the curling iron and waited for it to heat up.
"Hurry up, sweetheart!" Liz ordered.
Caroline rolled her at her mother's impatience and she quickly curled her hair. Once she was finished, she applied some makeup and put on her red blazer.
As she descended the staircase, she spotted her mother and father standing in the foyer and smiling about something.
"I'm ready!" She cried out and her parents looked over at her.
"It's dark out, sweetheart… Why wear so much makeup?" Bill asked her as he eyed her pointedly.
"Oh come on, daddy… I am going out in public…"
"Girls your age and their obsession with makeup. I will never understand this." Her father sighed heavily.
"Alright, Bill. Caroline. It's time to go." Liz told them.
The two nodded and the family of three left their house and made their way to the town square.
Once they arrived at the town square, they immediately went their separate ways. Caroline ran over to her best friends Stefan and Katherine and she smiled at them brightly.
"You're in a good mood." Katherine told her as a small smile crept onto her lips. "I take it your night with Mr. Sexy Lockwood went perfectly."
"It did," she blushed as she remembered the night before.
"Ick… Seriously? I don't think I'm interested in knowing about your sex life, Care." Stefan told her as he shook his head in disgust.
"Don't be such a prude, Stef." She teased him and Katherine smirked as she looked between her best friends.
"So, tell me everything! How was it?" Katherine wondered.
"And that is my cue to go to my male friends." Stefan told them as he eyed the both of them carefully before he left them to their own devices.
"Now that he's gone… Spill the beans!" The curly-haired brunette urged her.
"Well… We went to the Grill last night, but we quickly got bored because the bartender wouldn't give us any alcoholic beverages, so we decided to go to his place. His parents weren't at home, so we were alone and it kind of just happened." She shrugged.
"So the two of you fucked in his living room?" Katherine wondered as her eyes lit up with mischief and interest.
"No! I mean we were going to, but then he told me that it would be better if we went up to his bedroom and so we did." Caroline shrugged as she smiled dreamily at the memory.
"How big is he?" The brunette questioned as she crossed her arms over her chest and her smile widened.
"Kat!" Caroline cried out as her bright blue eyes widened.
"Oh, come on! Tell me! I want to know if Tyler lived up to his nickname. You know… Big Dick Lockwood."
Caroline shook her head, she was about to tell her when she heard the sounds coming from the theater set.
The chit chat around the town square immediately died down and all of the citizens that were there looked over at the theater set.
"What the…?" Caroline began, but she quickly quieted down when she heard her voice.
"Oh my god." Katherine said as she clamped a hand on her mouth.
"Ka- Katherine… Tell me that that isn't what I think it is…" Caroline begged her as she felt the moisture building up in her eyes.
"I- I don't know what it is." Katherine replied as her doe brown eyes widened in shock and confusion. Why would Tyler do such a thing? Especially to Caroline?
"TURN IT OFF!" The mayor ordered as he looked around the town square with anger in his dark eyes.
Stefan ran up behind the girls and he quickly looked over at Caroline with his forest green eyes wide with worry.
"Care…" He started, hoping that she was alright.
"Is that? Is that me- me and Tyler?" Caroline stammered as she looked up at him with tears in her bright blue eyes. She didn't want to believe that Tyler would do such a thing. Not after all the secrets they had shared with one another. Not after what she gave to him.
Stefan looked down at the ground, but he nodded slowly.
"I'm sorry," he apologized even though he had nothing to do with the video.
Caroline's world went black and Stefan was able to catch her before she hit the ground. Katherine and Stefan looked over at one another sadly and they shook their heads as they looked around the town square.
Every one of them were looking over at the trio.
Caroline awoke with a start and she felt her heartbeat accelerate as the memory of what happened at the town square flashed through her mind.
She shook her head as she looked outside the window. She realized that it was still dark out and she couldn't help but feel anger.
Caroline shut her eyes and she sniffled before she realized that she had to stop hiding. She knew that the memory of what happened would taunt her forever if she didn't let it go.
She had to let it go and she was going to start by getting back at Niklaus Mikaelson.
There you have it! Now, I know there was no Klaus, but I hope to have him in the next chapter! Did ya'll like it? Yes? No? Maybe?
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