So I'm really not a big fan of Elena and this chapter has some major bashing of her character, just warning you.
It didn't take long before Caroline was pulling into the Salvatore's driveway and running up to the front door.
She threw open the front door with a shriek of "SPRING BREAK" and prepared looked around eagerly for Elena and Bonnie who had told her to meet them here.
"hey Care" Elena said with a smile as she walked into view.
"LENA" caroline Screamed as she ran up to Elena with her arms outstretched for a hug "are you ready to drink too much booze, dance like nobody is watching, and meet handsome men whose names we don't have to remember"
"Sounds like a classy trip Blondie, but I'm pretty sure that you and Elena need to have a talk" Damon said as he sauntered up to Elena. He was shirtless if rubbing it in her face that he and Elena were together. Caroline rolled her eyes and looked at Elena
"Well, we can talk on the road Damon, right now we have to pack up the car and get out of this town! So, where's Bonnie?"
Elena sighed and walked into the living room with Caroline at her heels. Inside the room Bonnie and Jeremy were sitting on the couch.
Damon and Elena took a seat on the opposite couch and left Caroline standing in the middle of room staring at all of them.
"If this is an intervention then you guys can skip it. I don't have time for ground rules, we should already be on the road by now!" Caroline said, her impatience evident to everyone in the room.
She gave a subtle glare at Damon, sure that this little sit down was his attempt to keep Elena away from her.
"Caroline" Elena said with a voice full of anxiety "Bonnie and I have been talking, and we decided that it might be better if we skipped spring break this year"
"Wha-at" Caroline whimpered as all her energy, from before, slipped away.
The tension in the room was unbearable and Caroline looked around for someone else who was confused, but everyone seemed to be on the same page. Suddenly Caroline felt left out, like she was a stupid kid getting turned down after asking to go to the zoo.
Bonnie stared at her with sympathetic eyes "Care, I just came back to life a few months ago and I haven't really had any time to deal with that. Plus, with the whole Anchor thing I'm not exactly a lot of fun to hang out with."
Jeremy gave a a small snort and Caroline could just pick up the word "I beg to differ" escape his lips.
Bonnie gave him a hard shove and turned back to face Caroline.
"I haven't even explained any of this to my mom. I mean I didn't even show up to my own Dad's funeral and she has no idea why. He daughter was dead all summer and she had no idea. I think I just need some time to work all this out"
As much as she wanted to spend her break with Bonnie, she understood. Family meant even more to her since she had lost her Dad and she knew that Bonnie was right. She gave a small nod to Bonnie and a sad smile.
"I'm sorry Bon, I'm sure this is really hard for you. If you need some time to deal with your family then I completely understand. We can do something this summer" Caroline said trying to hide her disappointment with sympathy.
Caroline then turned to Elena. She was prepared to hear any excuse she had abnd to fight them however she needed to.
In truth Caroline had been looking forward to spending some time with Elena away from everything. Lately Elena was just, quite frankly, awful. She was either stressing about something irrelevant, complaining about her life, or jumping Damon's bones.
It wasn't like Caroline didn't love her best friend, but she really missed human Elena. The girl who loved life and was always looking forward to a little escape from her crazy life. Vampire Elena wasn't the best friend that Caroline knew and loved.
This trip, Caroline thought, might give Elena some piece of mind. Maybe if she just got away from all the drama that surrounded this small town Elena could breathe.
Things had been a little tense between Caroline and Elena since Elena had picked Damon. Caroline had long since gotten over Damon abusing her, but she had hated seeing Stefan get hurt. Most importantly though, Caroline hated the way that Damon had become the center of Elena's universe. She no longer cared about anything like she cared about damon, and it was a little sickening.
"Caroline, I need to be here in Mystic falls. Things are finally calm and I want to enjoy that. Jeremy was dead and we just got him back over the summer. I think I should enjoy the fact that my brother is alive a little more than I have been. And, I haven't really had a lot of time with damon since I came back to Whitmore sooo..." Elena trailed off with a slight blush spreading to her cheeks.
"So you're breaking off plans we made in middle school so you can fuck your boyfriend ?!" Caroline was starting to get really aggravated with Elena.
"And so I can spend time with Jer."
"Yeah, the same time you spent with him over the summer. Oh that's right you completely ignored the apparent source of your humanity to do fuck Damon. Don't use your brother to excuse your sluttiness Elena, it's unbecoming"
"Well you know all about keeping a guy around just for sex don';t you Caroline?" Elena teased with a fire building in her eyes.
"Excuse me?" Caroline asked, daring Elena to say whatever it was she was thinking.
"Oh come on, all you wanted Tyler for was to be your sex toy."
"Shots fired" Jeremy whispered, receiving another smack from Bonnie as she continued to watch the fight.
Caroline was seething as she screamed back at Elena "I loved Tyler!"
"Yeah and what about when you stopped loving him" Elena sneered.
"What about when you only kept him around to deny your feelings for Klaus?"