Chapter 2

"Stefan!" Caroline hissed into her phone. "I'm really freaking hungry right now. Get me those blood bags NOW." she ordered. Stefan Salvatore was her new and only vampire best friend. It was because of him that she could exploit her control-freak nature and become a "good" vampire as she says it.

"Alright alright. Give me five minutes I'll be there soon." he laughed and said. Carolined groaned and said "Why do you need to get your car you show off? You know you can just use your vamp speed and be here in like two minutes."

Before Stefan could reply, a blood bag was tossed at Caroline and a handsome figure appeared in front of her with his signature smirk. "Well, Blondie, what can I say? That car is signature to my baby bro. Just like his hair and his brooding nature." He said.

"Damon!" Caroline half-squeaked as she tried to hide the blood bag in her bag though people were only entering then through the school gates. "Can you at least try to pretend that you make an attempt to keep our vampire race hidden?" she glared at him.

He grabbed the phone from her hand and said "Get your ass here right now Stefan. We have work to do." After hanging up, he looked up and raised his eyebrows at a fuming Caroline who was almost red. "Relax Barbie, no one saw us. Even if they did , I hardly think they'd notice a blood bag once they'd look at my face" he smirked and winked at her.

"Of course. They wouldn't be able to handle the cringe and would just look away after seeing your arrogant face" Bonnie said from behind him as she joined Caroline. Damon and Bonnie were not exactly the best of friends. Or even friends. Okay, they hated each other.

"Ouch Bon-Bon. Did you find some spell to increase your sass level?" He said, looking at the witch with that godforsaken smirk. Not being able to resist anymore, Caroline walked away from the two bickering idiots and went to the fire escape, which was metaphorically her escape. She sat on the stairs, sipping through her blood bag, and her thoughts were occupied by memories she couldn't quite bury.

~FLASHBACK~

"Come on! Is that all you've got?" he challenged her as they were playfully fighting and hitting each other in an attempt to reach the chocolate cookies first. There were only a few who were early to class, enjoying the breeze of the early morning.

"Give it to me and I will spare you from crying like a little toddler." She said back confidently. He grabbed her hand as she attempted to walk past him towards the table. "What will you do if I don't?" he asked teasingly.

"Well, I would make your physical and mental ages match then. You'd be crying like the seven year old that you are mentally" she smirked as she tried to squirm past his girp. He held it strongly and they kept moving it, twisting it until he accidentally ended up twirling her like they do in dances.

Everyone watched that little dance of theirs and sneered teasingly. Her cheeks went red as she finally got the cookie. She turned to find him grinning and acting nonchalantly.

~End of flashback~

The bell rang indicating the beginning of the first class – History. She ran towards her class, finding Bonnie and Lexi, a good friend of hers, walking together. She caught up with them and entered class. She had lost her chirpy mood after the memories had flooded her mind. Lexi looked at the frown on her face and asked "What happened to you? You are the one person who's always energetic and bubbly."

Caroline was wondering why thoughts of incidents that happened two years ago had such an effect on her. She didn't exactly know how to deal with them, but she knew it didn't affect her much too. She thought why people expected her to never have mood swings just because she was bubbly. It made her mad. As she was lost in these thoughts, she never noticed the four new figures that entered the class – three handsome boys and one pretty blonde, who had looks that could kill. One of the three boys rushed to the last bench, accidentally knocking Caroline and her books fell from her hands.

Great. Just great. The boy didn't even spare her a glance. This added fuel to her already burning mood and she snapped at him "Excuse you." The boy stopped and turned back to look at her. He looked her up and down and said "What did you say, darling?"

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