Caroline decided to visit the Mystic Falls Library. She had told her students to look up their family history in the town, so maybe she could get a bit of studying in herself. She wanted to know about who founded this town, who the people were, and everything else. It looked like it would take all day so anything to take her mind off of her nightmare from last night. First she went to the local blood bank and compelled herself some B positive. That was MUCH better than rabbit blood. She hated having to do it, but she had to.
She realized she had never actually walked around this town. She had a routine: go to class, leave class, go home. That was it. So she took in the scenery and looked around. Just browsing. Then she saw Stefan and Elena, walking hand in hand. 'They didn't waste any time did they?', was all Caroline could think. Elena saw her and called after her "Caroline! Hey what are your plans for today?" 'Oh nothing, just trying to escape from nightmares and a certain crazy vampire but other than that not much,' Caroline thought. "Oh nothing, just was going to go to the library." "Well Stefan and I were going to work on our papers together, but if you're not doing anything later do you want to come over?" Caroline had been trying to be there for Elena since the death of her parents, so she couldn't say no. "Sure, what time?" "Say…5?" "Okay I'll be at your house then." "Okay see ya." Then Elena and Stefan walked off together. 'Young love.'
It didn't take Caroline long to find the library, what with the ginormous sign that said "LIBRARY" on it. After browsing for about five minutes she found a history book filled with names of settlers and founders. It was getting close to "Founders Day" in Mystic Falls and she wanted to cover some ground before she went, IF she went.
Before she knew it, it was almost 4:30. As she was packing up to leave her phone rang. 'Elena..' "Hello?" "Hey Caroline, Stefan and I are still stuck with our paper, but you're more than welcome to come to his house if you want." Caroline really didn't feel like going home to an empty house so, why not? "Sure just give me the address and I'll be over soon."
Wow. Caroline did not expect Stefan Salvatore's house to be THIS big. 'His parents must be LOADED' she thought as she pulled in the drive way. She knocked on the door and who should open it but, "Damon?" Caroline was not expecting him here. If he hurt Stefan or Elena she was ready to rip his throat out right then and there. "Hello Caroline. What can I do for you?" "WHAT are you doing here?" Damon smirked at her saying, "I live here." "You live here?" Before Damon could respond, Stefan made an appearance, "Ah, Caroline I see you've had the misfortune of meeting my brother first." 'You have NO idea.' Caroline thought. Then she remembered she can't come in unless she's invited in first. "Well, I'll try not to be too upset about that." Caroline just stood there waiting for her to be invited inside. "Caroline, don't stand out there in the cold, come on in." 'Finally.'
As they walked into the parlor, Caroline said "You never told me you had a brother." Her statement was more directed toward Damon than Stefan, but Stefan answered, "Oh, he's not around much so I didn't even bother." 'I completely understand,' was what Caroline wanted to say. "Oh I see. Are your parents around?" "Oh they're dead," Damon replied, "have been..for a long time." 'You probably killed them' Caroline thought. "Well I'm very sorry to hear that."
After spending a few hours at what she learnt was the "Salvatore Inn", Caroline decided to go home. She had learnt a lot about Stefan and Elena during those hours with them. As she was walking to her car she almost ran right into Damon. "Can I help you?" Caroline asked. She was aggravated with him. For some strange and odd reason he always seemed to show up when she wanted most to be rid of him. "Oh I was just wondering if you enjoyed yourself today." "Actually I did," Caroline responded, "though some of the company was not very pleasing," she retorted. "Well I'm glad," Damon said. "Don't you have some poor person to terrorize or some girl to seduce?" Caroline was getting aggravated with this guy. "Nope, just you Blondie." 'Great now his nickname has stuck.' "Well I hope I've proved that I'm definitely, 100 % not interested." Caroline said as she started to walk away. "There's something you may like to know." Caroline stopped and turned around staring at him. "Now why would YOU have ANYTHING that would interest me?" Caroline asked. "Well it would do you well to know that my brother in there, ya know the one who was all over Elena?" Did Caroline just hear a tint of jealousy in his voice? "Well..he is a vampire too. And he has a history of well…losing control." Wait. Did Caroline just hear right? There are MORE vampires? In her CLASSROOM? "What do you mean 'lose control?'" Caroline was curious now. "I mean have you ever heard of the 'Ripper of Montorae'?" That name rang a bell. "Yes I have. But he's been dead for 90 years. Surely Stefan wasn't…" Damon's nod said it all. "You mean Stefan is…was…the Ripper?" "WAS. But even the slightest bit of human blood could cause him to lose control." "Oh you have no place to speak of 'control.' Last I checked YOU were the one who left rotting bodies in the woods," Caroline said. "Be that as it may," Damon responded, "I just thought I should warn you, in case anything WORSE happens." And with that Damon sped off to do God knows what. But Caroline didn't care what Damon was doing, all she could think about was Stefan. With Elena. Who he, at any time, could kill. This just made her job much harder.
When she finally got home, Caroline ate some 'dinner' and went to sit on her deck. Enjoying the sound of animals and rivers she didn't even notice the other presence beside her. Only their voice awoke her from her relaxation. "Hello, Caroline." The voice made Caroline jump. "Oh, Elena! You startled me." Elena started to walk towards her, not acting like 'Elena' at all. "Elena?" "Guess again." No. It can't be. Isn't she supposed to be in a tomb somewhere? Yet here she was. "Katerina?" "Bingo."
OH A CLIFFHANGER! I'm so excited with how this story is going. I hope I havent caused anyone any confusion and if I have please tell me and I will change whatever should be. SO I figured Caroline should find out about Stefan. She had a suspicion about him in the beginning and I wanted Damon, the biggest pest, to confirm it for her. Also I thought 'why not throw Katherine right about...now.' I'll cover how she got out of the tomb Monday. SO Here you have chapter 7! I won't be updating tomorrow because it's my birthday tomorrow and I'll be busy with festivities. So please review and follow! Love you all! :)