Caroline couldn't believe it. Katerina should be in a tomb somewhere, yet here she was standing right in front of her. "God, Caroline, I was hoping we would have a pleasant reunion. You know talk, laugh, and reminisce. Like old friends usually do." Katerina said with that sly look in her eye, the one she always had.
"We are not friends," Caroline replied, "in fact, we are anything but…"
Katerina approached her, "Oh come on, how long as it been? 500 years? Let's bury that old hatchet."
Caroline was a lot smarter than this, 'first important things' she thought. "How exactly did you get out, Katerina?" Caroline asked. Last she had heard Katerina was in a tomb, after being found out as a Vampire.
Katerina was quite a popular one in the Vampire social circle, so her demise was the height of conversation. "It's Katherine now and out of where?"
'Let's add stupid to the list of things that could describe Katherine' Caroline thought Katerina's new name with sarcasm. "Pretty name" Caroline whispered.
Katherine decided to ignore it. "Oh yes the tomb. Well you know, it's easy to escape from a place, if you've never been in it." Katherine may have had her moments of being completely clueless, but she knew how to be sneaky.
"What do you mean never been in it?" Caroline was starting to get annoyed with Katerina. She was nothing but trouble. The sooner she left the better.
"Just what I said, Caroline. It was all a ploy. I made a deal with some Lockwood guy, he agreed if I gave him something, he would help me to fake my death," Katherine explained as she plopped herself on Caroline's couch.
Lockwood? An ancestor of Tyler's I suppose. Does that means that she was here? "So you're saying that you bribed a human, for your own safety?" Caroline was appalled. This woman sitting before her was truly a selfish, despicable, creature.
"Yes," Katherine responded with the obvious fake innocence of a kid.
"Why are you here Katherine? Don't you have some other town to terrorize, or someone else to annoy?" Caroline asked. She wanted her gone, quickly.
"I heard you were in town and…" Katherine saw that Caroline wasn't buying it. Caroline 'bitch, please' face couldn't be more obvious. "Fine, the truth is that I came here to see some old friends of mine."
Caroline was shocked, saying "You have friends?"
Katherine looked at her, clearly offended, and responded, "Oh and you have so many?" Caroline had to give Katherine a point on that. Caroline didn't have friends, only her students, if they could be considered friends.
"Who are these so spoken friends of yours?" Caroline was actually curious, if Katherine had friends here, she betted they had to be Vampires.
"Oh just your neighbors."
"You mean the Salvatores?" Caroline wanted to make sure she had heard right.
"Yes, the ones," Katherine replied.
"How do you know them?" Caroline asked.
"Oh let's just say we ran into each other about 150 years ago. Give or take some years."
Shocked, Caroline thought that Damon and Stefan had a lot of explaining to do. Anyone associating with her are two things: either out of their mind or madly in love. Katherine had a way with people like that. That must be a Petrova thing.
Katherine, obviously had other plans.
"Would you excuse me? I just remembered I have to be somewhere."
Caroline wanted to get to the Salvatore's before Katherine did. She had to. "Oh, I'll come with you!" Katherine got up to go out following the blonde vampire when Caroline stopped her. "No, you know what? I prefer if you stay here." Caroline said with force in her voice.
Katherine may be a little airheaded, but she knew better than to stand up to an Original. "Fine," Katherine relented.
"And I'll take this. Just in case." Caroline said as she speedily removed Katherine's daylight bracelet.
"You're going to keep me locked up here?" Katherine asked.
"Well, I can't really have you running around town and eating people right? Also I don't trust your 'I'm here to see friends story' so until you tell me what you're really after you will stay here."
Katherine got brave, too brave for a moment and approached Caroline, "You could just compel it out of me, or have you grown soft since your wild days?"
Caroline went off then, and before Katherine knew it she was pinned against the wall by Caroline. "Oh I can assure you that I may have more control, but I most certainly have not gone soft. And if I wanted to, I would compel you. Challenge me again Katerina, even the tiniest bit, and I won't hesitate to do something I haven't done in a long time. Understood?"
Katherine choked a weak 'yes' and with that Caroline left. The Salvatore brothers had a lot of explaining to do.
There you have it! Chapter 8! First of all I want to say a HUGE thank you to my beta Rose Jean Black for helping me out. :) Also, sorry for the wait. Finals are here and I promise I'll have more time to write when this week is over.
About this chapter. I wanted to show that Caroline and Katherine are not on good terms. And if you can guess why...go right ahead ;) Don't forget to review and follow! Thanks my lovelies :)