Chapter 12
Caroline was looking around, desperate for Cassie to show up. Rebecca was driving her crazy and she needed Cassie hear to defuse the tension.
She couldn't take it anymore
"Ok everyone, five minute break" she finally called
All of the cheerleaders went off to find water, or talk to each other.
Caroline kept looking around until she saw Damon's blue car pull up.
"Thank god" she said and she ran over to the car.
Damon pulled up to the high school.
"Thanks" Cassie said opening the door.
"No problem" he replied "is you coming over for dinner?" he asked
"Is that an invitation?" she asked back
Damon smirked at her.
Cassie smiled back "I cant" she said, "I need to deal with Jeremy"
Damon looked at her "I understand"
Cassie opened her mouth and started to say something when Caroline showed up on her side of the car.
"I need you," she said pulling her out of the car and away from Damon.
"I need you to tell Rebecca that my routine is good enough to win" Caroline said as the two of them kept walking back over to where the cheerleaders were.
"Ok" Cassie said
"She keeps trying to take over my school, and it's my freaking senior year and that is not going to happen," she practically growled.
"Ok, ok" Cassie repeated.
"I mean first she moves in on Matt, then cheerleading, and now she is trying to run the dance committee" she kept babbling on.
"Caroline" Cassie said grabbing both of Caroline's arms. "You are Caroline Forbes, ok? You are Miss Mystic Falls, head cheerleader and in charge of every committee at this school."
"Right" Caroline said nodding
"You already have everything, you just have to keep doing what you have been doing" Cassie told her
"But Rebecca is trying to take everything" Caroline said confused at were this was going.
"She probably just wants to be included" Cassie said "are her ideas bad?"
"No" Caroline admitted grudgingly
"So collaborate, make her apart of the decisions that way she isn't upstaging you, she is helping you" Cassie said
Caroline looked at her "fine. But I have worked so hard on this routine and she keeps trying to change it"
"Well let me see it" Cassie said pulling a ponytail holder out of her jeans pocket and put her hair into it.
"Ok girls" Caroline yelled "back in formation from the top"
The cheerleaders all got in formation as Cassie played the music and they started their routine.
Klaus saw Cassie pull up in Damon's car; he watched as she pulled her hair into a ponytail she was wearing a purple top with her signature black heels.
He decided to go talk to her.
He walked up right behind her, careful not to make a sound.
"Its rude to stare" she said suddenly
"How did you know I was there?" he asked
"Besides the hole you're burning in the back of my head?" she asked not taking her eyes off the cheerleaders.
Klaus walked up next to her "how the bite love?" he asked
"I wish I could ask how is your stomach after I staked you, but you heal faster then I do." She replied
Klaus laughed.
Cassie smiled; she enjoyed the sound of his laugh.
"Look, I wanted to say I was sorry for staking you, I wasn't really myself last night." she said, "I wasn't trying to kill you or start a war."
Klaus looked at her "you don't mean it" he replied
She smiled. Klaus saw dimples on her cheeks as she did.
"Your right, the staking you part I'm not sorry about, but I was serious about not wanting to start a war." She said
"Well love, I'll let this one slip," he said
"Really?" she asked
"Well, I just need you to do one thing for me" he said
"What?" she asked wearily
"I need you to keep your brother in check, he is valuable and I cant have him running around acting stupid, you have proven yourself capable of handling yourself against the supernatural" he said.
The cheerleaders finished and Cassie turned to Klaus. "So your telling me you will forget the fact that I staked you and we can start with a clean slate as long as I make sure Jeremy doesn't do anything stupid?" she asked clearing up the situation.
"That sounds about right" Klaus said.
Cassie looked him in the eyes.
Klaus could see the gears turning in her head as she debated the deal.
"Ok" she said hesitantly
Klaus nodded, and grabbed her hand.
"My name is Klaus," he said kissing it.
"I'm Cassie" she replied, "please to meet you"
Klaus smiled. "Well I can see your trying to establish peace between the blondes so I'll let you finish that," he said.
And just like that he was gone.
"Ok" Cassie said, "I think I know what to do" she told Caroline. Trying to push Klaus from her mind so she can help with her friend.
"Really?" she squealed
"Ya," she said "hey Rebecca! Come over here"
"What?" she growled
"Trust me" Cassie said.
Rebecca walked over to the two of them. "What do you want?"
"What did you want to do with the routine?" she asked
Rebecca looked at her "is this some trick?" she asked
"No, I want to hear what you think we should do" Cassie replied honestly
"I think that we should change the ending stunt" she said "make it from a two stunt to a one stunt"
"With you as the flyer?" Cassie asked
"Of course" Rebecca said
"Caroline what do you think?" Cassie asked
"I wanted to do just one stunt but there were to many extra girls" she replied
"Ok so Caroline get your stunt group for the last stunt in the middle." Cassie said
"Where are you going with this?" Rebecca asked.
Cassie looked at her "trust me"
Caroline did as Cassie told her. There were nine girls left.
"Ok, so you three on this side of the group and you three on this side" Cassie said pointing at the girls "you are going to do thigh stands"
They girls put their stunts up so Cassie and Rebecca could see what was happening.
"Ok, so you two girls right here" Cassie said walking the two girls over to where they needed to stand. "Toe touch backflip" she said, they nodded and did it.
"What about me?" Rebecca asked.
Cassie turned to her "you can tumble right?" she asked
Rebecca nodded
"Then I need you to tumble right down the middle, I don't care what you do, just end up in the splits."
Rebecca smiled. "That would increase the difficulty points"
The rest of the squad walked over to them
"And it pulls the eyes to the middle" Caroline added.
"Right," Cassie said nodding "so you two need to figure out how to get everybody from point a to point b then figure out the details."
The two blondes nodded
"Caroline is the head so she has the final say but I think you two can work together" Cassie said
The two of them walked away talking about how to figure it out.
Cassie turned to the other cheerleaders. "I guess you get another break," she said.
The girls laughed and Cassie left the high school-ers now that the situation was diffused.
Cassie walked from the high school to the grill, and saw Katherine and Mason sitting in a booth talking.
She slid in next to Mason.
"I so do not miss high school," she said
"Trouble?" Mason asked
"Trying to make sure Caroline and Rebecca don't murder each other trying to be queen bee at the school" Cassie replied. "So please pull me out of the drama, what are the adults talking about?"
Katherine laughed and the three of them talked and ate for an hour when the high school kids started to invade the grill.
"I see the two of them haven't killed each other yet" Katherine said nodded towards Caroline and Rebecca who both walked in unharmed.
"Well my work here is done" Cassie said standing up "now I have to go take care of my baby brother"
Mason and Katherine said their goodbyes to her and she walked out of the grill, and right into Klaus.
"This is twice in one day," Cassie said.
Klaus smiled, "I'm just trying to find my sister" he said
Cassie nodded her head towards the grill. "She is in there"
"Thanks love" he said, not leaving.
Cassie kept staring right back with Klaus.
"I should go see Jeremy," she said.
Klaus was upset he wanted to invite her for dinner or something.
"Right" he said.
Cassie smiled and stepped around him walking towards the Gilbert's home.
AN: this is a very cheerleader heavy chapter, but you know us girls we have to bond over something.
so what do you think about Klaus and Cassie?