Chapter 3
I spent about 20 minutes inside, buying enough food and junk to last me about a month. Because mom was always at work, I had to learn on my own how to cook and all that. But that does not in any way mean that I was a master at it. This is why most of the food in my cart is a bunch of junk. After paying for the 200 dollars' worth of "groceries" and getting stares from the people around me I put everything back in my cart and then put them in the trunk of my car. After that I got in the car and drove back to my new home.
When I got back to the house I unloaded everything with five trips to the car and back. Usually I would've used my vampire speed and strength, but the hair at the back of my neck was still standing and I have no idea who was watching me. No need to get chased out of town on my first day with pitchforks because I was too lazy to carry a couple of bags.
Right after putting the groceries in their place, except for a DeGiorno cheese pizza which I put under the very complicated and hard to use oven, I started fixing the house. Which was basically putting my clothes in one closet, shoes in another and pictures in random places around the house.
Because the only things that needed fixing were my clothes it didn't take long before I was done and just walking around the main floor of the house looking anywhere and everywhere.
An hour later everything was in their place, the pizza was done and was cooling. I could relax. I took the pizza out of the oven where I had let it stay so it could cool. After cutting two slices and putting them on a plastic plate that I found in one the cabinets, I poured myself a glass of Pepsi. I then walked to dining room and sat down to eat my dinner, my thoughts going back home. Suddenly the house felt too big.
It's been six years since we finally defeated Silas and things had been quite since then. Especially since the Originals moved to New Orleans. Everyone moved on with their lives, Elena and Damon left Mystic Falls a couple months after the whole show down to travel the world together and boggle Elena's virgin mind when it came to the beauty of the world. I stayed behind a while longer, two years to be exact, with my mother and Bonnie until people started to get suspicious of the fact that I looked exactly the same. But I can honestly say that one of the biggest reasons I stayed behind was Tyler. I haven't seen him since that day at the Gilbert house when everybody left to get the cure on the island with professor McCreepy. It's been at least six years since that day. Word traveled quickly that Klaus and his family had moved to New Orleans so I stayed behind hopping that one day Tyler would come back to Mystic Falls and sweep me off my feet. But he never did. Truth is he probably met someone new and forgot all about plain Jane Caroline. I kept hope that he would come back for the two years that I stayed behind and when he didn't, Bonnie, who was never one for beating around the bush told me it was time to move on and live my life. So after a while of people asking me for the beauty products I used, I finally took Bonnies advice and left Mystic Falls touring North America with the little money I had and a bit of compulsion here and there. Sometimes I would meet up with Damon and Elena and I would spend maybe a week or two with the lovebirds before going back to being alone.
During those times I didn't really think about the Originals, let alone see them until I literally ran into Rebekah, Klaus and surprisingly Matt and a little girl named Kara who turned out to be Klaus's daughter at a shop in Los Angeles.
Naturally after I had said hi to Matt who I had missed and the blond haired, blue eyed adorable little girl who had an uncanny resemblance to her father I tried to be on my way to, well somewhere they weren't, but that didn't work because Matt and Klaus ganged up on me. Kara even put her two cents in by saying I might as well give up because and I quote "My daddy always gets what he wants."
That is how I ended up going to lunch (McDonalds) with them and then to their humongous hotel suite that was more like a mini house. I can honestly say that I fell in love with Kara after spending the day with her. It was hilarious how the big bad hybrid was wrapped around his daughters little finger. We spent the whole day causing mischief. After watching Lemonade Mouth, which is surprisingly her favorite movie, Kara, Rebekah and I dragged a reluctant Klaus and Matt to have a sing along to the songs with us. For the rest of the day I would play songs on my phone that I thought she would like and we would dance and sing along to them. By the end of the day Kara was calling me Auntie because the only females she had in her life before me was Rebekah because her mother (they wouldn't tell me who) died after giving birth.
Sadly the next day I had to leave because I was meeting Bonnie in San Francisco so I left them in L.A with promise of calling every day and visiting them in New Orleans sometime. That was last year and even though I do talk to them mostly every day, I didn't visit them until two weeks ago when I needed Klaus's help.
The sound of what sounded like a gunshot brought me out of my thoughts. I looked down at the plate on my lap and saw that all the pizza and drink was gone which means that while I was lost in thought I ate my food. Sighing loudly I got of the very comfortable tan and beige couch then crossed the foyer through the dining room and into the kitchen where I threw away the plastic plate and rinsed the cup. After that a wave of fatigue washed over me so I turned off all the lights downstairs and went took the left stairs on the double stairs up to my room.
Instead of taking a bath like I had originally planned, I decided to take a shower instead. I didn't bother to look at the extravagant bathroom much as my eyes started to get heavy. My shower didn't last long and after drying off I headed to the bedroom suite to get dressed.
I put on some purple PJ shorts and a simple white spaghetti strap tank top. Then I threw all the extra pillows on the floor and got comfortable in the most heavenly bed I have ever had the pleasure of sleeping in. It wasn't long before I was oblivious to the world, unaware of the things going on outside in forest.