Hello, my lovely readers. I'm really happy you liked the last chapter. I just thought Klaus would not jump into Bekah's body but wouldn't it be hilarious if he did. There will be a little bit of most of the characters' perspectives in this chapter. That's just something I do. Oh, and there is a character's death in this chapter. But don't worry, things happen for a reason. Enjoy!
Chapter 18: Ready! Set! Cheer!
Two weeks later there was a very important game. Caroline Forbes was ready for it in spite of her nonstop partying with her two new besties, Elena Salvatore and Rebekah Mikaelson. They had been partying together almost every single night now. Bonnie had also been with them. However, Caroline believed that the two crazy female vampires were the cause of most of the fun they had had. It was like the two were competing to see if they could outdo each other.
At the moment Caroline was waiting for Rebekah to come out of the bathroom stall. where she was hiding. "They're all gone." She called to Rebekah, who finally came out. They were the last two to get ready. It seemed a bit ridiculous to Caroline that it took all this time for the other girl to get ready.
"You're not in your uniform yet?" Rebekah asked.
Caroline shook her head. "No. I'm not because someone was being a slow poke. Plus, I had to tell some of the other girls off about making fun of you for wanting to change in the stall." Shaking her head, Caroline stripped her top and jeans off. She had the funny feeling that Rebekah was staring at her. But when she looked over the girl had her back turned.
Taking her bra off, she began to speak. "Okay. So, today you're only going to be watching us unless someone twists an ankle or something." Jerking her top on and then the skirt, Caroline examined her appearance before pulling her hair into a ponytail. Placing the little MF on her cheek bone she walked over to Rebekah.
"What are you doing with that?" Rebekah asked as Caroline straddled the bench and slid in front of Rebekah.
"Hold still," Caroline demanded, placing her hand on the other girl's chin, pencil in hand. Rebekah's skin was surprisingly cold to the touch and Caroline shivered as she moved her face to left to draw the little lines. "Bekah, are you sure you want to be part of the team? Because if you don't. I understand. We can still hang out …"
Rebekah pulled back and then stared at Caroline in a way that made Caroline feel strange. "Do you not want me to be on the team?" Rebekah asked, her eyes filled with doubt and her jaw locking. "Because if that is the case, Caroline, I have much better things to do with my time than allow you to doodle on my face."
Watching Rebekah get up and make her way over to the stall, Caroline felt her jaw drop. "Bekah," she called. "I didn't mean it like that." She followed Rebekah into the stall and found that the other girl was crying. "Are you crying?" Feeling guilty, Caroline placed a hand on Rebekah's back Then Rebekah turned around and hugged Caroline.
That wouldn't have been something Caroline would have thought too much about until Rebekah began to inhale deeply like … she was … sniffing her?
"Umm … Bekah … Look. I really like you as a friend, and if I was interested in other girls, this would be awesome. Or if you were a guy, this would be great. But this. You and me. It's not going to happen …" Caroline hoped she wasn't being too harsh as she stepped out of the stall.
"But I am a guy …" Rebekah whispered and Caroline whirled around on her heel.
"Excuse me?" Caroline asked, her jaw dropping.
"Oh, nothing." Rebekah replied with a wide smile. "I just wanted to say I was apologetic if I have done anything to make you uncomfortable."
Nodding her head, Caroline decided it was time for them to get out of this room. "Okay. I'll meet you downstairs. She hurried down to find Damon and Stefan waiting for her.
"Hey, Blondie. Took you long enough." Damon told her. "What, were you up there making out with Barbie Klaus?" Damon folded his arms and indicated the locker room upstairs.
Caroline rolled her eyes in irritation. "No, I wasn't." She snapped walking away from the two.
"Hey, Caroline. Wait." Stefan called. "What Damon meant to say was did you find anything out from her?" Once Elena had come home two weeks ago she had sat down with her brother and Damon. Between the three they had begun to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Once they knew what Klaus' last name was and that Rebekah and Kol happened to have the same name they were sure this was more than mere coincidence.
"We weren't talking about her family," Caroline told them.
"Then what were you doing? Braiding each other's hair?" Damon snapped at her.
"Damon, you get more flies with honey," Elena called appearing by Damon's side and Caroline turned her head when the two kissed. It just seemed wrong to her. "So, what were you talking about?"
"She has a crush on me or something. Okay." Caroline told them, shaking the pom poms in frustration. "And I told her that I wasn't interested. Are you all satisfied now? I have to go cheer." Caroline stomped off.
"Well, I guess you were right after all," Damon told Elena, who kissed him in reply.
"Go kick the other team's asses." Elena ordered her boyfriend and her brother, watching them head down the hall. When she turned around she found Rebekah Mikaelson standing behind her. "Hey, Bekah. Having a great night so far?" Baiting the older vampire ever since she had found out who Rebekah was, had become a new hobby for Elena.
Smirking at Elena, Rebekah looked her in the eye. "No, I am having a horrible night. Why, because of you and your little group, I have to run around in my sister's body. But that will change soon. Because I am going to kill your little boyfriend during the next full moon which is three weeks from now. In the meantime, if you keep getting on my nerves, I will kill you and make him watch."
Elena's jaw dropped. "Klaus?" Feeling her blood run cold, Elena thought about what she could do to get out of this situation. She could run. That didn't seem like a good idea because he was older and faster. She could try to fight him since he wasn't in his own body. Or she could stake him. Going with option number three, Elena pulled the stake out of the waistband of her jeans and attempted to stake him.
Klaus knocked the stake out of her hand before she could move to stick it in Rebekah's chest. "You will regret that, Salvatore. But not tonight. Tonight, I have to go be part of the team. Go Timberwolves!" He exclaimed with a grin and then he leaned forward. "Remember none of this." Feeling satisfied, Klaus walked out toward the stadium where the other girls were all together. Within minutes they were cheering, shaking their pom poms and shouting the ridiculous little phrases.
Groaning inwardly, Klaus watched them dancing around. The only one he cared about was Caroline, who was shouting Stefan Salvatore's name like he was some kind of god. Rolling his eyes, he hoped he would not have to join this farce. Just as he thought this, one of the girls fell to the ground shouting something about twisting an ankle.
'No," Klaus thought in a panic as Caroline waved for him to join them. 'Not when they were about to make the pyramid. Being one the girls of the bottom wasn't quite so bad until someone screamed that Damon Salvatore had just hit his head after one of the other team's players hit him.
Turning toward the group, Klaus froze when he realized what he had just done. Watching in horror as Bonnie Bennett rushed over to the fallen head cheerleader. 'No! No! Nooooo!' Klaus thought, watching Caroline laying still. He could not get to her because there were too many people in the way.
Stefan Salvatore rushed over. "Caroline. Caroline!" He shouted as he pushed people out of the way. "Let her breathe," he shouted forcing people out of the way. He couldn't heal her yet because there were far too many people here. "Call an ambulance." He shouted at the people gawking.
"What the hell happened?" Damon asked as he made his way over to the fallen cheerleader. He wasn't that fond of Blondie but she was one of the group whether it was in his world or this one. It didn't matter. "Caroline?"
Elena had forced people out of her way and was now standing beside Klaus, who had forced his way through the crowd. Now, they were standing in a group around the girl, who was losing precious time. "If we move her she could have permanent injuries," she told the others.
The paramedics arrived and the gang moved to one side as they loaded Caroline into the ambulance. Damon watched Elena jerk her car keys out of her pocket and threw them to a surprised Rebekah. "Go!" Elena shouted.
"What?!" The rest of the group asked as they watched Rebekah run through the crowd and out of sight.
"Are you completely insane?" Stefan snarled at his sister as they hurried out of the crowd. "She's one of them."
"She will do whatever it takes to save Caroline. Or is it that that's not the important part here? Not to mention she's the fastest," Elena snapped back.
"She's right," Bonnie chimed in. "We need to do whatever it would take to save Care. Screw the consequences."
Damon's face screwed up. "Why does this conversation sound familiar? Oh, right. I lived through something like this. No, can we stop arguing before Barbie Klaus decides to make Care into her little vampire toy." That made them all move more quickly. "You see the last time this happened, I'm the one who sired her."
"Huh?" Bonnie stared at Damon like he had two heads. "Are you saying you're a vampire?"
Damon rolled his eyes. "Just get your witchy behind in the car, would ya?" They got into Bonnie's car and headed toward the hospital hoping that they would get there in time.
At the hospital:
Klaus was hurrying down the halls. Making it to Caroline's room he heard two doctors discussing her condition. They were looking at x-rays. "It doesn't look good. She has a fractured skull, three broken ribs, a twisted ankle and a broken backbone. If she recovers she will most likely be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. There is also the possibility she may not make if she has an aneurysm."
That was enough. When the doctors moved, Klaus slipped into the room. He attempted to feed Caroline his blood but that wasn't working. Moving back into the hall, he walked into a supply room and grabbed an empty syringe. Walking back into the room, he unwrapped it jerking the tube off the end with his teeth, he spat it out.
Taking the needle, he shoved it into Rebekah's vein and withdrew as much blood as he could. Pulling the needle out, he stepped over to Caroline and pulled her gown down to where her heart was before he shoved the needle in injecting the girl with his sister's blood.
Wiping away tears, Klaus threw the needle away and sighed. He needed to get of here. He had grown tired of this charade. Feeling exhausted, he walked out of the room and did not notice someone else walk into the room right after him. If he had stayed a minute longer, he might have been able to prevent the man who injected Caroline with an empty needle, causing air to enter Caroline's bloodstream. She was dead within the next hour.
Klaus went home instead. Kol was there. "Hello, brother. Heard there was an accident at the high school. Is the little human alright?" Klaus didn't bother to answer. He had already made phone calls. When the witches came, he was ready. He had had enough of this town, of this life already.
Within the next hour Klaus got up and walked out the door of his home. He ran to the hospital. In the waiting room, Bonnie Bennett was sobbing and being comforted by Elena Salvatore. Damon Gilbert looked on edge. Stefan Salvatore was pacing the floor. "Elena, this is your fault," he was saying.
"What do mean, it's my fault?" Elena snapped at her brother. "I thought Rebekah would heal her, not kill her."
"But you didn't care either. You don't care about anyone but yourself, Lena," Stefan growled. "And now Caroline is dead. That is thanks to you."
Damon got up, "Just shut the hell up." He yelled at them. "It's my fault. Okay. If there hadn't been that spell that brought me here none of this would be happening now."
"That's not true, Damon," Elena protested as she stared at Damon in shock.
"It should have been me," Damon told them. "I'm the freakin' doppleganger now. So, come on, Klaus. You want me. Come on and get me." Damon called, looking around him.
Stepping forward, Klaus looked at each member of the group, who were staring at him in bewilderment. He directed his attention to Damon with a grim look. "All in good time, mate. Thank you for the offer. But our time together has not met its fortunate end. Now, if you will excuse me, I need to check on the condition of Miss Forbes." Spinning around on his heel, he smiled at Elena. "Oh, and thank you, Elena, for the use of your motor vehicle. It was a real life saver."
Smirking to himself. Klaus made his way toward Caroline's room. He could hear the group whispering to themselves. "Son of Bitch," Damon was whispering. Opening the door, Klaus watched Caroline's eye lids begin to flutter.
"What happened to me?" Caroline said as she looked around her. "Who are you?"
Klaus smiled at her. "Well, you've known me as your friend, Bekah, for the last couple of weeks. But now you may call me Klaus." Caroline's eyes grew wide and she scrambled away from him.
"Go away," Caroline moaned, trying to get away from him.
"Now, Caroline, is that anyway to treat someone who saved your life?" Klaus asked titling his head to the side.
"I'm thirsty," Caroline moaned. "I feel like my throat is on fire. And everything is so loud. Oh, it hurts." She began to shake her head.
"Now. Now, there, love. I can make it better for you." Klaus reached out, pulling one of her hands away from her face. "Will you let me help, Caroline?"
Shaking her head and then nodding, Caroline felt herself being lifted from the hospital bed and into Klaus' arms. "That's right, love. I will make it better." Caroline saw Elena and Damon at the end of the hallway as they left the room.
"My friends," she moaned. Elena's attention went to her.
"They can't help you like I can," Klaus told her holding her closer to him.
"I need them," Caroline retorted as Elena and Damon hurried toward them. "Please, Klaus."
"Very well, they may come with us." Klaus stared at Elena resentfully as she grabbed Damon's hand and they disappeared into the night. When they arrived at the Mikaelson's Damon felt uncomfortable and Elena was on edge as she called Liz Forbes to tell her that Caroline would be staying at her place tonight.
Walking up the stairs of the home Klaus nodded towards a bedroom. "That will be your room," Klaus told Damon, who folded his arms over his chest.
"Nik, you wanker," a familiar voice called. "Oh, good, other people I could care less about." The real Rebekah snapped at Damon before she followed her brother down the hall. "What have you been doing with my body?"
"Bring me some blood bags, Bekah. Now," Klaus ordered his sister as he laid Caroline down on a bed.
"Is this your room?" Damon asked, the hybrid who was ignoring him. "Hey, buddy. Get a clue. Blondie is not sleeping in your bed tonight," Damon yelled at Klaus as Rebekah let out a disgusted grunt and left the room.
"Sorry. Mate. That is not your concern, Klaus told Damon as Rebekah reappeared with a couple of blood bags. "Since she is no longer you girlfriend. And since you are apparently with Miss Salvatore maybe you should go to your bedroom with her and leave us be."
Damon had had enough. "Number one: I'm not your mate. Number two: It is my concern because she is my friend and you are a psycho stalker. And Number three: I wasn't her boyfriend. That was the other Damon. I'm Damon Salvatore, mate."
Klaus paused as he watched Caroline feed and then turned to Damon. "What was that last one again?"
Kicking himself, Damon groaned. "Long story. Tell you all about it tomorrow. Have fun with you roomy, bye."
I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I hope you're not disappointed that Klaus wanted his body back so soon. I will see you all next week. Oh, I think we're about halfway through the story but there might be a sequel. We'll see how this one ends.
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