here's another chapter. my job is crazy right now. I barely have enough time to do laundry! but I try to write whenever I can. No I haven't abandoned anything!
Elijah was pushing the shopping cart down the aisle of the supermarket. Klaus was walking along next to quietly. There was a loud crash and everyone looked in the direction of the noise. Damon and Stefan were running away as they knocked over the giant soda can display with a shopping cart. Their father was chasing after them yelling at them.
Elijah walked out of the supermarket, carrying his bags while Klaus followed him. Klaus stopped and looked at the man selling christmas trees in the parking lot. Elijah looked over at what Klaus was looking at. He smiled and walked over to him.
"I don't remember having a tree since I was a child. We should get one this year" Elijah said
Klaus walked with Elijah to look at the trees. Klaus liked the smell of the trees. His small hands touched the pine needles. He saw Christmas trees on tv, but never in real life. He had never had a real tree.
"Nik!" Caroline yelled as she ran towards him
"Caroline! Stop running off!" Liz yelled at her
Caroline smiled at Klaus.
"I haven't seen you in a while. We're making snowflakes in school" Caroline said
Klaus smiled back. Caroline was wearing earmuffs that looked like giant cupcakes. Her scarf had a giant cupcake on it as well.
"Blondie!" Damon yelled
Caroline and Klaus turned and saw Stefan pushing Damon in a shopping cart. Stefan was running and charging with the shopping cart. Stefan pushed the cart right into the Christmas trees, knocking them all over.
"Boys!" their father yelled
"Help me out of here!" Damon yelled
Stefan was trying to help Damon out of the shopping cart. The trees were falling around them. Klaus looked up and saw the tree next to him about to fall. He grabbed onto Caroline and pulled her out of the way. The tree crashed onto the ground next to them. Caroline looked over at Klaus and kissed him on his cheek. Klaus felt his cheeks flush pink.
"Ew gross!" Damon said
"Cooties!" Stefan said
"Caroline! Are you alright?!" Liz asked as she rushed over to her
"I'm ok" Caroline said
"Niklaus, are you hurt?" Elijah asked
Klaus shook his head and reached up to hold onto Elijah's hand. Klaus pointed to a tree.
"You want that one?" Elijah asked
Klaus nodded.
Elijah held onto Klaus's hand as they walked towards the pond that was frozen and was being used as an ice skating rink. Elijah had never skated before and neither had Klaus. Elijah rented them both skates and was trying to put them on Klaus.
Caroline was skating around when she saw Klaus. She skated over to him.
"Hi Nik!"
Klaus looked up and smiled. He waved at her. Caroline walked over to them. She sat down next to Klaus. There was a loud crash and everyone looked over. Damon and Stefan managed to knock over the inflatable snowman decorations down. Damon was running around with a hockey stick. Their father started chasing after them.
"Caroline! You still have to practice!" a female voice called out
"Coming!" Caroline yelled back
Caroline swung her feet and stood up.
"I'm taking skating lessons so I can be a figure skater. I'll see you later Nik" Caroline said as she went back onto the ice.
Klaus watched Caroline skate back to her teacher who was a brunette girl. Elijah looked up and saw her as well and stopped what he was doing.
"Alright, what did I tell you before?"
"Not to run off when we're still practicing" Caroline replied
"Alright, follow me"
Everyone at the pond started watching Caroline and her teacher. The brunette girl glided gracefully on the ice. Stefan and Damon stopped running and started watching her skate.
"Wow" Damon said
"double wow" Stefan added
Caroling followed the brunette on the ice.
"Do those cool jumps" Caroline said
"Alright fine, just one"
The brunette smiled and skated around picking up speed. She spun herself in the air and landed gracefully on her skate. Everyone applauded.
"I see you've met Caroline's teacher" Liz said
"Who is she?" Elijah asked
"She's Elena's older sister, Katherine" Liz answered
"She's quite talented"
"And beautiful, and underage"
"I wasn't even thinking of that"
"She's 17. She's a good skater. She ran off 2 years ago and came back recently"
"What happened?"
"She didn't want to be here anymore, so she left. Plus she and Jenna didn't get along"
Elena got onto the ice slowly. She wasn't sure how to skate. Damon and Stefan skated by her and pushed her. Elena fell onto the ice and started to cry. Damon and Stefan skated back to her.
"Why are you always crying?" Damon asked
"Girls cry too much" Stefan said
Elena didn't answer them, she kept crying.
"What did you do to her?" Katherine asked
Damon and Stefan looked up and were in a daze. They couldn't answer her.
"What did you do? Why is she crying? What did you do to my sister?!" Katherine yelled
"Your sister?" Damon asked
"You're Elena's sister?" Stefan asked
"Boys," Katherine bent down and lifted Elena up, "Don't cry, these boys aren't worth it"
"They pushed me" Elena said
"Then push them back" Katherine said
Elena shook her head and wiped her face.
"You know they're just gonna keep doing it to you if you don't stand up for yourself" Katherine said
Elena looked over at Damon and pushed him onto the ice.
"Hey!" Damon yelled
"Elena!" Jenna yelled as she ran over to her
"They started it!" Elena whined
"Katherine, you're a bad influence on her! I want you to stay away from her, you're teaching her the wrong things" Jenna said
"She's my sister, you can't keep me from her"
"Like hell I will, you're bad for her, stay way from her and Jeremy."
Jenna grabbed Elena's hand and led her away. Katherine stood there seething. She skated off. Stefan helped Damon
up.
"Wow, if Elena grows up like her sister-" Damon started to say
"I'm gonna be nice to her!" Stefan added
Elijah and Klaus were getting on the ice slowly. Caroline saw Nik and skated over to him.
"Skate with me" Caroline reached out for his hand
"It's ok, go head" Elijah said letting his hand go
Klaus smiled and wobbled on the ice along with Caroline.
"You don't know how to skate?" Caroline asked
Klaus shook his head.
"It's easy, just hold my hand" Caroline said
Nik wobbled a bit more and finally fell onto the ice. Caroline helped him back up and dusted the ice off his jacket. She held onto his hand again and they tried to skate together. Caroline held both his hands and then turned around and skated backwards, while keeping her eye on him.
"Relax, you're doing fine." Caroline said
"Thank you" Klaus said
Elijah was trying to get off the ice. He was glad to see Klaus skating with Caroline.
"Where do you think you're going?" Katherine said from behind him
"I'm not quite good at this ice skating thing"
"Most people aren't, that's why you have to keep trying"
"I think I've had enough for today"
"Don't be such a quitter"
Katherine grabbed his hand and led him onto the ice.
"I really don't know how to skate"
"You don't say"
"I just came here for my brother"
"And which one is he?"
"That one, with Caroline"
"Oh, the mute boy"
"He's not mute"
"Sorry, I mean boy who doesn't talk"
"He can talk"
"Really?"
Katherine led Elijah over to Caroline and Klaus who were skating.
"Hey, what's your name?" Katherine asked
Klaus looked up at her unable to answer.
"I don't bite. I'm Elena's sister. The girl who cries all the time. You know her. I'm Katherine. What's your name?"
"Nik" Klaus answered
"So he can talk. Alright, I owe you a hot chocolate, with marshmallows"
"Yay marshmallows!" Caroline said
Who doesn't like marshmallows?! I'll try to update when I can, I don't know when that will be. You can always reach me on tumblr. same username.