caroline p.o.v,
I woke up groggy and in pain, i opened my eyes against the blinding sun and had to blink a few times to get used to the sudden blindness, i sit up and take in my surrondings, katherine asleep and lying on my arm while bonnie is sprawled out in an arm chair, for 2 weeks they have barely left my side, i've had other visitors including the police, 2 Mikealson doctors that seem to have a thing for bonnie and katherine as well as Shelia Bennett.
i carefully slide my arm out from under a heavy katherine and swing my legs out from my bed and onto the floor not able to stay still for any longer, i walk into the bathroom and have a quick shower grateful that i can do that now with out to much pain, and get dressed, i look in the mirror to see my reflection noticing how my once bright purple bruise is now more greens and faded yellow around my eyes, the cut on my lip healed and the swelling on my cheek has gone down to be barely noticeable, the scull fracture that i had is now fully healed but the fractures in my ribs and on my collar bone is still healing and sore to touch, i apply a little mascara before trying to put some foundation on but stopping when it causes me to wince before heading out of the bathroom and after tucking bonnie and katherine in i slip on my ugg boots and head out, saying hello to some of the night nurses before stopping to chat with La'verne the black nurse who seems to be a mother hen to every one "hey La'verne" i say with a smile "hey baby girl, how long did you get this time" "about 3 hours, how is the shift been so far" i ask refering to the night shift she's been forced to work "slow managed to finish my paper work and catch up on my shows, apart from a little incident involving Irene slow" "which one was it this time" i ask "the little small one with the bambi eyes, you excited to go home today baby" i give her a small smile " i think so, maybe im gonna head to the cafeateria you want anything" i ask "you know me baby i dont need anything" "how about i just pick you up a coffee for the walk home" "actually Richards picking me up" she says i smile before heading off to the elevator.
im walking out of the dining room when a flyer catches my attention,
' self defence - learn how to bring down an attacker twice your size ! first 3 sessions free if you sign up today...'
I imagine tyler the way he seemed so much bigger then me in a fit of rage the way his hands were so big and seemed to be able to grab so much of me , the way his fist would connect...
i force myself to stop thinking about him and with one quick look at the poster i rip it off the wall and shove it in my pants pocket before heading back to the nurses station on my floor,
i get to the nurses station and see kol the surgeon who seemed to want to flirt with bonnie in any situation "morning kol" i say walking up to him "morning hows my darling ex patient doing" "good get to go home today" i say "now thats something to celebrate so dont be so glum about it" i shake my head "no its not that, i was just wondering when i will be able to get back to exercising" "well you should be able to do some light work out not to strenuous though because you still have stitches and fractures but im sure a 30 minute walk should be fine" im about to reply when i see La'verne stepping out of the office "hey there you are i was starting to think you had already left" "oh no baby, but i am about to leave" "here, take these" i say passing her 2 cups of coffee and a muffin "whats this for" "well, i was getting coffee for me and the girls and thought why not, so theres a coffee for you decaf because i know your gonna take a nap when you get home a black coffee and muffin for richard because your always complaining that he's not eating enough breakfast" "and wheres mine" kol says to "child, you didnt have to do that, im gonna miss seeing you around here, promise you'll come and visit baby" i smile in the hug "sure i stop by when i have appiontments or if im near by but any way you should get going, or that husband of yours is gonna be forced to drive off with out you" i say "yeah he'll be inlove with you for getting him these, but take care baby" with a flur and a peck on the cheek she was out of there while i was left walking back to my room with kol.
"every ones gonna miss you around here" "im gonna miss them too" thinking of La'verne and the intern april "how did you do it" "do what kol" "get every body to love you so fast, you barely spoke for 3 days" ignoring the last comment i just shrug "i didnt do anything people just like me, im nice" throwing him a smirk "you should try it some time" to which he just laughs "ah now why would i do that darling when being me works fine" "not with bonnie it doesnt" then his smirk falters "kol can i give you some advice, go easy on her if all you want is one thing than stop but if your serious about wanting to get to know her then just do the baby steps thing, were not as strong as we look" with that i leave him in the hall before slipping back into my room and waking the girls up.
Later on that day-
are you sure about this care" bonnie ask from where we stood at the entrance of a gym "as i'll ever be" "but cage fighting" "bon i just spent 2 weeks in the hospital because i dont know how to defend myself properly and cage fighting is bad ass, and i never want to be put in a situation where i cant defend myself its not like im going to compete in anything i just want to know how to" with a small smile from her we walk into the gym.
the front of the gym was open and light modern lamps clung to the wall , art hung to the wall and two chairs were made into a small seating area by the window there where double doors next to the reception desk and a door to the side,
i adjusted my sunglasses and walked up to the front desk to address the man behind, he was dark skinned but incredibly attractive, "hello i was wondering if this was the place that your meant to go for the flyer" i ask causing him to look up from the computer screen that held his attention "hello gorgeous and what flyer might that be" i pulled the crumpled flyer from my back jeans pocket and passed it over to him after trying to straighten it as possible "ah yes this is the place although are you sure you want to sign up for this class" i nod "really okay but you dont really seem the type we have a class about to prepare if you want you could sit in and get more of an opinion, then if you still want to sign up then you can, sound good doll" "yeah sure will i have to participate" "if you want to" i nod and he tells me where to go.
me and bonnie walk in through the double doors and walk toward the back where the class is separated from the rest of the gym by a glass wall that at first looks like a mirror but from in the room you can see the other side of the gym,
there is only about 6 there apart from me and bonnie who go and sit on the bleachers at the back, we're the only females in the room the males giving me and bonnie the once over look before looking at each other appreciatively a couple making crude remarks.
"are you sure you want to do this, we could just go home where I'm sure kat's murdering the thankyou pie" she said referring to their surprises that i had spent a day on which i was right they loved even if I didnt get a good chance at seeing there faces having been in hospital for that time "yeah im sure, and im sure it wont be that bad" "its Katherine" that causes me to laugh ending with a slight wince from my ribs "even if it turns out bad theirs always Chinese, and i thought she was just making a pasta bake" i say trying to defend her "and i repeat again its Katherine, she burns water" that causes me to laugh despite the pain in my ribs i cant stop laughing.
"hello are we interrupting something, love" the accent gets me to stop and turn to find where it came from 'oh god hes hot' is my first thought "no sorry" bonnie says quickly while im left staring "is there any reason you ladies are in my class" 'oh god that accent i want to' i stop my train of thought from the next words fly out of his mouth "because i think you made a wrong turn, your looking for yoga, or where you to just shopping and thought it would be fun to come join a class that you wont be able to keep up in" i cant help but snort at his pretencious attitude, glad for the sung glasses to cover up my earlier check out.
"yeah thats what it was" his head snaps to mine "what was that love" "oh you heard that" "of course i did love i have ears" "oh you mean you can hear over you preposterous sized ego" saying that to him felt good like it was some thing the old caroline would say which had an automatic smile place its way on my face "its not the only thing thats a preposterous size" he says with a wink that causes the men to bicker but me and bonnie to grimace.
after about half an hour of watching him and teach the lads some basic steps im engrossed watching them move "are you sure about this care" "sorry lads but we seem to have yet another interruption from the chatty kathys at the back, what was it this time" "she was just asking if i was sure i wanted to do something like this" i reply that causes his eyebrow to quirk up and a smirk to stretch on his face "and what did you say" "that im sure" "well why dont you come down and join us for the rest of the time" "sure" i say "care no you cant" bonnie says grabbing my arm "it will be fine bonnie" "care you just got out today i do not feel like going back again this soon be smart about this and sit out until the doctor says its okay" "anytime now ladies, i'm sure what ever cosmetic surgery you had will be fine for half an hour" "bon, i spoke to kol today i asked him, he said it will be fine for half an hour if i keep it light, trust me i dont want to go back any time soon" with that i take away my arm and climb over the first bench and walk onto the mat.
"im ready" "are you sure love because it seems like you forgot something, or are you just sensitive to light" he says pointing to my sunglasses I inwardly curse "i can do it with them on" "not in my class, you wont be able to see properly" "look there sunglasses not a bloody blindfold i can see with them on, now your the one keeping the class waiting" he glowers at me before saying begin.
half way through bonnies storming onto the mat "care thats enough" "carry on boys ignore the drama" i stand and look at bonnie "what do you think your doing" "stopping you before you hurt yourself" "its half an hour bon and ive only done 20 minutes, im fine" "you've touched you side about 20 times already" "so, its uncomfortable im not used to this position, back off okay" "she said shes fine so leave her to it its not like she'll be back next week" he says before taking my sunglasses of my face he seems to look at the bruises for a second with confusion before he comes to a conclusion and smirks "like i said no sunglasses in the building" i scowl at him before carrying on with the excercise for the rest of the class.
i walk over to bonnie who is immediately on me "bon stop okay" "no i just want to check" "okay if i let you check will you not do it here" "fine" with that i pick up my bag "he's got my sunglasses still hasn't he" i ask bonnie who nods i walk over to him and hold my hand out "whats that for" he ask pointing to my out stretched hand "you have my sunglasses" "and" "and i would like them back please" "no" "no, are you serious give me my sunglasses" my anger rising "no, now what are you going to do about it sweetheart" he says taking a step towards me, fear rising aswell as my anger "what do you mean what am i gonna do about it" i ask looking at him "do you expect me to fight you for them or something" i watch as he cocks his head to the side "sure why not" "im not going to fight you for them, i dont fight" "then why are you here then sweetheart if for not to fight" "i came to learn how to fight, not to actually fight" he smirks at me before reaching into his pocket and pulling out my glasses "fine, take your glasses, wouldn't want people to know you had a nose job now would we princess" he thinks the bruises are from a nose job the surprise hits me quickly causing him to smirk "a nose perfect like that doesnt come naturally now sweetheart" "ah thanks" i say and grab my sunglasses.
and walk away and meet bonnie "say goodbye to the ladies boys you wont see them again" i hear him say causing me to turn and lock eyes with him "you dont think i'll be back do you" "why would i you can barely keep up and you definately wont be back when i comes to actually having to fight some one, wouldnt want to ruin your perfectly made nose now would we" "asshole" i say before walking away and heading home not before signing up with marcel for the classes.
when i get home i sit down and with the help of bonnie tell Katherine all about the lesson and she agrees with bonnie but i hold strong determind to go back when the phone rings "hello" 'hey caroline im glad your home, how you settling in" "hey alaric im good" ' hows the girls' " they're good ,they say hi, what can i do for you ric" 'tell them hello from me to, i was ringing actually because i just had to fire 2 of my staff and i was thinking who do i know that knows a lot about guns and is in need of a job and i thought of you' "really, that would be awesome how many days would you want me there" i ask 'well how about you come in on monday and we'll go through everything and work out days' "yeah sure, what time" '9'o'clock hows that sound' "perfect, have a good night ric" 'you too' with that we hung up before i turn to look at the girls.
"what was that all about" Katherine ask "Alaric just offered me a job at the range" i watch as they smile "thats great, care" "one down 2 to go" katherine says.
i smile happy that im home and recovering and have just found a job to work with people i already get on with, even if tyler is still out there right now i wont allow myself to think about him or what he did that day i'll just concentrate on what ive got going on right now which is a movie and home made pizza.