Caroline p.o.v,
"Jesus I think you overestimated yourself" Klaus says as we walk towards the shooting range, looking at me as I limp a little "I'll be fine once I have a relaxing soak in the tub, and you really shouldnt be worrying about me when you are going to be the one who's sore if you dont listen to me and follow the rules" I say as I carry a glock 97 "now you remember what I told you" I ask again "yes I mean how hard can it be" he says "just follow the rules and" "I got it Caroline, trust me, its not going to do anything" he says I watch as he lines up the gun to shoot and instead of listening to me shoots to quickly having the but of the gun push him back making him stumble to the floor.
"are you stupid" I exclaim taking the gun off him "ow, hurt on the floor love" I do a quick once over before helping him up just to slap him again "I told you, and you didn't listen to me" he nods an apology "look I got the target" he says I press the button to have the target sheet bought forward "barely" I say noticing his shot had just nicked the corner of the target "yeah like you could do better" he says "I'm the best shot in this town I'll have you know" just as someone is walking in with Alaric "I'd certainly wouldnt bank on her keeping that title" I turn and look at the elderly man, noticing him being in his late 50's early 60's "oh, now this sounds interesting" Alaric says his eyes glinting "are you thinking an old fashion show down ric" I ask "of course, Mr huntington let me introduce you to our reining champ Miss Caroline Forbes, Caroline meet our new partner Mr huntington" "pleasure" I say "so are you sure you want to do this sir" I ask after shaking the mans hand "sure, how about we wager this" "interesting, what would we bet" "if I win, you have to attend a dinner function where you will be an advocate for guns" he says "and if I win" "what would you like" he asks I think for a moment and then think about Nadia "you put more money towards getting better health coverage for the employees of this store or any new store you open" "I look forward to beating you, one or two shots" he asks "2 guns 2 shots , who ever gets higher marks wins" I say "you get to pick the weapons" he smiles "how about we let your friend here pick him being a bystander in this" he says gesturing to Klaus "sounds fair"
we make small talk and I find him an extremely interesting guy "well are you ready Mr huntington" I say picking up the first gun "are you sure a little lady like yourself will be able to handle a big gun like that" he says pointing to the beneli 44 I'm holding in my hands "trust me I'm sure I can handle a big gun" "ladies first" he says placing the sound proof headphones on his head.
I line up my target and squeeze the trigger hitting the red mark "50 to Miss Forbes" he says bowing, he does the same and hits the mark too earning 50 points to, next up is a smith and wessen 460, I do the same and hit my mark rounding my score to 100, he does the same lining up and hitting just outside the 50 mark earning 45 points "well I'm sorry to say this Mr Huntington but I geuss we'll be looking forward to new health benefits" "you are a worthy advesary Miss Forbes" he says smiling "call me Caroline, what time is the benefit" I ask "you won, I dont understand" I smile "sir it would do me an hour to come and help with the benefit, plus I sell more guns if people want to buy them and how about we call it good faith" I say smiling politely "well then Caroline, it would be an honour to have you there and please call me Phillip I'll send the information to Alaric" he says walking off "well Caroline, I have never seen him come around to someone so quickly before , hes not known for being friendly, good job" he says walking off "you certainly are the best" Klaus says smiling at me "yeah well, any way back to work I dont have all day" I say smiling at him a few butterflies flying loosely in my stomach from the look he was giving me.
Katherine p.o.v,
"so, your aunty bonnie is being a little elusive lately and we all know why that is don't we" I say tickling her belly while she looks up at me from the baby seat attached to the shopping cart as we wait for Caroline to get off the phone, "that was bonnie she says that Kol asked her to move in with her" she says walking up to me "what" I ask "isnt it a little soon for all that" I say watching as she shrugs before picking up some tins of sauce "yeah, but I doubt she will"
"whys that then" I ask thinking she was crazy "because, its too soon, so we have nothing to worry about, did you ask Shelia about tomorrow night" "yeah she said she be round at 6 so that we can get ready and be out the door by 7;30" I say refering to the gala she's dragging me to
"you sure you want me to come" "yes of course, I dont want to go alone and plus its good to get out once in a while" I sigh and look at my wide awake little girl "look Kat, shes going to be fine with Grams you dont think I'm nervous about leaving her" she says as we start walking down the next shopping isle picking things as we go along "I know but she's my baby and it will be the first night I leave her" ,
"shes your baby" the voice I'd recognise any where says from behind me, stopping dead in my tracks me and Caroline turn to find Elena standing there holding a basket next to her protruding belly "Elena" my heart beat starts hammering in my ears "whos the father" "what are you doing here Elena" I ask not wanting to tell her about Nadia being Damon's baby "please tell me its not who I think it is" she says stepping closer "Elena you need to leave" I say stepping infront of her view line of Nadia "for fuck sake it wasn't enough for you to have sex with him you had to go and bring a child into it" she says getting angry, Caroline steps forward "watch it" she says her voice dropping an octave "no, do you know what kind of person my sister is, she fucked my boyfriend and then tried to lie to me about it" Carolines hand comes out of no where her palm connecting with her face perfectly in a resounding slap,
I hold my breath as she then leans down and grabs Elena's chin in her hand forcing her to look at Caroline "listen to me , because I will only say this once... Your sister has been through hell and its all down to you and your slutty choice of brothers that caused it, first of all she was trying to protect you and yet she not only got raped and stabbed, yeah thats right your precious Damon stabbed her when she was trying to get away from him, but also her own twin sister didnt believe her and turned the rest of her family against her too, then she finds that not only was him raping her enough but he also got her pregnant and it was to late for her to do anything about it" she says letting her face go and looking her over " and now that she has done the most courages thing and has decided to be a mother to her baby and she is the best mother any baby can ask for, so she doesn't need her supposed sister coming along and dredging up the past when she's managing to put it all behind her, so think of this as a warning to stay away because pregnant or not no one will be coming and calling her things she's not" Caroline says walking over to me "come on Kat we have to find a new place to shop" I look at Elena distastefully before following her out of the store.
"tomorrow is exactly what you need" Caroline says once we reach the car, that my back is resting against "whys that" i ask looking at her as she puts the groceries into the trunk, she turns and smirks at me "Alcohol, which you can now drink which means lots of it, it will be an open bar so lets finish today so that we can hurry and get to that" i smile "sounds good" as were driving out of the parking lot i catch the sight of Elena coming out of the store behind us but quickly look away when i see that she's walking towards someone.
Bonnie p.o.v,
"so how did he ask you" Caroline asks from her spot on the deck chair "I already told you that on the phone" I say exasperated with it "you haven't told me yet" Katherine says coming out with the baby monitor in her hand, I look up at her and ask how the baby is "asleep now get on with it, how did he ask you, when, what and how and all that, what was it they said inn school again" Caroline laughs "what, when, where , why and how" she says before I could which earns her an eye roll from Katherine.
"fine" I say when they both look at me the same look of well clearly written on their matching faces "it was last night at dinner, I had just cooked something, one of the few dishes that i can actually cook, and he made a some comment about me being barefoot in his kitchen, I thought he was joking, so i sat down and started eating and just said he wants me for my food," I take a sip from my mug of coffee, before turning to them,
"but he said that its one of the reasons and I was still believing him to be joking I mean we've not long been together he couldnt of been serious, but just as I'm about to take the plates away he pulls out this" I say going into my pocket to produce the key he gave me the night before "wow he actually gave you a key" Caroline says "no boy who gets a key cut if joking" Katherine says I nod timidly,
"so there he was with his key out and asking me to move in with him" "what did you say" Care asks "no right, its way to soon" "I said I'll have to think about it, I mean we've not been together that long, and it was all just too soon right, so I shouldnt move in with him right" I ask them still trying to sift through my own thoughts on the matter,
"do you want to move in with him" "I don't know, I mean someday I could imagine having both of you round a place that he calls home too but I mean" "do you actually want to do this" Katherine asks a look of shock on her face, "of course n-, Bonnie" Caroline asks as she looks at my face "I- I don't know" I say with a sigh "do you love him" she ask's me while Katherine looks on "yes I do I really do" they both get a look on there face and look at each other "what" I ask trying to under stand there matching looks.
"Shit!" Katherine says "whats? shit!, why shit?" I ask even more confused, they both look at me and I get it why they're looking at me they way they just did, I love him, I can see a future where we both live in the same house, I want that future,.
I look down to the brass key sat on the table and say the only thing I can "shit".
so I know I've been a bit distracted lately with updating and such things, I've not meant to but I've had a serious case of writers block and I just didn't know how I was going to finish this chapter or all the other stories, Dare to Dare has seriously been a problem because of it being the last chapter and I don't want to post anything that wont be right for the stories , but that should be up soon along with updates on all of my other stories, I'm already working on the next chapter, Damon might be appearing soon but I wont tell you when , you'll just have to keep reading :) xx