A/N: Okay this may seem like a filler chapter but it's a bit more than that, I've answered a few questions and created a few more. But part of it was necessary to the story. As for Klaroline interaction I'm gonna build it slowly.

And the more important part is I'm dedicating this Chapter to my new awesome friend Ridhi (she pointed out a major blooper in one of my previous chapters (Thankyou Ridhi for that and for making your amazing existence a part of my life) and also To MY ASIAN SQUAD( Jia, Mary, Ridhi, Nash ,Spencer, Sharaddha ( whose a fan of my fic , love you Sharaddha).

Also ANUM and NOUR this totally made my Day.( Uknowiloveu chapter 4 . Nov 6

Hey, Ezza! It's Anam again!

Thank you for updating! Argh, I loved how you made Sheila a part of the dance academy! And Kats rant about Elijah being dateable was sooooooooooo cute!

I want more klaroline! And I want klaus to realise caroline isn't Elijah girlfriend! And then fight for her and then kill the people who are after her...

Update soon

Love you xxxxxx)

Nourklaroline chapter 4 . 14h ago

FIRST OF ALL: you're the sweetest girl i knew on twitter, and i'm so happy and lucky to have you as a friend my lovely Ezza :*
second: this chapter was really sweet, Klaus is jealous, Katholine friendship is so cool, and i liked the whole Bennett academy thing, and can't wait for Klaus to know that there's no Carolijah LOL
finally: YOU BETTER UPDATE SOON lol

CHAPTER 5

A Week Of Dancing Around The Issue

A week a week couldn't she have asked for a fortnight, a month or better yet a lifetime to make such a monumental decision. Caroline knew this decision was nowhere close to as pre-eminent as a marriage, or having like a 5th kid or donating a kidney but it was apocalyptically important to her. The 3Ds i.e Dilemma of Decision to Dance was for her like Harry Truman's decision about nuclear experiment or deciding to join convent to become a nun.

For her this enrollment was a milestone, a kairotic moment, a turning point because it meant having to plant roots, lay a foundation and making a home for herself. And planting roots was an outlandish concept for her however much she had yearned she had never belonged anywhere. She never had a home where she could return to or give address of to the minimal amount of friends she had made over the years where they could mail her letters or send her postcards.

All her life she had felt like a gypsy, a pariah, a gweilo however much she had wanted to remedy that her circumstances always arm-twisted her to flee and never return. Hence she did not know what a home was, she did not know how to belong or what kinship and relationships were about. Thus she was miffed and eggy at the prospect of having to give Elijah the aposite response to the question he was seeking. The week had gone by in a heartbeat, in a wink, in a nanosecond. Ok her vocab was sparse she couldn't come up with anymore smilies. Caroline cogitated.

MONDAY:

When she had woken up on Monday morning not that she had been tickled pink but she was serene that she still had a week to think about her being a part of the academy. She was in her groove, like chillaxed. Today she was gonna spruce up a bit because she was feeling peachy and it had nothing to do with the dream she had about a certain flaxen haired sapphire eyed sexy guy, damn it why did Kat wish her to have sexy dreams, she did not have one of those dreams you know, but she had fantasied about him nonetheless a slightly different version of the scene in the kitchen where he had actually stopped her from going with Elijah. Ok this may not sound romantic but honest to god it was more than fairly romantic when she had been dreaming.

Hence Caroline after freshening up chose her favorite baby blue coloured top with sequins on it, her black jeans and those inch long black heels Kat had persuaded her to buy. She wore her hair down with single butterfly shaped clip that she put in her hair after parting her hair on left side and letting her long yellow tresses loose. She beamed at the reflection she saw in the bathroom mirror and with one last touch with a pink lip gloss left her room for breakfast with Kat downstairs. She took a place at the dining table.

Kat who had a flair for bold colours was wearing a an eye-jarring shade of orange with neon blue jeans and yellow heels not to mention long helix shaped silver earrings and those long raven curls should have made her look like one of those unicyclists at the circus rather than a supermodel. The supermodel was at the instant pouring the coffee from the coffee maker with her back to Caroline then twisted around took a thorough survey of Caroline and asked, "Ok who's getting married? "

Caroline stuck a tongue out at her like a 5 yr old and spat out, "Stop Kat your gonna annihilate me with your buzzworthy sense of humor. "

Kat snickered, then in a more serious tone remarked, "I'm glad though that you're finally at ease with your surroundings. I still remember the day when you came here you were half spooked and half muddled with the doe-eyed look about you that really clutched my sensitive heart."

Caroline who at this point was drinking orange juice feigned coughing and replied, "I may not have read the manual you came with but I'm sure there's nothing sensitive about you Kat the destroyer of souls. "

"More like the saviour of lost souls you pig-ignorant blonde ingrate. My exalted company is working wonders for you and you're slandering me, God what the world is coming to. "

They continued their sassy banter and left for the cafe. Once entering the cafe Kat had left to change but Caroline was shilly-shallying changing into uniform wilfully because she was waiting for someone to see her all dolled up.

Kat came out of the changing room and asked her to change before they had to suffer another episode of Pearl's menopausal symptoms. Caroline guessed that it actually translated that she had to adorn the uniform before Pearl went ballistic hence she reluctantly left to change.

The rest of the day was pretty humdrum and The Hybrid and his cohorts didn't show up at the cafe at all. Not even at the evening shift when Caroline covered for Sara. This put a damper on her mood. Then Kat showed up after her classes and both went back.

As Caroline was lying in bed thinking about the whole day she concluded people were right Monday stinked, stinked like piss crystals.

TUESDAY:

Tuesday came with a finer weather i.e. a light drizzle and a bright sun but Caroline's prospects of seeing the one she was waiting for looked bleak. She did not all gussy up, she had forgone of her heels today.

It was almost mid afternoon and still no sign of the one face she consciously subconsciously and unconsciously wanted to see but after yesterday now was in full blown denial that she was waiting for someone . She was so not yearning for a certain blonde haired dancer to show up, na ah, nada and even if she was she was only anticipating another dance performance because she was listless as Kat had taken a leave due to morning classes. Yes this yearning stemmed from utter tedium and nothing else.

She wasn't pining over anybody Caroline reflected, fruitlessly trying to dispel her thoughts.

That night at dinner when she had slipped the mention of Klaus Mikealson and his posse not visiting the cafe in their conversation in a "perfunctory" manner and if Kat had seen them at the Academy, Kat had bellowed she hated the spawns of cacodemon especially that ultra pestiferous Rebekah with her trenchant attitude and pukoid taste in clothes and she wouldn't sweat if they all went to the innards of Abbadon or were gutted by a serial killer in a painstakingly protracted modus operandi.

Caroline wondered if Kat needed therapy and then guardedly asked what about Elijah and Kat feigned ignorance pretending as if she had never even heard his name before like she had, had short-term amnesiac episode when it came to the aristocratic Mikealson.

Hence Tuesday was a total waste of time and she wished she had foregone more than just her heels, she had relinquished her hope to see him.

WEDNESDAY:

Now Wednesday was another deal entirely. She had such a busy day that she didn't even have the time to both literally and figuratively had many fish to fry.

Caroline wondered if today was a national holiday or something when she saw the hustle and bustle in the cafe. It was like an army of people were pouring in the cafe like they were offering free food.

But the highlight of the day was when a few drool-worthy beef-cake construction workers came in the cafe for supper.

All the waitresses excluding her were like cats on hot bricks and rushing forward to serve them. April and Sara being the foremost. It was a scene from a cheesy 1950 movie where the handy man would flex his bicep bestow the busty waitress a libidinous grin with his chalky shinning teeth showing when he says, "Howdy sweetheart" and sound of 'tink' in the background and the busty waitress would lean forward to give an ample view of her female assets, giggle an irksome laugh, flutter her lashes with a come-hither look and say, "Why thankyou sir. "

Not that either April or Sara were busty they were well proportioned, or that exact scene happened but it was somewhat along the same lines. Caroline was still envisioning the 1950z movie tableau and was goggling into space outside the window when she thought she saw The Mikealson who had been the occupant of her thoughts for the past couple of days.

But on a closer survey she ascertained she had such an overzealous imagination and that she was beginning to hallucinate then with a quaint sigh she turned away from the scene she was earlier staring at.

So all in all with the exception of studmuffin handyman and busty waitresses correction not so busty well proportioned waitresses the day didn't hold much fortune for her.

THURSDAY:

Thursday is like the underdogs of the days just before the weekend and being the second last weekday though there was no day off in food business but still Caroline had sympathy for Thursday and wasn't cussing it.

She woke up, took a bath and decided she would dress up in her uniform today and would only tie her hair in a loose ponytail.

She was void of her gusto and oomph today and was going by the day's work like she was on auto mode shutting her brain off coz switching on her brain would mean she had to decide give a sure answer to Elijah by Monday. Yikes she had only three days left to consider, bummer she knew she shouldn't have turned her brain on and now her brain was in a riot of thoughts, it was like a jungle of notions were doing an Irish jig inside her head.

Not only her decision was caught in a limbo but another thing had her in a fix that was she still hadn't told Katherine her real name. It was not that whether she could or should trust Kat she did she was the only person whom she would put her confidence in but given the circumstances it was more about her inability to broach the subject. How could she go about telling Kat that her name is Caroline Forbes and Lina was just her nickname her aunt had used for her.

She was mindful of the fact that she had to divulge this quandry somehow.

Just when these thoughts were plaguing her the ding at the door had her turning around and instantaneously her eyes locked with those cobalt blue ones she had been in a stress over.

Both blue eyes found each other like magnets, revited at each other for what felt like an eternity, both thinking twin thoughts "there you are",both catatonic as if a slight movement will evanesce the other and then Klaus moved over to a table when Kol called out,

"Hey princess quit staring at the poor waitress you'll get us kicked out of this cafe on grounds of sexual harassment via eyes. Plus the eye-sex is spreading a powerful pong in the cafe. " Klaus purposely refrained from dignifying Kol's statement with a response.

Caroline mentally cursed herself why, why, why had she thought that Thursday was the underdog. Why of all days did he show up when she was really looking like one of the gorgons.

Just when she was about to move closer to "their" table, Elijah entered the cafe and strode towards her and engaged in a conversation about the Irish jig thoughts, "Afternoon, I was passing by the neighborhood thought I'll just come to see how you were fairing."

"You did not use the archaic lame excuse of passing by the neighborhood. I know you came to check if I had skipped town or was still contemplating joining the Academy. "

Elijah gave her his most dazzling smile and said, "You're astute. So have you given it a thought? "

"Elijah I know your one of those pernickety guys is that what you call it in England? And that's why I don't think you're the kind of guy who misses trivialities but I'll still remind you I asked you for a week and I still have 3 days left on my deadline."

"Ah, Of course nobody has ever accused me of being... scatterbrained before, is that what you call it in America and you're right I just am what you can say a dog with a bone. But I trust you to make the right decision. " he then bid her farewell and left.

Onto the more paramount matters Caroline thought, ran a hurried hand thorough her hair as if styling them with her fingers turned to take the Originals' orders but to her chagrin he had already left and let out a sad sigh and slumped on the nearby stool.

She had learned an unparalled lesson that particular Thursday she was never ever going to underestimate a Thursday ever again.

FRIDAY:

If underestimating Thursday had turned out to be a clanger then she should really have prepared herself for the Black Friday, Friday the 13th the not so Good Friday.

It came with the BigBang, the BigBang has been theorised to create the universe but Carolines universe was actually wiped off the map.

Her decision about Academy was in serious jeopardy meaning she was enwreathed by doubts, insecurities and inhibitions once again.

She terribly wanted someone to give her that final nudge out of the nest. Actually she was counting on Kat for the extra incitement but Kat was distinctively quite on that subject, once or twice Caroline had subtly tried asking her opinion in the hopes that she would try to wheedle her like If you don't do this I'll neuter you and then she (Caroline will) be like "Fine if you're so hell-bent I'll give it a try" but no Kat was unfortunately respecting her freaking request about her not pushing her which was really a pain.

Caroline was going through a mind-muddling urgency where she knew she had to make an unwavering comittment once and for all but she wanted somebody else to make it for her this way she wouldn't encumber herself for failing at something that she took pride in.

After her evening shift at the cafe Kat had vanished. Caroline had got a text on her new cell phone, which she had bought a few days back cuz let's face it you were practically a luddite if you didn't have a cell, to pick up Kat from the Academy.

Apparently Kat was at the auditorium fortunately for Caroline she knew to way to the auditorium otherwise she would have gotten lost in the collateral corridors.

It was 6 pm when she entered the Academy. The sun was setting and almost the whole building was vacant, guess it had something to do with Friday maybe people left early before the weekend, to be honest it was a little spooky.

She entered the auditorium which was devoid of a single being, almost tip toed in and let out a sigh and said, "Hello, Kat. " which echoed and her voice greeted silence.

She was solus in the mammoth hall. She went up on stage and again called out, "Kat this is not funny. Come out this instant. Fine if you won't come out I'm leaving. "

and turned her eyes fell on the CD player, she went to it and with hesitatant fingers that at first brushed the buttons then faltered but eventually, turned it on.

A thousand years by Christina Perri began playing. Caroline looked around like she was on the verge to abscond something that wasn't hers but then as if the music resonated with her she gave in to her instincts and her inclinations and started dancing a contemporary routine where there was no precise concatenation of the steps but she kept translating what she felt into her movement's. She was so engrossed in her passion, in her dance in that moment that wasn't yet acquainted with the fact that a matching set of topaz blue eyes were watching her manoeuvre her divine body into sinuous movements.

Klaus had wanted some peace of mind and heartsease that is why he had elected to lodge at the Academy after evening classes for the day. Yet another encounter with the golden haired heavenly creature had left him crotchety. He had countermanded his promise to himself of staying away from her, only to find out Elijah hanging around her again.

Throughout the whole week he had been sneeking a peak at her from outside the cafe like a lovesick buffoon, but he just couldn't control the impetus to see her. It was like she drew him in like a freaking moth to flame like a bee to a flower,... wait a minute was he being odic. He was the big bad alpha male he did not quote poetry over a slip of a girl even if it was in his head, Klaus ruminated and after shaking off his thoughts attempted to sleep lying supine on three seats in the fourth row.

Just when he had closed his eyes he heard a recognizable dulcet voice calling out for Kat. Before he could say anything she had turned on CD player.

Curiosity got the better of him and he stood up to see his blonde belle dancing. He was mesmerised by the sheer splendour of her lithe movements. It was ethereal like a siren was enticing him seducing him with her dance. Never before in her dark twenty two years had he felt this esoteric pull, this driving need,yes need. He needed her. He needed to possess her,consume her, own her but cardinally he wanted to lay his world at her feet. He wanted to offer her his heart soul and body like a disciple would to his deity. It was like she was weaving a web around him one which he did not want to escape. He was ensorcelled as if she casting a spell on him. He wanted to offer his life in her serfdom, which was a cataclysmic concept for him because he was the one who thrived on being the ultimate sovereign and commander. Even if he was experiencing these unbidden emotions she was still too beauteous and too far away from him to mar her light with his dark touch.

Caroline kept whirling, moving around the entire stage with a smile occasionally gracing her angelic features whenever she was pleased with a step. She was unaware of the Hybrids thoughts. She kept staging limber back flips somersaults bridging her back whirling around on one leg.

She did not know that Klaus was taking in the entire scene watching her awestruck.

As the music ended, she stopped moving her supple body, the sound of her accelerated breathing reverberating in the hall, Klaus let out a breath he did not know he was holding. He clapped a few times strolling towards the stage.

Caroline all of a sudden felt extremely bashful watching him look at her as if he was blind to everything else except her. The intensity of his gaze stole her breath and she felt she was rooted to the ground like a statue and couldn't move but she desperately wanted to skedaddle and hide.

Breaking her out of the spell he had on her he stopped an inch short of her and said, "You looked ravishing. "

Caroline's whole body tingled with ecstacy by his simple declaration. His praise at this instant meant so much more than anybody else's. She was dumbfounded. Like a spell linking them, both leaned forward but Kat's excited voice shattered the moment and she whirled around to glance at Kat.

"How's this for the shove you needed me to give you. I think I literally booted you out of the nest or in my case heeled."

Kat said pointing towards her pencil heels.

Turning back again she wanted to say something to Klaus but he had already jumped off the stage and left as if in a hurry.

Kat came from behind her asked her standing in front of her, "Was that Klaus? What did he want? "

"Ughh I don't know before I could say something you materialized and he dematerialized. "

It was like they were perpetually interrupted.

"Did he say something atrocious? "

"No! " Caroline replied and then mumbled, "Not unless ravishing was atrocious. "

"You didn't answer my question. "

"No he didn't okay. " replied testily this time.

"Easy tiger. I'm asking about my exceptional plan to spur you on. Did you think I was oblivious to your oh so obvious hinting at nudging you, encouraging you, dynamizing you,galvanizing you.I believe those were your exact words "

"I've had this brill idea for quite some time now but couldn't quite get my hands on the keys to the auditorium. Don't ask how I got them. Plus I had to plan it perfectly seeing today's Friday nobody would be around I maneuvered you to come here. "

Then Katherine moved away from Caroline and spread her arms wide and continued, "I know Elijah already tried blarneying you by giving you a tour, but being on stage yourself is beyond astounding and my idea was way better than his. The fact that people can see you , acclaim what your capable of gives you this heady rush I just can't explain it. "

Kats enthusiasm ebbing away at Carolines troubled expression and she trailed off to say, "Aaannnndd I'm more ecstatic than you. What's wrong? "

Caroline answered, "Its nothing. It's nothing. I'm enthralled, elated,ecstatic and I don't know any more big words for happy. "

Giving a fake toothy smile.

"Wow I can actually count your teeth with that big a grin. "

Caroline laughed and Kat joined in. Then both started moving down from the stage and towards the exit simultaneously engaging in a conversation about Caroline's apprehensions about dancing, "I thought being on stage would help you that's why I planned this and living with you for a month I knew you wouldn't be able to resist your inherent instinct to dance."

"You were right but I was alone or at least I thought I was alone." hinting towards the presence of the hybrid." But dancing in front of an audience would be different. Just thinking about that is making me jittery. "

"Don't be and you have to say yes it's a once in a lifetime chance. "

"I know that's why m gonna say "it's affirmative " Elijah. " Caroline said in British accent.

"Really? Now I'm running out of happy words. " Kats ebullience visible on her animated face.

They then reached the car with Kat sitting in the driver's and Caroline in passengers seat in the front. As soon as Kat started driving again she made a guilty face and said, " O and I just forgot to mention were doing the night shift at the restaurant. "

Caroline hollered, "What? Katrina Petrova I swear you're gonna die at my hands. Your tombstones gonna read" Here lies the manipulating phenomenon who goaded her best friend to kill her. Because your seriously asking for it now. I thought I covered both morning and evening shift for you so I could finally go the boarding house early and get some peace and tranquil. "

Kat interrupted her harangue to say, "Aww you think I'm your best friend. "

"You're such a crap factory. Here I am yammering about the night shift and all you can hear is the best friend part. " Caroline replied crispily.

Kat then made a pouty face puppy dog eyes and looked at Caroline fully turning on her forlon expression trying to appeal to Caroline's sense of compassion. Caroline glanced at her once and turned her face away from her and towards the car window, " Put that worth-less pouty excuse of a face away, it's not working you know. "

Then Caroline again peeked at Kat and Kat brought fake tears in her eyes and said, "Please mommy. "

"Ughh, fine."

"Fake tears work like a charm always. "

"I knew they were fake. Why do I always give in? "Caroline muttered asking herself.

"Coz your a gloop. And you love me. "

"Sometimes I think you only came to my rescue so you could just slave me around. "

"Nancy, you finally uncovered my nefarious plans, I'm so proud of you. "Kat replied parking the car in a small parking lot near the cafe, both got out and then Kat locked her car.

As they moved into the cafe Caroline gave her a smoldering look and said, " I don't need another sassy remark coming out of that brassy mouth. "

"Hey, people love my mouth. You can ask any guy I've kissed. " Kat exclaimed and moved into the changing room to darn on the uniform while Caroline waited outside.

"I don't think that's possible coz I'm quite sure they died on the spot after you kissed them. "Caroline replied with laughing eyes as Kat came out and she went in to change.

"You win this round but I'm so gonna get back to you for that, missy. "

It was seven when they had entered the cafe and it was still 8, Caroline was literally counting the seconds. This waitressing job was no hoopla if anybody ever told her that they aspired to become a successful waitress someday she would dissuade them from it like her life depended on it.

Caroline was going through an epiphany when a Rebekah like blonde ball of frenzy more like a blonde hurricane approached her and to her unmitigated stupefaction started yelling, at the top of her trachea yeah trachea because by the volume of her voice you could guess she was speaking from much higher portion of her respiratory system, after calling her by her real name.

" Caroline right? Who the hell do you think you are? You think you can just mess with one of us and go by your run-of-the-mill pitiful excuse of a life without having to face any consequences. Well guess what you blonde bitch you're sadly misguided. "Saying this Rebekah leaned forward and continued, " You get this through your dumb skull that if you ever I mean like ever hurt Nik I'm going to torture you to the ends of the earth so much so that you will beg me to kill you. "

Caroline was stunned like someone had used a stun pen on her before she could ask Rebekah what was going on Kat came to her rescue and hollered," Hey back off you blonde twit. Why don't you crawl back into your own ass aka where you live. "

"I'd advise you to stay out of this Katherine. "

"And why would you even think anybody would take your advice. Only loony worms like Haley Vicky and Cami would take advice from their worm queen Rebekah. Now shoo before I kick your desperate sorry ass out. "

"You know what Kat nobody messes with Rebekah Mikealson and lives to tell the tale. Oh but you already know that or did you forget why Elijah dumped you, you low class ratchet. " with this Rebekah marched out the way she had marched in.

Everybody in the cafe began staring at the two waitresses. Kat and Caroline both moved out in the alley through the rear entrance of the cafe.

Kat then targeted all her venom at Caroline and Caroline knew the exact reason. "Did she just call you Caroline? Is that your real name? "

Afraid to make matters worse by saying anything Caroline just nodded.

Kats anger then escalated, " Wow, amazeballs I'm so stoked that I finally came to know your real name via Rebekah Mikealsons evil face. You know I trusted you, literally going against my grain I aided you but you couldn't even spare me the courtesy to tell me your real name. " with this Kat turned away from Caroline.

Caroline sighed, "I'm sorry I wanted to tell you but first I needed time then I didn't know how."

Kat proceeded her anger getting the best of her, "Oh so you didn't trust me, great what's new? I guess your all talk and you don't consider me your friend not more than that bitch Rebekah who by the way knows your real name. Caroline. "

"It's not true I don't know how she came to know my name but I've never even talked to her before. "

Kat cut her off to say, "Well, whatever I don't need you. Katerina Petrova needs nobody she can survive on her own. And you can bloody well walk back to the boarding house I'm leaving. " and stormed off.

Caroline did have to walk back the five blocks to the boarding house as Kat had cursed her.

Laying in bed at night she wondered what? Why? Where? Who? How? When? Did she tell Rebekah. And who in the heavens name was Nik and how the hell had she accomplished the feat of hurting him without ever meeting the guy, maybe it was the rude guy who came for the breakfast but she had been nice-ish to him, guess Rebekah was your quintessential blonde bimbo who was off the wagon. The only one who knew was Klaus but why would he say anything he barely even acknowledged her besides giving her those intense body numbing breath clogging looks and calling her love and ravishing.

And what would she do about Kat. Caroline was feeling perturbed that she wasn't talking to her. Despite what Kat had said in anger Caroline considered her, her best friend. She needed her now more than ever when she had to make a life altering decision because her opinion held weight.

For Caroline Friday turned out to be day where everything went to the fiery pits of hell.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY:

Saturday morning Caroline woke up early even before the metaphorical early bird because hadn't slept much as she had been plagued by the thoughts of her and Kats quarrel.

She desperately wanted to fix everything between them with this agenda she got ready in a hurry and when she looked at the clock it was still 6 am.

So she waited an hour and a half sitting in the garden contemplating the best way to entomb the hatchet.

Then she got up and headed towards the kitchen fully aware that the person she shared the hatchet with would be in the kitchen by now but Kat was nowhere to be found. She went to the main hall and asked Gloria who was dusting the furniture only to find out that Kat had left for cafe 15 mins earlier.

Caroline walked to the cafe alone and was 10 minutes late. Pearl made a disapproving face at her and left to go to her office, guess menopause was bugging her again.

It was their turn to work the weekend at the cafe and Kat was taking the cold shoulder to a whole new level more like the shoulder from Antarctica. Kat would take a detour every time they would almost cross paths in the main hall of the cafe and to the onlooker it was actually quite rib-tickling considering that the main hall wasn't that huge at all. Kat was looking like a mad rooster hooping around the field. A few times she tried to talk to her but Kat continued giving her the shoulder from Antarctica. And that shoulder didn't melt even when she got back to the Salvatores' boarding house.

Sunday was pretty much the same. Kats shoulder and mood remained frozen. Caroline was feeling glum and desolate by the minute. She had again walked alone to the cafe and was currently serving a rude middle aged guy his breakfast. Studies say that when your empty stomach you tend to get angry this guy was certainly an example of that otherwise she would have totally unloaded all the side effects of her peppery mood on him.

The rest of the day panned out to be the same as Saturday with Kat continuing her mad rooster routine.

Caroline was at present a compound of perplexity, dolour and a wave of defeatism encompassing her much like the blanket she had cocooned herself into.

So to conclude her week had turned out to be quite unceremonious.

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Next morning Caroline woke up with a new zest, somewhere along the night she had decided she had had enough of self pity. She needed to take charge of her life and deal with her can of worms starting with Kat , not that Kat was a worm but more like a coyote.

She went to the kitchen earlier than usual speculated going to Kats room but thought the better against it. She helped herself to toast and coffee and fully prepared patiently waited for Kat.

After a few minutes the click of heels announced Kats arrival. As soon as Kat entered the kitchen she took her avoidance to the maximum, took coffee and toast and sat at the high stool situated near the kitchen island.

Caroline said, "Okay this has to stop. You can't ignore me till the end of the times."

"Watch me. "

"Look I said I'm sorry I'll say it again but this whole cold shoulder thing is way too much. "

"What you're failing to understand is I don't care anymore. So you can damn well to what you want and I'll mind my own business. "

"No I'm done with people pushing me doing damn well as they please with me until they think they don't need me anymore. " talking about her aunt and her betrayal her voice louder than usual.

"You don't want to do anything with me fine but you'll have to listen to what I have to say. I didn't confess anything partly because I hadn't foreseen that i would come to care for you so much. I hadn't thought that I would find a place which would begin to feel like a home to me and partly I didn't know if would stay here for a month. And then you helped me and this dancing thing happened the entire equation changed for me. I didn't tell you because there are things about me your better off not knowing which included my real name. There are people after me who saying they are dangerous would be a gross understatement. "

Caroline paused for a minute and Kat asked, "What people? Have u done something illegal? "

"Only if being related to the lowest vermin on earth was a crime. I'm talking about my uncle. He.. he used to... "Caroline's breath hitched tears pooling in her blue eyes.

Kats ominous expression mellowed she came closer but Caroline backed away wiping at her tears.

"I'm still not gonna tell you the whole truth Kat because if he ever comes looking for me it'll be better if you don't know. I just wanted to say I'm sorry again. And God I hate crying it's so namby-bamby, I freaking hate tears."

Caroline exclaimed wiping away at the remnants of tears in her eyes.

"I've decided to talk to Elijah about accommodation at the Academy. I'm not gonna give up on my dream I've decided to take charge of my life but I'm going to move out. I don't want you to be twitchy in your own house. "

"What? What do you mean you're moving out? And I'm never twitchy." Kat inquired.

"Trust you to listen to the least important part of the conversation. "Caroline said with half a smile "Here I'm telling you my living here could be dangerous for you.. "

Kat interrupted, " Caroline you're not moving out okay. And I still don't know your last name. "

Caroline replied, "Its Forbes. I'm Caroline Forbes. "

"It suits you. Now onto the more important part of the conversation do you think I'm that heartless to let you go after your sob story and dam of tears. I may not a be regular mush like you but hey I have a heart. "

Caroline laughed at that and then said seriously, "You don't know my uncle he's really dangerous and he's in on with some crooked people. Part of the reason I'm still flurried about joining the Academy is I keep thinking I shouldn't stay here for long, he'll find me and when that happens I don't want you to get hurt."

"You don't worry about me I can take care of myself. My father was a drunk abuser. He used to hit me thankfully he didn't… you know I mean I may not have suffered anything horrible as close to you but I'll take care of myself. And if he your evil uncle comes here well deal with it together. "

"You sure about all this? "

"Positive. Besides I am a black belt from Taichi Academy on the internet. Hee yeah." saying this Kat attempted a flying kick and landed in her ass.

Caroline gave out peels of laughter so much so that this time her eyes were moist with tears of joy.

"Aaaaaahhhh. Help me up. " Kat said lifting her arm for Caroline to help her get up which she did.

Caroline then sat on the table and Kat on the stool.

"You okay? " Caroline asked trying to mask her laughter.

Kat replied," Dandy. Look at you laughing like a goon at my distress and you say I'm a destroyer of souls, you insensitive ogre. "

"No you're a slush mush Kat , those tears were fake and I was just emotionally bulldozing you about moving out. I havent even packed. " Caroline said with a diabolical twinkle in her eyes.

"Noo. You didn't. How could I fall for that?" asked her and proceeded to exclaim, "I'm like the evil brainbox who created Frankenstein the monster."

"Frankenstein was a knuckle-nut. Thanks for the unsolicited compliment." Caroline objected.

"Ok I created a Vampire. It's so fulfilling to see the pupil become the master. The sensei is euphoric my child." Kat said and gave a mock Japenese bow.

Both chortled at that and Caroline then said, "I have to be at the Academy at nine for the audition. I know you don't have classes today and April is covering your morning shift so would you come with, you know for moral support and stuff. "

"Sure. Why not? One question though how did Rebekah know and what did she mean by her rant at the cafe and what's with this audition? I thought Elijah you know straight up offered you a place at the Academy. "

"Darling you suck at math, that's more than one questions by the way. Elijah called a few days back saying that although he was enamored by my exquisite talent I would still have to audition for a few other teachers at the Academy. And I have no idea how Rebekah knows, probably Klaus told her and about her rant I'm in a no clue zone with that one. "

"What? You mean Klaus knows too? " Caroline immediately interrupted her tirade and said "Before you launch into another mission "Turn a Deaf Ear To Caroline " I'll have you know it just slipped out of my mouth in the cafes kitchen when I was helping him get out the stains of the drinks I accidentally crashed into him. Apparently he remembered and must have said something to Rebekah. . " this last part of her own speech made Caroline queasy in the stomach a bit from the fact that he remembered her name even when she just had murmured it.

Kat brought her out of her thoughts, hugging her cautiously said, "

You're forgiven. Now let's go before you get late for your audition. "

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An hour later she was standing in front of the elephantine premises of the Mikealson and Bennett Academy inwardly lambasting herself for demanding only a miniscule amount of time from Elijah for the Kat beside her she advanced towards the establishment with a sense of foreboding dwelling in her she was well aware that this situation was the proverbial Now or Never, hence letting out a shaky breath she said,"Here goes nothing."

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Another Thankyou Note ESPECIALLY FOR JAVERIA I made the changes you suggested and it definitely is better with the changes please let me know soon.