Nine Months

Chapter Four: Where's Caroline?

Klaus Mikaelson

Love. It means many things to many people. Sometimes it is said in letters to our family. Sometimes it is said with a kiss. And sometimes it is whispered in the quite night. But for that odd someone they will never get the chance to express how they feel. Because there time has run out and when that happens...

I pulled up into the parking lot of Mystic Falls High School and parked my car inside. I cut the engine to my car and step outside pushing my car keys back into my pocket. Beside me a black suv pulled up and out stepped Elijah and Kol from inside. Elijah locked his car as Kol came over to my side.

"Please remind me why we are here" Kol whined.

"Because our sister is cheering and we're being a normal family and being here for support" Elijah told him as he appeared at the other side of me.

"I can't believe the words are coming out of my mouth but I agree with Kol on this one" I said as we began to walk towards the football pitch.

"This is what a normal family does"

"Since when are we a normal family?" Kol asked.

"Brother back when we were a normal family, girls her age would be consider whores if they even revealed their ankles to a man"

Kol laughed.

A few cheerleaders past by us and I was shocked that I didn't turn around like my brothers did to get a glimance of them. I smirked knowing the exact reason why I was here tonight. I had come for one cheerleader in practicular and I wasn't leaving until I spoke to her. Now that I was back in my real body there was no excuse for her not to be able to look at me. I was no longer caged inside that awful body of Tyler Lockwood. I was myself again and I wanted nothing more than for Caroline to know the real me.

"There's our girl" Kol said as took our seats on the bleachers.

"Good god how short is that skirt" Elijah hissed.

I smiled at Rebekah who looked up at us. Deep down I was happy to be here for my sister. I had made her run for so long it was good to see her just staying still and enjoying her life. Tonight she got to be a teenager and if that's what she wanted then that's what she was going to get. Our father had chased us for so long a time and now that he was gone I was finally starting to enjoy the idea of settling down. Maybe I would make Mystic Falls my new home, even though it didn't feel like it for me I knew it was starting to for Rebekah. And my sister was going to get all the happiness she deserved from me.

"Look it's your little bitch boy" Kol said tapping my arm.

I looked across the football pitch to find Tyler talking to Stefan Salvatore.

"Which one?" I asked smirking.

"She looks happy" Elijah commented beside me.

I turned my attention back to Rebekah and found her laughing and talking with some of the other cheerleaders. It was odd though to find that Caroline wasn't with the rest of the girls.

The squad looked like the whole team was together but Caroline wasn't one of the people there.

"What is it?" Elijah asked.

"Nothing" I replied.

"I thought that girl from the grill was on the squad? Rebekah was screaming about how her the other day" Kol said.

I shrugged "I have no idea. I do know I need a drink" I said and pulled myself up.

"Don't cause a scene Nicklaus" Elijah warned as I passed by him.

I ignored him and wondered down the side of the bleachers. I figured if anyone knew where Caroline would be it was Rebekah. She believed in keeping her friends close but her enemies closer. I didn't understand why they two didn't get along. They were both vampires and cheerleaders. They had something in common besides their hate for the other.

"Becca" I called over as I approached her.

Rebekah stepped away from the other girls and came over to my side.

"I didn't think you would show" she said her eyes drifting over to our brothers.

I looked over my shoulder at them and found Elijah smiling and Kol smirking.

"Well couldn't miss the cheer, you've been bitching about it all week we figured why not come and see what a mess you claim it is" I told her.

"Well it won't be a mess because I've changed it"

"Not that I care really but why have you changed it?" I asked smirking.

"Because Caroline Forbes didn't turn up for school today or practise and isn't here tonight. So that puts me in charge"

I looked over Rebekah's shoulder across the pitch where I could now see Tyler talking to Stefan and Elena. He was dressed in his football uniform but he seemed worked up about something else besides the game. Elena was talking to Stefan while Tyler paced up and down. Something was going on.

"You didn't hurt her did you?" I asked making sure to smirk as I did.

"No. Although killing her would solve a lot of my problems" Rebekah huffed.

I sighed "Well you better go and cheer" I told her.

I turned around and walked off.

"Nik" Rebekah called behind me.

I turned back around to her.

"Thank you. I know none of you wanted to come" Rebekah said.

Not knowing how to reply I simply smiled.

Trying for once to be a decent brother I returned to the bleachers and joined my brothers. All I wanted to do know was find out what Tyler was talking to Stefan and Elena about. I wanted to know if they had saw Caroline today and if she was alright. I kept my eyes focused on Rebekah as she and the rest of the cheerleaders did a cheer for the crowd. Although I never took my eyes off her for a second my mind wasn't focusing at all. Beside me Elijah clapped and Kol cheered and from time to time I did the same thing. But I couldn't help but drift my attention over to Tyler. He was worrying about something and from the way he was acting I knew that something was about Caroline.

"You look like you have something on your mind Nicklaus" Elijah said to me as the match began.

I looked over to Kol who was now hitting on some high school girl a row above us.

"I've left my phone in my car" I told Elijah as I got up to my feet.

I left my brothers for the second time that evening. I didn't return to my sister this time. Instead ducked behind the bleachers and past the slut teen girls getting felt up by the jocks. I needed to get close enough to hear Stefan and Elena who were talking alone since Tyler was playing in the game now. I couldn't hear them up on the bleachers as the crowds cheering covered their voices. But if something had happened to Caroline then I needed to know. The pull I received was too strong to control, the need to know of her health was all that filled my mind as I raced towards Stefan and Elena.

I ducked behind the edge of the bleachers a few feet away from them now. I kept to the shadows and tried to tune out the rest of the crowd and focus on just the pair of them.

"There was no sign of trouble at her house, but she was there before she went missing. I spoke to her on the phone about bringing over the friends with benefits dvd"

"Elena we don't know for sure that anything has happened to her"

"Caroline isn't the type of girl who goes twenty four hours without talking to anyone. She has checked in with me every single morning since I turned"

"Ok let's just say something has happened. Who would want to hurt her?"

"That's the problem Stefan. I can't think of anyone who wants to hurt her. Klaus seems to be keeping the peace. And even if he wasn't he wouldn't try and hurt Caroline. If he was going to try and hurt me he would go for you or-"

"Damon?"

"Stefan look we can't get this right now. Ok? We have to find Caroline. I can't sleep tonight without knowing she is safe"

"Alright we'll talk to Bonnie see if we can do some sort of locators spell"

"Will that even work? She's a vampire"

"It's the best we can do right now"

"Let's go"

I went further into the shadows as they both past by me. The information I had found shocked and angered me. The thought of Caroline being hurt by Alaric was hurt enough to take when that happened. But knowing where she was and where I could find her seemed to help that day. I had no idea where she was and apparently no one else did either. Someone had taken Caroline and I was going to find out who. And when I did I would kill them nice and slow. Just ensure they understood the mistake they had made by taking her.

Caroline Forbes

My eyes flickered open slowly and they began to sting as I felt the sharp pain of the bullet slip out of my head. It hit the wooden floor below and the sound echoed the room. I gasped for air as I began to bring myself around. I looked down at my hands and found them covered with vervain socked ropes. And when I found I couldn't move my legs I felt the familiar vervain feeling sting them right through my trousers.

I looked up when I heard footsteps coming towards me.

"You" I whispered.

Love. It means many things to many people. Sometimes it is said in letters to our family. Sometimes it is said with a kiss. And sometimes it is whispered in the quite night to our beloved. But for that odd someone they will never get the chance to express how they feel. Because there time has run out and when that happens...all we can do is remember that one person that could have changed our entire world.