✶ 𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔢 ⌢ unpleasant mornings turn likeable ˇ !
Caroline had to admit this morning was the shittiest one she'd had in a while.
Last night, stefan had helped her walk back home, and after comforting her and asking her if she was okay like a million times, he finally left. Her alarm had went off early, she had ignored her dad's calls as usual — and her mom went to work earlier than usual. Oh and Tyler didn't even text her back, as he did god knows what with Aaron.
Caroline now laid on her bed, as she looked up at the ceiling. So far, she had been avoiding almost everything and everyone, especially Stefan. She hadn't attended the 150 kick-off party because Kelly was there and god did she hate Kelly, even more than liz hated that old hag. Plus why would she even go? It was useless at this point.
She needs food and enough alcohol to pass out, not more founders bullshit to make her feel better.
It was now seven fucking am in the morning, her eyes felt burned, and she could barely sleep. the only person she had talked to in the past few days was bonnie, and klaus. Caroline paused, and as she felt another ping come from her phone. Speak of the devil, she scoffed.
(Nik<3 ᵒⁿˡⁱⁿᵉ)
'Hello love,'
'hey'
'How are you doing?,'
'Bored tbh,'
'I can help with that ,'
'How? 🤭'
...
'WAIT NOO THATS SO FUCKED UP WHY?,'
'I am not sure.'
'After that, I just stopped trying to get along with him,'
'I in a way just accepted that he hated me and there was nothing I could do.'
'You know when you said you can help with me being bored,
this wasn't what I was thinking of.'
'Oh. Well, your not bored anymore are you?,'
'I guess not.'
'Well on the bright side it's my birthday in a few days.
I am getting us matching friendship bracelets 🤭'
'Now send me your address.'
'if I do, will you mail yourself to me?,'
'..umm no?,'
'How the actual fuck did you know that.'
'I know everything, love.'
'Stfu. address?,'
'I don't exactly have one,'
'Stop the cap, be a good friend, and give me your address
or else I'll resurrect mikael and hunt you down. Your choice babes 🤭'
'I don't even know what to say to that.'
'But I travel a lot, and I am in New York at the moment.'
Seen, 9:46 am
'Well I guess friendship bracelets is not happening bc your not cooperating.'
'Nik you still there?,'
'I feel so rejected rn 😔'
'YOU DIDNT DIE DID YOU?? LOVE REPLY I AM FR WORRIED RN.'
'love? 🤭'
'You call me that too?,'
'It's different when you say it.'
'Right well, I'm fine, and don't worry, I can't die either way.'
'I hate to break this to you Nik but everything can die, with the right weapon ofc.'
'not me 🤪'
'Sleep with one eye open. I am going to buy a coffin
and bring a white oak tree to ur house later xx 🫡'
'Why can I imagine you showing up with a tree on your shoulder?'
'I am sorry to tell you this love, but that's not how it works.'
'You know what never mind, coffins are too expensive.
when I die just bury me in the sand idfk'
'I was so proud of myself for remembering how you die too.
You ruined my moment I hate you.'
Seen.
'You are not going to die caroline.
You are a hybrid love, it's not that easy.'
'I am not an original nor a vampire at all, meaning not immortal.
I could die like any other human'
'Well you won't.'
'Why?,'
'Because I said so.'
'🤭'
Seen.
'Nikkyyyy'
'NiKLaUsS!!'
'let's play a game.'
'Don't you have any friends to play this with?,'
'Not you acting like you have any,'
'might as well. What's the game?,'
' I ask you a question and you ask one in return, simple.'
'and we have to tell the truth or else
I'll draw you in a really embarrassing way.'
'I am too gorgeous to draw uglily.'
'Don't be cocky.'
'Anyone with my beauty would be, love.'
'I consider that a challenge. And anyways let's just play.'
'Alright.'
'I'll go first.'
'You always mentioned you have siblings, but I only remember
Elijah and Rebekah. how many are there? and what are their names?,'
'I technically have six, although two of them passed away.'
'Freya was my oldest sister though I never really got to meet her since
she passed away before I was born.'
'Finn is the next oldest, then Elijah, he always has a stick up his arse.
And he low-key should start getting paid for always dealing with me.'
'Then after me there is kol, and rebekah, finally henrik who also passed
when he was young. Don't worry. You don't want to meet any of them,
they're all a pain in the ass.'
'GOD DAMN UR PARENTS JS WENT DOWN TO BUSINESS.'
Deleted.
'I mean sorry for your loss. You didn't see anything xx'
'I-,'
'I'll meet all of ur siblings and talk shit about you.'
'ur turn xx.'
'Sure you will. Right. Well, what do you want me to send you for your birthday?,'
'What?,'
'What do you want me to get you for your birthday.'
'I am not sure. I feel like I'll be happy with anything tbh.'
'Right, well, Should I call my sister up from her coffin to give me advice?,'
'Oh shit I forgot you dagger your siblings.'
'Do you just pull her out of her box when you need girl advice? 😭'
'Not really. I don't exactly talk to women unless that
conversation ends with sex.'
'Why did I ask.'
'Wait ..don't tell me you listen to Andrew Tate'
'The misogynistic bald man? No I don't.'
'Good, bc Matt did recently and now he is starting to act.. weird
he said he is claiming Elena whatever the fuck that means 😰'
'Welll back on the subject of your fam in a coffin,
therapy sessions don't seem so bad after they wake up?,'
'Blasphemy. My brother Kol with either seduce the therapist or kill them.'
'Lmao that sounds funny to see 😭'
' do any of your siblings look like you?,'
'No I am far too beautiful.'
'A slight bit? We have the same father. Kol in a way
resembles me, and my sister is like a female version of me.'
'She is a bit of a baby. But I feel sorry
for her at times, though it may not seem like it,'
'What why?,'
'I have killed every man she told me she loved, only spared one
because my father had came in the bar before I could, oh and ig
we were friends. He had the ugliest hair though,'
'Nikki istg your red flags are throwing me off 😭'
'Really?,'
'No, continue.'
'See I am too irresistible'
'You're too mfkn cocky. I am leaving.'
'Don't.'
'I was kidding.'
'I am too invested in this. What happened to him?,'
'Stefan? I erased his memories of us. I am not sure where he is now.'
'Wait hold on, Stefan Salvatore?,'
'Yes. How'd you know?,'
'He saved me from his brother like yesterday lmao.
Everyone knows Stefan and his hero hair. I'll ask
what shampoo he uses later,'
'He turned his humanity on?,'
'Better yet, he fixed that hair?,'
'Yeah ig. What is that?,'
'Well, when you're a vampire your feelings and senses are amplified.
Sadness is heartbreak, and that's why most vampires turn their humanity off,
they stop feeling emotions.'
'Damn that's so deep.'
'Stefan is what you call a ripper. He drinks so much human blood he rips away body parts.'
'Funny you mention it. He told me he drinks animal blood now.
He is like a vegetarian vampire if that makes sense 💀.'
'I have never seen him like that.'
'Eh. I think you'll be back to besties in no time.
Steffy is really nice.'
'Mm.'
'Wait. What did you mean save you from his brother.'
Seen, 10:23 am.
'Caroline.'
Seen, 10:24 am.
Well that was officially her queue to leave the convo.
She looked through her room as if she was searching for something, her eyes stopped on the calendar hanging on her door, and something had been circled in bright pink highlighter. 'MISS MYSTIC FALLS !' Caroline immediately tensed up, as she sat upright and practically ran to the Calendar. It was right. Miss mystic falls was today.
what the fuck does she do? What does she wear? Who will she take as her date?
This was all so overwhelming, she used to count the days before it came but she has just been so distracted lately.
She rushed to her large closet and flipped through her many dresses, she soon smirks as she finds an 1800s dress that was perfect for the parade, and she puts it neatly on a hanger so she doesn't forget it. She then looks through her dresses and finds a red dress that looked great for the pageant and she put it next to the other large dress, wow.
Dresses, check.
That was fast. Caroline then scrunched up her nose as she looked at the shoes behind her door. She can't wear Mary Jane heels, or club heels and she can't she really go into an 1800s parade with converses — guess she'll just have to buy shoes then.
A sigh escaped her lips as she looked down at the time on her phone.
School had suddenly become such a bore. Why did she have to go anyway? It was all bullshit now, and quite useless, since she had learned the stuff they teach now when she was fourteen out of boredom.
And she was a fucking hybrid, does being a reporter really sound as fun as it used to?
She sighs as she takes a short green butterfly crop top, and her light blue flared jeans from her closet and slips them on, before putting on her heels and styling her curls like she usually does. Caroline's eyes drift, as she smiles once she notices a small heart pendant laying on the edge of her vanity.
She clips it on her neck, and walks downstairs, her mother was arguing with someone on the phone. Caroline couldn't care less who it was, let alone why, so she just ignored the woman and made a bagel for herself as she then put her food into a small paper bag.
Alaric Saltzman wasn't here to be a history teacher if that wasn't made obvious before when he fought the duo who were obsessed with a fucking Doppelgänger. He was supposed to be here to find the vampire who killed his wife, and he was also supposed to make him pay for it with his life. But here he was in an empty classroom, alone without the glory of killing the ruthless vampire.
Well, almost empty.
he was playing with his pencil when he noticed a student come into the class, as she shut the door behind her and opened her phone. "Caroline are you okay?," he asked as she turned to him quickly, alarmed, but then sighed in relief once she recognised him.
"Yeah I am fine, just haven't ate yet." She smiled and sat on her desk table, swinging her legs, as she then pulled out the brown plastic bag from her bag. But the bell had rang and she was forced to put her food back in the bag before taking a single bite as she looked over at her classmates who had started filling up the room.
Alaric then stood up to start teaching the class. "Okay, this week we're gonna set outside the regular curriculum for a lesson on local history as we approach founder's day. Apparently the community lead feels it's more important that world war II, but hey what do I know?," he remarks sarcastically as he writes on the board, but just then Bonnie interrupts him and enters the classroom.
"Sorry I'm late," she mumbled, as Alaric just nodded and Caroline's head snapped over to the girl, who she hadn't seen since what felt like forever. She frowned as she sees how bonnie looked like she hadn't eaten nor slept in the days she was away.
Well, either way bonnie's hair still looks flawless.
"Well, it looks like we will be on full occupancy today, welcome back Bonnie," he greets as Bonnie sits down and beams once she sees Caroline, but when her eyes meet Stefan's, who was sitting next to the blonde, her smile immediately fades and she seems upset. Stefan gives her a small smile but she tries not to look and him and turns her head.
Caroline shifts her head from Stefan to bonnie as she notices the tension, as she pauses. What the fuck did I miss?
Caroline moved past the crowds of teenagers, her headphones in her ears as she was then met with the sight of bonnie and Elena far in front of her, they seemed like they hadn't noticed the Forbes girl looking at them. She should probably stop eavesdropping, it somehow always ends in something traumatising, she but she couldn't help herself and if she walked now she'll be busted for something she hadn't done, yet.
"Hey, I tried to grab you after class but you already taken off. How are you? How's your family?," Elena asked as Caroline furrowed her brows, she was out of the loop and didn't know what happened. What about bonnie's family?
"We're dealing, it's been hard," bonnie said as elena nodded, her tone laced with pity as a large frown marred her face as she spoke, "Everyone here really missed you," she muttered.
"Yeah, I just had so much to deal with after Grams's funeral and, honestly after you told me the tomb spell failed, I just didn't really want to come back," she said as Caroline's eyes widened in alarm.
Sheila was dead ? What? How? When? Did no one really tell her?
A frown weighed her lips, and a tear formed up in her eye. Caroline's mind flooded with questions as she looked at the two girls. "I hope you'll understand why I called.. I wanted you to know before you came home," Elena said as Caroline noticed the uncomfortable look on bonnie's face.
"I understand why, I just.. shouldn't know," it was a pretty long pause as they look at each other. "I know it's been really hard.." Elena trailed off as caroline felt pity well up in her stomach, as she tried to walk past them and process everything, but bonnie noticed her.
"Caroline," Bonnie calls as Elena smiles, Caroline would fix things.
Caroline sighs as she turns to them guiltily, after spying on their conversation, before she sighed and walked closer to the two. Bonnie looked like she was begging to get out of this conversation, but Elena looked like she wouldn't leave until the problem between them was resolved.
Caroline couldn't hide her frown, which had been visible since she heard about sheila's death. They didn't even tell about the funeral. She paused. From what she just heard, apparently bonnie and her grams tried to break some spell and then grams died, and the stupid spell never worked.
"I have a lot of shit to say, but before all that.." she started, as she immediately hugged the Bennett. "You left me without saying anything!," she said as bonnie laughed for once in days. Caroline slightly smiled, knowing that she made her feel better. "I know we texted like everyday but I missed you." She mumbled as Elena looks at them, slightly sad.
"..How are you doing?," she mumbled before sighing, "And you know, why didn't anyone tell me? Do I have to open shit like Facebook or something — and find photos with her crocheting with a sad caption on one of the founders' pages to find out about this?," she scoffed.
"Sorry. And I feel better. You know, glad to be back and trying to keep myself busy." Caroline immediately smiled at the opportunity. "Well.. I can help with that. Major wardrobe problem. You need to help me pick up the perfect dress for the founder's court, we should all go shopping." She beams as she looks between her friends.
Elena pauses in confusion, as she tries to act along. "The founder's court? Did I miss something?,"
Caroline gasps dramatically as she hits her arm while speaking, "The founder's court! You know, Miss Mystic Falls. They announced it today and you and I are both on it." She spoke a grin marring her face, as Elena gaped and then looked down. "Oh my god! We signed for this so long ago... I completely forgot." She sighed,
"Don't tell me you dropping out." she spoke with a sigh, as she then shows them the necklace. "Remember this? You promised me we'd compete together when we bought this at miss mystic when we were thirteen." She smiled in nostalgia, as bonnie laughed. "We stole my mom's old dresses and danced all night." She smiled in remembrance.
"Yes," Elena laughed, as her mood slightly dropped but a smile stayed on her face. "Either way, mom is the one who wanted me to participate." She spoke as Caroline smiled. "Well, too bad I'll win." She shrugged as Elena gasped and started chasing after the blonde who laughed freely as Bonnie laughed as well, while staring at the two.
Caroline sighed as she left to the Founder's hall, where Carol Lockwood and two other women were interviewing the girls who are in the Miss Mystic Falls pageant. "This year's queen will have the special honor of taking stage at the one hundred fiftieth founder's day gala. Before we crown a winner, we'd like to get to know a bit more about each of you," carol's lips twitch into usual million dollar smile as Caroline walks up to the stage.
"I am caroline forbes, as you all know, my family is one of the founders of mystic falls, and I take that honour very seriously."
As if. She thought but she continued either way.
"I am on the MK beautification comity, I volunteer at the poor soup kitchen on Fridays and Sundays, I also implemented this year's go green campaign at school while working for the recycling program." She spoke smiling in between her sentences, as she looked ahead at the judges who had seemed impressed. When elena went up the stage Caroline gave her the mic and zoned out on the whole honour and legacy bullshit.
Carol Lockwood was teaching the dance to the girls who are in the Mystic Falls pageant and their partners, and since Caroline had no partner she had to sit this one out, but she didn't really care. She knew the dance by heart anyways. "Stay focus, right hand around. Flirt with your eyes," carol says, as Elena and Stefan laugh as they dance together. "This is ridiculous," she heard elena say.
"You're only saying that because you don't know how to do it." Stefan laughed as elena playfully narrowed her eyes. "Sorry. Only one of us was around when the dance was invented." She said as Stefan fake winced. "Ouch," He catches her arm and makes her turn around herself. Caroline smiled at the cute couple, before looking down at her phone to see a new notification.
( babygirliest babygirl ik <3 ᵒⁿˡⁱⁿᵉ)
Tylerlck: 'Sorry I haven't been replying something came up,'
'It's fine, also what's wrong?,'
'It's just, Jacob is giving sm second hand embarrassment
with that long hair it physically hurts.'
'YOU DID NOT BAHAAH'
'NO CAUSE LIKE SIS GET A MFKN LIFE.'
'YOU KEEP RUNNING AFTER THE SAME GIRL LIKE BABES
THERE IS SUCH THING AS THERAPY AND MOVING ON.'
'I CANTT'
'Don't even get me started on the 'wolf thing'
he has WITH A FUCKING INFANT.'
'The way Bella dragged him gets me every time 😭'
'Oh I gtg, your mom is calling me.'
'Aren't your mom jokes getting a little old?'
'No and I mean literally. Your mom was helping us for founder's court,
And now that she is done, I gtg home. '
'Oh yeah, how did that go btw?,'
'The Fell cousins don't have shit, and Amber Bradley is
only on the court so the pageant doesn't look like its
founding families only which of course it is lmfao.'
'Mom will just choose someone who actually makes her
and the council look good. You were literally the captain
of every good cause related thing in mystic falls itself.'
'Thanks Ty<3'
Caroline put her phone back in her jean pocket as she sighed and left the building and felt eyes on her, she quickly turned around to see Stefan right in front of her. "Hey." He smiled as she sighed in relief. "You fucking scared me," she breathed out, as she glared up at his dark green eyes. "Why, can't you just magically throw someone to the moon?," he spoke as she rolled her eyes.
"If that's your way to ask what I did to Damon then, yes, I am a siphoner, aka witch without her own magic and so she takes away magic from other beings. Blah blah if I take too much they die." She narrows down. "And to answer your question, I can't siphon humans. plus, what if someone catches me off guard?, humans are dumb but they managed to burn a majority of witches over the years," she sighed as they walked to her car and she leaned on it.
"Well thanks for the history lesson, I was promised for us to hang out." He says, as she scoffs. "And I wanted someone to tell me about Sheila's death." She says as he sighs, and she shakes her head. "I get it, just.. tell me everything." She says as he pauses but nods. "You seem like the person to need a drink, let's go to the grill."
"This John guy has my brain aching and this just makes it worse." He informed her, as she looked up at him confused.
"John? Elena's uncle?," she says as he turns and sighs. "Yeah. You wanted to be involved right?," he says as she nods. "Katherine is a girl both me and Damon loved, I think you already know that." He says as she nodded.
"What you don't know is that we fell in love with her in 1864. She turned me and Damon, and she just so happens to look exactly like Elena. Elena is her doppelgänger, which wouldn't make sense cause she was a Gilbert — so I dug into it more and found out el was adopted. John of all people is her real father and her mother is your history teacher's wife. That bullshit-eating Isobel." He smiled, raising his shot cup before drinking it.
Doppelgänger. Katherine, wait.. Katerina? Caroline's eyes widened in realisation. Elena was the doppelgänger.
She was the key to breaking Klaus's curse. She was meant to die. He will kill her.
"What the actual fuck." She says, as he laughs. "Oh yeah and there is actually more vampires in this town like Anna and pearl from 1864, they were in a tomb," she heard him say. "The tomb sheila opened?," she mumbled, as he pressed his lips into a line and nodded.
Caroline sighed and went back to the topic of Anna. "Poor Jeremy. Keeps going for dead girls." She sighs before she drinks the remains of her glass, as Stefan stifles a laugh and she glares but is still visibly smiling.
"I killed vicki did you know that?," he informed her as he laid his head back and she looked up.
"Didn't know you had it in you, hero hair." She joked as Stefan stifled another laugh, "ironic. I actually devoured an entire town." He shrugs as she blinked before pausing as she then remembered something. "Oh god. But I am doing worse than those townspeople because I am probably going to show up to the pageant late and alone." She sighed as she gulped down another glass.
"Alone?," he asked as she sighed and rolled her head back. "As much as I hate it, no one asked me and it's way too late to ask someone now, and going alone will make me look like a loner. Ew, like you," she cringed as he rolled his eyes, "gee thanks, shrivelled up Regina George." He said as she snorted. "Don't even try it, you lonely fucking bunny muncher."
"Watch it, cranium forehead." He playfully threatened, as she giggled. "Oh you really wanna play this game you mentally ill — shrivelled up, ran over, version of heath ledger?," she narrowed her eyes. Before smiling. "I am just kidding. Either way, you have me. Your own very hot badass witch friend." She flaunted as he stopped and suddenly froze.
"Friend?," he hummed, as she smiled. "You think I drink and spill all my problems and feelings with strangers?," she laughed as he smiled. Genuinely smiled. "If I didn't ask Elena then I would've asked to go with you." He sighed as she smiled. "Don't be a downer. I'll take Tyler, and either way you could still get drunk with me." She winked as he smiled and raised another glass. "To getting drunk with badass witch friends." He said as she raised her glass, clinking the glass with his and laughing.
Back at Founder's hall, the mayor and a crowd of people are waiting for the girls. "Miss Tina Fell, escorted by Bartholomew Whitmore." she speaks as Tina goes down the stairs, Caroline and Elena were waiting. "Has anyone seen Amber?," Carol asks.
Elena looks to see if Stefan was downstairs. "Do you see Stefan down there?," she asks as Caroline look above the balcony. "Nope, just my boring fill in escort." She sighs, as Elena looks at her. "What happened to Tyler?," the brunette asks as Caroline hummed. "I don't know. What happened to Stefan?," she hummed.
Elena sighed. "I don't know. he just disappeared somewhere. What am I even doing? I never should have gone through this." She sighed running her fingers through her hair. "What do you mean?," the blonde asks as Elena gulps. "I need to find Stefan, this isn't me, I'm not this person anymore." She says, as Caroline shook her head.
"No. Elena, this isn't a person. This doesn't define you. You're doing this because it was important to your mom. Stefan is okay, I mean he is almost two centuries old, babes." She reassures hastily, as Elena's eyes widened.
"Wait what. you know?," Elena muttered, confused by what was happening. Caroline exhaled forgetting that little detail.
No one really knew what she was, only Klaus and Sheila knew about her being a hybrid, and Stefan and his shitty brother thought she was only a siphoner, and she wanted to keep it that way for now at least.
"I am a witch." She tells Elena who puts her hand up to her lips, and runs he hand through her hair. Caroline sighs as she walks up to the brunette who backs away, ouch. Caroline pauses as she sees elena furrow her brows, before suddenly embracing the blonde, who instinctively wrapped her arms around elena.
Caroline wanted to tell her everything going on, but she couldn't since Carol had then called on her.
"Miss Caroline Forbes and her escort Jeffrey Lockwood Hamilton." She looks back at Elena and sighs heavily as she goes down the stairs, followed by Elena who was escorted by Matt since Stefan was still a no-show.
"Before I crown a winner, I'd like to offer a personal thank you to all of these young ladies for their efforts to better our community." Carol speaks as everyone applauses.
"So, without further due it is my honor to announce our very own Miss Mystic Falls, Miss Caroline Forbes!," she beams as Caroline's eyes widened. Elena although still shocked by what happened, laughs. "Congratulations." She smiles at her best friend, as they embrace each other before the mayor puts the sash on her.
AUTHOR'S NOTE ——— I am way too lazy to look through all this like 50 times to check
for mistakes, spelling errors and typos. If you find any just tell me in the comments and I'll
fix them smh.