Caroline closed her eyes cleared her head , she thought of her father. She needed a father to protect her from all the creepiness. She really wanted her father. But where was he? With his gay partner Stephen. But he always sent her nice birthday presents , and answered her phone calls. Caroline cried again , where was anyone to help her?
She remembered her plan to destroy Elena , and cruel smile displayed on her lips. Elena could pay. Elena could feel pain , so maybe she could feel a little less.
Caroline turned on the news. Reports of a man drained of blood in Fell's Cemetery came on. The Fell's Crusader's football team beat Rosedale at the tournament.
Caroline smiled at the thought of Tyler Smallwood beating the opposing team's defence with his wicked shoulder slug. Tyler wasn't very bright , he struggled to keep his grades high enough to be in football. But he always knew how to play offensive and push other people in his way. Caroline remembered Elena and her's eleventh birthday party.
It was today , March 27. Five years ago. Their birthday's where ten days apart. Caroline's on the 22 and Elena's on the 1st of April. So they would have a joint birthday party on the 27. Elena had promised they would be friends forever. They pinky swore and took a ceremonial drag on one of her father's abandoned cigars.
They just thought it would be fun. But the cigars tasted terrible. Caroline had found the cigar so disgusting she dropped it still lit on the rug. A burn mark remained on the carpet hidden underneath the coffee table. And sometimes seeing it made Caroline smile. That was a good time they had together, perfect . Before her mom got busy with her work , and her father left for Stephen. Before boys , proms, and dates.
And before Caroline began to notice Elena growing taller , more like her late mother. So effortlessly beautiful. And when Caroline looked at herself in the mirror all she could remember was her chubby eleven year old face. Chubby cheeks and buck teeth.
Caroline rubbed the old burn mark out with carpet cleaner and planned to ruin Elena's perfect smile again with a new determination.
Sheriff Forbes looked down , the man murdered did not have the livid marks of blood pooling down. Instead were two bite marks on the neck. Sheriff Forbes called the Town Council. She had found a vampire victim.
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