ic contact - pines

[coy]

[ voice.]

"You've reached Caroline Forbes.
I'm not home right now.
Please leave your name and number and a
very detailed message and I'll get back to you
as soon as possible."

Comments

[unforgivably]

Because Katherine has impersonated Elena on only a handful of occasions, and I can already anticipate your judgy tone, she was with me that day. Or don't you remember Klaus.

[coy]

[ She'd like to forget Klaus, thank you. ] I remember him. [ Yeah, was that said in a voice that's barely above a whisper. Sure was.]

[unforgivably]

OK. So, we were on our way out of town to try and track down Mikael, while you all fought for your lives on Senior Prank Night and I am breaking every single rule today. No fucks were given, Caroline. Not one. [ Not about you, but he's just about had it, really. ] What job did they saddle you with?

[coy]

I... That's when Tyler got turned. [ The memories flash through her head, horrible. Watching Tyler scream in agony. Rebekah's arms wrapped tightly around her. Rebekah... Klaus's sister. ]

If you mean here, I'm a music teacher.

[unforgivably]

Fitting. [ No insult with that. He isn't made of insults. But most of his compassion has been drained out of him today courtesy of Katherine Pierce. ] Also, news hot off the presses, but not only are Katherine Pierce and I engaged, but we got hitched some time after high school when we dated. This town is trying my patience.

[coy]

What? [ Excuse her otherwise stunned silence.]

[unforgivably]

And here I thought the brother saddled with Katherine Pierce in this place would be Stefan. Got any married memories of your own? Maybe we do couple's dates.

[coy]

No. I'm... [ She's vaguely aware of Stefan being in like with her but otherwise, she's--] single. And I'm fine with it. [ The way she says it might sound like she's almost bewildered at the prospect.]

[unforgivably]

I'd much rather be single. [ A beat as his eyes go wide. ] You don't think you and I dated in high school...

[coy]

[There's a pause.] I wouldn't call what we did dating.

[unforgivably]

Not - [ This call has gone off the rails. ] Just, don't be surprised when things crop up about being here too. Like Steve, like being a music teacher.

[coy]

What's that supposed to mean? Have I forgotten that you always speak so cryptically or is that a new thing here?

[unforgivably]

I'm not trying to be. This is me coloring inside the lines. Anybody you see, you could remember. Maybe you date them, maybe you said hi to them or got coffee or walked their dog. Hell, you'll remember teaching them. [ And he meant that he knows you dated him in Mystic Falls high school, it wasn't a banner moment for him. He'd like to forget it. ]

[coy]

So memories are just going to crop up...

[unforgivably]

Yep. Memories of living here all our lives. Because we're all from here.

[coy]

Yeah, well, I've been going through that.

[unforgivably]

Us, too. Try not to be too taken with the town. Stefan and I were already brothers, but you gained one.