[Elena rakes her hands through her hair. If Caroline can fess up to something like this, then it's only fair that she do the same.]
I know what it feels like, Care. You remember when I was sick, how it just went away?
[She has to pick up her mug, drink a long sip off of it. She wishes there was more booze in it now.]
Rebekah found me while I was resting, because I couldn't make it home. She helped me, and I know it wasn't out of the goodness of her heart.
[She hadn't known why at the time, but she sure did now. And if Rebekah couldn't resist it, as an Original? It had taken literally everything inside her to walk away from Damon's hut the other day when she'd tried to prove a point.
But it isn't Caroline's month. Damon has no excuses, and she doesn't know what to do with that knowledge.
She nods unhappily. She gets it. She doesn't want to be alone here, but she understands.]
Yeah, okay. If you think that's what you should do...
You and Rebekah? [ Is everyone having sex with--- Caroline realizes that she can't be judgey, that she has no room for it. She's now slept with every guy from home here. This place makes you do crazy things.]
Are you okay? I mean... [ She reaches for the booze, downing the coffee first before she offers the bottle over to Elena first.]
I don't want to, Elena. [ Except she does, she wants to wallow in her shame for a while. That or pretend this never happened and do ten thousand projects. ] But I also really don't want to... you know... with you. [ Pause.] No offense. I love you but... [ Normally, they'd be laughing about this, she knows but right now, it feels like none of this is funny.]
I wasn't exactly in my right mind, either. If anyone offers you aloe, tell them no.
[Things she learned the hard way. She sighs.]
I'm as fine as I can be, all things considered. [She reaches out and takes the bottle, coffee drained and not nearly strong enough anyway. She takes a drink same from the bottle (hope that's okay bestie) and pulls a face at the taste.] It could have been worse.
[And she does feel a lot better, though it's only a matter of time before it happens again.]
No, I know. I don't...want that, either. [She's starting to wonder if anything like that is totally preventable, though.] We'll be fine. It's only for a couple of weeks.
Oh, I know. [ caroline may not have told elena about stefan but she definitely told her about klaus and how something about a certain flower had... well, pushed things along.] It could've been Klaus. [ which was worse than any of the other options, if caroline was being honest. sorry, klaus.]
It's just, like, this place makes us make every bad decision we could ever make. [ she tries to give her friend a smile but it's a bit broken.]
Of course, it's only a few weeks. I'll just take a pillow, the perks of being a vampire. [ or something.] We can still hang out... just... not as long and, well, I think sleeping in the same bed is pushing it.
[Elena just pulls a face, because no matter how much the rest of this is awful and serious, she just didn't want that thought in her head. At all. Gross.]
And we thought having a few too many drinks was bad.
[It's a poor joke, but it's also not a lie. Poor life decisions weren't exactly something the didn't already have a problem with, but this place took all that to a whole different level.
Her problem was that some people were making those consciously. And she was going to be giving one of them a piece of her mind.]
Yeah, I understand. But...take a blanket, too. You shouldn't have to be uncomfortable because of me.
[ Caroline laughs a bit at the poor joke, just because she was desperate to have some normalcy between she and Elena. She didn't want their friendship to be strained because of this place, it had been last time she was here, and Caroline was miserable, completely.]
It's not because of you. [ Caroline is quick to say, moving towards the bed to take one of the pillows and the blanket at the foot of the mattress.] Maybe next month we'll get another bed for this place. Then we don't have to worry about awkward... ness.
[This situation is anything but normal, but they're friends. Best friends. That's what matters, and they'll figure it out. They'll get through this mess, and anything she can do to make it easier? She'll do it.]
With how often gifts pop up, it's probably only a matter of time.
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I know what it feels like, Care. You remember when I was sick, how it just went away?
[She has to pick up her mug, drink a long sip off of it. She wishes there was more booze in it now.]
Rebekah found me while I was resting, because I couldn't make it home. She helped me, and I know it wasn't out of the goodness of her heart.
[She hadn't known why at the time, but she sure did now. And if Rebekah couldn't resist it, as an Original? It had taken literally everything inside her to walk away from Damon's hut the other day when she'd tried to prove a point.
But it isn't Caroline's month. Damon has no excuses, and she doesn't know what to do with that knowledge.
She nods unhappily. She gets it. She doesn't want to be alone here, but she understands.]
Yeah, okay. If you think that's what you should do...
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Are you okay? I mean... [ She reaches for the booze, downing the coffee first before she offers the bottle over to Elena first.]
I don't want to, Elena. [ Except she does, she wants to wallow in her shame for a while. That or pretend this never happened and do ten thousand projects. ] But I also really don't want to... you know... with you. [ Pause.] No offense. I love you but... [ Normally, they'd be laughing about this, she knows but right now, it feels like none of this is funny.]
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[Things she learned the hard way. She sighs.]
I'm as fine as I can be, all things considered. [She reaches out and takes the bottle, coffee drained and not nearly strong enough anyway. She takes a drink same from the bottle (hope that's okay bestie) and pulls a face at the taste.] It could have been worse.
[And she does feel a lot better, though it's only a matter of time before it happens again.]
No, I know. I don't...want that, either. [She's starting to wonder if anything like that is totally preventable, though.] We'll be fine. It's only for a couple of weeks.
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It's just, like, this place makes us make every bad decision we could ever make. [ she tries to give her friend a smile but it's a bit broken.]
Of course, it's only a few weeks. I'll just take a pillow, the perks of being a vampire. [ or something.] We can still hang out... just... not as long and, well, I think sleeping in the same bed is pushing it.
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And we thought having a few too many drinks was bad.
[It's a poor joke, but it's also not a lie. Poor life decisions weren't exactly something the didn't already have a problem with, but this place took all that to a whole different level.
Her problem was that some people were making those consciously. And she was going to be giving one of them a piece of her mind.]
Yeah, I understand. But...take a blanket, too. You shouldn't have to be uncomfortable because of me.
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It's not because of you. [ Caroline is quick to say, moving towards the bed to take one of the pillows and the blanket at the foot of the mattress.] Maybe next month we'll get another bed for this place. Then we don't have to worry about awkward... ness.
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With how often gifts pop up, it's probably only a matter of time.
[Attempt at optimism, go.]