*I'm skipping the episode 'Family Ties'. It's the Founders Ball. Claire didn't go because she's still on the outs with Caroline and her mother didn't want her to go, the two of them argued and she ended up staying home. I couldn't really find a good place to put her in so I just decided to skip it. This chapter will start be a little bit before the 'Sexy Suds Car Wash Fundraiser' and continue on throughout 'You're Undead to Me'*

Claire glances up from her spot on her bed towards her door. It was open and Caroline stood in the threshold,her hand lowering after giving a few knocks. Claire looks at her for a moment before looking back to her homework not really paying attention to it anymore but not wanting to talk to Caroline.

It's been about a week since her last appointment, the one Caroline hadn't gone too. Since then, the two of them hadn't said a word to the each other. Caroline stayed with Damon and Claire stayed to herself. Claire missed her sister but Caroline had made it clear she wanted to be with Damon and that Claire couldn't do anything about it.

"Can we talk?" Caroline asked hesitantly. Claire didn't move for a moment. She wanted to say no but at the same time she knew they needed too. The fact that Caroline was coming to her said something, maybe her thing with Damon was finally over.

"Sure" Claire muttered moving her homework to the side. Caroline smiled slightly and sat on her bed. "Damon and I are over."

"Really? Why?" Claire asked.

"He wasn't treating me right. To be honest, I don't even remember most of our time together. I do remember that he was controlling and that I hurt you and that's not ok." Caroline said. Claire smiled slightly. "I should have gone to your appointment and I should have never snapped at you. I've been a shitty sister and it's mainly Damon's fault but not completely."

"I'm just glad you're not with him anymore" Claire muttered pulling her sister into a hug. Caroline smiled and hugged her back.

"I'm so sorry" Caroline whispered.

"It's fine, Care-bear... We're fine" She reassured. The twins smiled and squeezed each other before pulling away from each other. "Who's that?" Claire asked hearing someone knocking on the front door.

"I invited Bonnie over" Caroline said going to answer the door. Claire smiled and followed her as well.

"Hey" Bonnie said coming in. She then noticed something different. "Are you two good now?" She asked. They nodded and Bonnie grinned. "Thank God" Bonnie muttered looking relieved. Everyone loves the Forbes twins but they can be insufferable when they're cross with each other.

"I remember the party" Caroline told them as the three of them sat around Caroline's room. "Damon came up behind me, and he was kissing my neck, or biting my neck. I passed out. It's like there's holes in my memory lately. It's just weird. Maybe I let him bite me." Caroline shrugged.

"Why would you do that?" Bonnie asked frowning her eyebrows fiddling with a candle stick in her hand.

"Damon's controlling, you should have seen them together. It was like he wouldn't let her have a mind of her own." Claire piped up.

"Can we just not talk about it, ok?" Caroline snapped not wanting to think about Damon. "Don't want to talk about Damon. I don't want to talk about any of it. Just want to go back to normal." Bonnie and Claire smile at her understandingly. "What are you doing with that candle?"

"Uh.. nothing" Bonnie muttered hesitantly setting it down. Claire raises an eyebrow at Bonnie but Bonnie doesn't notice the questioning look. "What's this?" She asked picking up a necklace.

"Damon gave it to me. Or he was going to give it to me. All I know is, it's mine now." Caroline said walking over to Bonnie.

"It's ugly" Bonnie noted.

"Well, get your grubby hands off it" Caroline stated taking the necklace from her. Caroline looks at the crystal before hanging it up and walking away from it.

"Well, it's time for school... Yay" Claire muttered sarcastically. She then looked at her growing stomach and towards a standing Caroline. She smiled innocently and held out her hands. Caroline grinned and helped her sister off the bed. Claire probably could have stood up on her own but she knew in the next few weeks that luxury would most likely fly out the window.

Her stomach was getting huge. The stretch marks were starting to form, much to her distaste. She knew she was nowhere near done growing and she dreaded it. She didn't want her stomach to keep growing but she knew if it stopped then there was something wrong. So on one hand she was happy and on the other she missed her slim figure.

"Never have twins" Claire advised her sister. Caroline simply laughed and the three of them went to the car to go to school. Once they arrived Caroline left to find her co-captains to spread the word for the fundraiser they were holding tomorrow.

"Unbelievable" Elena muttered watching Caroline walk around completely normal. Claire was happy to see her back to her old self but worried that she was pushing down her feelings and not processing what happened with Damon properly. "It's like nothing happened.

"She's in denial" Bonnie told her.

"Hey" Stefan said coming up to them.

"Hey. You know, I gotta go... Be somewhere right now" Bonnie muttered awkwardly. She grabbed Claire and scurried off.

"You still don't like him?" Claire asked and Bonnie shrugged. "Why not? He seems decent enough." She wondered.

"I just get this bad feeling around him. It's hard to explain" Bonnie told her. Claire shrugged dropping it. "Are you going to the fundraiser tomorrow?"

"I might, who knows?" Claire said shrugging. "It's not like I have a bikini body anymore" Claire jabbed at herself, rubbing her stomach.

"Still sexier than most that come to this school." Bonnie playfully flirted.

"A woman after my own heart" Claire played along holding her hand over her heart. Bonnie laughed with Claire. "I might make an appearance, see how Caroline is doing." Claire said smiling but Bonnie could hear the worry in her voice.

"She's going to be alright, you know that. I mean, she's Caroline" Bonnie said not wanting to think of a situation Caroline wouldn't be able to over come.

"I know, I just hope she's processing what happened with Damon. I don't want her to just forget and move on. If that makes sense." Claire rambled.

"She's going to be fine, Baby. She's got you. You're just as much her rock as she is yours" Bonnie told her. Claire smiled and hugged Bonnie from the side. 

The next day, Claire did end up coming to the fundraiser. She spotted Caroline instantly. She was barking orders and running the show, just like normal. The more she saw Caroline acting normally the more she believed it but she knew Caroline. She knew she was distracting herself because she didn't even understand what happened with Damon. It was a strange and confusing situation for everyone. Though, Claire is grateful she's trying to keep her life moving instead of putting it on hold.

Claire was about to walk up to her sister when she wondered off, disappearing from sight. Claire sighed slightly disappointed. She looked around and saw Elena talking to some old man and decided to go over to Bonnie.

"You look like you're having the time of your life" Claire noted. Bonnie jumped slightly startled. "Sorry, Bonbon." Claire said smiling at her sheepishly.

"It's fine, I was just.. thinking" Bonnie muttered. Claire frowned her eyebrows.

"Are you alright?" Claire asked softly.

"Who? Me?" Claire nodded looking at her obviously. "I'm fine" Bonnie said smiling but Claire could see right through it but she let it go.

"I came here to see Caroline and she's run off" Claire said finding herself becoming impatient. She may have only been standing around for a few minutes but her feet were starting to hurt.

"How is she? Was she alright last night?" Bonnie asked concerned. It wasn't like Caroline to leave something like this abruptly and just not come back without a word.

"She seems fine. She was barking orders over the phone for a while. I tried getting her to talk to me about what happened but she's set on just ignoring it and moving on." Claire told her. 

"Maybe it's for the best" Bonnie said shrugging.

"Maybe" Claire muttered before her eyes landed on her mother. "I'm gonna get going" Claire grumbled. Bonnie followed her gaze and saw Liz. She sent Claire a sympathetic smile but Claire just walked away going home.

Caroline didn't return home for a couple of hours and when she did she grabbed Claire and dragged her to her room. Claire looked at her sister as she paced in front of her.

"Caroline, what's wrong?"

"I'm losing my mind" Caroline panicked. "I've been hearing Damon's voice and I've been seeing things." She whimpered. Claire quickly pulls her into a tight hug. "I followed the voices and they lead me to his house. He was in like a cellar" She explained.

"What happened?" Claire asked pulling away from Caroline.

"He's... I don't even know" Caroline pouted feeling very scared about what she had seen. "I think.. I think he killed his uncle... I think he tried to kill me" She whispered.

"What?" Claire growled protectively. "We have to tell mom"

"No!" Caroline shouted. "Please, no" She begged quietly. Claire went to protest but Caroline cut her off. "He's dangerous, Claire. He's not normal. I don't want to get involved anymore. I just want to leave it alone and I want you to stay out of it... Please promise me" She whispered.

"I promise" Claire muttered back with much reluctance. Caroline relaxed and pulled her sister into a hug.

"I just want everything to go back to normal" Caroline whispered.

"Me too" Claire whispered in return rubbing her back soothingly. "It's gonna be alright, Care-bear... We'll get through this... BTBFF" She whispered. Caroling smiled.

"BTBFF" She said in return. The two of the broke apart and linked their pinkies together and pressed their foreheads together. They stayed like that for a moment before pulling away.

"Wanna have a twin night?" Claire suggested.

"Nothing would make me happier" Caroline said. Claire smirked. "You get movies, I'll get popcorn." Claire nodded doing as told.

They were about halfway through The Ugly Truth when their mother came home. The twins ignored her and continued to laugh at the movie and talk gossip. however, their mother still interrupted them.

"I didn't see you at the car wash." She said looking at Caroline.

"Big as a whale, kinda hard to miss" Claire grumbled. Li glanced at her but didn't say anything. Caroline glared slightly.

"Left early" She practically spat.

"Honey, are you ok?" Liz asked moving closer to Caroline. "Anything you wanna talk about? Is it a boy thing? You are using protection right?"

Claire could literally feel her heart breaking. Her mother was standing right in front of her and wouldn't say a word. She expressed her concern for Caroline yet didn't seem to care about her in the slightest. Then she throws that little jab and Claire found it hard to hold back the tears.

"Mom, if I want to talk about boys, I'll call dad. At least he's successfully dating one" Caroline snipped her glare hardening as she sensed her twins discomfort and pain. Liz nodded slightly before leaving them alone. "Come here" Caroline whispered pulling Claire to her chest. Claire cuddled into Caroline, crying into her shirt.

"Why does she hate me?" Claire whimpered. Caroline sighed and hugged her tightly.

"I don't know" Caroline whispered. "But I don't... I'm here for you" She whispered. "Everything is going to be alright, we're going to be fine."

"I think I'm going to go lay down" Claire muttered.

"Baby, are you sure?" Caroline asked her eyes softening even more as she looked at her sisters tear stained face.

"I'm sorry for ruining twin night" Claire whispered.

"You didn't, our bitch of a mother did" Caroline stated strongly. Claire smiled slightly. "I'll see you in the morning?" Caroline asked and Claire nodded smiling at her.

"Good night" She muttered going to her room. She went to take out her diary. She held it in her hands before setting it back down. She had no words to say, all she wanted to do was curl in a ball and try to fall asleep. So, she did but not even her dreams gave her a peace of mind.