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Karina's outfit is above!
chapter three.
"You're all coming to the carnival tonight right?" Karina asked her family as they cleaned up the table.
Andrew looked up from his laptop and smiled at her, "Of course honey. William is excited about it and said that Jeremy even promised to play some games with him."
Karina smiled at that, "Good. I really want you to come, it'll be nice having you and mom not working for a day."
Aurora kissed the side of Karina's head softly, "I know our schedules suck but don't worry, we'll work on it."
Aurora was a doctor in this life, much Karina's last which meant she often had to go in at odd times. Andrew was a realtor in this life, and he was a really good one, but sometimes he had to travel to show off houses. Still, despite their hectic work schedule, the two parents always made time for William and Karina.
"Speaking of Will, where is he?" Karina asked softly as she noticed he had run off while they cleared the table.
"He went to get his sketchbook for school, he has an art project to do." Andrew told her while he looked back at his computer.
"How has things with Elena been?" Aurora asked and Karina shrugged. "No more vampire drama?"
Karina shot her mother a look, "You know that's not possible." Aurora smiled softly at her, and Karina continued, "Apparently as you know, Mayor Lockwood went down but we know he's a werewolf, the others do not and I don't really feel like telling them, I think it'll be fun for them to find out themselves."
"Rin, you know their bite kills right?" Andrew asked her with a chuckle.
"Maybe a bite will teach them a lesson." Karina joked making Aurora nudge her with a laugh. "Katherine has showed herself and tried to scare me by mentioning Will so I showed her just who I was, and I think with her arrival, more drama will come."
Now, it was no secret that Aurora and Andrew knew about vampires, in fact they knew more than anyone would probably give them credit for. Due to Aurora being a Clark, that meant she knew things and in turn since meeting and being with Andrew, he also knew things and in time they would talk to William about it all as they didn't want to keep him in the dark about these things.
Aurora and Andrew were very active in the council, more than ever since Damon had infiltrated it and they didn't trust him. They stayed in the shadows of the council, stepping in when needed as their influence was as strong as the Lockwood family.
Karina kept her parents in the loop, it was all they asked of her when they learned that Stefan and Damon Salvatore were back in town and followed by this mess. They knew that Karina cared deeply about Elena, Bonnie, Jeremy, and Tyler which meant she would want to help if she could and they knew that they couldn't force her nor would they want to, so they asked to be kept in the loop.
That promise has been kept so far with the notion that should it reveal itself to be getting out of hand and hectic, they would make Karina step back for her own safety, to which Karina agreed.
"Alright, I'm off to school." Karina said when she spotted William coming down the stairs with his backpack. "I love you guys, see you later."
With a kiss on the cheek and a hug, Karina and William left for the day.
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Karina walked over to Jeremy and wrapped her arms around him, surprising the boy before he hugged her back.