Caroline took one look at Matt’s face and the bubbly greeting she had prepared died on her lips. Which really said a lot considering the one thing she was always good at doing was talking. Even if she didn’t have anything in particular to say or know precisely what she was saying, Caroline could always talk. But his expression had the knot in her stomach tightening even further and she wondered if he knew. Had he found out about Elena and her suicide attempt? Because that was the only thing Caroline could think of that would cause him to be looking the way he was, unless something had happened to Vicki or to him, or god forbid Elena over the last day.
“Hey.” She shrugged her shoulders, letting them sag back down as she half-heartedly showed off her goodies. “Are you busy?” Do you know? She had no idea how to broach the subject. If he didn’t know then should she even be the one to say anything?
She knew how much Matt cared for Elena and they were all friends. It was obvious the girl was still struggling and with Anakin suddenly being gone again Caroline had a feeling she was even more of a mess than she was letting on. Which made the rest of Caroline’s own internal struggles seem even worse, but she’d deal with those things later.