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Caroline Forbes, a young woman with a Southern background runs away from her life in Mystic Falls and reinvents herself as a New York socialite. Until everything changes and she must return home.

Sweet Home Mystic Falls

Chapter 1: Caroline Lockwood

Caroline found herself asleep at her desk, for the third time that week. She shook her head and ran her hands through her long blonde hair. She gathered her papers and stood up joining her coworkers.

"You know that accent of yours is a whole lot thicker when your dreaming" One of the guys pinning an outfit to a mannequin smiled as Caroline joined them.

"Alright, how come y'all let me sleep?" Caroline asked.

"Relax it was like five minutes" another co-worker responded.

"What did I say?" Caroline looked around worriedly.

"That we're all getting big fat raises when you become somebody"

Caroline smiled as she left work drinking her coffee; it had been a long night. She had spent the last few months preparing for her first New York fashion show. Finally she wasn't under some other designer and this show could make or break her career as a fashion designer. It was nerve racking, but she was finally felt ready for the show. After all the long nights in the studio preparing the show was approaching fast. Caroline walked her way through New York to her lovely apartment. As she turned her key and walked inside, as she carefully closed the door she noticed rose pedals covering the floor in her apartment, she wrinkled her face as she continued to walk down the short hallway into her living room. There were many bouquets of different colour roses throughout.

"Klaus" she smiled as she pushed the button on her answering machine.

"Hi Care Bear. Good morning, there is a rose for every moment I thought about you last night. Gosh you must be exhausted, knock 'em dead today. Anyways I see you at the show, it going to be great. I love you, I can't wait to see you. Good bye" He voice rang through her apartment as her smiled grew. How did she get this lucky, a small town girl from Virginia? She was so close to making it in the Big Apple of New York and she still couldn't believe it.

Later that day Caroline stood in a large dressing room behind the stage preparing the models for the show that was about the start. As she walked by her name on the clothing bags, she couldn't help but smile. Caroline Lockwood it read the name she had chosen to go by when she first moved to New York. In Mystic Falls the Lockwood last name had been like royalty, they owned most of the town and everyone knew them. Well in a small town everyone knows everyone. But no one had known her in New York so she went for a fresh start, and changed her name.

"This colour is all wrong, it's all wrong" One of her assistants came running up anxiously to her with a model.

"Don't panic, that's my job." Caroline smiled as she looked intently at the model, the burgundy colour looked off, and she bit her lip lightly as she decided. "Put her on third, under the yellow light. She will look eggplant instead of this blahness" Caroline smiled before walking away, as she turned away she quickly turned back. "Wait! The reason it is all wrong is because it is on backwards!" Caroline yelled.

Caroline grinned as she was running her very own show.

"Caroline Lockwood!" a voice called out from behind her.

"Enzo, what are you doing here?" She asked. Enzo had been the man to give her chance so many years ago, and now here he was, taking in all her accomplishments.

"Please I wouldn't miss my protégé first big show!" He smiled.

"But aren't I the competition?" Caroline asked.

"Please, you know that this is all about me" Enzo laugh. "Look at this, Stella McCartney is going to kill herself for this"

"Why do I feel like I'm in the middle of Times Square, butt-naked." Caroline sighed.

"Baby doll, you are going to do just fine. Seven years ago you were just this little debutant off the plantation, and now you're my steel magnolia! With her very own show" Enzo grabbed her hands and persuaded Caroline.

"Okay, get out of here before you make me cry" Caroline smiled. Enzo nodded before giving her a quick hug and heading out of the backstage dressing room.

The show was just about the start and Caroline was so nervous. She was a very organized person everything needed to be prefect. She watched from the curtains patiently hoping everything would go as planned. She was so overwhelmed with the outcome of this show she didn't even see her boyfriend Klaus Mikaelson enter the room. When she heard his voice over the small tv behind stage and she instantly lite up. She turned her attention towards it.

Klaus was a New York legend. His mother was the mayor, and he spent most of his time completing tasks for her. He was the sweetest man, Caroline had ever met.

"Please tell me he has some sort of flaw?" One of her assistants muttered.

"He asked me to go to Ireland for the holidays" Caroline smiled. "Oh shit, okay let's get back to work" Caroline said as she noticed the time.

The show had been amazing, Caroline stood on stage after it had finished taking pictures with her designs and receiving so much praise for a job well done. When she saw Klaus she instantly ran over to him, jumping into his arms. She felt the warmth of his hug and gave him a quick peck on the lips.

"Congratulations" Klaus smiled as he gently lifted her up for a second.

"Those flowers were beautiful" Caroline grinned.

"I just want this day to be prefect" Klaus responded.

"What if the hate me?" Caroline asked

"They're critics Care, they hate themselves" Klaus smirked.

"That's easy for you to say, I wasn't born with that thick Mikaelson skin" Caroline joked.

"No you weren't and that's, that's why I love you" Klaus leaned forward and gave her a deep, lovely kiss. "Honey, I've got that meeting in the Bronx, go and enjoy. Oh and we've got the gala thing tonight with my mother and siblings" Klaus smiled before giving her one last hug.

"Right the thing with your mother… that's tonight… Okay" Caroline sighed. Both of them had been so busy lately that she was hoping for a night with just the two of them.

"I am so proud of you" Klaus grabbed her hands and smiled.

"I love you" Caroline replied.

"I love you too, I will see you later, Care bear" Klaus smiled before turning to leave.

Caroline had been dating Klaus for almost eight months now and everything had been going so well. Other than the fact that his mother was a vindictive bitch along with his sister, and didn't approve of Caroline dating there Niklaus, it had been an amazing relationship. When she met him a little over a year ago, she fell head over heels in love with him and for the first time in the six years since she had left Mystic Falls she was happy. She took a while to warm up to the idea of dating the most eligible New York Bachelor, but eventually she went out of a spectacular evening and the rest has been wonderful.

Caroline worn a simple black dressed, with a sweetheart neck line with a pair of her bright pink Louis Vuitton heels. Her hair was pulled into a half updo with her curls resting along her neck. Klaus had sent his driver to pick her up, mention something about taking her to him as he was running late.

Caroline walked into a strange building and followed the driver to where Klaus was standing. He worn a black suit with a white shirt and black tie. He looked ever-so handsome, this was the reason she went out with him in the first place. He could wear a suit unlike any guy she had ever seen and lucky for her he was almost always in a suit.

"So have you made a decision?" Klaus asked.

"About?" Caroline asked.

"Ireland"

"That's like 4 months away, silly" Caroline muttered.

"I was think 300-400 guest" Klaus continued as he led her into a darkly lit room.

"For Christmas? Niklaus are you on some sort of medication? Where are we?" Caroline asked. As she spoked the light turned on, and in front of her was an entire Tiffany's store. All different rings were everywhere, she was so confused all she could say was "Oh my good"

"Caroline Lockwood, will you marry me?" Klaus asked as he got down on one knee.

"Are you sure? We can always go back to the car and pretend this didn't happen. I mean like it's only been eight months" Caroline began to ramble. Klaus stood up and looked deeply at Caroline

"Listen, Caroline, Honey. You know I don't do anything rash. I wouldn't ask you a question that I didn't already know the answer to. So I'm risking getting rejected for a second time. Will you marry me?"

"Yes, Yes, Yes" Caroline smiled and Klaus wrapped his arms around her hip and twirled her around the room, before she looked down and kissed him.

"Pick one" Klaus said as he put her down on the ground before she began looking around the rather large tiffany's store. It took her a while but she found the ring that she had always wanted and Klaus slipped it on her finger.

For the first time in a long time, Caroline felt she belonged. With Klaus and in New York, there was just one problem that she would need to fix before she could happily marry with this handsome, loving man.

A/N: So I based it off of the Movie Sweet Home Alabama with Reese witherspoon who I basically adore. So if you've seen the movie then you know what the plot twist is that is coming up. But anyways let me know what you think! Review and follow please!