"Listen, darling, I'm going to let you in to one of my deepest secrets. I know what it feels like to be on the outside" Kol inched closer to a crying Caroline. "Elijah, Nik and Bekah have always had each other, the same way that the doppelganger bitch has everyone falling over themselves to help her. I know what it feels like to be abandoned by the people you love" He had found Caroline sobbing silently in a bar, just outside Mystic Falls, with an empty tray of drinks in front of her. Something inside him had propelled him to her, to check on her for Nik he reasoned but the minute he sat down she started rambling about how everyone only cared for Elena, tears gushing down her face.
Caroline was no longer crying. Instead, she looked at the Original who was sat next to her with a hurt in his own eyes as he attempted to comfort her. Those dark eyes looked downright murderous and she wondered what had happened to him. "Life sucks sometimes" She uttered her first words since he had found her.
"That's the understatement of the century, love" Kol dwelled in his own thoughts. Opening up to Caroline had been an involuntary reaction, one that had sent him back to when Davina died, and it hurt. The anguish still tore at him and he still had nightmares. His own brother and so called sister had sacrificed the only person he had loved in a long time and he hated them for it. "My own brother killed the woman I loved" Kol drank down his whiskey in one gulp.
Caroline motioned for more shots. "Well, I think we need more shots" Two more trays of tequila shots were planted in front of them and Caroline pushed a tray over to Kol. "It's not everyday that your best friend runs off with your other best friend. Again. And, the magical twins which everyone made you keep are now handed over to their dad and you're shut out of the picture. I mean I didn't even want them that badly at first but seeing them be ripped away from me hurt more than I thought. It reminded me I'll never have children" Caroline downed three shots in quick succession with a melancholic tone.
"My brother killed my girl. My brand new older sister, who I didn't even want, helped. Nik is too wrapped in his little therapist's death to care beyond a cursory 'I'm sorry' along with his magical daughter and Bekah just wants to play house" Kol was tired of being the lonely one out of his siblings. He had been close to Bekah, he had idolised Elijah and he had been protected by Klaus. But, they were always too busy with each other to care. "I died twice and my siblings barely even mourned me for God's sake" He threw back shot after shot until the tray was empty.
Caroline threw back the remainder of her shots. Her head was beginning to spin and she could feel the alcohol but still she ordered more shots. Well, she compelled more shots. "Try being Klaus bait every single time, or you know just bait in general" She threw back another shot and her lips were loosening further. "And, being tortured all the time and having to watch your best friend date the guy who couldn't possibly have abused you" Her voice rose in anger as she remembered the way Damon used her. And, the way Elena had pretended it had never happened. How she had dated Damon before taking Stefan from Caroline. "And, always being second best. And, the least important. Being expected to sacrifice your life again and again"
"Try living a thousand years with siblings who don't care for you, love, and who have their own bloody Always and Forever that doesn't include you. Being daggered whenever Nik had a temper tantrum, watching how Elijah always stood by him and yet condemned me for my bloody actions. I wasn't the one who wanted world domination. I didn't want to watch the world burn. And, Rebekah too. She has always sided with Niklaus and Elijah" He met Caroline's fierce blue eyes. He was seething. She was seething. He knew what it was like to be left out in the cold. "And, being a fucking vampire against your choice. I'm not denying it has its perks but I liked being a witch. I like magic. And, I've not been able to practise in a thousand years but somehow that's better than Nik's paranoia about being alone. He's never been alone. Rebekah and Elijah have always been there" The shots were finished yet again and he felt the alcohol course through his system. Anger was rising and he could feel the urge to kill. To bloody the streets and step over every single body in turn.
Caroline had never seen this side of Kol. Not the rage or anger, she was accustomed with that after her dealings with the Mikaelsons but rather how childlike he seemed in his anger. He was angry because his siblings didn't care enough. That was rather innocent of him. So, when a crazy, drink fuelled idea rushed through her brain she actually articulated it, out of pity and compassion. They needed a break. "Okay. We are not going to sit around and drink our sorrows away because that is not us. Okay. That's not me. So you're totally welcome to carry on sitting around complaining about how your siblings never loved you or you can come with me on a road trip" She stood up drunkenly and began to leave.
"A road trip? You think a road trip is going to cure a thousand years of issues?" Kol rolled his eyes in disbelief. This little blonde vampire thought a road trip would help him get over his issues. He staggered to his feet, well aware of the sheer amount he had drunk. Later, he would claim that was why he agreed to this damn thing in he first place but at this moment in time it seemed like a good idea. He could leave his siblings to their problems in bloody New Orleans.
Caroline grabbed Kol's arm and attempted to drag him with her. "It'll be a chance to be away from them. God knows I need to get away from my lying best friends and that fucking little town. That town has ruined my life" Caroline stumbled slightly. She had no idea why she had even suggested it but the more she thought about it the more the idea appealed to her. She could finally leave Mystic Falls.
"Let's go, darling" Kol could not believe the words that came out of his mouth. He had agreed to a road trip with Caroline Forbes. The prissy, blonde vampire that his brother pined over and then suddenly moved on from with the therapist replica. But, she looked at him with a wild excitement in her eyes and he felt an odd sense of his own excitement. He wanted to go on this road trip. He wanted to be free. "Where do you want to go first, Sweet Caroline?" His voice was slurred but his mind was set. "Just one thing first" He pulled his phone straight out of his pocket, with its millions of missed calls and messages from his siblings, and tossed it in the nearby trash. Caroline looked mildly aghast and slipped the sim out of her phone before letting him do the same.
A/N This idea has been stuck in my head for the past few days so I hope you like it!