This is a Caroline-centric fic. It does include some Klaroline (because they're my OTP and are so perfect for one another), but also some other of my favourite characters. You'll get to meet them later on (don't want to give anything away).
This story takes place after 5x11 (the promise and the klarokiss). Everything that has happened on TVD after that episode can be ignored. Also, in this world, Hayley and Klaus never had sex, so the hypbrid baby doesn't exist.
This is my first story, so bear with me guys. Also, English isn't my maternal language, so sorry for any mistakes.
I hope you like it.
btw, title is named after the song 'Almost is never enough' by Ariana Grande and Nathan Sykes.
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Prologue
"There's a time for silence and a time for waiting your turn. But our time of waiting is over. Today we graduate and we look to our future while we say goodbye to yesterday.
I remember a good friend of mine telling something very wise during my first year at Harvard. He told me about the beauty of mortality. We were all full of potential, trying to make the best of it. This was our one shot at becoming someone. It was now or never. It's scary if you put it like that. Today we're graduating and we get out of here. It's time for us to be someone. Our time has finally come. Our college days are over. We're heading out there, taking up new responsibilities and continue to build that life that we have always imagined ourselves having.
But you want to know what I have also learnt? Our future isn't etched in stone. Things can change. Life is a funny thing, you know. I always had this idea of how it was supposed to be. Go to high school, graduate, go to college and get my degree. And then, I would be out in the real world with a job and a career. I always thought that that was the way it's supposed to be. But I've learnt better. A lot has happened these past couple of years. I've met a lot of different people, all struggling with their own demons, trying to build a life for themselves. They've all taught me some lessons that could apply to real life.
My life has changed so much in these couple of years. I've seen things that I never thought were possible. I've loved and lost. But all in all, I've had a great time. But I don't know what I want anymore. It's strange, because I told this guy, some six years ago, that I had been in college. That I was building a life for myself. I'd told him I had plans, a future, and that none of those involved him. He'd walked away that day, telling me that I never again had to look him in the eye. Let's just say that that hadn't exactly worked out that way. None of my plans have turned out how I had expected them to. Life is funny that way.
Someone once let me in on a little secret. There was a whole world out there, waiting for me. Great cities and art and music, genuine beauty. And I could have it all. All I had to do was ask. I guess this is me asking. I've had a taste of the life I had always believed I wanted. But I found out that I wanted more."
