(A/N: with my co-author away on until Friday I won't be releasing any more Wolf's Bane until then - so sorry - but to hopefully smooth things over and keep you going strong I do have a little beachy goodiness for you ;-) Hope you enjoy and as always I enjoy those reviews.)

If you can't Beat them; Join Them

By: Lab7417

Rating: M for sexual content

Caroline's POV

"Okay so I know it's usually just the four of us for our annual beach weekend…" Elena led off as Bonnie and I sat at The Grille with her, "but I thought maybe we could invite Stefan and Damon along this time. I mean they are part of our group now…"

"I thought we were using this weekend to get away from all the drama," Bonnie sighed. "It's supposed to be us plus Matt."

"About that…Matt says he's not coming…" Elena said.

"So it's just going to be you and the Salvatores with Bonnie and I as the spares…" I sighed.

"Bring someone," Elena encouraged and that was the moment when the idea struck me.

"Okay you can bring the Salvatores if I can bring Klaus and Rebekah," I smiled.

"Klaus and Rebekah? Caroline are you crazy? Klaus tried to kill half of us! Don't you think that might be a little awkward?" Elena scoffed.

"I'm thinking everyone's been doing well with the whole truce thing and this might help things along. Besides that's the deal. If you want to bring the Salvatores then I'm allowed to invite Klaus and Rebekah and you can't say anything negative about their coming the whole time."

"Fine" Elena sighed after a long stare-off between us.

So that was how it had started and now I was in a car headed for the airport with Rebekah, Klaus and Elijah because Bonnie and I had come up with a plan after Elena had spent a week worrying over how things were going to play out with both brothers at the beach. We decided we were going to throw another player into the ring and see how things played out.

Elijah had no idea about our plan but had decided to go along because I invited him and we were including his family. Then one of the originals had decided that the best place to spend a beach vacation was at their beach house on a private resort island in the Caribbean. Rebekah and I were in the back seat admiring each other's new pedicures. Elijah and Klaus were trying to ignore us when Klaus' phone rang.

"Kol…relax little brother…we're on our way to the island actually," Klaus said.

"Wait? I'm here worried about Rebekah's ransacked bedroom and you're on your way to the beach!" Kol exclaimed through the phone.

"Yes, Caroline invited us for the week actually and then we decided we had a better venue," Klaus grinned.

"You're going to the beach with Caroline? Did she finally give in?" Kol asked.

"No!" I felt obligated to yell through the phone.

"Not yet," Klaus amended with a grin.

"So what am I supposed to do while you're all at the beach?" Kol pouted.

"Come join us!" I called as another wicked thought came into my head - the more the merrier right?

"Are you sure?" he asked and I could already hear the ignition on his car turning over.

"We're almost at the plane." I smiled.

"And thanks for the invite blondie!" Kol called through the phone knowing I would hear it and then Klaus hung up.

"Thank you," Elijah said very quietly a moment later and I smiled. Soon we arrived at the airport and pulled up to a Gulfstream 450 that was sitting on the tarmac.

Elena, Bonnie, Damon and Stefan were already there thanks to the directions.

"A private jet?" Elena marveled with excitement.

"Wait a minute what the hell are they doing here?" Damon glared as we all began to get out of our car.

"That will officially be the last comment anyone makes about anyone being invited or not invited or just anything!" I said. "we're all here to have a good time and anyone that's not willing to have a good time – there's the road!" I gestured largely towards the highway for emphasis.

"Besides it's my family's plane…oh and my family's part of a tropical island," Kol grinned at Damon.

"Oh only part of an island," Damon said under his breath and Kol glared at him but Bonnie stepped into his view as Damon passed by.

"Hello Bonnie," Kol smiled genuinely.

"Kol," Bonnie smiled politely. "I'm bringing all my witchy powers so don't try anything." He crossed his heart.

Soon everyone started unloading the cars and loading up the plane. It was an awkward flight with Klaus and Elijah talking business while Kol tried to annoy Bonnie. Stefan and Damon continued to tell Elena they weren't sure this was a good idea until finally Stefan and Rebekah started up a conversation.

As we approached the island Elijah pointed it out. There was a large house at one end and then lush forest across the middle of the island. At the other end was another sizable building and a few smaller ones. Both ends had airstrips and one end had docks and several large yachts off the coast.

"Where are we?" I asked. "When you said you had a beach house…"

"Elijah bought the island a while ago and the resort at the other end pays for the maintenance on the house. We have full use of the amenities of course but the house is all ours," Klaus explained.

"Woah how much blood did you bring?" Klaus marveled as he started unloading a second large cooler of blood bags from the plane.

"Enough that there will be consequences for any live feeding," Bonnie said with a very serious expression. She looked especially to Damon and Klaus. Klaus stared her down before Caroline joined in and he raised his hands in defeat.

"Okay who's sleeping with whom?" Klaus grinned at me. I know I must have turned ten shades of red.

"There are eight bedrooms," Elijah said. "I'm sure we can figure this out."

"You can stay with me if you'd like?" Rebekah asked.

"Fantastic," I smiled and she took off to get her suite ready for us.

"I'll bunk with Elena," Bonnie said.

"There's only one person I'd consider sleeping with," Klaus grinned before he walked off towards his suite.

"How 'bout it baby bro?" Damon asked. "At least until I get a better offer." Stefan shrugged. The guest room for Elena and Bonnie was coincidentally between Kol's suite and his own. We all met back in the kitchen where Bonnie, Elena and I found some cereal for a late night snack.

"Now let's all go back over the rules – no fighting, no complaining about who was or wasn't invited and no fresh feeding," I said firmly. Kol rolled his eyes.

"Kol," Elijah said firmly. "Do you understand?"

"Crystal," Kol smiled.

"Great I know we're going to have an awesome time," I said though quite a few of the others looked skeptical.