Well I love the Klaus and Caroline dynamic and I am honestly still hoping that in either The Originals or in some future show we get to see them together and what that would look like, but until then, here's what them human and in high school looks like in my head. I'm mostly writing this for myself but if you like it please review and let me know.
"Oh god, don't put those there!" Caroline said rushing to a freshman who was hanging decorations. This had to be perfect. Absolutely perfect. If Caroline was in charge of it, then it had to be the best prom any of these people could imagine. Caroline felt this heavy layer of pressure with every banner and streamer hung. After all, she was the only daughter to the town's only sheriff and she was dating, Tyler, the son of the town's mayor. What was Caroline if she wasn't the perfect image everyone created for her to be?
The last decorations had been hung and the food just had to be set up. Caroline ran home to begin getting ready for her junior prom. The school had taken a vote and the winning theme was the 20's. The dress she had chosen was yellow. Caroline didn't typically like yellow but there was something about this dress that just screamed at her.
"Caroline! Tyler is here!" She heard her mother yell from down the stairs. The timing was kind of perfect because she had just finished her hair. Tyler looked handsome as ever. His tie was yellow to match her dress. Caroline personally would have preferred him to not wear a hat with his tux but she was trying to learn that she couldn't control everyone, and especially not their fashion choices.
"You look beautiful," Tyler said smiling as Caroline came down the stairs. Her smile was a little forced simply because the stress of the evening was at the forefront of her mind. Perfect, it would be perfect. Well, that's what she kept telling herself.
"Thanks Tyler, you have no idea how nerv-," she started to say but was cut off by her mom snapping a billion photos as they stood in each other's arms at the bottom of the stairs.
The drive to the school was relatively quiet. Tyler was telling her all about some town meeting he got to sit in on this afternoon. Tyler loved any time his father was willing to spend with him even if it was work time. "Do you think tonight will go as planned?" Caroline asked. Just overthinking the whole thing. The prom could suck, and everyone could hate it. She could lose the election for prom queen. Tyler would win prom king obviously, and maybe Rebekah would win prom queen, and well they would fall in love and have babies and live happily ever after with a white picket-
"Caroline. You're overthinking this whole thing. We are here to have fun. I'll spike the punch. We'll dance and everything else doesn't matter. If it sucks, it sucks. We will still have a good night," Tyler tried to sooth her as they pulled up.
"You're right," Caroline nodded. Only she didn't fully agree with him, it needed to be a 100% success.
They danced, drank spiked punch, listened to that roaring 20s type of music, and then it was the moment of truth. The night had gone on without a hitch, but they were just about to announce prom king and queen.
"And the prom king and queen of Mystic Falls high school are Tyler Lockwood and Caroline Forbes!" Matt announced. Finally, Caroline could breath. It was indeed the perfect night.
Caroline and Tyler received their crowns and shared a dance as the winners. But over in the corner Rebekah Mikaelson was fuming. How could Caroline win over her? Why did Tyler like her so much? Why did everyone like her so much? What was so special about the little blond people pleaser?
Rebekah had come without a date and well needless to say the night wasn't going according to her plan so she wasn't going to let Caroline have the night of her dreams either. "I think it's so amazing of you to forgive Tyler for sleeping with me last summer. I mean, you never treated him or I any differently after our little indiscretion. It's so big of you Caroline," Rebekah had walked over to Tyler and Caroline to say.
"Oh go fuck yourself Rebekah," Caroline retorted not believing a word of it, but then she caught the look in Tyler's eyes.
"Oh no, it happened. Ask any of Tyler's football buddies. At the end of the summer party. We were both totally wasted. It meant nothing." Rebekah continued very much enjoying the look of pain that crossed Caroline's features. It's funny how Rebekah's accent just mad everything she said so much worse.
"How could you?" Caroline whispered to a silent Tyler who was grasping to find any words that would fix the situation. He just couldn't find them.
Caroline ran out of the gymnasium. Bawling. Ruining her makeup. Ruining her night. Just everything was now ruined altogether. She sat with her knees to her chest in the dark school hallway just defeated.
"Being prom queen not all it's cracked up to be love?" Caroline heard some guy with a British accent say in a teasing but soft tone. Klaus. It was Klaus Mikaelson.
