AN:
Backstory on this idea lol
Hey so this is a story my cousins and I made up awhile ago! You know when your younger you tend to make up random games and pretend to be characters? Well we were bored and one of us said to pick a random character to play as and an imaginary friend/boyfriend so we did. I chose Caroline, my cousin Calyn chose Gypsy (eventually moving to Kara Danvers but thats not till later) my cousin Julia chose Grace, a character she made up who is played by Phoebe Tonkin and my brother Aidan chose Barry Allen. I chose Klaus as a boyfriend, Calyn chose Cisco (and Mon el later), Julia chose [young] Leonardo DiCaprio and Aidan chose no one (he's a 12 year old boy he doesn't care lol) Yeah so then we made up this whole thing where we go in the backyard and get stranded on an 'island'. Then I was like "hey guys why not we make this a multi fandom story?"
And here it is. They all have their super natural abilities, so like vamp hybrid DC stuff.
Heres some character info:
Julia: Grace Walker
Love interest: [young] Leonardo DiCaprio
Powers: vampire and hybrid (descendant not original; will be explained)
Ella: Caroline Forbes
Love interest: Klaus Mikaelson
Powers: Vampire and original hybrid
Calyn: Gypsy and Kara Danvers
Love interest: Cisco and Mon el
Powers: vibe/supergirl and Mon el powers (lol idk I never watched the show ! )
Aidan: Barry Allen
Powers: Flash
Basics you need to know before the story starts: These people are neighbors that live in the same apartment building a few doors apart, like the show friends. Leo and Grace live next to each other, Klaus and Caroline live next to each other a few doors down from Grace and Leo. Barry lives downstairs. They're planning a trip to Aruba for a friends trip.
Klaus's history in this is a little less horrific, he wasn't as deadly as he is in the show. I characterized him different, he's more insecure now. The reason will be explained but lets just say someone close to him died.
Yup lengthy authors note but its worth it
At Grace's apartment
Grace was inside her apartment sitting at the glass table overlooking the busy New York City beneath her. She had her laptop sitting on the glass table in front of her and her phone resting parallel to it. It started to ring and she reached over to grab it.
"Hey Caroline," Grace greeted into the phone. "Whats up?"
"I was just calling about the trip," Her voice was high and peppy. Classic Caroline.
"I was just planning it out now, just as you called, which is not creepy... Wanna come over? It's harder talking on the phone and you live a few doors down. If you're not busy, that is."
"Yeah you're right, I'll be there in a few."
"Kay see you."
A few minutes later
Caroline pushed open the door to Grace's apartment.
"Hello there," She smiled as she entered, her wedged heels clicking against the floor.
"Hey there!" Grace turned back to her laptop as Caroline came up next to her, placing her jacket on the back of a chair. "Okay so I was doing some research on things to do in Aruba, and I found a lot of cool things."
"Really?" Caroline sat down next to her. "Like what?"
"Well I logged onto trip advisor earlier because I was confused on what we were actually going to do besides relax and swim at the house, so I found some things we could actually do."
"Let's see then."
"There's all of these ATV/UTV off-road tour things on the beach that brings you around Aruba… You ride the cars and it's like a grand tour."
"That's cool," Caroline said looking through the pictures. "One summer my friends and I went to the Outer Banks in North Carolina for a week and we rode a pickup truck down the beach, this reminds me of that."
"That sounds fun, I did something like that down in Florida when I was visiting my grandparents."
"Where?"
"Miami beach. We road these these mini car things down the shore and kept sliding because the waves were always under the tires," Grace explained. "We should do something like this there because it's getting amazing reviews, plus with out group we can make an adventure out of it."
Caroline looked at the reviews on one of the tours Grace was looking at. "Yeah, we just need to check with the others," She grabbed her bag from the back of her chair and pulled out a notebook and a bunch of colored pens, like a lot.
"What the hell are you doing?" Grace said confused.
"Writing down the top ten things could possibly do there."
"But we don't know if we're definitely doing these things…"
"I know, but I'm going to make a list of possibilities and then make a new list on what of those possibilities we are actually going to do," Caroline explained quickly, opening one of the pens. "Then we'll calculate the prices and write them in different colors and add up the total. Plus we need food, and clothes and gifts."
"I think you just killed my mind."
"I am OCD crazy," Caroline wrote on the paper.
Things to do in Aruba
1.) ATV/UTV off-road tour down the beach
Option 1: Aruba ATV tour: Natural Pool, Baby Bridge, Alto Chapel
Cost: $80
"You are nuts Care," Grace rolled her eyes and continued researching.
Later
"Okay so here's the list of things we can do," Caroline said finishing the last few words.
"That's so extra," Grace muttered rolling her eyes and scanning over the paper. "But it's cool and gives us the info that we need."
Caroline laughed, taking in her 'hard work' and closed her notebook.
"Hey Care?" Grace asked.
"Yeah?"
"I just had an idea."
"What is it?"
"We leave early tomorrow morning, so why not tonight everyone comes sleepover and we can all go together to the airport?"
"Yeah that's a great idea!"
"Come here tonight at five ish?"
Caroline turned and looked at Grace. "Yeah sure sounds great."
"Did you figure out who your plus one is yet?"
She sighed, "Well it would be pretty bad if I didn't know who it was by now, being we leave tomorrow… but yes I did."
"Oh?" Grace grinned.
Caroline rolled her eyes. "It's not like that, and I haven't even told him yet."
"So it's a him?"
Caroline's eyes got wide. "Don't get the wrong idea Walker!"
"Well I've never see you totally giddy over a guy before… not that you really are now but you seem totally embarrassed."
"Well the same thing goes to you!"
"Hey, I have a friendship that's evolving!" She exclaimed dramatically.
"Yeah I know! You've said that so many times."
"Well I feel it happening this trip."
"So he's your plus one?"
"Yes he is."
"Is he cute?"
"Oh yes, is yours?"
"Grace, I don't like him like that! But yes he's so pretty I want to cry," She mumbled that last part with a soft laugh.
Grace grinned. "I'll see you later Caroline."
"Bye Grace," Caroline laughed and she started to close the door.
"I can't wait to meet him!"
Caroline slammed the door shut.
With Caroline
Caroline walked to her apartment, which was like, less than ten feet away. She was unlocking her door when she heard her friend inside the apartment next door. She re-locked her door and went over to his. She knocked and adjusted the bag on he shoulder. "Klaus?"
The door opened, revealing him. "Hello love," He smiled. "What brings you here?" He gestured for her to come in.
She walked through the door and threw her bag on the island in his kitchen. His apartment was like her second home. She stayed there a lot of nights with him, they spent time during the day there and sometimes before they do something they would go get some blood bags inside.
"Nothing much, I just needed to talk to you about a few things."
"Go for it." Klaus said sitting in a reclining chair. The chair rotated so he moved to face her instead of his tv. His apartment was similar to hers, just the features were walls were crimson red and not white like hers was, the carpet in his sitting area was white while hers was red. Opposites, wasn't even planned. The recliner in his sitting room was leather brown and the couch was a grey blue. The TV was huge and high definition, when she would stay over his place they would watch the TV all night long. Those things were in the left corner of his apartment and to the left was the rooms. There was his room which was the first one down the little hall and the one parallel to his room was the bathroom. After his room was the guest room and across from that was the small laundry room. When you first walk in to your right is the kitchen. There was a granite island in the center of it and the cabinets were made of cherrywood. The fridge was jet grey steel and the floors of his apartment was a smooth cherrywood that matched the cabinets. Caroline sat on one of the barstools at the island.
"I've told you about my friend Grace, right?"
He nodded. "She's come up in some conversations, yes."
"Well, I'm going on a trip with her and a boy that lives on another floor of this building named Barry Allen. She's bringing her friend, who I so think she likes, you know like, like likes, I think she like, likes him," He got the point. "Okay so anyway, she told me to bring a plus one, and since you're here... why not?"
He grinned. "Is Caroline Forbes asking me to go on a trip with her?"
"Yes I think she is."
"Where to, love?"
"Aruba, it's really beautiful there, there are the pretty beaches and clear water, the fancy restaurants and cute hotel rooms. There's the amazing food, the fun activities and oh oh! There are tours that you can take on ATV's and UTV car things to tour Aruba..." She rambled, trying to sell the deal.
Klaus sat there amused, watching her as she kept rambling and twirling her hair without knowing. "Oh and I made a list," She pulled out her list and flipped to the page. "See see! It's an organized list of all the activities that are possible to do there within a reasonable and bearable distance of our house."
He stood up and looked at the list. He sighed. "I'm sorry love I cant."
Caroline's face fell. "Why not?" She was trying to hide her disappointment, he knew that, she knew he knew that. He saw it in her eyes, her disappointment. A smile grew on his face. She looked up at him. "What are you doing to me Mikaelson?!"
She playfully hit him on the arm.
"Just making sure you aren't just filling me in last minute."
"I'm not! I've been thinking about it for a while..."
"I believe you sweetheart," He said. "Now when's the flight?"
"Tomorrow morning...at like i don't know 5 am…?"
"Wow okay, I'll go pack."
"I'll help! You know I love packing!"
"Don't you have to pack yourself?"
"Klaus, do you not know me at all?" Caroline said. "I packed a week ago!"
Klaus rolled his eyes, "Is that why you've been wearing crappy clothes all week?"
"You call this crappy? Whenever I come over at night you're wearing just sweatpants and a baggy shirt, sometimes not even a shirt," She said disgusted... maybe. "Which is totally hot," She played.
"Well it's night time, so sleep clothes, and love, I know," He grinned, playing along. He had a big ego, most of the time that is, or maybe just around her.
"Still…"
He rolled his eyes and ran off into his room. "Hey wait!" Caroline ran after him. _
In Barry's apartment
Barry was lying on his bed looking at the ceiling. He realized something, he hadn't packed.
And they're leaving tomorrow.
For Aruba.
Crap.
He sped off of his bed and frantically gathered something to pack.
"Caroline is going to kill me for having a messy bag," He panicked.
Caroline is literally a neat freak. She packed almost a week ago and he hadn't even started yet. Grace even texted him earlier that she made a giant list in color pen of things to do in Aruba.
Barry sped around his room and threw clothes into his bag. The end result was a mess, clothes everywhere and cramped into tight corners.
What would Caroline do to him? Kill him? Pssh no! He's the Flash!
Oh crap maybe she would.
He tried to rearrange his clothes to at least make them neater. He heard a knock at his door.
"Come in!" He yelled. Grace walked into the room. "Hey Grace."
"Hey Bar," She noticed his suitcase. "Woah she's going to kill you!"
"You don't say!?" Barry sighed.
Grace rolled her eyes. "I don't care, she's your problem but I had an idea."
"What?" He stopped and sat on the bed.
"Everyone thats going on the trip will come over to my place tonight with everything they're bringing. We'll all sleep there for a few hours and then go to the airport."
"Sounds great." Barry smiled. "What time?"
"Four thirty," She grinned.
"That's a weird time."
"I know," She said. "Bye Barry see you later," Grace left the room. She said the party was at 4:30 because he's always there a half hour late, so if he is, he'll be on time.
_
Caroline
"Hey Klaus?" Caroline said organizing his bag.
He walked out of his closet and sat down on the edge of the bed next to her. "Yeah?"
"Grace told me that today at 5 she's going to have everyone going on the trip come over, so that includes you."
"I'm not the most sociable person love...you know that."
"I know that, Klaus, but they're great and she really wants to meet you…"
"Well I knew it was going to happen eventually, of course I'll come."
"Yay thanks!" Caroline beamed as she organized more of his clothes into his suitcase. "She said to bring all of your stuff, we're going to sleep there till we leave in the morning."
"And what times that again?"
"5:00 am," He groaned in response. "I know how much you hate mornings but you have to deal with it. You can sleep on the plane."
"I can't sleep with people around me, its weird."
"Well you sleep around me."
"No, not really, I'm always up before you."
"I know, but last time you came to my place for a sleepover you fell asleep watching the office with me and you didn't even know."
"You saw that!" He got all defensive. "I thought you were out! So I didn't fight it as hard!" He was embarrassed.
"I wasn't, I was testing an experiment because I saw your eyes falling shut," She teased. He didn't say anything. "Come on Klaus, I didn't even see your face, you were turned to the side and your face was in the cushions." Not gonna lie, it was pretty disappointing to her when she saw it that night.
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Good."
"How did you think that blanket got on you?"
He froze and looked at her, then his head fell into his lap and he let out a groan. Caroline laughed.
"You know you sleep talk, and snore really, really loud Klaus like a monster truck.." Caroline paced around the room, teasing him. He laid back on the bed and covered his face with his hands. "And your mouth hangs open with droll!"
"Stop!" She turned back to kneel on the bed facing him. He peeked his eyes through his hands. "Wait you're teasing me right?"
"Yes with that last part, I did put that blanket over you though," He sighed. "Well you have to get over that pet peeve, we're going to be staying in a small house, you're going to have to share a room with someone."
His eyes got wide. "What?"
"I'm sharing with Grace," He sat up and looked down at his hands and she could tell how weird he felt. "God you're just so easy to mess with today!"
He snatched his head up at her. "You were joking?"
"Yes, you're sharing with me," He let out a sigh of relief. Caroline stood up. "But seriously Klaus, you need to get over that. I'm your best friend, I wouldn't make fun of you," She smiled warmly and walked out of the room. "And if you think you look weird or snore or something dumb like that, which I'm sure you don't, I'm sure you're adorable and any girl would want to see it. Hey I can be your test dummy," She teased, wanting to see that utterly vulnerable Klaus herself.
"Funny… maybe one day." He stumbled for words. "Care, what time again?"
"We have to be there at five, and since you don't know where there is, i'll come by here around 4:45."
"Okay great." He smiled.
Caroline nodded and walked out the door and to her apartment. _
With Grace
Grace walked out the doors of her apartment building and hailed a cab. She loved living in NYC, the tall buildings and chaotic streets. She got into the cab and watched the streets pass by. She paid the man and walked out into the crisp winter air.
She was excited to meet Caroline's "friend," and she was excited for her to meet her "friend." She wondered what his name was.
Grace walked into the supermarket to grab some last minute things. She grabbed some snacks for the plane, trail mix, popcorn, goldfish, pretzels. She grabbed candy like sour patch kids, swedish fish, gummy bears, gummy worms, gummy things... lots of gummy things. She grabbed some drinks like fruit punch, iced tea, lemonade cans, etc. She also grabbed some 'just in case things,' like bandaids, cold medicine, an allergy medicine. She was all set. She went to check out when she saw someone she knew, it was him.
"Leo!" She called once her bags were checked and paid for. He turned around.
"Hey Grace," He smiled. "What are you doing here?"
"Last minute shopping." She held up the bags. "Why are you here?"
"Same as you," he held up his bags.
"Are you ready for the trip?"
"Yeah I was just grabbing some last minute things for tonight."
"What's tonight?" Leo asked.
"Right I was coming over to tell you after shopping, I'm having everyone over that's coming on the trip tonight to sleep over so we can all leave in the morning."
"Sounds great, what time?"
"5:00, you can finally meet the people I've been telling you about."
"That girl Caroline? And that boy Barry?"
"Yes, and Caroline's bringing a plus one, Barry is a loner so he's not… at least I think…. he did mention something about bringing his friend Crisco once but I don't know."
"Sounds great Grace," Leo smiled at her.
"See you at 5?"
"I'll be there."
Grace smiled as she walked out the door, feeling Leo's eyes on her. _
Caroline
Caroline walked out of her apartment and went over to the stairs. She walked down the first flight to the next floor below her. She found the apartment she was looking for and banged on the door.
"Barry!"
He opened the door within a second. "What?" Flashes of electricity faded out around him.
"I want to make sure that you packed."
His facial expression went blank. "U-um yeah sure, just come on in Care," He stuttered, opening the door fully so she could walk in. She walked passed him and went into his room, where she saw his suitcase on his bed, closed. She unzipped it and everything exploded out of it.
"Oh my god BARRY!" Caroline shrieked.
"Sorry!"
"I asked you to do one thing, keep your bag neat. It's not that difficult, you fold all of you pjs in one corner and then all of your bathing suits in another, your casual t-shirts in another, your dressy shirts in another, your casual pants near your casual shirts, and your dressy pants near your dressy shirts. You put your delegates in the zippers on the top part of your bag, along with toilet trees, like shampoo, razors, toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss, deodorant, soap, because you don't want to use the nasty hotel ones, you know, stuff like that. Then you fold your socks together and put them near your delicates and you're done! See it's not that hard, my god Barry," she ranted while pulling all of his clothes out of his bag. "You don't just throw it all in there."
Barry process what she said, well, most of it. "Caroline you're doing it again, speaking another language."
Caroline looked at him. "I'm tidy okay?"
"You're crazy, okay?" Caroline rolled her eyes.
Ten minutes later
Caroline was done with Barry's bag. "See? Better?"
"It's better now that I know you're not going to kill me."
Caroline laughed. "You're coming tonight right?"
"Yup! 4:30."
Caroline looked at him confused. Ah, Grace. Barry's always late so she told him 4:30. "Yes, see you at 4:30 Bar!"
"Bye!"
With Klaus in his apartment
Klaus laid on his stomach on his bed and looked at his laptop. He scrolled through things to do in Aruba. Caroline had told him that they were staying in a beach house in San Nicolaas, Aruba. There was a pool in the back with lounge chairs by it's side. There were palm trees hanging around by the pool and in front of the house. Inside was nice, there was a kitchen with a granite island in the middle. An oven, stove and microwave was all added along with the oak cabinets lining the outline of the kitchen ceiling. The floor of the kitchen was made out of big off white tiles, that color coded well with the brown cabinets and the jet steel fridge. The house had three levels and an elevator. There were steps in the front that brought you up to the middle floor, which was all bedrooms. There on that floor was also the washer and dryers, and all of three bedrooms. Then of you follow the stairs up from that floor, you get the living room. The living room is shared with the kitchen and one master bedroom. There was a porch that wrapped all around the house. There were couches in the living room and a big TV, and a table to eat at. The bottom floor, which you can also access from the doors in the front, led to the "basement," which wasn't really a basement. There was a pool table inside and another bedroom. It was more like the hangout room, at least that's what it seemed like. There was another TV, not as big as the one upstairs and a leather couch. There was a sliding glass door that led outside to the porch and some outdoor showers, along with the pool.
He started to think about how things were going to work. He's not the most social person out there, so he didn't know how he was going to be around Caroline's friends. He wanted to meet them, but he knew his insecurities would get in the way. Klaus Mikaelson, the thousand year old hybrid, nervous to meet his best friend's, friends.
Klaus closed his laptop and turned to lay on his back. As long as Caroline was by his side, he knew he had nothing to worry about. She knew how he was around people.
He turned his head and looked at the picture on his nightstand. He propped himself up on his elbow and leaned closer. He stroked his thumb over his brothers face. Elijah. He died a few years back, Caroline was there to pull him out of his grief. Klaus had stayed hidden for those years following his brothers death, he started to go mad. He would have the worst nightmares every time he caved into sleep, which was very uncommon for him. He never really slept much before Caroline came into his life, he would always be exhausted and have dark circles under his eyes. His sister, Rebekah, would always call him out on it. Most nights, he would sit on his floor with his head in his knees, wishing he would have done something to bring back his brother. It just was weird to let people see the vulnerable side of him, since he always kept his guard up for Elijah's killer. Caroline helped him with that. When they met he was in some of his darkest stages, but she pulled him out of it, she was his light. One of the things they did was have sleepovers, Klaus would open up to her and then they would watch some movie all night and eat food. He wanted to make a good impression when he met her friends, she's been the only person he's cared about for a while besides his sister and maybe younger brother.
Klaus sighed and put his laptop on his nightstand. He looked at the time on the TV cable box and saw that it said 1:30. Caroline would be here in three and a half hours. Klaus got up and put his suitcase and some extra necessities by the front door so he was all ready to go when Caroline came. He left out a pair of clothes to wear for later, and a pair of shoes and black socks. He grabbed a backpack and put some blood bags, a sketchbook, pencils and other drawing materials, and a book. He knew he wouldn't be sleeping on the plane, so he didn't bother getting a headrest that he had stored in the linen closet. He added a few things and zipped up the bag putting it next to the suitcase by the front door of his apartment. Klaus was up all night last night drawing and catching up on TV shows that Caroline kept nagging him to watch, so he was exhausted. He laid back down on his bed and since his apartment was freezing, he got under the blankets. He opened Netflix and watched a an episode of a show called friends since he heard it got good reviews and then continued to watch The Office from where he and Caroline left off a few nights before. The episode was called The Dinner Party, he remembered some of it, it was really cringey. Jim and Pam were going to Michael and Jan's (their boss and his girlfriends) house for a dinner party with their friends Angela and Andy. It was so uncomfortable, Jan was listening to this horrible music and dancing weirdly, they were playing charades. Michael kept rhyming the names of the things he got, not playing the game right. He got Arnold Schwarzenegger and said Parnold Wchwarzenegger… dumb stuff like that. Then he said his name is Tom and he goes on a cruise… it was Tom Cruise which was really obvious. Michael wasn't really that smart in the moment. Jim caught on, so the next round he said, he yelled Tom Cruise instead of who he was actually describing. It was all jumbled. They all sat at the dinner table, Michael and Jan had been fighting and it was awkward for the rest of the people in the house. Dwight, another coworker, showed up with his girlfriend, which wasn't his girlfriend, she was his old baby sitter. He wanted Angela, the girl there with Andy, to think he came with someone. That's why Jan got mad at Michael, she didn't like Dwight at all. Pam and Michael thought she poisoned the food so Pam didn't eat it, along with Jim, but Michael still did. Michael and Jan quarreled and ended up breaking the "plasma TV" and one of Michaels trophies, a Dundie. "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!" Michael yelled. He went onto the next episode, expecting to get tired soon enough, and hopefully get a few hours of sleep before tonight and the plane ride tomorrow.
Leo's apartment
Leo unlocked his apartment door and closed it behind him. He kicked off his shoes and walked across the hardwood floor, sliding slightly because socks, and placing his shopping bags down on the black granite island in the middle of his kitchen. He opened the fridge, grabbed a blood bag, and sat on the couch. He turned on Netflix and watched The Good Place. The show made him happy, even when he was feeling down, but when he is already happy before he watches it, it makes him 10x more happy. His phone started to ring and he picked it up.
Grace
"Hey Grace!" He answered.
"Hey Leo, just wanted to make sure you were coming."
"I am, I'm fully packed and organized. My clothes are separated into occasions and everything else is in the top part."
"Woah, you sound like my best friend Caroline Forbes."
"Does she have neurotic crazy OCD too?"
"Leo, it's worse than yours."
"Nothing is worse than my OCD Grace, you of all people should know that."
"Well you've never met Caroline Forbes."
Leo laughed into the phone.
"Is she coming tonight?"
"Yes, she's excited to meet you."
"Does she know…"
"What that you're a superstar turned vamp? No she doesn't."
Leo laughed again, "I figured."
"I have to go, see you there Leo."
"See you, and wait,"
"What is it?"
"I want to see inside of Caroline's bag, I want to see how she handles her OCD-ness."
"Is that a word?"
"I made it up, but it sums me up pretty well."
"And Caroline. You should see all of our bags. Barry, the one who lives downstairs, his bag was a mess and he feared his life there for a minute."
"He should, it's never okay to have a messy bag Grace."
Grace laughed. "Bye Leo!"
"Bye Grace," Leo smiled and hung up the phone. He opened his blood bag and propped his legs up on the table in front of him.
AN: So basically this was a meet the characters type thing, but its only the first chapter. Next time you'll find out some shocking news about Leo and Klaus. I randomly thought of that idea but it calls for better relationships.
So Klaus described a house in this, the house they're staying in.
I stayed in this house with the cousins I came up with this idea with in the Outer Banks, I know its not Aruba but I wanted to use a house I knew how to navigate through.
Heres the link!
vacation/all/detailpage/398/better-together
I would suggest looking at it because sometimes it might get confusing! Espically when they actually get the rooms.