A/N: Quick note, the story is Damon and Caroline as that's what I plan for it to be, but I'm not sure if that will change. I'll know as I continue writing, and when I know for sure I'll make it clearer.
"What are you doing here blondie?" Damon asked dismissively.
What an excellent question Caroline thought. Caroline had her own problems at the moment with Tyler and Klaus, why was she even attempting to help Damon after everything he put her through.
"I don't really know Damon. I just know, like everyone else in mystic falls, that this triangle you, Elena and Stefan needs to end. You're basically torturing yourself. Katherine even came back so maybe one of you could be with her? Or is it really that difficult to like someone that doesn't have a petrova background?" Caroline suggested, getting more eager at the possible solutions.
Damon looked like he was ready to kill her. "Let me get this straight Caroline, you don't think this love triangle can go on so you what? Want me to give up? Why have you not had this conversation with Stefan might I ask?" Damon then glanced around the grill and gave any on lookers a glare. Great Caroline, he's in a really bad mood now.
"No Damon I didn't come to you thinking that, but I guess I can't say I'm against you giving up. I know I don't hide the fact that I think Elena is Stefan's perfect match, she helps him keep his humanity, and Elena is almost losing it with you" Damon looked devastated at that, Caroline couldn't help but feel extremely guilty. She had never seen him this vulnerable. Only when he started to feel again, and then he would quickly become angry and compel her. "Elena is one of my best friends" Damon nodded, this wasn't news, "and I'll forever deny it, but you deserve better than her". Damon looked ready to fall from his chair, luckily they were in the booth so he only fell back in shock.
What the hell was blondie going on about?
"I can see from your expression that you're surprised I think so". Caroline stated amused, and slightly affectionately. This freaked Damon out so of course he began to try and push her away.
"I deserve someone better? Hope you're not thinking of yourself".
Caroline didn't know what to say out of shock and well hurt. Was it really that bad for him when he was with me? Here she was trying to help him from making a mistake. She believed Stefan would end up with Elena they had been through too much, and Elena wasn't going to remain a newbie vampire for long. Her emotions would beat straightened out. Even if she did choose Stefan, Caroline believed Damon deserved to be someone's first choice, and someone that hadn't been with his brother. But maybe that's what he really wants. Thinking about all of this was beginning to really stress Caroline out, she was trying to help and whilst it wasn't her business the trio seemed unwilling to sort things out.
"Don't be ridiculous Damon,I have enough guy problems in my life at the moment, I just thought helping Elena would help me solve mine, or at least distract me for a while from mine".
"Oh wolf boy not enough for you anymore blondie? I don't understand why he was interested in the first place, I mean you're pretty, but you're a bimbo and talk way too much". Damn that had really hurt.
Damon could see the flash of hurt in Caroline's eyes, but this is what he did. He hurt people before they could hurt him. Plus been there, done that. Right. It was hard to remind himself to back off. He loved Elena, but he was extremely drunk, and he had history with Caroline. A bad one, but still history. Sometimes it's nice to be around familiar.
"Yeah well I don't have to tell you anything. Just thought I would try and help. I also came to warn you. I fully intend to help Stefan get Elena, you should be ready for that. Who has your back?" Caroline asked spitefully. She couldn't help it. The guy had pretty much just torn her to pieces.
They had never talked about their past, they simply came to some sort of agreement to let it go and be civil towards each other. For Caroline though it seemed like the group had forgotten and she wasn't about to bring more drama to the mix. Of course they disagreed on a lot of things, and Damon threatened to kill her all the time. But that was life in mystic falls.
Damon watched as Caroline abruptly left the booth and went over to the bar. Whatever he wasn't upset by it, he didn't need a friend like blondie. Didn't need one altogether. They only get you to trust them, and then they betray you or die. Yeah thanks for that Ric.
Caroline had left Damon and went up to the bar. She was hoping to get extremely drunk. Damon always managed to make her feel insecure. She felt like he had torn her up into pieces. All she wanted to do was try and help the situation. It didn't just affect the three involved, it had a wider destruction zone than they thought. She wouldn't have tried to help if she thought it would get resolved soon, but the fact of the matter was that the trio didn't want to settle things. It was a mess no one was willing to clean up. Caroline was hurt that Damon never seemed to realise how she had changed since she became a vampire. He still treated her like that naive, cheerleader she was when he first arrived in mystic falls. She had not only become stronger physically but emotionally too. She had grown up a lot, and wasn't stuck in her own head. She really cared about her friends and family and was willing to anything for them.
Damon didn't know what he felt watching Caroline downing a variety of shots at the bar. She looked broken, but he couldn't make himself go up and talk to her. He hated what he had done to her, but the pair had come to an understanding where their past wasn't mentioned. Overtime it had seemed they had all forgotten. But he hadn't. He could remember why he chose her to be his human blood donor, he felt like he needed to punish her, out of jealousy and spite. She was so naive and hadn't witnessed the many horrors he had. He knew she was bright, despite the fact he always called her a dumb blonde, and he knew that her enthusiasm for life would get her many places. He hated that, envied her. But at the same time, especially more recently, he wanted her to go far. It was extremely complicated, That's why he tried to kill her when turned. She was meant to go on to do great things with her life, but now she was dead. The fact that she would remember everything he did to her caused him to feel sick. He didn't regret much in his life, the way he treated blondie was one of the biggest and most regrettable moments of his life.
Caroline had always hoped she could rebuild some sort of friendship with Damon. She didn't know if he realised it but they had a lot in common. They were both part of founding families and both their parents had attacked them believing them to be monsters. She had never spoken to Damon about the things he told her when she was human, the he would soon make her forget, and she never told anyone what they were either. She couldn't understand what it was he disliked about her. Yes she could talk a lot but she talked an incredibly lot less than she use to.
It had gotten to the point where Caroline had had so many shots of vodka, tequila and gin that she couldn't even remember the name of the bar. She spent ages looking for Damon in mystic falls before heading to just out of mystic falls where she eventually found him. And then he went and made her feel crap. Thanks Damon, you're a great vampire monster. Really look up to you mate.
"Caroline, love, don't you think you've had a bit much now?" Oh no Klaus. She saw him slide into the stool beside her before ordering a bottle of whiskey, with an amused but concerned look on his face.
Why is he here? Why does he care? Why do I feel like I wanna jump into his arms every time he calls me love with that smirk on his face?
"Oh god Klaus! Can't you take a hint? Nothing will happen between us, I don't even get why you fancy me, clearly I'm a bitch. You should just stay away!" Caroline snapped, her words slightly slurred.
Klaus was shocked by her reaction to his arrival, she seemed so broken. He had never seen Caroline vulnerable; she had only been acting in the past. No this was real pain and he wasn't sure how to deal with it.
"I mean" Caroline continued, almost like she was talking to herself, "I'm crazy, and useless. Your half wolf you probably have a mate out there. Haha I bet she's great, she'd have to be proper tough to deal with you!" Caroline, for some strange reason, had a fond smile on her face as she was picturing Klaus' werewolf mate.
Klaus was confused as to what had truly upset Caroline. The way she mentioned werewolves would suggest Tyler and Haley, but the relationship had been fake. Plus Hayley had betrayed his first hybrid, so even though he considered Tyler the biggest bloody idiot on the planet, he didn't think he would mate with Hayley. So either he met someone else, or Caroline was upset over something else. His second guess would be the drunken vampire in the back of the bar. Damon Salvatore. Klaus was aware that Damon had been listening to his conversation with Caroline because the vampire hadn't learnt to hide his reactions. When Caroline had mentioned Klaus fancying her, Damon had chocked on his drink nearly spitting it out. He didn't really care who knew though. Some probably already suspected. Caroline had been used as a distraction because they probably thought Klaus simply wanted to sleep with her, but no one realised that it went deeper than lust. He knew it wasn't love, but it wouldn't be just about sex with Caroline.
"Sweetheart, your clearly upset so you can lash out at me all you like, or if you prefer I'll hunt down who ever hurt you and deal with them". He said gently.
Really Klaus? Caroline can take care of herself! Damon had been listening to the original go on to Caroline for a while now, and had been sobering up as the conversation continued. He couldn't go up to them now and take Caroline away, he was still too drunk and needed his wits about him.
Caroline wasn't quite drunk, but was tipsy and therefore decided she was going to make the most out of her time with Klaus. She didn't really know that much about his life beside the things she'd heard from others and himself at the ball and pageant. Of course he hadn't particularly handled her psych analysis well. What the hell? Klaus let her get away with a lot, so she should give it a shot. "What were you like when you were human Klaus? What did you do for fun? Did people date in that time?" She asked enthusiastically, she secretly loved history.
Klaus was stunned by her genuine interest, and despite Damon's listening ears, he answered her. "I'm going to be completely honest with you Caroline because I want you to trust me in the future". She nodded, intrigued by his 'story voice'. "I didn't really do much for fun as a human. Most of my life revolved around my family. I was always trying to life up to Finn and Elijahs reputation amongst the village, and was continuously trying to make my father proud. He must have suspected I wasn't his son, as he treated me so much more harshly than the others. Elijah and mostly Kol could do the same thing that I had done, and only I would get punished. I had a great relationship with Rebekah and Henrik, but I did love all my siblings. I never had the chance to properly court a women before I was turned. Tatia, the original doppelganger, had recently moved to our village. She had been exiled from her previous home as she had a child out of wedlock. History repeated itself later on with Katerina. Elijah brought up her status in our village by announcing his intention to court her. We were all shocked as, even thought Elijah was always the gentlemen in the family, many would have felt disgraced to be with a women who did not belong to them". Caroline looked horrified, it was a cute expression when she was drunk. "You have to remember that things were different back then. After Elijah began to court Tatia, she suddenly started to spend time with me, insisting we needed to become closer as she would be family soon. Elijah has described it as the pull of the doppelganger, but I think she was just a manipulative bitch. Excuse my language. I fell in love with her, and she turned me and Elijah against ourselves. This fighting, combined with Henrik's death, led my mother and father to wanting to reunite the family. Of course this is when we were turned to vampires. Once I killed, I became a hybrid, but then my mother made my werewolf side dormant. So I lost control and killed her. Then we ran. Micheal has hunted us for centuries. I finally killed him and reunited my family, when the mystic falls gang kill Finn, and I have to kill my mother again. Sometimes I wish with everything I am that we neither became vampires in the first place and went through everything we did".
Klaus took a long swallow of the whiskey he had ordered, which he had been drinking throughout his story and was nearly empty. He felt Caroline place her hand on his so he looked at her. Her eyes were soft when she said- "I'm sorry that happened to you Klaus. I'm sure as a human you didn't deserve any of that. You didn't ask to become a vampire, and you didn't make your mother have an affair, although it is quite scandalous" he laughed with her.
Before he had a chance to reply Damon appeared on the other side of her. "You can't honestly buy this woe is me story. He has no doubt killed thousands of people. Are you forgetting that?!" He snapped.
"Of course I'm not Damon. I'm just being honest he didn't deserve that. The same way you didn't deserve how you were treated as a human!" Damon was shocked at the mention of his past, knowing he had told her when he used her as a toy.
"Right you're clearly too drunk to think straight. We're leaving!" He grabbed her arm and pulled her to him.
"I don't think so mate" stated Klaus calmly, from this angle he could see the bite marks Damon had left on his Caroline. "She won't be going anywhere with you. I don't trust you won't her. But we both know I won't".
"Excuse me?" A new voice interrupted. The women had a Spanish accent, thick long black hair and sharp green eyes. "I couldn't help but over hear your conversation, and from looking at you all, as part of my gift, I also know what it is that's in your hearts".
"Witch" Damon commented unnecessarily, the two male vampires moving in to protect Caroline.
"All of you care for each other, you just are unsure of how much. I know a way to help. As a gift I will give you the opportunity to remember both your past life's as humans, and also show each other your experiences that have made you who you are. The young blonde has a pure heart and wants to help both of you. The hybrid wants her to see a different side to him. And you the vampire are lost. You need guidance". The accent was becoming more thicker, but also didn't seem from this time. But then again it was quite broken English.
"We don't need any help from you" Damon snapped.
"You are wrong vampire. I prove it to you. Watch out for danger what you experience will be real, dead will mean dead, and you must avoid changing things, it is of great importance".
"Changing things?" Caroline questioned.
They were all slightly drunk so their reactions were slower than normal. The last thing they saw was the woman lifting her hands towards them.