AN: Hi everyone! So this is my first fanfiction and I am a huge fan of klaroline. I have read a lot of the fanfiction stories for them and they are amazing. I hope this story is half as good as some of the ones I have read. Anyways, enjoy! :)
Caroline was looking at herself in the mirror. She was starting to wonder when everything changed. Tyler had just broken up with her because he felt like he needed to "play the field".
What the hell was that suppose to mean anyway? "Play the field", it sounded more like he just wanted to fuck other girls.
"Babe, I don't think things are working out for us."
Um, what? Things are fine. At least I thought they were?
"It's not you, it's me."
Universal code for, it is you.
"I just feel like we've been together so long that we just lost ourselves."
God. He sounded like such a girl. I mean what kind of guy says stuff like that. We've lost each other? Seriously? More like, he's not happy with our relationship. He probably should have figured that out within the first year of our dating, not 5 fucking years later. After 5 years, a girl can only think the guy is going to propose, not break things off completely out of the blue. Ugh. I hate boys.
What the hell is wrong with me? Why doesn't anyone ever want to be with me? Damon left me for my best friend, Matt left me for my other best friend, Tyler left me for another girl as well or should I say other girls. Maybe the problem is that my friends are too great. Maybe I need to surround myself with girls who are mean, nasty, and ugly.
She sighed, and started to change out of her scrubs. She was the nurse at a small little clinic in town owned by Stefan. He had called her up a couple months ago and told her he was opening up his own clinic and that he needed a nurse. She was happy to accept his offer. She loved working side by side with one of her best friends.
Speaking of best friends, today was a girl's night. Elena and Bonnie were expecting her to meet them at a bar downtown. She looked through her closet and decided to wear a navy blue high low chiffon skirt and a tight black top. The top was short, so her midriff was showing. She finished off the outfit with a pair of her 4 inch black pumps.
She quickly did her make-up and redid her hair, leaving it down to hang in loose curls. She gave herself an onceover in the mirror. "Classy, not slutty Caroline." She debated whether she should change or not. She decided against it after glancing at the clock. Just because she was showing skin did not make her a slut. She had all the essentials covered. She was good.
As she was leaving her apartment, her neighbor Logan was just about to walk through his door.
"Hey Caroline! Wow, you look great! Where are you headed?" He was totally checking her out. There was no question about it.
"Hey Logan. Thank you! I'm just headed out with some friends."
"Okay, have fun! Tell Tyler I saw hey!"
"Oh, well Tyler and I broke up actually"
"Really? I always hated him."
She laughed at his comment. "Thanks, Logan. I appreciate that. Anyways, I am running late so I better go."
"Bye Caroline. Have a good time."
She smiled sweetly at him and went to the elevators. She thought about Logan some more. He was very attractive and around the same age as her. She never looked at him that way because she was with Tyler, but now that she thought about it she realized he was hot. She shook her head to clear her thoughts and headed downtown.
She entered the bar and saw Elena and Bonnie seated at a table on the side. She went up to them and gave them a tight hug.
"Hey Care, we heard about Tyler. How are you holding up?" Elena asked sympathetically.
"I'm okay. I'm even better when I'm not talking about it." Caroline was done thinking about Tyler and the fact that he was an ass. She had enough cynicism about it to last her a lifetime. She needed to get back to her bright, bubbly self. "How are your boys? Still whipped I assume?" She chuckled at her comment and then proceeded to order herself a long island iced tea.
Bonnie spoke up first. "Matt's great. He just got promoted, so he's been working a lot more lately. Which sucks for me, but hey he's happy so I am too."
Caroline tried to sense if Bonnie was really happy or if she was just trying to put a show on for her friends. She concluded from her observations that Bonnie was genuinely happy and that put a huge smile on her face. "That's great Bon, I'm happy things are working out for you too. What about you and Damon" She said as she turned towards Elena.
Elena huffed. "I'm withholding sex until he learns what it means to be in a relationship."
Caroline started laughing. She sipped at her drink as she asked what Elena meant.
"He needs to learn to be less controlling. He seriously needs to back off sometimes. He acts like I'm going to break every five seconds. It's so annoying." Just as she finished, she heard the beginning of Party in the USA begin. "Girls, I've had enough of talking. Let's go dance our hearts away." She said as she laughed.
All three of the girls stood up and went to the dance floor with their drinks in their hands. It was a few short minutes before a guy came up to Elena and asked her to dance. Elena politely refused. A couple minutes later, someone came up to Bonnie. Caroline waited for someone to come up to her, but no one ever did. She felt rejected. She definitely needed more alcohol if she was going to have to keep watching her friends get hit on.
She went to the bar and ordered another long island iced tea. Just when she received her drink she heard her name being called by a man.
"Caroline! What are you doing here? It's so great I found you, I need a favor!"
She turned around and smiled.
"Sorry Stef, I'm off the clock. I don't have to take orders from you anymore." She gave him the most serious face she could muster until she broke out laughing. "Okay, I caved. What do you need?"
"A friend of mine moved her from London a couple days ago and I promised to take him out, but the thing is I have to go because of a work emergency and I don't want to leave him by himself." Stefan looked conflicted on what to do.
"Um, I'm not sure how much fun he'll have with me? I'm with Bonnie and Elena."
"I'll be back in an hour tops! You just have to keep him busy till then! Don't tell him I'm leaving! He'll get so pissed." Stefan was pleading with her now. They both knew she would never say no to him.
She sighed, before responding. "Is he at least hot or are you leaving me here with a troll look alike?"
Stefan laughed whole-heartedly before grabbing her hand and leading her towards a man in a grey Henley shirt and black pants.
"Hey Klaus, this is my friend Caroline. I just bumped into her at the bar. Caroline this is my friend Klaus."
"Hi!" Caroline said over exuberantly.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, sweetheart." He smiled at her showing his dimples in the process. He raked his eyes over her body before meeting her eyes again. She smiled because holy shit he was hot.
Stefan went to give her a hug and she whispered in his ear, "Holy shit Stef, def not a troll." Stefan laughed while he pulled away from her.
"So, I ran into somebody earlier. I am going to just go catch up with them for a bit. Is that okay?" he asked while looking directly at Klaus, however, it was Caroline who answered.
"Go on Stef, no one wants you here anyway." She looked up at Klaus to see a smirk planted on his face. He gave a small nod in agreement.
Stefan left after looking at both of them for awhile. He ran into Elena on the way out who looked pissed beyond belief.
"Hey Elena, I was just on my way out" he said.
"You've got to be kidding me Stefan. You're leaving her alone with Klaus!? He's an ass!"
Stefan shook his head. "He's not like that anymore Elena."
Elena stared at him in shock. "Seriously Stefan, he is a raging alcoholic. He's not good for her. He's not good for anyone."
Stefan sighed. "Don't worry they aren't going to get together or anything. She's just doing me a favor."
Elena rolled her eyes before saying, "She and Tyler broke up. She's single now. You better double check and make sure that she knows that he is OFF limits."
Now it was Stefan's turn to look shocked. "Holy crap! Why didn't she tell me?! Okay, I'll text her and tell her. Don't worry Elena, everything will be okay. Go have fun. I'll be back later."