OMG! Thankyou so so much for all of the favs and follows! it means a lot! I was wondering about some possible story lines:
Care accidently sleeping with Klaus later on in the story and becoming pregnant, then dealing with Kol, Bekah and Elijah etc.
Just a NOLA fic, like Care going there because of something the witches said and then Klaus keeps seeing her and Kol hitting on her and she's ignoring them.
If you have any preferences or ideas feel free to add them in the reviews! 3
- Ursie xoxo
Chapter 2
Caroline's POV
Stefan was frantically dialling everyone, telling them to be ready when we got here, making sure my mom was OK and asking how Bonnie got back, but nothing mattered now. I had done this. If I hadn't been so selfish to start over, to think that no one cared, then she would still be alive, I could have protected her. I could have stopped this. Fed her my blood. Just done something. Anything. But, I didn't. Instead, I played a part in killing my own mom. I 'm no better than Klaus. I laughed to myself. Saying I was no better than Klaus, I was also a hypocrite, I mean I was the one who slept with him. No. I was worse than Klaus. At least he could deal with being evil. What if she dies? What if we're too late? My mind went into overdrive, I couldn't think straight. The only thing keeping me going was hope. If I lost that then I would have absolutely nothing. No mother. No family. No one. Not one single person who loves me more than anyone else. I'll always be second best. Not even second. Everyone else had other people in their lives now. I...I...I'm just me. The next thing I knew, I felt like I was being dragged down, I couldn't keep my eyes open, it was too hard. Too painful. I just let the darkness overcome, before whispering something barely audible to myself, let alone Stefan. 'Not even Klaus'.
Finally I woke up, we were still driving. Despite my sleep I felt more drained than before, the full extent of what was happening finally dawned on me. It was depressing. I watched Stefan give me a slight frown before opening his mouth to speak, "We're almost home, Care." Home. Home? Did I even have a home anymore? My mom was my home. The single person that I needed to look after no matter what. I didn't think vampires could feel suicidal, until now...
Stefan's POV
I watched her when I told her we were home. She looked like she actually had given up. Yes, her mom was in critical condition, but there's always hope. It's mystic falls for goodness sake. Most people evade death. Now Bonnie's back too. I have no idea how though. Damon said she had sacrificed herself for him. If that was true then how had she returned and why was she the one to call Caroline. Elena should have, or Ty or even Matt. Not the person who just came back from the dead. No wonder Care left. None of them were worth her time, except Bonnie, but she had died. Not even me. I left her. I left her when she needed me most and when I needed her most. When she tried to forgive me, I left again. I didn't deserve her. Thinking about it, even her knight in shining armour wasn't here. Klaus. The guy who she had wrapped around her finger, who as soon as she slept with him, left. Admittedly, I didn't know the whole story, but that's what it looked like. Care wouldn't be that selfless and put herself through that much of pain of finally giving in to him and then making him leave. Would she? She was a martyr, a saint. A saint amongst devils.
We finally entered the border, the spell had lifted to Caroline's surprise. Her face when we drove through was priceless; she almost jumped out of the car. I smirked. She was almost like her old self. Maybe she'd be like that again? Or maybe we all ruined her? We did. Everything about and in this town ruined her. She didn't deserve it. But neither did anyone else. She just managed to stay strong the longest, not give in the longest.
Klaus' POV
The plane journey was never-ending. I needed to be there for her. I needed to see her. After everything, I listened to her. I shouldn't have. I should have broken the godforsaken promise to be with her. The woman that I love. There. I said it. I love her. The Original Hybrid in love with a baby vampire. A baby vampire that means more than anyone and anything I have ever encountered. I am like a moth to her eternal flame. A flame that I will not let lose its light. Its goodness. That was what made Caroline, Caroline. It was her identity. It is her identity. That is only one miniscule reason why I need to go to save her and her mother out of thousands, billions, because Caroline will always be worth it. Before she loses herself. Because, Caroline is worth everything. She is worth all my time, energy, and my life. Because she is my light. She's the person who makes me at least attempt to change my prospective. She makes me regret things I've done. Elijah once said that regret was the first step towards my redemption and she is the one who has gotten me here. Without her, I'd still be the obsessive hybrid, with nothing better to do than ruin people's lives, drink blood and kill. But now, I have a city, a kingdom. A kingdom that is finally ready for its queen. But, she'll refuse me. That's what she does best. Not only because of her mother, because I haven't done anything for the past two years. She probably thinks I've forgotten about her. That I don't care. When I've been trying to bury my feelings for her. The only way I could possibly leave Mystic Falls was to bury those feelings and bring them out again. Admittedly it was hard. But I did it. For her. It will always be her and she needs to understand that she is my always and forever. Like Elijah's was Katerina and my redemption, like Rebekah's is love, like Finn's was Sage, like Kol's was having fun. She was mine. She is mine. And she will always be mine. Always and Forever.
After compelling my way through customs I was finally here. I could finally see her. I watched from outside as she sobbed into Bonnie's arm, it was uncontrollable. Her mother had died. The whole gang was present, Bonnie, Elena, Stefan, Damon, Tyler, Matt along with some unfamiliar faces. She sobbed and sobbed, she was inconsolable. I wanted to flash in and scoop her into my arms, but I didn't know how. Instead I waited.
Caroline's POV
"She's dead! She's dead because of me!" I screamed at Elena who was telling me it was all ok. How dare she tell me everything is going to be fine? I have no one, my mom is gone. And it's all my fault. How can things possibly be ok, in that screwed up memory lost doppelganger head of hers. I was being harsh, but I couldn't help it, it was all too much. But I couldn't turn it off. I wouldn't allow myself to become that person.
"Maybe there's a spell or something I can do?" Bonnie added hopefully.
"No!" I almost shouted. "No! Bonnie I just got you back, we're not losing you all again. You will do no such thing. You have to promise me, if I lose you too, I... I.." I couldn't even finish the sentence, I just continued to cry. I looked helpless and stupid. I wish I could stop, but I couldn't.
"Care, I'll always come back, you're my best friend, and I'll never leave you." Bonnie said with a smile as she rubbed Caroline's back. The sobs began to decrease.
"I...I found something." Liv finally said after walking in. "I have a spell, but to work, all blood relatives can't be in the same time or place to bring her back."
"What? What do you mean, time or place? Where else would Care go?" Stefan asked confused.
"Well. I know it sounds silly but here it says something about sending the relatives back in time, but since Care is a vampire, it says that she'll have to go back to when the originals were human and then live a 1000 years with them, when she reaches our time, well her mom will be fine, because she'll be paying a price or something. I think the price is supposed to be death, because no one could survive a 1000 years with the originals." Liv finally finished.
"Care could." Elena stated.
"No. No. I wouldn't." Caroline said, as she sobered up from the sobs.
"Care I know you don't wanna here this, but Klaus cares about you now, if he can care about you now, then you have a 1000 years to win him over, he won't let you go." Stefan attempted to get out.
"He cared about me. Past tense. I haven't had a single message or email or call or anything, he slept with Hayley and has a baby and is dating someone called Cami or something. He just used me as something to preoccupy himself, whilst in Mystic Falls. He slept with me and left. I mean nothing to him and he will never mean anything to me again." Caroline said before looking down, she looked to Bonnie, who just gave her shoulders, a small squeeze. Pain was evident across her face as the true extent of her words kicked in. Yet again, she was in love with someone who wouldn't love her back. She hated it.
"Care, I'm not his number one fan, but he did care about you, that has to count for something." Tyler let out, it hurt to say it, but they all wanted Liz back.
"Ty, please, not you too. Why can't you all understand me when I say that I don't want to talk to someone who, what a surprise, yet again, ending up breaking my heart, like Matt, Ty, Stefan the list goes on, but I'm sure you get the gist. I fall in love or care about someone and trust them enough to think that they'll do the same with me, show me the same respect I'd show them, but they don't. Yes, I've forgiven you all, because in the end, you're my friends, but Klaus. Klaus said things to me and...and I believed them. I believed him. I know I was stupid to think he cared about me. But I did. I thought he cared, but he is exactly like every other guy in my life, a dick. I swear Jeremy's the only one who hasn't screwed me over!" Caroline sighed before standing up. "I'm going to go to bed, I'm tired, and I can't deal with all this drama on top of... my mom and everything. Just please. You're all welcome to stay, but please, don't mention his name in front of me."
As Caroline walked away, she could hear them all talking. "Wow, I knew they had mutual feelings, but I guess, I never actually realised how much it hurt her." Elena said defeated.
"We were all so busy to even check up on her." Stefan said apologetically.
"She's Caroline, master of covering up her feelings, suppressing things. She's suppressed her lust for blood, her feelings for Klaus, and probably all the times she's wanted to leave Mystic Falls. That's what she does." Damon said as he sat down to drink some bourbon, he sighed. "I want Blondie back."
Caroline got dressed and brushed her teeth; she lay down and drifted off to sleep.
Klaus' POV
What had I done? I had hurt her so badly that she couldn't even stand to hear my name. I should leave, but then I would never get a chance to apologise.
I climbed up her wall, and into her room through the window. She was asleep. I sat on the edge of her bed.
"Hello, again, love. You're asleep now, but I just need to say this out loud. I'm sorry, my love. I'm so sorry. If I had known what I had done to you, I would never have asked you for your confession. I would pursue you for 1000 years if it meant seeing your face, everyday. I...I left because I thought that you'd come back to me. I didn't know about everything that was happening in Mystic Falls and even if I did come back, I would have broken our promise and lost your trust. Just make sure you know, that you are and will always be my everything, Caroline Forbes. And that Cami girl? I'm not dating her, she's more of my psychiatrist, I need her alive, so I can talk to her about how much I miss you." Klaus laughed to himself. He traced her features, and bent down to land a small kiss on her cheek. He got up but before he left, he picked up the pen on her bedside table, to write her a note.
You'll always be my everything, love.
He left no name, or date, or anything. Instead he tucked it into her purse, maybe in a few days or months, she would read it and remember that it wasn't a dream and that he was actually here. With that he flashed outside and may his way to the mansion, from there he would work out the best way to introduce himself to the women who's heart he had broken. Everyone knows that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Caroline's POV
I woke up. I hated it, I wished it was all a dream, but it wasn't. This had happened to my mom, my mom who was always there for me no matter what, the mother, who I had allowed to be killed. Then there was that dream, the one of him. He was here, sitting on her bed, she remembered.
"Hello, again, love. You're asleep now, but I just need to say this out loud. I'm sorry, my love. I'm so sorry. If I had known what I had done to you, I would never have asked you for your confession. I would pursue you for 1000 years if it meant seeing your face, everyday. I...I left because I thought that you'd come back to me. I didn't know about everything that was happening in Mystic Falls and even if I did come back, I would have broken our promise and lost your trust. Just make sure you know, that you are and will always be my everything, Caroline Forbes. And that Cami girl? I'm not dating her, she's more of my psychiatrist, I need her alive, so I can talk to her about how much I miss you."
Some dream, she thought to herself, she could still feel him, tracing her features and planting that ever so soft kiss on her cheek. It was sick that she wished it were real. Then the end was a bit weird; he left a note in her purse. She thought to herself. It was only a dream, why would he come here. Caroline shook it of, but couldn't stop herself from walking over to her purse and picking it up. She was about to look inside, when Bonnie burst in.
"Care, quick, we have a plan." Caroline brought the purse down with her as she chased after Bonnie.
"Bon! What is it?" Caroline said as she raced down the stairs, she ran into the middle room, but realised that she was trapped. She couldn't move.
"What is this? This isn't funny!" Caroline's voice protruded anger, she was pissed.
"Care, we need you to go back, otherwise you'll just stay here, self loathing and blaming. We need you to save your mom, to save yourself, we knew you wouldn't agree. This is the only way." Stefan said, he was ashamed. He has lost her trust so many times before, but this was the worst.
"No! I can't go back! Stop!" Caroline shouted, she found herself crying. Why wouldn't she stop crying! She wanted to punch herself. Then the Klaus dream, and her mom. Her life was falling apart, and taking her down with it.
Within seconds, she bean to feel dizzy, she watched as the room and everyone inside, distorted and she found herself standing outside in the middle of the woods. Where on earth was she. She prayed that they hadn't sent her back 1000 years, but knowing her friends, they probably had. She surveyed her surroundings, she was still a vampire. At least something was going for her. She sighed. Now to actually find out where she was. For all she knew she could just be transported into the woods, in the present, just outside of her house.
She walked until she saw a familiar blond face, wearing a long grey dress, her hair longer and braided, and her eyes brighter. Rebekah was human.