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Caroline was everyone's second choice.

She was her mother's second choice. She'd rather be working and didn't care enough to find out what was going on in her daughter's life without being told. The sheriff hardly even knew her daughter.

Caroline's father left her and her mother for an entirely new life, and hardly took the time to look back. If he'd cared, he would have taken her with him. Instead she only saw him on holidays and birthdays. It wasn't enough.

She was Bonnie's Elena replacement. Bonnie, who was her best friend, and the person Caroline was closest to. Caroline was only Bonnie's best friend because Bonnie couldn't stand Elena's constant boyfriend drama.

Caroline wasn't really even Elena's Bonnie replacement. Elena never really was her friend, even though she went through all the actions.

Matt used her after it became obvious he was never going to get Elena. He even basically told her so, and made it obvious that he was so not over Elena.

Caroline doubted she was even second in Damon's mind to Elena, but she liked to hope so. Damon had taken so much away from her, including her memory, that she liked to hope that he still thought about her like she thought about him.

In the end Caroline was only left with lies and false hope. But it was okay, or at least Caroline pretended it was. What else can you do when you're living on lies and hope?