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"You promised," Alex said, following Caroline into her bedroom.

"I didn't promise anyone anything," Caroline said, and then stopped to think about it. "Well, I did make a couple promises to a few witch, and maybe a few werewolves, and I think to you once or twice. So I did make a couple promises, just not to anyone important."

"I would think an Original would be important, besides, you blew her off last night and the night before you left early," Alex said.

"I didn't blow her off last night, I had things to do," Caroline argued.

"Like what?" Alex challenged.

"Give me a minute to think about it," Caroline muttered, shrugging out of her jacket.

"Come one Care, what's the worst that can happen?"

"Mikael could kick my ass again."

"Hey! Don't say his name, he can feel that!"

"What do you want me to call him then?"

"The royal douche."

"No, someone else already claims that title."

"Who?"

"You," Caroline grinned, walking past him and to the bathroom.

"The abuse I take at your hands," Alex sighed, shaking his head. "Come on, please? Just come out tonight and at least explain why you jumped off the face of the earth for the last two days."

"Why are you so insistent on this? You were arguing with me about even talking to her and now you want me to be best friends with her. Sudden change of heart?"

"Change of something," Alex muttered.

Suddenly the bathroom door opened and Caroline stood there, staring at him with raised eyebrows. "Are you telling me you're attracted to her?"

"Maybe," Alex winced, dropping on the bed, throwing an arm over his eyes. Caroline laughed and closed the bathroom door and Alex could still her laughing. "I don't see how this is funny."

"That makes it even funnier," Caroline said, emerging from the bathroom with an all black, leathery outfit on.

"You're not going to even tell me this is a bad idea and to stay clear of her?" Alex asked.

"No."

"Well why not?" Alex snapped, sitting up. His eyes grew wide at the sight of her, and he had to take a moment, maybe two, to gather himself.

"Because Alex, if I tell you no, then that would make you want to do it even more," Caroline said.

"Shouldn't you at least tell me it's not a good idea?"

"Do I really need to do that? You know nothing good will happen of this, and there will be no good ending. It's up to you how you live your life," Caroline shrugged.

"Yeah, yeah," Alex sighed, standing up. "I'm guessing since you're wearing that outfit you are going to go out with me?"

"Yes, but only because I'm haven't decided what I'm doing about this entire thing," Caroline said.

"What do you hope to accomplish from this?" Alex asked.

"Answers," Caroline shrugged, and heading out the door with Alex following her.


"Maybe this wasn't such a good idea," Alex frowned.

"No, it wasn't, but we are here and it took me twenty minutes to get into this outfit, I'm going to make it worth it," Caroline said, and dragged Alex with her to the bar.

The bar was noisy and crowded, and Alex could feel that familiar tingling sensation at the top of his gums. He was hungry and in a bar surrounded by drunk humans that were practically throwing themselves around.

Caroline noticed the glow in his eyes and gave him a warning look. "When was the last time you fed?"

"Two days ago," he muttered.

Caroline sighed and grabbed his hand and dragged him towards the crowd of people that were surrounding themselves around a certain table.

"Where are we going?" He asked.

"You are hungry and we need to get it under control before it gets worse," Caroline said, and fought through the crowd, keeping him close by her side. She wanted to see what the big deal was and then decided a meal for Alex. No reason to ruin her night just because he forgot to feed.

Caroline blood ran cold as she caught sight of who was sitting at the table. Rebekah Mikaelson, taking shots with Kol Mikaelson. She came to a halt and grabbed Alex and yanked him back, out and away from the crowd.

"Care? What's wrong?" He frowned.

"Another Original, Kol," Caroline muttered, doing her best to see through the crowd.

Kol Mikaelson was known to be the impulsive one, always taken action without thinking. If they gave him the wrong impression, he could very well kill them without so much as a warning.

"Do you want to leave?" Alex asked.

"No," Caroline said, taking a deep breath. "If I'm already this deep in with Rebekah and screwed up this much, it won't make much of a different if I add Kol to my list of screw ups."

"What do you want to do?" Alex asked.

"Act just like you did with Rebekah, you don't know anything," Caroline said.

"Let's go little sis," Alex said.

"Follow my lead little brother." Caroline grinned, and stalked back towards the table and fought her way to the Originals. She shoved a few people out of her way and slid into the empty seat next to Kol.

He shot her a questioning look, but Rebekah squealed in happiness and launched forward, enveloping her in a hug.

"I wasn't sure if you were going to make it," Rebekah smiled.

"I see me coming doesn't matter," Alex muttered, sitting next to Caroline.

"Alex!" She exclaimed, and latched herself onto him.

"You'll have to excuse my little brother, he can be quite jealous," Caroline said, shooting Alex a triumphant smile.

"And I can be a protective older brother, so don't take this the wrong way beautiful, who the hell are you?" Kol asked.

"Ignore him," Rebekah said, shooting his a dirty look.

"Not possible," Kol grinned.

"For some reason I don't find that hard to believe," Caroline smiled.

"Caroline, Alex, met my most annoying brother Kol," Rebekah sighed.

"And how do you two know my sister?" Kol asked.

"Leave them alone Kol," Rebekah snapped.

"I'm simply curious, it's not often you get new friends Bekah, especially two in the same week. I'm actually proud," Kol smiled.

"Look," Alex began.

"Kol, right?" Caroline said, interrupting whatever Alex was going to say. "We came here to drink, not to be interrogated, and while I understand you trying to protect your sister, but rest assured, if I was out to hurt her, I wouldn't do it in a bar in the middle of Georgia."

Rebekah laughed and after a second Kol broke into a smile. "You have a point there sweetheart," Kol smirked, pouring four shots and handing them out. "But just in case you are planning something, my sister and I can't be killed, nor can any of my other three brothers."

"Noted," Caroline said, smiling slightly.

"If you remember not to cross my family, I think you and I can become good friends," Kol said, raising his shot glass to hers.

"Same goes for you. While I am no match against you or any of your siblings, I protect what's mine, and Alex is mine," Caroline said, clinking there shots together.

"To a new friendship," Kol smiled and they both took their shots.

Alex and Rebekah watch the two of them share in a toast that was just for the two of them. Rebekah hoped the two of them got along while Alex hoped they didn't, just because he was looking after her. They were pretending to be brother and sister at the moment, but that wasn't a far stretch from the truth. They were close and only got closer every day, but only on a brother and sister level.

He met Rebekah's eyes and felt a jolt of warmth wash through him. God, those eyes were beautiful. A soft blue, but dark when angry, absolutely beautiful. He was worried about Caroline when he should be worrying about himself, because Rebekah Mikaelson was for sure going to be the death of him. They clinked their glasses together in a solute just for the two of them.

***Thirty Minutes Later***

"I'm going to have to carry her out of her," Alex muttered, watching Caroline take another shot.

"And I'll probably have to drag Kol out of here," Rebekah laughed.

"We're the perfect couple, wouldn't you say?" Alex smiled.

"Who do you think will puke first?" Rebekah asked.

"Kol."

"Kol? He's 1000 years old, no way."

"Caroline spent her entire life with me, trust me, she drinks, a lot. Besides, you'd be surprised what Caroline can do when she puts her mind to it."

"You have a lot of faith in your sister," Rebekah commented.

"I trust her more than anyone else," He said simply.

"It must be nice to be able to trust someone that much," She said.

"What about your brothers?"

"My brother will betray me if it meant they get what they want. I wouldn't trust any of them with my life," She shrugged.

"That must suck," He said quietly.

"It does," She agreed.

"Your own brothers may not have your back, but I do," he said, taking her hands in his own. She looked up, surprised at first, but smiled slowly, melting into his soft, warm hands.


Caroline took another shot and slammed her glass next to Kols, shaking her head wildly as the drink left a trail of fire down her throat. No way could she take any more shots without being completely wasted.

Kol proved to be fun and a good distraction, but even among all the fun, she always kept an eye on Alex. Not that she didn't trust Rebekah, it's just she didn't know her enough and she knew Alex enough to know he could screw it all up.

"How old did you say you were?" Kol asked, filling the shot glasses.

"I didn't," She smirked.

"Well, you drink almost as well as I do, which means you're pretty old," He said, his words starting to slur.

"I'm offended Kol, to think I drink even better then you," Caroline said.

"You're going to have to do better than that girley," He smirked, raising the shot to his lips. Rebekah came over at that time and grabbed the shot before he could consume it all.

"Come Kol, let's take you home," She said.

"Who are you, my mom?" Kol snorted, standing up and stumbling into her.

"No, but seeing as you're drunk, I'll have to do," Rebekah said.

"We should get you home too," Alex said, helping Caroline to her feet.

"Carry me,' Caroline said. Holding her arms up.

"You are so much work," He sighed, but still scooped her up into his arms.

"See you guys tomorrow?" Rebekah asked while the four of them exited the bar.

"If Caroline could walk, yes," Alex said, looking down at her. She knew right now would be a good time to come up with an amazing plan and hand them over to Mikael, end this dangerous game she was playing. She should, but the thing was, she didn't want to. She didn't want to end this game, she didn't want to give them up to Mikael, and she didn't want Mikael so win.

"I'll be able to walk," She said, laying her head on his shoulder.

"I'm going to be the first vampire in history to get a hangover," Kol muttered, causing them all to laugh.

Sometimes it was nice spitting on Mikael's rules and actually live, have a little fun, and Caroline was actually starting to enjoy her life, probably for the first time.

****The Original Family****

"You better not ruin these heels," Rebekah growled, dumping Kol in the living room.

"Ow," he muttered, but still didn't move.

"I see our brother went out drinking again," Klaus commented.

"Don't start on me about that," Rebekah warned.

"I'm not Elijah, I don't care whether you spend all your time drinking, even if it is the first time in years that we have all been together," He said.

"I'd rather be drinking then being here, besides, we're not all here, are we?" Rebekah said.

Klaus shot her a dirty look while Kol chuckled as he sat up on the floor. "Maybe you should come out drinking with us Nik, it'll bring you closer to our little sister."

"I think I'll find another way," Klaus said.

"You could meet her new boyfriend and my delicious drinking body," Kol said.

"No," Rebekah said immediately.

"Come on Rebekah, he could use someone in his life and I think Caroline would be a good distraction. I think they would get along perfectly," Kol said.

"I don't need anyone in my life," Klaus said shortly.

"Everyone needs someone Nik, even I do. Currently alcohol is taking that someone's space until she comes alone," Kol said, standing up only to stumble into a wall. "I'm not saying you have to marry the damn girl, but at least come out and see if you can out drink her, even I can't."

Klaus shook his head at his siblings. They were foolish and delusional if they thought he was going to go to some pathetic bar to meet some girl. He didn't need anyone in his life, never did, and that would never change.

In case you didn't notice, I kind of gave you an idea where this story is taking place, somewhere in Georgia, now I didn't get any specific because this story won't be there forever, and also I know nothing about Georgia, just a place for the story!