Caroline let the dream about Klaus go as it never happened again; soon she forgot about it altogether.
Elijah must have told Finn about their little talk with her. She wondered if he failed to mention the part about him and Kol being in her bed.
But they all seemed to want to be closer to her, maybe only for Finn's sake. She was continually surprised at how close the Originals were as a family.
Maybe this whole claiming thing made her feel closer to them as well. Maybe that was the point since she would be declaring herself as basically Finn's eternal girlfriend. So she was bound to be close to the rest of the Original family too.
She just wasn't sure how Klaus would fit into that picture. She wouldn't choose him; but how could he ever forgive her and see her as family if she didn't?
Rebekah would also be a tough one to win over, but she was good with the whole girly-bonding stuff. Plus, Rebekah wasn't trying to get into her pants, at least actively.
Finn must know that Elijah and Kol had talked to her and explained everything because soon after that bizarre night, Finn started this whole "courting" process.
He came to her door at least once a week, usually with flowers of some sort, and always impeccably dressed. He would link her arm with his and they would stroll through the town. Go and eat at the Mystic Grille or go to a movie.
Though Finn was always sort of wary about movies; she wasn't really sure why, but he seemed to have a hard time with the moving pictures. That wasn't the only odd thing. He also didn't have a cell phone, so she never knew when he would be coming over. He constantly surprised her.
When she mentioned the phone thing, he seemed to get a bit nervous and would always change the subject. In fact, any time she brought up anything about technology in general this would happen. It was strange, but not something that overly bothered her.
Sometimes they would just walk about town, hand in hand; he seemed to like to do this the best.
Just being with her and enjoying their time together. She found her feelings for him growing more intense each day; and she could curse his propriety when it came to kissing or really anything more intimate than hand holding and kisses on the cheek.
He flustered her so much. She was past the breaking point of just wanting to jump on him whenever he was around her.
But she always remembered what Elijah had said. That this was something Finn needed to do; so she never pushed him to do anything else physically with her.
The dreams began when Finn started coming around to see her; at first they were no more than like extended periods of time with him.
Them talking, laughing, one of his hands moving a lock of her hair away from her face; the dreams were always just sort of sweet and fun like their time together. After each dream she felt closer to him and his family.
Towards the end of each dream something would change and it was like she was watching a movie about Finn's past.
He would be there with his brothers and sister, sometimes who she thought must be his mother and father, just doing everyday things. It had to be his past because the place looked like Mystic Falls just with no buildings yet.
It was a village and she knew from Elena and the others that the Originals had been Vikings when they moved into the area.
Then there would be a fire and screaming; and she would feel Finn's fear. Feel his bloodlust take over as he rampaged across the countryside after being turned.
The dreams were continual, but they always started in the present before plunging her into Finn's past.
Bringing to light the things he had done after becoming a vampire; and nothing was ever repeated.
It was always different times from his past; like a movie reel unveiling in her mind. But, when she woke up she almost never remembered those parts of the dreams, only the happy times she had with him.
Oh…and there was something else she may need to talk to Finn or Elijah or even Rebekah about…since Kol had an impromptu invite to her bedroom window (thanks Elijah), there were nights that she'd come home dead tired and just fall into bed; not noticing till morning that another body occupied said bed.
Kol never tried anything on her…well maybe the once…most of the time he would snuggle up to her and it was like having an octopus attached to you; it's like his arms and legs were everywhere. One arm around her waist from underneath, the other arm over her waist on top, both legs all tangled with hers. He was so tall and gangly, but she did feel comfortable sleeping with him, so maybe she wouldn't complain to them quite yet.
The one time, one time something happened between them it wasn't anything more than kissing.
And both of them were drunk like skunks, if skunks could even get drunk Caroline thought before laughing at her own thoughts.
It wasn't planned or anything it just sort of happened, naturally.
She got into her usual night clothes, and he got…into…his; which usually entailed nothing but boxer shorts, but whatever. They'd done this a thousand times, what's the difference with a thousand and one?
Well first off…neither one of them had very many clothes on; secondly they were drunk and extremely giggly and less inhibited.
They had gone out, and the first thing they did when they got back to her house was jump on her bed, for what seemed like hours, but was actually only five minutes. Before collapsing into a heap.
Kol rolled over to face her then, and said "you know Caroline…I think you're the most beautiful girl I've ever known" and he smiled; she smiled back and told him how handsome he is, just like a movie star!
After literally complimenting each others anything and everything for the next ten minutes, they lay there staring into one another's eyes for what seemed like an eternity; and Kol used that line on Caroline which made her blush.
He pulled her to him this one time, first time, this only time, and unceremoniously kissed her. She kissed him back and felt no remorse. She was just happy right now being with him.
They had their hands tangled in each others hair as they made out, kissing, tongues pushing past lips; god, and it felt like a movie kiss. It was perfect, not too rough but just passionate enough.
They would then fall asleep in each others arms like they had countless times before; and this time wake up and swear never to mention the kissing to anyone.
Well, Kol did, Caroline sort of just smiled and quickly agreed.