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Caroline was on her way to the airport to pick up her friend Bonnie. As soon as Bonnie had heard the news of Klaus getting married she knew immediately she needed to be by her friend's side and despite protests by Caroline she flew out to Mystic Falls from New York as soon as she could.

"WEEEEE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER"

Caroline groaned and bit the inside of the cheeks knowing if she laughed it would only encourage him. Kol had decided it would be a great idea to come along too and meet Bonnie.

Kol turned down the music "So, how hot is your friend Bonnie? I simply cannot wait to see her"

"No, no, no, no and no. You stay away from her she is one of my best friends and she doesn't need messing around by you." She looked at him pointedly "no matter how good looking you are" she added, winking.

"Yes, we Mikaelson men are blessed with the good looks. Me especially it is just a shame about my sister" he turned the music back up to continue his loud and out of tune singing.

"Remind me why I allowed you to tag along again?"

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"Why do I have to come?" Rebekah whined.

"Rebekah that is enough. Tatia specifically asked if you would come with us so she could get to know you a bit better".

Rebekah rolled her eyes "Well why isn't Caroline coming? How has she managed to get out of this torture?"

"Stop being so dramatic, Bekah, Caroline will be joining us later after she has picked up her friend from the airport. It seems our house has one more guest. Now come on no whining – wedding dress shopping is a big deal for a bride so we need to make this day special for Tatia" Esther said firmly.

Rebekah sighed inwardly. Could this day get any worse?

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"BONNIE!" Kol shouted and ran up to her enthusiastically "welcome to Mystic falls" he said and hugged her. Caroline burst out laughing at the look on Bonnie's face at a stranger greeting her with a hug. What could she say Kol sure had a way with the ladies.

Bonnie arched an eyebrow, not noticing Caroline yet, "and you are?"

"I can be anyone or anything you want me to be, baby"

"Does that line work like ever?"

"I have never tried it on anyone as beautiful as you before so you tell me" Kol winked.

Bonnie scoffed and rolled her eyes searching for Caroline who she saw laughing her head off.

"Caroline! I have missed you. Who is this crazy person?"

"That's just Kol. Ignore him. It is so good to see you."

"Guess I'm bringing the bags then" Kol mumbled, picking up Bonnies luggage and trailed behind them. He was slightly stunned at the brush off Caroline's friend had given him, sure he was half joking with the lines he used but usually he had girls falling at his feet. What had he done wrong? Maybe she had a boyfriend? Although that had never stopped girls before. AHA she was a lesbian. Yes she definitely must be a lesbian.

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Rebekah was on her way to the fifth wedding dress shop. She didn't even realise Mystic Falls had this many shops, never mind ones that sold wedding dresses. They approached the shop, a quaint looking place with ivy growing on the side of the door when they heard the tinkling of the bell and a couple walked out laughing. She froze immediately when she saw who the one half of the couple was. Him. The drink guy – Stefan. The couple stopped and the woman he was with, even more beautiful now she could see her up close, smiled at them "this place is great they have some really pretty dresses".

Tatia immediately replied "oh that's great! That is a gorgeous ring!" she nodded appreciatively at the ring on the woman's finger.

Rebekah flicked her eyes to the ring then looked up at Stefan who was staring at her. What an asshole! He was engaged yet still chatted up women in bars, offering to buy her drinks and telling her she looked nice. She couldn't help but feel slightly betrayed and she didn't know why. Surely the perfect fiancée should be the one feeling betrayed if she knew what he got up to. This was a perfect example of why Rebekah Mikaelson no longer dated. She had been hurt too many times and the slight hurt she was feeling over a man she'd met twice was stupid. Stupid stupid stupid she told herself.

That was until he spoke.

"She isn't my fiancée" he blurted out.

She looked up shocked; he was still gazing at her very intently, he cleared his throat and looked towards the other three sheepishly, who were surprised by his quick outburst.

He carried on "I mean. This is my brother's fiancée, Elena. I was just coming to help pick out the dress, best man duties and all" he laughed nervously.

The girl, Elena apparently, turned to him questionably but held her hand out to introduce herself "I didn't realise you two new each other, I am Elena".

Rebekah shook back and glanced back at Stefan who was smirking again, waiting for her to finally reveal her name "Rebekah" she swallowed.

They parted ways, with Esther and Tatia opening the door to the shop, but not before a voice whispered in her ear "it was nice seeing you again, Rebekah".

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"I can't believe we are on our way to help her find wedding dress, Care. You do know this is pretty messed up it can't be good for you to bottle all this up and pretend to play the happy, supportive best friend"

Bonnie and Caroline were on their way to meet the others, who were currently having coffee, to finish shopping with Tatia.

"Not much else I can do is there. Can we not talk about this right now? I just can't – especially now I have got to help her actually choose a dress – it's too hard."

Bonnie placed a hand on Caroline's arm "of course. Let's convince her that a hideous dress looks amazing on her!"

Caroline laughed "I am so glad you're here, Bonnie"

"You won't be saying that when I end up killing Kol. How loud does someone need to sing really?"

"You will get used to him" Caroline teased "oh look, there they are at that table".

They headed over to the table Tatia, Esther and Rebekah were sat at. Rebekah was sending Caroline 'kill me now' looks.

"Hey guys. Esther, Tatia this is my friend Bonnie" they all greeted each other with Tatia even standing up to kiss Bonnies cheeks. Caroline had to suppress a giggle as Bonnie raised her eyebrows at the gesture. Rebekah and Bonnie hugged quickly. They had already met during the times Rebekah had come up to visit New York.

They all sat down and discussed how the wedding planning was going. Apparently Tatia had not found any dresses to her taste and was considering flying back to LA to have a look there for a few days.

"Caroline?" a deep voice asked interrupting them, all five women turned to see who it was.

"TYLER?!" Caroline gasped in delight "Oh my god! What are you doing here?!" she asked and flung her arms around his neck.

He laughed heartily "it's nice to see you haven't changed that much, Caroline still as happy as ever" he returned her hug "I didn't know you still lived around here?"

"Oh, I don't. I live in New York now. But I had some time off so, I came back to visit. What are you doing here Mr Football star?"

"Doing some PR stuff and an excuse to come and visit my mom….look I have to go now I only had time to say hello but I am in town for a few more days if you want to meet and catch up. I would really like that" he smiled, his brown eyes friendly.

"I would really like that too" Caroline replied honestly.

They exchanged numbers and he bid everyone a goodbye before walking off.

Caroline turned back to the girls grinning.

"Who was that?" Tatia asked.

"That was the one who got away" Rebekah smirked.

Caroline hit her arm playfully "shut it Bex" but she did not disagree with her statement.

It was very true. Tyler Lockwood had been her boyfriend for the last two years of High School. They had initially never got on, despite him being the captain of the football team and Caroline being the head cheerleader. He had been a bit of a dick to be honest. All he cared about was football and having a good time. That was until his dad, the Mayor, had died in an accident. Caroline, whose own dad had left her, kind of understood what he was going through and they had bonded. He was no longer just a jackass who hooked up with girls, he was a funny, genuine and caring person and it definitely helped that he was very easy on the eyes. They were only friends to begin with but the more time they spent with each other the more they fell in love. That was until they got separated for college, with Caroline following Klaus to New York and Tyler landing a football scholarship in Florida. They tried for the first year, they would fly out to each other as much as possible and they had the holidays back in Mystic Falls but as time went on their schedules got busier, the visits, phone calls and emails became less and less. The breakup was very emotional with both of them crying but they both decided it was for the best. To say the breakup devastated Caroline was an understatement and she would not have got through it without Klaus, who was always there ready with her favourite flavoured ice cream or a bottle of brandy so she could drown her sorrows. In the end, Caroline slowly got over the breakup but she had never really had a serious relationship since. She truly had been in love with Tyler and thought he really was the one. That was until she realised her feelings for her best friend, they had kind of snuck up on her then suddenly hit her like a tidal wave. She sighed. Maybe if her and Tyler could have worked it out and tried harder they would be the ones getting married right now. Losing Tyler was probably one of her biggest regrets. But would losing Klaus be an even bigger one?

She turned to Tatia "He's my ex-boyfriend Tyler Lockwood. You may have heard of him, he plays football for…"

"I'm not much of a football fan to be honest".

Caroline nodded and shared looks with Bonnie and Rebekah. They all decided to leave the coffee shop and carrying on browsing for wedding stuff. Caroline's head and heart wasn't really in it. Her thoughts were all on Tyler and she was very, very excited to meet up with him again. It had been way too long since they had last spoke.

Now Tyler has been introduced...I actually really like Tyler/Caroline on the show so, I didn't want to make him be horrible in this fic so, their breakup involved no cheating or anything like that!

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