Caroline sat in her living room. Her mom was giving her a death glare, she had seen it before usually after she got caught sneaking out to parties.

"When were you going to tell me?" Liz crossed her arms over her chest.

"Right away, I just, I knew you would disapprove"

"Caroline you are graduating soon. You can make your own choices. I just want to be included in your life" Liz sat beside Caroline and put her hands on her's. "When you turned into a vampire a whole new world was opened to you and it's a place I don't fit. I am scared that one day you will just decide that you don't want me to be a part of your life anymore"

"What! Mom that is crazy. I love you so much I didn't tell you because I thought you would be mad not because I don't want you around."

"We didn't get along very well for awhile and..."
"I was being a teenager, if a parent tells you that they get along with their kids all the time they are a bunch of lairs"

Liz laughed and pulled Caroline into a hug. "Now about those earrings"

Klaus and Kol stood on Caroline's front porch. "Well I guess Liz knows about you and Caroline now" Kol laughed

"What are you even doing here?" Klaus grunted.

"Caroline and I planned to go to Ruby's funeral together, but something must have made it slip her mind" a hint of annoyance was in Kol's voice.

Klaus knew his brother well enough to know he hid his saddest by lashing out, they were a lot a like in that department. "I'm sorry, we shouldn't have been doing that, not today. I have been so happy with Caroline that I forgot that seeing other couples would be hard on you."

"Well haven't you just turned into a regular softly" Kol patted Klaus on the back, he took his card keys out of his jacket and headed for his car. "Tell Caroline that I will just meet her down there and Klaus..."

"Yeah?"

"It hurts but I am happy for you" Kol got into his car and drove to the church.

Kol was the first guest to arrive, all the decorating had been finished. Klaus had done a specular job, the colour scheme was black and white with just a pop of red. The vases at the front of the church were filled with black and white roses expect for one red rose, Kol walked up to it. He held in it in his fingers, this was Ruby, the most unique and beautiful one in the batch. Kol felt uncomfortable he didn't want to be here. Klaus had wasted his time and money Ruby would be back on the next full moon. Elijah patted Kol on the back, Kol had been so focused that he didn't even hear him come in, it was a kind gesture but Kol didn't want his pity. "You know Elijah, the problem with wearing a suit all the time is when it come to events that you need to look classy for you look like you didn't try at all" Kol walked out of the church, he saw Stefan's car drive into the parking lot. Stefan got out, he was wearing a black suit with a black tie, Rebekah got out of the passenger side. She was wearing a black cocktail dress that went to her mid thigh. "You two seem to be spending a lot of time together" Kol called at them.

Stefan opened his mouth to talk but Rebekah cut him off.

"Stefan has been a good friend to me"

"How good?"
"Good enough to take me to my friends funeral, I liked Ruby too but everybody seems to be forgetting about me" Rebekah frowned.

Rage filled inside of Kol. "Really Becca? You are mad that I am not paying attention to you after the only women I have ever loved died!" he flinched. He didn't mean died... it's like she's sleeping, she will come back.

"Let's not fight, Ruby wouldn't want you to" Stefan tried to calm down the situation. It didn't work.

"Like you know what she would have liked" Kol yelled. "Your slutty, can't decide what brother I should bang, girlfriend killed her!"

Caroline heard the screaming and came over. "Be respectful!" Caroline used her bitchy voice. "This is not the time or place, not shut up and let's start the ceremony"

Everybody tilted their heads down. Caroline had just shamed them good. Kol and Rebekah headed inside but Stefan made Caroline wait outside with him.

"We have Elena"

"I know. I gave her to you, What are you going to do with her after last nights stunt?"

"When Elena thought Bonnie was going to kill her she looked scared. I made me and Damon realize we have been provoking the wrong emotions"

"So you are going to scare her?" Caroline wasn't following.

"No, we are going to make living with out emotions feel worst then living with them, We have make her feel constant pain"

"You gonna torture her" Caroline cried.

Stefan put his finger over his lips. "I don't want Kol to know she is at my house."

Caroline nodded. "Can you hold off on the torture until I talk to her, we have been friends for a long time maybe I can trigger something and you won't have to go through with any of this" Stefan nodded. "Right now Damon is in her head he is showing her visions of what she is missing out on, he isn't going to touch her until I get back. So we can try your plan first."

Stefan looped his arm into Caroline's "Let's go"

Caroline looked up at the church, a part of her wanted to run away, this was Ruby's funeral she would have to accept that she was gone. She took a deep breath and walked into the church.

Kol looked around for a casket, he didn't see one anywhere. Caroline sat beside him. A priest walked out holding an urn. Kol felt sick "She was cremated?" He asked Caroline.

"Yeah apparently she told Klaus that she want to be cremated if she died when she was working for him"

Kol felt his stomach do flips. How does this affect her coming back? She's just a pill of ashes, how can she come back form that? Kol squeezed the bench in front of him, I should have watched Klaus. I should have known he would mess everything up. The bench shattered under Kol's grip.

"Are you alright?" Kol looked at Caroline's worried eyes, he couldn't take it anymore he shouldn't be at her funeral she wasn't dead! Kol needed to talk to Silas he would know what to do. He flashed out of the church.

"H-How?" the priest stuttered. Klaus vamped and stood in front of him.

"You will forget that you saw that"

"I will forget"

"You will continue with the ceremony"

The priest looked down at his book and continued reading. Klaus turned and sat beside Caroline.

"Should we try and find him?"

"No, it's too hard on him. I understand if it had been..." Klaus cleared his throat he didn't want to imagine attending Caroline's funeral.

Caroline knew what Klaus was thinking and reached out and held his hand.

Kol felt like he was being smothered. He tried to untie his tie but his fingers wouldn't listen to him, so he just grabbed the tie and ripped it off.

"Why are you so distressed?"

Kol turned and saw Jeremy Gilbert. "You're body was burnt, can you still come back?"

Silas went into Kol's head, it was easier than usual because he was so upset he had no guards up, he saw the funeral and Kol's freak out when he saw the urn. What a stupid boy. Silas thought.

"Kol calm down. When they come back their ghost materializes, it has nothing to do with their actual bodies."

"Oh thank god" Kol rested his hands on his knees. When he looked back up Silas was gone. Kol looked in the direction of the funeral, he didn't want to go back.

After the funeral had ended Rebekah and Stefan got into his car and drove home.

"You know you didn't have to cover for me back there." Stefan told Rebekah.

"It was none of Kol's business and I don't want you regretting telling people" Rebekah shrugged her shoulders.

"And why would I regret it?"

"You don't know what Elena might be feeling when she turns her emotions back on. You might change your mind and I don't want to deal with Kol's remarks"

"Rebekah I"

"Shh. We have a good thing going on let's not do anything to ruin it"

Stefan nodded and focused back on the road.

Damon poured himself a glass of blood he had tried for hours to trigger some sort of emotion in Elena but nothing had worked. He heard the front door open when he looked up and saw Caroline he was less the enthused.

"What's she doing here?" Damon snapped.

"I want to talk to Elena before you go all S&M on her"

"I've been trying all day what makes you think that you can do anything?"

"She's my friend let me try"

Damon gestured to the basement "She's all yours"

Caroline walked sown the steps and turned to the cellar.

"Elena?"

Elena was sitting on the ground her skin was pale and she smelt. The Salvatore brother must not have fed her since prom.

"I'm still furious with you, You killed Ruby, hurt my mom and tried to kill Bonnie"

"Then why are you here?" Elena seemed bored.

Caroline knelt down and looked Elena in the eye. "Because this isn't you Elena"

"And what makes you such an expert on who I am?"

"Because we have been friends forever"

"Are we still friends? Let's face it I am not exactly BFF material. You should really move on"

"I'm not going to give up on you"

"No wonder you are everybody's second choice. You are so clingy, even after I broke your back and killed that stupid witch you are still crawling back to me. Did you think that you could make me want to feel? Sorry but that would take somebody that I actually used to care about"

"There isn't a shred of the old Elena in you. Is there?"

"Nope"

Caroline got up and headed for the door. Elena vamped towards Caroline ready to attack. Caroline turned and snapped her neck. Stefan walked in "Guess we will have to do things the hard way" Stefan picked Elena up he took her up the stairs and put her on a chair then took some rope and tied her to it. Caroline walked over and took Elena's day light ring off her finger.

"For once Blondie you had a good idea" Damon walked into the room holding a fire extinguisher. "I think she needs to work on her tan"

Elena moaned her neck had healed.

"Oh good your awake" Damon smiled, he stood beside Elena. Stefan walked over to the window that was covered with a thick curtain, Caroline stood still not sure if she should stay or go.

"I thought you could use a little sunshine" Damon pointed to Caroline. When he did she held the ring up so Elena could see it.

"Sorry Elena bad girls don't get nice jewelry" Caroline closed her hand so Elena could no longer she the ring.

"Wow I'm devastated, oh wait no, I'm just bored"

Stefan took the curtain and pulled it back so the sun rays would hit Elena. Elena screamed as she skin burnt, her arm caught fire. Damon picked up the fire extinguisher and put out the flame.

"No need to thank me" He joked.

"You do realize that I'll remember all this. If I get my emotions back then I'll hate all of you"

Caroline vamped so she was right in Elena's face. "It's worth it" she broke the heel off of Elena's shoe and stabbed it into her stomach. Elena winched in pain "Klaus is wearing off on you" She laughed.

Caroline backed away from Elena. Elena took that chance and broke though the ropes she vamped to the curtain and pulled it off the window. Her entire body caught fire, Stefan pushed Elena out of the sunlight and Damon sprayed her with the fire extinguisher. Elena laughed quietly

"You just proved it. Both of you love me you wouldn't do anything to actually hurt me"

Caroline watched the scene unfold before her. She didn't know what stopped her from helping Elena but something inside her wanted to see her burn.

"Me"

"What?" Elena asked, but Caroline just turned and left the house.

She didn't bother getting into her car she just vamped to Klaus's house. She walked through the front door and went directly to Kol's room.

Kol was doing push ups, he knew that he might have to fight Klaus in the next couple of days. His strength would have to be at it's peek if he even stood a chance. Caroline barged in.

"I need your help" she exclaimed.

"Why don't you ask Klaus? I'm busy" He went down into another push up.

"Klaus won't be able to do it"

Kol stood up and tilted his head. He was curious what he could do but Klaus couldn't. What do you need?"

"Elena is at the Salvatore house we are working with her to turn her emotions back. We are trying to do it by triggering her fear. Damon and Stefan were tutoring her with sunlight when she suddenly vamps to the open window!"

Kol nodded catching on. "And they saved her" He finished Caroline's sentence.

"Yeah she knows they could never do anything to really hurt her"

"But I would" A dangerous smile flashed across his face.

"I have been acting like I hate Elena so she would believe that I am mad enough to take you to her"

Kol clapped his hands. "Well let's go"

"Wait" Caroline blocked his path. "You can't actually kill her"

"But I can torture the bitch. Right?"

"Yeah, but seriously Kol can I trust you with this?"

"Yes" He was telling the truth he was going to kill Elena after the veil was dropped. He smiled at the idea of Elena feeling guilty about Ruby's death.

"Are you insane?" Damon blocked Kol's car from entering the drive way.

"We need somebody she will be afraid off" Caroline whispered.

"Elena hasn't fed, she can't hear us" Stefan came up to the car.

"We don't know what he will do to her" Damon pointed at Kol.

"Well I still have my old baseball bat" Kol wiggled his eyebrows at Damon.

"Kol promised me he won't kill her, he is the best shot we have"

"Maybe they are right" Stefan admitted.

"No I won't allow it" Damon shook his head.

Kol vamped and snapped Damon's neck. "Well if you aren't with us then your... dead"

Elena heard some footsteps coming down the stairs. She rolled her eyes why wouldn't the brothers realize that they didn't scare her. The door sprung open and Caroline threw Damon's body towards her.

Elena laughed, "Do you really think that seeing Damon with broken neck will do anything? He will be back to annoy me any minute"

"I am only showing you him because I wanted you to see that there is nobody here to save you"

"From what?" Elena smiled, what kind of a game what Caroline trying to pull?

"Me" Kol came around the corner, he had a duffel bag of weapons.

"You wouldn't let him touch me"

"Damon won't and look what happened to him. You killed my best friend and made me watch you deserve this and our little talk earlier today was only more proof that the old Elena is gone"

Elena saw Kol picked up a butcher knife and Caroline turned to leave.

"He'll kill me!" Elena screamed.

"And I'll make it hurt, I have had nearly a thousand years to learn all types of tricks on pain"

Fear raced through Elena's veins once she let the fear in everything else came along with it.

"I do deserve it" she cried. Caroline turned and saw Elena sitting on the ground crying.

"Oh come on" Kol cried.

Caroline vamped over to Elena and hugged her. "I'm so sorry, I had to pretend to hate you but you are going to be ok"

Stefan ran into the room and Elena pushed Caroline off of her.

"I didn't even get to touch her" Kol pouted.

"No, No I-I" Elena was in hysterics, tears overwhelmed her face "I hurt Liz, Caroline and Bonnie and... Ruby oh my god I actually killed Ruby" Elena vamped over to the wall and punched it, she was still weak form the torture and undernourishment, she punched the wall again this time her knuckle broke but she didn't stop she deserved this pain. Caroline put her hands on Elena's shoulders. "Elena you fine, it's going to turn out fine"

"How can you say that?" Elena screamed. "After what I did" Elena looked at Kol, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry" Elena collapsed onto the ground she just kept repeating how sorry she was.

"I spent more time picking out weapons then I did intimidating her" Kol obviously didn't think much of Elena's apology.

"Shut up" Caroline snapped "She's in pain"

Kol rolled his eyes picked up his weapons and left.

Caroline looked at Stefan and Elena, Stefan had Elena's chin cradled in his hands. "Your emotions are over whelming you, you just have to focus on one thing"

"I can't" Elena sobbed.

"Yes you can. Just find that one thing that makes you strong, that one thing that makes life worth living. Focus on it, you will get through this"

Elena took deep breaths and seemed to be calming down. Caroline saw Damon's body twitch, he slowly got up, he looked at Elena and Stefan. "It worked?" He asked.

Caroline smiled "She's back"

Kol stormed into Klaus's house. Elijah, Klaus and Rebekah where playing cards.

"What's wrong?" Klaus asked.

"Elena got her humanity back"

"I fail to see how this would be a problem" Elijah fixed his tie.

"I was supposed to be able torture her! But the cowardly bitch saw me and flicked it on before I was even in the door" Kol threw his bag across the room.

"You are upset because you didn't get to hurt a seventeen year old girl. Classy Kol" Rebekah sighed.

"Don't do that! Don't make her into a victim. She killed Ruby, Caroline might be able to forgive her but I can't! She's the reason I am alone! She is the reason why I have worked so hard to get her back" Kol bit his tongue but it was too late.

"Get her back?" Rebekah asked.

"You are working with Silas I presumed as much" Elijah stood up. But Kol vamped out of the house before anybody could do anything.

Caroline got out of her car. She was going to have a good sleep tonight, for once she could go to bed without worrying about Klaus or Elena. Everything was how it should be. Caroline unlocked her front door and opened it.

"Caroline run!" Liz screamed.

The bullet hit Caroline's forehead before she could react. Her body fell to the ground and was pulled inside.