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Caroline and Henry sat across from each other just staring.
"I am still finding this very strange," Caroline said and Henry pulled out his phone.
"Want to take to yourself about it?" Henry offered.
"No, not after what happened last time," Caroline said and Henry grinned his dimples coming out. "Am I...am I a good Mom?" Henry looked at her like she was nuts.
"The best," Henry told her. "You're great."
"I always wondered...but it doesn't matter now does it?" Caroline said softly.
"Having a kid just wasn't the way your life was meant to be I guess," Henry said with a shrug.
"How old are you?" Caroline asked and Henry laughed.
"10 going on 1000," Henry said and then Caroline laughed.
"So I call you my little wolf?" Caroline asked and Henry blushed.
"Yeah," Henry mumbled obviously embarrassed at the nickname. "You never wanted me to be ashamed of who I was. Being who I am saved your life after all. Told you you are great Mum."
K&C
"Where are you going?" Henry asked later when Caroline was on her way out the door.
"Girls night," Caroline replied. "I'll be back later."
"Oh, is Aunt Becks going?" Henry said and Rebekah went back to looking at her magazine pretending she wasn't listening.
"Uh..." Caroline said searching for a nice way to say "no."
"She always goes," Henry went on.
"She does?" Caroline said shocked.
"Yeah, the four of you are pretty close," Henry said and got out his phone and went to his pictures. Sure enough there was a picture of Caroline, Elena, Bonnie, and...Rebekah? They were all smiling and Elena had her arm around the Original. Elena had her arm around Rebekah. What?
"Do you want to come?" Caroline asked Rebekah hesitantly.
"I guess, there is nothing else better to do tonight anyway," Rebekah pretended not to care but was secretly excited. She had never been to a girls night before. Hell she had never had friends before. So Caroline found herself on Elena's doorstep with Rebekah next to her.
"Hey Caroline...Rebekah," Elena said when she opened the door. What was Rebekah doing here?
"Apparently in the future Rebekah is our friend so I invited her along," Caroline said quickly.
"She is?" Elena said.
"Yeah, Henry had the pictures to prove it," Caroline informed her.
"But she tried to kill me," Elena pointed out.
"And you tried to kill my whole family," Rebekah reminded her.
"Henry trusts her," Caroline said and that was enough to convince Elena.
"Come in," Elena said and Rebekah walked into the house.
The Present
"It has been forever since we have had one of these, well a girls night were we don't go the bar and get totally trashed." Caroline said and the other girls nodded. They were at Elena's this time because all the boys were all over at the mansion.
"I do miss our girls nights," Bonnie said. "We used to have them all the time."
"Yeah before I got married and basically sold my social life away," Rebekah said and the girls giggled.
"Or have an extremely jealous boyfriend who won't even let you fed on guys." Caroline said. "And a kid of course."
"Yep Elena is the only smart one," Bonnie said and then turned to her, "What is being single like again? I am starting to forget."
"Hey I am jealous of all of you," Elena said, "You have all met the love of your lives. I don't have that."
"Elena you haven't dated Damon or Stefan in ten years," Caroline said getting frustrated. "You have obviously managed to get along just fine without them."
"I thought you wanted me to be with Stefan," Elena said, "Something about my epic love?"
"Stefan was your epic love," Caroline said, "You had such a romantic story. He made you find something inside yourself you didn't know you had. Strength. Damon helped with that too. They changed you, and now you are someone new. Stefan was your epic love, but maybe not your true love."
"You sound like a love guru," Bonnie said and Caroline narrowed her eyes.
"I am just saying you need to move on," Caroline said, "Find someone new."
"I have been with new people," Elena reminded her. "I have gone out with a few guys these past years. Who do you have in mind anyway?" Caroline grinned. "Oh god."
"We would all really be sisters that way Elena!" Caroline explained. "And do not lie and tell me you have never imagined what is under those suits."
"Have you?" Bonnie asked Caroline.
"I admit the thought has crossed my mind," Caroline said with a giggle. "I love Nik, but I won't lie and act like I have never wondered."
"You do have a point," Bonnie said, "I mean he is always so serious, I wonder what he is like when the blinds are closed." Bonnie and Caroline broke into a fit of giggles.
"You are all disgusting," Rebekah said, "Those are my brothers!"
"Well it is not our fault all your brothers are good looking," Caroline said and Rebekah made a face.
"Yeah, wait, you haven't thought that way about Kol have you?" Bonnie asked Caroline who made a face.
"Oh god no!" Caroline said and then added, "No offense. He is like my brother."
"Technically you cannot be sisters or have brothers until you marry them," Rebekah pointed. "So when are you planning on marrying my brother, Caroline?"
"When he forgets this stupid thing about me asking him," Caroline mumbled. "He is the most old fashioned person on the planet and he wants me to purpose to him?"
"You should have just said yes when he asked you," Elena cut in.
"What about Bonnie?" Caroline said trying to change the subject away from herself. "Why haven't you married Kol?" Bonnie blushed.
"Well actually..." Bonnie said, "He might of..."
"Kol asked you to marry him!" Caroline said or more screamed. "That is wonderful Bonnie."
"In such a Kol like way too," Bonnie told them with a laugh, "He sort of just yelled it at me. We were eating and then he just yelled "Marry me!"
"Did he give you a ring?" Elena asked.
"He talked to my Dad and got my great grandmothers ring," Bonnie said turning even redder. They heard sniffing. "Caroline?"
"This is just so..." Caroline said with another sniff. "Perfect."
"I couldn't decide who I wanted as a maid of honor so I pick all of you," Bonnie said.
"Evan me?" Rebekah asked.
"Yeah, of course, we have been friends for years," Bonnie answered and this time Rebekah teared up. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing," Rebekah said wiping her eyes with the back of her hand. "I just...I never really had friends before."
"That is so sad!" Caroline exclaimed.
"Thanks for that Caroline," Rebekah said and Bonnie and Elena laughed.
Back to the first girls night Rebekah ever went to...
Rebekah sat there very awkwardly. Elena and Bonnie kept looking at Caroline who shrugged.
"Why is she here?" Elena mouthed.
"Henry," Caroline mouthed back. The doorbell rang.
"Pizza is here!" Caroline said getting up. She grabbed the money and came back a second later with two pizzas. "Dig in."
"Are you even going to use plates?" Rebekah asked.
"Nope," Caroline told her. "Now come sit down and eat some of this greasy deliciousness while we watch the Notebook."
"Not again," Bonnie said, "And no we are not watching the Twilight movies either."
"What about Interview with a Vampire?" Rebekah suggested and they all looked at her. "Nik had it and I found it quite amusing. It was a lot more accurate then the sparkling ones."
"Sure," Caroline agreed. "Do you have it Elena?"
"Jeremy gave me every vampire movie in existence for my birthday," Elena said getting up. "I got it."
"Is this all you do on a girls night?" Rebekah whispered to Caroline as the movie went on. "Eat and watch movies?"
"The talking about boys and doing each others nails comes later," Caroline said, "Now watch, and eat."
The Present
"Do you have to paint your nails red every time?" Caroline asked Rebekah.
"Yes," Rebekah said, "I find blood red nails quite amusing." Elena came in carrying a bottle.
"What are you doing?" Caroline asked. "Not again."
"This is not a high school girls night anymore," Elena said with a grin.
"You know you became a lot more fun after you became a vampire," Rebekah told Elena and then looked at Caroline. "And you got a lot more boring."
"I am a mother!" Caroline said, "I can't go around acting like a kid when I am responsible for a kid. A kid that is so like me that he got sent to the past!"
"Bor-ing," Rebekah said again.
"I'll show you boring!" Caroline said and grabbed the bottle and took a long drink. "Ohh...that burns."
K&C
"Oh for the love of god," Klaus said as he stood in the doorway. Caroline was giggling and rolling on the floor.
"Nik!" Caroline cried and then jumped on him.
"Who was responsible for it this time?" Klaus asked holding Caroline up with one arm.
"Elena," Bonnie and Rebekah said at the same time.
"Have I told you lately how hot you are?" Caroline said and Klaus laughed.
"About two nights ago the last time you got tossered, but it is nice to hear," Klaus told her. He looked at her friends. "Why?"
"She is way too worried about Henry, she just needs to loosen up a bit," Rebekah said and Caroline started humming.
"No more loosening, please?" Klaus said and then looked at Caroline. "Come on love."
"I love your accent," Caroline said in her drunken slur. "The first time you called me love, you know in the science room, I thought it was hot even then."
"Really?" Klaus said surprised. She had never told him that.
"Uh-huh," Caroline as she started to doze.
"Let her be," He said to the girls.
"You are no fun either," Rebekah said. "Parents are boring."
To the past high school girls night...
"What color do you want?" Caroline asked Rebekah.
"Red I guess," Rebekah replied.
"A vampire liking red nail polish, shocker," Bonnie said.
"I like red," Caroline spoke up trying to ease the tension. "Don't you Elena?"
"Yeah, love it," Elena said. "As nail polish...not the color of blood. Like what Klaus drained me of." There it was.
"Or what Damon used to fed off of me," Caroline challenged. "Or what Rebekah's father forced her to drink after stabbing her in the heart with a sword."
"How do you know that?" Rebekah asked.
"Elena filled us in," Caroline replied. "Your Dad sucks."
"Yes he does," Rebekah agreed.
"My birth father tried to kill Damon and Stefan," Elena added, "My birth mother was awful too."
"My Mom abandoned me and my Dad is a little scared of me," Bonnie said joining in.
"My Dad tried to cure me by torturing me," Caroline said.
"My Mum is trying to kill all of us," Rebekah said and they all shared a look.
"You win," Caroline told Rebekah.
K&C
"We burned all the wood," Klaus said into the phone. "Henry told us about it and we burned it all."
"What about the sign?" Nik asked from another time and place, and the other line.
"We kept it, but why?" Klaus asked.
"There might be time you need it. Make one stake and keep it well hidden don't tell anyone where it is not even Caroline. Burn the rest." Nik told him. "I don't know how different your world is, but you need to keep a careful eye on Caroline. Elena too."
"Why?" Klaus said confused.
"To make sure Elena is Elena, and that Caroline is safe," Nik said.
"Is someone after her?" Klaus said.
"I love her, many people will be after her," Nik told him. "Protect her. No matter what. Caroline is stubborn and will resist, but watch over her."
"I will," Klaus promised.
K&C
"How was your night?" Klaus asked suddenly next to her. Caroline hadn't even heard him come up.
"We bonded over bad parenting," Caroline answered. She looked back over at a sleeping Henry. "But I'll never be a parent." Her eyes were glassing over and she wiped them away. "It hurts so much knowing I can't have him."
"What can I do?" Klaus asked and Caroline looked at him.
"I could use a hug," Caroline said.
"I don't hug," Klaus said looking uncomfortable.
"It's okay, I'll show you," Caroline said and moved closer to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. She took his arm and put it around her. "Now we just stay like this for a moment." Caroline felt him slip something into her pocket. "What are you doing? I said hugging not groping." Klaus laughed.
"It is Henry's phone. Someone wants to speak with you," Klaus told her and they broke apart.
"Who? Caroline asked.
"You," Klaus answered, "But try not to faint again, love."
K&C
Caroline stared at the phone. She had been going through pictures for the last couple minutes. There were a lot of her and Klaus. Who she called Nik. A lot of her and her friends. Including Rebekah. There were also some of Bonnie and...Kol? What? That was Bonnie's boyfriend? Another picture caught her eye. It was of herself, or other self, and Kol. He had his arm around her and they were smiling. Caroline could see right away that they were close. Like siblings almost. Henry had said she and Rebekah were like sisters, and even told people they were. He didn't mention Kol though, probably because Henry didn't want to overwhelm her. They were...a family. They all were. It seemed so nice. Everyone getting along and being friendly which each other.
She traced her finger over a picture of her and Klaus. She was looking at the camera, but he was looking at her. The way he looked at her, no one had ever looked at her like that. Not even Tyler. Klaus looked at her like Caroline was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen, and that he actually believed it. Caroline took a deep breath and pressed talk.
"Hey Henry," Her voice said from the other line. "Are you okay?"
"Um...it isn't Henry," Caroline stammered.
"Oh," Alternate Caroline said.
"Klaus said you wanted to talk to me?" Caroline said trying to keep a level head.
"Yes, I think it is time you and I have a little chat," Caroline said, "But don't faint on me okay, Nik had a good laugh about that."
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What did you think? I know there isn't much Henry here, but I am establishing Rebekah/Caroline friendship and more Klaus and Caroline moments!
The next chapter is the last Henry past/AU chapter. He needs to get home. Should their memories of Henry be erased or not?
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