AN: Here's an idea that popped into my head yesterday. Inspired by Drop Dead Fred, I love that movie. I pictured it with Kol and Caroline and just went with it. More or less a one shot or maybe two. Not sure. Yes Klaus is in it, but it's mostly more of Kol and Caroline's friendship. No beta. Enjoy.
Caroline opened up the closet to her old childhood room. She saw some of her toys in boxes and there high up on a shelf hidden in the corner was a box she'd long forgotten. She grabbed a chair stood up on it to get it. Covered in a layer of dust and duct tape was an old jack in the box box. She could see the small fingerprints of herself as a child on it from the paint and caked on mud. She reached to rip the tape off. She struggled before giving up and looking for a scissor. She found a pair in her drawer and cut off the tape. She took a breath and lifted the lid. She peered inside and there was nothing inside. She slammed the lid shut and tossed it back into her closet.
"Caroline! Caroline where are you?" Liz yelled
"I'm in the kitchen" Caroline yelled
"I have to work late tonight, but I'll be back in the morning"
"Alright"
"Don't be like that. I know you and Tyler can work out your problems"
"He cheated on me with another woman"
"At least it wasn't a man"
Caroline tossed and turned in her bed. She couldn't go to sleep. She wasn't have a good week. She found her fiance cheating on her with another woman. She stormed out of their apartment with no where to go but her mom's place. She lost her job because she was working for Tyler's father, and she caused a huge scene in the office when Tyler tried to apologize to her. And now she was all alone again.
There was a rattling coming from her closet and she sat up. She turned the light on and looked around for a weapon of some kind. The closet door opened and the jack in the box box rolled out. Caroline waited to see what happened next. The box just stood there on her carpet.
"Hello Carebear!"
Caroline felt a warm tongue on her cheek, licking her, sliding up and she shrieked. She turned and saw Kol, her imaginary friend sitting next to her on the bed. He screamed once she screamed and then she screamed again.
"Screaming contest is it?!" Kol said as he jumped on the bed
Kol began screaming along. Caroline looked up at him in disbelief
"You're not real. I'm dreaming" Caroline said
Kol grabbed a pillow and smacked her on the head with it.
"No you're not, I'm quite real. As real as the day you met me"
Kol jumped off the bed and went into her closet.
"Where are all the toys!? Where is everyone!?" Kol said
"They're gone, I'm a grown up now" Caroline said
Kol started throwing things out of the closet. He stuck his head out and looked at her.
"Ugh, you are old, you're like big and ugly now. Ew. I hope you didn't turn into your mom" Kol said
"Hey!" Caroline yelled as she got off the bed
"Marco! What happened to you?" Kol said holding a plush monkey
"He got old" Caroline said
"So did you! Bleh! I can't be seen with you! All the other imaginary friends will make fun of me!" Kol said
"Give him back!" Caroline said
"Why should I? You don't want him! You don't care about him! You left him in here this whole time!"
"He's mine!"
"Oh now you want him!"
Caroline grabbed onto the monkey and pulled on it. Kol pulled back.
"You don't play with him! I will! I still care!" Kol yelled
"He's my monkey!"
Caroline and Kol pulled the monkey back and forth until it ripped and the stuffing came out.
"Look what you did!" Caroline yelled
"I did? You wouldn't let go!"
"He's MY monkey!"
Caroline snatched the other half of the monkey from Kol. She tried to put the monkey back together but started to cry.
"You ruined it, just like you ruin everything" Caroline said
"I don't ruin anything, I make everything more fun! Has being old made you into a crybaby now?"
"He's my monkey"
"And he was a brave monkey at that, just a few days away from retirement. Well then let's go get a new monkey!"
"How?"
"Aren't you a grown up? Grown ups can go buy toys remember?"
"But the stores are closed right now"
"Then we'll have to operate on Marco to save his life! You ready nurse?!"
"How come I'm the nurse?"
"Fine I'll be the nurse, you can be the doctor!"
Liz walked back into her house to find her living in complete disarray. The furniture had been turned over, the pillows were all taken and used to build a pillow fort complete with a flag on top. The kitchen was a disaster. It looked like the fridge exploded and there was food everywhere. It looked as if Caroline attempted to make pancakes and then waffles and then they ended up on the ceiling.
"CAROLINE!" Liz yelled
Caroline was driving to the mall with Kol next to her. Kol held onto Marco who was stitched back together but still missing stuffing. She parked and went inside the mall to the toy store. She looked around at all the stuffed animals in awe. Kol walked in holding Marco.
"Look Marco! The rest of your monkey family!" Kol said
Kol danced around the monkey toys and then started throwing the stuffed monkeys around.
"Kol stop!" Caroline said
"Make me!" Kol said
Caroline grabbed a stuffed monkey and hit Kol with it. Kol hit her with a larger stuffed monkey. People were looking at Caroline as if she were crazy. She fell back onto a pile of stuffed puppies and laughed.
"Let's get you a new monkey Carebear" Kol said extending his hand out
"But I like Marco, I don't want a new monkey"
"Then you should have done a better job of fixing him"
"You were the worst nurse ever"
"I'm insulted! I'm the best nurse at everything!"
"That doesn't make sense!"
"Makes plenty sense you're just too grown up to understand it!"
"Poppycock!"
"Only I'm allowed to say that! That's my word! You give that back!"
"Make me!"
Caroline took off, and Kol chased behind her knocking over stuffed animals and other toy displays. Caroline laughed and ran through the store. She hid behind a tall giraffe when she heard a boy crying.
"No daddy, I don't want a new bear! I want my bear!"
"Your old bear is damaged and they can't fix it"
"No, I don't want another one!"
"Henry stop this at once!"
"NO!"
The little boy ran off behind the giraffe where she was hiding. Caroline looked down at the boy crying holding a tattered bear. It's eye was missing, most of the stuffing was gone, patches of fur were missing and the leg was falling off.
"What are you doing here?" Caroline asked
"I'm hiding from my daddy" Henry said
"I'm hiding from Kol"
"Who's Kol?"
"He's my imaginary friend"
"You're too old to have those"
"Says you"
"FOUND YOU!" Kol yelled
Henry looked at Caroline strangely as she was talking to someone who wasn't there.
"Who's the kid?" Kol asked
"I dunno, he found me first" Caroline said
"Well then he gets to find us then!" Kol said
"Want to play hide and seek with us kid?" Caroline asked
"I'm Henry, not kid"
"Ok Henry, I'm Caroline, this is Marco my monkey"
"What happened to him?"
"Kol and me got in a fight and we hurt Marco. I tried to fix him but I didn't have everything I needed"
"I want to fix my bear Jack, but my daddy won't let them"
"That's mean of your dad."
"He's mad at me all the time, ever since mommy died"
"Well, my mom's around but she's always yelling at me to clean up and put everything away. My dad left me a long time ago, so you're not missing out on anything"
Caroline looked at his bear.
"You know I could try to fix it, he's not that bad. We'll have to put some patches on him, find him a new eye. I think there's a new store in the mall that makes bears, they probably have stuff to fix them."
"Really!? Can we go there?"
"I dunno"
"Please? You're a grown up, I trust you"
"I just met you, I don't know you, neither does Kol"
"He's a boy, and you're a girl, you're not suppose to be playing together" Kol said
"Shut up Kol" Caroline said
"Henry! You know you're not suppose to run off!" Klaus yelled
"He looks angry!" Kol said as he hid behind Caroline
"Hey, don't yell at him!" Caroline said
Klaus looked up and saw Caroline standing next to his son, holding a monkey.
"Don't yell at Caroline! She's nice!" Henry yelled
"That's right! You tell Mr Grumpy face off!" Kol said
"She told me of a store that sells bear parts and can fix Jack. And I wanna go with her!" Henry said
"Whoa, slow down, I just met you, I usually say coffee first but I guess bear parts is do able" Caroline said
"I just wanna fix Jack, and then I'll be good ok? I promise" Henry said
"Fine, we'll go" Klaus said
"Yay!" Henry started jumping around
"YAY dance!" Kol started dancing around
Caroline started to laugh while watching Kol.
Inside the bear building store, Caroling picked up a few things for Marco and more stuffing for him. Henry found a few things for Jacks and saw a pair of rollerskates for Jacks. Kol was jumping around knocking stuffing everywhere. Klaus was surprised at how easy going Caroline was and how Henry got along with her so easily. He had been closed off for months not speaking with anyone, and then with this complete stranger he was happy and smiling.
Caroline and Henry put the plastic skates on their stuffed animals and started pushing them around the store. Caroline and Henry were on their knees as they pushed them around.
"It's a race! Marco's in the lead, no wait, Jack has inched up. It's going to be a tie it seems!" Kol yelled
The two slammed into the display of bears. The stuffed bears went flying all over the store. Klaus stood there and watched as the two of them pulled themselves out of the pile. Caroline and Henry were laughing.
"Guess it was a tie" Caroline said
"A tie! Let's do it again! Or not, oh no Mr Grumpy face!" Kol said
"Henry, it's time to go, I think we've caused enough damage for one day" Klaus said
"But Caroline has to fix Jack"
"I think Caroline has better things to do" Klaus said
"I can fix him, but you'll have to let me take him" Caroline said
Henry looked down at his bear and then back at Caroline.
"My mom's the sheriff, you'll get him back. Besides everyone knows where I live. You can come visit him"
"Jacks is important to me. He's been there since I was a baby"
"Ok I'll take good care of them then, here take Marco then"
Caroline handed him her monkey and she took his bear.
"I declare this trade temporary, as invoked by the imaginary friend treaty clause" Kol said
"Ok, let's go daddy" Henry said
Klaus looked at his son amazed. Caroline managed to get him to calm down and was able to reason with him. He took his card out of his pocket and handed it to her.
"Here's my number, so you can call when you're done" Klaus said
"Ok, Henry's dad" Caroline said
"Why is Mr Grumpy face staring at you? Are you having a staring contest? Why wasn't I invited?!" Kol said
Caroline tried to ignore Kol's loud yelling beside her.
"He's staring at your chest. Do you have something there? When did you get those!?" Kol yelled
Caroline took a step back and held the bear to her chest.
"Oh my god! They're huge! Can I see?!" Kol asked
"I have to go! See you soon!" Caroline said as she ran out of the store
"Lemme see! I thought only your mom had those!" Kol said
Don't you just love Kol? XD