The name of this chapter should technically be translated to "No bed of roses" since I'm using the idiom but I think the Swedish way of saying it works better in this case and so I just directly translated it.
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Not a dance on roses

She's annoyed when she opens the doors to the mansion and it's obvious to anyone in her vicinity with all the noise she makes. She has no regard for the doors since she slams them shut again, but why should she, the Mikaelson's are rich enough to fix anything she breaks.

Why she is annoyed, apparently, she had too big of a hope that Bonnie would be happy for her or at least accept that she was happy. Instead, her friend just stood there quiet for a while before she turned on her heal and left.

It wouldn't surprise her if people would think her childish when she sits down on the couch with a huff and barely contained scream, but she doesn't care. She is still a child in so many ways and all she needed from her friend was a little support.

When a glass of blood is presented to her, she is reminded that Rebekah has been with her this entire time, and who would have thought that Rebekah of all people would be the one with the good reaction.

She smiles towards her fellow blond, trying to calm down. "I don't need that anymore." She says, pointing at the glass. "But thanks for the thought."

Rebekah decides to drink the blood herself then. "Good to know." She comments before she goes to fill the glass with some of the alcohol they have in the house.

When the two brothers that are still in the house joins them, Caroline can feel herself calm down immensely just by Klaus presence. "What have you so worked up, luv?" he asks as he takes place beside her.

She presses herself closer to him, resting her head on his shoulder. "Bonnie's reaction to me telling her I'm pregnant." Why can't her friend be happy for her, or at least ask how she feels about it.

Elijah clears his throat, drawing their attention. "Is it wise to tell them about your situation. We have many enemies Caroline and they can come to want to use this child against Niklaus."

"She's my friend," Caroline says strongly. "She wouldn't harm my child whoever the father was." She can't imagine that any of her friends would harm an innocent child.

To her surprise, Rebekah actually agrees with her. "They may be annoying, but I don't see her friends getting any ideas other than they would think Caroline would need saving." Which Caroline knows can take some convincing that she is fine. "And it's not like we can keep it a secret, her stomach is growing."

Caroline groans at Rebekah's words. "My prom dress doesn't fit." Another thing to be worked up about.

She has dreamed about prom for as long as she can remember, this last celebration before they graduate and now, she doesn't have a dress. She has to wonder if there is someone out there just waiting to mess up every celebration they might have.

When Klaus starts laughing at her complaint, she could strangle him, this is important to her. "This isn't funny." She says glaring at him.

"I actually think it is, luv." Before she can get angry over him not taking her problem serious, he stops her. "It just so happens that we have a collection of dresses that have never or rarely been used."

A smile is spreading over her whole face and her eyes grow large when she starts to think back at the dress he had given her to the Mikaelson ball. "Show me." She giggles all worries and annoyances gone over the thought that she is going to get to raid their trophy case of family collectables.

Everything is different now, she never thought she would arrive at prom with Rebekah, or that at the first sight of her friends she would tense and want to turn around and go the other way.

The first two she sees is Bonnie talking with Matt. She wonders if Bonnie could have told him, maybe their discussing what to do about the new problem that isn't Elena. Maybe they already have a plan that involves taking her away to make sure the Mikaelson's can't touch her or that she is compelled.

If this line of thought continues, she's most likely going to go insane, if she hasn't already. So instead of thinking, she tries to listen in on their conversation. Her hearing might not be as strong as before, but she has realised that as long as nothing is in her way she can hear almost as good as a vampire.

She sighs of relief when the conversation seems to be about Elena, once again she's relieved that her friend takes attention away from Caroline's own problems. She should really check if she's starting to become a bad friend.

But she does care about Bonnie, and hearing that she had a run in with no humanity Elena does make her worry. For a second, she forgets that she told Bonnie about her pregnancy and her friend just left, she walks toward her friend to find out what has happened, but all that comes back when Bonnie looks at her.

The look in Bonnie's eyes takes her back. There seems to be sadness and worry, but also a bit of betrayal. She never wanted her friends to feel like she betrayed them, she just wants to make this whole situation work.

She takes a deep breath and tries to smile. "Hi." She says hesitantly.

Matt doesn't seem to notice the tension and it's obvious that Bonnie hasn't told him anything when he smiles brightly back. "Hi, you really have done an amazing job with the decoration." He says and looks at her from head to toe. "And wow, that's a dress."

That makes her smile for real and twirls in her whit mermaid dress. Mikaelson's big collection really was something and she could get used to raiding it.

"Thanks." She says back. "You look good yourself." She then turns to Bonnie. "Can we talk?" beside her, she can hear Rebekah leading Matt away with the excuse of wanting to dance so the friend can talk alone.

Maybe it's because they are left alone, and Bonnie can't find an excuse not to, but she does agree, looking a bit unwilling. All Caroline gets from her is a nod before they sit down on a bench.

It's now or never, Caroline thinks. If she is ever to explain everything to her friend, then it has to be now. "I understand that it's a lot to take in, it was a lot for me." She is still getting to grip with everything new she can do. "I will try to explain everything, so any question just ask, but what I won't do, what I won't go through again is having to prove something to you." She is done proving something to any of her friends.

They just sit there for a while, Bonnie not saying a word and Caroline uncertain if she has even listened to a word she said. She isn't going to press her friend, but it would be nice with a reaction at least.

It's not until Caroline plans to leave that Bonnie speaks. "You said that you were closer to a witch then vampire, how?"

She has to think the answer through, because this could get complicated. "I can't do spells like you, it's more like nature is using me to enact its will on the world, so I can do almost anything that a witch can or even something hundreds of witches would be needed for if nature wants me to."

"But you're still immortal?" Bonnie then asks.

Caroline nods. "I don't know if I could age if I wanted to, but I don't need food and I'm not going to die of old age." Right now, she isn't sure of what could kill her other than ending up in a permanent coma if anything happened to Klaus.

"And it was this magic that let you save me?" once again Caroline nods. "Can you stop Silas?" She can see hope grow in her friend.

"I can stop Silas, he won't touch you again." She takes her friends hands in hers. "Bonnie, I know someone that can help you find your way back to your old magic if you want to."

"Is this the witch that did this to you?" Bonnie wonders.

Caroline never really thought about Cyrena helping Bonnie, but maybe she should ask if she ever meets her again. "Not sure about her, I'm talking about Kol."

Unsurprising Bonnie is quite shocked hearing that Kol lives. "But Elena and Jeremy killed him, you brought him back." Bonnie rises from her seat and starts to pace in front of Caroline. "If you can bring people back then why is Jeremy still dead?"

She should have expected the question, considering that it was one of the reasons why she didn't want to tell her friends that she could resurrect people, but it does take her off guard. "There was nothing I could do for Jeremy." She wishes there were though, it could have solved their Elena problems. "With Kol, it just happened, I didn't have any control."

When Stefan had carried Jeremy through the door, she wanted to do something, but she never felt any connection to him, nor can she think of any reason that nature would need him alive. But maybe there is something she could do for Elena now.

She looks in at prom. It might not have anything with natures plans to do, but she has been able to do something on her own, like slamming the door in Hayley's face, maybe she can do this too, maybe she can either stop Elena or help her feel again.

When she looks back at Bonnie her friend has a bright smile meant for Caroline. "I'm sorry about before, and if you are happy about this child then I'm happy for you." She gives Caroline a hug.

"I'm happy." even more so now when she has her friend support. "And I won't force you guys to spend time with Klaus, I know that you don't like him, and you have every right not to."

They separate from one another and start heading into prom. "Do you really think Kol can help me?" Bonnie suddenly asks.

"I think it's worth a shot." What is the worst thing that could happen really?

"Okay, I'll try." There is no way that he will be worse of a teacher then professor Shane was, right. "Oh, and you might want to know, Elena stole your red dress." The thought of that makes Caroline laugh.

It doesn't take long for Elena to approach them with a smirk. She makes sure that Caroline notices the dress and ask how she looks. Normally Caroline would be angry, but after the annoyance of the dress being too tight, she doesn't care.

She plans on telling Elena as much when Stefan comes over with a look that is to remind her that they plan to kill Elena with kindness. "The dress is beautiful, and it brings out your eyes." She says instead of what she first planed, sounding a bit annoyed over the Salvatore's new plan.

Elena looks almost victorious, probably thinking the annoyance is because of her. "Thanks. I thought I'd do it a favor."

When Caroline opens her mouth to retort, Stefan jumps in to stop her. "Caroline, why don't you come dance with me, hm?" right now she could probably kill Stefan.

Not planning on letting them have this one she holds up a finger to say a minute before she turns back to Elena. "You know, it should thank you for the favor, I wasn't planning on using it anyway." She smiles at Elena that almost looks annoyed and if Caroline has learned anything the last couple of days then it's that annoyance is definitely an emotion.

She then takes Stefan's hand to dance, even if he is looking disappointed at her for not following their idea. It wouldn't surprise her if it would fail anyhow. In the end, she might be doing them a favour in doing something different.

But the look Stefan gives her makes her want to explain herself. "I know your plan, but I don't feel like following it." Stefan opens his mouth to argue but Caroline stops him. "But I might be able to do something with my new powers. No promises though."

He rises an eyebrow, questioning. "You think your new powers can help?"

"Maybe." As she said, she can't promise anything, but she can always try.

"And Klaus, is he going to be a part of this thing you're going to do." she should have expected that. Just because she trusts Klaus and gives him a chance doesn't mean that her friends aren't going to be suspicious.

"I shouldn't need him for something like this." She can't imagine this to take that much power. "But if I fall unconscious, just take me to him." It can't hurt to let them know in case she is wrong.

"He is just going to be okay with this?" Stefan wonders.

Caroline shrugs. "He doesn't really have a choice. We can discuss what he is okay with but in the end, it's my powers and it's my choice what to do with them." At least in the few things that she doesn't have to listen to nature.

She also believes and hopes that Klaus trust that she would never decide something that could harm their child. She at least trusts that he will do what's best even if she is aware that it can be a bit misguided, but that is why there is two of them so that they don't have to do this alone.

"I never thought that you would have Klaus wrapped around your little finger." Neither did she, but it seems to have happened. "How did you do it?" he asks her to her confusion. "I mean, how did you move on from Tyler so easily?"

His eyes move to Elena for a second and Caroline doesn't know how to answer that. "You and Elena, that is different."

"But you moved on." He says, wanting to know how he can do the same.

She takes a deep breath. "My relationship with Klaus it, we were forced together in a way, maybe we would have ended up here after years, decades or even centuries but Cyrenas meddling made it happen now." For better or worse, she thinks. "I don't know if I have moved on from Tyler, he left after we had a big fight and there is a lot we need to resolve. But I can't part from Klaus, I don't want to part from him and if Tyler can't accept that then we don't have a choice but going our separate ways." Even if she would have preferred to stay friends with Tyler at least.

"You truly care for Klaus. These powers, they don't work like a sire-bond that is out of your control?" it might have been easier for her friends to accept that but no, she does truly care for him.

Sure, that first time after the pageant, that was out of their control, but after, everything that has happened since then, that comes to their relationship has been their choice and only theirs.

She wants her friends to understand that, to not have they worry no matter how long it may take for it to come to that. "If all of this hadn't happened, I wouldn't be with Klaus now, but I don't want to change anything. I have seen sides of him that I didn't think existed and he might not be the perfect guy, but he understands me in a way that no one else has." And that means more to her then she could ever have imagined.