Caroline Forbes was finally able to get out of the overbearing eyes of everyone in Mystic Falls, all questioning why Klaus had let her go. Then their eyes shifted over to Stefan, and that's when she took a dive for the bar, all she knew was that she was going to drink herself into a stupor that night.

After compelling the bartender to get her a drink, she downed it quickly. After a few drinks or so, her eyes were becoming hazy and the human boys came closer to her. She could smell trouble radiating off of them.

"Look what we've got here boys." One of them chirped, but she couldn't tell which one.

Caroline glared at them through drunk and unsteady eyes, "What do you want?"

One of the humans grabbed her arm, "Lets go, blondie." He burped.

Caroline grabbed his wrist and twisted it up behind his back, "Don't talk to me like that." She hissed, afraid for a second her fangs would pop out.

"I think that's quite enough." She heard a British accent scold, when Caroline raised her eyes, she noted that this wasn't the Original she was looking for.

"Elijah." Caroline let go of the human boy and he quickly darted away from her, chanting various curse words she hadn't bothered to listen to.

He sat down in the seat beside her, eyeing her glass, "I never took you as a drinker."

Caroline grins at the Original, "There's a first time for everything, isn't there?"

"Allow me to take you home." Elijah says, "I'm becoming vaguely annoyed with the death count that is bound to build up with all of these humans around."

"You think I can't control myself?" Caroline questions.

"It wasn't you I'm worried about." Elijah's eyes appear to be far away now.

Caroline can feel herself becoming more sober, but she doesn't ask for another drink, "Then who are you worried about? You?"

"Nik." Elijah says easily, downing a drink.

"Klaus?" Caroline questions, looking around the two to see them perfectly alone, "I don't know what game you're playing, but as far as I know, he's staying as far away from me as he can." Caroline grabs her purse and makes to leave.

"Be careful, Miss. Forbes. Not everything is as it seems." Elijah says to her, then disappearing, leaving a waft of wind in his wake.

She rolls her eyes and leaves the bar.

As she is walking home, she's under a street light when she notes a dark alley, she decides that if she jumped the wall, she'd get home faster. Being drunk and pissed off was a deadly combination for Caroline Forbes.

She enters the alley and she can already hear a voice behind her.

"So you're the girl my brother keeps drawing." His voice coos, and she turns to see a stranger.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Caroline snaps, annoyed with the boy and wanting to get rid of him.

"I'm sure you do." He says, then the man was right in front of her, no longer looking like a boy from far away.

Caroline takes a step back from him and he grabs her wrist.

"Kol. And you must be Caroline Forbes, aren't you?" He pronounces her full name with a lash of his tongue.

She swallows hard, unsure how he even knows her name, "You're one of the Originals." She notes.

"Good job, was waiting to see how long it'd take for you to get that. So I'm taking Nik doesn't talk about me much?" Kol frowns a bit, "But it's been a awful long time since I've seen this century. What is this Justin Bieber girls seem to be tripping themselves over?"

Caroline bites her lip, wanting to rip her wrist out of his fiery grip, "What do you want from me?" She snaps.

"Fiesty. I see why Nik enjoys you." Kol tugs her a little closer to him, omitting a soft gasp to come out of her.

"Let go of me." She says through clenched teeth, "I don't know what little game you're playing-"

Then his body is suddenly pressing hers against the wall, a gasp of pain coming from her.

"Lets get something straight, blondie. I'm in charge here, not you." Kol says, his face so close to hers that his lips momentarily brush against hers.

Caroline bites her lip and remains silent. Caroline knew when to pick her battles, but this wasn't one of them.

"Kol, I think you've had enough fun for one night." She heard a familiar voice say.

She looked over to see Klaus standing at the entry of the alley, walking towards them slowly but surely.

"But she's quite the gem, brother. Thought I might want to tickle her fancies tonight." Kol says, as if Caroline isn't there.

Caroline pushes him off of her then, her anger finally rising to it's peak, "Leave me alone! I don't care if you're a original!" She begins to say, but then her throat is being clenched against the wall.

"Quite the loud mouth though." Kol adds, squeezing tighter, "Such a beautiful body put to waste with that mouth."

Caroline is then dropped on the floor, and Klaus is restraining Kol on the ground.

"Would you for once not be so pestering?" Klaus scolds his brother, "Don't force me to put a dagger back in your heart!"

Caroline pulls herself up off the ground, holding her throat lightly and willing air back into her lungs.

"Oh brother, but we've all finally gotten out. Perhaps I should be thanking the Salvatore boy, not you." Kol snaps into Klaus's face.

Caroline is watching this exchange, casually backing towards the end of the alley, wanting to jump the wall and let her legs run as fast as they can.

"I can see you, sweetheart!" Kol tauntingly calls from under Klaus, whipping his brother off and pulling himself to his feet, "Thought you'd escape me so easily?"

Caroline can feel her muscles tensing for a fight, "You looked a little tied up, doll, thought I'd just leave so you two could sort out your family issues." Since he was playing off the pet names thing, so could she.

Kol smirks at her, he can feel her playing his game, excepting she's playing it with a entirely different motive in mind, "I'm not wrapped up anymore, sweet."

He's caught her, and he knows it very well.

"Well, I am." She quickly spits out, jumping over the wall in a cat like grace and running like hell. Her legs are pumping and moving so fast, if a human saw her right now, they'd think she was a gust of wind instead of a being. She can hear them behind her, yes, both of them. Caroline jumps over another wall, her black leather boots hitting the pavement sickeningly, but she keeps moving. She can't be caught just yet.

She can't draw Kol to her house, it'd be dangerous considering her Mom's a human. He could easily compel his way in, then she wouldn't stand a chance.

Instead she dives for the graveyard, the intertwining paths begging to be lost in. A few minutes into the graveyard, she can't hear them anymore, so she begins to walk.

She takes notice she's lost.

Caroline can feel panic settling in, she can hear someone's footsteps, but its hard to tell whether it's her own or Kol's. So she dives behind a grave stone and curls up against it.

Her breathing is quick and raspy as she tries to quiet it down.

"Hello, love." She hears a voice above her say.

Caroline backs away from him, into the forest, opening her mouth to scream, but then noticing that it's Klaus.

Klaus offers a hand to her and she takes it, allowing him to help her pull her up.

"Well, you didn't tell me your psychotic brothers were out of their coffins." Caroline says to Klaus, folding her arms across her chest, "Do I have to break my heel every night running from them, from now on?"

"Kol was merely curious." Klaus says.

"Curiosity killed the cat. In this case, I'd be the cat." Caroline said, quirking her eyebrow at him.

"You'll be fine, Kol is hardly a threat. More of a nuisance." Klaus reassures her, walking around the grave yard, she stumbles after him.

"Says the all mighty Hybrid Master. In case you forgot, I'm still a 'baby vampire' as everyone enjoys calling me." Caroline grumbles after him.

"I forgot how sarcastic you tend to be." Klaus says, a slow grin working it's way across his face.

"I wasn't being sarcastic." She mutters.

"Also defensive."

"I wasn't being defensive!"

"There it is again." Klaus whirls around to look at her, and she almost collides with his chest, but he grabs her wrists in time.

Caroline looks away from him impatiently, "You were just going to up and leave?"

Klaus's eyes widen when he realizes exactly what she's talking about, he releases her wrists and sits down. Motioning for her to sit next to him.

Caroline sits beside him, but she won't even look at him.

"That was the game plan." Klaus says, "But I found the coffins, and suddenly, Elijah was awake and he had undaggered everyone, I didn't have time to pack up and leave like I initially had planned."

Caroline's eyes are on him now, "You got your coffins back?"

"Yes." Klaus says, "That's why I let you go."

"With no answers and just some stupid letters?" Caroline glares at him and she can feel her chest tightening.

"I didn't think they were stupid."

"They were vague."

"But they weren't stupid."

"I'm the defensive one?"

Klaus throws back his head and laughs, something Caroline needs to get used to, because his laughter always catches her off guard.

"Me and you, love. We're a lot alike." Klaus says, his eyes now bearing into hers, "Defensive, of course."

Caroline smiles at this, then realizes she's talking to a sadistic murderer and resumes to her usual grim look.

"We've both got our families back. You've got your friends, and this is the part where we part ways.." Klaus looks over head, glancing at the half moon, "Full moon is in a full days."

Caroline glances down at her feet, "I know."

"What are you going to do about Tyler?"

Caroline sighs, not wanting to face the Tyler problem yet, "As far as I know, we're still broken up. I don't want to get back together with him though.." She breaks off when she notices Klaus's look on his face.

"Is it because of me?" Klaus questions, slowly.

Caroline is caught off guard by the question, turning to stare at him tremendously, "No!" She says too quickly.

Klaus looks at her quizzing, "It must be."

"You're self centered." Caroline huffs, turning away from him.

Klaus smirks, "Am I?"

"Incredibly so."

"Look who I've found." Kol chirps above the two, "Come on Nik, this is such a unfair game, you get to save the damsel in distress from the villain? How come I have to be the villain?"

Klaus stands up quickly and Caroline does the same.

"Well Kol, it might have something to do with the fact you tried to kill her only a few minutes ago." Klaus says, raising a eyebrow at him as a challenge.

"We've gotten off on the wrong foot, dear Caroline." Kol takes her hand in his and presses his lips against it, "Kol Michaelson pleasure to finally meet you. Sorry for almost killing you."

Caroline looks at him with wide eyes, "Is he serious?" She asks, turning to Klaus.

"Of course I am, sweetheart." Kol adds with a smile, "Its just, I thought you'd be one of the weak ones."

"Weak ones?"

"Weak vampires." Kol says, "But you're quite the fascinating character, Caroline Forbes. Fiesty, I see why Nik has taken a liking to you. I may have to say for myself, that you do intrigue me dearly."

Caroline can feel a blush spreading across her cheeks, she wasn't used to such straight forward men before.

"Kol, I think you've had enough fun for one night." Klaus steps between the two then, in a almost protective stance between Caroline and Kol.

"I thought the fun was just beginning." Kol raises his eyebrows in amusement, "But sweet Caroline, I do beg, call me sometime. You ought to know where we live by now. Very big mansion, you won't miss it."

Caroline raises her eyebrows in disbelief, "I don't think I'll be making any visits anytime soon."

"If you want to have some fun, you know where I am." Kol winks at her before venturing off into the woods, a swagger in his step.

Caroline watches the Original go.

"Sorry for my brother." Klaus says, beginning to walk from her, but she stumbles after him.

"It's fine. He's quite the charmer." Caroline blushes when she adds the last part.

"If he heard you saying that, he'd have a fiesta with that." Klaus slows down his pace as he notices Caroline struggling after him.

Caroline brushes a piece of her hair out of her face, "So are you staying in town then?"

"Yes." Klaus says, "I need to keep my siblings on a short leash."

"Is Rebekah out also?"

"Of course, but she's been warned against hurting Elena. So you have no need to worry about your friend."

Too bad Caroline wasn't worrying about Elena.