So, after seeing that her new.. friend? Or whatever Klaus was, is still alive after facing death in his Mother's eyes. Caroline was now more confused then ever, she couldn't blame their romantic interactions anymore on drinking or just the heat of the moment. She couldn't deny the fact that she had told Klaus he was going to die and had basically stabbed her friends in the back.
Damon, was definitely not on her side.
"Why don't we just rip her heart out?" Damon questions, Elena sits on the couch and Stefan's leaning against the wall, deliberating what to do with her now that she's betrayed them for Klaus.
Caroline feels her throat constrict and her eyes widen.
"Because, even though she betrayed us, doesn't mean she should die." Elena, being the voice of reason states.
So far, Stefan is the only one in the room that understands why Caroline betrayed them for Klaus. Caroline hopes that it stays that way.
"Why not?" Damon asks, throwing his arms out, annoyed, "We did that with Katherine, we sent her off to her death! Why not do the same with blondie? I wouldn't mind watching her wither away."
"Would you stop it, Damon?" Stefan says, annoyed with him, he leans off of the wall and glares at him, "You're angry, you can't make a rational decision."
"Is that why you did it, Caroline?" Damon suddenly turns to Caroline, "Were you mad that we turned Bonnie's mommy into a vampire? Or that Tyler turned into a pansy? What is it Caroline?"
Caroline looks away from him, "It slipped out."
Damon laughs agonizingly loud, "It just slipped out? Well, whenever I have plans to murder Klaus, it doesn't slip out of my mouth while I'm drinking with him at the bar!"
Bonnie strolls into the room then, throwing her bag on the unoccupied chair, folding her arms across her chest. A glare and hatred stuck in her eyes as she stares at everyone in the room, she even shoots Caroline that look, but guilt flashes her eyes when she notes what she's done.
"Bonnie." Elena stands up off of the couch, wanting to reassure her friend.
"Leave Caroline alone." Bonnie, the small petite girl, steps in front of Damon, "If you kill her, I kill you." She warns. Seeing Bonnie like this was frightening to everyone, to hear her openly threaten to kill someone was out of character. But Bonnie was now just desperately trying to keep a hold on everyone she loved, including Caroline. Bonnie wouldn't be able to bear it if she lost another close friend.
Damon looks down at her, his mouth now ajar and his eyes sympathetic, "I'll leave blondie alone." For a second, Caroline wonders if he's compelled.
He owes Bonnie, that's why he's saving her life, it isn't because he cares for her, it's because he cares for Bonnie.
This revelation frightens Caroline all at once, has Damon grown to care for a witch who has tried to kill him on multiple occasions and always scolded him for everything he's done?
"I'll drive you home Caroline." Stefan suddenly pipes up, grabbing his keys out of his pocket and motioning for Caroline to follow him out to the car.
She knows this isn't going to end well.
Stefan starts the car when Caroline climbs in.
"So, you and Klaus huh?" Stefan's eyes are on the road as he slides a dark pair of sunglasses over his eyes.
Caroline sighs, putting her face in her hands, "I didn't want you to find out."
"Why is that?" Stefan asks, pressing the brake as they hit a red light.
"I was afraid of how you'd react." Caroline moans into her hands, feeling horrible for what she's doing to him. He's lost Elena and now he's losing her too. Caroline just couldn't stop hurting everyone, she was a poison to them.
"Hows my reaction so far?" Stefan asks as he drives forward.
"Heartbreaking." Caroline looks up from her hands, her eyes a tad watery, "I never meant to hurt you, Stefan."
Stefan looks over at her for a moment, parting his lips, "I know." He says quietly.
Caroline looks down at her lap, "I hope you can forgive me."
He turns to her suddenly, "I'll always forgive you, Caroline. No matter how many times you fuck up."
It dawns on her.
"You're the one who called Bonnie, aren't you?" Caroline questions.
Stefan's smile is the answer to her question.
Caroline arrives home to see her house in tatters, family picture frames of her and her family are hung awkwardly on the walls and the chairs in her kitchen are askew. Caroline walks cautiously into her own home, she can still hear the sound of angry grunting and fighting.
She turns to her living room to see Kol and Klaus on her floor, choking each other out.
"Stop it!" Caroline shouts over their swearing and madness.
The two look up at her with fury in their eyes, but not directed at her, more at the other brother then her. They separate and are standing on opposite sides of the room, Caroline places herself in between the brothers.
"Can you please tell me why you brought your sibling drama into my house?" Caroline scolds both of them, glaring heavily at them.
Kol, similar to a child, raises a finger at Klaus, "He started it."
Caroline shoots a glare at him, "I don't fucking care! Why are you both in my house? Couldn't you go and fight at your big mansion or something?"
"Figured it'd be more thrilling at your home." Kol says sarcastically, "We didn't plan this, love. I was just sitting in your room looking through your diary.."
"You were looking at my diary?" Caroline squeaks, suddenly outraged as she turns to him.
"Don't worry, I didn't tell Klaus what you wrote about him." Kol shoots her a wink, as if they are sharing a dirty secret.
What did she write about Klaus in there? Oh.. that disturbing sex dream I had about him before he kidnapped me.
Caroline puts her face in her hands.
"Then Klaus suddenly shows up, I stash the diary and he shouts at me about stalking you." Kol rolls his eyes, "My initial reaction is, you're stalking her too aren't you? Why else would you be here?"
Caroline just waves her hand carelessly through the air, "You know what, I really don't even care anymore. Just clean up my house and get the hell out of here before my Mom sees you." Caroline turns her back on the Originals and goes up to her room, making a point to slam the door shut.
She's not sure why she's so pissed, but the thought of those two right now nauseate her, and to know that Kol's gone through her diary... she feels sick at the thought of it. She retrieves her diary and begins to rip it, taking out pages and ripping them into pieces and throwing them in the trash can. She makes sure her scribbled words aren't readable.
"All done, love." Klaus says from her doorway, "Kol's left and I was just on my way out."
Caroline doesn't look at him, as she realizes that she's only a few pages from her entry about him, "Thank you." She says coldly, "Goodbye."
He doesn't leave though, he never usually does.
He instead strolls over to her, kneeling down in front of her, taking her hands in his, "I'm awfully sorry for everything I've done to you, Caroline Forbes."
He's using her full name again, it's like he knows that she secretly enjoys that too much.
Caroline knows that if she gets a glance at his face, it'll all be over and she'll forgive him.
But she looks at him anyways, "Really? I'm getting kind of tired of you Originals."
Klaus gives her a dry laugh, "Yes, we do tend to be pestering after some time. But you get used to us, just like you got used to me." Klaus has a smirk set between his lips.
The lips she's kissed so many times that thinking about just one of them makes her head spin and her knees buckle. Thank goodness she's sitting down.
"I'm glad." Caroline says, adding on, "That you didn't die."
Klaus smiles, she loves his smile, "I'm glad to hear you say that. A few weeks ago you would have been spitting in my face saying quite the opposite."
He stands up, and Caroline's sad to see him go.
She almost asks him to stay, almost.
He stands in the doorway when he says something, "Thank you, Caroline, for giving me a chance when no one else would." He turns to look at her.
Caroline's chest tightens and she stands up, walking over to him, "We all deserve second chances." She reassures him, offering him a smile.
He brushes his hand on the side of her face, "I've always enjoyed your smile."
She beams at this, blushing slightly.
Klaus gently kisses her on her cheek before leaving with a rush of air, "See you soon, Miss Forbes."
Caroline grudgingly woke up, despite her constant protests and eye closing, she had to yank herself out of sleep to face the day in front of her. With all of this drama happening, she didn't even want to think about going back to school, after her long absence, thinking of going to school made her anxious.
Why did Spring Break have to end so quickly? She curled her hair and put on a black blazer with black pants and a white flowy shirt with a large flower stamped on it.
She drove to school.
Caroline got through the day with a glare burning through her back thanks to Tyler.
When she left the school to go to her car, she saw a particular Original leaning against her car glancing at human girls as they passed by him giggling.
"What are you doing here?" Caroline snaps at him, "I thought I told you to stay away from me."
"I've always liked the hunt." Kol says easily, leaning off of her car, "I wanted to see how you spent your time."
"So you were stalking me?" Caroline's eyes widen as she questions him.
"Make sure you get a good start on your calculus homework." Kol smirks to himself.
Caroline frowns, not wanting to fight with him right now, "Can you just, stay away from me?"
Then, Kol isn't even looking at her anymore, he's looking at someone over her shoulder. Someone in the form of Bonnie Bennett.
"Why would I do that, love?" Kol grins, "I thought you loved my overbearing company."
"Stay away from Bonnie too." Caroline adds under her breath.
Kol tilts his head to the side, a amused expression on his face, "I was under the impression she couldn't stay away from me."
"What makes you say that?"
"She's coming over here right now." Kol nods towards Bonnie as she saddles up next to Caroline.
Bonnie only has eyes for Kol, her glare hard and fierce as she stares at him, "What are you doing here?"
Kol raises his eyebrows at her, "I thought I'd pay my favorite ladies a visit."
Bonnie is obviously not in the mood for his nonsense, because he doubles over in pain, "Stay away from this school." She growls, but she doesn't lay off of him. Caroline thinks for a split moment that Bonnie is going to kill him, because she isn't stopping, she's persisting in giving him probably the largest headache he'll ever have to endure.
Even though Caroline knows that Bonnie can't kill him, it doesn't stop her from stopping Bonnie.
"Bonnie! Stop!" Caroline shakes Bonnie's shoulders and the headache is finally gone from Kol, he lays on the ground, breathing heavily, "What is wrong with you?"
"Me? What's wrong with you!" Bonnie explodes, "My world was just torn apart and you're standing up for some Original jackass who has done nothing but harm to us!"
Caroline is looking deep into Bonnie's eyes now, "You can't let yourself become like this Bonnie-"
"Like what, Caroline? Say it!" Bonnie shouts at her, by now, they've attracted the eyes of many high schoolers.
"Out of control." Caroline whispers under her breath, "You need to cool it Bonnie."
Bonnie glares at Caroline before darting off in the other direction with a huff in her step.
"I was fairly certain you were going to let her kill me." Kol groans as he begins to stand up, cracking his back.
"I almost did." Caroline turns to shoot a glare at him, "Stay away from me, or I won't tell her to stop next time." She shoves past him and climbs into her car and drives away.
Leaving Kol stunned and speechless on the spot.