Caroline sat up sharply, recalling seeing Mason's face before she passed out. "No, no, no, no, no." She repeated over and over while still in that haze that you're in after waking from a dream. She had no clue she was back in her room or that Bonnie and Rebecca were next to her on the bed, sleeping their slight hangovers away.

She was basically sleepwalking, not realizing that she was safe and sound, "Please not again…I can't do this again!" She was practically screaming at this point, thrashing, not seeing that she was in her room, rather seeing that she was back in that hotel with Mason and her mother.

"Caroline! Caroline, calm down!" Rebecca yelled as she held Caroline's wrists while she thrashed, she looked around and realized Bonnie left the bed and was nowhere in the room. "Damon it, Care stop it!"

"Let go of me! Get away from me!" Caroline screamed as she felt the hands on her, not seeing it was her soon-to-be-sister-in-law. Before she could scream anymore, she felt a spray of cold water splash over her and that seemed to snap her out of it.

Rebecca sighed in relief when Caroline seemed to stop fighting her and the screaming cease, "Jesus, what the hell was that?!"

Caroline took a deep breath and tried to calm her breathing, finally realizing that she was in her room, how she got there, she had no idea, but she had to calm down to tell them.

"Was it another nightmare?" Bonnie asked, knowing from Nick that Caroline had been having nightmares of that day since Katherine's funeral.

Caroline didn't even answer, she just climbed out of bed and ran to the bathroom, feeling her knees shake as her heart kept on its pounding. Locking herself in, she turned to stare at her reflection and felt a chill run through her spine as she noticed that she was in her pajamas and her hair was in a ponytail…She knew for a fact that the last thing she was wearing was her skinny jeans and blouse and her hair was down…She didn't even remember coming home. The realization came that it must've been Mason made her stomach churn, she barely made it to the toilet before emptying the contents of her stomach.

Bonnie and Rebecca shared a worried look as they heard her gags, "Should I tell Nick?" Rebecca asked as she heard her sobbing in between her heaves.

Bonnie shook her head, "No…It was just a nightmare…He doesn't need to worry about that today…We can handle it."

Rebecca nodded warily, "Okay…"

"Get up you lazy asses. It's time for a certain one of us to get married." Elijah called out as he walked through the house where all the men were staying for the night, freshly showered and dressed in casual jeans and a t-shirt.

Kol groaned and covered his head with a pillow from his place on the couch, "Shut the hell up, Elijah. It's not even past seven." He grumbled while Nick sat up from his place on the floor.

"Actually, it's nearly 8:30. Now, get your lazy ass up off my couch before I dump a bucket of ice on you." He said once more before walking into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee, slightly shocked to see Stefan already dressed and drinking a glass of coffee himself.

"You're up fairly early, I was expecting to have to drag you awake like I'll have to do with Kol." Elijah said as he served himself coffee.

"I'm used to waking up early." Stefan said with a shrug, "So you ready for the big walk down the aisle?"

"I'm the one that has the hard job of actually letting her go, so it'll be hard…But knowing I'm giving her away to Nick…that makes the thought a bit more bearable." Elijah said slowly as he sipped his coffee.

"It's kinda weird isn't it? Having her marry your brother?" Stefan asked, no one had really asked the question before now and Elijah raised his eyebrows slightly as he answered.

"Well…it is odd…but they love each other and would quite literally die for the other so their relations to me aren't that big a deal. As Caroline says, they aren't related themselves, before Michael took her, neither knew the other existed so." He shrugged.

Stefan nodded slowly, "As long as they're happy…They both deserve it after all the shit they were put through."

"I couldn't agree more." Elijah nodded as he heard Nick and Kol start their bickering.

Caroline decided it was best to take a shower and wash off the anxiety before it ruined the rest of her day…As she was pulling her clothes off, she found a handprint shaped bruise forming on the side of her stomach and once again felt that cold chill go through her body.

She slowly put a hand over it and saw that it was considerably larger than her own hand and she knew she didn't have it yesterday. It truly must've been Mason's handiwork.

Gulping the bile that was rising in her throat, she quickly got into the shower and washed her body furiously, as if excessive amounts of scrubbing would wash away the bruise itself.

She had to tell someone…But not today…not right before her wedding. That's probably what Mason wanted so she thought it'd be better to keep her mouth shut.

When she got out of the shower, she put some makeup on her bruise so tonight, Nick wouldn't notice a thing, hopefully.

Nick was more than nervous now that the clock showed that it was nearing noon, the wedding was at two this afternoon and the closer it got, the higher his nerves rose.

He gulped down his bottle of water as he paced in his room, oblivious to his best friend watching him. "Calm it down, Nick. You shouldn't even be worried." Stefan spoke up from his place in the doorway.

"It's not worry…I'm nervous." Nick scoffed a bit as he put his hands in his pockets to keep from shaking, "I'm honestly waiting for the other shoe to drop. It's all so real and I'm literally on edge waiting for it all to fall apart and this happiness to be ripped away from me." He confessed as he turned his back on Stefan.

Stefan sighed, "That's normal considering everything you both have been through, but today is all happy and smiles and fun, Nick. You're marrying Caroline, you're both safe, everyone is gone from our lives and we're being normal for the first time in a long time. You can't let that fear and negativity set in and ruin what should be the happiest day of your life."

"I know, I know…I just can't help it. I mean…Michael is dead but Mason is still out there somewhere lurking in the shadows. It leaves me uneasy."

"Trust me, if he shows his face anywhere near here or this family, we'll know." Stefan assured him, hoping to quell these fears that plagued him.

Nick nodded slowly, "Right…It's almost time…I should get dressed I suppose." He said before leaving the room and heading to the guest room where all the tuxedos were being kept.

Elijah sighed as he stared down his glass of bourbon, his heart feeling heavy as the clock behind him ticked away the seconds. He immediately felt bad for Caroline, who was getting ready for her big day without the woman that should've been there for her.

He sighed deeply and pulled his phone out of his pocket before calling her, it took her about two rings before she answered the phone, "Daddy…"

"Hey sweetheart…You okay?" He asked her, wanting to show as much support as he could.

He heard her take in a shaky breath, "I'm…managing. I haven't cried in two hours."

"Do you want me to go spend time with you? I'm already dressed and ready, so I can manage it now." He offered, placing the cup down and already searching for his keys.

"No. No, Dad, I promise I'm okay…Stay there with the guys, I promise I'm okay."

"You're sure?" Elijah asked.

"Yes, Dad…I just cried because I missed mom."

"Okay…"

"And please don't tell Nick…I don't need him worrying over me today of all days."

"I won't say anything." He swore to her, "I love you, Caroline."

"I love you too Daddy." She whispered before hanging up on him, calming herself as the hair stylist pulled her hair up into a perfect up-do.

"Everything okay?" Rebecca asked as the makeup artist applied her eye shadow and Bonnie painted her own fingernails.

"Yeah, he's just checking in." She said with an almost carefree smile as the stray strands of hair that wouldn't stay up were curled.

Bonnie smiled a little, "Kol texted earlier and asked how you were too."

"I feel coddled." Caroline scoffed.

"At least you know they care for you." Rebecca said as she stared at herself in the mirror, pleased with her look.

"Yeah…" Caroline sighed.

Nick stared at himself in the mirror and straightened his bowtie, it was nearing the hour and he swore his heart was going to beat out of his chest.

Kol walked in, fiddling with the bowtie and scoffed, "Nick do you mind helping me with this?"

Nick smirked, "Yes I do mind."

He turned to see Kol giving him a glare, "Alright fine, come here." Klaus gave in and reached out to fix his bowtie, "You're just like a child."

"I'm your little brother. I have to be a child." Kol said with a smirk of his own.

Nick reached up quickly and gave the younger brother a quick slap to his cheek, "Smartass." He said before straightening the bowtie and turning back to the mirror to make sure he looked acceptable.

"Ow!" Kol exclaimed, "That's it. I'm telling Caroline you're being abusive."

Nick laughed, "I'm sure she'd give you a good slap herself."

"Hardly. She loves me far too much." Kol said with a smile before clapping his older brother on the back, "Loosen up, Mate. It's nearly time and all you have to do is say two words, she's the one that has to be the most nervous."

"I'll remind you when the roles are reversed and you're the one having to say two words." Nick said with a small smirk before Elijah and Stefan walked in, "It's time for us to leave."

Nick nodded while Kol looked himself over and made sure he wasn't missing anything. "Let's go then."

With a huge smile, Nick shook the nervousness off, Kol was right to an extent. He shouldn't be so nervous. It was almost time and his job was easy really. He just couldn't wait any longer to call Caroline his and his alone.

"You wanna talk about that nightmare of yours?" Bonnie asked as the stylists left and it was just them and Rebecca.

Caroline shook her head, straightening out the silk white dress she was wearing, "No…It was…the norm; Remembering that day and my mom and me not being able to do a thing about it."

Rebecca nodded a little, "You gave us quite a scare."

"I'm sorry…It's never that bad…Nick says I usually just wake up crying." Caroline said as she fiddled with her fingers.

"Well I'm grateful you weren't alone…It would've been worse if you had been."

"I'm grateful you guys were here too…" She whispered before glancing at the clock and straightening up, "It's about time for us to leave."

Bonnie and Rebecca both nodded and put their heels on, "Ready to be a Mrs. Nicholas Smith?" Rebecca asked with a smile.

Caroline, for the first time all day, genuinely smiled and giggled, "I honestly can't wait."

"Then let's go!" Bonnie said before they all filed out of the house and into the limo that was waiting for them.

Caroline smiled to herself as she let the giddiness replace the sorrow, nervousness and fear in her heart. I'm getting married. She thought to herself and she could barely restrain herself from jumping up and down in place in the backseat.

Little did she know that there was a certain someone who was planning on crashing the special occasion…

Playlist:

Slipped Away - Avril Lavigne

Breathe - Faith Hill

I Do - Colbie Caillat