"Deep breaths, Care." Bonnie said as they waited in the front of the church while she adjusted Kol's jacket.

"I think I know how to dress myself Darling." Kol said as he gently shrugged away from her and fixed his jacket himself.

Bonnie scoffed, "You obviously don't, you were crooked. Care seriously, deep calming breaths."

Caroline kept shaking her hands out to rid herself of the nerves that kept climbing up into her head. "I'm trying but all I'm feeling is butterflies and nerves and every single thing in between." Caroline sighed as she paced a little, "Where's my dad?"

"He's on his way back here." Rebecca said as she smiled at Stefan who just laughed at Caroline's nervousness.

"You look funny when you're all panicky." Stefan said in between laughs.

"You try calming down when you're about to walk down the aisle to the man you're spending the rest of your life with in front of all your family and friends." Caroline slightly ranted before she sighed in relief, seeing her father coming toward her looking dapper in his tuxedo. "Daddy." She said with a smile as he stared at her.

"You look so beautiful, Care…" Elijah said as he kept staring at her. He knew little about dresses but he knew for a fact that this dress was made for little girl alone.

She smiled and smoothed her hands down her mermaid style high-neck lace dress, "Thanks…I hope he likes it."

"He's going to love it." Elijah assured her as he reached forward and held her hands in his, "Calm down…I can feel you shaking."

"I can't help it." She chuckled breathlessly when she heard the bridal party's processional song playing. "Oh my god…"

Rebecca smiled eagerly as she and Stefan stood side by side, ready to walk down the aisle to stand on either side of the altar, "Breathe and be calm. The hard part is nearly over."

Kol went up to Caroline and kissed her on the cheek then leaned in to whisper in her ear, "Just think of all the stuff you'll be up to tonight and the nerves will disappear."

Caroline slapped him on the arm, "Nice."

Elijah, assuming correctly that Kol told her something inappropriate, punched him on his other arm, "We're in a church."

Kol laughed before Bonnie began to pull him away so they could walk down next, "Come on."

Caroline let out a deep, shaky breath, "I can't believe it's finally happening…and she's not here."

Elijah sighed before coming up to her and hugging her, "I know…No crying right now. You have to look your very best for him…but before we go down…I want you to wear this." Elijah said as he pulled a box out of his pocket and held it out and opened it for her.

Caroline felt the air rush out of her lungs and tears fill her eyes as she saw her mother's favorite bracelet lying in the box, "Daddy…"

"She'd want you to wear it." Elijah said as he, too, felt the tears build in his eyes.

She smiled and nodded a little as she lifted the bracelet, "Put it on for me…It's almost time."

Elijah nodded and set the box back into his pocket and placed the bracelet onto her wrist, "She'd be so proud of you."

Caroline closed her eyes tight to hold her tears back and felt him place a soft kiss on her forehead, "Now let's go. That's your cue." He said as Here Comes The Bride began.

As they stood side by side, Caroline squeezed Elijah's arm just a tad harder as they took their first steps down the aisle.

As everyone left to the front of the church, Nick was left to be in his nervousness. He knew there was truly no reason to be nervous right now, but it was just how it felt.

In a matter of minutes, everything he had been looking forward to for the past ten months would come to pass. He would be Caroline's husband…She would be his and his alone and that enough set a million butterflies loose in his stomach, which was rare for him.

He walked to the altar and waited with bated breath as his siblings and their beloveds walk down and take their places on either side of him.

As he heard the opening notes for Here Comes The Bride, he turned as the whole congregation stood from their seats to watch his lovely bride walk down the aisle.

His breath caught in his throat as he laid eyes upon her, she was absolutely beautiful. Her dress made her even more flawless than she already was.

He saw her smiling and he was sure those were tears in her eyes as she made her way to him, too slow for his liking, and he couldn't do anything more than return the smile.

This was the moment they had all been waiting for…

"Do you Caroline, take Nicholas to be your lawfully wedded husband, promising to love and cherish, through joy and sorrow, sickness and health, and whatever challenges you may face, for as long as you both shall live?" The priest asked as Rebecca gave the ring to Caroline.

Caroline smiled at Nick, with some tears in her eyes, as she slid his ring on, "I do."

"And do you Nicholas, take Caroline to be your lawfully wedded wife, promising to love and cherish, through joy and sorrow, sickness and health, and whatever challenges you may face, for as long as you both shall live?" The priest repeated while Elijah handed the ring to Nick.

"I do." Nick said with the biggest smile as he placed the ring on her finger.

Both literally felt their hearts soar as the priest said, "You may now kiss the bride."

They honestly couldn't get to each other fast enough it seemed, without really remembering that they were in front of their family and friends, they kissed like it was their first and last. The only thing breaking them apart was the cheer from the crowd before them.

It was now time for their first dance; the newlywed couple began to spin around on the dancefloor to the song The Beginning by Alice Peacock.

"We're married." Caroline smiled to him as he held her close as they spun around the dancefloor effortlessly.

"Finally feeling that stressful weight lift off your shoulders?" He asked with a smile.

She nodded, "Yes, I am and it's replaced with a wonderful happy feeling."

"I'm glad. Do you have any idea how beautiful you look right now?" He asked her as he leant his forehead against hers.

"Well I did have professional help, Babe." She giggled before kissing him.

"Help or not, you always look this beautiful Mrs. Smith." He said to her with a genuinely happy smile.

"I could get used to that name." She said coyly, hiding her blush.

"Well I would hope so. It's going to be your name forever now." He laughed.

She laughed along with him, "Forever…Just you and me for forever?"

"Hmm…I don't think it'd just be you and me…I'd like to have some kids…If that's something you'd want too." He said, letting the idea settle, never really bringing it up before now.

She nodded, "I like that idea…Maybe we can start on that tonight."

"So soon?" He asked with raised eyebrows.

"You know me. I'm impatient. You can't bring up the idea of having kids and expect me not to want to start trying as soon as possible." She giggled.

"I'm all for trying, but we can't exactly do it with all these eyes on us, now can we?" He asked her, laughing his head off, earning a light slap on the arm.

"I can try and be patient and hold off until tonight." She said with a small, shy smile.

"Tonight it is then." He said before kissing her, ignoring the flashes from the cameras around them.

At the sight of them kissing, a certain wedding crasher could've sworn he saw red…

Watching silently, he heard the song I Loved Her First and watched Caroline and Elijah dance.

"You sure you're gonna be okay in the house all alone?" Caroline asked, genuinely worried for her father.

"You worry about me far too much. I'll be okay." He assured, "You shouldn't even be worrying today of all days."

"But I am, just because it's you and you've always had Mom…And now…" She trailed off then started again, "It's just…I'm entitled to worry about you."

"I know you are, but just trust me. I'll be fine." He said as the song neared its end.

"Okay. I trust you." She sighed, knowing that was all she would be allowed to say about it.

"Thank you." He said with a small smile.

When the time came for everyone else to dance, Caroline was nearly shared with everyone there as each new song played; someone just had to dance with her.

Sharing laughs and jokes with each friend or family member there, she let herself be happy and in the moment, not worrying or missing anyone.

That all changed as someone interrupted her dance with one of her mother's uncles. When she turned to begin dancing with the next person, she felt her heart stop and sweat form on her palms.

"Don't you look gorgeous." Mason said to her as he snaked one arm around her waist and held her hand in his other.

"What are you doing here?" She whispered in fear, feeling his hand match perfectly against the bruise that was hidden away under her dress.

"Well I had to see you in a wedding dress. But I didn't get an invite, so I thought what better way than to crash?" He said with a smile that sent huge chills down her spine.

She looked around, hoping to capture the attention of either her father, Nick, Kol or Stefan but she had no such luck.

"I picked the right time. They're all busy dancing around in their own bubbles and won't notice or interrupt us. And if you try to run off, you'll cause that scene I'm sure you don't want. But if you blab to them that I'm here, Nick won't be around to see your one year wedding anniversary."

Squeezing her eyes shut to hold back the tears, she asked as calmly as she could, "What do you want?"

He leaned in and pressed his cheek against hers and it took all she had not to shove him away, "The answer is simple. You. I want you, Caroline."

She was grateful as the song ended and she pulled herself away, looking around quickly to find one of the guys, but when she turned back around, he was gone and his warning sounded in her head.

If you blab to them that I'm here, Nick won't be around to see your one year wedding anniversary.

As she saw Nick approach her, she hid her tears well and smiled, "Hi."

"You alright?" He asked and she cursed the fact that he knew her so well.

She nodded, "Yeah, I'm fine…Ready for some cake cutting?"

He knew in his gut that something was wrong…He wasn't sure that it was her just missing her mother or something else, but for now, he'd play along with her charade while in front of everyone. He'd ask her what was wrong later on for sure though.

Playlist:

The Beginning – Alice Peacock

I Loved Her First – Heartland

Powerless – Linkin Park (a must listen)

I hope you like this…It's nearly 3am right now and I'm dead tired, so please forgive any and all mistakes! And if you're actually reading all my stories, yes I did delete My Best Friend and A Drop Of Innocence. Long story short, I lost my feel for them and needed to focus more on this and A Forgotten Bond. I'm sorry to those that actually loved those two stories. And if you want to talk just PM me here or follow my twitter: BeautifulAccola and DM me there, I do follow back :)

Much love

-WeirdOne