That evening Caroline was concerned when she met her friends at the Mystic Grill to find that Klaus was once again drinking from a large bottle of alcohol. That time he wasn't drinking alone though, there was a brunette man drinking with him.

The other man seemed significantly more intoxicated as he continuously grabbed the bottle back out of Klaus's hands to take another swig.

As Caroline approached the table, the brunette told her, "We're a little busy right now for strumpets. But if you want to come back later…"

He winked at her.

"No, not this one," Klaus said, turning to look at his younger brother. "She can stay."

"Did he just call me a strumpet?" Caroline asked with an arched eyebrow as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Whoops," Kol said with an innocent shrug.

"What does that even mean?" She asked.

"I believe my brother just called you a prostitute," Klaus explained before turning back to face Kol. "Trust me, she is not for sale."

"I'm done trying to help you," Caroline told him. "You can just get drunk and keep making an ass of yourself for all I care."

With that she turned to walk away.

"Caroline, wait," Klaus spoke up.

She stopped and turned to look at him although it was clear that she was still angry.

"My memory of last night is a little fuzzy," Klaus told her. "But did you-"

"You were drunk, so I drove you home," She responded. "You threw up all over the sidewalk and passed out on your couch without so much as a thank you."

"Well I'm thanking you now, Love," Klaus replied with a smile.

Caroline didn't dignify him with a response as she turned on her heel to walk away.

"What's with him?" Bonnie asked with an arched eyebrow as she eyed the two men.

"I don't know," Caroline responded casually as she sat down.

Although she was trying to sound indifferent, admittedly she was actually a little concerned about him.

"I don't think she likes you very much," Kol commented. "What did you do to her?"

"Nothing," Klaus responded. "She's just smart enough to not fall for the act."

A while later Rebekah walked into the Grill with a dark-haired man in a suit by her side.

Caroline watched in fascination as the dark-haired man leaned over and said one thing in Klaus's ear before being handed the bottle.

The man took a quick swig before giving it away to a group of people at the nearest table. When he returned again, he said something that caused the man who had been drinking with Klaus to roll his eyes.

Rebekah said something to the man who had rolled his eyes and then he got up from the table and began to walk away.

Caroline wondered what had just happened as she realized that the man was now walking towards her table.

He sat down in the empty chair without asking and then smiled at them as he said, "Hi, I'm Kol Mikaelson… I think that you know my brother, Klaus Morgan."

Elena began to laugh as Bonnie commented, "That's not exactly a selling feature at this table."

Kol seemed unphased as he turned to Elena and told her, "You have an adorable laugh, you know that?"

Elena had to turn away from Kol's gaze as he smiled over at her.

"So names," Kol commented as he looked around the table. "I know that you're Caroline, but I don't know either of your friends' names."

"I'm Bonnie," Bonnie introduced herself. "And that's Elena."

Kol smiled at them before turning to face Caroline.

"Sorry about the strumpet thing," Kol apologized. "I hear that you're quite the opposite."

"Yeah, they call her Caroline the Prude," Bonnie agreed sarcastically.

"Hey!"

Caroline stared at her friend in shock. She began to laugh a little as she threw a fry at Bonnie's face.

"Well you aren't exactly a puritan, Care," Elena pointed out with a grin.

"I didn't know that it was the official call Caroline a whore night," Caroline complained.

"We're just joking," Bonnie told her. "You know we love you."

Caroline rolled her eyes, but couldn't keep a slight smile from forming on her lips.

"I'd buy you ladies some drinks, but apparently I've been cut off," Kol told them. "Elijah and Rebekah seem to think that I'm being a bad influence on Nik. Personally I think that what he needs is someone to drink with."

Caroline noticed the use of 'Elijah' and realized that the man who had taken Klaus's drink away had been his other brother that he was on speaking terms with.

She turned to look at his table without thinking. Klaus was sitting with his head on the table as Elijah was saying something to him.

"Elijah as in one of your other brothers?" Caroline asked.

"Nik must really like you if he told you that," Kol commented with a grin. "He doesn't tend to talk about his family to just anyone."

"What exactly is going on with him?" She asked.

Kol began to laugh a little before he told her, "No offense, but I am nowhere near drunk enough to tell some random girl that I just met all about things that my brother has been trying very hard to hide."

Caroline wondered exactly Klaus was hiding that made him put up so many walls.

Rebekah, Klaus, and Elijah all got up from the table. As Rebekah began to lead her brother towards the door, Elijah walked over to where his other brother was currently sitting.

"Is he going to be alright?" Caroline asked Kol with a frown.

"If the he that you're referring to is Niklaus then yes, he should be," A voice came from behind her. "This is always a hard week for my brother, but he should get back to his normal self soon after it's over."

Caroline turned around in her seat to see Elijah standing there.

"Thanks," She told him as she wondered just what could possibly be going on with Klaus.

"My pleasure," Elijah responded before turning to face his younger brother. "Kol, it's time to go."

Although Kol didn't seem happy about it, he got up without a complaint and began to head for the door with his brother.

A/N: Please read and review! I hope that you guys enjoyed the chapter and thanks for reading! You should find out what exactly is going on with Klaus in the next chapter. :)

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REVIEW ANSWERS:

foureyedgirl01: You should find out next chapter ;)

ferrylis: Sort of... Yes, but there's a bit more to it.

Cold North: I definitely am going to have other ships in this story. I'm thinking probably Stebekah and Kennett. I'm debating with a few other ones and trying to decide between Delena and Elejah... Oh and there's one that I have planned out for quite a while from now, but I won't tell you about that ;)

LitLover 101: The nightmares definitely do involve Henrik, but that's not the whole problem...

Doctor Sexy: There shouldn't be a shortage of angst in this story. :)