The thousand years I've lived

Baby on the way

Caroline's Pov:

Everything happened so fast. 5 months in Ruth and Enzo finished their house with the help of all of us including the Mikaelsons. 1 month after that they got married. It was beautiful and exactly what Ruth always dreamed of. Now we're 8 months in and Ruth is only weeks from the cradle.

I wake up with a start dreaming that we never make it back to our world. I shake the thoughts away and begin getting ready. It was really begining to scare me. Ruth, Enzo, Kai, and Stefan were falling in love with this world but I still feel very connected to our real one. Maybe everyones just giving up. They forget we have friends and family back home who we can't or aleast I can't forget about.

"Caroline." Kai calls out. I dont even notice I never got up to get ready I just sat in my bed thinking. "Why are you crying?" He asks holding me.

"... I love how happy you are here and I love the Mikaelsons... But I also love the real Mikaelsons I grew up with. I feel like Im the only one who wishes to go back." I cry and he wipes tears from beneath my eyes.

"Get ready I need to show you something."

"What is it?" I ask tired.

"Just listen oka... Your so stubborn."

"No I just like having control." I argue back and he shakes his head laughing.

I finish up and go to his room. Slowly I go to knock but instead run my fingers across where he wrote his name into the door almost a year ago.

"Caroline close your eyes." He says slightly opening the door making me jump.

"Okay you wierdo." I hear him laugh. He opens the door and pulls me in. I feel my back being pressed to a wall.

"Open." He whispers. My heart lunches. Writings, spells, grimories, and other things litter the room.

"Ive been working on a way to get us out of here so no I havent lost hope. I found a spell but me and someone from our world need to be doing it at the same time. It'll be hard but I believe I can send Bonnie a letter. She could help." I nod and smile.

"Thank you Kai this gives me a reason to also not give up.

"But Stefan is in love with Rebekah its evident, Ruth and Enzo are building a life for themselves, and I have Nik and the rest of the others but I also have them back in our world. I just- i dont wanna take away their happiness." He listens to me thoughtfully.

"Your not taking away their happiness... your taking yours back. Listen care... Ive been absorbing energy from the full moons since I read it can help send us back. So for about 5 months. Maybe I can use that energy for you to forget about our world until we get back." My eyes grow wide at his words.

"No no absolutuly not. One we cant just waste your magic when we clearly need it and two I would fall apart if I forgot about them. I would know I was missing something. I could never do that to them or myself." I rush out.

"Okay okay." He says holding me. "I could make you feel like being here for the time being is a good thing. Its a far easier spell. It'll make our real world not have such a big hold on you. Would that be okay?" He asks. I think about it, thinking of everything that could go wrong.

"Okay... if it can help me live life here... I'll do it but only for you all because I want you guys to be happy including myself."

"Does Nik not make you happy?" He asks as he gets the stuff ready.

"He does but I'm scared I'll fall for him. Im not ready to fall in love with old fake dimension Nik when I havent even gotten to see him in our world. Its been so long since I seen him back home. I miss him. And I know all of our friends from Mystic Falls probably get to see him everyday. Maybe even Elle." He nods along finshing the last thing for the spell.