Extended Summary

Everyone is human and in college. Caroline and Rebekah meet again and remember each other from the time that Rebekah was a foreign exchange in high school. Rebekah and her sibling are citizens when Caroline sees Rebekah again in the dorm room. Caroline and Rebekah will be roommates; Bonnie and Elena will be at another college and visit often. Rebekah will have Klaus and Kol attending the same college with her. Caroline will be dating Tyler, but he will be in another college where Hayley goes. Tyler fans are not going to like this story; I'm going to write him as a complete douche, but Rebekah and Klaus are going to be helping her with that problem. This story ships Klaroline, Stebekah, Kol/Bonnie, and Delena; other ships will be mentioned as well. I also had to scrunch everyone's ages closer together, so in result, Rebekah and Kol are twins and Klaus is 2 years older, Elijah 1 year older than Klaus, and Finn is 2 years older than Elijah.

Moving In

Caroline and her mother pulled into the campus parking lot and were lucky enough to find that Caroline's registered spot was close to the visitor lot. Liz walked over to help Caroline gets some boxes out of her car, and after they had 2 boxes a piece, Caroline locked her car so she could get the rest on a second trip. Caroline started rambling on with her excitement.

"I can't believe I'm actually here."

"Me neither sweetie. I just wish you knew some people here. Why didn't you go to the same college with your friends?"

"I wanted to take a chance and do this on my own. It's not like we won't see each other again. All of us will be heading home every other weekend to visit each other and our families, and there are breaks."

"I know. Do you know where you're going in here?" Liz asked as they entered the door.

Yes. I studied the map of the school so I wouldn't be wondering around here when class starts. We go up two floors and then down the hall. My room will be on the right, about halfway down." Caroline said with a smile and her mother looked at the stairs. Caroline giggled and started leading the way. When they made it near her dorm, she stopped. Caroline heard a familiar voice and smiled at her mother. I know that voice." She said quickly and gave a short knock before entering the dorm. "Rebekah?"

"Caroline? Oh my god! What are you doing here?"

"It looks like we're roommates, unless you're just hiding out in here."

"No it's my room."

"Oh thank god!" She said as she sat the boxes down on the empty bed and ran to Rebekah. Both girls came together jumping, squealing, and laughing. Liz was laughing at the girls until she noticed two guys in the room. She fixed them both a glare that said 'keep away' before looking back to the girls. She hadn't seen Rebekah for a while, and she decided to interrupt the loudness of the girls' excitement.

"Hello again Rebekah. How have you been sweetie?"

"Very good Liz. I've missed you both so much."

"When you left, I didn't know what to do without two blondes constantly running through the house."

"Bekah sister, are you going to introduce us to these lovely ladies?"

"Back off Kol; off limits."

"Rebekah, I'm hurt. Must you always assume the worst with me?"

"With you; yes! However, this is Caroline and Liz is her mother. Caroline, Liz, these are my brothers. The one who is a complete idiot and thinks he's charming is Kol, and the one who looks like he's bored is Nik."

"Klaus actually. You and Kol are the only ones that call me Nik." Klaus added with an eye roll. "Come on Kol; let's let them get settled. I have a feeling they're going to be screeching again soon and I don't think my ears can handle another round." Klaus said as he grabbed Kol by the shoulder and started dragging him out of the room.

"Nice to meet you both!" Caroline hollered and turned back to Rebekah. "I can't believe you're here and we're roommates!"

"I know. This is going to be an awesome year!" Rebekah replied and they hugged again.

"Girls, do either of you need any more help getting stuff up here?"

"My brothers brought everything up for me. I can help you guys get the rest of Caroline's stuff. I know 3 sets of hands would be faster than 2."

"I've got 2 more boxes and my suitcases."

"She just couldn't leave any clothes behind." Liz pointed out with a smile before leading the girls back down to Caroline's car. Once everything was in the room, Liz turned and looked at the girls and gave a teary smile.

"Mom, no crying. We already agreed. If you cry, then I'm going to cry and then we'll both be messes for the rest of the day and I have to put all this stuff up; and you have to go to work."

"I know sweetie. I'm proud of you sweetie and I'm glad you know someone here. Rebekah sweetie, it's good to see you again. I'm sure your family is proud of you too; I know I'm happy to see you in college. Now, both of you go blow them away." She said as she pulled them both in a hug. When they broke apart, Caroline was fanning her eyes to hold back from crying. Liz said goodbye and left the girls to unpack and organize everything.

"So, how has everyone been since I left?" Rebekah asked as she started hanging up her clothes. Caroline started with her boxes first so the room would be decorated.

"Well, Elena is with Damon now. She and Bonnie are roommates at their college. Stefan decided to wait a year so he could pick the right college and Damon started working with my mom, although she's making sure they never cross paths at work. Matt and Tyler were going to be roommates, but Vicki got in an accident and Matt has to wait on college now."

"What happened to Vicki?"

"She was drinking and high and crashed her car into a tree. She died and Matt had to bury her. With his mom always gone, it fell to him. He's working at the grill to pay the bills and the rest of the funeral off before he can do what he wants."

"That's awful."

"It really is. But, at least he gets to spend more time with April since she's a senior this year. They got together a couple months before the accident."

"I'm surprised you two aren't still dating."

"He wasn't over Elena when I was with him. He is with April, so that's good. I'm with Tyler now."

"Tyler? Tyler Lockwood? You're kidding me! He was a total douchebag. What are you thinking?"

"He changed after a while. We've been through a lot together."

"When I was there, he was sneaking around with Vicki."

"They broke up and she got with Jeremy before she died. And we all found out that Tyler was a jerk because his dad was hitting him. His dad died right after Vicki and I made friends with him. We got together not long after that."

"Well I'm rooting for you to find someone here or when you graduate. I think you can do better."

"I am not even going to look at other guys here. By the way, Tyler is coming by tonight to take me to the first party here. Are you coming?"

"I'm going, but I really don't want to hang around Lockwood. I'll probably hang with my brothers while you two dance or something."

"You can hang with us. He's only going to be here for a little while because I won't see him for 2 weeks. That reminds me; every other weekend I'm heading home to see everybody. You're welcome to come stay at my house when I go, if you ever want to get out of here."

"I will most likely take you up on that offer. It either that or I'll be stuck with my brothers while you're gone. You know we all moved here right after Kol and I graduated. Kol, Nik, and I are here, and the rest of the family live in D.C."

"So did you guys become citizens or are you just here on a visa?"

"We're all citizens now except for Finn and his wife. They stayed in London."

"What made you all want to move here permanently?"

"My youngest brother died. You remember I said we had a brother named Henrik? Well, our family had a driver that picked him up and dropped him off at his after school activities. He was on his way home from one of his academic teams when they were struck by a car that was fleeing the police. It pushed them into another car. There was a big pile-up and his neck broke."

"God Bekah, I'm sorry. I wished I would have known. Mom would have sent me over on the first flight."

"I know, but we hadn't spoken in months, so I didn't want to bother you."

"When did it happen?"

"Last year."

"When?"

"In September."

"That's when my dad died. My dad died one week after my birthday."

"Henrik died a week before your birthday."

"That's weird and a little creepy if you think about it."

"Yeah it is. What happened to your dad?"

"Cancer. He didn't find out until it was too late to do anything about it."

"I'm sorry. Okay, let's move away from these subjects and get ready for the party. What are you wearing?" Rebekah asked, trying to move away from the subject of death. Caroline went to the suitcase and pulled out her dress and heels. "Oh I love that dress. I didn't think I would have much reason to dress up that much, so I didn't bring my party dresses."

"I have others that you can borrow. That's one of the best things about us being roommates; we get to borrow each other's clothes." Caroline said with a laugh as she pulled out another dress and pair of heels before tossing them to her. Rebekah looked like she was going to drool before they started changing into the dresses. They decided to wait until they left to put on their heels and they finished up their room before heading out the door.