Then Bonnie is hugging her and Caroline doesn't know what her emotions are doing. It's bad enough that she's a vampire and what for most people is a five for her is an eleven, a reunion with a long lost best friend is enough to bump her up to twenty.

She hugs Bonnie on instinct, pulling her tighter against her, unable to tell if she's real or not. There's a part of her brain that's still telling her it can't be, but she's seen stranger things happen. "What?" she blinks, startled out of her thoughts by the question and a wide smile crosses her face. "Yeah. I'm great. I'm awesome."

Officially the best birthday present ever.