| “ | It's okay. I mean, to be honest, I always knew. It's just that, you know, we... we had these moments where we were... just... (sighs) perfectly in sync. You know, laughing at the kids or... in tears because we were so exhausted, I... I guess, uh... I don't know, I guess a part of me thought that maybe, one day, those moments might become something more. But that wouldn't be fair to you. Certainly wouldn't be fair to me, either. | ” |
This is the former romantic relationship between the former Enhanced Original vampire/current human Alaric Saltzman and the vampire Caroline Forbes. Their relationship started off as a non-romantic and non-friendship teacher-and-student relationship and has developed on a friendship basis throughout the series. After Alaric's former fiancée died while being pregnant with Alaric's and her twins the Gemini Coven found a way to transfer the twins into Caroline and she gave birth to them. Caroline started loving the twins as they were their own children and helped Alaric raise them. Thus Caroline and Alaric became much closer and perhaps developed deep romantic interest which is indicated by the two getting engaged some time between the flashforward that took place in Season Seven.
After Stefan left Caroline she and Alaric moved into one house with their children. Caroline used to find excuses to sneak out and cry by herself until she started getting home too late and Alaric followed her. Something changed Caroline and she stopped caring about Stefan and focused on Alaric and the two little girls. Eventually Alaric fell in love with Caroline and proposed to her however Caroline does not return those feelings but said yes because it would be the best for Lizzie and Josie.
Throughout The Vampire Diaries Series
In The Murder of One, Caroline helped babysit Alaric while he was dealing with his dark alter-ego that developed after dying too many times while wearing the Gilbert ring. While they were together, Caroline admitted that Elena told her about his current condition and that he killed her father when the darkness had taken over him. Alaric profusely apologized for what he had done and told her he didn't know what else to say, but Caroline pointed out that she had blood on her hands, too, and that the person she killed could have been someone's father as well, which is why she couldn't judge him for it.
In Before Sunset, Alaric, after Esther turned him into an Enhanced Original vampire with the intention of harnessing his dark side and using it to rid the world of vampires, captured Caroline to lure Elena to the high school. While there, Alaric tortured Caroline by putting a vervain-soaked gag in her mouth and stabbing her in the hands with pencils until Klaus, Damon, and Stefan arrived to rescue both girls from him.
In I'll Remember, they were seen hanging out at a diner together, where Alaric brought Caroline books to help them figure out how to reverse the Travelers' Magic Purification Spell that covered Mystic Falls and prevented the vampires from entering the town's borders. While there, the two discussed their lives since being forced to leave their homes and since Damon and Bonnie's deaths, as well as how difficult it was for all of them to be separated from one another.
In Yellow Ledbetter, Caroline met up with Alaric again at the diner to rant about how angry she was that Stefan had lied to them about searching for a way to bring Bonnie and Damon back to life. Alaric informed her that he had been feeding Stefan leads for months, and that he had claimed that he was checking them out. When Caroline angrily reminded him that no one else was trying to help Damon and Bonnie, Alaric admitted that Enzo was still researching into it.
In Welcome to Paradise, Caroline openly disapproved of Alaric's decision to compel Elena to forget that she ever loved Damon.
In Best Served Cold, it is revealed that they are engaged to each other in the future. In the present, it is revealed by Valerie that the Gemini Coven wanted to protect Jo and Alaric's twins during Kai's attack at their wedding. They cast a spell that allowed Caroline to become pregnant with the twins. In Mommie Dearest, Caroline and Alaric spend their day together to test if Caroline is really pregnant. No test was working and they felt that Valerie messed with them. However, Valerie walked in the middle of their sonogram to see I feel her babies were shown. Valerie figured out that the babies were cloaked by the Gemini Coven. Both were overjoyed to see that the babies were still alive and developing as fetuses. In Cold as Ice, they attended a pregnancy class together and Caroline is on the edge about whether or not she is preparing for Alaric's kids right. Alaric reassures her that she is preparing well and that she turned his life around for the better. Caroline is relieved and glad to hear this from him. In This Woman's Work, Caroline is forced to under go Cesarian section to have her babies. Unconscious, Alaric grows worried for the babies and Caroline. Alaric, Valerie Tulle, and Stefan (before he was forced to go on the run from Rayna Cruz) watch as Alaric's Siphoner babies further complicate the surgery. After Valerie assists the surgery due to Rayna forcing most of the Heretics to go on the run (as well as Stefan), Caroline wakes up after a successful surgery. Alaric and Caroline emotionally name their new daughters Lizzie Saltzman and Josie Saltzman, after people they loved who died (Caroline's deceased mother and Alaric's former fiancè). Later, Alaric and Caroline take the babies and move into a new home a long way from Mystic Falls. In I Went to the Woods, although Caroline doesn't appear in this episode, it is revealed that through raising the twins, Alaric and Caroline became closer and started developing romantic interest; Alaric eventually proposed to Caroline, which she accepted being she thought that it made sense for their twins. Alaric is truly in love with her though despite knowing that she will never truly love him over Stefan Salvatore.  In Somebody That I Used to Know, Stefan visits Alaric's house one again after asking the retired vampire hunter to help him. However, Stefan wished to see Caroline after three years of being broken up. After Alaric answers the door, Stefan hears his twins in the background and Caroline asks if Alaric need some help with the kids. Both Stefan and Caroline are shocked to see each other, but Caroline quickly recovers and pays no mind to Stefan as she kisses Alaric on the cheek before taking care of the twins. Both Alaric and Caroline close the door on Stefan's face. In Kill 'Em All, Alaric and Caroline ally together for the first time in three years to help Bonnie Bennett live. They slaughter a bunch of vampires on Rayna Cruz's hitlist and talk about their commitment to their future-marriage. At the end of this episode, they argue about their needs for closure in their old relationships in order to continue with their wedding plans (Caroline with Stefan and Alaric with Jo). In Requiem for a Dream, Alaric and Caroline converse about who should go back to Dallas to watch their kids. After much convincing, Alaric decided to take a plane ride home while Caroline stays behind to help Bonnie.  In Gods and Monsters, Alaric and Caroline are seen together discussing whether or not they should use their twin daughters in siphoning the Armory doors open. They both agree to use their daughters being they know that the twins will always have access to the supernatural. The family work together in teaching the twins on using their siphoning abilities and they successfully opened the Armory doors together. Later on, Alaric and Caroline are discussing when to go back to Dallas, but Alaric breaks up with her due to Caroline being in love with Stefan, she then goes back with Stefan after three years. |
In Hello, Brother, Alaric shows up at Caroline's house to see their twin daughters. Alaric then brings up the idea of moving back in together, which Caroline heavily rejects. They then discuss the stress it's put on both of them to raise their children, especially with Alaric at work and Caroline's ongoing relationship with Stefan. Caroline rejects the idea of moving in together again, mentioning Stefan while doing so. This leaves Alaric disappointed, and this even shows that he still really cares about her (possibly in a romantic sense still), before heading back to the Armory to further investigate the creature's vault.
In Coming Home Was a Mistake, Caroline and Alaric are first seen together with the rest of their friends at Tyler's first funeral attempt. When Damon ambushes it, threatens to kill them all, and then tries to kill Matt Donovan as revenge for Matt trying to shoot him in the back, both Alaric and Caroline and the rest of them try to reason with Damon and stop him from killing Matt. Stefan manages to convince Damon to let Matt go, but Damon flees shortly after this.
After Caroline saves Stefan by shooting Damon with a vervain gun to knock him out, Alaric gets to enjoy spending time with Caroline and the rest of their friends at the empty carnival at Mystic Falls. However, this ends when Matt tells Caroline and Alaric about Seline (Alaric and Caroline's daughters' nanny) being the second siren, both Alaric and Caroline frantically rush home. Alaric and Caroline find the house empty with only a childish drawing of their two daughters holding hands with Seline, next to Cade, the deceased psychic who runs Hell. Caroline looks up from the drawing with a frantic look on her face as the scene fades.
In Detoured On Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell, Caroline and Alaric are first seen together at the house, which was now a crime scene being their daughters were kidnapped by Seline and Sybil. Caroline fusses about it, which leads into an argument between Alaric and Caroline. Alaric tells her off by saying that she brings darkness wherever she goes due to her vampire nature and that he is taking the kids when he finds them. Caroline is shocked and hurt that he would say this being she loves their daughters, but Alaric then retorts that their daughters are his daughters. Alaric emphasized what he meant by saying the Josie and Lizzie was Jo and his' daughters. Alaric then stops himself from talking to her out of frustration, leaving Caroline near tears.
Later on, after they meet up again after finding their kids, Caroline attempts to apologize for her involvement with Stefan and Damon lately, but Alaric cuts her off by saying that he is sorry. Alaric then explains that he was in the wrong for dismissing her motherly status and Caroline smiles, silently accepting his apology. However, Caroline comes to the decision that her being involved with their kids is not the best idea right now, much to Caroline's heartbreak. Alaric seemingly respects her decision and stays silent on the matter before parting ways for now, on the episode.Trivia
- Alaric killed her father while he was still under the influence of the darkness, that Esther Mikaelson and the Gilbert ring caused.
- In Best Served Cold, it was revealed that Caroline is pregnant with Alaric and Jo's unborn twins via a spell cast by the Gemini Coven.
- Caroline and Alaric are engaged to each other in 2016.
- Caroline gave birth to Alaric's twins; Josie Saltzman and Lizzie Saltzman. Eventually she started loving them like her own children.
- Caroline has chosen to stay with Alaric to help raise his babies rather than accompany Stefan Salvatore, her boyfriend at that time, on the run from Rayna Cruz.
- It seems that both of them didn't sleep together during their engagement, being they are sleeping in separated bedrooms.
- Alaric admitted to falling in love with her.
- However, Caroline doesn't return his affections being one, she still had feelings for Stefan, and two, marrying him made sense to her at the time for their twin daughters.
- As of Gods and Monsters, Caroline and Alaric break off their engagement being Caroline still wants to be with Stefan. However, Caroline still promises to be there for Alaric and their children.
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