"Mom, it's okay, I will be back soon." Caroline smiled slightly at her mum whose face looked unsure and uncomfortable. "You sure about this, Care?",she asked and her serious eyes full of care made Caroline's smile bigger. After she nodded she hugged her mum, but then she left the car. She was at the airport, not sure what she had to do now.
A bit confused she looked around, it was the first time she wouldn't be at home for a few days. And if that wasn't enough, she was alone, too. Well done, Forbes, she thought.
Now she had to ask or compel anyone, or she would never find her plane. "You look a bit lost, Care",joked a warm, very familiar voice behind her. Surprised she turned around, just to see Stefan Salvatore standing right in front of her. "Seriously?",she scolded and raised an eyebrow in question. "Your mum said I should help you with something. So, what are you doing here, Caroline?" It seemed like her mum didn't tell him hat she wanted to fly to Klaus. Well, that was great, because none had to know.
"Um, I was going on a shopping trip!", she shouted out in enthusiasm but he lowered his eyes skeptical to her suit case. "And for that you take a full suit case with you? How long do you want to go shopping?", he asked, half in amusement, half serious.
The blond girl sighed and her smile faded away while Stefan's green eyes were fixated on her. "So?" - "God, I'm flying to New Orleans, okay?" It took its time till Stefan understood what, or better who, was in New Orleans. "You want to go to Klaus? Are you out of your crappy mind, Caroline?"
Caroline's eyes glowed 'cause of his words, but she needed to calm down. Her flight would be in 30 minutes, she had to hurry up. "It's not like I want to see him. But I told you about the break up with Tyler.. Tyler wants to kill Klaus for killing his mother. And I think Tyler's getting hurt if he really wants to kill Klaus, or maybe he will die. I just want to talk to Klaus, so no one needs to get hurt." Stefan's face expression changed from anger to care, he knew that she had still feelings for Tyler. "You've such a good heart, Care. Let me go with you, I will try to help you." His smile brightened when he saw Caroline's confusion but in the next second she hugged him and sighed in relief. She thought she had to do this alone, handling with Klaus and Tyler. But now it didn't seem so hard to handle anymore. "Thank you."
Stefan had compelled some people at the airport, so he didn't need to buy a flight ticket. He felt after a few minutes asleep, so Caroline had some time to think about everything. She just needed to go to Klaus and.. what then? Beg for Tyler's life? No, she wouldn't beg for that stupid idiot. But she always had a really weird effect on Klaus, so she was sure she could change his mind about killing or hurting Tyler.
They didn't fly that long and when they land, Caroline was more than just happy to have fixed ground under her feet. Stefan took Caroline's suit case just like a gentleman and then another reason why he would go with her came up in her mind. "You don't want to see Elena and Damon together, don't you?",she asked caring and patterned his face. He nodded with a small smile in on his lips but he couldn't hide the pain at all. "I'm there for you, as always",she promised and pressed his hand which lied in hers. She didn't think about what other people would think about them. Maybe it seemed like they were a couple but the truth was, that they were just friends. Real friends and they had always trusted each other.
Stefan just smiled while he nodded, while a taxi hold just in front of them at the footpath. After an hour they were in the hotel where Caroline booked a little room for a week. Stefan had to sleep on the couch but he claimed that it was okay. Both of them changed their clothes and then they wanted to visit the town but it took some time till they came to a beautiful district of the town. There was music on some places, many pubs and people. "I think I've never seen a more beautiful town",she said impressed of the art and the buildings. Stefan chuckled, of course he had already been here. He guided Caroline into a pub, it wasn't very full but it seemed so harmonic. With music and much alcohol. Caroline and Stefan sat down at the bar and ordered two drinks, after someone sit down right beside Caroline. He had dark skin and no hair, his brown eyes were warm. She could smell that this one was a vampire, a very old vampire. He smiled at her. "Welcome to New Orleans, the Vampire town",he said and grinned. It seemed somehow that even his teeth were shining. "Um, thank you",Caroline murmured a bit confused. Stefan seemed tensed but the man beside Caroline didn't notice.
"So, sweet girl, what guides you to that beautiful town?",he asked interested. "Well, that's none of your business",she replied a bit annoyed and smiled arrogantly at him. His smile didn't fade away but he reacted a bit upset. "Caroline, love, what are you doing here?" This husky, warm voice she would always recognize. "Klaus?" She turned around in confusion. But he didn't smile as he always did when he saw her, he seemed angry.
Klaus couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing. Marcel sitting there with Caroline. He could swear that he could have heard them flirt. Jealousy and anger were dancing in his head, but he needed to calm down. Caroline was somehow his weakness, if someone would call it by its name. He cared for her, he had strange feelings for her. But if Marcel would know, he would use her against him. And he couldn't handle it if something would happen to his sweet little Caroline. Btw, what was she even doing here?
Klaus' green eyes noticed Stefan sitting on the other side of Caroline. "Did you miss me, mate?",he asked amused and laughed quietly. Caroline rolled her blue eyes and placed her arms in front of her chest. "We were looking for you, well, at least we would've been looking for you after the drink." She smiled a bit but it was her sarcastic smile that made Klaus smile even more brighter.
Marcel's eyes wandered from Caroline to Klaus and from Klaus to Stefan. Klaus could see that Marcel was looking for emotions in their faces. But all he saw was Stefan's annoyance and Caroline's sarcasm. But if Klaus looked closer he saw that little light in her eyes. Like she was happy to see him. Klaus took a deep breath so Marcel's attention wandered back to him. "Even your friends are annoyed",said Marcel and chuckled quietly.
Klaus rolled his eyes. "If you remember, Marcellus, I don't have any friends. Only enemies." Marcel grinned but then he gave two guys, obviously vampires, a hand signal and they left the pub. Klaus sighed and turned to the beautiful Caroline and Stefan. They both looked a bit shocked and he wondered why, it was known that he had many enemies. "So.. You know some really weird guys, Klaus",Caroline said after a few seconds and broke the awkward silence.