{Ring Tone}

"Everytime I close my eyes

It's like a dark paradise

No one compares to you"

"Hello?"

"Caroline, it's me Bonnie"

"What's wrong? Is your mom doing ok? What happen?"

"Everything is ….. well she's a Vampire. So I haven't decided how

I am feeling yet. That's not why I called though"

"What did you want to tell me?"

I could hear Bonnie let out a burst of air into the phone before she spoke

"We need you as bait…again…for Klaus"

"What?, Why am I ALWAYS the bait..SERIOUSLY?"

"Car you know he has a thing for you and…."

My anger had risen to the top at this point, I had done enough.

"I won't do it!" I cut in mid-sentence

"Car, please..listen!"

"You know, he wouldn't trust me anyway. I did just distract him last night. You know the fool me once saying?"

"I have the feeling he would forgive you faster than you think"

I let out a scream at the top of my lungs like a spoiled child, minus kicking my feet.

"FINE!" I said hearing it echo in my head.

"Thanks Caroline, just think you are doing this for everyone..even you"

"Funny it seems more and more these days these things have nothing to do with me and more about others personal agendas"

It was quite on both sides for a few minutes before Bonnie spoke again.

"Car, just find out how to kill him and we can be done with being errand girls"

"Fine…and Bonnie?"

"Yeah?"

"I am sorry about your mom, let me know if you need me"

"I will, talk to you later"

"bye"

I set the phone on my night stand and got up and walked over to the mirror. Staring into my own eyes wondering just why I keep throwing myself under the bus. Why am I always the one who gets used? I do it to myself I guess, I made the decision to say yes. I let out a sigh "Stupid, stupid, stupid" I said to myself in the mirror. "Well" I said as I straightened up in front of the mirror. "Lets do this!"

Klaus's house was bigger then I remembered but still as beautiful as what I first thought. When I got to his door it wasn't till then that I was completely scared. I mean if I am being honest I just tried to help take down his family NBD right? "URG" I let out and turned around to walk away. This is ridiculous, he will kill me!

"Caroline?" I heard a low voice say behind me

I turned to see HIM standing in his doorway. He did not look happy, yet he did not look angry.

He just looked..Klausy? I kept my eyes on him as I walked back to stand face to face with him.

"Morning" I let out cheerfully

"So, little red riding hood has come to see the big bad wolf?" He asked in a very malicious tone.

"I did come to see you." Is the only thing I could get out. I didn't know where to go with his red riding hood reference.

"Id invite you in but I am sure this will be a quick conversation so excuse my manners by not doing so." He spoke every word like each one was meant to hurt me.

"Well, not that quick" I said while brushing by him and letting myself inside. Caroline WHAT are you doing. If I had a penny for every time I asked myself that I'd be a…. I froze in place as Klaus moving like a snake was in front of me in a second. His eyes dark and face were emotionless.

I will not back down, I will not back down. It seemed easier said than done right now.

"Hear me out, please?" I said trying to make my words as seductive as possible.

"Give me one reason why I should allow you to speak at all after what you did last night!"

He snapped out so coldly that it made me shiver.

"Because, well… I am sorry" I looked up to meet his eyes again and this time they were not dark. Yes, it worked like kryptonite! I let out a giggle on the inside.

He motioned his hand for me to sit down so I did. Gently touching the velvet of the chair with my fingertips. He sat across from me with his arms folded, keeping his eyes on me like I was his prey. Wow, this guy is shut up like fort knox.

"Go on" was all he said

I took in a deep breath and exhaled slowly.

"You have killed many people for your own gain and threatened people I love" I spoke never taking my eyes off his. He said nothing.

"I hate you because of what you made Tyler. I did what I felt was right in the moment, in a single moment. I had the chance to make all my anger and hatred toward you go away."

I took my eyes off his and looked down at my shoes. This was not going the way I had planned, I was supposed to be seducing him not being real. I couldn't stop the words though. I looked back up at him his face and body language the same.

"My anger though was not just towards you. It was towards Damon for using me and hurting my friends, it was for Katherine for using me as her pawn and killing me, it was for my mother for not seeing me as her little girl and for my dad for seeing me as a monster."

I sat there for a moment and just traced his face with my eyes. No change, it was like I wasn't even talking. It felt good though to talk, I felt free. This was the first time in a long time I felt free and I went with it.

"I realized something Klaus. We are all a lot alike, aren't we? Are any of us worse than the other? Damon used me to sleep with and as a blood bag. He killed Lexi, Abby, Jeremy, Alaric, tried to kill Bonnie and did kill countless others. He forced Elena against her will twice to take his blood to make her a Vampire."

My words were flowing at this point and I couldn't stop them.

"So why are people not trying to kill Damon? What have you done that Damon has not? Damon seems just as dangerous to me!"

I flung myself back into the chair and crossed my arms and locked eyes with him. Did I seriously just say Klaus wasn't that bad? Did I just come to a realization? Are we all the Villain than? Or are we in the grey being Vampires?

It felt like an hour before he spoke.

"Do you believe that?" He said his tone more hopeful sounding

"I do" I said uncrossing my arms and leaning towards him.

"I don't trust you!" He snapped while standing up.

I stood up quickly and met him eye to eye. Our bodies almost touching I could smell his cologne. I shut my eyes for a moment and took in his smell. CAROLINE! Snap out of it, Tyler, Tyler, Tyler..keep it on repeat.

"Please leave, now" He said walking to the front door and opening it.

"Klaus, I really.."

He cut me off as he put his hand out to silence me. "ENOUGH!" he snapped out the maliciousness back in his voice.

I looked him in the eyes one last time before walking out his door. His eyes were so dark and the walls still up.