THE MOMENT STEFAN WALKED OUT THE ROOM CAROLINE COULD FEEL THE MOOD IN THE ROOM SHIFT. DAMON CALLED HIM FROM NEW YORK WITH THE LATEST UPDATE OF THE ELENA DIARIES, LEAVING HER ALONE IN THE ROOM WITH, HIM. THROUGHOUT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS KLAUS HAS BEEN BOTH AN ALLY AND FOE TOWARDS HER AND HER FRIENDS, BUT THIS TIME WAS DIFFERENT. AS THE YEARS WENT ON SHE HAS GOTTEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW A DIFFERENT SIDE OF THE ORIGINAL HYBRID, A SIDE THAT NO ONE ELSE NOT EVEN HIS OWN SIBLINGS HAVE SEEN, WHICH IS WHY IT WASN'T A SHOCK WHEN HE SHOWED AFFECTION TOWARDS HER. HIS CARE FOR CAROLINE WAS MOSTLY USED AS A DISTRACTION BUT, CAROLINE BEGAN TO WONDER IF IT WAS ALL A GAME TO HER ANYMORE. THOUGH SHE MANIPULATED HIM FOR HER FRIENDS' BENEFITS SHE HAS CAUGHT HERSELF FEELING GUILTY FOR USING HIS AFFECTIONS TOWARDS HER FOR THEIR OWN GAIN. CAROLINE KNOWS IT'S WRONG, SHE SHOULDN'T BE FEELING THIS WAY ABOUT KLAUS, BUT SHE CAN'T DENY THE HEAT AND DESIRE THAT WASHES OVER HER EACH TIME HE WALKS INTO HER PRESENCE. SHE'S TRYING TO PUT HER DARK DESIRES BEHIND HER AS THEY BOTH HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE NEXT MASSACRE WILL TAKE PLACE. SHE BLINKS AWAY HER LUSTFUL THOUGHTS AND WALKS OVER TO THE MAP ON THE TABLE. KLAUS IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE LOOKING INCREDIBLY SEXY, BUT CAROLINE TRIES TO PUSH THE HEAT FORMING BETWEEN HER LEGS TO THE BACK OF HER MIND. HE GIVES HER A SMALL SMIRK AS SHE ROLLS HER EYES AND BEGINS TO SPEAK.

"OKAY THERE HAVE BEEN TWO MASSACRES." SHE BEGAN. "PASTOR YOUNG'S FARM IS HERE AND THE OLD LOCKWOOD CELLAR, WHERE YOU SPITEFULLY SLAUGHTERED 12 OF YOUR OWN HYBRIDS ENDS HERE." SHE SHARPLY ADDS MAKING HIS SMIRK WIDEN. "ACCORDING TO THE BOOK, THE EXPRESSION TRIANGLE IS EQUILATERAL, PUTTING IT HERE." SHE FINISHES, ADMIRING THE TRIANGLE SHE DREW ON THE MAP.

"SOMEBODY'S BEEN SKIPPING THEIR GEOMETRY CLASSES." HE STATES. CAROLINE'S EYEBROWS LOWER IN CONFUSION. KLAUS TAKES THE MARKER FROM HER. "THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO PLACES THE MASSACRE CAN BE." HE SAYS AS HE MAKES A MORE ACCURATE TRIANGLE. SHE SLIGHTLY ROLLS HER EYES AT HIS CORRECTION, SHE ALWAYS HATED WHEN PEOPLE TRIED TO PROVE HER WRONG.

"WELL, YOU DIDN'T LET ME FINISH." SHE CHEEKILY SAYS. THE FIERCE EYE CONTACT THEY MADE WAS ENOUGH FOR CAROLINE TO MELT. THE INTENSITY OF THEIR EXCHANGING GLARES WAS CAUSING THE HEAT BETWEEN HER LEGS TO INCREASE. HER EYES FLICKED FROM HIS EYES TO HIS LIPS A COUPLE OF TIMES, "NO, NO!" CAROLINE SAID IN HER MIND. SHE CAN'T GIVE IN TO HER FEELINGS FOR HIM, NOT ONLY BECAUSE STEFAN IS RIGHT OUTSIDE BUT ALSO BECAUSE IT'S KLAUS! THE BIG, BAD, PSYCHOTIC, CHARMING AND SEXY HYBRID SHE CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT. HER EYES TURNED AWAY FROM HIS INTENSE GAZE, MAKING IT OBVIOUS TO HIM WHAT SHE WAS THINKING, NOT TO MENTION HE COULD ALREADY SMELL HER AROUSAL.

"SOMETHING THE MATTER, LOVE?" HE ASKED WITH A SMIRK, BREAKING THEIR LONG SILENCE.

"NO...NOPE, WHY WOULD THERE BE?" SHE STUTTERED, LOOKING DOWN AT THE FLOOR TO AVOID EYE CONTACT.

"I DON'T KNOW, YOU SEEM A LITTLE...ON EDGE."

SHE QUICKLY POPS HER HEAD UP. "WELL I'M NOT!" SHE YELLS, MAKING IT OBVIOUS TO HIM THAT HIS ASSUMPTION IS CORRECT.

"BEG TO DIFFER, LOVE."

"CAN WE JUST NOT TALK UNTIL STEFAN RETURNS?" SHE ASKED WITH A SIGH.

"AND HERE I THOUGHT YOU WERE WARMING UP TO ME. I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS." HE SAYS WITH A SMIRK.

"WELL...WELL WE'RE NOT FRIENDS OKAY."

HE LIGHTLY CHUCKLES. "OKAY LOVE. YOU TELL YOURSELF WHATEVER YOU NEED TO SLEEP AT NIGHT."

ANGER WAS SLOWLY TAKING OVER HER EMOTIONS. "EXCUSE ME! LOOK, I DON'T WHY YOU THINK YOU KNOW ME BETTER THAN I KNOW MYSELF BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO STOP GETTING SO EMOTIONAL OVER A 'FRIENDSHIP'."

"WOW. I'M IMPRESSED...I DON'T THINK I COULD DO IT FOR THIS LONG." HE SAYS WITH A SMIRK. HER EYEBROWS SCRUNCH IN CONFUSION.

"DO WHAT?"

"YOUR RESTRAINT, DENIAL, YOUR CAPABILITY OF TRYING TO CUT TIES WITH WHO YOU REALLY ARE AND WHAT/WHO YOU REALLY WANT. I SAY I'M VERY IMPRESSED." HE SAID WITH A SMIRK.

"I...I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT." SHE STUTTERS.

"YES YOU DO." HE SAYS BLANKLY AND MADE HIS WAY AROUND THE TABLE TO WALK TOWARDS HER. SHE WANTED TO RUN OUT THE DOOR TO SEE WHAT'S TAKING STEFAN SO LONG AND TO AVOID ANY ENCOUNTER BUT HER MIND AND BODY WERE NOT IN SYNC AS SHE STAYED IN PLACE. HE WAS NOW STANDING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HER, MAKING HER BREATH HITCH. "YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT YOU CAROLINE." HE BEGAN IN A LOW TONE. "I HAVE OPENED UP TO IN WAYS THAT NO ONE, NOT EVEN MY SIBLINGS HAVE SEEN. I HAVE MADE MYSELF VULNERABLE TO YOU, GOING AGAINST WHO I THOUGHT I WAS IN ORDER TO BE WHO I REALLY AM." GOOSEBUMPS FORMED ON HER SKIN AS HIS FINGERTIPS TRAVELED DOWN HER ARM. "DON'T YOU THINK IT'S ONLY FAIR, THAT YOU DO THE SAME?" SHE HESITANTLY LOOKED UP AT HIM, FEARING THAT HER EMOTIONS WOULD BE OBVIOUS AS SHE STARED INTO HIS BLUE ORBS. SHE TOOK A STEP BACK FROM HIM, FEELING OVERWHELMED WITH THE WORDS HE WAS THROWING AT HER.

"STOP! PLEASE CAN YOU JUST STOP?" CAROLINE SAID AS SHE BROUGHT HER SMALL DELICATE HANDS OVER HER FACE.

"NO, CAROLINE WHY DON'T YOU STOP!" HE RAISES HIS VOICE. "JUST STOP FIGHTING IT, FOR YOUR OWN SAKE. FOR ONCE IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE, DO SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF, MAKE A DECISION FOR YOU! NOT FOR ELENA, OR STEFAN, OR BONNIE BUT FOR YOU. STOP MAKING EXCUSES FOR NOT WANTING WHAT YOU REALLY WANT, FOR NOT WANTING ME." SHE FROZE AT HIS LAST WORDS. "AVOIDING THE CHALLENGES IN LIFE BECAUSE YOU'RE SCARED IS NORMAL CAROLINE, BUT IT'S THE STRONG ONES THAT FACE THOSE CHALLENGES HEAD ON AND THERE'S NO ONE STRONGER THAN YOU, CAROLINE FORBES." HE FINISHES WITH A GRIN AS HE CUPS HER FACE IN HIS LARGE HANDS.

SHE WAS TAKEN ABACK BY HIS WORDS. NO MATTER HOW SHE FELT TOWARDS HIM, SHE COULDN'T DENY THE WAY HE MADE HER FEEL. SHE COULDN'T DENY HOW OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAS COME AND GONE OUT OF HER LIFE, HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO REALLY UNDERSTANDS HER. UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO NEVER FEEL WORTHY ENOUGH, TO NOT FEEL WANTED. THEY HAVE FELT THE SAME KIND OF PAIN, EXPERIENCED THE SAME KINDS OF HEARTACHES AND AS MUCH AS SHE HATED TO ADMIT IT, THEY WERE THE SAME. THE IMMEDIATE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THEM WAS UNDENIABLE FROM THE MOMENT HE SAVED HER LIFE ON HER BIRTHDAY. SHE SAW THE GOOD IN HIM AS HE SAW THE LIGHT IN HER. HE MADE HER FEEL LIKE THE STRONG AND CONFIDENT YOUNG WOMAN THAT SHE IS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY HE MAKES HER FEEL ALIVE. "NO! NO!" CAROLINE THOUGHT. THERE'S NO WAY SHE SHOULD BE FEELING THIS WAY ABOUT KLAUS MIKEALSON, THE BIG, BAD, PSYCHOTIC, CHARMING AND SEXY HYBRID SHE CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT.

"KLAUS…I CAN'T, WE CAN'T…" SHE TRAILS OFF AND LOOKS DOWN AT THE GROUND.

"YES, WE CAN." HE SOFTLY RESPONDS, PUTTING A STRAND OF BLONDE HAIR BEHIND HER EAR TO EXPOSE HER ANGELICALLY FLAWLESS FACE. CAROLINE FINALLY LOOKS UP, MAKING DIRECT EYE CONTACT WITH HIS BIG BLUE ORBS, SHE'S NEVER WANTED SOMETHING OR SOMEONE SO BADLY IN HER LIFE. HE PUT ANOTHER STRAND BEHIND HER OTHER EAR, MAKING CAROLINE BLUSH.

"THIS IS WRONG." SHE SOFTLY SAID.

"WELL, ISN'T THAT WHAT MAKES IT SO FUN?" HE REPLIES WITH HIS SIGNATURE GRIN, CAUSING CAROLINE TO LIGHTLY CHUCKLE. THE CONTAGIOUS SOUND OF HER LAUGHTER MADE KLAUS BRIEFLY LAUGH BEFORE HIS EXPRESSION TURNED INTO A WIDE SMILE. JUST HER PRESENCE MADE HIM HAPPY AND ALL HE WANTS IN THIS AND EVERY MOMENT IS HER. KLAUS HESITANTLY LEANS INTO CAROLINE, THEIR FACES NOW METERS FROM TOUCHING. HIS MOVEMENTS ARE SLOW JUST IN CASE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO, BUT HE IS HALF SURPRISED WHEN SHE DOESN'T STOP HIM. CAROLINE LIGHTLY BITES ON HER LIP AS SHE LOOKS AT HIS ROSY LIPS AS HE DOES THE SAME TO HERS. GETTING CLEAR NON VERBAL PERMISSION, KLAUS DOESN'T WASTE ANY TIME SEALING THE DEAL WITH A DEEP KISS.

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