Okay, so I know I've been AWOL for MONTHS and for that I apologise. I also know I should be updating The Journey and again you have my apologies. I have been incredibly busy with my university course and frankly, the workload is only going to get heavier so I'm afraid updates will be sporadic to non-existent :(
Anyway, welcome to what I hope will become a new drabble/one-shot series! As I said, I'm not sure when I'll be able to update but hopefully you will still enjoy my stories. Mostly if not all Klaroline :) I hope you enjoy and if you do please leave a review as they mean the world to me x
"You know this is completely your fault, don't you sweetheart?" Klaus muttered angrily.
Caroline folded her arms and scoffed irritably. The movement caused her breasts to peek ever so slightly more obviously over the sweetheart neckline of her bridesmaids dress. Klaus, momentarily distracted by the lovely sight, unconsciously licked his lips. What he wouldn't give to have his head between those two perfect globes. He'd be on them like a fat kid on cake.
"If it's any consolation, I don't want to be here with you either and stop staring at my boobs, Klaus!" Caroline snapped at him.
"Well, excuse me for being irritated by this situation, love, but may I remind you that it is your fault we are in this situation at all because it was your bloody idea to have wedding photos taken whilst we are in a shoddy looking dinghy in the middle of a bloody lake!" Klaus cried.
"Remember to smile, guys! Katherine will have our heads if there are any unhappy faces in her wedding photos." Bonnie hissed as Kol chivalrously rowed their little white boat past the arguing blondes.
"Do cheer up, brother. At least you don't have to put as much effort in to row your bird along. Caroline is as skinny as a rake compared to the fat lump I've got in my boat." Kol trilled cheerfully.
"If you say another word about my weight, I swear to God I will declare this child fatherless and demand that you divorce me, you insufferable prat." Bonnie managed to grind out through gritted teeth set in a painful smile as she rubbed her swollen belly gently. The couple were gliding further and further away from Klaus and Caroline but sounds of their bickering still drifted back to them.
"Bonnie, darling, you know I love you and this wonderful child you have blessed me with but you are not the one having to row a heavily pregnant woman across a lake and although my biceps are incredible and I am rather amazing, it's unbearably hot and this task is pretty horrible."
It was a terribly hot day and although Katherine and Elijah were pleased that their day was blessed with gorgeous weather, it did make the rest of their wedding party uncomfortable and irritable which was very obvious in Klaus and Caroline's case.
"Seriously, Klaus? What is your problem? Yes, it was my idea for Katherine and Elijah to take advantage of the beautiful lake by having some of their wedding photos taken on it but it is not my fault that the groundskeeper gave us the worst boat out of the lot. Katherine and Elijah are the newlyweds and we do what they want us to do! Yes, Bonnie is pregnant but if you hadn't allowed Damon to elbow you out of the way we would not be in this godforsaken death trap!" Caroline cried.
The boat was just as pretty as the others gracing the lake but it was definitely more rickety and Caroline was sure that it was rotting in places. The oars was practically crumbling away in Klaus's hands and both were fairly certain that they wouldn't make it out of this situation without getting wet.
"Perhaps if you hadn't decided to run off two minutes before the photos were meant to be taken, love, I would have been able to snag the last good boat instead of waiting around for you!" Klaus snapped back. The blonde was truly testing his patience today.
"Well, excuse me for taking my duties as maid of honour and wedding planner seriously, Klaus. I told you I had to take care of a catering emergency and you could have set off with one of the others."
"Yes, because Katherine would have been ever so pleased that the best man and maid of honour were in separate boats when she looks back at her wedding photos a month or so from now. You know as well as I do that we would have never heard the end of it." Klaus replied.
"Ugh, whatever. Just get us over to the others. The sooner these photos are taken the sooner I can get away from your ugly face." Caroline snapped.
Klaus let out a bark of laughter at her outburst and Caroline couldn't stop her face from getting hot. Yes, this man was absolutely infuriating but my God was he attractive. That laugh and those dimples made her weak in the knees.
"You didn't seem to have a problem with my face a month ago, sweetheart. Do you remember that fantastic night or do I need to refresh your memory?" Klaus murmured deviously. If Caroline hadn't known what he was talking about at first then the dirty wink accompanying his words definitely reminded her. However, stubborn as always, Caroline refused to let him know that he affected her.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Caroline said haughtily as her face flushed an even deeper scarlet.
Klaus's smirk only widened.
"Well, let me remind you then, sweetheart. The others are still quite far away and I for one would love a quick stroll down memory lane." His words were punctuated by the soft splashes of the oars slicing through the water, the movement making the muscles in his arms ripple. Suddenly, Caroline's mouth was rather dry.
"On a very hot evening about a month ago, I was sitting in my office working on a very important case when I suddenly received an urgent phone call from a damsel in distress. That damsel, love, was you. You had spent the entire day running errands for this sodding circus of a wedding and returned home to finish making table decorations only to find your air conditioning had broken down. Now I, sympathetic gentleman that I am, listened dutifully to you cry and rant and assured you that I would be right over to assist you in any way that I could in light of my duties as the best man."
"As I recall, I had to bribe you with expensive scotch and dinner." Caroline interrupted.
"I still came, didn't I?" Klaus said with a smile.
"Yeah, you still came." Caroline smiled softly.
"So, I turned up on your doorstep armed with all the tools and equipment I might need to fix your problem and a bottle of red wine to cheer you up and what should happen when I get there? A devastatingly beautiful angel answered the door wearing nothing but a tiny pair of white shorts and tight vest top. You practically threw yourself into my arms sobbing and it took every ounce of my self-control not to rip those flimsy clothes from your body and ravish you right there."
Caroline blushed at the sinful words pouring out of his mouth but Klaus continued on knowing the effect he had on the girl before him.
"Eventually, I managed to fix the air conditioning and together we sat down to finish making the rest of the table decorations. By this point, you had already finished half the bottle of wine watching me work tirelessly to get the problem fixed and were in such a happy mood that you were actually being nice to me. As you being nice to me is such a rarity, I thought I should take advantage of the moment and do everything I could to stay in your favour. So, the alcohol and compliments flowed and soon enough the table decorations were abandoned in favour of stimulating conversation."
Caroline didn't miss the emphasis he placed on the word stimulating and even though it should be impossible, the flush in her cheeks crept even further along her neck and chest.
"What happened next?" Caroline breathed even though she knew the story just as well as he did. Klaus seemed happy that she was playing along and threw a lazy smile in her direction.
"In the middle of the recount of my trip to Paris, I felt a soft pair of lips kissing me urgently and suddenly my lap was filled with a beautiful blonde woman. We kissed for what seemed like hours before you finally led me to your bedroom and let me worship your body for the masterpiece that it is. The next morning I woke up next to you, the two of us both gloriously naked and satisfied." Klaus finished his story with a salacious grin.
Caroline suddenly grew cold.
"Funny that because I woke up naked and alone. You left without saying goodbye."
Silence descended the pair as they drifted lazily along the lake.
"Is that why you've been so horrible to me for the last month, Caroline?" Klaus asked gently.
Caroline scoffed.
"You slept with me, left me and didn't even bother to call me, Klaus. You had been pursuing me for months but I never gave you the chance because you're an infamous womaniser. I finally give in to our connection and what do I get in return? Nothing, not even a phone call, despite all those wonderful things you whispered to me that night. The next thing I know, Rebekah is telling me that you're hooking up with some bartender who apparently 'understands' you."
Klaus dropped the oars in shock. What on Earth had that wench Camille said to his sister?
"Caroline-"
"Oh, save it, Klaus. I don't want to hear it. You think that night was a mistake. Well, that's fine. Whatever. Just…let's just get these pictures over with." Caroline grumbled.
Knowing that Caroline wouldn't be willing to listen to his explanations, Klaus let out a resigned sigh and went to pick the oars up again. His fingers only clutched at air and he looked around to find the oars were slowly floating away.
"Um, Caroline, I don't wish to alarm you, sweetheart, but it appears we might be stranded."
Caroline looked out across the water and scoffed.
"Oh for God's sake, Klaus! That isn't too far away. Move out of the way so I can reach them."
Caroline clambered unsteadily to her feet and moved past Klaus to reach for the oars that were just slightly out of reach. Just a few more inches…
"Caroline, I really don't think-"
Klaus was interrupted by a loud screech in his ear as Caroline lost her balance and crashed into his body sending the both of them tumbling into the cool waters of the pretty lake they had spent the last half an hour bickering on.
A few seconds later, the two of them resurfaced, blinking the water rapidly from their eyes and spluttering loudly. The rest of the wedding party observed the two floundering idiots in shock before bursting into loud peals of laughter.
"Oh, that was absolutely priceless!" Damon crowed loudly, ignoring the jabs to his stomach Elena was sending him even as she fought to contain the amused smile spreading across her face.
"Oi, Mr Photographer, can you make sure you get a picture of this? I need something to embarrass my brother with at his next birthday party!" Kol cried.
"Better make a second copy of that, brother, so I can have one of Caroline!" Rebekah giggled.
Caroline was absolutely mortified and covered her dripping face with her hands as she lamented her ruined dress.
"Oh my God! I've ruined the wedding! Kat's going to kill me!" She cried miserably.
"You are so beautiful." Klaus suddenly blurted out catching the blonde woman by surprise.
"What? Are you insane? We just fell into a lake, ruined the photos and all you can think about is getting back into my pants?" Caroline screeched.
Klaus just smiled softly pulling the sopping wet girl into his arms, delighting in the shiver that went through her body at his touch.
"No, Caroline. I truly mean it. Even when you look like a drowned rat, smell of lake water and have various wildlife in your hair, you are still the most beautiful creature in the world to me."
He pulled her even closer and placed a passionate kiss on her mouth. When he pulled away slightly, she stared into his eyes and found that they mirrored her own. Wide and full of awe.
"What about Camille?" She whispered brokenly.
Klaus scoffed.
"Camille hates my sister and knows that the best way to piss her off is to go into graphic detail about sex with one of her brothers. I slept with Camille months ago, love, before we had even met and I haven't been with her since. She's obsessed with me and knew about my infatuation with you and wanted to make sure you would never give me another chance so she went to Rebekah and lied about our relationship."
Caroline frowned.
"Well, if there's nothing going on with you and that dull bartender, why did you leave me on my own in bed that day? And why did you never call me?"
"I woke up hours before you did and went into the office to finish my paperwork. I went to get us breakfast before bringing it back to your apartment so we could spend the day together. When I got there you were welcoming that Lockwood idiot into you home so I turned around and never went back."
Caroline slapped his arm hard.
"Tyler was picking up the rest of his stuff, you prat! We broke up a year ago but he took off travelling. He'd only been back in New York a week when he came to pick his things up."
Klaus was stunned.
"So there's nothing between you and Lockwood?"
"Nope. How could I even think about getting back with him when all of my thoughts are consumed by you? I am completely and utterly besotted with you, Klaus." Caroline whispered softly, a gentle smile gracing her face.
Klaus grinned and kissed her again. The couple trod water whilst they kissed passionately and held each other close. All too soon their perfect moment was ruined by an irritable bride.
"Excuse me, lovebirds. In case you had forgotten, it is my big day and currently you are drawing all of the attention away from me!" Katherine hollered from beside Elijah on the beautifully decorated deck that stretched to the middle of the lake.
The couple separated unwillingly with a giggle.
"Sorry, Katherine!" They yelled in unison.
"And sorry, Elijah, because it's my wedding too!" Elijah shouted.
"Yes, sorry Elijah!" Caroline chuckled.
"Now for goodness sake, get out of the water you two before you catch some strange lake fever and can't come to the reception." Katherine instructed angrily.
Still laughing, Klaus and Caroline swam to the edge of the lake and clambered out ungracefully and completely wrapped up in each other.
"God, you two are sickening." Rebekah complained as she and Stefan reached the deck where the happy couples were standing.
"I know." Katherine replied happily as she kissed Elijah on the cheek.
"I think she was talking about them." Stefan murmured as he gestured towards Klaus and Caroline who were kissing rather enthusiastically once more.
"Ugh. The spare outfits are in the honeymoon suite. You both need to take a shower and make yourselves presentable before the reception starts in two hours. If you are not there I will personally make sure Klaus can never use his manhood again." Katherine threatened with an evil smile.
Klaus and Caroline hurried back to the elegant hotel mansion dominating the lush green ground surrounding them, ignoring the strange looks they were getting from some of the other guests. Once they were in the elevator, the atmosphere around them seemed to crackle with energy as they got lost in each other's lips once more. Soon enough, they were entering the honeymoon suite and Klaus reluctantly pulled away from her.
"You can shower first, love. I know how long it took for you to get ready today." Klaus mumbled, already mourning the loss of her perfect body being held against him.
Caroline stepped away and carefully undid the zip at the side of her dress, allowing it to slide from her body and pool at her feet leaving her wonderfully bare to Klaus. He swallowed hard at the sight of Caroline in her flimsy underwear.
Stepping out of her dress, Caroline moved towards him mischievously and pressed herself against him eagerly, already feeling his desire for her stir against her tummy.
"Or," she whispered into his ear, "We could shower together and save time."
"A fantastic idea, sweetheart, although I don't know if it will save much time as I think I might get carried away at the sight of your body." Klaus murmured gently already stripping himself of his tie and shirt.
Caroline danced away from him and into the bathroom.
"That's what I'm counting on!" She sang as she disappeared into the room.
A second later, her pretty white matching bra and panties set were dropped unceremoniously at the entrance to bathroom and her head peeked at Klaus from behind the door, winking at him naughtily.
With a growl, Klaus rid himself of the rest of his clothes and followed her enchanting giggles into the steamy bathroom, shutting and locking the door behind him.