Hope you enjoy this one, set in Modern Day New York City! Think F.R.I.E.N.D.S (BEST SHOW EVER) :) Please read and review darlings. Please note not much planning has gone into this so go with me, ok but I do have some thought on how I want this to go. Thanks.
Part 1:
Caroline shuffled out of bed like she did every morning before work; tired and dreading the morning rush that was no doubt already in full swing at 8.30am. She was a waitress at the 'Strawberry Thief' coffee house a few blocks down from her small two bedroom apartment with its eclectic furniture, hardwood floors & purple walls that she shared with her long-time best friend Katherine Pierce. They were so close they were practically sisters. Caroline was blonde, blue-eyed & mild-mannered (most of the time) whereas Katherine was a sassy & sexy brunette with an attitude to match. On occasion they were known to pull a freaky Friday and switch personalities at the drop of a hat. Katherine worked at the 'Strawberry Thief' coffee house too. Caroline had moved to New York for a new change of pace with secret hopes of getting her dream job working within the fashion industry.
Unfortunately getting the job you wanted in a busy city like NYC was no easy feat. So she reluctantly took a position as a waitress at the coffee-house but having Katherine working there too made it a lot more bearable. "Katherine are you up yet?" she called from the kitchen/living area. "Yeah, yeah keep your hair on Forbes" she answered under her breath, tussling her freshly curled hair into place. Her make up done and dressed in her black waitress miniskirt & red apron. "How are you dressed already? I usually have to drag you of bed" Caroline joked flashing a cheeky smile as they both headed out the door locking it behind them.
Caroline was so busy rushing from table to table pouring coffee that she wasn't looking where she was going & bumped into a hard chest wearing a business like suit, almost spilling the coffee all over him. "Oh my god im so sorry, I didn't see you" she said quickly without even looking at him. "That's quite alright love, a pretty young thing like yourself can spill coffee or any beverage for that matter on me anytime" he said smoothly. Caroline cheeks reddened slightly at the sound of his British accent. She excused herself to grab a mop to clean up the mess. "Hey what was that?" Katherine asked from behind the counter. "What was what?" she said innocently. "Come on Care, did you not see the way he looked at you, he was practically seducing you with his eyes".
"Oh my god! Kat, you're disgusting" Caroline laughed covering her face. "Ah ha, you like him don't you?" Katherine pressed. "What? No! I didn't even look at him" a nervous smile tugged at her lips. "Oh I know, but he saw you and he looked more than interested to me". The blonde just ignored her friend, thinking she was totally crazy. Besides dating someone was not at the forefront of her mind right now. In fact it was probably the last thing on her mind. She was so focused on saving money and working towards getting into the fashion industry that she rarely had enough time to spend time by herself.
"Just go talk to him!" Katherine said through gritted teeth. "No way! we're working right now, I'm not gonna go over to paying customer and ask him out". A smirk appeared on the British man's face from behind his newspaper. "Looks like he heard you so you cant chicken out now" Katherine teased. "Argh, fine, i'll talk to him but im not asking him out" she shot back quietly. "Oh and by the way im pretty sure he'd be happy to pay for a lot more than coffee". At this ongoing teasing Caroline was feeling quite embarrassed by the whole thing & bolted back to the kitchen almost in tears. No way in hell was she talking to him now! Katherine's sly smile quickly turned to concern as she realised she had pushed one to far with her friend and ran after her. "Care, wait! Im sorry".
Klaus overheard the two women talking and couldn't help but smile when he heard the brunette pushing the blonde to talk to him. He secretly hoped she would talk or at least take his order for another coffee & a muffin. Having a woman that beautiful come close to spilling coffee on him was so far the highlight of his week. Not only that but this incident had been the first time in a long time that he had had any contact with a woman. His parents had been on his case to get his life together & settle down with a nice girl for years now but he was preoccupied with climbing the career ladder. It was practically the only thing they talked about. If it wasn't that, they were constantly reminding him of his siblings accomplishments. How his two brothers Elijah & Finn were both at the top of their chosen field of medicine whilst raising families, his youngest brother Kol was...well still in school studying English literature & even managed to maintain a steady relationship with his girlfriend Davina Claire. His one & only sister Rebekah was expecting her first child with her high-school sweetheart Matt Donovan. Then there was he himself; Klaus sitting idle in a coffee shop just sailing through life solo; Only focused on his job at an advertising firm but when he laid eyes on Caroline, a feeling hit him deep in his gut that maybe just maybe he was missing out on 'One of life's greatest gift's' he remembered his mother saying of Love when he was younger and still caught her saying to him every now and again.
Klaus quickly finished his coffee quickly grabbing a napkin and scrawling his number & his on it and raced over to the blonde's friend whom had emerged from the kitchen. "Could you give this to your friend? No pressure but I'd like to meet her properly, let her know there's no hard feelings about the incident" he asked politely handing her the napkin. "Sure...I guess, but I don't know if she'll use it, she's kinda sensitive about this stuff" Kat replied wrinkling her nose. Klaus promptly left for work trying with all his might to forget about the blonde whom had captured his attention that morning. All through the day he found himself thinking about her; those sinfully beautiful blue eyes, her sweet voice that was practically music to his ears and those sweet red lips. Every time the phone rang he jump up to answer before his secretary did; a part of him hoping that it was her on the other end but with every call he was left disappointed.
The rest of the day passed quickly which relieved Caroline to no end, she had waited until the man left to go back out & finish her shift which wasn't easy after Katherine had taken her aside to give her a napkin with said guys phone number. She hated how emotional she got sometimes. "Sooo, you gonna call him?" Katherine said casually as the were closing up that night. Caroline just rolled her eyes and heaved an annoyed sigh Kat had a bad habit of not letting up sometimes and this was definitely one of those times. "Kat please, just-just let it go already, if it will shut you up then...maybe i'll call him". The blonde's friend just beamed with satisfaction at getting her way. "Good". The rest of the walk home was filled with polite chit chat.
That night Klaus couldn't sleep, his mind was still filled with the image of the beautiful blonde girl from the 'Strawberry Thief Coffee House'. Whenever Klaus couldn't sleep he'd get up & down one or two tumblers of bourbon whilst watching whatever late night rubbish was on. Over the next hour or so Klaus was slowly drifting in an out of sleep when suddenly he was alerted by the buzzing next to him. His mobile was ringing. "Hello Klaus Mikaelson here" he slurred. "Hi this Katherine, the blonde' girls friend from the coffee house" came her voice. "What, Who?" Klaus was almost completely out of it. "Pay attention will you! Its Katherine, the blonde's girls friend from the coffee house!" she repeated angrily. At this Klaus shot up in his chair. "Oh, wait why are you calling me and not your friend, whom I don't even know the name of yet". "Her name's Caroline, she's being me...Stubborn! You have to keep coming back to the coffee house and ask her out till she gives in" She instructed. "So in other words your friend Caroline doesn't want to call me". "Yeah, she just threw away your number when I wasn't looking, but I fished it out...look Caroline's my best friend and she hasn't dated anyone in a long time, she gets attached to all the wrong people who end up breaking her heart so if your going to do that tell me now so I can hang up on" She finished.
Klaus quickly agreed to return to the coffee house which was a pretty easy decision cause he wanted nothing more than to see Caroline again. The perfect name for a beautiful woman He hung up and returned to his somewhat uneasy sleep. Katherine quickly hung the phone and tiptoed back to bed when the living room light came to life. "Who are you calling at this time of night and in the dark I might add?" Caroline yawned glaring at her friend with tired eyes. "No reason" katerine said quickly hiding the napkin behind her back. "You called him!". Katherine suddenly looked like a guilty child stealing a cookie from the cookie jar. "Care, you deserve to have a little fun once and a while, I mean come on all you do is work, get some action already". Caroline turned on her heel and went back to bed.
A few days had passed and Klaus had been going back & forth to see Caroline but not really getting more than a few words out of her. Klaus could tell she was still embarrassed from their first meeting but he was determined to get to know her better. What made it better was the fact that he had devised a plan with the help of Katherine. She had told him to keep bugging her and she would eventually give in. Klaus had a better idea he would turn up every few days for coffee with a muffin and read the paper, nothing more just sit there and annoy her with his silent presence. Yes a perfectly good plan, now it just had to work. But would it? Katherine seemed pretty sure that it would so maybe he had a shot.
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Til Later Darlings, nat.
