"Breath Tyler, It's nothing bad" Caroline says. "I got an interview at that ranch that I applied for and I go up there in 2 days."
"Congrats Care, wow you had me worried for a moment that you were pregnant or something. I am so happy you got the job interview. I know you've wanted this position for a while and this could be your only chance."
"Thanks Tyler. Let's eat." After dinner Tyler drops Caroline off home and promises to ring her on later.
On the day of the interview she was up at the crack of dawn making sure everything was ready. After her shower and drying her hair, she slipped into black cargo pants and a comfortable shirt with her hair done up. She decided on minimal makeup and her good pair of boots with no heels.
On the way she starts getting incredibly nervous as this is her first job opportunity since finishing her course. As she pulls up to the ranch she spots a guy working in the fields. He had no shirt on and an amazing tattoo across his back. As she got closer she took in his long slung jeans and work boots and his blonde short hair.
"This must be one of the men who work in the fields." As she drove to the main house the guy left the fields and ran into the house.
"Shit the woman is here for her interview. She is bloody early. Damn" Klaus said as he ran to get changed for the interview. After changing into clean jeans and a shirt he went out to meet her only to find her surrounded by his workers and family.
"Damon, Stefan and Kol, don't you have better things to do than harass my possible new employee?" "Klaus you're a spoilt sport. We were just introducing ourselves to Caroline here." Kol piped up with. "Well get your arses back to work and give Miss Forbes some breathing space."
They said their goodbyes and headed back to work. "Miss Forbes, thank you for being punctual. Its always an admirable trait that I like in my employees. Please come in and sit down."
"Thank you Mr Mikaelson."
"Please, call me Klaus"
"I will if I get this job but at the moment I prefer to call you Mr Mikaelson."
"Whatever makes you comfortable." When they were seated he turned to her and asked, "Do you have any farming experience?"
"No I don't I have just finished my veterinary course and thought a farm would be the best place to start my career." Klaus was dumbfounded by her response. Normally people lie about their experience but she was blunt and truthful.
" Do you know how to treat cattle and horses?"
"Yes I did an extension course in farming based veterinary services which taught me cattle, horses, alpacas, sheep and pigs."
Klaus is quite impressed by this as not many people would do extra studies after their main course is complete. "That is quite a comprehensive course to have done. If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to work on my farm?"
"Your farm is said to be the best in the area and frankly the city is starting to get to me. It's too loud and busy so I need a place that isn't as fast paced to start."
"You understand this is a live in job? We have a separate house where the vet lives that is close to the main house so that the vet is on call any time there is a problem."
"I need to wrap some stuff up at home but I can start tomorrow if you need me?" Caroline offered.
All of a sudden the sound of running feet was heard through the house as Kol and Damon ran into the room. "Hailey has started badly limping and threw Elijah while he was out in the field." Klaus stood up and ran out with the boys and Caroline following.
"Hailey is Elijah's horse, He raised from a foal and lately she's been acting weird, favouring one leg in the front." Damon explained.
When they arrived Caroline went straight to Hailey and checked her feet while Klaus checked on Elijah. As soon as she looked at the feet she saw what was wrong. Hailey had a thorn embedded in her hoof. She sent Kol to the house to get tweezers to remove the thorn and while she waited she checked on Elijah who was lucky to only have a bump on the head.
Once the thorn was removed, Hailey was taken back to the stables to rest and recover. Klaus turned to Caroline and said see you here tomorrow with your stuff.