"So, I was wondering if we should go to the movies, but i'm not sure which, because Enzo-"
"I don't care!" Caroline finally broke, after hours of listening to Elena talk about Damon (she thought Ew, the entire time) and Bonnie fawn over Enzo (Ew, again, though even she couldn't deny they were cute together) she had had enough. "Caroling sighed, "I'm sorry, but, guys, I don't care. They're your boyfriends for a reason."
Elena snickered, then tried to hide it with coughing at Caroline's warning look. "Sorry, Car." Bonnie said, "We didn't realize how annoying we must be. Maybe we should go out, just us three. The guys can go somewhere together."
Caroline, shaking her head, stood up from her bed in the dorm, and walked to put on her jacket. "No, no. You two go on your date to the movies. I'll be fine," she said aloud. In her head she was complaining how absolutely bored she would be. It was summer break, at least, it was in a few days. Her two best friends had all summer planned out; Elena and Damon, as the summer before, would probably stay in bed while Bonnie and Enzo did whatever they were going to do. She dismissed Elena's unconvinced look and Bonnie's guilty look and left.
Upon stepping out, her phone rang. Pushing a blonde curl behind her ear, she raised the phone to her ear. She rarely got these calls, and when she did, Caroline hadn't minded that it was usually flirting and arguing and always ended with her smiling at some point. "Klaus," she started, "why are you calling me?"
"Oh, my brother was just about to tell me what you had planned for the summer." Rebekah's voice rang through, and maybe Caroline imagined it but with a hint of laughter. "Why are you calling me? If anyone, it shouldn't be me. Maybe Stefan-"
"Oh, I would love to chat with him, but my, it's funnier to tease Niklaus' infatuation with you."
"Bekah!" Caroline almost laughed aloud-the stares from others around stopping her-at his clear embarrassment and annoyance with his little sister. "Give the phone to Klaus, please." It was more of a demand, and the 'please' was just to add to the sarcasm. "Oh," Rebekah sighed, "fine, I guess. Ruin my fun." There was a slight shuffle, then a beep. He hung up, she thought in disbelief. That jerk hung up on me.
A few hours later, Caroline was leaving the dorm again, deciding to go and visit a college friend, when she was stopped. "Sorry, for Reekah. She doesn't know any better," the familiar-and to (almost) everyone's dismay, alluring-accent struck out. Startled and surprised, Caroline didn't speak. "Well, say something. Surely you'd be happier to see me."
"What are you doing here, Klaus?"
His always charming smirk was seeable even in the dark of the night, "Thought I'd spring a surprise offer on you. I know all your friends have their snuggle buddies. I was wondering if you'd want to leave for a summer vacation." Now, more surprised than before, Caroline gaped. "What ? My friends don't even know i'm in touch with you, and you want me to leave with you? Do you remember why they hate you in the first place?"
"Ah, yes, trying to kill Elena and all the others. To lift my curse, a very reasonable-"
"Where?" His eyes shot up in surprise, and she wondered what he thought she'd say. "Well, anywhere. Rome, Paris, Tokyo-" she laughed at his remembering one of their 'moments'-when Caroline had called him out on his daddy issues when he showed her his art. "Are you serious? Wait, how would you know Bonnie and Elena are busy?"
"I may have checked up on you. And are you forgetting the phone calls in which you spill your entire week on me?" Caroline was suddenly thankful for the darkness-there was no need for Klaus Mikaelson to see the red forming on her cheeks. "If you don't want to know you shouldn't ask."
"I don't, but you know i'll listen." Why does he have to be so freaking sweet?! her mental voice complained. "Uh..." Caroline tried to think over everything, "Um, let me think about it. When are you leaving town?"
"Tomorrow, as soon as I get your answer. But i'd like to be gone before noon, love." She nodded, thanking him for the offer, he seemed surprised when she did, not that she herself wasn't. "I have to go, but i'll text you. By noon," she excused herself and began walking away.
"Are you sure, Car?" Bonnie asked, looking a little surprised at Caroline's announcement. "Yeah, totally. I got this new app, you, uh, travel and stay in these hosting houses. I think it'll be really fun to get out of Mystic Falls for awhile." Closing off the lie she'd just told her friends and their boyfriends, Caroline continued to smile. None of them suspected that Klaus was the 'hosting house'. Caroline felt a little guilty for lying to them, but shoved it aside with excitement for the trip.
"Yeah, Car," Elena spoke up, a warm smile on her lips. "That sounds amazing, and you definitely deserve it. Take a break, but," she glanced at Bonnie, "you have to call us every single day. Or we will hunt you down and drag you back." Caroline laughed at her friends seriousness, though it was all out of kindness. "Don't worry, i'm a vampire, remember?"
"Caroline, after everything we've seen, there are bigger things than vampires." Stafen said, she saw Damon roll his eyes, patting her arm in a friendly way. "Shut up, Stefan. Have some fun, CareBear." Thanking him, Caroline left to text Klaus.
Where do we meet?
Your house.
Klaus pulled up in his car, a shiny red color. "Any idea where you want to go first?" He asked, smiling at her as she sat in the passenger, her bags in back. "Well, I have this app on my phone. it pops a red pin in a random place," she started. "I kept it in the U.S.,so first up; Miami."
"A red pin?"
"Yup."
With an amused roll of eyes and a remark, Klaus started the car. "We better hurry, love. We only have three months."