My first Vampire Diaries fanfiction. Actually, my first fanfiction in years...

disclaimer: I do not own the Vampire Diaries but I hereby give Klaus and Damon permission to visit me

Being Caroline Forbes had always been very good. She was content with her looks, she loved her friends, she liked her family, she did ok in school and to top it all off, she had always been human. Well not anymore. She looked at herself in the mirror. She would never change. This was all she would ever be: a high school girl. The contentment she had with her looks when she had been human had disappeared. She felt like a plain Jane, a nobody. She still loved her friends. She let out a laugh just thinking about them. Her group of friends had certainly changed. She went from a group of cheerleading girlfriends to a group of vampire, witch, doppelganger and hybrid friends.

'Caroline! Could you come here?'

She could hear her mother calling for her but couldn't move. She loved her mother and she had always loved her father. He was gone now. He was never coming back, and Caroline's never lasted a lot longer than a lifetime. She turned her attention back to the mirror in front of her. This was all her life was ever going to be. The girl stuck at eighteen, the girl who loved people more than they loved her, nothing special. Was it though?

'A princess almost as beautiful as you,'

It was something every girl wanted to hear.

'Caroline!' her mother yelled again. 'Come here, it's not a request!'

What did he see that she didn't? And more importantly: why was she interested? Every since the night she helped Damon and Stefan by luring Klaus out of the Grill she couldn't stop thinking about him. All she could see was his hurt face when he had realized what she had done. She found herself extremely attracted to him. She always had but for some reason the fact that he was a killer wasn't enough to stop those feelings anymore.

She sighed still staring at herself, she knew she shouldn't get herself so down but she just couldn't help it. In the distance she could hear her mother talk.

'She has been awfully sad. Anything I need to know?' She was listening to hear who answered.

'Don't worry about it sheriff. You know your daughter, there's always something to bitch and moan about.'

Of course it was Damon, who else would intrude like this and then insult her in her own home. She got up to see what he wanted but stopped dead in her tracks when she heard her mother answer.

'I guess you're right, she's always been a bit overdramatic.'

The words stung, especially coming from her mother. It was just a confirmation for Caroline. She loved her friends and family more than they loved her. She had always felt misunderstood, it had always been her curse. All she wanted was to find someone to love her back equally, or maybe more. Damon certainly never did, Matt never did, no one ever did.

She forced herself to go down and found Damon and her mother in the kitchen.

'Morning Blondie,' Damon said with a smile.

Damon hadn't always been nice to her but the last few months she felt herself grow closer and closer to him. She now counted him as a friend but this morning, he was definitely not her friend.

'What is it?'

'Just check up duty, Elena seem to think you need a supervisor or at least a check up every hour.' He smirked.

'Just leave me, I'll see you guys tonight.' To her surprise she saw Damon leave. She sighed and sat down at the table.

'What is it Caroline?' Her mother's voice wasn't concerned, it was irritated.

'Just want to wake up.' She turned to face her mother. 'All I want is to wake up and find out that the last 18 years have been a nightmare.' Her mother never even answered.

After her mother had left for work Caroline dressed herself. She couldn't put it off any longer. It was time to go to the Salvatore house, time to see what their next plan was. What would they do now to stop Klaus. To her it didn't matter as much anymore. She could see the house in the distance. She still thought it was beautiful, some horrible things had happened there but ever since she became a vampire things always seemed less tragic or less horrible.

She went inside and found Damon in the living room.

'Hello Blondie,' he gave her a grin and she returned the gesture with a half smile.

'What's up with you, your mother is worried.'

I'm have a vampire life crisis,' she sat down next to him.

'Been there,' he nodded.

'Really?' She asked. 'You mean you felt like nothing short of a ghost, empty, angry and depressed all at the same time? You felt alone? Misunderstood?'

'Come on Caroline, get over yourself.'

Elena walked in and shortly after Stefan and Bonnie joined them.

Caroline couldn't get herself to listen to them. Once again she found her thoughts drift to a place they definitely shouldn't be drifting to.

I fancy you. Is that so hard to believe?

He had even smiled at her. Klaus smiled.

You're beautiful, you're strong, you're full of light. I enjoy you.

She couldn't help but smile as she remembered his words.

'Care?'

She snapped out of it by the sound of Elena's voice. Suddenly feeling a lot lighter than she had before.

'I'm so sorry. I was totally daydreaming.' She said with the brightest smile she could manage.

'Never mind,' Elena rested her hand on her shoulder and smiled.

It was a few days after Esther had tried to murder her children, so it had been a few days since Caroline had last seen Klaus and she couldn't deny it any longer; she desperately wanted to see him. She could think of a hundred reasons not to but the desire to be near him won every time.

It was nearly midnight when she made her decision. She was going to apologize. She had hurt his feelings and even though he was a murderer, apologizing was the right thing to do. Or so she kept telling herself. She was sitting at the kitchen table, she had been sitting there for two hours trying to find the courage to get up and go.

Finally she stood up. This was it.

She found the house and forced herself to keep walking. She knocked on the door softly,
secretly hoping no one would answer so she wouldn't have to face him.
Why was she doing this? Why would she bring herself into such danger.

A girl with short brown hair opened the door. 'Yes?'

She forced herself to speak and to do it sounding confident. 'I'm here to see Klaus.'

The girl kept still and tilted her head back like she was listening to someone behind her.
Suddenly, she opened the door further and motioned for Caroline to follow her.
Caroline did and she could have sworn she felt her already dead heart skip a beat.

She was led into a dark red and greenish tinted room with a fireplace and stared at her surroundings.

'Do you have a death wish?'

She whipped around and her breath caught in her throat. There he was, as sarcastic and slick as ever.
She raised her chin a little bit. 'I came to apologize, so that's what I'm going to do.'

She willed herself to take a step closer but she didn't need to, he had already taken two steps closer.

'Are you trying to continue your little charade?' His voice sounded menacing but she continued.

'If you think about it, I did you a favor. I mean, you're not dead. I'm still sorry, I lied and that was wrong.'
She felt so stupid. Why would she apologize to Klaus? Her eyes fell on the fireplace and she noticed some little pieces of paper.
They had obviously been drawings, that's when she recognized her face.

Before she could stop herself she said: 'You burned me.'

He let out a sarcastic laugh. 'Don't think the world revolves around you miss Forbes.'

'I don't! I recognize my own face though. Why did you burn me?'

'You don't mean anything to me. Why would the drawing mean anything to you?'

She felt him getting closer and she tried to take a step back but she just could not move.

'Little miss Forbes, what is it the Salvatore needed you to do this time? Doesn't it bother you that you mean less than nothing to them?
If I killed you right now, who would notice?'

She searched his eyes with hers and finally caught them. 'Who are you to say such things? Who would care if you died? Your hybrids?
They will rejoice in your death, they would finally be free! Your family, maybe? Probably not, considering you stabbed them! You think I don't matter?
It's you who doesn't matter.' She was yelling at the end. His words had stung and made her so angry.
It was like he had bursted the little bubble that had formed around her. He still was and would probably always be the jerk he was being right now.

'Be careful, love,' he was backing away from her. She couldn't help but notice the change in his demeanor.
'Next time someone apologizes to you, just accept,' she continued with a low hiss.

With that she stormed out of the room and further out of the house. She closed the door behind her and let out her breath.

That was the second time he had looked at her like that. The look made her see past everything. It was like she got a look at the man inside,
maybe even the human inside. The side Klaus tried so desperately to let die, somehow he could just not do it.
She looked up when she heard something growl. It was definitely time to go.

I know nothing big happens but I plan on making this around novella length. Please review and I'll be uploading soon =)