What if Klaus had met Caroline while she was still just a human and he was completely sane? No doppelganger crap to worry about, no revenge, just a hybrid young-adult. No Stefan or Damon. Will Caroline fall for him now? Or will Klaus's little secret get in the way?
Caroline's POV:
I was at the Mystic Grill eating dinner and hanging with Elena when a man caught my eye. Tall, short and wavy blonde hair, and electric blue eyes.
"Ooh.. I spy a very cute guy." I mused, laughing.
"Oh really?" Elena asked, casually turning her head to his direction.
When she looked back at me she was smiling. "Very cute. Go talk to him!" she coaxed.
"No! You can't just like randomly walk up to some cute guy and start talking! Can you?" I asked, unsure.
"You are Caroline Forbes. You can do whatever you want!" she convinced.
"Ok…" I said uneasiliy.
I walked over to his table. "Hi!" I said, sounding stupid.
"Hello, love." He said with a thick British accent.
I stood there awkwardly. "What do I say next?" I thought.
"Yea uh my friend told me to talk to you, not my idea… I'm just going to go back.." I said, starting my way back to the table.
"No, stay! I bet your friend would be disappointed if you went back now." He chided.
" !" I said happily, sitting in the chair across from him.
"Excuse me, I never formally introduced myself. I'm Klaus Mikaelson." He said, putting out his hand.
"I'm Caroline Forbes." I said, shaking his hand.
"Well now that we've got that over with how about I buy you a drink?" he insisted.
"Oh, no you don't have to." I urged.
"No, it would be my honor." He said, calling over a waitress.
"What would you like, Caroline?" he asked.
"Uh.. coffee please." I said.
"Sure thing" the waitress said, writing it down.
"So, Caroline. What do you plan to do with your life?" he asked.
Caroline was a little fazed by this question. She hadn't expected him to ask something that serious. Ever since a little girl she had only thought about beauty pageants and how she looked. What could she be? She didn't know what to say, so she lied.
"A teacher." She said, maybe a little too quickly.
"You don't strike me as a teacher. No offense. You remind me of something else. Something beautiful, like a dancer, like a ballerina gracefully dancing across a stage." He said, rather oddly.
Caroline was again fazed by his answer. A dancer? Graceful? Beautiful? He had such a way with words and they had only known each other less than 10 minutes. She couldn't let herself be taken away so easily, she had to play hard to get.
"I'm not too sure about that. Anyways, my turn to ask questions. What about you? What do you want to do with your life?" she counter-questioned.
Klaus didn't seem taken-aback at all. "Live it. Live it to the fullest and have fun. Dodge anything life throws at me and just go with the flow." He said, starting to sound like a British hippie. Did they even have those? British hippies? Who knows.
"Sounds.. fun. What about bills and jobs and things like that?" I asked, trying to catch him off guard but failing.
"Ignore them. Pay them. Who cares. I'll get by, I always do." He responded.
"hmpf. You're weird, you know that?" I said, laughing.
"Yes but that's what makes me fun, love!" he beamed.
"Alright. Well I better get back to my friend." I said, but as I walked away I did something I almost never does. I wrote down my number on a napkin and gave it to him. "Call me sometime." I said
A moment later, I remembered, be hard to get! So, I tried to fix it by saying "But I uh probably won't answer I'm like really busy and stuff so like yea…"
Well that was a sucky save.
He just laughed. I walked back over to Elena. "I think he likes me." I whispered. "Maybe It's because you "probably won't answer because you're like really busy and stuff"" she teased.
"Shut up, I tried to play hard to get I'm just not very good at it." I said, punching her shoulder.
She his way. "Don't look now but he's staring at you. I think he's really into you!"
My back was towards him. I wanted to look so bad but convinced myself better. "I don't know, Elena. Anyways, I've got to go. Seeya later!" I snickered.
"Ok, Care." She called after.
Klaus's POV:
Man. Caroline was so… human. She just had this spunk to her and I loved it.
Maybe this will actually work out, maybe I can be with a human and nothing will change. She didn't have to know, it's not like it was a huge deal, I could hide it.
Later the next day I decided to try this "dating" thing out and so I called her.
"Hello?" she picked up.
"Hi, It's Klaus from the grill. I was wondering if you wanted to go out tonight?" I asked, hopefully.
"YES! I-I mean let me uh check my schedule." She stammered. I loved how she did that.
"Yea, I think I'm free." She replied.
"Cool, wanna see a movie?" I asked.
"Sure. What movie?" she questioned.
"Want to go see that new horror movie Silence of the Zombies?" I asked.
"Sure." She agreed.
"Pick you up at seven!" I said. Then we hung up.
I was going on a date. Now that was something different. I never went on dates, but with Caroline was different. She was special and I really wanted to try this out. Now I just had to wait until seven.
Caroline's POV:
Once I got off the phone with Klaus I immediately called Elena.
"ELENA!" I screeched
"What?" she asked.
"Klaus asked me on a date!" I yelled.
"Get out! Where to?" she asked, intrigued.
"The movies. We are gonna see Silence of the Zombies!" I said, excited.
"You can pull that move where you latch onto him when you get scared!" she squeeked.
"O-M-G I can!" I squeeked back.
"I HAVE TO GO. I HAVE TO GET READY! TALK TO YOU AFTER!" I squeeled.
Once we hung up I went and found my favorite top. It was blue and started normal and ruffled halfway down, tied with a bow. Then I threw on my black skinny jeans and a pair of black heels. Perfect. It was only a few minutes until seven, so I went and sat on the couch to wait.
Finally, after a few minutes the doorbell rang and I opened it up to find Klaus waiting.
"Hey" I greeted.
"Hey, Caroline. Ready to go? You look absolutely stunning." He complimented.
I tried not to blush, but failed. "Yes, and thanks."
We got in his Lexus and drove to the movies, not saying much on the way.
When we arrived, we headed to the ticket booth. As I started to get out my money to pay, he stopped me. "I brought you on a date, so I'm paying m'lady." He said, charmingly. He was so sweet!
We decided we weren't that hungry for snacks so we went ahead to the theatre. After a few previews the movie started. It was freaking scary. I didn't even have to pretend to jump just to grab onto him, I was actually jumping. Somehow, Klaus remained completely calm and only laughed when I jumped.
How does someone even do that, zombies were popping up everywhere! Finally, the movie ended after an hour and a half of pure scary.
"So how'd you like it?" he asked, already knowing my response.
"Oh my god… It was… good. But so scary! I hate when things pop out at you!" I laughed.
"I noticed." He said, smiling.
I found myself blushing again. "Sorry about that…"
"No need, I thought it was cute."
Cute… he thought I was cute! Yes!
Without another word he went straight in for a kiss. Man, He was a good kisser. When it ended I must've had a bewildered look on my face because he laughed and held my hand as we walked to the car. Then, he drove me back home.
What a night.
Once he drove away, I went to open the door and found it was locked. "Guess nobody's home" I said to myself, and unlocked the door with my key. I immediately went up to my room, collapsing onto my bed and just smiling. I had a boyfriend. But then, I heard a noise. "Something must've fell" I thought. But then I heard something that sounded like a footstep. I froze, and slowly got up off the bed. I started to hear more footsteps. It wasn't just one person, it was more than one. That means it wasn't my mom.
I locked my bedroom door, worried it was a robber or something. But when I turned around to prepare to climb out the window, I was faced with four men.
How did they even get into my room? I tried to unlock the door and run, but one quickly grabbed my arm and held it with an inhumanly strong grip. "You must be Caroline." One said, smiling a devilish smile.
I hope you like the first chapter of my ongoing story and I hope you don't hate me for that cliffhanger xD Please review and I'll try to get the next chapter up sometime tomorrow c: Thanks for reading!