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In their few of months of college Elena and Caroline were too depressed without Bonnie to party. But she had chosen to stay with her mother and focus on her witch-y part of life. To make matters worse, she couldn't phone them, they had to settle with writing letters.

Caroline sat at the desk inside their shared, cramped dorm room. Elena was finishing up her work and Damon was lounging on Caroline's bed, staring up at the ceiling.

"You know this ceiling is more cracked up than Lindsay Lohan." He put his arms beneath his head. "Why didn't you get a better room? Seriously I can't walk two steps in this room without getting a mouth full of wall"

"Two steps? Isn't that exaggerating a little?" Elena looked up from her books to Damon who shrugged.

"Two Vamp-y steps. So two normal steps to you or I or barbie over there. Who seems to be more in love with the paper than Klaus is with her." At that Caroline chucked the nearest thing, which was a pair of scissors, at him and he caught them. They spliced right through his hand.

"Touchy much?" He grunted as he pulled them out. Elena glared a Damon.

"Shut up Damon." Caroline put her pen down. "And if you must know, I'm writing to Bonnie. And we didn't compel for a better room because having this room will make for good memories."

"Oh, did you tell her about creepy Mrs Vartabetean?" Elena sat up and crossed her legs.

"Creepy Mrs who?" Damon massaged his healed hand.

"I did. And she's our floor manager. She basically takes care of the students on our floor and she looks like Justin Bieber, but brown."

"I think I spit up inside my own mouth a little."

Caroline rolled her eyes and tucked the letter in to a pre stamped envelope. Getting up she took her laptop bag and books then headed for the door.

"Okay, I-will-see-you-later at the Frat party." She put pointed at Damon as she walked out. "I'm counting on you to make sure she goes."

"Yes Sheriff Forbes." He saluted. Out into the hallway she made her way down five flights of stairs. If she hadn't been a vampire she would be dead by now from exhaustion of carrying all her things. She was in the West wing Lecture centre with Matt, who joined her on the last flight of stairs, he was on the 2nd floor. But not for long, he and Tyler were joining a Fraternity, as were she and Elena. The Delta's. They had the largest house on campus and were extremely élite. Caroline had been accepted, but she had to Compel them to take Elena. But she didn't know that, of course.

"Hey." Matt greeted.

"Hey." She replied. "How's Tyler?"

"Still holed up in his room working. Professor said if he didn't pass the test he'd be kicked off the course."

"I'm impressed he hasn't resorted to compulsion yet."

"I have a theory that he'll give it until this evening. But if there's a chance he misses the Frat party then he's going to use it."

"Well normally I'd be against that," they walked across that lawn with students to the the Lecture hall. "But the sooner he does it the sooner I'm allowed to see him again. Seriously! I can't be that much of a distraction!" She shook her head.

"You've clearly never looked in the mirror Care." Matt laughed. She smiled and shoved him a little. "Well I haven't got a chance since Damon moved in." She huffed. "Seriously, the amount of time he spends in our dorm, he may as well put on a wig and be the third addition."

They both spent the rest of the short walk laughing at the image of Damon in a wig. The lecture hall was a little more full than usual, normally a few of the students bunked. But it was so full that Caroline found a seat opposite Matt's on the row below rather than beside him.

"We've got that guest speaker." Matt explained.

"Right, that prestigious graduate." She added as she took out her laptop and put it on her lap. It was relatively cold against her bare thighs that showed in her dress, but she couldn't feel the temperature. Matt, and many of the others did the same as Professor Rutherford stood on the podium below that the bleacher-like seats arched around.

"Well I'm glad to see such a great turn out." He was a stout man with looks akin to Churchill but darker and with a beard. "Today are speaker is an Oxford graduate and I invite you all to-"

Caroline's attention was drawn away by a little conversation pop up on the bottom right of her home screen. It was Tyler. She smiled as she typed her reply quietly.

Tyler: hey babe.

Caroline: shouldn't you be working?

His reply's were instant which gave the impression that his attention had drifted from his work.

Tyler: If I work anymore I think I'm physically gonna hurl. I can't take it. I'm just gonna compel the guy.

Caroline: No! You can't!

"And so I'd like you all to welcome..." Professor Rutherford continued droning on and Caroline ignored him effortlessly.

Tyler: Why not? It's not like it matters.

Caroline: Tyler, you've got to try. If you don't pass this then you'll be kicked off and we won't have our College experience together. If you compel him, it won't be the same. Trust me.

The sound of her typing was covered by the sounds of everyone clapping the speaker's enterance. He didn't answer. Caroline's forehead creased as she stared at the screen.

"Care?" Matt called, she didn't hear him.

Caroline: Ty?

Tyler: Well I'm not going to get any work done if you keep distracting me.

Caroline: C:

She smiled, he listened to her. She began logging out of her account so he couldn't message her again and distract himself.

"Well now,"

Her fingers stopped abruptly as the speakers words reached her ears. Instinctly the corner of her mouth lifted and her eyes narrowed at the sound of his voice, "quite a turn out."

Her head lifts slowly to see Klaus Mikaelson standing at the podium, a smirk on his face and his eyes on her.

Chapter 2: The parting of new friends

Chapter 2

She bit back her grin. He let his cover his entire face as he began the lecture. A small part of her was happy to see him, but the rest of her was bludgeoning that part to death. Although the last time they saw each other they had parted on good terms. He saved Damon, not to mention her friends and he let Tyler come back to town. But he also told her he loved her, and he intended to be her last love. Carolines heart fluttered as she remembered the feeling of his soft lips pressed against her cheek. It was only for a split second but it impacted her more than he knew. She frowned. She was with Tyler. And she loved him more than words could describe. This thing with Klaus, whatever it was, was fleeting.

Her face was the most prominent to him out the crowd of a hundered students. And the emotions running through her were obvious. A part of her was happy to see him, and it was enough to send him soaring. He didn't even know she was going to be in the lecture. When he walked to the podium he didn't suspect anything. Until he heard the distinctive voice of Matt Donovan, the human quatreback whisper: "what the hell?" Klaus glanced at him and then back to the podium he was walking to. But his eyes flickered back again immediately and this time to the blonde he recognised below him. Caroline Forbes. He smiled and watched her face as he walked. She hadn't noticed him, but it would be interesting to see her reaction when she did. And sure enough, a million emotions ran across her beautiful face when she spotted him staring at her.

She tore her eyes away from him and stuck them on her laptop screen. She typed her lecture notes up with such conviction that she almost forgot that he was the one talking, if it hadn't been for his smooth, familiar accent, she would have. But until the end of the lecture she was torn between wanting to see if he was still looking at her and not wanting to give him the satisfaction of knowing she was thinking about him. She risked it once and he was looking at the otherside of the lecture hall as he spoke but as soon as she looked his eyes whipped back round to hers and he smirked once more. After that she didn't risk it. She spent the rest of the lecture ignoring him as best as posssible.

"Care," Matt whispered when the lecture was over and everyone was piling out of the hall. She picked up her bag from under her chair and rested it on the seat.

"What is he doing here?" He asked as he watched her open the bag and shove her laptop in.

"I have no idea. Did Rebekah say anything?" She asked back in hushed tone. Although it was evident that every word could still be heard.

"Yes, how is my darling baby sister these days?" Klaus was walking up the aisle towards them. "From what I heard you both spent quite the Summer travelling."

"She's fine." Matt's jaw clenched. He had never liked Klaus and was not about to start.

"Well atleast one of us got to travel with a wanted companion." He put his arms behind his back and smirked as Caroline shot him a glare. His comment was so clearly aimed at her. "And on that note," he continued, a genuine smile crept onto his face as he watched a frustrated Caroline swing her laptop bag over her shoulder and turn to look at him, "how lovely it is to see you Caroline."

"Klaus." She inclined her head in greeting. They both looked at each other and grinned, unknowingly both at the memory of their last meeting at graduation.

"Care," Matt's voice brought her back to reality, he had noticed their stare and didn't like it one bit, "come on. We've got to go."

Klaus blocked her way out of the row, "excuse me," she said, feeling rather like a child. He stepped to the side and watched her move past him. She and Matt started walking up the stares.

"So what brings you here?" She asked, expecting him to be walking her up the stares. But to her surprise he was half across the lecture hall going out of the other exit. He stopped abruptly at the sound of her voice. "Where are you going?" She asked, puzzled.

"I was...I was leaving." He was still in shock once more. He believed she was going to ignore his existance. It hadn't occured to him that she expected him to be behind her.

"You weren't going to walk me out atleast?" She arched an eyebrow. An embarassed smile played on his lips as he vamp speeded up the steps.

"Why do you even care?" Matt whispered.

"Because he's..." She paused. Honestly it felt right that he would walk her out. "He let Tyler come back." She said decisively.

"Whatever. I'll see you later Care," he whispered back and ran up the steps and out the exit just as Klaus reached her.

"Now what do you suppose is his problem?" He asked, walking beside her.

"It may be something to do with you being the all powerful, all evil Original Hyrbrid." She shrugged. "Or maybe he just doesn't like your face?" She joked. Dimples welled themselves into his cheeks.

"My face? Well, it has been known to cause many problems."

She laughed. "I bet."

"I was actually once kicked out of Saudi Arabia."

She showed no shock. "For some reason, that sounds entirely believable." The warmth of the sun greeted them as they walked out onto campus.

"So what are you doing here?"

He inhaled sharply. "Well, I'm here on business. For something that needs to be taken care of in New Orleans."

"And I guess the taking the lecture was just for fun?"

"Well, the dean is an old friend. When he spotted me a few weeks ago he asked if I could be a 'guest' speaker. I honestly had no idea you'd be in there, love."

She supressed a shiver that threatened to run through her when he called her 'love'. When he first called her that, it had been so foreign to her. But eventually she began to love it. Especially when he called her 'sweetheart'. Telling him that would give him great satisfaction, something she wouldn't allow to happen-

"Hang on, you were here a few weeks ago?"

"Yes. To find out some information from that chap Professor Shane's office. Turns out he was more knowledgeable than he let on."

Fear seized her, "it isn't something to do with Silas, is it?"

"No." He replied quickly, cursing himself for scaring her, if even for a moment. "Rest assured sweetheart that Silas has no part in this. My current predicament is, entirely my own fault." They reached the enterence to the hall of her dorm. She turned to face him.

"Why are you in New Orleans?" She asked.

He sighed, gazing at her with intense eyes. The look that conveyed so much. The very look she was so accustomed to said so much to her. Everytime he looked at her like that, she could feel how much he loved her. Her legs felt like jelly under those big bad eyes of his.

"You've put me in a very difficult situation sweetheart." His eyes darkened fifty degrees, "either I tell you the truth and lose you. Or I don't tell you and lose you. I don't think I can stand either of those options, love."

"You could lie to me."

He smiled sadly, "see that's just it sweetheart, I don't think I could. So forgive me for not telling you. Not yet, atleast. But one day I will. Today's just not that day." There was a thump in her chest as her heart lifted.

"You know Klaus," the familiar warmth spread through his chest as it did whenever she said his name, "sometimes you can be really sweet." The noise around them quitened as they focused on each other. The tension between them reached boiling point. "That is, when you're not being mass-murdery." She left him standing with a smirk on his face and walked back to her dorm room. He watched her go, and both remained unaware of the pain in each other's heart's at their parting.

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