My exams are over (for a few weeks anyway) and I had to celebrate with a bit of Klaroline. Hope you enjoy :)

Disclaimer: The Vampire Diaries doesn't belong to me (if it did things might be a lot different at the moment)


New Orleans

Klaus sat on the edge of his bed staring down at the phone in his hand. He wanted to call her again, to hear her voice, even if it was through an answer machine. But he couldn't.

He had already called her once in a moment of weakness: the air had been full of excitement and he had been surrounded by art and culture; all of his thoughts had turned to her. Caroline. How he wanted to take her out and show her the world, if she would only let him. He had phoned her after a while, just to let her know he hadn't forgotten her even if he had left Mystic Falls.

He hated it, the emotions that one young vampire, someone who should be insignificant, could stir inside of him. Except she was significant. Caroline was a light in his dark and he did care. It made him feel weak.

He couldn't call again – it would prove his weakness. Caroline would get to see the power she had over him once again, and that couldn't happen. He had to be strong – the feelings he harbored had already been used against him. He had even let Tyler go just to please her.

Klaus had made a fool of himself time and time again for Caroline, but no more. It had to be up to her. She would have to make the next move and call him back.

He just hoped that she would do so soon.


Mystic Falls

In Mystic Falls, Caroline perched on the end of her bed, gazing intently at the phone in her hands. Anyone who might have seen her would have thought she had been sending another message to Tyler. But she wasn't. Caroline had been listening, once again, to the message left on her phone from Klaus. "... maybe one day you'll let me."

It warmed her heart in ways it shouldn't to hear that he was thinking of her. It shouldn't matter to her that he still wanted to be with her and show her the world. Except it did matter. Klaus still, after all this time, put her first.

Yet she couldn't respond these feelings... she wouldn't. Klaus had tried to ruin their lives in Mystic Falls, right? Yes, he killed Jenna. He had even killed Elena once. Everyone kept reminding her and she had to keep reminding herself too, because she always found herself forgetting.

Forgetting that he was supposed to be a monster. And if he was then wasn't she one too? She had killed also, not that long ago she had killed twelve witches.

Klaus kept doing things that made her forget, like the prom dress. Caroline had seen his humanity. And she couldn't be with him because... because...

Why? Why couldn't she? For her friends? Elena had tried to kill her, Bonnie kept running off and Matt was hanging around with Rebekah! How could it be okay for Matt to be with Rebekah but not Klaus to be with her?!

She was growing up. She was graduating. She was a vampire. She was free. Free to make her own decisions – so why not? Was she scared? Yes. Could it be worth it? Would it be worth it? Only one way to find out.

Taking a deep, Caroline lifted up the phone and dialed his number. Holding the phone to her ear and listening to it ring she realized – she had either made the best or the worst decision of her life.


We all know which it is don't we :)

Honestly not sure if I am going to continue this, so for now I'll leave it as a one-shot.

Please review and let me know what you thought!