Chapter 1

A/N: Hi guys! New story. Yes, I know I'm an idiot to start a new one now when I already have five that need to be updated but inspiration strikes at such difficult times. By the way, I'm in India right now and it is BEAUTIFUL! Next stop is Pakisten. Anyone from Pakisten?

Anyways, WARNING: This story will feature extremely possessive, dominant, jealous and control-freak Klaus. But don't worry Caroline's isn't going to play the damsel. She's going to give him an equally tough time. ENJOY and don't forget to review.

"Seriously?!" Caroline exclaimed annoyed as she came rushing out of her bedroom to the kitchen. "Bekah that's the living room sofa!" she complained as she watched her friend who was passed out on the couch, in their living room with a naked guy underneath her.

This was the thing she hated most about Rebekah who had been playing the role of her dutiful best friend/ flat mate/ helper and wardrobe assistant. She had met Rebekah around 5 years ago. Though they were enemies at first sight, fighting for the title of prom queen, president student council and Miss Mystic Falls in senior year of high school, they became friends afterwards. So close that once they went to college, both of them stayed together and decided to share a place while they both got their bachelor's degree from NYU stern school of business.

Caroline went because of her love and passion for the field while Rebekah attended as some sort of tradition. And to answer the unheard question, yes, Rebekah belonged to an extremely well off family with sources but it had a lot of ups and downs. She had to follow the family legacy and join Leonard N. Stern School of Business which was exactly as its name sounded. Stern. Boring.

Caroline shook her blonde friend once. Rebekah stirred lightly mumbling something in her sleep but that wasn't what made Caroline scrunch up her nose in disgust. It was the stench of alcohol and sex. EW! She was not going to sit anywhere in the living room. Ever again. "Rebekah Mikaelson! You're lucky I'm getting late right now but when I get back, this hunk better be gone and you and I are going to have a word" she warned hitting her friend lightly, before walking to the closet and draping a blanket on her friend.

Caroline hurriedly grabbed her keys, slung her bag over her shoulder and made her way down to the street for her other best friend to pick her up. As expected a red 1963 Porsche 356B Karmann Coupe pulled up against the sidewalk and Caroline quickly jumped in.

"Morning" she greeted putting on her own sunglasses.

The blonde smiled back at her. "Good morning to you too Care bear" he replied with a wide smile.

"Don't be so chirpy Stefan. I had the worst morning ever" she groaned running a hand through her hair as she looked towards her best friend. She had been friends with Stefan way longer than she had been with Rebekah. Caroline and Stefan Salvatore were practically born and raised together except that he was a year and a half older than her which made him her senior but he was always there for her and somehow they both ended up in the same places. Like he was here in NYU with her.

"Another Rebekah morning?" he asked trying to hide his amusement.

Caroline grumbled again and made a gagging noise. "Yeah. Every time she gets a call from her family, I'm the one who has to deal with drunk Rebekah and her mess. I couldn't sleep for even an hour last night. She was practically banging the walls…"

"Ew ew! Stop Care. I know you've been traumatized for life but no need to scar my memory" he complained shaking his head in disbelief.

Caroline chuckled. "I just hope I don't fall asleep during the lecture" she said. She looked at herself in the compact mirror. "God! I look like the witch of the wicked west" she whined, horrified by the dark circles around her eyes.

"Don't worry. You'll still like look the most beautiful girl on campus even with all those dark circles and wrinkles" he said and winked at her. "What lecture are you attending right now by the way? Your class doesn't start until late" he inquired turning towards their campus.

"Some boring CEO of a company. Typical 'inherited-millions-turned-them-into-billions' type guy" she said shrugging as he parked the car. "What about you? How are things going with Damon? Has he found himself yet?" she asked sarcastically.

Stefan chuckled and shook his head. "Maybe it's Mikael. The guy who has been funding our college. We got two intro lectures freshman year. One extra because the CEO was changed." he explained grabbing his bag and walking out of the car.

Caroline got out too and slung her bag over her shoulder again and started walking in step with him. "You ignored the part about where I asked about Damon which means either you had a fight with him or he's back with Elena" she guessed.

"You know I liked you better when you were whining about Rebekah's glorious night in" Stefan teased her.

"Topic changer!" Caroline accused him. "Anyways, I gotta go right now. I'll see you at lunch." she told him rather asking him and started walking away.

"Don't scare the kids too much!" he called out after her.

She turned to glare him but continued back-walking. "Being that hot doesn't make you funny Salvatore!" she badgered him loudly, ignoring the snickers of the girls around her and making him chuckle before he headed off to his own class.

She turned and continued walking briskly until she was in the building. As she was walking, she couldn't help but wonder how the hell she was going to stay awake the whole day. Blame Rebekah Mikaelson for banging some hot guy all night in the living room. Ugh! She needed to wash her eyes and remove the mental image from her brain.

She was pulled out of her musings when she felt someone bump into her and spill a warm liquid all over her chest and neck. "Seriously!" she yelled as she fanned her burning skin. "Can't you watch where you're going?" she complained not looking up. "Jerk" she mumbled under her breath.

"I'm sorry love but you should've been more focused on the way than your imagination" a crisp British accent answered in a cocky tone which made her look up to find a pair of blue eyes staring at her with amusement lingering on his face.

Caroline scoffed at that and started wiping the tea from herself. "Okay so if I wasn't looking, which I was, you could've seen me coming. Or were you also too lost in your imagination?" she questioned sarcastically. "And you drink tea. How British of you" she said feigning disgust even though mentally she was drooling over his accent in her mind.

Klaus smirked at that and held up his hands in surrender. "Suppose we both weren't looking. We're both at fault then. How about we remedy this right now?" he asked and didn't wait for her to answer. "Have lunch with me this afternoon" he proposed making her narrow her eyes at him.

"Um no. I'm sure I have something or pretty much anything else to do than have lunch with you" she declined and started to walk towards the bathroom. She was going to be so late. Of course her luck wasn't that good when the guy continued following her.

"Come on love. Don't be like that" he said matching her pace.

"You've already got me late alright? Just leave me alone" she deadpanned.

"Are you a business major?" he asked suddenly.

Caroline smiled way too sweetly at him. "No, I'm studying fashion at a business school. Of course I'm a business major" she said shaking her head.

"What's your schedule?" he asked making her stop and turn to him.

"Look" she said and he started staring at her in a creepy way with a dimpled smile. Oh my God! He has dimples. "I don't know you. You don't know me. You spilled tea on me and then accused it to be my fault. Judging by your behavior, I'm fairly certain you're one of those spoiled brats who gets in because of their big family name and you think you can get anything you want but let me tell you that's not how it works" she breathed out and crossed her arms over her chest.

Klaus looked at her still amused by her little outburst. "Then how is it that it works?" he asked in a husky voice, leaning closer towards her.

"If you're trying to apologize. Apology not accepted" she said trying not to take a whiff of his scent. "Now if you'll please leave my way. I'm already late" she explained with a tight lipped smile.

He stepped out of her way albeit reluctantly. "Alright. But the least you can do is tell me your name love?" he asked giving her his puppy eyes.

"If I tell you my name will you just go?" she asked sighing as she opened the girls' toilet door.

Klaus raised an eyebrow at that. The girl had guts and she clearly didn't know who he was. He internally grinned like a wolf. Maybe coming back here wasn't that bad after all. "We'll see" he challenged urging her to roll her eyes at him.

"Caroline" she literally spat at him and then smiled at him in a sickly sweet manner. "Bye" she said in a cheery voice before disappearing into the restroom.

Klaus smirked and repeated her name. "Caroline" he recapped. He liked the sound of her name on his lips. One thing he knew now was that he was looking forward to getting to know his Caroline. Maybe he'd even enlist his sister's help to find out who this girl was. He was pulled out of his daydreams when he heard the voice of his secretary behind him. "Klaus" she said in her arrogant voice gaining his attention.

"What is it Katerina?" he asked in an annoyed and bored tone. Katherine Pierce or Katerina Petrova, as she was originally named by her parents, had been Klaus' assistant/ care taker for almost since he joined his family's company. She wasn't technically his employee or anything, she only took take care of him and stopped him from going too crazy in the absence of her dutiful boyfriend Elijah, who was also Klaus' older brother. But even though, he respected her on her face, well as much as he could, he absolutely hated her and he was sure the feeling was pretty mutual.

"You're due in five. We have to go" she said not looking up from the screen of her phone. Probably texting Elijah who was gone to England for some work.

"Yeah let's go" he said and started walking with her to the auditorium.

"What were you doing outside the girls' room?" she asked suddenly, making him worried but only for a second before he recovered himself and let out a laugh.

"Saw a blonde, thought it was my darling baby sister. Mistaken" he said shrugging his shoulders. Katherine nodded but she was, obviously, unconvinced. "We have to go to Rebekah's place for lunch too." He added trying to divert her attention. She gave him an offended glare and opened her mouth to object but he stopped her. "Elijah's orders" he said smirking at her, knowing she would not like to argue with his big brother on this one.

"Oh joy!" she exclaimed sarcastically before going back to her screen. Once they reached the hall, Katherine went her way and sat in the audience while Klaus went behind the curtain, backstage, watching as the dean finished his introductory speech and welcomed Klaus.

He sighed. Here goes nothing. He plastered a polite smile on his face and went to the stage, nodding at the dean who clasped his hand enthusiastically and beckoned him to the podium while the students gave him a bored yet thundering round of applause.

He nodded at them once and smiled at a group of girls, who were not ten seconds ago yawning and were now not only awake but they were also sending him appreciative glances. He nodded at them, too, with a smirk. He was used to this kind of female attention. As he started his speech, his mind started drifting elsewhere. Or rather to someone else. He couldn't help but think about the girl. Caroline. She was beautiful. He had to admit but he was more attracted to the fire and spirit within her. Her fearlessness, her confidence.

Spilling his tea on her was his fault. He knew that but he couldn't help but think that she would easily forgive him once she saw who he was but he was mistaken when she bashed him for it. If looks didn't work, he was sure she would've swooned at his accent but he was wrong there too. She wasn't even impressed by his status. Bloody hell, she didn't even know who he was.

The girl was proving to be so different and he had a full intention to find out everything about her.

He couldn't help but hope that she would attend this lecture. The look on her face would be priceless when she would realize that she had turned down lunch with Klaus Mikaelson. And it looked like today was his day because his attention was diverted towards the backdoor of the hall which opened and in walked his beautiful Caroline.

She quickly ducked in silently hoping no one would notice her and she wouldn't disturb the whole class and she didn't. Except she had the lecturer's full attention. Klaus continued his speech with even more confidence.

Once Caroline got in, she quickly settled next to Enzo, her class fellow. Well should-be-senior but he had taken a year off after joining which sent him in the same semester as Caroline. They were great friends and Enzo would do practically anything for Caroline because he had a serious thing for her. She, however, just considered him a friend but the amount of time they spent together, they definitely looked like a couple to everyone.

"Have I missed something?" she asked opening her book and still not looking at the guest spokesperson.

"Not much gorgeous" he whispered in her ear, at a conspiring distance. Caroline shook her head and rolled her eyes at him.

"You are coming for lunch right?" she asked confirming his presence. They all usually had lunch together. Rebekah, Enzo, Stefan and Caroline. Even though Rebekah and Enzo despised each other, they tolerated one another for Caroline's sake.

"Of course. Wouldn't miss it for the world" he answered smoothly.

Klaus watched as Caroline sat down with some boy who was definitely older than her. His blood boiled as he watched them shifting closer to each other. Maybe they were in a relationship?

Before he could stop himself, he started speaking a little more loudly and strongly into the microphone, making Caroline look up as she recognized his voice.

"Oh my God" she breathed out in shock. Her eyes wide and her mouth parted. "Who is he Enzo?" she asked pointing towards Klaus.

"That's Niklaus. Or Klaus whatever" He answered shrugging. "Everything alright gorgeous?" he asked watching her go a little pale.

Caroline gulped but nodded nonetheless. Shit! She had just insulted Klaus. The guest speaker. Oh God! She was mortified. Her subconscious glared her and told her she did nothing wrong. He was being an absolute ass and she had just taught him a lesson, which he needed to learn. Jackass. She held her head high and looked at him with confidence.

Klaus smirked. The look of shock on Caroline's face was worth the weird glances he got from one of the professors at the front row when he spoke too loud. But he ignored them and focused on the blonde who was, now, ignoring him and whispering in hushed tones to her friend. Or boyfriend. But he was hopeful that wasn't the case.

Just as he finished he winked in the girls' direction and watched as they looked at him with awe and admiration. He shook the dean and the principal's hand again before sitting down on the stage next to the finance professor who was apparently the head of his department. His eyes, however, remained solely focused on the blonde. He was just waiting to count the minutes before she would come to him taking him up on his offer for lunch. That was always the case. Even if any girl refused him, they were just always playing hard to get. Eventually they all came to him.

"I have to say Klaus. It's been a pleasure having you back here" the Dean, Mark, said as he escorted Klaus towards his car.

Klaus smiled politely trying not to roll his eyes at the man's obvious flattery. "Of course. The pleasure was all mine. Have a good day Mark" he said respectfully and nodded before jumping into his SUV with Katherine.

"That was something" Katherine commented looking at Klaus as he drove away. "I wonder why you even got a degree in business. You should've been a drama major" she teased him, impressed by his fake politeness.

"Drama is for you Katerina" he said deliberately using her original name to annoy her. "Now tell me the address to Rebekah's apartment" he ordered going back into his bossy self.

They drove back bickering with each other. Klaus being his usual control freak, bossy-self while Katherine was being snarky and commenting on his flirtations with the college girls in the hall. He obviously gloated proudly over his charms on the ladies but he couldn't help but think of Caroline. He had tried to look for her after everyone was leaving the hall but she had disappeared very quickly from his view with her friend.

But he was sure, he was going to see her again. Call it his gut feeling.

"So what's it going to be" Stefan started as he settled on the floor in the living room with Caroline and Enzo. Rebekah as usual was hung over and peacefully sleeping it off. "Thai, Chinese or Indian?" he asked waving the different pamphlets of fast food in his hand.

"Or we could just get pizza" Enzo piped in earning a whack on the back of his from Caroline.

"No" she said glaring Enzo. "We're going to have Chinese" she announced and handed the phone to Stefan who saluted her and went off into the kitchen to call.

Enzo placed his arm on Caroline's shoulder and leaned in closer towards her. "You really have a thing for Stefan don't you?" he asked teasingly but Caroline could detect the underlying worry in his voice.

Caroline leaned in closer. "No I only have a thing for you" she whispered sarcastically, her breath fanning across his face. He stared at her and she stared back at him with such intensity. She leaned forward on more inch closing the gap between them, brushing their lips together and just as he leaned forward, she pulled back and started laughing uncontrollably. He closed his eyes and groaned, falling for her little prank again.

Caroline rolled over and clutched her stomach as her laughter grew with each second. Stefan joined her and showed her the picture he took of Enzo and Caroline almost kissing. "Oh my God!" she screeched. "The look on your face Enzo" she chuckled with Stefan waving the picture in his face.

Stefan patted Enzo's back shaking his head and laughing at Caroline. The Brit shrugged. "Can't blame a bloke for trying?" he said trying not to die of embarrassment.

After Caroline's laughter died down, she wiped the tears from her face and hugged a slightly grumpy Enzo. "Bloke?" she said turning into another fit of laughter "Come on. You know I love you" she said trying to cheer him up.

"But you love teasing people more" he added with a slight smirk. "Damon was right. You are a devil" he said, earning a sharp glare from the blonde.

She snorted unbelievingly. "Damon's a dick" she grumbled crossing her arms over her chest thinking of the older Salvatore. "Now I have to tell you guys something- she started but was cut off by the shrill scream of her roommate.

She instantly stood up and walked to her friend's bedroom while Stefan and Enzo rolled their eyes. "Are you okay?" she asked entering the room after knocking.

Much to her surprise, Rebekah and her hunk both were there. But this time her friend was at least clothed. Somewhat. In a robe. She was pacing the room. "Caroline, I need your help or I am going to be killed today" She exaggerated and gave her friend a pleading look. The poor girl looked scared out of her mind.

"What's wrong Rebekah?" she asked concerned to see her confident friend turn into this … mess. "Just calm down and tell me" she added sitting on one chair trying to ignore the waist up naked man in her friend's bed.

"It's my brother Nik" she said frantically searching the room for some jeans. "He's coming here. I'm in so much trouble" she said hyperventilating again.

"So your brother's coming. It's a good thing isn't it?" she asked trying to find the problem. "From what you've told me he loves you the most" she added remembering how fondly she talked about her brother Nick.

"Yes he does which is why he won't appreciate him here" Rebekah argued pointing towards the guy in her bed. "Nik's downstairs so I can't send him away now" she panicked.

"Relax Rebekah" Caroline said rolling her eyes at her friend's exaggerated panic. "You're an adult. Free to do as you wish. What's the worse he'll do? Not talk to you or complain to your dad about it?" she asked chuckling as she shook her head.

"No. The flat we're living in is in his name so he'll probably kick me out and have all my assets frozen till I get normal" she hissed at the other blonde. Caroline's eyes widened. Shit! She forgot that while she had paid some part in the apartment, the majority came from Rebekah and so she was the one who had insisted that it stayed in her name. Obviously she hadn't expected her brother to have paid for her. Typical.

On cue the doorbell rang making both blondes flinch. Rebekah started pacing again like a mad woman while the guy in her bed looked around the room for his clothes.

The doorbell rang again. "I'll get it" Stefan's voice came.

"NO! I've got it" Caroline called out quickly and jumped to her feet. She turned to Rebekah. "Make yourself presentable" she said gesturing to her hair and clothes. Or lack of clothes. She turned to the guy wearing his jeans and looking around the room for his shirt most probably. "You. You're not her boyfriend or one night stand or anything" she hissed. "You were just here to deliver the food. Now go" she said pointing her finger towards the door.

He looked down and frowned before picking up his shirt or what was left of it. "If I go down shirtless, do you think they'll notice?" he asked showing her his shredded shirt. Caroline turned and glared Rebekah who shrugged apologetically.

"Fine. Wait here" she said before running out into the living room to see Enzo sitting there. "I need your shirt" she said suddenly causing him to smirk and look up from his phone.

"I'm not falling for that again" he said with a cunning smile.

Caroline groaned. "I swear Enzo. This is not the time" she huffed out. "Just take off your damn shirt and give it to me" she demanded holding out her hand.

Enzo smirked, shaking his head. "The things I do for you gorgeous" he said pulling his shirt over his head and passing it to Caroline.

Stefan entered the room holding the cartons of their Chinese takeout. "Whoa! Guys" he said shielding his eyes. "Not the place" he commented.

Caroline rolled her eyes. "Stop being such a virgin Stefan" she retorted before running into Rebekah's room and throwing the shirt at the guy's face. "Get dressed and leave" she told him.

He nodded a little embarrassed and tugged the shirt over his head before walking over to the door. The bell rang again. "Care will you open it?" Stefan groaned looking a bit confused at the scene in front of him.

Caroline ran to the front door and nodded. "Just a minute" she called out. She looked around the apartment to see if everything was in place. "Okay" she breathed out and opened the door with a smile on her face.

Rebekah's poor one night stand practically ran out of the door but her smile slowly slipped as she saw the man Niklaus standing at her doorstep with a smirk on his face. There was also a brunette standing behind him.

She narrowed her eyes at him. "Um… what are you doing here?" she asked angrily.

Niklaus chuckled at that. "What no hello, it's nice to see you?" he taunted. "I'm here to see my sister. Rebekah" he elaborated after a while.

"You're Nick!?" she blurted out suddenly disgusted. Rebekah had made her brother Nick sound like an angel sent from heaven above and this guy Niklaus was nowhere near an angel.

He smiled at her. "That is what Rebekah calls me" he said shrugging. "Now aren't you going to invite me in love?" he asked playfully. Caroline opened the door wide and let them both in after stepping out of their way.

"You can wait for her. She's just getting out of the shower" Caroline said lamely and gestured for Stefan and Enzo to get out of the living room. Obviously luck was never on her side. Klaus raised his eyebrows in question when he saw the two lounging so casually in his sister's living room. One of them being shirtless.

"Mr. Mikaelson" Stefan said immediately recognizing the man and stood up brushing his jeans. "What are you doing here?" he asked politely as they shook hands.

"I remember you. Stefan… Salvatore if I'm correct?" Klaus asked vaguely remembering the guy. He had seen him last year or the year before that. He couldn't point out when exactly. "Well, I'm here to meet my baby sister" he said with a chuckle before turning to glare Enzo. "I'm assuming you're another one of her hopeless flings?" he said showing his disgust.

Before he could answer, however, Caroline quickly spoke up in both her friends' defense. "Actually this is Enzo, my boyfriend!" she ejaculated, trying to cover for her best friend. Stefan immediately stifled his laughter seeing the smirk on Enzo's face as he draped his arm over Caroline's shoulder giving her shoulder a squeeze.

"I see" Klaus said. His lips set in a hard, thin line. He stretched out his hand for Enzo to take. "Klaus Mikaelson" he offered with a slight nod. Enzo shook his hand and they both stared at each other, while Caroline shifted from foot to foot in uneasiness.

Katherine's cough broke the tense environment. "This is Kate- he stopped short when he saw her nostrils flaring. "Katherine" he corrected himself. "My brother's girlfriend and my assistant" he added for his own amusement.

"Babysitter" she corrected with a smirk and stepped forward. Caroline politely shook her hand trying to ignore the accessing look the brunette was giving her.

"Why don't you guys sit? Caroline can check on Bekah- I mean Rebekah" Stefan said correcting himself. Caroline nodded fervently. "Yeah. I'll go do that" she said lamely earning an amused look from Klaus which she ignored. Or tried to.

As she entered her roommate's room, she started banging on the bathroom door. "Open this door Rebekah Mikaelson" she said and then she realized. She was such an idiot. Rebekah Mikaelson! Like the daughter of Mikael Mikaelson and the sister of Niklaus Mikaelson. How did she never notice? Maybe she, herself, was the reason blondes were so humiliated for their lack of intellect.

"Give me five minutes" her muffled voice came out.

Caroline gritted her teeth as she clenched her fists. The things she did for her friend. She made her way out to the living room and gave everyone a small smile. "She said five minutes" she excused and sat next to Enzo.

"So you're Rebekah's roommate?" Katherine asked turning her attention to Caroline.

"Yeah. We've been friends for a while now" she answered remembering how their friendship was practically hate at first sight but eventually they both had found that they had too much in common and were quite alike. "We've been friends since high school" she added remembering their competitive stance towards each other.

"Funny she's never mentioned you before" the brunette commented examining her nails.

Caroline raised her eyebrows at the brunette's jab. "She hasn't mentioned you either" she retorted crossing her arms over her chest.

"Oh." Katherine looked up slightly impressed by the blonde's comeback. "And why is your boyfriend naked in the living room? Or is it just routine for blondes?" she jabbed sarcastically.

Klaus looked between the two as they exchanged retorts and Caroline kept answering back Katherine. It was refreshing. There were few girls who could stand up to Katherine and even his sister had, at one point, cried because of Katherine's smart mouth. But the fire in Caroline's eyes impressed him.

Stefan and Enzo kept glancing between the girls amused by the catfight going on. One hell of an interesting lunch.

"Oh it's just something normal couples do. You wouldn't know" she said with a fake sweet smile. "I mean when your boyfriend isn't even here to spend the month of February with you?" she attacked knowing it would hurt the brunette. The month of Valentines was for couples and every girl had the desire to be with her loved one.

Katherine glared the blonde but before she could say any more Rebekah came rushing in. "Hello Nik" she said with a sickening sweet smile. "Katherine" she sneered. Good. At least Rebekah hated her too.

Klaus stood up and kissed his sister's cheek. "Took you long enough" he whispered softly. "Now if you're quite ready can we leave?" he asked. "I have a reservation for us at the restaurant just a couple of blocks away. You should all join us" Klaus offered looking towards Caroline mainly. He hoped she would say yes because he truly wanted to spend time with her.

Of course, she denied. "No!" both the blondes exclaimed at the same time. All eyes turned to Rebekah except Klaus' who were stuck on Caroline.

"I mean Caroline has to study. She hasn't had the time to study for our finals" Rebekah lied and Caroline sighed in relief that she didn't have to lie because she was an even worst liar than Rebekah.

Klaus smirked playfully. "And you've studied?" he asked amused.

Rebekah glared him. He held his hands up before turning to Stefan. "How about you Stefan? Would you like to join us?" he asked politely.

"He has to help Caroline study!" Rebekah blurted out, not wanting anyone to witness her family's madness.

Klaus turned fully to Rebekah and behind him, Caroline gave Rebekah a look that screamed 'Seriously!' "I think they can speak for themselves Rebekah love" Klaus said a little irritated by her interruptions. Even he could sense something was wrong and Rebekah was imposing her will onto her friends.

"Rebekah's right. We do have to study" Enzo spoke up after staying quiet during the whole interaction and it made things a little awkward because he was half naked and had Caroline tucked into his side possessively. He really was milking this fake girlfriend boyfriend thing. "Maybe some other time Mr. Mikaelson" he added trying to be polite but the hostility in his tone and eyes for the blonde man was clear.

"Of course" Klaus responded gently but his tone too was taunting and knowing. He turned towards Stefan and shook his hand. "It's been an honor to meet you Mr. Mikaelson" Stefan gushed like a little fan girl.

"Likewise" he said before turning to Caroline. He brought her hand up to his lips and pressed a lingering kiss on the back of her back, all the while looking straight into her eyes. "It's been a pleasure to meet you Caroline" he said and the way her name rolled of his tongue, Caroline practically melted.

"Goodbye" she said as she walked them to the door. Just as the Mikaelson clan exited the apartment, Caroline turned back and closed the door. The first thing in her view was Enzo's damn Cheshire smile.

"Well, gorgeous, I say you owe me" he gloated as he flopped down on the sofa. "Big time" he added for effect as he picked up his food container and started digging in.

Stefan nodded. "Yeah Caroline, I hate to say this but Enzo's right" Stefan backed him up knowing it would tick Caroline in the wrong way. "And what was this all about anyway?" he asked crossing his arms over his chest. "Klaus remembered you" he commented impressed.

Caroline groaned and sat down between Stefan and Enzo and picked at her own food. "Traitor" she murmured under her breath.

"Caroline"

"Alright fine!" she said putting her food down and turning to face Stefan. "I bumped into him after you dropped me off. We exchanged a few words. Mainly him being an asshole and dropping tea on me and then trying to buy me off with lunch but I refused" she told him, proud of herself.

"You refused?" he asked unsure if he had heard his best friend just say that. "You refused Klaus Mikaelson when he asked you for lunch?" he clarified.

"What does this all have to do with my bloody shirt?" Enzo's annoying rant came through.

Caroline huffed. "Well obviously, I had to refuse" she said, as stating the obvious. "Besides I didn't know at that time who he was" she shrugged. "And your shirt went to Rebekah's hunk. Let's say Klaus is not very supportive of her extracurricular activities" Caroline informed him air quoting.

"Well, if you knew would you have changed your decision?" Stefan asked with a knowing smile.

Caroline rolled her eyes. "Of course not. So what if he's somebody" she stated a little annoyed. "He was an asshole and a jerk and I told him so because he deserved it" she announced confidently.

"What about my shirt? Not that I mind being naked. I mean I am extremely handsome" Enzo chirped in giving them both a grin.

"I'll buy you a new one!" Caroline offered before shaking her head. "Now let's forget this ever happened and enjoy our lunch like we were supposed to" she announced before they all fell into an easy conversation and a fit of laughter, unaware of the trouble that lied ahead of them.

While Rebekah excused herself to go to the bathroom and Katherine went away to attend a call from Elijah, Klaus found the perfect opportunity for his own phone call. He picked up his phone and dialed one of the numbers he had learnt by heart. The receiver picked up on the second ring.

"Sir?"

"Nate, I need you to run a background check" he started. His voice firm as it was with his employees.

There was silence for ten seconds. "Of course sir"

"I need complete information on Caroline Forbes. Student at NYU business school" Klaus replied as the pictures of the feisty blonde played and replayed in his mind. "Everything. From phone number to school records to her personal life" he demanded. "Don't leave anything out!" he warned.

"Of course sir" the reply came. "It'll be at your desk, first thing tomorrow morning"

He shut the phone without a second word, knowing his job would be done. He smiled as he remembered the blonde goddess' fiery behavior and knew that there was something special about her, mysterious about her and he was not resting until he found out what it was.