Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries or any of its characters. All rights go to L. J. Smith and the producers as well as the cast of the series.

A/N: Klaroline rocks 3 Joseph Morgan rocks :D Candice Accola rocks :D The people who are reading this rock :D (Yes, I mean you). So, I am in a very good mood today (look at what I wrote above) for no particular reason. And my good mood motivated me to write this one shot- that might be turned into a full fic if it gets enough reviews- about Klaroline; for no particular reason. And so, here I am doing the thing I like most; writing. Soo enjoy reading ^^!

Oh, I forgot to say: this is set right after episode 3x15. So, after Esther and Finn disappear into thin air, Elijah writes a letter to Elena and Klaus, well burns the sketches he drew of Caroline.

"She's human; her life means nothing" –Klaus Mikaelson

"It's not over, Nick"

No. It wasn't over yet, Rebekah had a point when she said that. It would never be over, no matter what they did, no matter how much they tried, peace would never find its way into their pitiful, never-ending lives. There would always be something, or someone who needed to be killed or destroyed, there would always be a danger that would be lurking where they suspected it least. What had they done to deserve this? Yes, they had killed and they had murdered, they had done the most dark, twisted things one could think of. But, they had only done so because they couldn't help it; they had never been properly loved by their parents, and they had been turned into monsters after they had grown up. Darkness and pain had enclosed each of their souls, and Klaus had gotten his heart broken, which had left him devastated for a long time, until he had finally dared to let his emotions go, to turn his humanity off and turn his back on all the pain that laid in his past.

The hybrid growled in frustration as he walked down an empty, dark alley. The perfect place for pathetic humans to commit sins they want no one to find out about. That was how it happened in all those films teenagers loved watching, films that displayed the reality they were too blind to see that was all around them, wasn't it? Death. Murder. Blood. The things that had taken over his soul after he had become a vampire and then a hybrid; another figure of those spine-chilling stories. The things that seemed to be the only rules in his whole life until... until now, that he had met the one girl who he had thought could make him love again, but who had rejected him harshly, and who had then betrayed him by going along with the Salvatores' plan.

Caroline Forbes.

He was angry at her, not only because she had betrayed him, something that had hurt him as much as the knife that had pierced his heart when his father had turned them into monsters, but because she had managed to make him feel again. He hadn't felt in over a thousand years, everything that had to do with his humanity, had been buried inside him and Klaus had refused to let it out, because he knew that all he would ever feel would be pain. Never-ending, fiery pain. And she was bringing it all back, he could feel the changes inside him from day to day and he had come to realise that when he had felt the stake that had been run through Kol's heart in his own, as if it were him that had been daggered and not his brother. Because, although he would never admit it to anyone, he had also felt emotional hurt besides physical pain; and he knew the feeling only too well, he had experienced it too often to be forgotten, although a long time had passed since he had last felt it.

Klaus' fists clenched and he shook his head, as if that would help block out the thoughts about Caroline that were running through his mind. He wished that things could be the way he wanted them to be; Caroline had been wrong when she had told him that he always got what he wanted to get. Klaus never got the one thing that he really needed; love and acceptance of what he was. It was the reason why he had wanted to create more hybrids, why he had always daggered his siblings when one of them wanted to leave him, why he had wanted his father, the person who had always loathed what he was, who had always called him an abomination and who had humiliated him in front of others, out of the way, why he wanted her to be with him so desperately.

His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a piercing scream and he froze in his tracks. He knew the voice that had screamed only too well; it was the voice of Caroline, and she was screaming for her life.

Caroline sat next to Bonnie and looked at her face that was filled with sadness and worry for her mother. She knew exactly how her best friend felt. After all, she had been in the same situation a few days ago. It seemed like an eternity since her father had told Caroline that he refused to drink human blood and become a vampire. She just hoped, for Bonnie's sake that Abby didn't decide to follow the same fate; they had all lost enough people they cared about to let more lives be lost. It was almost too much to bear, and Caroline couldn't believe that in other cities, in other countries people were sitting around a table eating and talking, as if the whole world hadn't been fucked up by a psycho-hybrid, his annoying as hell siblings and his mother who wanted her children to die because in her opinion, others should pay for her mistakes (that was what Caroline believed of her anyway).

"I need to go get some fresh air. I'll be back in about an hour" Caroline told Bonnie. The witch nodded; she understood that Caroline needed a break from all this tragedy. She had enough going on in her life with Tyler, her dad, accepting that she was a vampire and the fear of more people passing away.

"Yes, sure; see you in a bit" Bonnie answered her, through unmoving lips. Her gaze was still resting on the peaceful face of Abby.

"Bye" Caroline said, feeling rather awkward. She turned to leave, but Bonnie spoke up again.

"Caroline, I'm sorry for having you go through this. I understand how hard this must be for you, feeling my pain when your father has just passed away, by refusing to become what you are"

"No its... its fine, Bonnie. I know you don't want to be alone right now. It is best when you have someone next to you when you are going through such hard times" Caroline half-smiled; then, she walked out of the room, into the kitchen and out of the house.

She didn't know where she was going to go, so she just walked and let her mind drift. She didn't know for how long she had been strolling along the street when a cool voice interrupted her thoughts that had, at that moment, been about Tyler

"Excuse me, we haven't met yet. Caroline Forbes, I assume?"

Shocked, Caroline turned around to see a young man standing behind her. He had brown hair, and matching eyes and he was smirking at her in a way she decided that she didn't like. Caroline rolled her eyes at him, thinking that it was extremely impolite of him to interrupt her thoughts, or to speak to her in that cocky, self-confident tone, or to let his eyes travel across her body as if she was going to start stripping at the next moment- which she certainly wasn't planning to do.

"Yes, I am. But I am afraid I don't know who you are" a cocked eyebrow and a hand on her hip were accompanied by her answer.

He didn't seem at all intimated by her glare; on the contrary, it seemed to give him even more confidence as he stepped closer to her and held out his hand for her to shake

"Kol Mikaelson. I can see why my brother keeps drawing you on his sketch block. You truly are a treat"

Oh hell no. An Original, just what she needed, she thought sarcastically. Shakily, she extended her hand to shake Kol's, thinking about the consequences that she would have to bear of she said something wrong

"So... what do you want?"she asked him, hoping that he had just stumbled upon her while on a walk himself, though she somehow knew that that was certainly not the case.

"Oh, I just wanted to meet you, sweetheart. I have been hearing so much about you lately, and I haven't met you in person, so I thought I would get to know you. You see, I do like to be in the middle of things, to know exactly what is going on and who people are talking about in a conversation. That's all" he ended his reasoning innocently

"Now that you have got to meet me, can you please leave me alone? I need some moments of thinking on my own about my life, which your family has so precisely ruined" Caroline regretted her words immediately. She saw the dark shadow that crossed Kol's face as she said those words and she was sure that in the next moment he would jump forward and bite her or something along those lines, but he covered it up quickly, letting his face fall into a mask of polite interest and slight lust- which worried Caroline, as she couldn't help but note that they were in a dark alley after all; well hidden from curious human eyes, though she was sure that a mere human, wouldn't be enough for Kol to stop what he was planning on doing.

"No, I am afraid that it will take more than a request and an insult to make me go away, Miss Forbes" Kol smirked.

"What would it take to make you go away?"

"A lot" Kol whispered into her ear. He pulled her closer to him and put a hand around her waist, letting his lips travel from her ear to her jaw.

"Stop" Caroline whispered. Though she could tell that Kol wouldn't give up that easily, she could at least try.

Kol shook his head

"Don't make a sound" he breathed. His voice was hypnotic, it drove Caroline crazy but she had to put a stop to this or she would be feeling very guilty in the morning.

"Stop!" she repeated stronger, pushing him away "I don't know why you followed me here, or even who the hell you are properly, but I know that you are just a complete asshole who thinks too high of himself, and who thinks that he can get laid by any woman, anytime, anywhere. Well, I'll inform you that you're wrong. I don't care about how old you are, but what you are doing, seriously applies to a fifteen year old who can't control his hormones so shut the fuck up, go home and learn to act like a fucking gentleman" she screamed the end into Kol's shocked face.

At first, the Original remained stunned at her words. Then, he growled and Caroline felt herself being pressed against a wall

"You see, I am patient" he hissed "but I don't accept it when people talk to me like that" his teeth were on her neck, she could feel them grazing her skin. Suddenly, everything seemed to be a little too hot. She writhed underneath Kol's arms but he smiled and brushed his lips against her cheek. She knew, she shouldn't have insulted him. Ever. And now, she would have to pay the price for her stupidity.

"Don't make a sound" Kol repeated. He knew he had gotten to her. He had trapped her beneath him, tangled her inside his web. So fast she hadn't noticed a thing.

Kol's lips started getting more and more intense, more passionate; she felt them move across her skin impatiently, until they found her lips, where they crushed down on her own harshly. His hands tangled themselves inside her hair, but Caroline didn't respond; she couldn't. Her thoughts were still with Tyler, she felt used as Kol's tongue delved inside her mouth, used and like a traitor. Because she was one.

Kol broke away for a few moments, and Caroline saw that this was her chance; her only chance, and if she didn't use it at this very moment, she wouldn't be able to get free for the rest of the night. Caroline ran as fast as she could, she sprinted across the gray concrete; she could hear Kol cursing and starting to chase her, he called out to her again and again and each time, his words would frighten her, not only because of all the things he promised to do to her, but because he was getting closer by the second. Seeing no other option, Caroline stopped in her tracks and screamed; someone had to hear her, she had screamed loudly enough. She could hear Kol's feet pounding against the street and she turned around, saying a prayer to herself, hoping that someone would have heard her and would come to the rescue before Kol started playing the Cat-And-Mouse game with her.

She felt a tap on the shoulder

"Found you"

Caroline didn't reply and Kol grabbed her waist and turned her around. Once more, their bodies' collided and she felt his hot breath upon her lips. This couldn't happen. She refused to believe it. And yet it was happening at that very moment, and she felt herself sinking into endless despair as Kol's teeth nearly ripped her top off, but then... he was gone. Caroline turned around to see a fuming Klaus punching his brother in the face. Kol spat some blood out then he attacked Klaus; they were suddenly a blur, Caroline couldn't make out anything and she didn't know who she hoped would win the fight. She would prefer it if both of them just disappeared into thin air. And so she watched and listened to their growls that seemed to get wilder and wilder by every moment that passed by.

Finally, they stopped; Klaus had pinned Kol against the street and his hand was on the spot where Kol's heart was

"Leave now, or I tear your heart out" he growled.

"You wouldn't" Kol answered back.

"Oh I would, believe me. I don't take it easy when people annoy me and you know that, so I would suggest getting your ass out of here or you will regret it, brother" as if he wanted to prove his words, Klaus stuck his hand into the Original's ribcage, without pulling his heart out, however "just a warning" he hissed.

Kol seemed shocked and unable to say something. His face was white and his lips unmoving. All the cockiness of earlier seemed gone. At last, he nodded slowly and Klaus released him. He got up and with one last incredulous stare at Caroline, he disappeared into thin air, leaving her alone with the hybrid himself.

Caroline and Klaus stared at each other for a few moments before Klaus moved forward and touched her cheek gently

"Are you okay?" he wanted to know.

"I'm fine" she snapped; she didn't know why the hell she was mad at him. He had just saved her after all.

"You know, I think that you should be thanking me instead of snapping at me like a bitch that you aren't. I'm the one who should be angry and you know that perfectly well"

Caroline released an incredulous laugh

"You? Why would you be mad at me? I haven't done anything to you except reject you, and I don't think that not loving someone and making that clear is a crime today. So leave me alone, I don't want to listen to whatever you have to say. I just want to go back home"

Klaus frowned

"Don't be like that, love. You know why I'm angry. You helped drive a stake through my brother's heart-"

"He tried to rape me if you haven't noticed yet! That stake should have stayed inside his heart forever! I am not one bit sorry for helping Damon do that!" she shrieked, freaking out. His laugh, just infuriated her even further "Why are you laughing?" she hissed.

"It's just... you. You should see yourself when you freak out. But you're right, I shouldn't have laughed at that" he added hastily as he saw Caroline open her mouth, ready to say something that would hopefully disarm him "I know how Kol treated you, sweetheart I saw it with my own eyes. And he has something coming when I get back home- if he hasn't fled, that is- but love, except for the fact that you didn't know how he would behave, you didn't even know who he was up to that point, and that makes your argument invalid. I don't think that not loving someone is a crime, Caroline. But you haven't even given me a chance. You haven't even tried to get to know me"

"That's because I love Tyler and I don't want to end up in bed with you; I think that that's acceptable" she muttered.

Klaus approached her, wearing his arrogant, handsome, taunting smirk. He took his face in his palms and against her will, Caroline noticed that she liked the feeling though she did her best not to show it. Klaus' eyes glinted as he realised that she liked the way he touched her.

"But do you really love Tyler?" he questioned her.

"What do you mean?" the prospect of her not loving Tyler frightened Caroline, she didn't know why herself.

"I mean, that I don't think that you really love him anymore. You might have loved him sometime... but I doubt that you still do. You see, Tyler is the main part of your past life; the life you loved. Before I came along and ruined it for you two. But I think that you are just clinging onto him because of that. Be honest with yourself, Caroline. Do you still love him?"

"Of course I do! Stop trying to manipulate me, I'm too smart to be seduced by you, I have told you that before" Caroline fired back at him "Now please leave me alone, I want to go home"

"I'll let you go" Klaus' voice sounded amused "But you don't know how to get home"

Fuck, he was right. Caroline looked around the dark alley, to see if she noticed some sign that indicated that she knew where she was, but she didn't spot anything familiar. Hectically, she looked at Klaus, who was now leaning against one of the walls, expecting to see her reaction to his words

"Can you take me to my house?" she asked in a small voice.

He chuckled

"Here's the deal, sweetheart. You come to pay a visit to my house then I'll take you to yours" he smiled at her "The deal sounds fair, don't you think?"

Caroline shook her head

"Not in a thousand years" she muttered and turned to leave, but Klaus followed her "What do you want?" she asked coolly.

"Will you stumble in this deserted alley for the rest of the night, taking the risk of Kol finding you again, or do you have a brilliant plan as to how to get home?"

"I'll call Bonnie to pick me up. She can use a locator spell or something to find me" she glowered at him as she said those words, and pulled out a phone; then, she realised that it would be extremely selfish of her to call Bonnie, so that the witch could help her out of this mess when Bonnie was just mourning over her mother, who had been turned into a vampire and who had just lost her powers, because of her other best friend. Caroline put the phone back into her bag and, without looking at Klaus, but putting as much power into her voice as she could she accepted his deal "I changed my mind. Your deal sounds fair"

Klaus smirked

"That's fantastic, love" he replied to her "Hold on tight" he whispered.

"What the-" her voice was cut off as Klaus heaved her onto his back and started running, jumping over buildings and chuckling to himself as Caroline released a scream of surprise "Klaus stop you'll crash into something" the wind made it almost impossible for Caroline to make her voice audible, but she managed somehow, only to have Klaus speed up.

"But you are enjoying this, love" his voice was near her ear when he said that. He was probably enjoying the way Caroline was gripping tightly onto his shirt, how she had her legs tied around his waist "Don't think of the danger of all this, Caroline. Let it go. All of it" she heard him again.

Although she didn't trust Klaus, and she was quite sure that she never would trust him, he decided to listen to the hybrid and loosen up a little. She felt the changes immediately, and she actually started enjoying the speed that he was racing by. She would have been freezing if it weren't for Klaus, whose body was warming her up, stopping the wind from getting to her. Her hair was being blown backwards and Caroline was sure that she would look like hell as soon as they got to Klaus' manor, but she didn't care. The sensation inside her was near bliss. It made her feel fucking alive. Like she wasn't a god damn vampire, like she hadn't been suffocated by Katherine.

And then it stopped. Klaus came to a halt and it was all back, the reminders that she was dead. Caroline smiled, but turned so that he wouldn't see her. She jumped off of his back and unsurprisingly, she noticed that they were standing in front of the building where Klaus' family had hosted the ball that had been held to their supposed "reunion". The building was still as beautiful as it had been when she first saw it

"Remember that night?" Klaus inquired. He was smirking.

"You make it sound so wrong" Caroline muttered "And yes, of course I remember. You don't forget things easily as a vampire; but you probably know that already, don't you?"

"Of course I do, sweetheart. Now let's go inside" he took her hand, and Caroline didn't protest when he intertwined his fingers with hers and led her towards the ridiculously large mansion that he owned.

They got inside, and this time Caroline could admire the room from a completely different point of view; last time, it had been full of laughing people who had been having conversations with each other about completely ordinary things; last time she had been nervous, though she wasn't quite sure why she wasn't nervous at the moment. Maybe it was because Klaus had just rescued her life; maybe it was because half of her was still running and jumping over building in a tremendous speed. Whatever it was, she felt a little better.

"Would you like a drink?" Klaus asked her, walking over to a large cabinet and pulling out two glasses, along with a bottle of whiskey. Caroline nodded and he poured whiskey into both of the glasses, handing her one. She took it rather hesitantly "I haven't poisoned it, I swear" Klaus promised with a grin. Caroline laughed and he seemed rather pleased with himself.

"So, why did you take me here?" she wanted to know "I mean, surely you had a plan, or you wouldn't have tried to make a deal with me"

Klaus chuckled and to her surprise, he shook his head

"Actually, I didn't have a plan sweetheart. I just... wanted you to come here with me, I guess"

"What is it that you like on me?" Caroline sighed exasperated as she sat down on one of the leather couches, still clutching her drink tightly. Klaus sat next to her, looking lost in thought; at last, he said

"The thing that appeals to me most that you have, is that you are feisty and you don't let yourself get seduced by others, to be honest. Don't get me wrong, but I like a challenge and you present a good one, with Tyler and all. Also, you... I don't know why, but you inspire me, Caroline. And well, I hope you know the rest" Caroline looked at him incredulously and Klaus looked down.

"Are you blushing?" she laughed. He shook his head, still looking at his knee, but then he looked at her.

"What is it that you like about Tyler?"

"Let's change the topic" Caroline said quickly. Klaus didn't object, but she could tell that he was longing for an answer; he was dying to know why Tyler was so much better than him, why she preferred Tyler when he could give her anything her heart desired...

"What do you want to talk about, love?" he asked her.

"Where is Rebekah?" she was suddenly wary.

"Out for a walk" Klaus replied, not really concerned about his sister; she liked being on her own and when there was no real danger to threaten them, Klaus was sure that she could work everything out fine. Besides, he was certain that Kol was still in town and that he would protect her if something happened to her.

"How do you know she's not-"

"Off killing Elena?" Klaus ended the sentence for her "Because she likes getting slow revenge and right now she has... other matters to worry about. Besides, doesn't Elena have both Salvatore brothers looking after her and protecting her day and night?"

Caroline rolled her eyes at him

"They can't help it, you know" she told him "They love her"

Klaus looked like he wanted to say something along the lines of "Well, I don't follow you around like a lost puppy" but he let it be and settled for another sip of his drink. Caroline didn't say anything else, and so they stayed in silence for a few moments, until she came up with another question.

"Where are your drawings, by the way? I was sure you had them lying around somewhere..."

"Why do you want to know?" Klaus asked her, his brows furrowed.

"I want to take a look at them. The sketches were really good, you know"

"You can't look at them. I burnt them"

Caroline was left speechless at that statement

"But... why?" she breathed.

Klaus wasn't looking at her when he replied

"I wanted to burn my humanity by burning them" why the hell was he telling her the truth? He should have lied to her already, she didn't need to know that his humanity and his feelings were slowly coming back in pieces, did she?

"Humanity?" Caroline breathed "But how?"

Klaus shook his head

"Forget what I said" he mumbled, but he didn't compel her.

Caroline looked at him and nodded

"You never said that" she smiled "Do you know where your mother is? And if she will come back?"

"Mother" Klaus spat the word out, and Caroline could feel the fury inside him as he continued "I have no idea where she is. And I don't care where she is either. She can try what she wants, she won't get to me or to Bekah"

Caroline shrugged

"I think that you do care" she said suddenly.

Klaus looked at her

"Continue" he ordered her.

She obeyed

"I think that you care for what she does, too much in fact, because you know that she poses a danger to you, and that she could kill you. Also, you feel betrayed by her because she had forgiven you, she had pretended to accept who you are and I think that that gave you some hope. Then, she betrayed you and it turned out that she hasn't forgiven you at all, but that she was just feigning her behaviour. Now you are hurt. So you do care, more than you will admit to yourself or to anybody else"

Klaus shrugged

"If you believe so" was all he said.

"Well, I do" Caroline stated proudly, making him chuckle. She set her glass, which she had emptied on the table and leaned back into her chair, sighing softly. She knew that he was watching her, but she didn't bother telling him something about it; it wouldn't help.

"You know, we can have a bet" Klaus said suddenly; his tone had changed completely, it sounded rather gleeful.

"What bet?" Caroline wanted to know.

"Well, I bet that I can manage to get you to kiss me in the next month; no compulsion" he said.

Caroline raised an eyebrow sceptically

"And what happens if you win?" she inquired.

"I get to take you out" he suggested.

Caroline sighed heavily, but she nodded, thinking that this was a very bad idea

"And if you lose? Will you leave Mystic Falls and never show up again, or you never hurt anyone in this town ever again?"

"That's too much requested, love. I can leave Mystic Falls for a short period of time, though" Klaus smiled at the thought.

"No. I know" Caroline exclaimed "You stop trying to seduce me?"

Klaus smirked a little, knowing that in the end, he would manage to get her give in. He held out his hand

"If you wish so"

Caroline shook it, thinking that there wasn't a single chance that she was going to kiss him out of free will; if she only knew how wrong she was...

Ah okay I know this wasn't an intense make out one shot, but I am kind of proud of it. Please review! This might be turned into a full fic of it gets enough reviews ;) By the way, I know that the ending was a little out of context... I just need something to build on of I turn this into a fanfic. Or a three shot. Whatever... So, what did you think of Kol/Caroline? How would we even name them? Carokol? Koline? Forbikaelson? I am clueless... Help me out lol!