Hello Everyone,
This is my first story for TVD and subsequently for Klaus and Caroline. I just love them as a couple; they have amazing chemistry and I think they're perfect for each other. So I'm hoping to make this a two-part story. However, it can also be continued if there is enough interest.
Thank you for reading and please, please review!
ECLIPSE OF THE HEART
Chapter 1
Caroline Forbes looked around the dimly lit bar, as she played with the drink in her hand. Everyone seemed to be having a good time. And why wouldn't they be? It was Friday night after all. People were hanging out with their friends, laughing and having a good time. She watched a group of friends playing pool together to her right.
She, however, was sitting all alone. The dim lighting combined with the musky atmosphere of the bar meant she could hide from everyone. The darkness was what she wanted right now. She wanted to think.
Beside, all of her friends were otherwise occupied tonight. Bonnie and Jeremy were spending some time together. Matt was still trying to console Tyler. They had gone out of town for the weekend. And truth be told, Caroline didn't think she could face either of them right now. What must Matt think of her now? She already knew what Tyler thought of her. He had made his opinion very clear.
She sighed loudly, tearing her eyes away from the group of friends. She stirred her drink as she thought about the rest of her friends. Stefan was watching over Damon, who had once again gotten out of control. He was going on his killing rampages again. Elena must have really said something to push him off the cliff…, which was not something Elena would really do.
Ah, Elena. She had gone off the radar once again. She wasn't taking her calls; she wasn't answering her text messages. Caroline knew that she probably wanted some time to process things. I mean a lot had happened recently, what with Katherine dying and all. But, Caroline was worried about her. It was like Elena to disappear without a word. At the very least she told someone where she was going. Or she talked her problems over with someone.
It wasn't like Elena to completely shut off all lines of communication. Caroline frowned into her drink. Elena was acting completely out of character lately. I mean she had even taken the Klaus news quite well.
Caroline shook her head furiously. 'No! Let's not think about that. That is done and over with' she berated herself.
Maybe she had had too much to drink. She should probably get going soon. She checked the time on her phone. 9:10 PM.
Yes, she should go home. It had been a long couple of days. She should just go to bed, and try to put this all past her. Besides, she knew her mother would be calling soon to make sure she was home.
Caroline drained her drink in one sip, paid for the drink, and left the Mystic Grill. She started off towards her house. It was a nice night. A warm breeze flew through the air, caressing her face and hair as she walked.
Her mom was supposed to be home today. Caroline was hoping she would help take her mind off of certain things. But, at the last minute, her mother called and informed her that she'd be working overnight. The killing spree that Damon was on needed to be concealed. Her mother was used to hiding their usual number of misgivings, but Damon's rampage required a lot more work to conceal.
Caroline kicked angrily at a stone along the path, 'That ass always ruins everything'. The stone bounced off a mailbox 20 feet away from her with a thud.
She had been very angry lately. Angry, frustrated, annoyed and guilty. She had been battling these emotions all week. There was also another emotion buried deep within her, but she refused to consider it, much less acknowledge it.
She knew this wasn't healthy. Bottling up her emotions wasn't doing her any good. She knew that she needed to acknowledge all her feelings. She needed to think over everything that had happened. She had been avoiding it. But she needed to think about him. She needed to think about Klaus.
Caroline shivered as she felt an exhilarating rush. God, just thinking his name did something to her.
'Why, why does he have the affect on me? He's a horrible, horrible person, yet I- ' Her internal debate came to a halt as she realized that she was standing at her doorstep.
'Well, that was fast,' she thought. Caroline checked the time. 10:05 PM flickered onto her phone in the dim night. Surprised, she realized that she had been an hour since she left the Grill, yet it felt like mere seconds to her. She had walked the distance in a daze; apparently she was so enraptured in her own thoughts that time flew by.
Walking up to her front door, Caroline decided that she would take a warm bath to calm herself.
'Yes, a warm bath will help me think clearly,' she thought, as she walked into her home, up her stairs and into her bathroom. She needed to reach some sort of an understanding with herself, if she wanted to save some semblance of her sanity.
Caroline felt the warm water flow in and out of her hand, before she stepped into the bathtub.
She settled down into the bathtub, feeling the warm water surround her.
'Ahhh…just what I needed' she sighed as she felt the warmth envelop her.
Caroline rested her head against the back of her tub and closed her eyes, feeling her muscles relax.
But as she closed her eyes, her mind drifted back to the woods. To the woods where she had met a certain vampire, with evil tendencies.
'Well, not wholly evil,' she admitted to herself.
And then his face appeared in front of her closed eyes. He really did have a beautiful face. He had a hardened face to the world, but when he smiled…
Oh boy.
His entire faced changed when he smiled. It softened, his eyes lit up, and those dimples appeared. He had a nice smile.
'He also had a nice smirk' Caroline noted.
'Well nice wasn't exactly the word for it…it was more devilish'.
That smirk had the power to numb minds. And bodies. It did something to her.
Like the smirk he had right before he pushed her up against that tree and they…
She hadn't even meant to go as far as they did. She had just wanted to make out. But when he gave her that smirk, she couldn't stop herself from reaching for him.
Well maybe the kiss had a little something to do with that as well.
'My god, that kiss. I mean she had been kissed countless times before. She had kissed loads of people. She had had some amazing kisses. But that kiss, that kiss was in a class of its own'.
She had lost all control after one kiss.
Caroline realized that she had never allowed herself to dwell on this attraction between her and Klaus before. She had always hid it. She had tried to distance him with sarcasm and contempt. But only one kiss was needed to break all of her carefully crafted barriers.
She could admit it now. She found him attractive. Very attractive. Hell, who wouldn't?
She had accepted this though. This isn't what worried her. After her talk with Stefan, she had realized and accepted that they had all slept with their share of bad choices. That they all had someone they were attracted to that didn't have the best of character.
So it was fine, right?
So what if she found Klaus hot? He was. And that accent...god that accent. Sometimes she had to push herself to actually understand what he was saying because she was too busy reveling in the actual accent.
Everyone had a weakness. Like Stefan and Katherine.
So she was in the clear. Right?
But this is where the problem lay. This is what she was most worried about. What she hadn't yet let herself think about.
What if it wasn't just an attraction?
What if there was something more?
She had never felt that way about anyone. He made her feel more; more alive, more angry, more happy. She could see things in a different way with him. He made her think about things that she had never dared think about.
With a start, Caroline opened her eyes. She realized the water she was sitting in was now cold. As she finished off her bath, she dwelled on her realization.
'No, of course there's nothing more. Klaus is just a weird little affair. I just needed some scandal in my life, that's all'.
Caroline got out of her tub and wrapped herself in a thick pink robe. 'This bath had just made her more confused. She couldn't possibly feel something for Klaus. That's crazy!'
But there was something at the back of her mind, nagging her. Something that told her that she wasn't being entirely honest with herself.
Memories from the woods flashed in front of her eyes. His arms holding her tightly, his warm breath on her neck, his lips everywhere, his kisses….
God those kisses.
Standing in front of the mirror, Caroline saw that she was clutching one side of her neck. She knew why she was grasping her neck. She hadn't told anyone about it, she had barely looked at it. But as she moved aside the collar of her robe, she saw it clearly for the first time.
A light red, pink mark. A hickey.
As her eyes darted to meet her own reflection, she realized that she was blushing furiously.
With a quick shake of her head, Caroline strode out of the bathroom, and to her closet.
She furiously flipped through her clothes, her cheeks blazing. She decided on wearing a short, dark blue nightgown. She needed to cool down.
As she pulled the gown over her head, her mind blazed, 'This is crazy. Completely crazy. Why the hell am I blushing. Klaus means nothing to me, nothing! It's over, why the hell am I getting so worked up over one time'.
She smoothed the gown over her body, and that's when she felt it.
"I wouldn't be so sure of that love" came a smooth drawl, from behind her.
She whipped around to be greeted with the very face that had plagued her mind for the last week.
"Klaus!" came Caroline's strangled whisper.
And there it was. That glorious, yet at the moment highly agitating smirk.
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