Caroline was exhausted from her long day at work. She couldn't wait to get home and sit in the tub and relax.

When she got home her roommate was cooking dinner. "Hey, my brother's coming over tonight. You want to join us for dinner?"

Caroline greeted her. The food smelled so good to her and she was starving so the next words out of her mouth were so hard to get out. "No thanks, I don't want to intrude on your time together."

"Nonsense, he wants to meet my roommate anyways. Wants to make sure you're not crazy or anything. He's kind of protective of me."

"Beks, don't sound so bitter about it. That sounds sweet to me."

"Yeah, but now I have Matt to worry about me. My brother can just back off."

"He's been doing it his whole life. It might be a little hard for him to do that." Caroline said as she laughed. "Speaking of, is Matt coming over for dinner as well? I'd love to see him."

"He's coming too. Which is why you have to be here, be a buffer." Rebekah practically begged.

"Okay, okay. Calm down. It's just your brother. I'll be here for support. Do you need any help with dinner?" Caroline asked calmly.

"No, I'm just stressing about it. My brother doesn't like any of the guys I date… and Matt is really special to me."

Caroline smiled thinking about her roommate and her friend. They were so adorable together and she's never seen Matt so smitten with someone before. "Don't worry Beks, everything will work out. So, what's your brother look like it's been a while for me." She said while winking at Rebekah.

"God Care, don't be gross. My brother is not your type. He is definitely the definition of a player. He just sleeps with girls. He's not the relationship type."

"Well maybe I don't need a relationship? Maybe that's my problem, I have too many expectations of guys… maybe I should do the whole casual sex thing."

Rebekah just stared at her as if she grew two heads. "Care, you are the definition of a relationship girl. Don't be someone you aren't just to be with a guy."

"I'm not. I just feel like relationships haven't been working for me and maybe what I need to do is have casual sex. It's not like it'll hurt. I won't hit on your brother if it freaks you out." She gave a quick wink to Rebekah.

Rebekah laughed at Caroline's behavior. "Honestly, if you really feel like you can do the whole "not getting attached, casual, fun thing ... than go for it. I'm not getting involved."

Caroline was kind of shocked by Rebekah's approval to be with her brother. "I'm not saying I'm going to do it. It's just an option. Depends on what he looks like." She laughed.


Rebekah was getting more and more annoyed as the time went by. She was sitting on the couch with Matt, while her brother was on the couch on the opposite side of the room. Her brother was giving Matt the third degree and she was getting frustrated.

She sent Caroline a quick text.

Get out of the shower. Come out here. Do your job. Diffuse the tension. Distract my brother. Do something.

Caroline looked at her phone and laughed. Rebekah was taking this whole thing way out of proportion. She gave herself a quick look over in the mirror and decided she looked fine. She was just wearing a pair of Levi jeans and a nice flowy top. Her hair was in their natural curls and she decided to put on some light makeup.

She quickly walked out of her room and headed to the living room. She looked into the room and gave Rebekah a quick smile before her face lit up even more. "Hey Matt! Did you forget about me now that you have Rebekah?!" she said as she pulled Matt in for a hug.

"No one could ever forget about you Care. I still miss you everyday" He responded as he laughed at her.

"Aww, okay I forgive you for not keeping in touch then" she gave him a small smile before looking over at Rebekah's brother. Yup. He was definitely hot.

"Hello sweetheart, I'm Rebekah's brother Klaus" he said.

Holy shit. He has an accent? Well no duh he has an accent, he's Rebekah's brother. Who the hell were their parents? Brad and Angelina? God. She gave him a quick smile and said "Hi! I'm Caroline, Rebekah's roommate."

"Let's eat dinner!" Rebekah quickly cut in before Klaus could start interrogating Caroline. She didn't miss the way Klaus's eyes raked over Caroline's body. She just hoped that Caroline was serious about being okay with the casual sex thing. She knew her brother would never do the whole relationship thing and she didn't want Caroline to end up getting hurt.

They sat down at the dinner table. Klaus and Caroline were on one side and Rebekah and Matt were on the other. Matt sat down and held Rebekah's hand. Caroline looked at them and smiled, before she turned her head at Klaus. He also saw Matt take Rebekah's hand and glared at him.

"So, Matt… what is it that you do?" Klaus asked.

"Well, I'm a bartender" Matt replied.

"Has that been your life goal? To tend to a bar?"

"Well, things didn't turn out the way I planned."

"And why is that?"

"Well, I had to drop out of school to help my mom with finances. She was struggling."

"You don't even have a degree?"

All of a sudden Caroline felt this shooting pain in her leg and she looked up and realized that Rebekah had kicked her. She raised her eyebrows at Rebekah and in return Rebekah just gave a small nod in Klaus's direction. Caroline understood what she meant immediately.

"So, Klaus what do you do?" Caroline asked.

He looked at Caroline for a moment before responding with "I'm an artist" and then turning his head back to Matt to continue his interrogation.

"Oh, that's cool. I can't draw at all. I mean my stick figures look demented. Do you draw too Rebekah?" Caroline asked.

Rebekah shook her head no. "My brother's always excelled in that area. I remember he tried to teach me once. It didn't go very well." She said with a laugh.

"Are you one of those "I can do but not teach" types?" Caroline asked looking back over at Klaus.

Klaus just smirked at Caroline, realizing that she was to distract Klaus from interrogating Matt. "I can do everything, sweetheart." He slowly leaned into Caroline's ear before whispering "You know, I know what you're doing… you can't distract me from my purpose here Caroline."

She shivered at having his breath so close to her. She gave him a quick look before responding, "You wanna bet?" she said with one of her eyebrows raised.

He put on that infuriatingly good looking smirk on his face before saying "Let the games begin."

He turned back to Matt and said, "So, Matt… where are your parents from?"

Caroline glared at Klaus. He did not just challenge her. No fucking way. Well, she's talked her way out of plenty of things… tonight would be no different. She wasn't a loser. She would not lose.

"Well, Care and I both come from a small town in Virginia." Matt said.

"Did you guys date? High school sweethearts, perhaps?" Klaus asked.

Caroline looked over at Klaus. How the hell did he know that?

Matt looked at Caroline before responding. "Yeah, something like that."

"So why…" Klaus began but was cut off by Caroline's sweet voice.

"That's really none of your business now is it?" she said harshly.

He was getting to her… he knew, she knew, everyone knew it. She needed to distract him… how the hell was she going to do that? Right talk, new topic.

"So, do you have a girlfriend?" she asked. She looked over at Rebekah and winked before looking back at Klaus. Rebekah just rolled her eyes and gave Matt a small smile. She knew about Matt and Care's history and it was such a long time ago she wasn't worried at all.

"Why are you offering?" Klaus asked.

"You don't seem like the girlfriend type"

"Well what type do I look like to you?"

"The type to you know love em and leave em… Hit it and quit it… toot it and boot it"

He held in a chuckle at her phrases and said "So what if I am?"

"So nothing… people can live a long live with STD's."

Rebekah and Matt were watching on amused by the conversation the two in front of them were having; however, they could see that the conversation was going to take a quick turn into something more. So, they both looked at each other before mumbling something about leaving the apartment to go for a walk.

Klaus and Caroline were so into their conversation they didn't even realize that Matt and Rebekah had left.

"So you've never taken a ride unless you've been in a committed relationship?" he asked trying to get her to back down.

"I'm a virgin" Was her simple reply.

KIaus had been taking a sip out of his drink and almost choked on it when she said that. "You're a what?" he asked carefully.

"What? Never been with a virgin?"

"No. They're clingy" he said before shaking his head and looking at her. "Are you serious?" She laughed at him before shaking her head no. "So, you never answered my earlier question" he said with his smirk.

"Why are you offering?" She threw his words back at him.

He laughed at her. "Offering what exactly?" he asked.

She wanted to punch him. He knew exactly what she meant. He just wanted her to say it. So she looked him right in the eye before responding. "Offering to take me on a ride."

"What kind of a ride would you like to go on, sweetheart?" he asked with his smirk plastered on his face.

"Well if I have to tell you that than it probably wouldn't be any good to begin with."

"Are you doubting my skills?"

"I mean…" she started, but never got to finish.

"I'll take that for as a challenge." He quickly stood up and offered Caroline his hand.

She looked up at him before putting her hand in his. "And where are we going?" she asked.

" You wanted a ride. Let's give you one."

"I said I wouldn't mind a good ride. You're too cocky for it to be any good. I can tell you that already."

He looked at her before shaking his head and grabbing her by the head and crushing his lips to hers. His lips were soft, yet firm. He gave the perfect amount of pressure for it to be a teasing kiss. He didn't go any further than that though. Just the one kiss and he was pulling away from her with his eyebrow raised. He took her hand and led her out of the kitchen and she slowly followed.

When she finally realized what had happened and she came out of her daze, they were already halfway towards the bedrooms. "Wait. What the hell?"

"I thought this was what you wanted?" he was calling her bluff, but she was stubborn as hell. She would never back down. Plus that kiss left her wanting more. She felt it in her toes. She's never felt that way when someone kissed her before.

Was she really ready to do this? Sleep with someone she just met? I mean it's not like he's a serial killer, its Rebekah's brother so she knows he isn't going to kill her… but still. Could she do it? Sex without feelings?

She locked her eyes on his before responding, "My bedroom is the one on the left."

He had a look of shock on his face before he masked it and took her hand and began leading towards the room she pointed to.