Hey, guys! So this is my very first fan fic, and I'm still getting used to it, but I'd love any feedback! I had tons of ideas for Klaroline (Klaus and Caroline, The Vampire Diaries), so I decided to start with them before Delena. Which, by the way, I also ship Delena, just so you all know. I don't like hating on other ships, so if you don't ship Klaroline you probably shouldn't read this and leave me hate mail, just a thought. For the rest of us, should there be more to come? Let me know(: My tumblr is: delenaship dot tumblr dot com you can message me there :D

Chapter 1

"Caroline, are you okay?" Elena's voice had slowly become a small murmur as Caroline's thoughts got the best of her. She quickly jerked out of a haze and came back to reality.

"What? Totally, yeah I'm great, why?" Caroline replied, trying to convince Elena- and herself- of exactly that.

"Well maybe because you haven't listened to a word I've said the past forty-five minutes." Elena sounded worried.

Caroline couldn't help it. The grill was already distracting and god knows she had too much on her mind. But she decided to try to play it off.

"So not true! You were talking about Damon…"

"Caroline, I said that I decided to become a hybrid and run off to raise a child and you said 'Oh my gosh, I know!' Seriously, what's going on with you lately? Is it because of the Tyler incident? You know you can tell me anything." Caroline could tell that Elena was concerned, but all she could think was "Yeah right, if you only knew what was in my mind…"

Caroline still felt horrible. She wanted to tell Elena why she was so distracted but she couldn't. She couldn't tell anyone without fear of being judged and probably hated by everyone in Mystic Falls.

"I'm sorry," Caroline started, "There's just been a lot going on lately with Tyler biting me and my dad in the hospital and stuff, I've been really distracted." She was trying to deter from the unavoidable subject that actually flooded her thoughts.

But Elena took the bait.

"Is he still going to help Tyler?" It seemed like Elena was easily distracted, too. After all, there was a never-ending list of things to worry about at the moment, everyone was on edge.

"Yeah, I'm not allowed to be there, though. I think he noticed that I was wearing his bracelet last time though, I mean, I'm trying," even though she knew that was only true because she wanted to pretend it was, "But he's still sort of avoiding me…" Caroline was treading water carefully, here, hoping Elena wouldn't ask many questions. "I guess considering the awkward lack of conversation and him going a-wall all of a sudden, we might be okay within the next hundred years."

"But why-" Just then Elena's phone buzzed, and Caroline couldn't help but feel so relieved that she was saved by the bell. "One sec, it's Damon." Elena said as she answered her phone and walked outside of the grill avoiding the noise.

Caroline could always count on Damon to distract Elena. She could tell that Elena always made time for him, even before Stefan went rogue. They really cared about each other, whether they admitted to it or not.

Caroline, on the other hand, always had the wrong gauge when it came to guys. First it was Damon, who abused her and compelled her before he realized what a dick he was being, and then Matt, who was still hung up on Elena at first and then freaked out when he found out Caroline was a vampire, and then Tyler who, just as things were getting good, decided to put her second to Klaus. Klaus, what the hell was up with Klaus?

If she had bad luck with guys at all, Klaus was at the top of the list. She didn't even know him besides those occasions where he, oh just killed Elena, killed Jenna, sired Tyler, killed his own family, or ruined Stefan's good side.

Caroline scolded herself for continuing to think about it, but she couldn't help it. She had to try to figure him out.

The morning after Klaus saved her life, she stayed in bed for so long just gazing at the bracelet he left for her and wondering what it was supposed to mean. She had to admit it to herself, she adored the gift. Tyler's present was cute and sentimental, but it reminded her of being a little girl, and she couldn't decide whether she liked that idea or not.

Klaus' bracelet on the other hand (no pun intended) was completely different. It made her feel like a new, grown woman. It wasn't cute; it was beautiful, and made of diamonds…diamonds! Caroline had tried it on when she woke up, admiring Klaus' efforts. His impressively artistic penmanship and fancy taste gave him a bit more credit in her eyes, although that hardly made up for anything else. The bracelet slipped perfectly on her wrist. She admired it, feeling like a giddy little girl for a few moments before snapping herself out of it. She quickly pulled the diamonds off of her wrist and tucked it away back in its box.

"No, no, no, no NO. You are not going there, Caroline" she said to herself as she set the box on her bed and walked out of her room. She was not the type to make any sort of alliance with Klaus. She quickly found her mom sitting on the couch and already had so many questions.

"Good morning, how are you feeling? You just missed Matt; I thought you'd be sleeping for a while so I told him he could come back later." Liz immediately got up; you could hear the motherly concern in her voice.

"Oh, okay. And I'm fine, feeling good as new." Caroline said with a little bit of exaggeration and regret, thinking of how she had to succumb to an evil hybrid to stay alive. She went on to ask her mom what it was exactly that made Klaus save her, but her mom just mentioned him wanting her "support".

Support? Really? All Caroline kept thinking was how that was probably complete bullshit. What kind of support, huh? He always wanted something in return for a favor, Caroline knew at least that much. A favor, that's what he must have thought it was. He probably thought that she should be grateful and indebted to him for the rest of her life. She would be, if it were anyone else. She thought that if someone ever saved her life or if she ever saved someone else it might be at least a little bit more special than a bargain for "support". Caroline was pretty sure Klaus never thought like that, though. Did he give any value to other peoples' lives at all besides what they could do for him? He probably expected them to be his personal accomplices to murder now.

But there was just one thing she didn't understand. When he came to visit her the night before, why had he taken the time to have a conversation and open up to her? He could've run in, bit his wrist and given her a container of his blood, then run out.

But instead he sat there with her, surprisingly genuine, and for a moment she was lost in his words. The passion that he had about life and the way he was so gentle with her was somehow intriguing. She didn't know why he talked so softly, why he let her have as much blood as she wanted, or why he treated her with such compassion. He cradled her, and seemed to have an on-the-ball judgment for how she was feeling. Then he left her a bracelet.

Ugh, the bracelet, make that two things she couldn't understand. Was that supposed to be another tactic to get her sympathy or trust? She remembered going back into her room after talking to her mom and trying to convince herself of just that.

When she went back into her room she put the box into a drawer tucked away and put on the bracelet from Tyler. She decided that if she wanted to stop over-analyzing everything that happened to her in the past few days, especially from that night, she would have to wear those charms and keep telling herself that Klaus' bracelet meant nothing. It was Tyler who really cared, and she was going to try to avoid Klaus at all costs and fix things with Tyler. If only Tyler was in town to do so.

Whether she talked to Tyler or not, she decided that it didn't really matter. She was supposed to hate Klaus, and that's exactly what she would do. She was supposed to hate him, right?

So what did you guys think, should I keep this going? I really wanted to stay with the characters instead of just starting all new characters. Of course, good things happen to those who wait, so there's going to be a build up, but I promise it'll be worth it! Please let me know how you like it, you can message me on my tumblr: delenaship dot tumblr dot com. Also, I included the slightest bit of Delena in there, I hope you don't mind! Haha anyway,

Thanks for reading!

~Alina