Needing a Distraction

Klaus let the door to his room slam shut, leaning his head against it, slamming his fist hard into the wood of the door. He shut his eyes tightly and counted to ten, letting a slow breath out through his nose. He had no clue how exactly he got himself involved in another one of Kol's pointless games, but he refused to tell him no. Klaus was that stubborn. It would be like yielding in a fighting tournament, cowering underneath the opponent's weapon; not something Klaus would do willingly.

It was near impossible for Klaus to refuse a challenge. A small part of him got such a thrill from besting the Salvatore brothers, leaving them hanging by a single thread. But of all the people to lose to...Klaus could notlose to Kol. And he wasn't planning to. Klaus already had the upper hand by having a slight relation with Caroline; he just had to wait for Kol to make his next move.

Although, Klaus still should never underestimate his brother's persistence. Most women were never able to resist Kol's charming personality. But Caroline isn't like most women.

He calmed himself down from the slight burst of anger, breathing a long ragged breath out through his nose. After gathering himself, he headed out into the main living room of the house. Kol was obviously nowhere to be found…figures. His brother was always finding ways to entertain himself, quite the restless one Klaus always thought. Kol usually kept up the stereotype of being the youngest sibling, him and Rebekah.

Klaus marched into the living room, looking around for any sign of his siblings. None. They all had their own business to attend to.

"Niklaus, you seem a bit agitated. Is something wrong?" walking in the living room, Elijah's voice suddenly emerged, noticing a concerned expression on his siblings face.

Klaus looked suddenly towards his brother, wondering exactly why he was so curious. "Yes actually, it seems that…" Klaus quickly stopped himself from speaking, remembering that he couldn't give away any details of 'the wager' as Kol liked to call it. "…that Kol has disappeared yet again." Elijah gave Klaus a blank look, a bit surprised of Klaus' sudden distress in his younger brother.

"Very well then," Elijah spoke suspiciously, removing his coat draped over the arm chair. He placed it on his shoulders, pushing each arm through each of the sleeve holes. "I'll keep a close eye out for Kol."

"Yes, that would be very worthwhile," Klaus stated mildly, as if not having the slightest interest in Elijah's assistance. Klaus quickly walked out of the room, heading towards the front door. Anywhere was better than being cooped up in this house. Maybe Klaus had some of Kol's attributes after all.

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"He just came out of nowhere, but I sure taught him a thing or too." Elena looked shocked as Caroline told her story of the mysterious vampire she encountered yesterday afternoon. Caroline had described every detail of her experience, making sure not to leave out how she 'bravely' drove a stake through his heart…Caroline liked to brag.

Sitting across from Elena, Caroline made sure she kept her voice at a low volume in case the remnants of the grill would over hear their interesting conversation. They would always get suspicious looks from people when talking about vampires. Apparently it wasn't the trending topic of Mystic Falls. Practically half the town still don't know vampires exist.

"Yeah, by killing him. Are you sure that was the best idea?" Caroline shrugged her shoulders, not sure of her answer.

"Well he would've just killed another innocent human being anyway." She kept telling herself the same thing over and over. In truth she was unsure of herself. She didn't know the vampire, maybe he was similar to her, only drinking from the local blood banks and not feeding on innocent human blood. But a feeling inside her knew it wasn't true.

"Uh-huh…why do I get the feeling you're not telling the truth? You weren't seduced by his charm were you," Elena questioned. Caroline looked at her friend in shock, not believing the words emanating from her mouth.

"What? No. I'm with Tyler…well…on a break with Tyler…" Elena gave her a look that suggested otherwise. "You know what I mean," Caroline folded her arms clearly showing her irritation, looking anywhere but at Elena.

"C'mon, just tell me the truth. You can tell me anything," Elena reassured. Caroline sighed, knowing full well she couldn't hide the facts from Elena for long. Caroline was the worst when it came to secrets, or keeping things from others, it was sadly, her biggest weakness.

"Fine," Caroline surrendered, taking a deep breath as if preparing for a speech. "He was charming…handsome…and had this really cute British accent…"

"…and you killed him," Elena interrupted, sounding overly mundane.

"Well don't sound too disappointed…I mean he was a vampire," Caroline responded, whispering the word 'vampire.' It was her best decision killing him. Not only was he a complete ass, he also seemed totally reckless and out of control. He was not someone Caroline wanted to get involved with.

"And plus, he had this really creepy-seductive-semi-stalkerish vibe, a bit similar to Klaus actually." Caroline wouldn't admit it to anyone, but in truth, she liked the attention she got yesterday in the alley way. The young man had been rather attractive, in some ways.

"Urgh…I'm gonna go get another drink to dull the regret I'm feeling now." Caroline rose slowly from the table, ignoring Elena's expression of concern. Her friends are always so paranoid about each other's emotions, even if Caroline can clearly take care of herself.

She approached the bar pushing aside her thoughts of the previous events; she mustn't dwell too much on the past. The Grill was surprisingly empty. It was usually packed will people this time of evening. Caroline wasn't complaining though, there were quite a number of angry drunks in this town.

Sitting on one of the bar stools, Caroline waited for the bartender, who seemed to be having an interesting conversation with one of the locals. Lazy slob, she thought. Caroline sighed, being rather impatient with her order.

"Charming, handsome with a really cute British accent. And here I thought I'd lost my touch after 1000 years."

Caroline's eyes widened at the voice suddenly behind her. She turned around quickly, recognizing whoever belonged to that voice straight away. His smug expression covered his face, as he slid himself down on the stool next to her. He acted like everything was perfectly normal as Caroline looked at him in complete surprise, trying to accept what was playing out right in front of her.

"How…what…I killed you?" Caroline stuttered, clearly not as amused as he was.

"You did…" he simply stated. "I just have this nasty habit of…not dying." Leaning over the counter, he searched for the appropriate drink intended for the occasion, not caring if anyone noticed. He fumbled around and finally pulled out two shot glasses and a bottle of whiskey, placing them both on top of the bar.

"What do you want with me?" Caroline asked, suspicious of the repercussions.

"Well…"he started, pouring the whiskey into both of the glasses, slightly overflowing…"I forgot to introduce myself the other day. I thought it was very rude of me." Once he poured his glass, he lifted it towards his mouth, quickly swallowing the substance. He tightened his lips together from the excessive taste, placing the glass down. "I've been called many names, but most people refer to me as Kol…"

"…I know who you are. You're one of the Mikaelson brothers." Caroline promptly took one of the shot glasses swallowing it straight down, no problem. She grimaced at the strong taste it possessed.

"So you have heard of me then," Kol acknowledged, raising both his eyebrows while smirking widely towards Caroline. He carelessly poured a second round for the both of them, filling it to the very brink of the glass. Caroline consumed the shot of whiskey Kol had poured, slamming it down hard onto the bar. She was already starting to feel the effects of the drink, which was not a good thing…for her.

"Yes…I have," Caroline responded, "You were the one that was dead for almost a century…that must've really sucked." She chuckled slightly, imagining the thought of him being completely defenceless in that coffin. Being dead for one-hundred years, is a very long time, even for a vampire. Caroline couldn't even imagine waking up after that long must've felt like.

Kol scoffed at Caroline's response, lifting up his shot. "Yes, that was an…unfortunate experience…but one must move on." Kol swallowed the rest of his shot. He gave up pouring another round and instead grabbed the whole bottle. He drank most of it down, feeling his throat burn from the initial taste. Kol passed it to Caroline who took it without question, lifting the bottle towards her mouth.

"Your hormones must be raging," Caroline mentioned, taking just a small sip, she stared intently into his eyes as she did so, observing his striking features. He stared back, knowing full well he had her attention.

Kol leaned in further towards Caroline their noses almost touching, slowly taking the bottle from her grasp purposely brushing his fingers over hers. His lips lingered above hers for a short moment, feeling her warm breath touch his skin. It would be so easy winning the wager. She was right within his reach, a mere few millimetres more and he'd win the bet between him and Klaus instantly. But Kol was stubborn; he wanted to drag it out for as long as possible.

Instead, he lightly pressed his lips to her ear, his warm breath tickling her skin. "You have no idea," he whispered gently, his voice vibrating against Caroline's ear. Goosebumps formed along her neck from the light contact at the base of her ear. The touch caused her to let out a short gasp, making her heart flutter; a reaction she did not expect.

He placed his hand along her thigh, slowly rubbing up and down. As his hand went further up, alarm bells were finally triggered in Caroline's head. She shook her head side to side, whacking Kol's hand off her leg.

"No…no no…I can't do this." Caroline stood abruptly from the bar stool, staggering a bit before gathering herself together. "Not with you…not with any original vampire. Or with anyone for that matter! I'm already spoken for."

Kol quickly grabbed her arm pulling her back, before she could get away so fast. "Woah, slow down there darling. Where do you think you're going?" Caroline faltered in her steps, noticing Kol's firm grasp. She tried pulling away, but he was insistent on her remaining still.

"Away from you before I do something I'll regret." Caroline tore her arm away from his grasp, storming off in a hurry. She needed to get away from him as fast as possible.

Elena had left apparently, because the table they had been previously sitting at was empty. Caroline sighed. Elena must've seen her talking to the apparent 'mystery man.' Not a mystery man anymore, that's for sure.

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Caroline marched out of the Grill angrily, not impressed with how the day had turned out. She woke up this morning planning a nice simple day at school, planning for the upcoming social event, since she was in fact head of the social committee, and Caroline always organised the best.

She had organised a dinner date with Elena to plan out the event, going with a Hawaiian Luau style theme, to brighten up the occasion. But everything hadn't gone according to plan, and Caroline always liked to follow a strict plan. It was her way to keep organised.

Reaching for her bag, Caroline rummaged around searching for her car keys while continuing to walk towards her car. It was harder to find in the dark and the lighting was very poor from the car park. Opening her bag up more, she quickly started filing out the junk left in her bag, but as she did, she bumped into something that was soft but very solid. She felt arms grab her shoulders steadying her stance.

Caroline looked up at the figure that was in her way, sighing a deep breath of frustration.

"You. How is it possible? Am I really that unlucky today?" Caroline asked rhetorically.

"Well good evening to you to lovely," Klaus spoke smiling over Caroline.

A/N: Okay, so this chapter didn't go as expected, but either way, you sorta get the picture of Kol's and Caroline's relationship development. There will be more Klaroline next chapter, hopefully, if everything goes to plan. And I apologise for the shortness, it's been a busy week. I've had pretty much no internet for almost two weeks, been having to run on this slow portable internet modem thing which I have to share with the whole family. It sucks…

But, here are the poll results as promised:

"Woah, slow down there darling, where do you think you're going?" (Kol) - 55 percent

"What are you planning Kol?" (Elijah) - 33 percent

"Hello love. How's the plotting of my death going?" (Klaus) - 11 percent

"Would you just leave me alone, can't you see I'm not interested." (Caroline) - 0 percent

"How bout you just leave her alone." (Elena) - 0 percent

"I honestly don't get the appeal. She's not angel." (Rebekah) - 0 percent

It was tough and go there for a bit between Kol and Elijah, but our last two voters fixed that. Thanks guys for voting and reviewing! And thus, the next poll begins:

What character do you want the next chapter to be based around?

The poll is up now in my profile if you wanna vote! (oops, sorry about delay in poll. but its up now. i keep forgetting to change the display of poll from no to yes, how annoying is that? :P)