Hello my lovely readers. I want to apologize for the long wait. This is going to be a four part series. Unless I have requests for a long story. Without further ado I hope you enjoy part II.

The World According to Caroline Forbes Mikaelson: Part II

"How?" This was the only word that Elijah Mikaelson could say while he looked at Niklaus and Caroline. They were both grinning like they had taken leave of their senses and Niklaus' hand was lying on Miss Forbes knee.

"How what brother?" Klaus asked, a smirk making the corners of his mouth twitch. Caroline giggled, looking at Elijah.

"The last time I spoke to Miss Forbes she was running from New Orleans and now here you two are." Elijah turned the direction of his gaze to Caroline who squirmed in her seat. Klaus adjusted himself in his seat so that he could get a better look at Caroline.

Caroline looked at Klaus with a tentative smile. Klaus became reflective looking at the woman he planned on proposing to. "Well, love, come clean with us."

Caroline bit her lower lip. "I came to see you about twenty years ago and you were out with your son. But at the time I didn't know that you had a child. So, when Rebekah told me I kind of freaked and took off." Caroline stared into Klaus' eyes. She half expected him to either become enraged and tear the café apart or that he would get up and never come back. Caroline did not think that she could handle either reaction. She felt her breathing hitching. She did not need to breathe but when she began to panic she found herself doing just that.

Klaus leaned down and kissed Caroline. When he pulled back he held her face in his hands and told her, "You were scared and, Caroline, you have taught me how to not be controlled by fear." Elijah found himself staring at the pair. This girl had done more in less than a century than any in Klaus' family had been able to achieve. Elijah felt himself relaxing into his chair for the first time in centuries.

"So, how did you two meet again?" Elijah inquired. He was amused by the way that Caroline's lips turned upward when he asked the question and Klaus could not take his eyes off of her.

"I was admiring one of your brother's works of art and he came up behind me. He started doing that whole charming bit that he does and I was tired of resisting." Caroline turned to Klaus. "To be honest I've been in love with your brother since the day that he came to my high school graduation." She leaned her head forward, so that their foreheads touched and they grinned at each other.

"Is that why you have decided to give up New Orleans?" Elijah inquired, picking up his coffee cup.

Klaus nodded, never looking away from Caroline. "I never felt this secure before. But now that I have Caroline," Klaus smiled at his soon to be fiancée and then turned to Elijah. "And my family. I do not feel the same urges. I feel at … peace. Seems strange after a thousand years but there it is."

Elijah nodded. "I am happy for both of you and I will be happy to make the arrangements to find someone else to take over. Now, is there anything else that you need from me, brother?"

Klaus thought about it. "Yes, I may need to speak with you again later this week about another matter."

Elijah stood up from the table. "I will see you then."

"Bye, Elijah." Caroline said. She waved at him cheerfully. Elijah smiled and waved back before he departed from the café.

"Caroline," Klaus called her attention back to him.

Caroline turned her head. "Yes."

"Will you have dinner with me tonight?" Klaus looked nervous.

Caroline raised an eyebrow. "Are you asking me out on a date, Klaus Mikaelson?" She teased.

Klaus smirked. "Yes, Caroline Forbes. I am asking you to go on a formal date with me tonight?"

Caroline grinned. "The answer is yes. I would love to go on a formal date with you."

Later that night Klaus and Caroline were both nervous. He had dressed in a black suit with a white shirt and a blue tie that matched his eye color. Caroline came out in a sky blue halter dress. He thought that she looked radiant. They smiled at each other like two teenagers going on their first date not like two old and powerful vampires.

Klaus extended a hand to the woman that he loved more than anything or anyone in the world. They walked out the door and rode in the elevator to the ground level. He held her hand as they made their way over to a waiting car. They were driven to a spot near the bottom of the Eiffel tower. They decided to take the stairs to the top. Once there Caroline found that there was a table for two set up.

Klaus and Caroline had a wonderful meal prepared by Gordon Ramsay. Caroline had been amused. "Is he a vampire?" She whispered.

Klaus nodded. "Yes, he is. Rebekah became obsessed with a show called Master Chef some time back and turned the three men who hosted the show. He is here because I called in a favor."

Caroline was thrilled. This was a great night. Wonderful food, an excellent view and a charming dining companion. What more could she ask for? At that moment Klaus stood up. "Caroline, I have a question I want ask you. I have wanted to be able to ask you this question for a long time. I believe that I wanted to ask you before I met you. However, in my thousand years of life I never believed that there was a power on this earth that could create a creature, who could cause me to love so deeply or as openly as I love you. Caroline, Forbes, please, do me the honor of being my lover, my partner and my heart for the rest of our lives?" Klaus ended his speech on his knee and felt like if his heart could beat it would be pounding.

Caroline was crying. "Umm hhmm … Yes. Yes. Yes." She flung herself out of her chair and into his arms. Klaus fell down but he was happy.

"Okay, where is my ring?" Caroline began to go through his pockets until she found the box and opened it. "Oh. My. God. It's gorgeous."

Klaus smiled up at her and stroked her hair out of her face. "You are gorgeous, love. The ring is simply a token of my undying affection for you."

Caroline giggled and held out the box to him. He took the ring out and placed it on her finger. He pulled her head down and kissed her deeply. His hands moved from her face to the back of dress. "Here? Now?" Caroline grinned down at him. "What if Ramsay walks in on us?"

"Let him." Klaus whispered, pulling her dress up and over her head.

Caroline began to unbutton his shirt. "I always wondered what it would be like to have sex on a platform in the Eiffel tower."

"You did?" Klaus inquired peeling her underwear off.

"Noooo," Caroline groaned. "Hmmm …. I had many thoughts about places to have sex but this was noooot onnneee of them."

Klaus smirked at her. "Shush." He whispered as he brought his lips to his fiancées. They moved to together that night showing each other how overjoyed they were to have made it to this milestone in their life together.

Six months later they were at the Louvre smiling at each other from across the room. Klaus held up a glass of champagne in Caroline's direction. "Tomorrow." He mouthed.
Caroline mouthed. "I'll see you there." At that moment she was wrapped in an embrace with Elena and Bonnie. Rebekah came over. "Hi, Caroline. Are you ready to spend the rest of your life with my brother?"

Caroline laughed. "I've been ready for the past six months."

"What do you think the kids will think of Russia?" Caroline asked Rebekah.

Rebekah smiled. "Well, April wants to go ice skating but I told her that it is summer in Russia. I'm going to take her to the ballet and Matt promised Kol that he would find him a puppy."

Caroline was so happy that she was surprised when someone came up from behind her and wrapped their arms around her waist. "Hello, sister. May I kiss the bride?"

Klaus growled from across the room. "Sorry, Nik, you can't kill me. I'm already dead. So, how about it, Caroline?" Kol inquired.

Caroline blushed but she kissed him on the cheek anyway. Kol grinned happily before he grabbed Bonnie, dipped her low and kissed her on the mouth. Bonnie groaned. "How many times do I have to tell you about doing that in public?"

Kol stared down at her. "Only on weekends."

Bonnie smacked him on the chest. "Seriously, what am I going to do with you? Huh?" She grabbed him by the shirt collar and pulled him down for another kiss. When she came up for air Elena and Caroline were staring at her with confused expressions. "What? You get lonely on the other side. Besides Jeremy found April. It was time for me to move on."

Elena rolled her eyes. "Yeah, Bonnie. Jeremy found April after spending twenty years under that crazy spell."

Caroline was confused. "What spell?"

Elena frowned. "I forgot you weren't there. There was this crazy witch who placed a curse on Mystic Falls for thirty years. Nothing moved, nothing aged. It was like the entire town was frozen. For some reason it didn't affect anything supernatural. So, Damon, Stefan and I were unaffected but Jeremy, April and Matt became stuck."

"Rebekah and Elijah came with a whole coven of witches to undo the spell. It wasn't long after they got out that Matt went to live with Rebekah in New Orleans. A couple years later there was this rumor that there was another cure to vampirism. At first we all thought it was a joke but someone had made another cure and that is how Rebekah finally got to begin her life as a human again."

"What about Meredith?" Caroline asked.

"Well, Stefan decided that it would be great if we had a doctor in the family so he turned her." Elena looked very serious as she told Caroline the story.

Caroline's eyes widened. "Really?"

"No," Elena grinned and then grew somber. "Meredith contracted breast cancer and she was in the last stages when she begged Stefan to turn her. They've been inseparable ever since."

Caroline frowned. "I can't believe I missed so much." She said glumly.

Elena put her arms around her friend. "We're here now. That's what matters. And in less than twenty-four hours you're going to be a Mikaelson."

"I know," Caroline gulped.

Rebekah rolled her eyes. "Are you people seriously this silly about a wedding? And I do not appreciate the implication. You make it sound like she's marrying into the Borgia family."

Elena smiled. "We still love you, Bekah."

Rebekah wrinkled her face into a "Hehe You Suck" look. "Alright. Let's get the bride to bed before she drinks too much tonight or goes home with her groom."

Caroline sighed. She thought that Rebekah was probably right and that she needed to get back to the hotel that she was staying at for the night. They would be getting on an early morning private flight to St. Petersburg, Russia. This was going to be the first time she had gone to bed without Klaus climbing in next to her in sometime. She was not overly fond of the thought.

As it turned out Rebekah did not force Caroline to go back to the hotel to sleep. She forced her to go back because she had planned a surprise bachelorette party for her. Elena blind folded Caroline before they walked into the hotel room. When she was allowed to remove the blindfold Caroline saw a pile of presents on the bed and a giant cake.

"You didn't." Caroline exclaimed, looking at the cake with a huge grin.

Rebekah didn't answer. She simply pulled out a device. "Play music." She commanded and then the sounds of party music came into the room.

Caroline began to clap and then she laughed as a figure popped out of the cake. Jeremy Gilbert climbed out of the cake. April and the others began to laugh as well when he nearly fell.

"Don't quit your day job." Bonnie heckled her ex.

"Haha." Jeremy replied once he was out of the cake he walked over to Caroline. "So, since this is your last night as a single woman your friends talked me into dancing for you. I don't know why -"

Rebekah cut him off with a loud sigh. "Look, Gilbert. I am not paying you to talk to her. I am paying you to dance like you're in that truly awful movie, Magic Mike. Now, move your arse or I will find someone else."

April smiled at her husband. "She's paying for the hospital bill after the baby's born."

Jeremy rolled his eyes. "Alright." He began to undo the buttons at the top of his shirt.

Elena groaned, hiding her eyes. "I'm sorry guys but I can't watch this. I'm going to get some ice and make some phone calls."

No one paid attention to her. They were all watching as Jeremy awkwardly tried to perform a strip tease. Rebekah threw her hands up in the air. "Is that the best you can do?" Jeremy blushed a crimson red.

"Okay," Caroline said. "I'll show him how to do it." She got up and stood beside Jeremy to show him how to strip properly. Soon all of the women except for April had gotten up to discuss and show what the best strip moves were. They were all laughing by the end of the ordeal and Jeremy ended up standing in the middle of the room in his boxers.

After that they decided that Caroline needed to open her gifts. Rebekah shoved her present at Caroline first. It was a slim envelope. Caroline opened it and found a one way ticket to Greece. Caroline looked at Rebekah questioningly. "The ticket is in case you change your mind about the wedding. Klaus made some powerful enemies in Greece and now he is unable to enter."

Caroline frowned. She wasn't sure she liked the idea of never being able to go to Greece nor was she happy about the fact that Rebekah had given her this gift. It left her with the sense that Rebekah felt that she should not be marrying her brother.

Elena was next. She held out a box. "Damon helped me with this. He said that it was for both you and Klaus." Caroline opened the box to find a whole collection of designer lingerie.

"These are from the new line of underwear from that Parisian designer. These items must have cost a hundred thousand dollars." Caroline stated in shock.

Elena shrugged. "With the profits I received from my new book deal it was quite affordable."

April was next. "It's not much but it's what Jeremy and I could afford." April held out a small box to Caroline. Inside the box was a small, gold, heart shaped locket. Inside the locket was multi layered and there was a picture of April and Jeremey, Elena and Damon, Rebekah, Matt and their children, Kol and Bonnie, Stefan and Meredith, her mother and father and a picture of Caroline and Klaus. "That way you can always have the people who love you close to you."

Caroline's eyes filled with tears as she leaned down to hug April. "Thank you so much. That was a wonderful present."

Caroline turned to her best friend, Bonnie's hands were empty but she was smiling. "You will get your present tomorrow and trust me it is worth the wait."

Caroline nodded. "Thank you all so much. This was a great party."

Rebekah smirked. "Did you think that was it?"

Caroline blinked. "There's more?"

Rebekah grinned. "Of course there is more. She turned to April and Jeremy. However, April needs to get off her feet unless we want to be seeing the baby early." She kissed her friend on the cheek before they piled into the hallway. Rebekah led the group to the elevator. They arrived in the lobby and she led them outside to a car which was waiting for them.

After they were safely ensconced Rebekah pulled out a bottle of champagne. "To Caroline on her last night as a single woman." She held up a champagne flute and they all clinked their glasses together.

"So, where are we going?" Caroline inquired. She looked out the window of the limo and gazed at the Parisians who were walking down the streets. It was a truly remarkable city.

Rebekah grinned. "Now that my pregnant friend is in bed we are going to a bistro and where we will be served the best chocolate soufflé that Paris has to offer."

Caroline grinned. She couldn't wait to get there. The minute the limo stopped she sprang out gracefully and then allowed Rebekah to lead them inside. The bistro was empty but they decided to sit outside and enjoy the stars and the company.

"Did you really think the ticket to Greece was my present to you, Caroline?" Rebekah lifted an eyebrow. Caroline nodded meekly, swallowing a bite of her desert with difficulty.

Rebekah chuckled. "I see Nik's paranoia has rubbed off on you." She pulled out another ticket and a brochure. Caroline wiped her hands with a napkin and took the items. She looked at the ticket. It was also a ticket to Greece. "When Matt and I went on our honeymoon we traveled through Europe. While we were traveling we found a small island with the greatest view of the sea. It seemed magical. The brochure is for the hotel we stayed at. It's small but they have an excellent staff and wonderful beds."

Caroline threw her arms around Rebekah's neck and hugged her tightly. She wondered what the guys were doing at that exact moment. After several more bottles of champagne they decided to go find out. After coming to the room of the hotel that the guys were in Caroline and the others expected some kind of debauchery to be going on. Caroline compelled the people staying in the room next door to allow them to use their balcony. The women climbed over the railing of the one balcony onto the other. Elena and Caroline peered into the room through the cracks in the curtains.

"What are they doing?" Rebekah whispered.

Caroline turned around and hushed her. Rebekah huffed and placed her arms over her chest. It was times like these she really missed her vampire abilities. Caroline leaned over and whispered in her ear. "They might hear you."

Elena was peering intensely into the room. "They're playing cards, drinking and smoking cigars." She informed the others.

Rebekah was relieved. "They didn't hire a stripper?"

Elena shook her head. "If they did I don't see one. Wait… Shit. Some one's coming. Caroline grabbed Rebekah and Bonnie each by the waist and jumped off of the balcony. "Hey!" Elena cried out to Caroline, who was now on the balcony below. She spun around when the sliding glass door opened to reveal Damon.

Damon smirked at Elena. "Did you miss me enough that you had to sneak over here?" He asked coming toward her.

Elena grinned. "Of course. Why else would I be out here?"

Damon came to stand beside her and he leaned against the balcony railing. "France is a magical city you know?"

Elena watched Damon as he looked at the stars. She snuck a peek below but didn't see anyone until Rebekah popped her head out. Damon's head started to turn in Rebekah's direction when Elena grabbed him and kissed him passionately on the mouth. When she pulled back and Damon smiled down at her, stroking her back. "Should we get out of here?"

"Sure," Elena said. Looking over his shoulder and downward. She saw Caroline looking around to figure out how to escape.

Then there was the sound of the sliding glass door opening again. Kol stepped out onto the balcony. "This is a bachelor party. That means no girls allowed. Off you go." Kol waved Elena away.

Damon rolled his eyes. "I'll be in in a minute." Kol smirked at the couple before he jumped over the edge of the balcony and Elena groaned when she heard Rebekah scream. Matt came running out onto the balcony followed closely by Klaus and Elijah.

"Was that Rebekah?" Matt asked.

Elena shook her head vigorously. "No."

"That was a cat and … another cat…" Damon looked at Elena.

"Yes, there were two cats downstairs and they were trying to mate or something." Elena supplied, cringing at how stupid the story sounded.

Matt frowned at them. "Okay. Okay. That's not the truth." Damon conceded. All the men turned to him and Elena buried her face in her hands in embarrassment. "It was Elena." Elena looked up startled. "See, she was trying to think of a unique wedding present for you," he turned to Klaus. "And Caroline. Well, you know how Elena is. Once she gets an idea in her head it's hard to get it out. So, she wanted to sing a traditional Viking wedding song. As you can see my little Lena has many talents but singing Viking wedding songs is not one of them."

Damon cringed. Inwardly he knew that Elena would take revenge on him for that one. No sex for a year. Or five. Being forced to babysit all the kids for a week while the others went on vacation without him. Having to stay in the delivery room with April as she gave birth were some of the more pleasant revenge plots that Damon could conjure.

"Well, thank you, Elena." Klaus said. "I think I'll go to bed. Tomorrow is a big day. Please take care of my bride while she's with you." With that Klaus went back into the room followed by Elijah.

Elena sighed in relief and then wacked Damon in the stomach. "Really, Damon? Is that the best you could come up with?"

Damon shook his head, his lips tugging upwards. "I was feeling pressured."

Elena began to laugh. "Viking wedding song." She couldn't stop laughing and soon Damon joined her. They leapt off the balcony and on to the one just below it. "Kol." Elena glared at Kol. "They almost caught us thanks to you."

The other members of the group had begun to giggle. "Viking wedding song." Rebekah blurted and that was all it took for all of them to fall into a fit of hysterical giggles. "Okay. Enough. We truly need to get to bed. I am a human now and I need my beauty sleep and the rest of you need to sleep off what you drank before the wedding."

Kol turned to his sister. "We can sleep on the plane," he informed her from his position in the corner with Bonnie nestled into his arms.

Rebekah shook her head. "We need real sleep, Kol."

"Oh, Bekah. Motherhood has made you dull." Kol teased.

Rebekah ignored him. "Caroline, let's get you to bed. You have a big day ahead of you." She grimaced when she noticed that Caroline had produced another bottle of champagne and was now chugging the contents down. "Caroline, stop that."

Caroline pulled the bottle from her lips. "More chocolate soufflé. I want more chocolate soufflé." Now, Caroline was trying to crawl over the balcony railing. Damon and Elena wrestled her back down. "Chocolate soufflé." She yelled at them.

"Is everything alright down there?" Elijah inquired from above them. Rebekah and Bonnie were now trying to contain the bride. They had their hands over Caroline's mouth. Klaus came to stand beside his brother. Rebekah and Bonnie pressed their bodies in front of Caroline's in an attempt to prevent the vampires from seeing Caroline, who had slunk down to the floor of the balcony.

Damon scratched his head. "Elena was trying to sing again."

Elena nodded fervently. She heard Caroline begin to mutter chocolate soufflé again. So, Elena did the only thing she could think of. She began to scream a Viking wedding song. Everyone clapped their hands over their ears except for Caroline, who had found her bottle of champagne and then become distracted by a puppy on the other side of the balcony door.

After Elena was done Klaus frowned. "That is not what the sound sounded like to me. It sounded like -"

Damon cut him off. "It sounded like a cat. Come to think of it. I think I was wrong before. I think Elena's singing might have attracted a cat … who thought that she was … another cat." He looked downward. 'There must be cat around here somewhere?' he thought peering into the darkness.

At that moment Katherine came into view. "See," Damon proclaimed. "Elena's singing did attract a Kat."

Katherine laughed from far below them. "Is that what that was?" She called. "I thought it was someone being murdered and I wanted to watch. By the way I found the most wonderful bistro. They serve the best chocolate soufflé." Bonnie and Rebekah could no longer restrain Caroline. Kol had to sit on her to keep her in place.

Elijah shook his head. "I will see you all in the morning. Try to get some sleep and to not wake Caroline up." They all nodded as Klaus followed Elijah back inside.

Katherine climbed up the balconies until she arrived at the one that the escapees of the bridal party were sitting on. She held out the bag to Caroline. "I want to be a bridesmaid." She informed Caroline who was watching the bag dangle from the vampire's hand.

"Chocolate soufflé?" Caroline looked up at Katherine for confirmation. "Okey dokey. You be a bridesmaid. Give me desert now." Katherine handed her the bag.

Rebekah groaned. "Can we please get off this balcony now?" Damon grabbed her around the waist and jumped off the balcony. The others followed. "Now, can we all go to bed before we find ourselves going to sleep during the wedding?" They all nodded in agreement.

Then there was a cry of panic. "Where is my ring?" Caroline cried looking down at her ring finger. She was sober now. "Where is it?" She yelled at the others. They all looked at each other as Caroline dissolved into tears. "I want my engagement ring." She wailed.

Elena looked at her watch. "We still have four hours before the plane takes off. We can find Care's ring before then. Right?" Everyone else nodded and split up to search Paris for the missing possession.

I hope that you are still enjoying the story. I will post the third part next Thursday because I wrote it and it is edited and ready to go. I just have to write the fourth part.

Love,

LL