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2: Shock

'Easy now' Klaus bent down to pick up her phone 'These devices are fragile' He spoke fighting the urge to chuckle.

Caroline just stared at him as he held out her broken phone for her. She didn't react and it made him grin for some reason that was beyond Caroline to understand. She just stood there, her mouth hung opened.

Klaus gave up on smirking after a few moments. Sighing profoundly he took her limp hand in his and rested the cell in her palm, having to force her fingers to close on it.

There was something about his touch that caused her to snap back to reality.

'What… How… Why … when..' She tried to ask 'You are dead' She exclaimed at last, giving up on questioning.

'It's really good to see you, too, love' He pressed a hand to where his heart was supposed to be, twisting his face to a playful hurt expression.

'Don't give me that crap! You are dead!' She said her voice a pitch higher than appropriate. She could feel stares from around the hotel lobby on them.

He shifted his weight from one foot to another uncomfortably.

'Maybe we should have this conversation somewhere private' He said serious. Without waiting for her response, he grabbed her elbow gently and he led her to the elevator. He was leading her through a door when she realized that she was willingly stepping into his rented hotel room. Maybe not so willingly, she could barely comprehend what was happening.

She shook his hand off when they stepped in. He shut the door quietly.

Caroline took deep breaths, in and out, closing her eyes 'I must be dreaming' she muttered repeatedly 'I'll wake up in a second'

Klaus stood leaning against the door waiting for her to register the information at hand. She fluttered her eyes opened and they immediately landed on his figure. She groaned in frustration, but her lips gradually formed a huge grin as the realization hit.

This means Tyler's alive, her heart fluttered at the thought. Klaus looked confused by the sudden change of her manners.

'Tyler! Tyler!' She beamed almost jumping up and down of happiness. Her thoughts ran wild as she tried to push him out of her way. Who cares about why he was alive or what happened? Tyler must be alive. If her heart was still beating it would have been racing.

'Caroline, you need to listen to me' Klaus grabbed her arms and forced her to stand still. He looked upset, and very much so. The look in his eyes was what held her steady in place more than his grip on her arms. She tried hard to straighten her face but failed miserably.

'Tyler's dead' he said coldly but immediately regretted it when her face fell 'he's dead' He cleared his throat dropping her gaze.

'No he's not' Caroline said shakily 'I mean he was supposed to die because you died. But you are not dead so he should be alive' She added hopefully.

'You should probably sit down and let me explain what happened'

She swallowed, taking a seat on the edge of the bed.

'Well?' She said impatiently, when he stayed silent

Klaus took a deep breath and spoke quietly

'Bonnie didn't want to take any chances by risking your lives. She knew that I probably was not lying about creating your bloodline so she ensured my survival' He paused, checking her reaction, but her face was blank 'She put me in Tyler's body to save your lives, and put a spell on my body to preserve it'

'Oh' was all she could say

'The spell was not supposed to kill Tyler, but something went wrong, and when she switched me back to my own body he just.. Turned grey' his voice dropped towards the end 'I'm so sorry' He spoke softly, approaching her cautiously. He did not care about the boy in the slightest. Tyler was not sired to him and was as good as useless to Klaus. But Caroline loved Tyler. Even if this fact irritated Klaus, he could not ignore it. The least he could do was show sympathy for Caroline's sake, and not admit the fact that the disposal of Tyler was, in fact, rather pleasing to him.

She stood up, quickly putting up a hand to stop him from approaching her.

'So Bonnie did that to save us but killed Tyler even though he was the one who most certainly needed your survival?' Caroline shook her head, eyes wide with disbelief

'Usually this spell does not kill the person who I inhabit their body' he explained hesitantly, planting himself in his place. 'But something went wrong in the spell. We do not know if it was when she placed me in his body first or when she switched me back to my own later'

'You killed Tyler' Caroline whispered

'Caroline, I'm so sorry' Klaus hunched his shoulders in frustration.

'Stop saying that!' Caroline yelled at him, anger taking control over her 'I know you are not sorry. You damn killed him! You goddamn killed him!'by the end of the sentence she was screaming at the top of her lungs.

'I did not kill him!' Klaus screamed back 'If you do not remember, let me refresh your memory, I was desiccated. Your friends desiccated me. Tyler desiccated me. I had no clue what was happening. One minute I'm being attacked by your friends, the next I'm consoling an inconsolable you because you thought I was dead and Tyler was to follow'

Caroline's expression turned from anger to rage to fury 'WHAT?' she shouted as loud as her vocal cords allowed her. She could feel her throat getting scratched as she did so 'It was YOU? How dare you? How could you? Why would you do that to me? Why would you take that moment away from us?'

Klaus backed down. He realized he had said the wrong thing at the very wrong time

'I didn't think that he would die, Caroline' he spoke calmly 'I didn't think I'd be stealing your last moment with him away. So I just thought that..'

'So you just thought that you could steal a kiss or two from me since you know I'll never do it knowing it's you' She cut him off, still screaming.

He sighed. And that was his only response.

'You know what? You're an even bigger jerk than I thought you were' She said heading for the door.

'Caroline..' he called out almost desperately

'Shut the hell up, and get the fuck away from me'

She closed the door harshly, leaving a trembling door frame and a very much frustrated Klaus behind.

Caroline was running to her room without even realizing it. Her legs seemed to act on their own accord without any sort of connection to her very much distraught brain. Her whole body was shaking. Not only was she shocked, she was pained and angry as well. How come it could hit her twice? How come she could receive the news of his death twice?

Her hands were shaking when she entered her room and collapsed to the floor, bringing her knees up to her chest. She held herself together firmly, as though if she loosened her grip around her shaking body it would fall apart. It was then when she realized that her tears were running down her face. He was dead even though Klaus was not. Was this some sort of a huge joke that the universe decided to throw in her face? The only thing that made Tyler's death somewhat acceptable was the fact that Klaus went down with him. Her anger, however, was not directed to the jerk of an Original as much as it was directed towards Bonnie. Bonnie was supposed to be her friend for crying out loud! And it was her spell that killed Tyler. She might have meant well, but she killed him. She made a mistake and it killed him.

Caroline didn't have time to process the thought further for she felt something vibrating in her hand. It was her phone. She had even forgotten that she was still holding it. Glancing at the badly broken screen she tried to identify the caller.

'Stefan' she answered her voice hoarse.

'Hey Caroline, What's wrong? Are you OK? You sound terrible' he answered, immediately alarmed.

'No, Stefan, I'm not OK. Everything is wrong'


OK, yes I had to kill Tyler 'cause I am a horrible person :P No really I just had to, because he would've gotten in the way of the story, so I just got rid of him. RIP Tyler.

Oh and updates may not always be this quick, I thought you should now. However, I could get really motivated by you guys. Yes I am shamelessly asking for a bribe XD

Thanks for reading ;)