Aaah hello my lovelies. I initially intended the Klaus POV as a one shot then, then as I had loads of ideas in my head about future Klaroline scenes I just had to blurt them out... The next bit is a lot of dialogue between Klaus/Rebekah (definitely inspired by Pride and Prejudice-style elitism of Miss Bingley and [initially] of Darcy) which will lead up to what I *hope*/think might go down in 3x19... I struggled to find the same groove again but I'm mostly excited about the next chapter (which I'm editing at the moment) which covers the decade dance. There I definitely found my groove again with the dialogue plus the angsty inner monologues of Klaus and Caroline...

Your criticism will be appreciated ;)

P.S. It's a sort of running joke with me (between me and a friend) connecting Klaus with many historical/pop culture figures so you may see some familiar names pop up here and there
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"Rebekah", Klaus asked, "why are you associating with nice little Matt? I don't want you to break him before he can be with Elena and give me my future supply of hybrids. ''
Rebekah scoffed and rolled her eyes, whilst painting her nails on the sofa in the Original mansion.
''Again with the elitism?" she said with resignation. "Maybe I'm sick of playing with toys and I want to grow up. Has that ever occurred to you?''
Klaus let out a breathy laugh, ''and that includes receiving a mundane uninspiring high school education I suppose? They don't even teach Latin or the true Greek!"
"Nik, they're dead languages. Get over it." He shook his head refusing to acknowledge the fact, never mind that no human spoke it today, they should be appreciated for their beauty and how they inspired the languages of today.
"Nik, in all seriousness, can you control your precious Caroline? Urgh she's head of the dance committee and she chose the 70s for the next decade dance. I searched it up and it had the most awful clothes. I miss the 20s Nik! There was class and elegance!''
Klaus tensed slightly at the mention of her name, ''She's not my Caroline and she most certainly isn't precious. She's decidedly unremarkable,'' he said with defiance, willing it to be true.
''Oh please Nik, you were all over her at the ball. It was quite pathetic really. And embarrassing. You were like a love struck teenager.'' Klaus growled lightly, his pride wounded but he shortly regained his composure again. Rebekah really tested his patience at times.
He replied curtly with, ''It was a passing fancy I assure you. Her picture merely reminded me of Madame De Pompadour but when she opened her mouth her village upbringing revealed itself.''
''Ahahah Nik! Caroline compared to Madame de Pompadour is like comparing trash with gold!''
Klaus grinned but inside he wanted to dagger Rebekah. He relished the thought of the dagger piercing through her chest, hearing it slicing through her skin to her heart.
He went up to his room, pacing back and forth trying to collect his thoughts in peace. He shook his head in bemusement, Caroline picking the 70s! What a god awful decade! True, Pink Floyd and the Stones were around, but the style! He tried to picture her with wide flares and that ridiculous bird's nest that women liked to wear- most unflattering.
At that he heard a commotion downstairs, speak of the angel and she doth appear...
''I'm not here to see you evil blood slut, I'm here to see your evil psychopathic brother!'' He smiled, approving of her names for them. At least she thought he hadn't softened up. He was determined to greet her with the up most indifference; he had to be his usual self, full of hollow charms.
''Which one?" Rebekah replied snarkily, "I have a lot of psychopathic brothers ...''
''You know which one," Caroline said, losing her patience fast, "where the helll is he?''
He sped to the staircase where he walked down with a smile on his face, "To what do I owe this pleasure Miss Forbes?'' She looked at him with anger, her eyes flashing and nostrils flaring as she stepped forward. He noted all this with amusement, wondering what could have riled up his angel so.
''Don't you Miss Forbes me!" She spat out, "What the hell did you say to Tyler?'' He looked in surprise, raising an eyebrow, he barely interacted with Tyler for weeks.
Rebekah took this chance to make her leave, ''urh I'm bored already, Ill leave you two lovebirds to it."
She sped out of the house leaving the two of them looking at each other in the foyer. ''I have no idea what you mean love, I haven't seen in him in weeks.''
''Don't lie to me! Why does he think there's something going on between us?''
He let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding. "I assure you sweetheart, I haven't said anything about you apart from asking how you were, which is understandable seeing as I did save your life.''
He smiled, knowing it would aggravate her further, ''so anything Tyler detected must be on your side too otherwise he wouldn't have bothered mentioning it. And really, I have no need for another love sick fool around me. I have plenty of hybrids at my disposal. You know where the door is.'' He smiled and gestured to the door behind her.
''Urgh! You're so full of yourself. Me the love sick fool? You've been leaving stalkery pictures in my room! How much more clear can I be? I despise you!'' she was enraged, why did Klaus have to interfere and spoil everything with Tyler, everything in Mystic Falls for that matter. She continued,
''You've ruined everything! All our lives! It's your fault I'm a vampire! That I'm on the outs with Tyler, that everyone is miserable!''
His smile fell and his eyes flashed dangerously, ''anything else? Would you like to blame me for global warming?''
She ignored the warning signs and retorted with, ''probably all the bullshit that comes out your mouth generates the extra heat!''
At that he chuckled. Then she launched at him, she took him by surprise which was how she managed to cause him to crash unto the wall behind him, causing a painting to collapse. He grew annoyed at that, ''Easy that's a Monet!'' he retaliated, pinning her against the wall opposite.
''What is wrong with you? I could rip out your heart so easily! I should do it. I should've done it a long time ago,'' he panted, angry that he couldn't do it, and she knew it. She had the upper hand; this baby vampire has the upper hand on him, Klaus, the immortal hybrid who'd lived for a thousand years.
'Do it! Do it then!'' a thrill rose up in him as he realised that she was so close to him, he recognised her intoxicating smell and felt her breath upon his cheeks. Her eyes dilated too, out of fear, he presumed. Why did she have the power to make him doubt himself?
He spoke in his calm, dangerous voice, ''I assure you my dear you need not fear me, I had a passing fancy for you to be sure but you mean nothing to me now. Therefore I'll let you walk out of here scratch-free''
''Don't tell me that! Tell that to Tyler.''
He rolled his eyes, losing interest in the conversation, ''alas you and your little boyfriend's troubles couldn't interest me in the slightest.'' He released his grip on her and stepped back, but she hadn't finished.
''I don't care! You caused the problem and now you have to fix it Jekyll!''
With that he grinned, ''you think that this is my Jekyll side?''
''Yes, and don't think for a second that I buy your 'I fancy you' bs! You're just trying to manipulate me for some ulterior psychopathic motive,'' anger rose up inside him, how could she be so stupid? What on earth could courting her achieve?
"Well, if we're going down the manipulation route, you're not entirely innocent either love.''
She scoffed, "I had good motives, to help my friends whose lives were in danger''
Klaus smiled, "and maybe I had good motives too but I'll guess you'll never know.'' With that he left, leaving Caroline standing on the doorstep, unsure if she had achieved what she came here for.

She couldn't believe that she felt one ounce of sympathy for this monster. All night long at the ball she put up a great defecse but that one stupid little picture had planted a seed of doubt in her mind. And that seed had developed into sapling where she was suddenly unsure of what she wanted in life. She had it all planned out in her human life: win Miss Mystic Falls, marry Matt and have babies. Now, she was stuck in the crappy filler year, dating a werewolf turned hybrid, and living in Mystic Falls. She never possessed a thought of leaving before, and she still didn't now, not whilst her mum, Elena and Bonnie and all her friends remained. But what would she do after they died? She kept rejecting the thought before, not wanting tone pessimistic but Klaus' ideas had penetrated her mind and they weren't going anywhere soon.