19th August 2015
Rebekah really knew how to throw a party. Maybe that's why she earned such disgusting amounts of money being the best party planner on Manhattan. Caroline couldn't blame her after all Rebekah was young, beautiful, independent and hardworking so she deserved it.
The blonde Mikaelson had everything planned out the last detail. Rebekah's birthday party was held in Hamptons beach house and it was foreseen to last whole weekend. It sounded as the party of the decade, though Caroline's seen her through. She knew Rebekah wanted to spend some time with her family, all of her siblings went its own path so to gather all of them in the same place and time was a challenge.
It also wasn't a secret that they all needed some rest. The Mikaelson siblings were lawyers, Katherine Mikaelson the cruelest CEO in the country and Caroline, the chef editor of major publishing company. There was also Marcel Gerard - Rebekah's boyfriend, after graduating in NYC he went back to New Orleans but they did long distance relationship. That's what Caroline envied her friends, both Rebekah and Katherine were involved in relationship, she on the other hand wasn't.
It's not that nobody wanted to be with her, on the contrary but she couldn't make herself to be with them longer than a few months.
Now she was sitting at the beach, sipping margarita thinking that maybe if she didn't avoid Tyler he wouldn't have cheated on her, but she knew better. Even if he didn't she would have ended it within a month, they just weren't meant to be and she didn't think that she'd ever meet someone who she'd be capable to spend more than 8 months with.
Suddenly she felt a presence next to her, without looking she could say who it may be, Klaus who always kept his distance at this kind of events.
"Caroline Forbes off the dance floor , is my mind playing tricks with me?" he sat next to her. he was wearing Bermuda shorts and hawaiian shirt with few buttons left open to expose his necklaces, just as Rebekah wished that they "look Cuban". He had a hat on his head, cigar in hand and a glass of bourbon in the other. He did well Caroline thought, the same could be said about her. She chose short, red dress with floral prints and low cut in.
"Care to tell me what made you so melancholic?" he asked with a wink.
"Did Rebekah send you?" she asked in response raising her brows
"You could have at least pretended that you were touched by my concern" Klaus remarked with false hurt what made Caroline chuckle.
"Why thank you. We should probably get going, they're going to notice our absence and I don't wish to be one of your brother's innuendos"
"Kol knows well to keep his mouth shut if he wants to keep his teeth"
"Always the threats" Caroline sighed
"Always the judge" he stood up and finished his bourbon in one gulp
"Hey, I'm not judge" she retorted offended but still taking the hand Klaus' offered to help her back on feet.
"Yes, you are. Come, let's get you a drink maybe it will soothe the blow"
"HA HA fine"
Five minutes later they occupied the table near the dance floor being the terrace, bottle of tequila and two shot glasses on. Caroline decided that she could use the alcohol to gather the strength she'd need for dancing. The two of them thought to play a game of 20 questions, tequila included.
"Your favorite trip?" Caroline went first
"Is that all you've got?" he asked surprised but answered anyway "Italy. Your favorite trip?"
She blushed "I've never really been anywhere"
"I can take you" he offered and Caroline laughed. It wasn't an option. They barely spoke with each other, she didn't see how they could spent longer time together. Besides trips were reserved for family. Klaus decided to take up traveling on the beginning of this year and he invited his siblings to join him several times. Kol went with him to Morocco, Marcel to Greenland and surprisingly Katherine to India because Elijah was already gone for business.
"Thanks but no. I'm scarred of flying"
"That's just an excuse" he called her bluff
"It is not!" she really was a bad liar Klaus thought
"You don't trust the pilot or the engine?" he questioned further and surprised her after a second of thought she reasoned "I always have my passport with me"
"How spontaneous" he mocked, her stare wad deadly
"Take a shot and cope" came his smug advise and Caroline did as she was told, then she continued their game. "Your favorite dish?"
Klaus laughed "You cannot be serious. You must be interested in something about me. We hardly talk." She wanted to laugh about his hurt ego but she realized that her questions were in deed boring. "Chocolate ice cream" he said without a second of thought and immediately added "Your bra size?" That was unexpected. She swiftly changed her expression to neutral but she knew Klaus was satisfied with her reaction. That's the kind of questions he wanted to be asked, fine the blonde thought. Two could play this game. She took the bottle standing on the tableland purred him a shot with a smirk plastered on her face. Next she put her elbows on the table and leaned in to give him better view of her cleavage. His eyes immediately darted in that direction, she huffed. 1:1
"34 B" Klaus said with a smirk. Smug bastard. "Your favorite porn movie?" she shot back
"Present- day music videos" they both chuckled
"Favorite sent?" that caught her off guard
"Fresh flowers, yours?"
"Air after the storm" this time they din't take their shots
„Secret fantasy?" Caroline took her time thinking it through, somehow she knew it wasn't about sex. "Out of nowhere get on a first plane available and fleed the country, have some adventure with Kat and Bekah" she smiled softly. Knowing that he possibly has already his fantasies done she directed the questions on less intimate topics.
"After sex cuddles?" she was really curious. She presumed that Klaus didn't get too attached but…
"See for yourself" he answered confidently
"I bet you are" she brushed off his provocation in laughter but he didn't want let it slide
"I dare you" why did he care
"I'm not sleeping with you" she continued to laugh
"Why not?" with that he stood up and approached Rebekah asking for a dance that she happily accepted.
Why not? She slept with strangers and she couldn't call Klaus a stranger, in fact she could name him as family member, he was Rebekah's brother a very attractive one. She never denied his looks but she never paid much attention to it, as a matter of fact she didn't pay much attention to Klaus through the years they had small talks and friendly flirting but a thought of sleeping with him never crossed Caroline's mind. Until now. She observed him for a while taking next shots. Damn his looks, he'd laugh at her in the morning. She downed another shot and set off to dance with Kol.
The party lasted till six a.m. They did a little photo shoot with Rebekah fuming about luck of family photos. They' watched a beautiful sunrise. They talked by the fireplace then started playing charades which Katherine and Caroline won and in the end they just started to feel the hungover.
Caroline woke up with room spinning around. Why is it always tequila? Then she remembered drinking with Klaus. She opened her eyes and realized that she was lying on his chest, legs intertwined, his arm wrapped around her, hers around him. No, no, no, no, no! They were cuddling. Luckily their clothes where still on. No funny business then, good. She remembered the bet but it was never finalized or maybe it was but she forgot… Just as she wanted to escape Klaus lazily opened his eyes. With messed up hair his morning look was pretty cute. Caroline you did not just say that Klaus was cute.
"Bloody hell" he murmured. She didn't know whether it was due to the hangover or lost bet, well kind of lost, they bother lost, or they didn't because there wasn't any bet… she stopped her inner struggle and slowly got up. Klaus did the same, he didn't seem bothered by their awkward wake up so Caroline decided to do the same. It was ridiculous it was just Klaus.
"Come on. Let's do some hangover smoothie" she proposed
"Your grand mother's recipe?"
"Yup" the smoothie was a real life saviour. The Mikaelsons came around it since their first party together. They called it the cure.
"Maybe in 15minutes, I need to take a shower" he acted strange but he had a point
"Good idea, let's meet in the kitchen"
15 minutes later
When Klaus came to the kitchen he thought he saw an angel. There was Caroline standing by the fridge, clearly looking for the ingredients for the cure, with her wet hair pinned in a bun, wearing white. White skinny trousers, white t-shirt, bare feet, no make up. She was stunning. Without a word he started preparing coffee for their merry hangover team while Caroline did her magic with the smoothie. They worked in silence, twenty minutes later the table was all set, breakfast and the cure ready.
"What's all that bloody noise?" Rebekah entered the open dinning area linked with enormous kitchen, looking like a zombie
"Good afternoon to you too, sister" came Klaus' greeting
"What are you talking about?"
"It's one p.m. Beks" Caroline filled her in
"For the love of God turn the volume down Caroline" the blonde begged pouring herself a cup of coffee "Why are you up anyway? Shouldn't you be dying after that tequila marathon you pulled off?" Caroline was surprised her friend noticed her actions given that she she drunk a lot herself. "We are just as miserable as you hope we are. Don't worry."she sticked out her tongue and Rebekah returned the gesture
"Well at least you were thoughtful enough to not only prepare the cure but also breakfast"
"Sister, enough with all that shouting" Klaus covered his ears. They sat in soothing silence, slowly eating the breakfast Klaus' prepared.
"Good…afternoon" the oldest Mikaelson joined them at the table, already cleaned up. The only indicator of his poor state were his tired eyes.
"How come you drink all night and never have a hangover?!" Rebekah voiced Caroline's question
"That's my superpower. Don't be jealous sister, it doesn't look good on you" Elijah joked. Rebekah hit him with a newspaper for his smugness, Elijah and Klaus smiled.
"Katherine and you drank whole vodka supplies. I'm surprised you don't need to attend AA meetings" she said under her nose.
"As for my wife, have you seen her?" concern crossed his features
"She didn't sleep with you?" Caroline asked confused
"Don't you remember?" Rebekah rushed with explanations"After the charades Katherine, Kol and Marcel decided that it was time for limbo. My guess is they finished somewhere together"
She was right when the four of them finished their breakfast Rebekah went to shower, Klaus and Elijah decided to clean the mess they've made the previous night and Caroline began the search of 3 corps. They were in Kol's room, all three somehow fitted in one bed, Katherine in the middle, all face down. All the flowery decorations lied destroyed on the floor. Caroline knew that waking them up was cruel but she also knew that her miraculous smoothie would help them. Besides they couldn't waste entire day on sleeping, Rebekah put too much effort in preparing this weekend.
After not very pleasant wake up, breakfast and cleaning the band chose to spend the rest of the day on the beach, under the umbrellas.
