Chapter 2:
What the hell am I doing? Going to New Orleans to see a man I HATE. Why am I"
„Madam, excuse me, can I offer you something to drink or eat?"
Caroline, who was daydreaming and obviously NOT interrested to talk with anyone, looks up to the stewardess who's standing next to her shoulder, a bottle of orange juice in her hands.
„Maybe a little of juice, Madam?", the woman asks with an overwhelming smile on her face.
„No, thank you. But…"
„Yes?"
You could offer me something different than orange juice, Caroline thinks and hates herself for it just seconds after the thought.
„…but do you have some music for me?", Caroline says to the friendly flight attendant, smiling back at her.
„Yes, of course,Madam! It's always a bit…weird to be on a plane, isn't it? But I can tell you, we won't be in here for more than 20 minutes until we reach New Orleans."
Handing Caroline a headset and pointing at the screen in front of Caroline, the woman leaves and with a deep breath, Care begins to relax a bit. The feeling of fire caught in her throat drives her crazy and she'd do litteraly everything to get some blood. She sticks in the headphones to the adapter of the screen, puts on some random music and sticks the headset into her ears. But everything she can hear are her loudly screaming thoughts:
20 MINUTES. I'm going to be in New Orleans in 20 minutes. To see Klaus. KLAUS.
By this thought, the memories pop up in her head: five months ago, Mystic Falls, Klaus standing in front of her, longing for her hand…and she let him take it. She can almost hear the words he chose to say to her back then:
„Caroline,love,…I hope you know me well enough to tell that it's not easy for me to stand here, right know. But…as my time in Mystic Falls is running out, I can't…
I can't leave without hearing your voice and also your decision, I made up in my head the last days…"
DAYS. He already wanted her to come with him 5 months AND some days ago. How could he just stand in her room months ago, asking her but in the end, not asking her at all?
„Klaus, what do you want?! I seriously have enough things going on in my life at this moment, I don't need to carry your problems with me aswell. So?"
She was so mean. He didn't do any harm to her. He was standing in the middle of her room, his eyes bright and without any evidence of hostility, talking to her with a little smile on his face.
„Well, I was wondering…don't you wanna know why my days are running out here,love?"
„No?"
The way he looked at her that time…it killed her. She never wanted to admit but this guy did mean so much to her, and still does.
„Madam, we're landing in 5 minutes, I have to ask you to stop your music and take your seat belt on again", the nice stewardess tells Caroline with the most infectious smile on her lips.
Caroline smiles back, and for a second, she thinks that it was just the right decision to go to New Orleans. But then, the woman leaves and Care's alone again; alone with her problems, with her fear, her doubts and her strong desire to finally see HIM again.
„…Caroline, I'm here to ask you…if you would be so kind to…"
He was stumbling and thinking back now made Caroline laugh loud enough to wake her seat neighbor up, who's now looking at her with the most unpleasant expression in his eyes she might have ever seen.
„…to…"
„Ehm, Klaus, is this going to take very long? I'm booked up with preparations for final exams, so…?"
„…to…
…be my friend."
It was so hard for him to say what he actually wanted to say that he didn't do it in the end. Caroline stares out oft he window, New Orleans under her.
„Klaus…are you serious? You really steal my precious time for THIS? I thought we already talked about this. I AM YOUR FRIEND. But that's it. So, now that you've heard it, can you leave me alone? I'm busy."
And with that, he smiled (and it was not this kind of smile you get just like that, he was amused. He was laughing his ass off Caroline). He took a step towards her, touched her cheek with his hand very carefully and then, he was gone.
I'm not going to start crying on a plane! Not in public,NO. Not because of KLAUS.
The plane landed with a soft *boom* and the passengers start to leave the plane. Caroline gets up and tumbles at first, realising how thirsty she is.
She knew from that time on she went on the plane that someone would pick her up from when she'll arrive in New Orleans. But she really was not expecting THIS person to pick her up.
