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Chapter 2: Arrogant Son of a Bitch

Caroline could feel her chest heaving. Her mind was whirling through the possibilities and could only come up with one; Klaus was a liar. Fortunately, Caroline already knew that Klaus was the king of liars. Damn him. Damn him for doing this to her. Shaking her head slowly, Caroline tried to not show her growing panic as the guests turned to stare at Caroline and Klaus as Tyler shifted from foot to foot, looking more pensive by the minute.

Finally, Caroline looked up at Klaus through narrowed eyes with her shoulders squared. "You're a liar and you're insane. Now, you can leave willingly or I will let security escort you out," she said with a wide smile as if they were having a pleasant conversation.

Klaus smirked down at her and even had the nerve to wave at Tyler who waved back with a look of bewilderment. "No, love, I can assure you that you will do no such thing for two reasons. One, you do not want me to make a scene and as much as I do so hate to draw that type of attention to ourselves when we could settle things in a more private manner." Klaus turned his back to the assembled guests, cutting off Caroline's view of Tyler as his eyes roved over her dress. "And, oh, I would relish the opportunity to settle things with you when you look so stunning."

Drawing in a quick breath, Caroline felt her cheeks begin to turn rosy as Klaus' stare made her conjure up images of lying with him in bed during their honeymoon with a bottle of whip cream. No, he would not do this to her. He would not reel her back in. He had her and he lost her. And there was no way in hell she would allow him to hurt her like the last time. "Caroline!" Elena cried from behind Klaus.

Caroline peered around Klaus just as Elena moved around him with her hand on her protruding bump. Giving Klaus a scathing look, Elena focused her attention on Caroline. "Caroline, what's going on? Who is this guy? People are asking whether you're going to ditch Ty and Ty looks like he's about to have a heart attack up there. And who in the hell are you? Are you invited because you're ruining the event of the season and Caroline may have enough manners to not kick your ass out but my husband and his brother will have no problem escorting you away because this is a private event!" Elena said in a rush as she folded her arms and glared up at Klaus who smiled down at her.

"You must be Elena Gilbert. Damon has told me so much about you," Klaus said, reaching out for Elena's hand which had dropped to her side as her jaw dropped with it at Klaus' use of her and Damon's names.

"Who is he?" Elena asked Caroline again as Caroline gritted her teeth. She was about to speak when Klaus freakin' Mikaelson had to jump right in there.

Caroline rolled her eyes and folded her own arms over her chest. "I'm Klaus Mikaelson. I was your husband's roommate in college," Klaus said smoothly and Elena's eyebrows furrowed.

"That's funny. Damon never mentioned you," Elena told Klaus suspiciously.

"You could say again," Tatia Gilbert said as she came to join their group with her arm linked through Katherine's who was eyeing Klaus up like he was prime rib, or a sale on Jimmy Choos. Shifting her weight to her other side, Caroline tried to keep the irritation that she felt when Katherine grinned at Klaus to herself. This was hell. Yes, she was in hell. "Where has Damon been hiding you? I thought he already introduced me to all his single friends." Tatia said with a loud giggle.

'God, was Tatia drunk during her wedding?' Caroline thought, feeling disgusted as Rebekah and Bonnie came to join the group.

"Nik?" Rebekah gasped. "What are you doing here?"

Klaus shrugged. "I was in town on a bit of business, Bekah. Didn't know that an old friend's sister was getting married but I wanted to drop by and wish the girl the best of luck."

"You should have told me that you were coming. Then you could have ridden with me and Stefan," Rebekah replied with a wide innocent smile. That was great, so it looked like the Mikaelson sister was still in the dark.

"I would have loved to but I had something I had to take care of first. That's why I was running a bit late," Klaus explained as Rebekah's eyes moved down to the papers in his hands.

"And what is that about?" Rebekah asked. She was always too nosey for her own good.

"Nothing," Caroline said quickly.

Klaus began to chuckle when all the women in the group gave Caroline a look like she was losing it. And it was true. Caroline was losing it. Her dream day was beginning to unravel and she had been talking to Klaus for too long. Tyler was going to want to know what the hell was going on. Then Damon appeared. "Hey, you know that the National Weather Forecast just announced that there is a possibility of a thunderstorm any time now?" he told them almost gleefully.

Glaring at her older brother, Caroline tried to keep her cool as Damon stuffed his hands into his pants' pockets. "Then I guess we'll have to hurry up then. Damon, can you show Klaus inside and I will deal with him soon. I have to get married now." Moving to walk around Klaus, Caroline was not shocked when Damon grabbed her by the waist and pulled her into a hug.

"You know that you can't do that, my darling little sister, unless you want to go to jail for bigamy," Damon muttered into her ear.

Forcing a smile as she caught sight of Tyler who was checking his phone, Caroline whispered back. "If you don't let go of me and stop adding to Klaus' bullshit charade you won't have to worry about getting Elena pregnant again because you will be missing the essential parts to do so." Pushing Damon away lightly, Caroline moved to walk away again when she heard the sound of thunder overhead.

"Now, that seems like a bad omen. And I don't believe in such things," Klaus informed everyone with another one of those smiles that Caroline used to find so charming back when she was his student. Now, she just found them to be another lie. That was all that Klaus was full of; lies. "Personally, I would never get married on a day like this. It would seem to be the beginning of unfortunate events to come."

Whirling on her heel, Caroline moved so that she was an inch from Klaus' smug, smiling face. "If I wanted advice then I would call my lawyer, not some… some… Argh." Growling, Caroline could only seethe as Klaus shook his head slowly.

"You know, for a woman who's about to commit her life to another, you do not seem all that happy," Klaus murmured and that was it. Caroline was actually going to hit him. And then she could go to jail for assault and battery, but it would be totally worth it. As she doubled up her fist, she heard someone call her name.

"Caroline," Tyler called as he excused himself so that he could get through the gathering to his frustrated bride. "Caroline, what's going on?"

Turning on her heel to look at Tyler, Caroline felt her body shake slightly. He did not deserve for her to not tell him what was going on. But how could she? "Hey, honey, you see I made a very big mistake by falling in love with my teacher, who was my older brother's college roommate. And I kind of married him. But then I divorced him because he wasn't who I thought he was and now he's here lying his ass off and telling this story about how we're still married because he's crazy. Possibly he's a stalker. Maybe we should call the police and have him deported. That sounds great, right? Then we can just not do this big wedding thing and hit City Hall so that when our marriage doesn't work then we can say we saved on expenses?"

There were too many thoughts going through Caroline's head when she finally spoke up. "Hi, Tyler, I am sooooo sorry. I don't know what's going on. You see, this guy," Caroline waved at Klaus without looking at him, "is one of Damon's old friend's from college and he wanted to catch up with Damon and he told me that he mixed up the time of when the wedding was. Right, Klaus?" Caroline asked with a wide smile as she turned to stare at him with a hard look.

Klaus looked at his watch, with an amused expression. "Yes, it does seem that I'm quite late. You see, I meant to show up about two hours ago but I suppose that Damon gave me the wrong directions."

"Did not," Damon argued with a glimmer in his eye when he looked at Klaus that made Caroline want to kick him. When this whole disaster of a day was over she would kick him and hard.

"Okay. But that doesn't really explain why you needed to talk to Caroline. I mean couldn't you have talked to Damon instead of interrupting the wedding?" Tyler asked Klaus with a frown. He didn't seem angry, just confused.

"Well, mate, that's the other problem. You see, Damon did not tell me that this was wedding wedding. He had me thinking that this was the wedding rehearsal. Of course when I saw how radiant the bride looked I should have known better. But you think funny things when you're on a plane for hours with small children crying because all they'll show is a film about an apocalypse," Klaus explained with his best apologetic look. Caroline was not buying his act for a moment. She just couldn't believe it when Tyler began to laugh like this actually funny.

This was their wedding day. Tyler should be pissed. He should be calling the police. Or ordering his friends from his old high school football days to manhandle Klaus out into the parking lot. He should be having Klaus tied to a chair with a roll of duct tape covering every square inch of his body. But, no. Hell no! He was laughing like Klaus was the funniest man that he'd ever met. Now, Caroline wanted to slap Tyler. Jackass. "Tyler," Caroline snapped with her hands on her hips when she heard another bolt of lightning overhead.

"Yeah, Care?" Tyler replied as he wiped tears that were rolling down his cheeks, away. He was grinning like as idiot and Caroline stopped herself from hitting him with her bouquet. Her feet were beginning to ache from wearing these instruments of beauty that felt like torture devices after a few hours.

"We need to hurry up," Caroline snapped at Tyler. "Damon said there's a storm coming."

"Correction, love, the storm is here," Klaus informed her and Caroline ignored him.

"Ty, you do want to do this today, don't you?" Caroline asked Tyler. Her heart began to pick up speed with every new word that left her mouth. Maybe Klaus was right. Maybe she shouldn't marry Tyler. Maybe all of these roadblocks were appearing for a reason and not just because Klaus was insane. Oh, God. Now, she was letting him get in her head. No, she would not allow him to invade her new life and destroy all the good she had created like he had with their marriage. That was never going to happen again. Straightening up to her full height, Caroline beamed at Tyler. "Because I am soooo ready to be the next Mrs. Lockwood."

"There was a first?" Klaus joked and Tyler began to laugh again.

"Yeah, my mom," Tyler told Klaus. Damn Klaus for distracting Tyler from his duty today.

Reaching out, Caroline placed both of her hands on Tyler's face and forced him to look at her. "Hi, there. I'm going to you wife. Not him," Caroline nodded in Klaus' direction. "Now, I just need you to go back down that aisle before all of our guests walk out."

"Got ya," Tyler said with another laugh as he pressed a kiss to her forehead before walking back down the aisle at a leisurely pace. What? Did he think that he was at a freakin' park, taking a freakin' stroll? It was taking everything in Caroline to not scream at him to move his sorry ass.

"Elena, can you go apologize for the wait? And, Bonnie, can you find Mr. Mikaelson somewhere to sit. Preferably in the back since he's had enough attention on my day?" Caroline ordered her friends.

"Not a problem," Bonnie replied.

"Nonsense," Rebekah protested with a scowl. "Nik can sit with me. I promise I can make sure that he will behave. One of the wonders of being a sister is that you know all the dirty, little secrets that your brothers want to keep to themselves." Taking Klaus by the hand, Rebekah began to yank Klaus down the aisle. For a moment Caroline found herself smiling at the sister and brother. She wished she had had Rebekah around when she had been married to Klaus. Maybe things would have worked out differently. But they were what they were. There was no changing the past. There was only looking forward to the future.

As Katherine and Tatia reclaimed their seats, Caroline started to move to the end of the aisle when Damon slid his arm through hers. Looking up at her brother, Caroline felt surprised since he was not throwing her over his shoulder and trying to carry her away. "Damon?" she whispered.

"I think this is a mistake, Care. But it's your mistake to make. I guess. And I guess that I'll shell out the bail money when you get arrested," Damon quipped as they headed down the aisle, achingly slowly. Damon looked down at Caroline with a proud smile when they finally made it to the end of the aisle. "I love you, Caroline," he whispered into her ear as he hugged her and then placed her hand in Tyler's. "You hurt her and I will end you," Damon informed Tyler, whose face drained of color as Damon patted him on the shoulder and then took a seat.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today," the minster began to drone on as Caroline felt her mind begin to wonder. She closed her eyes for a second and saw Klaus. He had been so nervous waiting for her to show up at the little church. She had been just as nervous since she had no friends or family that would be with her during the event. But she had felt gleeful. Marrying Klaus was going to be the best decision of her entire life.

"Caroline, do you take Tyler to be your -" the minster began when there was a clap of thunder and everyone looked at the sky. The man looked at Caroline and she nodded for him to continue. "Caroline, do you take," this time he was cut off by another clap of thunder that lit up the sky and from the corner of her eye, Caroline saw people begin to get up and walk away.

"Caroline, are you sure that you want to do this today?" Tyler asked Caroline as he looked at the darkening sky. The wind was beginning to pick up, causing her skirt to whirl around her legs.

"YES!" Caroline shouted. "Hurry up," she ordered the minster only to have her words drift away as the minster held his hands up to say that he didn't hear her. Caroline growled. "Just get on with it!" she screamed when the wind died down and Tyler's eyebrows rose as Caroline gave the minster a look full of murderous intent. "Just marry us before I tell everyone in town that you suck!" Caroline spat.

"Caroline, you're sounding like one of those bridezillas on TV," Tyler said with a laugh and Caroline turned her rage on him.

"Just… just shut up and marry me, you idiot," Caroline snarled at Tyler who frowned at her and opened his mouth when there was another burst of lightening. This time it hit a tree which fell and hit the house.

"Now, that looks like a sign from God that perhaps this is not the right day to be married, Miss Forbes," the minster told Caroline who glared at him.

"Why don't you take your signs from God and," more lightening prevented the guests from hearing the rest of Caroline's words but they could guess from the look of horror that passed over the minster's face before he, too, began to hurry away from the couple. "Is there anyone here who's ordained?" Caroline shouted to the guests who began to flee when fat rain drops began to descend and her dress flattened to her body as her mascara that was supposed to be waterproof ran down her face.

"I guess this just isn't our day?" Tyler said gently, when he went to wrap an arm around Caroline's shoulders, she shoved her bouquet into his chest. Taking a few step down the aisle, Caroline leaned down, took off her amazingly expensive shoes and sat them down. If someone else wanted them they were welcome to them. Unzipping her dress, she allowed it to pool around her feet before she stepped out of it. Walking into the house, Caroline found that her friends and their dates were roaming the halls and the living room.

Making her way into the kitchen, Caroline found Klaus making a pot of tea. "Hello, love. I told you that the thunder was a bad sign," he told her and Caroline stared up at him blankly for a long moment before blinking rapidly.

"Klaus, where are the papers?" Caroline asked him with an innocent look.

"Right here. Don't worry. They're still dry. Good as new really," Klaus informed her as she snatched them out of his hand.

"Good. Because tomorrow we're going to see my lawyer who is going to prove that you're trying to commit fraud and then I'm going to sue the pants right off of you for what you pulled today," Caroline hissed as she searched Klaus' eyes for some kind of sign that he understood what she was saying. The smirk told her that he did not.

"You know, Caroline, if you want me out of my pants so very desperately, all you have to do is ask." Klaus replied, pressing his body closer to hers and she could feel his hot breath on her earlobe which made her entire body tremble. "In the meantime I suggest some tea and that you go upstairs and get out of those wet garments," he nodded at her slip that was showing her bra, panties garter belt and stockings. "Before you catch a cold."

Scoffing, Caroline shook her head as she backed away while the kettle let off steam. "The day that I need something from you again will be a cold one in hell," she told Klaus before turning her back and walking away.

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