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This oneshot is based off of the musical "Oklahoma" which is where I got my inspiration for the title of these oneshots "People Will Say We're In Love" (If you've never heard that song, you should definitely check it out) Enjoy! It will also be written in most likely three parts.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Vampire Diaries, The Originals, or any characters within the stories. I also do not own the musical Oklahoma or any of the characters within.
Oklahoma, 1904
Klaus Mikaelson rode through the corn fields of Oklahoma on a bright summer morning and smiled, looking at everything around him. When his family had first moved to the territory from England, he had thought that they were insane. Yet it was 1904 and his mother wanted to get away from all of the financial troubles that their was family was in once his father, or should he stay, step-father died.
It had been an adjustment, yet each of his siblings had found something to do. Elijah and Finn had taken up working at the local schoolhouse, Rebekah had found herself a husband in Matt Donovan, the son of a farmer, and Henrik was content spending his days learning how to throw a rope and being a genuine cowboy. Which is what Kol and Klaus had decided to take up doing as well.
Kol was a bronc rider, often traveling up to multiple towns and competing in rodeos while Klaus stayed at home, helping multiple cowmen with their cattle drives. Looking up ahead, he smiled as he saw the bright bustling house of Shelia Bennett, nudging his horse in that direction.
Shelia Bennett was a kind, old soul who had been there for the Mikaelson's when they had first arrived. Since then, she had always been there for the Mikaelson children, offering them a cup of tea and some fresh muffins if she had any. Her granddaughter, Bonnie had also been courting Kol for the last three months and he was certain that a proposal would be on the way soon. Yet, Niklaus had his eye on someone else, her beautiful ward, Caroline Forbes.
Getting off of his horse, he tied it to one of the post then slowly crept forward, sneaking up on Shelia with a mischievous grin "Hey Grams!" he yelled in her ear, causing her to jump, "Niklaus Mikaelson, you nearly scared me half to death!" she chuckled, slapping his arm, "How are you? Are you here to ask me to the Box social tonight?" Every year, Giuseppe Salvatore and his family threw a large party to raise money for the town's schoolhouse along with other necessities. They would do this by auctioning off lunches made by the girls and then whoever won the lunch would get to eat it with the girl that made it.
"Maybe" Klaus teased, chuckling, "But you know I wouldn't ask any of your kinfolk, especially that Caroline Forbes."
"Oh of course" Shelia smirked, "Because you have no feelings for her, whatsoever?"
"None at all" Klaus said before adding, "But if I was, would I have any competition. I mean, is there anyone that's interested in her?"
"Well, there is Stefan Salvatore, Damon's younger brother. Then I know I saw her talking to Jesse, the Baker's son last week, and then there's..." Shelia paused as she watched Tyler Lockwood walk onto the property with a large amount of firewood in his arms.
"Hello Tyler" Klaus said, his expression hardening.
"Hello yourself" Tyler snapped back to Klaus, walking inside the house.
"She's interested in him?" Klaus chuckled, rolling his eyes, "That can't be possible."
"I never said she was interested" Shelia said, "But don't you go saying anything bad about Tyler Lockwood. He is one of the best farmhands i've ever had, his Uncle Mason was too, god rest his soul."
Klaus frowned, looking at the house again "But Grams, he lives here"
"In the smokehouse" the older woman reminded him.
Their conversation was cut short as he heard the door open, revealing Caroline with a basket of laundry on her hip. Glancing at Klaus, she turned up her head and frowned, walking over to the clothes basket "Oh, I thought you were someone important" she muttered, setting the basket on the ground.
Klaus rolled his eyes, walking over to her, "You knew it was me love, let me guess, you were trying to think of some witty response to say when I came out?"
"Don't call me love" Caroline snapped, picking up one of her shirts from the basket as she hung it up, "What are you doing here anyway? You didn't think about asking me to the box social did you? I thought you would be taking Aurora, she's always been real sweet on you."
Of course Caroline didn't want to, she thought that Klaus was an arrogant, stubborn mule. And yet, the idea of going with him sounded magical.
"Well if I was going to take you, there would be a special way, wouldn't there?" Klaus smiled, grabbing something out of his pocket and handed it to her. Caroline furrowed her brow and opened up the piece of paper, letting out a small gasp. The picture showed her and Niklaus on a beautiful carriage with white fringe on the top along with a team of white horses.
"Did you really get this?" Caroline asked hopefully.
"I did, and I was planning on taking you in it. You would look quite beautiful arriving at the Box social in that. Everyone would be staring at you, you would be the envy of all that saw you. We would dance until your heart's content and once you were tired, I would just pick you up and carry you back to the carriage where you would sleep all the way home" Klaus murmured, his words brushing her ear as she closed her eyes, imagining it. It sounded far too good to be true.
However, she quickly snapped back to reality and turned to glance at him, crossing her arms over her chest, "And where did you get this fancy carriage of yours? Let me guess, you went two towns over, just so that i'd go with you!" Caroline teased, beginning to laugh.
"Well actually, I made the whole thing up!" Klaus snapped.
Her laughter quickly ceased as she stared at him in shock, "You, you what?"
"I made the whole thing up" Klaus repeated.
Caroline looked around and found one of their brooms, brandishing it as a weapon. She walked over to Klaus and began to his legs with it, yelling "Get out right now! Grams, make him go away! He lied to me!"
Grams rolled her eyes, standing up "You two are so ridiculous, you two love each other so much and yet you both are so scared to act on your feelings. I'm going inside, Klaus, if you're going with some of the others to pick up the others who are coming to the Box social, tell them they can stop at my house before going all the way to the Salvatore's. It's quite a long way from here and that way the girls can freshen up."
"I do not love him Grams!" Caroline snapped, "And I never would!"
Klaus tried not to show the way those words hurt him and smiled at Grams, nodding "Oh I will, do you mind if we borrowed your wagon?"
"Not at all" Grams said, going to finish hanging up the laundry as Caroline ran back inside. A few seconds later, Tyler came back outside and walked over to Shelia "I'm going to have to finish cleaning out the pig stalls tomorrow since I'm driving Caroline to the box social" he explained.
Klaus looked up at him in surprise, gaping "You're going to be the one taking Caroline?"
"Well I asked her" Tyler smirked, "And she said yes."
Klaus turned towards the house and saw Caroline staring at him through the window before quickly shutting the curtains. "Well, then since everything is settled, I should get going, I have a carriage to go rent" he said, "Do you want to go with me Grams?" he asked.
"That sounds wonderful" Shelia grinned, "I'll make sure to wear my best"
"I'll come back for the wagon later" Klaus said, "I'm going to the train station to meet Kol first, he's getting home from the radio circuit today."
"I'll come with you, I have something to pick up for the girls" Shelia said, turning to look at Tyler, "If Bonnie comes back though I'm sure that I'll see her at the train station, tell her and Caroline to make sure all of their baskets are prepared for by noon before the guests arrive."
Klaus helped Shelia onto his horse and smiled, making sure she was settled before taking off. Once Tyler was alone, he walked over to the back of the house and quietly crept up towards the window of Caroline's bedroom, seeing that she was doing her hair at the vanity, her blouse unbuttoned as she added a hint of perfume to her neck "I'll show him that I don't need his lies" Caroline muttered, not noticing the man watching her.
The sound of cans crashing against the house caused Caroline to jump, turning around to see no one there. Shaking her head, she closed the curtains and put her blouse back on, brushing out her hair once more. Tyler, who had fallen to the ground quickly stood up and walked away, four words echoing in his head.
'She Will Be Mine.'
Author's Note: Okay, so that was part one! I hope that you guy enjoyed it, I will most likely post part two and three soon! Thanks for reading!