A/N: I'm really sorry for taking longer than I said I would to update this fic. I've just been really busy with school shit, but I'm done for this year so I'm all yours now :)

Just to clear up a question about past storylines, the back story to this fic doesn't completely follow the show's. I've changed it a little bit. In this fic, the whole Alaric-vampire with a stake thingy did happen, but the Klaus desiccation and being staked by Alaric then possessing Tyler's body didn't happen. So I guess Elena's car crash happened but it was merely an accident, not Rebekah's fault.

So yeah. It may be kinda confusing but if something happens in this fic that doesn't seem to fit with the shows storyline then you'll just have to assume it never happened on the show. If you notify me of any confusing continuity errors I'll try to explain them.

Anywaays, STORYTIME :) I hope you like it, please drop me a review after :D
Sorry If there are any mistakes.

Rated M for swearing and some certain future shmexytime scenes.
Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries. I wish I owned JoMo. One day...;)

- MYSTIC FALLS, 50 YEARS AGO.

"Will you hurry up Rebekah?" Klaus shot impatiently at his sister, who was now loading her third suitcase into her car.

"Sorry Nik, I believe that those three cases only hold about a third of the shoe department.." Kol joked, leaning against one of the car doors with his arms folded.

"I'm almost done, just got one more case left, then we can go." She replied to Klaus, ignoring Kol's joke.

Rebekah used her vampire speed to run back inside the empty mansion and collected her last suitcase from her room. She walked into the front hallway and stopped, looking around the large, spacious room.

She loved this house, but they had all agreed to leave this town. - They weren't in any danger here, all the threats had disappeared and Klaus had no business left with anyone. Elena had been accidently turned into a Vampire, so he couldn't use her blood to make anymore hybrids. He didn't exactly need them anymore anyway, what with not needing protection from anybody anymore.

It was just that they all wanted to start living their lives properly. For the past one thousand years they had been unable to do that, because they had always been running from someone, Mikael, Esther, then Alaric. But they were all dead and gone now, and the indestructible white oak stake was gone too. Klaus had taken it on a ship and dropped it in the ocean somewhere. What made it even more secure was that he'd had absolutely no ideawhich ocean the ship had been sailing over at the point he dropped it...could've been the Pacific, Atlantic, or the Indian Ocean. It could never be found...not even by them.

Rebekah took one last sweeping look at the room before turning and walking back outside into the cool evening air, locking the front door on her way out.
She walked back over to her car, chucking the house keys to Klaus on the way. She put her last suitcase in the car and slammed the trunk shut.

"All done." She said.

"So, where are we heading? I don't mind as long as there are bars...and females." Kol asked excitedly, pushing himself away from the car.

"I was thinking about New York, I've got an apartment set up there, haven't been back there for several years, so it may just need a bit of redecorating. And yes Kol there will females." Klaus chuckled at his brother.

"In the apartment?" Kol asked, trying to further humour his brother who had been stroppy all day.

Klaus rolled his eyes and smirked at his brother. "I'll leave that for you to arrange."

"Excellent! Let's go then. I just want to get the hell away from this depressing little town." Kol smiled enthusiastically at his siblings.

Kol and Rebekah turned and headed to their cars, but Klaus stopped them before either of them could get in.

"Uhm, I'll meet you two at the airport...there's something I've got to do first." He said while trying not to make eye contact with either of them.
"Saying goodbye to your blonde lady friend perhaps?" Kol asked with a cocky smirk on his face.

Klaus glared at him and got in his car. He drove down the long gravel driveway of the Mikaelson estate, and exited through the large iron gates and turned left down the road. He drove through the quiet streets of Mystic Falls, turning on the radio to drone out the silence. Luckily the music that came on was something he liked, he may have punched the radio in if it hadn't been - based on the irritable mood he had been in all day. He stopped when he came to the house he was looking for; he parked his car at the side of the road and sat for a moment looking at the house. At least he knew she was there. Her car was parked in the driveway and her bedroom light was on. Klaus could hear that she had music on, and she was quietly singing along to it. He leaned his head back against the head-rest and smiled as he listened to the sound of her enchanting voice.

He eventually got out of the car and walked up the garden path, up the steps to the porch and stood outside the front door. He hesitated for a moment then rung the doorbell. He listened carefully and heard the music switch off, then heard her climb off her bed, walk across the room and walk down the stairs. He looked down at the door mat in front of him as she walked across the hall and opened the door.

Then he looked up at her and met her eyes.

She was wearing a blue tank top with white pyjama shorts, and her blonde hair was tied up into a ponytail.

"Hello Caroline." He said gently.

She stood quietly for a few seconds before replying to him.
"What are you doing here?" She asked him, crossing her arms across her chest.

"...I just came to say goodbye."

"You're leaving?" Caroline's arms unfolded and fell to her sides as the stern expression on her face softened considerably.

"Yeah, I've had enough of this town, decided it was time to move on. I would have invited you to come with me, but we both know you're clearly not ready yet. But that's understandable I guess, you have friends and family here, you have a life here...for now. But one day you'll out-grow it and you'll have to move on."

She said nothing for a moment. "Where are you going?" She asks.

"New York, with Kol and Rebekah. My favourite city in the world." He smiled. "Figured it's about time we started living again, it's nice not to have to run anymore." He smiled at her and she smiled back.

Klaus stepped closer to Caroline and looked into her eyes.

"You're beautiful, you're strong, and you're full of light. And you have a beautiful future ahead of you. I want you to remember that. This won't be the last time we'll meet. You'll see me again one day. Maybe in a year, or a decade, or even a century..." He leaned in and whispered the last part into her ear. "Come find me when you're ready." Caroline felt his warm breath tickle against her ear as he said this, and she thought he was about to kiss her cheek when he pulled away slightly, but then he moved back fully to where he had been a moment ago.

She nodded at him, saying nothing. She smiled sweetly and he smiled back.

"Goodbye Caroline."
"Goodbye Klaus."

Klaus turned away and walked back down the garden path and she stood in the doorway and watched him. He opened the car door and took one last look at Caroline Forbes as he climbed in.

Caroline watched him shut the door and drive away into the night.
And that was the last she saw of him.

- NEW YORK, PRESENT DAY.

~Caroline~

Three days after my supposed 'encounter', I woke up to the beep of the alarm on my phone going off. I pressed the snooze button and lay in bed for a while, thinking about how much it was bothering me - I was almost sure it had been him, but apparently it wasn't.

I hadn't really done anything for the past few days, mostly stayed at home wearing my pyjamas all day eating junk food and drinking, while watching terrible reality shows and soppy movies on TV. I'd only left my apartment twice, once was to get a 'real drink', and the other was to the grocery store across the street to replace the numerous bottles of alcohol I was getting through.

When I gave up looking for Klaus all those years ago, it really bothered me at first. But after a few more years I managed to get myself to accept the fact that I may not see him again, that maybe I wasn't meant to find him. And I was doing really well with the acceptance...until now. This encounter had brought back all the frustration of not being able to find him, and it was eating away at my mind.

I replayed the moment in my head when I say the guy push through the crowd of people and disappear, then only to reappear again on the other side of the street. Then I realised that there were a couple of details of this happening that didn't quite seem to make sense to me.

How had he gotten across the road so quick? There hadn't been any crossings on that part of the street, and there had been a load of taxis and cars speeding up and down the road, so he would have had no time to cross. I assumedhe was a human, but then again I guess you can't always tell these days.

And then I noticed something else that seemed odd about my two sightings of this guy. When the man first stepped out in front of me, I remembered that he had been wearing a plain black coat with one of those upturned collars. Then I remembered when I was behind him in the store, and I remember subconsciously noticing the bright green 'Superdry' logo on the back of the black coat, I could have sworn there was no logo on his coat the first time...

My deep thoughts were interrupted by my phone alarm going off again.

I sighed as I got out of bed and walked over to the large glass window wall and pulled the blue floor-length curtains open. The bright sunlight came flooding in as I looked down into the busy streets of Madison Avenue. I turned the coffee maker on and headed for the bathroom. I quickly got undressed and got into the shower, closing my eyes feeling the hot water run over my face.

I took my time washing my hair and my body, before getting out and wrapping myself in a while cotton towel. I then got dressed and blow-dried my hair and continued on with my morning routine.

That day I decided to wear a white top with blue flowers, black denim shorts and blue flats. It was a bit different from the style of clothes I usually wear, but nonetheless I liked it. I tied my hair up in a messy bun and left my apartment, feeling kind of optimistic for once.

I walked through the double doors of a large department store and headed straight for the shoe section, I passed through the men's department on my way.

I looked around trying to see if there was anything that would go with the dress I'd previously bought. I then spotted a pair of red open-toed heels with bows on the front up on the top shelf. I kind of absolutely adored them. I could see the label hanging from them and saw that they were exactly my size. Standing on my tip-toes, I reached up to try and get them down, but I was too short. I reached up again and my middle finger lightly brushed against the velvet material of one of them, but I still couldn't reach.
I jumped up and tried to make a grab for them, but I missed and just ended up knocking them over.

"OH FOR FUCK SAKE!" I said loudly, receiving a stare from another girl a few meters away from me.

I huffed and was just about to go and get a sales assistant to get them down for me, when a hand reached up over my shoulder and took the shoes down. I took the shoes from the hand and turned to around with a big smile on my face.

"Thank-" I started to say as I turned, but instead a sharp gasp came out of my mouth and my eyes widened as I looked at the face of the guy stood before me.
His mouth fell open slightly and eyes went wide too. Neither of us said anything.

All the background noise seemed to immediately tune out as when I felt the shoes slip from between my fingers, I never actually heard them hit the floor.

Holy shit.

It was Klaus.

A/N: Do you like the perspective it's written in? Do you prefer it in Caroline and Klaus p.o.v or in third person? I'm not too sure which way works better, if you'd rather read it in third person I'd be happy to change it to that completely, or stay how it is? Hmm? Please let me know.

What do you think so far? I'm not too sure about this chapter tbh. :/ but ohwell.

I'll try to not take too long to write chapter 3, but then again I am a lazy bum. I will try my bestest. :)

Please review :) xxxxxx & is anybody else getting TVD withdrawals. I AM. Ugh.