The next morning, or really afternoon, when Klaus woke up he was surprised to remember basically everything from the night before. Unfortunately for him, that included how much of an ass he had been with Caroline.
He tried to decide whether avoiding her for days or going to find her right then would be a better decision. He figured that she was going to be mad either way and that it would be better to do damage control early instead of letting her sit in her anger for days. He knew that if he waited, then it would be even worse when he would inevitably see her later on.
Klaus sighed and decided to head for Elena's house since that was where he had last seen her and the people there had seemed more impressed with his intoxicated state than Liz Forbes had been… All of the people there except for Caroline, of course.
Klaus knocked on the door of the Gilbert house, much quieter than he had banged on the door of Caroline's house the night before, and then silently waited.
It was Elena who came down and answered the door.
"What, no song this time?" She asked in an amused tone.
"I'm nowhere near drunk enough right now," Klaus told her.
"Yeah, clearly you had drunk a lot before you made that decision," Elena commented. "So let me guess, you're looking for Caroline?"
Klaus didn't overly appreciate how amused she was at the idea, but he decided to go for the more friendly approach rather than just threatening her, since that usually went over better with Caroline.
"Yeah, is she still here?" Klaus asked.
Elena turned around and began to call up the stairs, "Caroline, Klaus is here! Don't worry; apparently he isn't going to sing this time."
Elena nodded to him and then headed towards her kitchen as footsteps were heard coming down the upstairs hallway and towards the stairs.
Caroline headed down the stairs and then stopped right in front of him with crossed arms.
"Why are you here again?" She asked, clearly still irritated from the night before.
"I came to talk to you about what happened last night," He told her.
"Fine," Caroline said, heading out the front door to stand outside with him. "Make it good."
"I'm sorry that I showed up like that," He told her seriously. "And believe me I never would have done any of that if I was sober. Or even if I had been slightly less drunk."
"So what's your point?" Caroline asked, not really enjoying listening to a speech about not how he shouldn't have done that, but about what had made him brave enough to do it.
"Yeah I made an ass out of myself, but I'm not so sure that I really regret it," Klaus told her.
"Wow, you're great at apologizing," Caroline said sarcastically. "And accepting responsibility, too."
"I should have told you why I showed up," Klaus admitted. "And I wanted to talk to you about stuff, but then Bonnie and Elena were right there. And you were all angry and hot. Maybe it wasn't the best situation to try and kiss you during, but I'm not going to regret kissing you or apologize for it. I'm sorry for how I showed up and not talking to you, but that's it."
Caroline looked at him, temporarily dumbfounded. Caroline wanted to be mad at him, but she couldn't quite make herself be.
So instead, she decided to ask him, "So if you should have told me what you were upset about, then what was it?"
"A combination of a lot of things," Klaus told her honestly. "Elijah had the cure, but he just handed it over to Silas by accident. And he was going to give it to Rebekah so that she could be human instead of letting me use it against the guy who wants to kill me. And because I get all of the hate that a villain gets with none of the fear and respect anymore. And... And because of you."
"Because of me?" Caroline asked skeptically. "What did I do?"
"No matter what I do, I'm never good enough," Klaus pointed out. "I've been trying my damndest and finally all that I've gotten is to be friend zoned. Meanwhile Tyler isn't even here anymore and you're still obsessed with him. And I should have killed him after I caught him in town on prom night, but I just let him go. And he doesn't deserve you Caroline, can't you see that?"
Caroline had never heard that Klaus had run into Tyler on prom night before then. She was slightly shocked, but didn't let that distract her from the rest of what he had said.
"Whose fault is it that he isn't here?" Caroline asked irritatedly. "You're the one who ran him out of town. It's not like it was his decision. And who are you to say that he doesn't deserve me? Do you seriously think that you deserve me more than he does?"
"So what if I did run him out of town?" Klaus asked. "He tried to kill me how many times? He should be glad that I just ran him out of town and that I left him alive."
"This is why people don't like you!" Caroline told him angrily. "You're a total jerk and then act like the other people are the problem. Do you honestly think that I'm going to think that you're the good guy here just because he tried to kill you after you've done a bunch of terrible things?"
"I stopped!" Klaus growled. "I stopped and I was on the same side as all of you. I helped you all out and he still wanted to kill me just to try to keep me away from you because he was afraid to lose! How much of this do you think is really about you, and how much do you think is just getting back at me for the sire bond?"
"I can't believe that you seriously just said that!" Caroline said angrily.
"How many times has he called since he left?" Klaus asked her. "How many times have you spoken to him since he left?"
"He couldn't call, he was on the run from you," Caroline defended.
"Yeah, he was," Klaus told her. "I caught up to him pretty fast, though. I told him that I'd let him live as long as I didn't see his face in Mystic Falls, that he could go wherever else he wanted. What part of that means that he can't so much as answer the phone?"
"What?" Caroline asked, her voice turning weaker as she took a step back to sit down on the front steps. "…How long ago did you say that?"
"Three days after he left," Klaus responded. "He's been pointlessly avoiding you for weeks."
"How do I know that you aren't lying?" Caroline asked him.
"You don't," Klaus responded honestly. "You can believe whatever you want to. But if you find out later that I was telling the truth, then you can't say that I didn't warn you."
A/N: Please read and review! Thanks for reading and for all of the support on the first chapter! Sorry that I took so long to update, I've had a lot going on and I have two other stories that I'm updating right now. The next chapter should be up way sooner and I really hope that you're liking the story so far! :)
An extra special thanks goes out to all of the lovely reviewers of the first chapter: melyna1864, DrawingMyHeartOut, cupcakesweetheart5, nicole317, Pinkgem22, Klaroline66, justine, secile, jessnicole, karened, KlarolineSince97, April420, Paddge, and the two anonymous guest reviewers! :D
REVIEW ANSWERS:
Guest: I'm sorry, but I really don't think that Klaus was "so OOC." that "It was so cringe worthy." In the show this is kind of how Klaus behaves. I mean, he gets upset over something and he completely loses control of himself. And as for the "I am sorry but he'd never be that drunk and go sing to get Caroline's attention.", do you really think that in all of his years and with all of the crap that he went through that he wouldn't ever get that drunk? I mean he used to get drunk with Stefan all the time. And I'm sorry if you don't think that he would ever get drunk enough to end up singing, but people do stupid things when they're drunk and Klaus would do pretty much anything to get Caroline's attention if he thought that it would work. But thanks for the review.
DrawingMyHeartOut: I was really surprised that nobody else has wrote him serenading her with this song and I'm glad that you liked the idea :)
nicole317: Nope, sorry. She didn't go after him... Caroline's just a little too stubborn for that, even if she did feel bad about it.
secile: She's kind of got her mean front as a defense against admitting her feelings whatsoever.
karened: Yeah, it's supposed to be funny even if there is other serious stuff going on other than the humour. I don't know, that's just how I write my stories even when there's sad stuff going on... I'm really glad that you liked it. :)
Guest: Aww, thanks. And I liked that line too. I actually laughed quite a fair bit when I wrote that one because I think that I'm hilarious and laugh at my own jokes all the time :P
Paddge: There sure will be more chapters. I'm not sure of how many yet.