Hey Everybody, here's the second chapter! Thank you so much for following and favoriting my story. It is my first fanfiction so I'm glad to see some of you have already liked it. I forget to mention in my first chapter that of course I do not own TVD or TO or the characters and so on an so forth and what have you…..man if I owned Joseph Morgan Sh*t would go down! (sorry for the mental picture :p) anyways ENJOY!
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Caroline was standing outside of the club with the guy she had been danced with earlier. It had been a hot day and so it was pleasant outside even now in the middle of the night. The man was kissing her feverishly and letting his hands dwell over her body. It wasn't that he was a bad kisser. He was alright, but somehow she just couldn't focus anymore tonight. Her thoughts were somewhere else, with somebody else. She had been flustered by what Klaus had said. What the hell did he mean anyway? He wasn't good enough for her? Why would he tell her such things, he wasn't allowed to talk to her like that. Like she was so much more then she actually was. It had been years since they had last seen each other and he had not tried to contact her once (She didn't realise she was a little upset by that) so now he had no right to just barge back into her life trying to sweep her off her feet. It infuriated her. The boy was still kissing her, and she realised she had not been paying attention during their make out session, she had been thinking about Klaus. It wasn't happening tonight, her mood was over and she wanted to go back to her room now.

"I'm sorry Mitch" She said slowly pushing him away from her.

"It's Mike" The boy answered slightly offended.

"Whatever, I'm just not feeling it tonight so you are going to forget about this and about me and go back in there to find another girl to score with tonight" She said looking deep into his eyes. When his pupils dilated she knew the compulsion had worked and she turned away from him straightening her dress and walked away.

Klaus had followed the directions Freya had given him. They brought him straight to the street the supposed witch would be hiding. It was a dark and abandoned street. The first thing that hit him was the smell. It was unmistakable and undeniable. The sweet yet almost rusty smell of freshly spilled blood was one the big bad hybrid knew all too well. Yet this blood had a kick to it. A herbal almost intoxicating twist. The kind of blood that could only belong to a witch. Klaus took his cell phone out of his pocket again and dialled.

"Freya I found her…..or at least what is left of her" Klaus told his sister looking at the bloody mangled corpse of the young woman that was lying there. She had been dead for at least half an hour before he arrived. Which meant that somebody got to her before he did. He just hoped it was a coincidence rather then somebody trying to work against him.

"Oh for fuck's sake that's the third witch this month Niklaus" Freya cursed.

"Well then find me an alive one sister" Klaus said slightly annoyed. It sounded like she was blaming him and for once he had nothing to do with the violent murdering of these witches.

"Fine but it's going to take a while, are you coming home?" Freya asked.

"In a few days sister, there's something else here that requires my attention" Klaus said grinning, knowing his sister would not know what he was talking about and be confused. However she seemed far the flustered to get the hint. "Is she still up?" He asked her now more serious.

"No, I put her to bed more than an hour ago, I'll tell her you called" Freya said before hanging up the phone.

When Caroline was woken by her alarm the next morning for a brief moment she thought she had dreamed running into Klaus at the club. But a text message on her phone reminded her that it was all too real. She sighed when she saw Klaus' name on the screen and opened the message.

Morning love, ready for our date? -K

Caroline grunted in annoyance.

It's still not a date Klaus so stop calling it that or your one billion year old ass is going to get stood up

She put her phone down and got out of her bed. The room was filled with luxuries and a enormous bathroom. She shook her hair out of the bun she had slept in and turned on the shower. The light on her phone flashing up again.

Feisty as always - K

Caroline smiled, she liked the fact that she could be this sassy towards him and he still enjoyed her. She knew that he had killed people for a lot less than the way she talked to him. As she dropped her remaining garments and got into the hot shower. The water soothed her nerves. She didn't realise she was this nervous about meeting up with Klaus , it wasn't like she was going on a date. Caroline had made it very clear to him…twice, yet she felt as if she should put in a little work in. Wrapped in a very soft white tower she hovered over the drawers in her hotel room closet. Maybe her green dress it's top was completely laced and the skirt flared out a little. No that would absolutely be too fancy. Maybe her deep red halter top with the black tight skirt till the knee? But it looked like it was going to be a bit chilly and Caroline didn't want to risk getting cold and having to wear his jacket.

After an hour of throwing her entire closet onto the king-size bed she decided to go for her dark grey jeans, that showed off her legs and ass, a simple white blouse and a leather jacket to make it a little sexier she combined the outfit with a pair of killer stiletto's. She pulled her hair up in a high ponytail and kept her make up very light. She looked into the mirror and approved. It was simple yet sophisticated, yet sexy. It looked effortless and that was what she was going to make him think. Because the last thing she wanted was for Klaus Mikaelson to think she was putting in effort. Even though she totally was. 11.59 A.M. ready with just a minute to spare.

As soon as the clock turned to noon there was a knock on the door. "Right on time" Caroline muttered. Her stomach twisted a little and she opened the door. Klaus was leaning against the doorframe with again that cheeky grin on his face. "Hello Love" he whispered. She took a deep breath. Why did he have to be so handsome? And smell so damn good! That was definitely not cologne it was just his natural scent. He was dressed in a dark jeans as well with a dark grey shirt and dark jacket. Combined with his necklaces it was the typical bad boy look. She was too smart to fall for that. "Let's go" She smiled weakly and closed the door behind her.

"You look spectacular as always Love" Klaus said walking next to her after a few minutes of silence.

"Don't pull that crap on me Klaus" Caroline scolded.

"Come on love, just take the bloody compliment" he laughed

"Fine" she blushed.

Klaus smirked as he opened the door of the car "After you love" he charmed her as she got in then he got in next to her. "To the restaurant Jameson" He said.

"Really? your driver is actually called Jameson?" Caroline asked him.

"No I just compelled him to make him think that it is, thought it would be funny" Klaus said.

"Really?" Caroline asked shocked. She couldn't imagine using her compulsion for something so stupid.

Klaus looked at her for a few more seconds with a very serious face then bursted into laughing "No of course not"

Caroline instantly laughed at how stupid she must have looked believing him. "You're an ass" she chuckled and punched his shoulder.

The day had gone rather smoothly. Much to Caroline's surprise, lunch had led to a walk through London where they had spent hours listening to different street musicians, Which in its turn had led to Klaus showing her different art galleries, which had now led to Dinner. Caroline had told him about her travels, and he had told her about the city of New Orleans.

"I've never been to New Orleans" Caroline smiled.

"You should come with me tomorrow Love, I'll show you every inch of it" Klaus suggested.

"Nice try" Caroline said.

There was a careless atmosphere during the entire day. Though she did not miss her life back in Mystic Falls, she did miss having a friend. It wasn't that she didn't have friends back home, it was only that Caroline had neglected them over the past year and a half so she now felt embarrassed to call. As she was playing with the spoon into her very chocolaty desert she looked at Klaus.

"So, I have to ask you something" She said looking at him playfully.

"Anything love" Klaus shot back at her.

"Ok so…don't get mad, but Stefan told me you and Hayley had a kid… what's that about?" Caroline had been curious to the matter all day but wanted to make sure he was in a good mood before he asked.

Klaus looked at the beautiful blond. Of course the ripper hadn't been able to keep the existence of his daughter to himself. It was impossible to not tell her things. Though hope wasn't a secret in New Orleans, he had kept her relatively quiet to the rest of the world. The more that knew the bigger the danger and all that. But he trusted Caroline , telling her about Hope would not endanger her in any way he was sure of it. He reached into his pocket and grabbed his phone. Opened the folder that held the pictures and opened one of him and Hope showing it to her.

Caroline awed at the picture. Klaus was holding a little girl no older than the age of 4 with long curly brown hair and klaus' vibrant blue eyes. She had a pale complexion but it soothed her. She was by far one of the most beautiful children she had ever seen. And if you looked at the happy smiling face, you could see that aside from the colour of her hair, she was the spitting image of her father.

"Oh Klaus she is adorable" Caroline whispered.

"Her name is Hope, she's turning 4 in two months, little rascal." He smiled.

"Is she a handful then?" Caroline inquired.

"Yes well unfortunately she seems to have inherited my stubbornness and temper, she's known to throw quite the fit when she doesn't get what she wants" Klaus said.

"Sounds like somebody else I know" Caroline teased.

"Yes well getting away with tantrums is a lot easier when you're as cute as that" Klaus smiled looking back at the picture of him and his daughter.

Caroline laughed "I bet she has you wrapped around her little finger"

"That she does love, that she does" Klaus said putting his phone back into his pocket.

Caroline smiled, he looked a lot happier since the day she had last saw him. There was a change in him. She had always known he was capable of humanity, and love. A very long time ago Part of her had thought that she would be the one to bring that out in him. She would be the one to save him. To redeem him. At least partially. But now she could see that it took the love of another woman to bring out this side in him. The love only a daughter could have for a father. And she felt a wave of happiness in his place. She was really happy for him.

"She sounds amazing Klaus, I'm really happy for you" Caroline told him.

"Come to New Orleans with me, I'll introduce you to her" Klaus asked her again.

Caroline nodded her head for no, it was tempting to take him up on his offer, she had nearly jumped on the plane when she got his voicemail a couple of years ago when he had told her how he was surrounded by all these beautiful things and could only think of her. And surely she believed New Orleans was an amazing city but she needed to discover it on her own terms. Going with Klaus now, felt as committing as taking a marriage proposal. And she wasn't ready for any of that.

"You know I can't Klaus I need to do this on my own, prove that I'm independent" Caroline whispered staring into her plate. She didn't like talking about this part of her life.

"Why? To who?" Klaus asked confused.

"Myself Klaus, It was like after my mother died I suddenly realised I am going to live forever" Caroline explained.

Klaus looked even more confused " Well darling it is one of the side effects of being a vampire, we figured you knew"

Caroline looked at him with pain in her eyes. "Don't be a jerk klaus! What I mean is I have no family, my friends and I have gone our separate ways, Tyler has broken up with me ….I'm going to be alone forever….so I might as well get used to it now."

Klaus softly grabbed her hand that was resting on the table and took it in his thumb softly stroking the back of hers squeezing it ever so lightly. He could not believe that a girl who was funny and smart, independent and beautiful, a girl who loved so fiercely could feel so lonely. Being who he was he understood loneliness all too well. And he'd be damned if he would ever let her feel that way.

"Caroline look at me" he whispered. "As long as I roam this planet I will make sure you are never alone."

Caroline smiled, she pulled her hand away from him and brought it up to his face gently cupping it "I know you will, but this is how it needs to be…Thank you for today….I had a great time." She got up from her chair and put her jacket back on.

"You're leaving love…..let me at least drive you home." Klaus said bewildered.

"No it's fine really I could use the walk" Caroline said, and with one last smile towards him she had left.

The walk and fresh air had done Caroline good. She felt a bit guilty towards Klaus after him taking her out on such a lovely day and she abandoning him like that . Truth was, she thought she was going to cry on the way home and wasn't ready to be that vulnerable with him. It ended up only being a few tears but still better safe than sorry. When she walked back into the hotel she did feel a lot better and made a mental note to send Klaus a text she got to her room safely and to thank him again once she was in her comfortable bed. She was just about to walk into the elevator when the receptionist called out to her.

"Miss Forbes?" The young girl shouted.

"Yes something wrong?" Caroline asked.

"No miss, but there was a gentleman here earlier….he left this for you" the girl handed her an envelope.

"Thank you" Caroline nodded taking it. She wondered who it would be from none of her friends knew she was in London at the moment. But when she turned the envelope around to open it she recognised the statuesque handwriting forming the elegant K at the back. She carefully tore the envelop open and found a letter inside it.

Caroline,

Something so beautiful should not be this lonely….
This is just in case you change your mind…
My offer still stands.
my plane leaves tomorrow morning at 9 A.M.

Klaus

Caroline's eyes opened wide, with the letter there was also a blue piece of paper when she pulled it out it was a first class ticket….to New Orleans.

"Is everything alright miss?" The receptionist asked.

Caroline stared at the letter and the ticket. Her heart was pounding and she felt dizzy. It took a few moments before she realised the girl was talking to her. "Yes" she whispered softly. Then determination formed in her eyes. "I just really need to get packing, looks like I'll be leaving in the morning."

Chapter two! What did you guys think? Hope you all liked it. We are officially done with the building up and now in chapter 3 we can really get started. I was very humbled to see that after just one chapter the story already had a few followers and favourites, thank you all so much! It really means a lot to me to know that it is appreciated! I have a couple of more idea's for this story so hang on tight cause a lot of things are going to be happening from now on. Remember to leave a review I love to hear what you guys think, what did you like? What didn't you like? Anything you would like to see happening for our favourite pairing? Please let me know or don't be afraid to pm me! Also I'm still without a beta reader so if you feel like hey I could do that! Contact me please I look forward to working with you!

Lots of love,

Eve