Chapter 2
Face to face
New York, Manhattan
Hospital – Dr. Forbes office.
Elizabeth Forbes was pale, her hands resting on her chin. She was really exhausted undertaking so much responsibility as the boss of the hospital, along with her husband's request in fulfilling their divorce in a month. It was affecting her with a mixture of sadness and rage and it was slowly taking its toll on her.
Five years ago her husband Bill Forbes had an accident and lost his memory. After 3 years in a comma he woke up incredulous to having a wife and two beautiful daughters. He wanted a divorce and it hurt Elizabeth so much it sunk her into a depression. She tried as much as she could to convince him to wait until he recovered his memory, but he gave her 2 years and in a month that time will be up.
Throughout this ordeal she had her beloved best friend Mikael Mikaelson, who had been courting her for the past 5 months. At first she was rejecting him but now she really needed a man that understood her, even if she didn't love him back. She gave him a chance although their relationship was forbidden, since she was still married and Mikael…well he wasn't the problem, the problem were his children that couldn't stand the idea of him with another woman.
"Toc!, toc!, toc!" the door sounded.
"Please come in," she said. Maybe it's some student or resident she thought.
"Liz" a strong male voice said her name and she froze. He was there with a rose in his hand.
"Mikael, did you lose your mind? Someone can see you" she spat.
"I'm sorry Liz, but today is an important day, we finally have 2 months together as a couple" he said smiling
But Elizabeth Forbes looked shocked…
"You didn't forget, did you?" Mikael asked a little disappointed and sad.
"I did, I'm so sorry Mikael. I've just been feeling so tired, and not myself today" she said guiltily.
"It's fine my love" he closed the distance and kissed her lips and said "I love you Liz… I hope one day your heart can belong to me, happy second month anniversary" She closed her eyes to receive a second kiss but when she opened them, he was gone.
This has to end sooner or later she still loved her husband and Mikael needed to know that.
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One hour later….
New York, Mikaelson's Mansion
"A Cat? Honestly Kol from all the variety of gifts, you bring me a cat?" Klaus said with the little Kitty in his hands.
"You know Nik, a 'Hey thank you brother' would be nice, it's the least I can do since I lost your dog when he was just a month old, so now I give you a cat" Kol said guiltily, he had lost his brother's puppy in Central Park. Niklaus was so devastated his tears had been haunting Kol in his dreams.
The doors opened and Rebekah appeared with a death glare.
"Why are you fighting? I can hear you from the first floor, come on Kol if you came here to bother us, I suggest you leave this house now….OH MY GOD!" Rebekah screamed, the moment she saw the cat, her heart melt. "What a lovely kitty, is it for me?" she asked with a baby voice.
"Sorry to disappoint you darling but its Nik's" Kol said but Niklaus interrupted.
"You want it? Then It's yours" he spat.
"Hey you jerk, if I give you a present you can't give it to someone else. Especially Rebekah, she can't even protect herself" Kol was now very angry.
"First of all little brother I don't like cats, that's why I had bought a golden retriever which you carelessly lost and second of all I have a job, I can't take care of that…" Nik said looking at the kitty that was melting in Rebekah's arms. "That, that bushy, awful thing" he said smiling a little, ok the cat was cute but he was allergic.
"Oh noooo" Rebekah put her hands on the little kitty's head "You will make Mr. Nikol Mikaelson sad " she said referring to the kitty.
"It's just a Cat Rebekah" Klaus and Kol spat.
"How insensitive… well thank you so much Nik, it means a lot to me. I always wanted to have a little pussy cat. I'm gonna call him Nikol, because of you Nik and because of Kol"
Rebekah said innocently.
Kol started to laugh uncontrollably and Rebekah was confused.
"What?" she asked
"You don't have a pussy little sister?" Kol was really annoying his sister.
"Ok enough Kol, do not put dirty things in our little sister's head" said Nik, he wanted to laugh but had to play the big brother now "Well, my dear family if you'll excuse me, I need to go buy some food for that thing"
"He has a name, It's NIKOL MIKAELSON" Rebekah said angrily.
"Over my dead body" Kol and Nik said at the same time again. They did that quite often, it was pretty cool and then Nik left to the Animal Hospital.
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Animal Hospital Manhattan
Room 3, first floor.
Today was Shane's injection. Caroline and Stefan were there.
"Are you gonna tell me who is visiting us today?" he was really curious.
"Nope!" Caroline was enjoying Stefan's curiosity. She really wanted to tell him that his brother is back but this must be a surprise for him.
BARK!
Shane was going crazy he was scared, today was his first rabies vaccination.
"Here, let me try" Stefan said and took Shane in his arms. Like a miracle the puppy calmed down.
"You have amazing hands Salvatore" the doctor remarked.
"Excuse me what?" he spat.
Caroline was laughing.
"What?" Stefan arched his eye brown.
The doctor was uncomfortable preparing the vaccination.
"Silly, the doctor said that you have good hands with A-n-i-m-a-l-s" she laughed again.
"Oh" now Stefan was embarrassed.
"It was a misunderstanding sir, anyway where is Shane's vaccination card?" Doctor Gordon asked.
"Shit" Caroline said and covered her mouth. "I'm sorry, guess I left it in my car, I'll be right back"
Caroline left the room and ran to her car. How can she forget it? She was reaching the corner, and then it all happened so fast. A blur came next to her and then everything turned black.
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Seconds later…
Caroline was in awe there were flowers everywhere, everything was perfect, blue sky, strong arms holding her…. Wait what? And then she opened her eyes revealing the most handsome man. First she thought it was Stefan but come on this guy was a sex symbol, kissable red lips, strong jaw, perfect blue or green? Oh they were grey eyes and now he was touching her chin. She didn't care about where she was right now, she wanted to keep staring at him she knew that she was dreaming and she didn't want to wake up.
"Miss?" he asked.
He's from England, she thought. His accent made her feel a hot heat between her legs.
"Miss please answer me, are you alright?" He asked again and she wanted to feel safe and protected in his arms for eternity.
"In your arms it's impossible to feel bad sexy man" she replied as he was now touching her neck, it felt so good she moaned.
And then her mystery man was smirking with those sexy dimples, but the wall behind him got her attention. It was light blue and had pictures of animals on it.
Reality came to her and her eyes widened. She was still in the animal hospital.
Caroline suddenly looked furious and punched him away.
"Hey! You pervert, what's wrong with you?" but he didn't let her go "let me go you jerk, HELP!" she screamed.
"Miss please calm down" Klaus pleaded and stood up to help her.
"Tell that to the police and explain him your sexual arassment " she spat.
"Sexual what?" he laughed she was really cute when she was angry.
"You know what I'm talking about" she gave him a heated look and stood up, she almost fell but he caught her.
"Don't touch me you jerk!" she screamed.
"First of all, I'm helping you and secondly you were the one moaning when you were staring at me love, in your unconscious state" he said slowly.
She blushed, and felt really embarrassed. Shame on her and her stupid hormones.
He looked down at her sweet blushed face. Oh yeah, she was really cute and beautiful but his inner doctor made him worry about her so he asked her again. "Are you feeling alright love?" she nodded.
Love? Maybe its a common phrase in England, she thought. Or it could be that he is her Teddy Bear? No impossible, her Teddy could be in any part of the world, so she discarded him as an option.
"What happened to me?" she asked.
"It's my fault, I was running and I didn't see you in the corner. You lost your balance, hit your head on the floor and blacked out." He looked guiltily.
"It's ok" she smiled.
He was sure she had the most beautiful smile on this planet.
"Please let me take you to the closest hospital, you need to be checked" he suggested.
"No way, that will be the most popular hospital in Manhattan and I don't want to see familiar faces there"
"You have family there?" he asked sadly.
"No, no, I mean that.. Well, I happened to be an almost resident there, well in about 3 months I will." She answered proudly of herself.
Klaus was now very intrigued, how is that he didn't see her? She was really a catch. He started to walk in the room, like if he was in deep thought and Caroline was feeling a little confused.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
He stopped and looked so intently over his shoulder at her, she suddenly felt naked before him. Yeah, he is a sex symbol. He turned around and walked towards her.
"Well my dearest angel" he began.
She rolled her eyes and he smirked.
"There is this little coincidence that I'm a resident there as well" he wanted to ask her more things but a familiar voice interrupted him.
"Caroline?" Stefan screamed searching for her best friend down the corridor.
Caroline heard him, but she was in shock from the new information she received about her new hero.
"Are you Caroline?" he asked grinning like a kid because now he knows her name.
"Yeah that's me" she replied and then she said something really stupid "he is.. my… my boyfriend"
"Oh" he murmured, and Caroline saw disappointment on his face. She wanted to kill herself, but the other part of her was relieved. She was feeling like she was cheating on herTeddy bear chat friend.
"Caroline there you are I was worried about you and…" Stefan was going to hug her but then he saw the man next to her best friend "Doctor Mikaelson?" he asked in shock.
"Mr. Salvatore, what a pleasant surprise" he faked a smiled, Stefan was his best student but now he wanted to hit him for being the boyfriend of the blonde beauty.
Stefan narrowed his eyes, looking from his doctor to his best friend. A sudden bout of jealousy striked him, what was going on with them? His protective BIG BROTHER SIDE came alive.
"What's going on DARLING?" he emphasize the last word, and arched his eyebrows.
"Nothing Stefan, he kind of helped me when I blacked out"
"You what?"
Like a big brother, he was now next to her checking for any injuries.
"I already checked her" Klaus said, he hated him for touching her. "She is fine"
"Thank you so much Doctor Mikaelson, I owe you my life" he stood up and walked to bring Shane back.
After a minute
Caroline was now alone with Klaus again. Neither of them said a word until …
BARK! BARK!
Some barks from a little puppy broke the ice.
The cute puppy was barking like crazy running in Caroline's direction. Caroline opened her arms for her golden retriever, but something unexpected happened.
The puppy ran to Klaus.
"Hey! Buddy" Klaus hugged the puppy. "What's his name?" he asked Caroline.
"Shane" Caroline replied, and was melting at the sight in front of her. Her hero Dr. Mikaelson really loves puppies.
"Shane likes you Doctor Mikealson" said Stefan, also happy at the sight.
It was true, the dog liked Klaus then a thought came to mind and it clicked. Shane never likes anyone, so why does he like ? Not unless he was his first owner. OH GOD!
Klaus' sweet face turned into a shock expression. That confirmed Stefan's assumption. He was looking at theblack spot on the back of the puppy. "Phantom" he whispered almost too softly for them to hear and the dog started to bark in response to the name, confirming Klaus' assumption. This dog was his lost golden retriever.
"Where did you find him?" Klaus asked unexpectedly.
"How did you know?"
"I will ask again sweetheart, where did you find him?" Klaus asked loudly this time.
"In Central Park and I will ask you again , how did you know that?" she spat.
"Because HE IS MINE!" Klaus replied with a possessive tone.
"I knew it!" Stefan said but Caroline screamed "What!?"
4:00 pm
New York, Forbes' Residence
Ding dong
Camille arrived 2 hours early than normal. She went to open de doors hoping will be his sister and Stefan. But when she opened them, she saw the Pierce's family and Damon? OH GOD!
"SURPRISE" They screamed.
"Holly mother of God" she screamed to, and hugged them so tight.
"You change" Katherine remarked.
"You are even more hot" Camille replied laughing at her friend, then turned to Elena. "Elena I missed you so much" they hugged each other too.
"What about me?" Damon asked.
"My favorite Salvatore, come give me a hug" Camille said, and Damon picked her up. They were laughing and Elena was feeling a little jealous. So she clapped her hands.
Everyone turned to look at her. And she pointed her travel equipment.
"I'm sorry, I was not expecting you. Caroline and Stefan went with Shane our little puppy for his vaccination"
"Poor puppy" Katherine said.
"Yeah, and where is Jeremy?" Camille asked, noticing the youngest Pierce was missing.
"Now that Jeremy's best friend leaves here in the city. He went to his Mansion, maybe there are girls there" Damon winked.
"Damon" Katherine said annoyed. Elena punched him in the chest.
"You never change" Camille was laughing. "Come on; let me take all of you to your guest rooms"
Some minutes later….
Animal Hospital, Manhattan
Reception Room
The hospital was chaos. Klaus tried to explain how his brother Kol had lost Phantom when the puppy was only a month old (that's what the Mikaelson family called him), but Caroline was so stubborn she didn't want to understand anything. They argued for an eternity as Klaus tried to explain how for the past 2 months he's felt lonely without Phantom who was the only one that could keep him company, but her response hit a nerve.
"And what do you think he's been for me!? All this time he's been the only one who…LOOK it's not my fault people hate you! I feel sorry for you, but back off the puppy is M-I-N-E." she glared at him.
Shane barked and Klaus stared at her with irritation.
Stefan shook his head. "Let's go Caroline, we have visitors today and Shane needs to sleep."
Klaus felt himself growing more irritated with each moment, yet he tried to compose himself when he said,
"Guess we'll see each other in court"
"What?" Stefan was in shock but Caroline was now Red with anger.
"Are you threatening me?" demanded Caroline.
"I don't know, I thought it was pretty obvious" he shrugged theatrically "Phantom or Shane.. Whatever! The dog is mine and you with your stupid reasons are… " Klaus continued but Caroline interrupted.
"Are you insinuating that I'm stupid?"
"Yes!" he replied with that sexy smirk.
Caroline stared at him in shock and open-mouthed, how dare him?
Klaus took the opportunity to stare at her redden lips he wanted to bite them. Pity she is spoken for. . Caroline was really beautiful and she was starting to feel uncomfortable with his stares.
Then a voice brought them to reality.
"Ok guys calm down, you are in a hospital, if you don't leave right now then I'm afraid I will have to call security" the doctor said, he was really angry.
"I'm leaving" the youngest Salvatore said and took Shane from Klaus' arms.
"Stefan let's go" Caroline said and went for her car without looking at Klaus again. But she felt his eyes all over her ass. What a jackass, she thought.
Stefan took the opportunity to talk with his doctor.
"I'm sorry for all of this Doctor Mikaelson, I hope this doesn't affect my grades in the hospital. I'm studying hard for your exam, but I assure you that Shane is part of our family if you take him away Caroline will be devastated. I can't see my best friend sad. See you at the hospital." And then Stefan left.
Best friend? So he is not her boyfriend, Klaus though. A part of him was relieved for that new information, but the other part was seeing red. He will do everything to have his dog again. He was attracted to her, but now he hates her too.
He bought the food for Rebekah's kitty and went straight home. He needed to talk about this with someone; He needs to talk with the only person that can calm him down, his Sweet C. upcake!
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