AN: Wow. I am blown away by the response to this story. I didn't even expect one person to see it, so the 21 follows and 11 review seriously blew my mind! I would like to especially thank those who reviewed the story, I took all of your advice and feedback to heart, it was really helpful and I hope you can see that in this next chapter. You guys really motivated me to get this chapter out so soon, I was gonna wait till tomorrow, but I'm just dying to hear what you guys think! The second thing I would like to say is I am really excited about this story, I know the general direction I want to take it in, but if you guys have any suggestions as to where you want it to go I would very gladly accept them :) Okay enough of this boring stuff here's chapter two!
Disclaimer: I don't own TVD
"Caroline, I'd like you to meet your costar, Niklaus Mikaelson."
Caroline turned around, the blood draining from her face, as she laid eyes on the biggest asshole in Hollywood. The cocky smirk, still cemented on his place, he grabbed her hand bringing it to his lips, as he said in that incredibly sexy British accent, "Hello love , long time no see."
Caroline stood there like a deer in the headlights, staring at the two men in front of her, and still trying to process what exactly was happening. The words "Niklaus" and "costar" kept running through her mind, and they weren't a pleasant combination. She tried to clear her mind so she could think. Finally she was able to get out a coherent though.
"I'm sorry David, when you say costar you only mean he's in the cast right, in a very minor role, as in less than 5 lines minor." Caroline stammered out.
But all hope was lost when David threw back his head in laughter, "Oh Caroline, now that is why you are perfect for this role, always joking around."
Caroline halfheartedly joined in his laughter, before again trying "No David, really, what role is Niklaus playing?"
"Klaus." her costar said.
Caroline regretfully drew her gaze away from David and towards Niklaus. The smug look still very much present on his face. She took a deep breath, trying to control her temper, before letting it out and saying, "What?"
At the sight of her annoyance Klaus's smirk only got wider, "Klaus" he said, "I let all the pretty ladies call me "Klaus."
Caroline inwardly scoffed, her hatred for "Klaus" growing every second. She tried biting her tongue while in front of her director, but unfortunately, self-control was never her strong point so she heard herself replying in a mocking tone, "we'll I let all the handsome men call me Care, so you can call me Caroline."
Klaus chuckled at her comment, amusement in his eyes, who did this woman think she was? He was about to reply with an equally rude comment when David, sensing the tension cut in.
"Well, it is good to see that there is definitely chemistry between my two leads, after all that is something you can't fake" he said, grinning at his two actors.
"If by chemistry you mean the poisonous kind, then yes you could say there is chemistry here" Caroline said, while glaring at Klaus.
Klaus narrowed his eyes at her, whist taking a small step forward "yes David, I quite agree with Caroline here, there is definitely something chemically imbalanced about her."
"Okay then" David said clearly sensing the animosity in the air, "Elena, I will give you a call to set up a meeting, and Caroline we will also be in touch to discuss the project. It was lovely talking with you all" he said looking at the three of them and with that he was gone. The moment he disappeared Caroline let go of all polite behavior, and finally let Klaus have it.
"You pig" she said, gritting her teeth, "you knew who I was and yet you still acted like a womanizer towards me."
Klaus cocked his head to the side, the ever-present smirk still faithfully in place, and said "Oh sweetheart, looks like someone is a little self-obsessed, poor you someone didn't know your name, get over it" he said in a low, growling tone.
"Get over it?" she exhaled in a frustrated tone, "Listen here Nik- "
"It's Klaus."
"Nik," she spit back, in a taunting tone, " I will not have you ruining this movie with your pompous attitude, and arrogant behavior," she said whilst slowly walking closer towards him, "I have worked too damn hard to have some giant screw up asshat waltz in and derail everything, comprendo" she finished, now standing right in front of him.
Klaus lowered his head to look at her, his eyes a cloud of incomprehensible emotions, at her words his cocky smirk had faltered for a second, almost as if what she said had actually affected him, but as quickly as it happened, it was gone, and his smirk was back on his face, cockiness included.
He took another step closer to her, then leaning down to her ear he whispered, "I'm sorry I got you all riled up, love" he said teasingly, "what can I say, I have that effect on women,"
"Oh grow up" Caroline said, pushing him away from her, "Elena, I think I'm gonna head home early" she said turning to her manager, "I'm suddenly not in the mood to party anymore" she said reproachfully looking back at Klaus.
"Okay, well I'll call you later this week once I have more details on the project" Elena said hesitantly, obviously not wanting to receive any of the hostility that Caroline had just been showing towards her costar.
"Thanks" Caroline said, smiling honestly towards Elena, she then turned back towards Klaus, her smile now more of a grimace, "I'll be seeing you around then… unfortunately" she muttered dejectedly as she turned to walk past him.
"Only in my worst nightmares!" he yelled after her, loathing heavy in his tone. She laughed a very mocking laugh, before taking one last look at him, and walking out of the party.
Klaus turned and watched her leave, a twinkle in his eye. That woman may be one of the most heinous, bitchy creatures he had ever met, but he had to give it to her, she was unlike anyone else he had ever known. And although her bitchiness heavily dulled it, she did have a certain beauty about her, almost as if she was made of light, just always glowing. "This is going to be an interesting couple of months" he said to himself, picking up his drink he took a long gulp, "bottoms up Mikaelson."
It had been a week since she had met Satan, or as some refer to him, Niklaus Mikaelson. Every moment she spent thinking about their previous encounter left her with a severe headache, and an acute sense of nausea. Today would bring no relief as she was scheduled to have lunch with David, and Klaus to discuss a couple things about the movie. She was supposed to be at Corteo's in three hours, and every minute leading up to the meeting was filled with apprehension and misery. She groaned as she turned over in bed. Tyler wasn't there. He had gone on a trip to London to do press on his new film a few days ago, and he wasn't gonna be back for another week and a half. Not that she was happy that he was gone or anything but it did make dealing with this whole Klaus thing easier. Tyler just wouldn't understand, or he would say she was making too big of a deal, or overreacting, or totally just ignore her feelings in general. No, it was better this way.
She lay there for a few more minutes and then finally dragged herself out of bed and into the shower. When she was done showering she put on makeup, and picked out a nice blue sundress, she wanted to make sure she looked good today to show David that she looked the part of Elizabeth. Now if Klaus happened to notice how good she looked, and she could shove it in his smug little face, well that would just be an added bonus. A little before 12 she stepped out of her apartment and started walking down the street to Corteo's, it wasn't that far from her house. She had on a pair of sunglasses, but that didn't fool any paparazzi, it never did. Pretty soon she had a steady trail of 3 faithful papz behind her. Whatever, you get used to it; no privacy is just a price to pay for being a successful actress.
She finally arrived at Corteo's, and walked into the quaint Italian restaurant. She immediately saw David sitting in the corner, with a certain British asshole. "You can do this Forbes" she told herself, "just keep it together, and don't punch anyone", after her mini pep talk she plastered a fake smile on her face, and walked over to them.
David glanced up from talking to Klaus and saw her, "Caroline, how great you're here!" he said excitedly I have so much to discuss with you two, please sit down" he said offering her the seat next to Klaus.
She sighed through her fake smile before turning to sit down like he requested. That's when she finally got a good look at Klaus. As much as she hated the guy she had to hand it to him, he sure was hot. In contrast with his evening wear from last week, today he was wearing a grey Henley shirt, with dark wash jeans that fit him snug around the waist. His blue eyes were bright as ever, and they were currently grazing over her body with a look of appreciation. She smiled smugly, and finally sat down.
"Now, Caroline, Klaus" David said turning to each of them in turn, "I would just like to start by saying how excited I am to have both of you on board this project."
"As you should be" Klaus joked, cockily leaning back in his seat. Caroline bit back a scoff before rolling her eyes and saying, "I think what Nik meant was we are both incredibly happy to be on the project, and so humbled by this opportunity.
Klaus laughed at her attempt at correcting him before leaning into her ear and whispering "the name is Klaus, love."
Caroline turned her head to glare at him before replying angrily, through clenched teeth, "well the name is going to be engraved into a tombstone if you don't back off right now, Nik."
David sat silently and took the two of them in. Wow, he knew that they had chemistry but he was in no way anticipating this kind of chemistry. It was almost palpable. As long as these two could keep from biting each other's heads off during filming, this movie would be electric.
"Anyway guys," David finally interjected, temporarily stopping their bickering, "about the movie, we are set to begin filming in about two weeks, now I know this is sudden, but we really want to get the movie out by January so it's sort of a must, normally you guys would have a few months to get to know each other before hand, but since that's not an option here I've come up with a different solution."
At this Caroline and Klaus both perked up a little, "I'm sorry David, a solution?" Caroline quickly asked, she didn't like where this was going. Klaus too looked a little less smug than usual.
"Yes Caroline, a solution, I am suggesting that in the next two weeks you and Klaus spend as much time as possible together to really get to know each other, and build a relationship." David said earnestly while looking between the two.
At this Klaus finally decided to voice his opinion, "I'm sorry David, but I think I already know Caroline much better than I would ever like to" he said finishing with a smug smirk and a look at Caroline. Caroline, going along with his sarcastic tone countered "Yes David, Klaus is right, and I'm afraid that if you force us to spend more time together the only relationship we will see build is one between murderer, and victim" she smiled.
"Ahh sweetheart, such a clever tongue" Klaus said, "I wonder what else can be done with that tongue" he breathed in her face.
"Oh bite me" she shot at him,
"Gladly" he purred back at her.
David cut in again, before someone got hurt, "look guys I'm sorry but this is nonnegotiable, I expect you two to spend time together, in fact you can start right now" he said getting up.
"What!" they both shouted, equally displeased by his statement.
"Yeah, I have a meeting to get to, but you two kids stay here, talk, don't kill each other whatever, just do it together, I'll be in touch" and with that he walked out the door.
They sat there in silence for a while, both having not gotten what they wanted. Finally Caroline turned to look at him, to find him already looking at her.
"you know, these are gonna be a long couple of weeks if you're a total creeper and just stare at me all the time" she said smugly.
He smirked at her words "sorry love, you're beauty was just so captivating, I couldn't look away." She looked at him skeptically. "Also," he said leaning into her, "you have something on your face."
"Ughh" she scoffed, his booming laughter filling the room, "I hate you" she glared at him.
He cocked an eyebrow in agreement, "Ditto, love, ditto."
AN: Well what did you guys think? I am really trying to develop a clear hatred, and bickering type of vibe between Klaus and Caroline. I feel like in a lot of fics I read they go from "hating" each other to loving each other in 2 seconds, so I figured I would try to make their bond more realistic and gradual. Okay, thanks for reading and please let me know what you think in a review!
