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Natalie - sorry but I don't know what you mean by their previous relationship, Klaus and Caroline, or Bonnie and Caroline?
Caroline got a pan out and started to get four eggs going, the sizzling distracting her until she felt Klaus's arms wrap around her waist from behind.
"I didn't realize you'd go with something so basic." He teased.
"What, do you usually eat caviar and devilled ham for breakfast?" Caroline asked, turning around. He smiled.
"If I wake up late, yeah." He replied sardonically. She giggled and kissed him, keeping his mouth glued to hers with on hand gripping the back of his head. Klaus gripped her waist and reached out for the handle of the pan, moving it off the burner as the eggs started solidifying. Caroline broke the kiss and turned, breaking his hold on her so she could get two plates prepared. With only sunny-side up eggs on the plate, Caroline turned around to ask him if he wanted something else as well. But the small smile she had, anticipating his dark eyes on hers, quickly vanished when she only saw a piece of paper on the counter, folded and set upright. She put the plates on the stove, not registering what she was doing, and went to pick the paper up. When she unfolded it, she saw that the card he'd first sent her, asking her to save him a dance, wasn't just polite penmanship. It was elegant, and somehow made her feel even worse.
Caroline,
I would have loved to stay and spend the rest of this morning with you. I would have loved, more than anything, to have you by my side, as much as I am hesitant to admit it. You don't know how much I have missed you, these past years.
But I cannot let your death be my fault. I will not allow it. And when I can find a better way, perhaps I'll come back and get you, we'll be together. When I find a better way, I know I will. Whether you want to be with me still or not. I hope you'll forgive me, Caroline. My enemies are much stronger, deadlier, and much more full of anger than the foes you've faced. I'm not implying you couldn't handle them. Rather, I don't want you to think you're ready yet when I know you're not. You are intelligent as much as you are beautiful, and your love for me which I treasure above all should not blind you to the fact you'd be putting yourself in danger simply to stay with me.
I wish there were an adequate apology for lying to you. But there isn't. Just be safe, Caroline. Be happy.
Love,
Klaus
It took a long time that day for Caroline to bring herself to move from the couch. She didn't need to read that letter again, the words were running through her mind every second, and in his voice. So she just stared at the wall, and almost didn't catch the sound of the door opening, Bonnie's heartbeat coming closer to her. She obviously wanted to talk about something.
"Hey" Bonnie greeted. Caroline didn't move. She didn't care if Bonnie asked her what was wrong, she didn't care what her reaction would be if she decided to tell her the truth. But Bonnie was preoccupied, and merely threw herself on the couch, not noticing Caroline's broken look. "So the armory that captured Rayna, the one that Enzo's working for? Turns out they didn't just want her. Me being the last Bennett witch and the most powerful one after having her magic taken too many times I lost count, they wanted to cage me just like her."
Bonnie looked at Caroline, surprised she wasn't getting a reaction so fast, and found the broken look she couldn't snap out of.
"Care?" Bonnie asked. She scooted toward her "Caroline, what is it?"
"I...don't really know if I should talk about it." Caroline replied. Bonnie blinked and looked down.
"Maybe you just want to sit in silence?" She asked. Caroline shook her head.
"It's the silence that's killing me." She replied honestly.
"Okay then, tell me. What's going on?" Bonnie asked. Caroline smiled a little and looked at her best friend. The one important person in her life she had left that hadn't left her, whatever the reasons were.
"You know, that me and a certain, original, hybrid...were together in the forest?" She asked. Bonnie nodded.
"You and Klaus Mikaelson had sex. I remember." Bonnie replied. Caroline couldn't help but laugh.
"You know why?" Caroline asked. Bonnie shook her head.
"Honestly I don't." She replied. Caroline looked down.
"It was, because he felt right." Caroline said. She looked at Bonnie. "We trusted eachother, and he understood me, he didn't try to control me...you know how bad of a guy he was when he first got here." Bonnie nodded "But with me, he was a good guy. He was romantic, and charming, and...he said things to me that no one's ever said before." Bonnie nodded. Caroline kept staring at her and tried to find a good segue to what happened last night.
"He said he wanted to be with me. Like, for the rest of his life, he wanted to be with me." She said.
"That's...amazing. Do you feel the same way?" Bonnie asked, dumbfounded. Caroline smiled and looked down, nodding.
"Yeah, I do." She replied. Bonnie smirked a little.
"Well, I still don't like the guy, but...if he's a better guy around you, that's all the proof I need to give him another chance." Bonnie said. Caroline smiled again and turned to her, putting her calf up on the couch.
"But, that's not all I needed to say." Caroline replied. Bonnie nodded
"Go on."
"Well, just a few days ago, I ended up accidentally calling him."
"Accidentally?" Bonnie asked dubiously
"It was the guilt of sleeping with the guy who killed my ex's mother. But it happened."
"Okay."
"After Klaus called, he showed up here." Caroline said slowly. "Last night." She added.
"Last night?" Bonnie replied.
"Yeah. And his sireline is broken so he is disappearing." She said. As Caroline looked away, Bonnie looked at her
"Why did he come to you?" Caroline looked at her.
"He wanted to be with me before he left. In case he was going to die." She replied. Bonnie gave her a pitying look as Caroline tried to keep it together. Bonnie went in for a hug and Caroline let her tears fall, clinging to her best friends' shoulders. "I wanted to go with him. Go where he was going, outrunning the unsired vampires who wanted to kill him." Bonnie hugged her tighter. "But he wouldn't let me come. He made me think he'd take me with but he just up and vanished."
"It's a good thing you didn't go with him, Care." Bonnie replied. Caroline pulled away to look at Bonnie. "I know you're a stronger vampire, but the guys Klaus sired, they must've been brutal before they were ever even vampires. I mean he must've told you why he didn't want you to go with him."
"Yeah," Caroline replied, rubbing the tears from her eyes. "it was about like you said. That they're more dangerous and stronger than any of the vampires I ever faced. But I mean, if we faced Silas and two of the Originals fell for us, how hard could it be for us to win again?" Caroline asked. Bonnie laughed and they hugged again.
"By the way I never had a thing for Kol."
"I know." Caroline replied, still holding her. "You've grown to have a thing for accents like I do anyhow." Bonnie pulled away again and Caroline laughed. A buzzing came from Bonnie's pocket and she took it out, looking at the screen.
"Damon. You want to come?" She asked. Caroline shrugged.
"Sure. Take my mind off of things."
"And if he gets on your nerves?"
"I have plenty of tricks up my sleeve for that, thank you." Caroline replied, and Bonnie giggled.
