Thank you for your lovely reviews - that really means a lot and it gives me an additional strength to carry on with this story. I have to admit I have some extra free time so this is a second update in one day. I hope you will enjoy the third chapter of our story as much as I enjoyed writing it. ;)

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Caroline was sitting with Elena, Bonnie, Stefan, Damon and Klaus on the grass in front of the London Eye just as many other people around them. The weather was perfect and sunny and unfortunately, it was their last day in London before going to France. Last few days were unforgettable. They've been to Madam Tussaud's, to London Tower, they visited Buckingham Palace with many other tourists, they saw Coldplay playing in the Hyde Park, they've been to Greenwich, to National History Museum that Caroline absolutely fell in love with, to Camden and they visited every single shop in the Oxford Street and they even went to Harrods where Klaus was treated like a special guest. They went clubbing and to many different restaurants and they all fell in love with London.

Bonnie was going and on about how the spectacular experience London has been. Elena was carefully listening to her as she always did but Caroline had her thoughts somewhere else. She was thinking about their lovely host, about Klaus. Klaus was talking about a perfect polo match he had last week with his friends while Stefan and Damon were carefully listening to him. He was smiling as he talked how he was desperately trying to not fall off the horse but even though he tried his best, he failed because Alastair, his horse, was sometimes just to fast for his own good. Caroline tried to concentrate on the talk between Elena and Bonnie but she failed with every possible attempt because all she could concentrate lately has been Klaus.

She had such a great time in London and she felt like she wasn't seduced just by London but also by Klaus, although if he even was aware of that fact, he didn't show it but neither did Caroline. She politely smiled at him and listened all of his stories and even made fun of him a couple of times along with the others but deep down she knew the truth – that day at the British Museum changed her thoughts about him completely. She knew she shouldn't put people in the little boxes but some people were such a perfect role models for some stereotypes. She put Klaus in a little box called "A spoiled Richie Rich box". Sure, she considered him smart but as he had a lot of money she considered him as a guy who did whatever he wanted not caring about possible consequences. She even thought of him as of a guy without feelings but although he had a lot of money and he did whatever he wanted, he cared about other people and he loved his family. He wasn't just a typical rich guy who liked to party and have every night an other woman in his bed but he also was smart, well-educated and he truly cared about the well-being of other people. He proved her wrong – her proved her once more that people shouldn't be categorized and stereotyped.

"Oh my God" – she heard Elena saying loudly. Caroline looked up and saw Elena reading some tabloid magazine with Victoria Beckham on the cover.

"What's happening?" – Stefan asked Elena while Damon just shrugged and rolled his eyes.

"We are probably in it as someone here doesn't know how to get rid of the paparazzi" - Damon mumbled while Klaus just laughed.

"Honestly, it wasn't my fault this time. They were after Harry and they ran into us. That reminds me that I have to call Harry" – Klaus said, got up and made a few steps further from them and started calling Harry as in prince Harry, Queen's grandson and cousin of Klaus.

"Look, Caroline, we are in the magazine! Can you believe it? God bless Mahiki" – Bonnie said with a too much excitement in her voice.

Caroline remembered that night – it was just three days ago and six of them went clubbing to Mahiki, a famous London club loved by celebrities and Royals. They had been partying there with prince Harry, Klaus's cousin, then also with Kate Moss and Emma Watson. Caroline loved the Mahiki club and she enjoyed every second of being there – she had danced all night and she even danced with prince Harry himself who was an amazing guy. She remembered how Elena and Stefan were also dancing which was weird because Stefan hated dancing but spent the whole night on the dance floor just dancing and kissing. She remembered how Damon hooked up with some Swedish model and they disappeared really early. She remembered how Bonnie was dancing with a Spanish guy whole night and how she excitedly told her later at home every single detail about their kiss in the end of the night. She remembered Klaus sitting at their table and watching her dance while talking to his friends from Oxford who also joined them that night. She remembered how they shared a dance or two and how she got lost in his deep blue eyes in the middle of the dance floor. She remembered how good it made her feel to be dancing with him – how they were perfect on the dance floor. How he perfectly touched her on the all right places while they were dancing.

Caroline grabbed the magazine out of the Bonnie's hands while Bonnie started rambling how she has to buy her own copy of the Ok! magazine. Caroline flipped the pages until she found the article she was looking for. There it was, on the page six and the title above it "The Crazy London Nights of the young Royalty" with five pictures. Just under the picture of Klaus hugging with Kate Moss and Emma Watson were the other three pictures, one of Klaus with prince Harry, Elena, Bonnie and Stefan and the other picture of Klaus with Damon, Emma Watson, Bonnie and Stefan. The third one was a photo of Stefan, Caroline, Klaus and prince Harry. And in the middle of the photos, was a little article about the lovely Niklaus Mikaelson, to friends Klaus, and his yet another fun night with his favorite in-law, prince Harry, and his other friends as Emma Watson, Kate Moss and Damon Salvatore (even Damon is a celebrity in UK but that's not a shock when a person has such a beautiful eyes). Caroline quickly read the article that ends with an observation how the young son of Lord Mikaelson once again left a club with another beautiful blonde with whom he didn't just end the night with but he also spend a lot of time in the club. Just by the end of the article has been a picture of Klaus and Caroline leaving the club. She looked up and saw Elena and Bonnie smiling.

"What?" – Caroline asked annoyed. Bonnie and Elena exchanged the look.

"Well Care, according to the British tabloids, you are a new girlfriend of our lovely Klaus" – Elena happily said and Bonnie nodded. Caroline just rolled her eyes.

"They say I'm just another beautiful blonde who he had left club with" – she crossed her arms on her chest so she would made a point. "It's nothing mayor."

Fortunately for her, Klaus returned to them and sat on the grass next to Stefan so he had saved her of the rest of the conversation that she secretly wanted to continue but not yet and certainly not with Stefan, Klaus and Damon around them. She liked the photo and she liked the possibility of being his girlfriend but as the article said she was just another blonde girl he had left club with. She was aware of the fact that Klaus considered her just as a friend and nothing more – he was equally polite to Elena and Bonnie.

"So, what is Ok! saying now?" – Klaus asked Damon.

"Just that you and Caroline are a new couple" – Bonnie happily said. Klaus raised his left eyebrow and curiously looked at Bonnie while his mouth started shaping in the form of a smile.

"Oh really? Let me see"- he said and Bonnie gave him the magazine. He curiously read the page six and smiled as he saw the photos. Caroline carefully watched Klaus as he was looking at the article.

"That is a really good picture of us with Emma" – he said while showing the photo to Damon. Caroline started feeling how she was becoming impatient. Shouldn't he be commenting the article and the picture of two of them leaving the club?

"Yeah, Emma looks good and I have to say, Bonnie, you look really good too" – Damon said to her and Bonnie blushed.

"But Klaus, my friend, what's that with you and Caroline leaving the club all alone?" – Damon asked amused while Klaus just shrugged and looked at Caroline.

"My apologies, love, for this incredibly amusing article. They have this habit to connect me with a different girl every week and I'm really sorry you have ended up in such a stupid article because of their obsession with my family" – Klaus said and threw the magazine back to Bonnie. Caroline just smiled at him and waved her hand like it was nothing. But somehow, she felt hurt a little bit. She knew he had a point with everything he had said but she also wished he had showed a little more enthusiasm about the picture of the two of them.

"Well, no matter how the article and the magazine might be stupid, I love the idea of being in a magazine on a photo with a prince himself" – Elena said and they all started laughing.


Later that day, Caroline found herself in Mikaelson's library reading once again the third book about Harry Potter: "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban." Everybody else went out to explore Soho and she was at home alone if you don't count the service. She read the book while being surrounded by the perfect silence that can be offered only in the library. She has sworn to herself that one day she will also have her private library at her home filled with books about everything and everyone. She put the book carefully on the coffee table and took a sip of her green tea with just a couple of drops of lemon. She loved her tea without sugar and milk which Mrs. Cecily, Mikaelson's chef, considered really weird. She took her cup of tea and stood up ready to explore everything possible about the library. As she could tell, it had hundreds and hundreds of books about every possible theme in the world. She decided to explore the second row of the books that consisted of books about Greek Mythology. She carefully took one book and started flipping the pages.

"Greek Mythology, one of my favorite areas" – a familiar, friendly voice said behind her but as she wasn't expecting anybody here, she jumped in fear and dropped the book on the floor.

"Careful there, love, it wasn't my attention to scare you" – Klaus said and collected the fallen book.

"Shouldn't you be in SoHo?" – Caroline asked him while going back to couch. She sat and put her cup of tea on the coffee table. He sat across her on a cozy armchair and smiled slightly.

"Not in the mood" – he said and smirked. Caroline frowned.

"What? I also do enjoy a night or two at home" – he laughed at loud.

"Somehow I find that hard to believe" – she winked. He shrugged and picked up the book on the coffee table.

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, I see. Fan of Harry Potter?" – he asked her.

"Ever since I've been nine" – she proudly said and he started laughing once again. "You?"

"Don't tell Damon but I'm a huge fan. Read all the books, watched all the movies, met all the actors, befriended Emma" – he said while they both started laughing. "But seriously, it's one of my favorite books ever. It thought me a lot about friendship and values in life, you know."

"I couldn't agree more. This is a book I will start reading to my children before bed as soon as they are six or seven years old" – Caroline said to him while trying to fix her pony tail. Klaus observed her carefully.

"Let it loose – you look good with curls around your face" – he said to her and she blushed. She didn't know what to say except to let loose her hair. She looked at him but he was now preoccupied with the book and he hasn't made any more comments on her looks.

"So, where are you parents and siblings?" – she asked him and he looked up at her. Maybe she shouldn't have asked him something so personal. She was always blabbing about things and her curiosity always lead her to some kind of trouble. She hoped he didn't mind the question.

"Hmmm, my parents are in Greece on a vacation and they'll come back as soon as those loud and obnoxious Americans go" – he stuck out his tongue at her and she couldn't help but to laugh out loud, "and my sibling are literally all over the globe. My oldest brother Elijah…"

"Oh, the historian, right?" – Caroline asked and he nodded.

"Good memory, love" – he said and she felt how her heart jumped at the word love. How she wished he meant that like his love, like his darling, like his only one – how she wished that meant he was in love with her. Wake up, Caroline. "Elijah is currently in China with his fiancee Katherine on a vacation. Finn, my other older brother is somewhere in Africa on a photo campaign for National Geographic" – he said and Caroline couldn't help herself but to interrupt him once again.

"National Geographic?" – she asked confused.

"Finn is a photographer for National Geographic. He was always an adventurist and as long as I can remember he dreamed of working for National Geographic – last year that dream came true" – he proudly said. Caroline looked at him sitting there so proud on the success of his older brother. She liked him even more now if that was even possible. She couldn't believe she started crushing on someone so fast but that's life, she guessed.

"And the twins, by the way they are eighteen just like you, are in Ibiza and Monaco. Kol is partying in Ibiza with his friends and Rebekah went to Monte Carlo to spend some days with her best friend Charlotte, a daughter of Princess Caroline. She'll be over there for the next two weeks but I'm sure you'll meet her somewhere along our trip. I think you two should be getting along nicely" – he smiled.

"What will they study?" – Caroline asked.

"Kol is going to Oxford and he is a pre med student while Rebekah is going to Sorbonne to study diplomacy and sociology" – he said once again with a pride. Caroline couldn't help but to smile at the look of him so proud at his siblings.

"Do you miss them?" - Caroline asked him while ran through his hair with his fingers.

"I can't even describe you how much I miss them. When you grow up with three brothers and a sister, you have every possible second of your life filled with laughter and joy. And yes, they annoy me as hell sometimes and vice versa but we love each other and we really care about each other. I guess my parents always tried to bring as closer to each other as much as they could. They would always repeat to us that we have to be best friends to each other and that our motto has to be "One for all, all for one" and we grew up believing in that with all of our heart. Sure, now we are all in different places and different stages of life, but we try to stay in touch as much as we can - thank God for Skype. But every Easter, every Christmas, every birthday is spent together even though Elijah lives in New York with Katherine, Finn is always on the road and the rest of us are in England. I'm really happy that Kol will also go to Oxford so we'll see each other more often now. Sorry, I'm talking too much and probably boring you" - he smiled apologetically at Caroline who just smiled at him and shook her head.

"Don't worry - it's wonderful to listen to you how you talk with such admiration about your family" - she said and he simply shrugged.

"Do you have a brother or a sister?" – he asked her.

"No, an only child unfortunately or fortunately – it depends how you look at it"- she said and he nodded. "My parents are divorced and I live with my Mom while my Dad is living in L.A. right now." – she said somehow sad remembering how the things used to be and how she missed her Dad not living with her anymore.

"That sucks" – he managed to say and she laughed out loud.

"What?" – he asked her confused with narrowed eyebrows while she just kept laughing.

"Caroline!" – he was getting pretty annoyed now but she just couldn't stop laughing. After a couple of minutes she finally stopped and he was now reading the Harry Potter book.

"Sorry, Klaus" – she said and he winked at her.

"Will you now tell me what was that about?" – he asked her curiously and she nodded.

"Well, ever since I've met you, you have always been able to say just the right thing to literally everything and when I told you that my parents are divorced you said how that sucks and that had also been a right thing to say" – she simply said while now he started laughing out loud. But soon he looked at her all serious and just said: "You are such a crazy girl, Caroline Forbes."


"Caroline, you've missed Abercrombie and the Fitch boys, and I tell you they were hot like hell. Seriously, hot like hell. Perhaps even hotter if that's possible" – Bonnie said over the dinner while getting funny glares from Damon.

"BonBon here couldn't take her eyes off them so Stefan and I practically had to take her away from the store before the security came to her because she was drooling all over them" – Damon said and took a sip of his wine while everybody else started laughing.

"Shut up, Damon!" – was everything Bonnie managed to say while Damon just shrugged and smirked.

"Careful, brother. If I haven't known any better, I would have thought you are jealous" – Stefan said to Damon and everyone started laughing while Bonnie blushed.

"We had a really good time in Soho, Caroline. I think that was a perfect night to end our trip in London. We saw almost everything once again and I'm absolutely sure I'm in love with London. What did you do, Care?" - Elena asked Caroline. Caroline looked up at Klaus who was lost in discussion with Stefan about their next destination, Paris.

"I've just read a book and relaxed. Nothing serious or important" – she simply said and that was true. She read a book and enjoyed a relaxed conversation with Klaus. She really liked spending time with him because he made her feel so relaxed and special but that was the feeling he probably gave to every other woman around him. He was so charming that he could have every woman he wanted.

"Reading a book in London. Seriously, Caroline – you are in the best city in the world and you'd spent your afternoon reading a book. When did you become so boring?" – Damon said while Bonnie and Elena chuckled. Caroline was just about to give him a nasty little reply when someone interrupted her.

"Now, now, Damon. An afternoon spent reading a Harry Potter book is definitely not a boring one or wasted, my friend" – Klaus seriously said to Damon from his place at the head of the table. Damon looked at him confused for a few seconds and then started laughing and everyone else followed him except Caroline.

"Klaus, buddy, I love your sarcasm. I love it" – Damon said happily and continued to eat his dinner. Caroline looked up at Klaus who has been watching her and who winked at her happily. She smiled. Maybe he cared about her a little – maybe something will happen in the end. Maybe he considered her special. Well, she haven't heard him calling Bonnie or Elena love and that was something. She smiled happily.

"So, when are we going tomorrow?" – Elena asked Klaus. He raised his head and looked up at Elena.

"We have to be at King Cross at 8:00am because the train leaves then so be in the lobby around 6:30am" – he said while everyone else sighed. "Look, we have to get up early so we can avoid the possible traffic jam."

"But at 6:30, Klaus? Really?" – Bonnie asked him and he sighed.

"Look, Bonnie, I would also like to sleep all morning and we can do that. We can sleep till twelve and that's totally okay with me as I've seen Paris but you haven't so if you want to see it, love…" – he trailed off but Caroline stopped listening.

There it was. Just when she thought how he actually perhaps liked her because he never told love to Bonnie and Elena but only to her, he says it with such easiness that she was simply disgusted by him. No, she wasn't in love with him but she had to admit to herself that she really had a little crush on him. But as she could see now, she has been crazy to think that he'll ever notice her and begin to look at her differently. To him she'll always be a little American girl. But she had enough of her little crush and her little blushing on everything that he had said. Tomorrow she'll be in Paris and she would forget that she has ever cared about Niklaus Mikaelson because she will not allow to him and to her little crush on him to ruin her perfect European holidays. She came here to have fun and to go out and to spend every possible second on the streets of Europe and she will do it. She will no longer read books or drink tea or relax – she will do all that when she returns to the States. She will go out and she will make out with boys and she will have as many summer flings as possible. She will experience everything Europe has to offer. As she decided all that, she slammed her fist so strongly at the table that everyone looked at her with a special attention.

"Are you okay love?" – Klaus asked her and she wanted to shoot him with her plate but instead of that she gave him her best smile while calmly saying: "Perf…" – and just like that she was interrupted by Harry the butler.

"Excuse me, young Master, Miss Elle is calling you" – Harry said to Klaus who nodded while slightly smiling and stood up. He winked at Damon who just started laughing.

"Thank you, Harry. My apologies, friends – I'll be back in no time" – he said and left the room.

Seriously, now one of his many girls didn't even let her to say her perfect sentence – seriously? Caroline was so mad right now that she became even more determined to have the perfect summer without Klaus. She would call it her Klaus-free-summer.


So, the third chapter is over and as our heroes are heading to their next European destination, will be moving them to Paris ... to the city of love.

Anyway, do you like it? What do you think? I've purposely made Caroline to crush on Klaus so fast because let's be honest here, he is the guy we would all crush on in a second. I mean, just remember the English accent. ;) But now things are changing and Caroline is sick of herself and her admiration for Klaus when he doesn't consider her any more different than Bonnie or Elena. But is that true? Stick with this story and you'll find out. :)

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