Hi guys! Here comes the next chapter! I'm sorry if there are any mistakes, but when I was finishing it, I was in a rush. Hope you enjoy it! Let me know if you like my story!

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13 July 2015 13:06, Manhattan

Caroline's blond hair was bouncing while she was running across the park.

"Caroline! Wait!" Klaus shouted, but she was already too far away to hear his desperate voice. He was actually surprised that she could run that fast. Klaus wanted to catch up with her, but he had to stop as his phone rang. Klaus look at the phone screen, his sister was calling him. He decided to answer.

"It's not the best time, sister…" He said gasping.

"Have you been running, Nik?" Rebekah was clearly surprised.

"What do you need?" Klaus quickly changed the subject.

"Do you really think that I called only because I want something? I'm your sister, Nik. Is it something extraordinary that I want to know how my brother is?" Rebekah's voice was full of annoyance. Her brothers found her inquisitive because she was showing interest in their lives.

Klaus sighed, he didn't want to pick a fight since it was so simple to make Rebekah angry. "I'm as good as I was yesterday, Rebekah. How are you?"

"I'm great. I haven't seen you for a long time now, Nik. Can we meet tonight?" Klaus wasn't sure about it, but he had a feeling that she wanted to tell him something. Judging by her voice, it would be something important. However, Klaus wanted to see Caroline's singing tonight.

"I guess we can meet this evening. Do you know this coffeehouse near my office? We can meet there." Klaus suggested, his plan was to kill two birds with one stone.

"Do I know this place? Nik, Katherine owns it. Of course I know it. I would rather not see her, but I'm aware of the fact that you are fond of this place. Is 7 p.m. good for you?" Rebekah had never liked Katherine, she used to say that Katherine was a social climber who had used her brother's good name to promote her own business which she found rather ridiculous.

"That's great. I'll see you later, sister." Klaus agreed to her proposal and hung up. He looked around, but Caroline's nowhere to be found. He looked at his shirt and laughed quietly. "After all you've put me through…" Having checked his clock, Klaus thought that he had enough time to change his shirt before going back to work.

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13 July 2015 13:29, Katherine's coffeehouse, Manhattan

Caroline stormed into the coffeehouse, she was gasping for breath, as she was running the whole way back there.

"Woah! Slown down, girl." Pearl was looking at racing blonde.

"Sorry! I know I'm late!" Caroline was trying to excuse herself, but Pearl cut her off.

"It's alright. It's not prison." Pearl smiled widely. "Did you chose the song?"

"I have an idea, but I want to keep it as a secret." Caroline winked and giggled nervously. To tell the truth, she had no idea what was she going to sing. At least, she hoped that she would have enough time to come up with something.

"You go girl!" Pearl encouraged her. "I hope it's good enough to entertain those people. Mostly, they're snobs that don't care about music, but Katherine wants to keep this place unique. Now, it's time for my break. Do you think you can handle everything?" Pearl asked just to be sure.

"Yeah. You can go. There are not many clients in here right now, and you look tired. Take a rest." Caroline smiled sincerely.

"Thank you, Caroline. I'll be back in three hours. Don't burn this place down." Pearl joked and left.

Caroline pinned her name badge to her cardigan and started working.

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13 July 2015 17:01, Katherine's coffeehouse, Manhattan

Caroline was cleaning the tables when Pearl came in. She was in good mood and looked better. Pearl approached Caroline and sat on a chair. "I guess you managed not to destroy this place."

Caroline smacked her and laughed. "As you can see I'm not as bad as you think."

"Just kidding. I guess you're off now, but go and ask Katherine 'cause I'm not sure." Pearl said standing up.

"Alright. I just want to finish cleaning this table." Caroline responded and started polishing the table again. After she had finished, Caroline went to see Katherine. She knocked at her door. "Come in." Caroline heard a voice letting her in.

"Oh, Caroline. What's up?" Katherine asked not taking her eyes off the papers.

"Pearl told me that I'm free now. At least till the time that I have to sing." Caroline said hesitantly.

"Oh yeah." Katherine finally looked at her. "Did you chose the song?"

"Yes. Sort of... I mean … I want to keep it as a secret and surprise everyone." Caroline didn't want to look in Katherine's eye because she was afraid that her boss would find out that she was lying.

"So you can go home now and have some rest." Katherine said and got back to her work.

"Thank you. See you later." Caroline left Katherine's office. She walked up to Pearl and said goodbye.

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13 July 2015 17:39, Bonnie's apartment, New York

The whole way back home Caroline was thinking what song she could sing, but unfortunately she didn't have any idea. Caroline unlocked the door and went into an empty apartment. She had so much to tell Bonnie about, but she didn't have a chance to do this. Moreover, her best friend couldn't come over to see her very first performance. Caroline knew that Bonnie's presence would make her feel more confident. Suddenly, her thoughts wandered to him, Klaus. Caroline couldn't figure him out, his personality was so complex that she couldn't say if she even liked him. She shook her head while searching her wardrobe for an appropriate dress. Who was she trying to fool? It was obvious that she liked him, but a part of her didn't want to admit it. "How am I supposed to pick a dress when I haven't chosen the song yet?" She started being irritated. "I would love to go to a party and dance with somebody to forget …" Caroline's eyes widened, she finally found out what she could sing. She hastily began to throw all her clothes. Eventually, she found what she was looking for, her white fit and flare white dress with lace sleeves and back. "Perfect!" She bit her lower lip and clapped her hands. Caroline grabbed her favorite golden heels and a ribbon in the same color. She ironed the dress and went to the bathroom to remove her makeup. "I need something fresh…" She said to herself. After she had removed her old makeup, she put on her new one. Caroline used a beige eye-shadow, a light pink lipstick and a mascara just to extend a bit her eyelashes. She walked back in her room to put her dress on. Then, Caroline started thinking about her hair, finally she decided to make a loose braid which she bound with the golden ribbon. She was almost ready, Caroline looked at her phone to check what time was it. "18:37! Oh God! I need to go now." Caroline said out loud, put her heels on and grabbed her purse. All of a sudden, she stopped right when she touched the handle. "Seriously Caroline?" She asked herself. "I can't go out with this purse, it completely doesn't match my heels…" She thought, Caroline turned around and noticed Bonnie's golden purse. "I don't have enough time… I hope Bonnie won't mind." She assumed and quickly put her stuff in her friend's purse. Caroline locked the door and went downstairs. She took the first taxi she had seen. Caroline texted the guitarist what sing she's going to sing. "Thank God I had asked him for his phone number before I left." She thought and checked her clock. "I'm going to be late …"

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13 July 2015 19:12, Katherine's coffeehouse, Manhattan

Caroline paid the driver and got out of the cab. She was standing in front of her work building. Caroline had never been so nervous before, she took two deep breaths and walked in. Caroline looked around the place, there were surprisingly many people. Half of them she had never seen before in this place. It was quite weird because she was expecting only the regulars to come. She approached the counter and leaned on it.

"May I help you?" She heard familiar voice, it was Pearl. Apparently, she didn't recognize her.

Caroline looked straight at her. "It's me, Pearl." She couldn't resist laughing.

"Oh God! You look outstanding!" Pearl's jaw almost dropped to the floor.

"Thank you!" Caroline smiled proud of herself. "I tried my best. Are there always some many people here in the evenings?"

"Well… No. Actually it's quite unusual… Maybe you're already so popular in New York that people want to see you." Pearl answered sincerely. "There is your so-called stage." She added pointing to the spot in the corner.

"I guess I should be starting now …" Caroline said gloomily and turned around. She heard Pearl saying "Break a leg" while she was walking up to her stage. On her way she looked around, her gaze stopped at Klaus. First, she was glad that he was there, but suddenly she felt a wave of sadness as he was sitting with a beautiful blonde girl. Now, all she wanted was to sing it and disappear. Caroline walked on the stage and introduced herself.

"Good evening everyone. My name is Caroline, and I'm going to entertain you. I hope you enjoy it." She knew that he was looking at her, but she didn't want to meet his eyes. She nodded at the guitarist and started singing 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' by Whitney Houston.

"Clock strikes upon the hour
And the sun begins to fade
Still enough time to figure out
How to chase my blues away"

While singing Caroline was looking at all the customers as she was able to see the whole place. Overwhelmingly, all the people were sitting stiffly like it was a funeral. She began to sing the chorus of the song. All of a sudden, six or seven people started dancing energetically. They were moving towards her. When the dancing people were close enough, Caroline noticed Bonnie among them. She felt a warmth growing inside of her. "She planned it all!" Now, Caroline decided to give of her best and finally started having fun.

"I need a man who'll take a chance,
On a love that burns hot enough to last.
So when the night falls,
My lonely heart calls." Caroline finally found the strength to look at Klaus. She couldn't fight the feeling that he was absolutely compelled by her performance.

Indeed, he was totally mesmerized by her. She was so beautiful, strong and full of light now. Klaus couldn't take his eyes off her. Even when Rebekah was talking to him, he wasn't looking at her.

"Who's she, Nik?" Rebekah asked his brother. "And why are looking at her this way?"

"She's Caroline…." Klaus' tone was showing an amazement caused by a certain blonde that literally had walked into his life. He was grinning while watching her dancing with a brunette on the stage.

Caroline sang the last verse of the song, she was standing there breathless but extremely happy. She knew that she gave her best. All of the customers stood up and gave her standing ovation. Caroline looked at Katherine who showed her a thumbs up sign.

"You made it!" Caroline screamed happily and hugged her friend.

"How could I miss the very first performance of my favorite star?" Bonnie hugged Caroline back. "By the way, you killed it girl! Look at all of these people!"

"Thank you!" Caroline couldn't express what she was feeling at this very moment. "We need to go out and celebrate!" Caroline suggested. "I'll just go to have a word with Katherine, and we can go. Come with me." Caroline grabbed Bonnie's hand and walked up to Katherine."So… How was it?" She asked hesitantly.

"You were great! To be honest … I didn't expect you to be that good!" Katherine was excited. "People here never had so much fun! And who's your friend? "

"Oh sorry! That's Bonnie." Caroline introduced her friend.

"Bonnie! You helped as well! I appreciate that." Katherine said shaking Bonnie's hand.

"Thank you, Katherine. I'm glad to hear this. We're going to a party, would you like to join us?" Bonnie proposed.

"Oh well… I can join you but a bit later. I have to close this place." Katherine responded shrugging.

"Ok! We're in touch!" Caroline added, and they went outside.

"I know a great place to go!" Bonnie smiled mischievously.

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14 July 2015, 01:13am, Dance Club, NY

Caroline, Bonnie and Katherine were dancing and celebrating. Since they had few drinks they didn't care what people would say. DJ put on a slow song so they decided to rest.

"I love this song! Sorry girls! Got to go back! I believe this guy is staring at me…" Bonnie said and went back to the dance floor.

"Give me love …" Katherine started singing when a good looking man asked her to dance. She looked at Caroline to ask if she could go. Caroline smiled in agreement. She was about to go get another drink when someone grabbed her wrist. She turned around and saw deep blue eyes staring at her.

"I believe that you wanted to dance with somebody, love."