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Caroline found herself standing outside of this cheesy rundown bar, she couldn't even remember getting there because it had all happened very fast. "You are being attentive with your ears and nose when it is in fact your immortal heart and soul that should be listening. Every fiber inside of you wants this Caroline, stop fighting it" he had told her and the second she did the lust jolted inside every part of her, the scent of blood and sounds of pulsing veins pumped through her and nearly brought her to her knees, but a pair of hybrid-arms had kept her firmly in place. The last thing she remembered was him telling her to hold her ground, not to move until he said so but she couldn't. She took off like her life depended on it and he had tried to stop her but not even a hybrid could hold back a starving new vampire with absolutely no control over her burning desire for human blood.
Caroline kicked the door open and entered the bar with "blood-lust-hysteria" pouring out of her eyes; there were so many breathing individuals within reach that it overwhelmed her. The place oozed of yesterday's fun, the stains from the glasses on the bar-desk and spilled drinks on the floor hadn't been cleaned yet. It seemed like everyone there were locals, they knew their way around and the old lady behind the bar called everyone by their first name, that's why it didn't shock Caroline that most of the people there eyed her thoroughly when she made her grand entrance – she was fresh meat. A thousand thoughts went through her head as she just stood there scanning the room looking for the easiest, fastest prey. She had no idea what she was doing but found herself starting to move closer to the bar, maybe the best thing for her to do was to grab a drink and try to flirt herself a meal but she didn't have that kind of time, she needed someone to sink her teeth into sooner rather than later.
The lady behind the bar watched as the blonde approached with firm fast steps and she couldn't help but feel sorry for the girl because she looked so distressed, so sad. As a bartender you met all kinds of people every day and over the years you started to develop this talent of knowing a person just by looking at them for the first time, and Louise recognized a troubled soul when she saw one. The young girl leaned against the bar with her face turned in the opposite direction of the regular sitting almost next to her sipping on his drink; it looked like she deliberately tried to avoid any kind of contact with the man. Louise sent the man a glance of warning and shook her head in his direction when she noticed him leaning closer towards Caroline and started "Hey'ing" at her, John immediately obeyed Louise and turned away from Caroline – Everyone who used to come to O'Neil's knew that Louise were in charge and if you didn't follow her rules you'd be escorted out immediately.
The need for blood was overpowering her, taking over her, making her entire body shake. She fought with every fiber of her being not to rip John's neck open and take every ounce of blood he had to offer – letting it linger inside her mouth before swallowing it for the sole purpose of fully taking advantage of the intoxicating taste of cobber flowing to every corner inside her predatory mouth. She wanted to feel the electrifying sensation that would come when her tongue swirled over the wounded flesh to pull out the exquisite fluid. She needed to feast so hard that blood would pour out over her lips and trail down her neck, god…the urges was making her dizzy and her determination of not killing the man next to her flew out the window when she turned around and bored her eyes into his so passionate that he misread her blood-lust for sex-lust.
"What's your name honey?" John questioned Caroline and pointed at his empty drink and then showed Louise two fingers suggesting that he wanted one more for himself and one for Caroline. Louise let out a sigh and glanced over at Caroline to make sure that she was okay with it and she was surprised to see that the girl's interest had taken a completely different turn, she seemed to be more than okay with John's obvious eye flirting. She poured two shot-glasses full of tequila and placed them in front of Caroline and John. "Wouldn't you like to know" Caroline teased as she downed the tequila hard and fast loving how it burned down her throat, creating the perfect kind of foreplay before the real thing would come streaming down her passages. She slammed the glass down on the bar-desk making John impressed over her drinking-skills; he did the same thing and yelled at Louise for another refill. "Why don't you be a good little girl and tell Uncle John here your name" he seductively said and leaned in closer towards Caroline while letting his hand brush over her back. His breath reeked of alcohol and not just today's alcohol but everyday's alcohol for the past millennium Caroline could have sworn, well at least if he had been supernatural. Nope, just a good old drunken scumbag who probably used all his money on sitting in a bar night after night drowning in his sorrows.
Caroline turned her head a little bit and studied the sudden physical contact he'd made; she shivered in anticipation, anticipation for what was coming. Her gums itched; she could feel the sharp edges of her canines pushing their way through and it didn't hurt, in fact it felt more like relief. She was actually impressed by her own self-control, baffled by the fact that she hadn't off'd "dear old Uncle John" yet but she wasn't going to wait any longer, she needed to get him out of there, have him all to herself. Besides, she hadn't exactly spent the last three weeks at the local "compulsion training facility", so she wasn't about to bet that she could manage to compel the whole room to forget it if she went all homicidal on the tequila-guy.
"Why don't you follow me and maybe I'll tell you" Caroline whispered into his ear before ingesting shot number two, as soon as the fluid disappeared into her she rose from the bar-stool and started to walk towards the exit. For the first time in a long time John left a drink untouched as he left, hurriedly following the blonde goddess into the night. Louise grabbed the glasses and lightly brushed a dry tablecloth over the stains that remained after them, she'd never seen John leave so early, he was always the first one to enter and the last one to leave. He wasn't exactly well-mannered at times but he was harmless and in desperate need of company, any kind of company other than those who were present at the bar every damn night, so Louise was happy to see him leave.
Klaus couldn't remember the last time he had been so fascinated over something. He was a thousand years old, meaning that there wasn't much he hadn't encountered upon over the years. But this was something else, he couldn't recall ever having witnessed a new vampire handling it's thirst with such perfection and even the best of vampires could experience difficulties of maintaining control sometimes. He had been standing outside the bar for quite some time, listening in on what was going on inside, of course he couldn't be completely sure on how she was doing without actually seeing her with his own eyes, but it seemed like everything was going quite well – at least according to what he was hearing. When Caroline took off he had followed, tracked her by her scent until it stopped outside the bar he was now dying to get in to but he had decided against it because nothing was better than her trying to perform the play on her own, he would hide in the shadows observing her every move anyway, so if something went horribly wrong he would be there.
Caroline breathed in the pure night-air, exhaling several times as an attempt to calm down. Her heart pounded out of control when she heard John's footsteps closing in on her from behind, she could feel his human warmth radiating from him and washing over her, hitting straight into the core of her starvation. "How about that name sugar" he reminded her and lifted his hand to touch hers as a suggestion for her to turn around. Caroline foresaw his move almost before he had decided to do it and in a split of a second she stopped him by grabbing his wrist, her hold was harsh, raw and almost too painful for John to endure. A breath of pain escaped his lungs and as he tried to break free of her grasp she turned around. "I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you" she growled and flaunted her beastly-like appearance with great pride as she watched panic accelerate through the fragile human standing before her.
With one little push John flew backwards until he almost collided with the bar's brick wall, she was playing with him. She blurred over the lot and positioned herself between John and the wall to stop him from going straight through it. The impact between them was harsh and it caused Caroline to tumble backwards. For a few seconds she laid on the dirty ground with John on top of her, she rolled him off of her and quickly regained her posture before checking to see if anyone had witnessed her vicious action.
Caroline was surprised to see John so quickly back on his feet when he stood up and tried to make a run for it, she found it a miracle that he was even still conscious. She waited a little while just for fun before chasing after him. "Stop!" She commanded when she appeared in front of him and instantly he obeyed; falling deep into her enchanting eyes, completely hypnotized. "I need you so bad" she added seductively while letting one of her fingers glide along his jaw-line. "I crave you…I crave what flows inside of you" she desperately whimpered and walked slowly around him. This game she was playing ignited the sparks deep within her, turned her lust into fire and now she had gotten to the point where she couldn't hold it back any longer. "You will not make so much as one sound, you will not fight me on this…Stay still." She whispered and her pupils continued to dilate; compelling him to do exactly what she wanted.
Even though he tried to resist her he couldn't, it was like he was tied up to the ground or something because he seriously couldn't move, not even one finger. He couldn't exactly remember what had happened because it had all happened so fast, one minute he was going home with the new girl and in the next she had turned into this…into this? What the hell was she? He wasn't sure what she was but she scared the hell out of him. Every nerve inside of him needed to do what she was asking of him, to give her what she needed even though he didn't understand what that was. It really didn't matter anyway, because whatever it was, he was bound to give.
Caroline felt the man in front of her submit. She tilted his head to the side for access and leaned in, as her open and ready mouth drifted closer and closer towards the pulse-point that called to her so desperately something happened. She was almost one with his skin but something pulled her back…she couldn't do it. The fear of what could happen if she were to lose control overpowered her, what the hell happened to leaving your conscience behind? Every vampire slips up at least one time but it's okay? She'd told herself that it was going to be okay, she had decided that the blood-lust wasn't going to make the decision to end someone's life or not for her; she was the one making decisions here, not the other way around. But, in that very moment, that moment of almost breaking his skin, she could feel the lust pushing its way through her, commanding her to suck the life out of John – without hesitation or any kind of mercy; she was meant to kill…..so she stopped before it was too late.
"What are you waiting for?" She heard someone yell from afar but she was too preoccupied to even notice who this someone was. "What's stopping you Caroline? Just do it!" Klaus urged when he appeared at her side. "Of course, it had to be Klaus, who else?" Caroline thought as she noticed him standing there looking all demanding and judgy. "Go away, I'm having enough problems as it is with me inside my head, don't need you in there as well" She snapped when she felt that his presence only made her more confused, if that was even possible and truth be told, she had forgotten about him the second she ran away from him. The only thing that mattered to her when she took off was finding that one person, that one victim that would give her the satisfaction she needed. Klaus' words about mastering control and all that were long gone the second she entered the bar and they didn't reappear before seeing his face, he made her remember.
"Are you sure about that?"Klaus questioned wondering how she could think that she had the power to do this on her own when it was so obvious that she didn't. He looked over at the man Caroline had lured in and he didn't strike Klaus as Caroline's type, but desperate times called for desperate measures he figured. As he scanned the man Klaus couldn't help but feel a bit amused by the whole thing because it was almost as if he could've touched the man's fear – he stank of it and as for the fun part? He couldn't do a damn thing about it, he would have to stay put fearing for his life until the vampire in question did something about it and judging by the looks on Caroline's face, it could take a while – border line torture for the man though, but that thought only made Klaus smirk.
"I don't know…I don't want to hurt anyone Klaus" Caroline said hesitantly and her forehead crinkled in confusion, she tried to settle her eyes on Klaus but they just kept darting back and forth. The guilt was already killing her so how was she supposed to deal with it after taking from him? No, she had to let him go, it wasn't working, she wasn't working. She took a step back and melted her eyes with John's. "Forget this ever happened, leave" she commanded but he didn't do as he was told. Caroline instantly turned to Klaus, now more confused than ever. Was her entire being malfunctioning?
Klaus breathed heavily and shook his head at her before gliding in between her and John. "Forget everything that just happened here, the two of you had a little fun…then you went back inside!" The hybrids words and persuasive eyes were forced upon the guy in such a way that it completely overrode the blonde's commandments from earlier, he was stronger than her – John could feel it even through his lack of understanding on everything.
When John was out of eyesight Klaus immediately grabbed a hold of Caroline's right arm and dragged her along, just around the corner. He placed her against the hard cold wall and leaned in at her side with one arm up against the wall over her head, he could sense that she wasn't comfortable about him being so close because her body tensed and she just kept looking straight forward, deliberately avoiding eye contact. "Would you like to share what was going on over there?" he asked as he scooted back a little so she wouldn't feel so…trapped.
"Are you blind?" She shot back rudely, why did he even have to ask her that when it was pretty obvious that he'd been watching her this entire time? Was it all a big fat joke to him? The more she thought about him being amused by her failure the angrier she got. She blurred to the side and faced him, staring at him without saying another word.
"Look, let's just…" he started to say before taking a deep breath, his fingers glided through his thick dark blonde hair. Of course he wasn't blind, he knew what had happened but he wanted her to explain it so that he could understand and know how to make it easier for her. He really didn't want to get into a discussion with her right now because he saw how royally pissed she was, meaning she would not be receptive to anything he had to say other than this; "Let's just let that one slip from our memory and start over shall we?"
"I don't want to do this anymore. I'm done" She told him shaking her head before speeding away into the forest, heading home. Only, this time she didn't get very far. She was forced to stop when he suddenly stood in front of her blocking the path. She was about to either go around him or just tell him to leave her alone when he opened his mouth to say something.
Klaus saw nerves, fear, confusion, anger shining through Caroline's pupils, but he aimed to make it all disappear. "How about this, why don't you just try on me first?" He suggested.
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