Sorry this wasn't updated when I said it would be. I did try. Thank you to all of those that have put this story on their alerts. And a super big thanks to Musicalfreak. You warm my heart.
Caroline was relaxing on her bed the next day when she got a text from Elena. Apparently there was a girl's night that she had forgotten about that night. She quickly threw on a short red dress and threw her hair up into a bun. She slipped into some kitten heals, and headed out the door.
"I can't wait for you both to meet my new boyfriend!" Elena exclaimed as their first round of drinks came. "He is soooo cute! And he is a gentleman." Caroline smiled at the normalcy of her friend gushing about a new boy. "And he's rich. Don't forget that." Bonnie chuckled. "So when am I meeting the new Mr. Gilbert?" Caroline asked. Elena rolled her eyes but kept her smile. "Tomorrow. His family is new to town and he asked me to bring my friends over for a lunch." Caroline didn't have anything planned for tomorrow. "Cool. Free lunch. Maybe he is a keeper." With that, Caroline downed the rest of her rum and coke in one go.
The girls had carpooled over the next day. But as they pulled into the driveway, panic began to set into Caroline. She had been here before. This was the house of her "Boss". Bonnie glanced over at her and saw Caroline's look of terror. "You look like you've seen a ghost! What's wrong?" Elena also looked at her after Bonnie's question. She didn't want to answer any of their questions so she fell back into the mask of the bubbly, always happy Caroline that they knew. "Nothing guys. This house is huge though. They must be loaded!" And with a cheerful giggle, Elena and Bonnie dismissed the strange look that they had seen earlier. Elena parked the car and they all made their way in the house. They couldn't see anyone, but judging by the sounds of a fight that was going on, someone was home.
"Yeah, but if you didn't rush me than I could have gotten those shoes from Paris. They would have been perfect with this outfit!" A girl shouted. "Bekka, don't be such a spoiled brat. You have a closet full of shoes. And I was hungry. If you really wanted them, you could have ordered them online." A male responded. "They were sold out online! And you wouldn't give me your credit card anyway!" They heard stomping and the tinkering of breaking glass. "Hey Elena." Caroline whispered. "You didn't tell me they were British." She finished with a smile. "Yeah. . . That would be Elijah's brother Klaus and sister Rebekah. And as fun as it is to eavesdrop, I'm starved." Elena walked a little farther in the room and shouted for Elijah. As soon as she shouted, the fight that they had been hearing was silenced. Caroline saw a tall man in a suit glide down the same stairs that she had seen Kol on. He looked rather stern, but once his eyes landed on Elena, a smile broke out on his face. "Please excuse my siblings. Come; let me show you to the dining room." And with that, they all followed him.
They had all taken their seats when they were interrupted. A blonde girl had run in the room, closely followed by a dark blonde man with piercing blue eyes. She ran behind Elijah and gave the man following her a smirk. "Elijah, make her give it back!" The man demanded giving her a cold, hard glare. "Can't you two see we have guests? What is all this nonsense?" Elijah's eyebrow rose as he looked at his siblings. "She took my credit card. She has already ordered over 10,000 dollars worth of clothes. I want it back. Now." When the man spoke, he sounded calm. But there was fire burning behind his eyes. "Rebekah, give it back now." Elijah ordered. "Now if you two are done, these are our guests; Elena, Bonnie, and Caroline." After handing the card back to her brother, Rebekah stormed out of the room and they could all hear doors being slammed.
The man had introduced himself as Klaus and shook Elena and Bonnie's hands. When he got to Caroline, he took her hand and raised it to his lips, leaving a small kiss. Although he brought her hand back down, he never released it. "You're beautiful. . ." While he was in the middle of his sentence, Kol had walked in. "What the hell got into Bekah?" He asked with a cheeky grin that faded once he saw that Caroline and Klaus's hands were together. "Found a new girlfriend, brother?" Kol asked with an underlying venomous tone. Klaus sheepishly smiled at Kol, missing the daggers that were being sent his way. "Kol, this is Caroline. And Bonnie, and Elijah's girl, Elena." A thick cloud of tension filled the air, and no one but Kol and Caroline knew why.