A/N: I really do appreciate the wonderful feedback I've been receiving from everyone; all of your opinions matter to me, and I always want to make a reader happy. So, all in all, thank you so much to everyone for reading and discussing your point of view on this fic.
Ooh, before I forget, there are a couple things I want to mention; this story is not going to be a carbon copy of the 2005 film. There will be a lot of changes and the dialogue is certainly not going to be word for word like the movie.
Obviously, you'll see a lot of similarities, but I hope it makes an interesting different turn considering we've got some of our favorite TVD characters in this.
Again, I appreciate all of you equally and I can't wait for you guys to read the following chapter :D
Chapter Three
Elena Gilbert was in hell. For the past few hours, Damon has been excruciatingly annoying. Every second, he would be talking about something completely random just to piss everyone off; well, with the exception of Jeremy, who only laughed with his friend, while Elena and Stefan remained irritated throughout the ride.
Meanwhile, Klaus and Caroline were calm and collected inside his vehicle while Stefan followed after them. The recently-graduated high school blonde smiled lovingly as she grabbed her handsome boyfriend's free hand and held it.
Without peeling his intense eyes from the road, Klaus smiled and rubbed circles on her palm in a loving gesture.
"Tell me, babe." Caroline spoke softly, turning down the radio so they could have a conversation. Klaus still didn't look at her as he kept his eyes trained on the road ahead. They were already surrounded by forest land and the interstate they were driving on looked abandoned. It was still daylight though, the scenery looked beautiful at least.
"How in the world did I end up so lucky?" she continued. Smiling softly, the look in Klaus' mesmerizing eyes told Caroline that he didn't have to answer that, but just the pure love shown clearly proved to the blonde.
"Love, you may want to switch up; I don't know about you, but I think I'm the only lucky one here. I mean, have you met you, darling?"
She playfully slapped his hand, which made him smile, his dimples clearly showing. "Stop that. I appreciate the flattery and all, but I believe it is I the one who's lucky. I mean, god damn it, Klaus, you're freakin' gorgeous!"
"You know, Caroline; you're friend Elena was right about something; we will have gorgeous babies." His accented voice sent shivers down her spine. There was just something about his voice that made Caroline melt. At the mention of 'babies', Caroline couldn't resist blushing deeply at the thought of that. A part of her knew that her and Klaus were happy and she hoped and prayed every day that their love for each other would only grow stronger. Honestly though, she hoped that they can make that happen one day. After they get married, of course.
Caroline smiled softly and without thinking about it, she leaned forward and kissed his stubbly cheek. It was a sweet chaste kiss but Klaus was not satisfied when she pulled away too quickly.
"Not so fast, love." He smirked before crushing her lips against his in a passionate kiss, making Caroline's eyes widen for a second. But quickly, she closed them and returned his kiss just as passionately.
"Klaus," she whispered breathlessly as she managed to tear away from his mouth. He pouted at her and she said, "Please, watch the road. I don't want to ruin this trip by you getting us into an accident."
"I'm sorry, love, but the idea of 'accidents' and 'me' don't go well together, now do they? Not to worry, Caroline, but I have perfect control of driving, unlike yourself," he finished, teasing her a bit as his darkened eyes focused back on the road.
"You asshole," she punched his shoulder. "I am not a sucky driver, and I have perfect control of driving just as much as you do."
"I'm not convinced." Klaus replied nonchalantly.
"Fine, believe what you want. But you're not getting any from me tonight." Caroline said with a sassy tone as she crossed her arms and looked away from him.
Klaus barked out laughing before he smirked in her direction. "We'll see about that, love."
Back in Stefan's car, Elena and Stefan were discussing about future plans, which wasn't working so much; especially with Damon being all distracting in the background.
"Stefan, I just don't like the idea of settling down in Mystic Falls for the rest of our days." Elena argued. She didn't know exactly know why, but all of a sudden, she was starting to grow annoyed of her boyfriend at the moment. She was still kind of pissed at him earlier for rejecting her right in front of Damon.
"Mystic Falls is our childhood home, Elena. Everything, all of our memories, experiences, I can't imagine living in another place that isn't home. I don't think I'm ready to pack up bags and just take off like that."
"Awe, is Saint Stefan afraid of growing a pair?" asked Damon with a smirk. Jeremy couldn't help it, he laughed.
"Grow up, Damon." Elena rolled her doe eyes. "Dick jokes aren't even funny anymore. Actually, scratch that; they weren't funny to begin with."
"Oh, Elena." The older Salvatore exclaimed dramatically. "Always having to spoil the fun, don't you?"
"She was born a killjoy, man. She can't help it when she's being a sourpuss." Jeremy commented. Elena turned around in her seat to face her younger brother.
"Don't start, Jeremy. I'm five-hundred percent done with Damon's shit. I don't need this from you too." Elena warned before turning around in her seat to face forward.
Damon mimicked a cat growl while Jeremy remarked under his breath, "We've got a bitch alert."
"Stop it, Jeremy." Elena growled, she was seriously starting to get angry. She didn't mean to be this way, but everything felt like a weight on her shoulders and she needed to release it. She felt one of the strands of her long hair being pulled and she slapped the offending hand away.
"God damn you, Damon. Knock it off before I come back there and damage your pretty face."
"Sounds kinky." Damon stated, his eyes burning into her own.
"Damon." Stefan warned, growing awfully annoyed at this point. He was about two seconds away from pulling over and abandoning Damon on the road.
"Calm down, brother. It's not my fault that I'm gorgeous and your girlfriend wants to jump my bones."
"Oh, God. Can you not, dude? That's my sister you're talking about." Jeremy complained. Damon grinned.
"I know."
"Damon, cut the crap. You're being so immature. When are you gonna pull yourself together and act responsible like your brother?" asked Elena angrily, resisting the desire to reach behind her and clock him straight in the jaw.
Damon's eyes darkened so slightly, he absolutely hated when Elena used that bullshit against him.
"I am not Stefan, Elena." He said in such a dark voice, it made her frightened of him for a split second. "Stop trying to turn me into him." He finished the last part almost nonchalantly before turning away from her shocked expression and looking at the window.
Stefan shook his head, furious at his brother, his knuckles turning white from clutching the steering wheel so hard. Elena turned her eyes away from Damon and tried to focus out the window. He was such a dick.
Hours passed and the daylight was slowly fading away into darkness. They were driving on the deserted interstate for hours. Soon, they all pulled into the next gas station they found. It appeared abandoned and creepy-looking but gas was needed so they had to stop. Surprisingly, there was a little mini-mart and it was open, due to the bright light lit inside. Everyone jumped out of the cars to stretch and take a break from sitting for so long.
Cautiously, Caroline and Elena went inside the gas station store to pick out some snacks while the guys hung outside.
"Was douchebag really that bad?" asked Caroline, wincing as her best friend explained to her about the older Salvatore brother.
"He's so infuriating, Caroline." Elena released a deep sigh as she and Caroline walked through the aisles. "I don't know how I'm going to survive this trip for much longer. And he brings out the worst in Jeremy. Whenever Damon's not around, Jer is always cool but as soon as the jackass walks into the door, Jeremy changes and tries to impress him and it pisses me off so much."
"You're right, Damon is a bad influence on your brother."
"Ya think?" Elena winced as she realized she was being a little harsh. "I'm sorry, Care, this isn't like me. Today just wasn't a good start. I'm hoping to God that'll change."
"Yeah. I hope so, too. I don't want this trip to be a disaster, we're all supposed to have fun, not cut each other's throats out, ya know. So, what's going on with you and Stefan?"
Elena sighed. "Ask me that tomorrow."
Caroline grimaced. "Uh-oh. What happened?"
Elena shook her head. "I really don't want to talk about it. It'll only just piss me off even more. I need to avoid that."
"That sucks. I'm sorry, Lena." Caroline apologized sincerely and Elena only shrugged it off like it was no big deal.
"There's nothing to apologize for, Care. It's fine. I'll be fine." Elena told her unconvincingly, but the blonde decided not to question her. "So, what did you and Klaus do during the ride? Did you blow him? I'm surprised you guys actually kept your hands off each other for once." The brunette teased.
"Shush, Lena." Caroline laughed. "We're not always sexually aroused by each other."
"Oh, please, Care. You two practically have nonstop eye sex going on twenty-four seven it seems like."
"Can you blame me? Klaus is delicious. Even his name sounds delicious." Caroline playfully wiggled her eyebrows.
Elena sighed while smiling at her friend. "No, I don't blame you, Care. I agree that Klaus is pretty cute."
"Stefan's a cutie too, ya know."
"Yeah, I know." Elena forced a smile but on the inside, she was getting sick at the mention of Stefan. Everything will be fine in the morning, Elena reassured herself. Today was just a bad day. You and Stefan will be fine in the morning. She only hoped so.
After the girls finished up and purchased their snacks, they went back outside to the guys.
"Oh, thank you, love." Klaus thanked his girlfriend as she handed him his favorite drink. He brought her in close by wrapping his beautiful arms around her middle, making the blonde grin. "You spoil me too much."
"Only because I love you." Caroline smiled before she reached up and pressed a chaste kiss before Klaus deepened it, resulting in his girlfriend moaning.
"Whoa, you two! Get a room!"
Klaus and Caroline both turned to Jeremy, glaring at him.
Jeremy's eyes widened when he saw the death threats clear in their eyes. He chuckled nervously and started to back away. "Yeah, um… you guys can carry on, I'm just going to… yeah." He said awkwardly before turning away.
"So, what's the plan, guys?" Elena spoke out to the entire group. "I mean, are we gonna keep going, or camp out, or what?"
"Keep going," Jeremy said, all eyes going towards the younger teenager. "I want to get to Chicago ASAP, I am not gonna miss this game."
"I thought you weren't excited about this game?" asked Elena as she leaned against Stefan's car.
"Of course, I'm not thrilled that Bonnie's not able to be here with us, but before we left, she told me to have a good time, so I'm gonna follow through her orders." Jeremy said loyally. Damon snorted as he sipped out of a beer. He came to lean on the car next to Elena.
"You're so whipped, man." Damon commented towards Elena's little brother.
"Shut up, dude. I'm not whipped. Bonnie does so much for me—"
"Yeah, yeah," Damon waved him off in a careless manner. "Enough of that sappy shit, I don't want to hear it." The dark-haired man's eyes turned downwards to look at the old road pavement.
"Can you for once care for others rather than yourself?" asked Elena, glaring at Damon for acting like that towards her brother.
"Can you for once stop scolding me like I'm a disobedient child?"
"I will when you stop acting like a disobedient child, Damon."
"You're so cute when you're angry."
"Damon."
"Elena."
"Enough." Stefan broke the banter between the two. "Elena's right, Damon. It feels backwards to have to ask you to be on your best behavior, considering you're my older brother."
"Whatever." Damon dismissed before starting to walk away from everyone. "I don't need this from any of you."
Stefan started to walk after him before Elena shook her head and pulled him back. "Let him go, Stefan. It's not even worth the time."
Stefan sighed, his eyes still locked on his brother's retreating form. "You're right, we never should've brought him."
"Okay, enough of the Damon drama." Caroline said as she broke away from Klaus' embrace. "We still need to figure out what the hell we're doing."
"I say we keep going." Jeremy advised.
"Your opinion's irrelevant, little man." Caroline teased.
"I don't know, I think we should call it a day." Stefan said. "If we keep driving, one of us will fall asleep on the wheel. We need time to rest."
"We can always take turns." Jeremy suggested.
"You don't even have your license yet, Jer." Elena rolled her eyes as Jeremy shot his shorter sister a look.
"Honestly, I'm with Stefan on this." Caroline crossed her arms, her blue eyes regarding everyone. "Everyone needs to rest. We'll find a private spot, set up some tents, we'll go to bed and just wake up early in the morning and get back on the road from there."
"That sounds like a good idea, love." Klaus wrapped his arms around his girlfriend from behind, his stubbly chin resting on her shoulder. Caroline smiled and leaned into his warm touch.
"Thank you, Santa Klaus." Caroline giggled.
The smile wiped off Klaus' face. "Don't ever call me that again, Caroline Forbes."
"Santa Klaus." Caroline repeated, challenging him. Abrupt squeals exploded from Caroline as the English man tickled her sides, showing her no mercy. "O-oh my G-god! Klaus!" she laughed to the point that tears started coming. "S-stop!"
"What were you saying, love?" he teased her, enjoying the sound of her girlish squeals. Elena shook her head at the couple with a smile.
Klaus and Caroline were so open about their relationship; they never hid it from anyone. A blind person would be able to see the love between the two. Elena only wished that she and Stefan could have that same relationship. Speaking of Stefan, Elena glanced at him and noticed that he looked quite annoyed at the couple. Elena looked away, sadness started to build inside her.
"Okay." Klaus said as he finished tickling his girlfriend. He smirked at the state of Caroline; she was breathing heavily, obviously trying to catch her breath, and her top was showing more cleavage. He cleared his throat and tried to peel his eyes away from his gorgeous girlfriend. "Just follow us, Stefan. I'm gonna try to find a private area for us to set camp."
"Sounds good, my friend." Stefan said as he and Klaus shook hands before everyone piled back into their cars.
"Oh God, I was hoping we would avoid camping." Elena grimaced as she buckled herself in the passenger seat.
"What's the matter, Elena?" Damon teased from the backseat. He leaned up so he could whisper in her ear, making her jump. "Afraid of the boogeyman?"
"Hardly." Elena scoffed, although her tone otherwise betrayed her. Ever since she was a little kid, the idea of camping out always freaked her out. It wasn't because she watched horror films; she never watched scary movies. But she hated the thought of being in the complete darkness with only camp fire as the only source of light.
Soon, the two cars were back on the dark road. Stefan followed closely behind Klaus and turned on the radio, changing the station and landing on one talking about the football game they were going to.
Record crowds are expected for college football's biggest game of the year... as Philadelphia and Chicago…"
"It's gonna be packed tomorrow." Stefan realized, sighing a bit. He didn't like the idea of crowded. That's why he preferred living in small towns like Mystic Falls. He wasn't too fond of cities.
"Speaking of packed," Jeremy spoke up. "My legs are killing me back here, man."
"Don't worry, man. It's not Stefan's fault." Damon said as a hopeful smile blossomed on Elena. Was she hearing Damon defend Stefan? Damon wasn't finished with his sentence, "His little Hot Wheels car only fits two." The smile disappeared from Elena as she turned back and glared at Damon. He only presented a smirk.
"Thanks, Damon." Stefan said sarcastically.
"Anytime, brother." He returned in a suave manner.
About an hour later, Klaus finally found a spot after crossing an old bridge. Elena was growing more and more anxious.
"We're really going further out in the middle of nowhere than I thought we were." Elena observed uneasily.
"Everything will be okay." Stefan assured and surprised her by grabbing her hand and holding it. The sweet gesture caught Elena off-guard but when she looked into Stefan's eyes, all anger that she felt for him earlier disappeared.
Back in Klaus' car, Caroline glanced around in the darkness, a little worriedly. Like Elena, she wasn't fond of camping out too much either.
"Where exactly are we going?" she asked.
"Just looking for some privacy, love." Klaus replied smoothly.
"Are you sure this isn't restricted privacy?" asked Caroline, wondering if someone owned the land.
Klaus shook his head as he began to slow the car down gradually. "Nope, no gate."
Caroline chewed on her lip. "A gate doesn't entirely mean private property."
"What's the problem, Caroline? Have you been watching horror films recently? There's no need to be afraid." He teased as he officially stopped and parked the car before leaning over to kiss her. But Caroline pulled away, seriousness written all over her face.
"Klaus, stop. I have a bad feeling about this. We're out in the middle of nowhere. Think about it."
"Caroline." Klaus stated, beginning to grow serious. "Nothing's gonna happen. I guarantee it. If something is to happen, not to worry; you have four grown men to protect you… well, three actually, the Gilbert boy doesn't count."
It took a moment for Caroline to finally cave. "Okay, whatever you say." But she still didn't look okay with the situation.
"Come now, love." Klaus kissed her sweetly on the lips. At first she was reluctantly before that vanished and she was kissing equally as passionately.
A sharp slam on the window made Caroline jump and gasp, breaking the scorching kiss.
"God damn you, Jeremy!" Caroline shouted as she recognized the younger teenager smirking at them through Klaus' driver's window.
"Scram, punk." Klaus warned.
Immediately, Jeremy did as he was told and ran off.
The blonde's heart was pounding as she tried to calm down. "I swear, this camping trip will be the death of me." Caroline said angrily before getting out of the car and slamming the door.
Klaus was still sitting on the driver's seat, looking pissed off that Jeremy interrupted them like that.
"That kid is dead."
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Date Posted: 08/10/14
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