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Lessons of Love, Chapter 4: Klaus to Caroline, part 2
"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you." Roy Croft
Klaus was lounging about on his bed, enjoying the quiet of his large house. He had no idea where Rebekah was and, for once, he relished that fact. Every once and a while, he liked to sit in the quiet, he liked to feel completely still. There was no need to feign breathing, to act alive because Klaus Mikaelson was not alive, not in the literal sense at least. He liked to reflect on this as he sat in silence.
At least until he heard the door to his mansion slam open against the wall. He heard the footsteps rush in and, with an annoyed huff, he stood up. He lazily walked down the stairs, looking for the intruder. He found her easily enough, it wasn't like she was being quiet when she screamed his name.
"Yes, love?" he asked with a smirk on his face.
She turned around and his smirk fell as the age-old saying, if looks could kill ran through his head.
"What the hell! I thought we had an agreement! You lied to me, you bastard!" She screamed, rushing up to him and glaring at him straight in the eye. All he could do in response was look at her with confusion.
"What are you talking about?" he asked, his face drained of emotion.
"Don't play stupid with me," Caroline warned. "You made a deal with me and now its over. I can't believe you would go behind my back after I started to trust you!"
"Caroline, love, could you please explain what you are going on about?" he said forcefully enough to get her attention.
"I told you not to play games with me, Klaus! Because of you and your latest stunt, none of my friends will talk to me!" she said with a cry.
Klaus studied her and placed his hands on her shoulders. "What 'stunt'?" he prompted gently. He really, truly had no idea what she was talking about.
"Matt!" she screamed, jerking away from him. She walked a few feet away and turned so her back was to him. "Matt went to meet your sister tonight and now he's in the hospital! She hurt him, Klaus. I don't know what she did, but he nearly died because of it!" she said, lifting a hand to cover her mouth. "You had her trick him, I know it because somehow, Elena and Damon found out that we've been meeting and now they're mad at me and they won't let me anywhere near Matt and all I want to do is see him!" She was crying now, on the verge of hysterics. "It's all your fault! I can't believe I gave you a chance…"
Klaus studied her, unsure of what to do or say. He quietly crept up behind her and tried to turn her around. She jerked away once again. Determined to make her listen, Klaus stepped in front of her and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Listen to me," he growled. "I don't know what you are talking about. I have done nothing all day but sit in this empty house. I haven't even seen my sister since she left this morning to go to that ridiculous school," Klaus said, looking into Caroline's eyes. "I am a man of my word, Caroline, I always make good on my promises. I did not touch the boy. If Rebekah did something to harm him, she did it on her on accord. I played no part."
"That doesn't make it any better," Caroline sniffled. "It doesn't matter if she did it, they still blame you. They'll always blame you because of all the bad stuff you've done to us! And now, because your she-devil of a sister told them about us being friends, they blame me too," she said. And then she broke.
Klaus let go of her shoulders and pulled her, hesitantly, into his arms, surprising both of them with the action. As strange as it was for him to offer tactile comfort, or any kind of comfort for that matter, it felt like the right thing to do. He held her there, safely in his arms, while she cried into his shirt.
"I'll deal with my sister, that I can promise. I can even try to talk to your friends, as well, but as you said, they are determined to see the evil in me. I doubt I can convince them of my innocence, of your innocence, but I will try, for you. But, just know this, Caroline, you are strong and you have a good heart and I admire that. If your friends can find it in them to forgive you, then great, but if they don't I know that you'll survive because you are the strongest person I know, sweetheart," he whispered into her hair.
Caroline had stopped crying, but, she was afraid to let go so she nodded into his chest. Truth be told, Caroline would have been happy to stand there in his comforting embrace and hide from the world for eternity. But she didn't know that Klaus was just as afraid to let go as she was. He was afraid of what he would become when he confronted his sister, when he faced her friends.
For once in his life, Klaus was more afraid of the man he had been than the man he had become. But if it was for Caroline, Klaus thought he could face whatever came his way.
A/N: So before you ask, no I don't really know what happened to Matt and that is why Caroline's description is so vague. I have an idea so I may end up writing a short story based off of this chapter...depends on how complicated the possible pot turns out to be...but anyways, I hoped you enjoyed it and drop me a review if you get a minute:) (it may encourage me to write about the unknown incident in this chapter!) Thanks for reading!