After Klaus had left Caroline closed all her windows and her lilac curtains. She was not sure if he wasn't still outside watching here. She felt a slight discomfort at the thought that he had seen her completely naked even if it had been for only a few seconds. She rather not thought about what he had said concerning their sex life. If she really had slept with Klaus the most dangerous being on this planet she would have preferred to at least remember it. But she hadn't slept with him, she reminded herself.
When she was finally ready she complimented herself on her look. She was wearing only a small make-up where the only powerful color was the red of her lips. The name of the lipstick color was blood red a fact that she had found very amusing when buying. Her hair was falling down in big waves and grazed her back. She was wearing a midnight blue dress that was covered in lace and had a belt around her hips that exactly matched the color of her lipstick. The dress was not too short but still showed of her long slender legs especially when using the sexy red high-heels that she had bought a few weeks ago. She had not had the chance to use them but it had been love at first sight in the store window.
She arrived fashionably late to her friends place as it was custom but she was still not the last one to be at the apartment. She greeted her friends with a kiss on the right cheek as it was common and greeted everyone she was introduced to the same way. After a while she was surrounded by nice people that she enjoyed talking to and always had her glass refilled with drinks. She was no great fan of beer so she preferred the harder drinks they were preparing. But being a vampire her tolerance was far bigger than that of any of the guys at the place. Still she enjoyed herself immensely and agreed enthusiastically to the suggestion of leaving the party to go dancing. They split into small groups to share cabs to the club.
As in most of the fancier clubs in the city the DJ played mostly electronic music but Caroline deeply loved the fast rhythms and the bass that crept under her skin and gave her heart a new beat. Entering the club she immediately stormed the dance floor with some of the other girls. Victor who had invited her and most of the others went straight to the bar to get drinks. He put a drink in her hand and smiled at her. She returned the smile but made sure to keep a certain space between them when he started dancing with her. He respected her wish for distance and kept dancing relaxed at her side. While swaying her hips to a slower rhythm Caroline felt two hands sneak around her waist and someone trying to swing with her. Her first thought was of Klaus but she realized in very few seconds that this was somebody else. She tried to take his hands of her. Unfortunately she was already a little bit too intoxicated to control her strength properly and ended up gripping his hand much harder than she thought. He stepped back from her with a curse and threw her a bad look while trying to shake of the pain of his hands. She considered apologizing but figured he would survive. Victor had watched the scene anxiously but had visibly relaxed now.
"Don't we all enjoy a little bit of violence from time to time." A voice whispered in her ear and Caroline knew that he had found her. He did not touch her but she could still feel his presence. Victor was watching her again intensely.
"Is that a friend of yours or another potential victim of a Caroline Forbes handshake?" Klaus asked still whispering in her ear. "If you need a charming knight to your rescue just call me." He chuckled.
She finally turned to him: "Thank you, but I can take care of myself. I am by no means a little damsel in distress and you know that."
He smiled:" Of course, love. I know that." She only realized in that moment how close she was standing to him now that she had turned around. She could not back off since the crowd had immediately closed the space she had been occupying before.
"I think I need another drink!" She said out loud. "Please, let me at least get you a drink." Klaus asked. She nodded and before she could say what she wanted he was off in the crowd. She was sure he would find her again. She turned around to face Victor again. He looked at her questioningly which she shrugged off. Suddenly she felt herself dragged away through the crowd. Klaus had gotten a hold of her arm and was walking towards the bar.
"What the hell, Klaus?"
"The barkeeper remembers us!" He said excited. She shuddered. Every time he reminded her of his theory that they had been together for the past months she felt like fleeing and staying at the same time. The simple thought that she could have forgotten the events like that scared her nearly as much as the possibility of having possibly been in love with Klaus.
The barkeeper smiled at her. He was good looking if you were into the more alternative kind of man. He nodded at her and gave her a strawberry margarita. It was indeed her favorite drink but that did not prove anything. Klaus seemed to know all of these things.
"So?" Klaus said impatiently to the barkeeper.
"Sure, I remember you too. You were sitting at this very bar a few times over the past couple of months and were blocking everybody else's access to the bar. But at least you guys gave a good show." He grinned at Caroline who felt her face turn red again.
Caroline was still not convinced. She used her compulsion on the barkeeper and asked again: "Are you sure it was me? I mean there are some other blonde girls here and this young man next to me is not very picky." Klaus growled at her.
The barkeeper gave her another thorough look before he grinned again. "Nope, I am very sure that it was you. I remember such a pretty face always even if it was hidden most of the time beneath a different face." Apparently Klaus was happy with his answer and pulled her away from the still smirking barkeeper. He dragged her into the crowd until they were not visible from the bar anymore.
"I've told you so." He said satisfied. It was good that she had vampire hearing otherwise she would not have heard him talk. She still could not believe what she had just heard. It was so unlikely that she would forget something like this and not remember one moment with him in the past days. But the barkeeper had told the truth under her compulsion or what he thought was the truth. Her head began to hurt and to turn into squish if from the confusion with Klaus or her immense alcohol consume she did not know.
"I need to get out of here." She said to Klaus. He nodded and tried to follow her. She stopped him: "No, I need a moment to think and some air. I will be right back. Don't worry I can take care of myself." He looked at her for a moment as if contemplating his chances of arguing with her but eventually backed off and let her go.
Outside she took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down. It was absolutely impossible to forget something like that. It must have changed her life or otherwise she would have never agreed to go out with him in the first place. What had her friends said to those news? Had she even told them? She knew how Elena and Bonnie thought about Klaus. Maybe Stefan would have understood but she clearly hadn't said anything to anyone. How could she have forgotten a relationship with Klaus Mikaelson? A relationship that obviously also involved sexual relations and apparently a huge part of making out with each other in a random club in front of the bar.
Suddenly it hit her. The only way of making her forget something like that was compulsion. But a normal vampire could not compel another vampire. That cut down the list of her suspects to a very small group that consisted solemnly of Klaus family. Rebecca clearly hated her and after Klaus had staked her again she was not his biggest fan that was sure. Elijah seemed above these kinds of schemes unless it was for the greater good of his family. But how could making Klaus miserable be for the greater good of the family? She did not know enough about Kol to make her mind up about his reasons but he probably had some reasons to hate his brothers. They all had. Still it seemed like a lot of effort to not only compel her but everybody around her to forget having seen them together. She felt like she should discuss this with Klaus. He had until this point never mentioned a theory of how she forgot their relationship. She took another deep breath of the fresh night air.
Suddenly she heard an unknown voice next to her. "Hello, Beautiful! Someone like you should not be standing alone outside in the middle of the night." It took her a few seconds to realize the tall man next to her was talking to her. She grinned: "Don't worry I can defend myself." Her grin disappeared quickly. Something was off about the guy but she could not tell what it was.
"Are you sure baby? If you need someone to protect you just tell me." He came closer to her and she backed away. "Thank you but I am really fine. I was just about to go back in. My boyfriend is probably already kind of worried. He worries a lot, you know?" The lie had come out naturally and without much thought. "Well," the man said "unfortunately I can't let you go back to Klaus. We still have some issues to settle with him."
Out of the shadow beside him came more men that were just as tall as he and all stared at her. She tried to use her vampire speed to rush away but they grabbed her by the arms before she could rush away. Now that she was standing so close to them she noticed their smell. How could she not have sniffed them out before? They were clearly werewolves and all of them were obviously pretty pissed. Caroline had her fair share of adventures with werewolves over the past years starting with Jules capturing her, over Tyler biting her until Klaus killed all his unsired hybrids. But these werewolves were different from everyone she had met before. It seemed like they had embraced their nature much better than everybody else and to her they stank of rage.
"What do you want from me?" She said. "I don't know Klaus that well and I am not his girlfriend. I was talking about somebody else."
"You are not his girlfriend? I can't say I am not glad to hear you broke up. You are much to pretty for a twisted soul like Klaus." The first man said and added in a much angrier tone: "But unfortunately you were still his girlfriend when he attacked my pack a few weeks ago. I saw you with him. We just want a little bit of revenge. And you are going to help us with that."
Caroline was unable to say anything. What the hell had Klaus done this time? Whatever it was she refused to be involved in it. She tried to shake of the hand holding her. He just clutched her arm harder. If she hadn't been a vampire he would have probably broken it by now. She hissed at the guy and he gave her a dirty fierce grin.
"Look, whoever you think I am I am not. I am not Klaus girlfriend and I have never been. This is all a big misunderstanding. I have never done anything to your pack." She tried to reason with the first man who seemed to be the leader of the pack.
"Well, Caroline" he said and she made a surprised sound, "I don't care how you label your relationship or whatever it is. To me you are his girlfriend when you watch him kill some newly turned pubs and do not interfere."
Caroline starred at him. She had not done that. Even if she had lost the memory of it she couldn't imagine herself not interfering. She was scared of Klaus when he was angry. But could she have been that scared? Klaus only talked about all the nice things they had done together in his memories and had never mentioned something like this.
"I am sorry about what happened to your pack. I swear but I was not there. Please leave me out of this!" She pleaded. He ignored her plea and before Caroline could react she felt vervain being injected in her veins and started feeling a burning pain inside her. Then she passed out.
A/N: Next chapter is going to have a little bit more action and adventure. Hope you like it. Love, Santavica
