From afar, her eyes detected a familiar figure, walking towards her direction. She wondered why he was here, what more here being her school. However, as he walked, she couldn't help but notice that his eyes never left her. Cautiously, she walked up to him, prepared to say a single hello should he smile at her or make contact. To her dismay, he walked right past her, though his eyes never left her face for a single second.

"And what was that about may I ask?" Caroline called out to the man who had been trying to ignore her.

"Were you talking to me?" The man turned swiftly, wondering why she had bothered making the first contact, when he had clearly walked past her.

"So one moment you're all over me, Klaus, and the next you're going to ignore me?" She proclaimed in disbelief, feeling a tad angry at his attitude towards her.

The man shrugged his shoulders, his eyes wavering. He turned around and left a pissed Caroline all alone outside the school. He didn't knew what he had to do. Every time he came into contact with her, his actions differed from his feelings. He longed to talk to her, but he was smarter than that. He wasn't a lamb foolishly in love. People feared him for a reason. Caught up in his own thoughts, the man walked away, promising himself each time he would do the right thing.

It was still 5 minutes tops before the school bell should ring. Caroline made her way down the unusually quiet corridor and realised why there wasn't a single soul to be found. They had a mock exam today, and the students would usually arrived earlier in class so that they could do some last minute studying. Nobody wanted to fail the exams, their after school free time being the key to everything. As Caroline walked hurriedly to her classroom, she ran into a similar blonde girl nearby the locker, as though she had been waiting for Caroline all along.

"I was wondering when you'd show up." The blonde girl motioned to Caroline to come nearer.

"I have a class to go too, if you'd excuse me." Caroline replied, her tone filled with exhaustion.

"5 minutes?" The girl looked hopefully to her.

"All right. What is it that you want Rebekah?" Caroline surrendered, knowing she can never escape Barbie Klaus if she decided to just run away or ignore her.

"I want to know what you feel about my brother." Rebekah finally confessed, enunciating each word strongly.

"Who? Klaus?" asked the latter in disbelief, only to get a nod from Rebekah. "He killed Elena's aunt, made my boyfriend into a hybrid and basically destroyed almost all our lives. What do you think?"

And a little bit charming, if he wasn't so broody, Caroline noted, purposely leaving the extra information out.

"What about Kol then?" Rebekah asked again, a part of her knowing that Caroline might harbor some feelings for Nik even though she doesn't want to admit it.

"I barely know him." The girl replied honestly, still wondering where the conversation was turning.

"All right, thank you. You may go now." Rebekah nodded at the blonde girl in front of her, who walked away in confusion, stealing glances at her each time she took a few steps.

So it appeared Caroline was trying to hide her feelings. A part of her did liked Nik, even though he had tortured their lives tremendously. And yet she didn't wanted to admit it, probably due to the doppelganger. Caroline was a good friend to Elena. She wouldn't admit her feelings to Nik easily because she's afraid at what others would think of her, Rebekah noted down mentally. And Kol. It seemed that the young vampire was almost afraid of her other brother. Fear hinted in her eyes when she spoke of him. What had Kol done to Caroline that made the talkative vampire murmured only a few words about him, she wondered. At least she knew who had the upper hand in this game. Rebekah promised herself she wouldn't take sides, and she wouldn't let on this information to her brothers either. Caroline's feelings were not a confirmation after all, but an assumption. But then again, when had Rebekah ever went wrong at assuming? Smiling to herself, she walked happily to her history class, relieved that she can get on with her life with her unsolved questions answered, and it was all due to Caroline.

The door swung open and a pretty blonde girl walked into the Grill, waiting for a package her mother had her receive. Sheriff Forbes had stated that it was an important package for all the good people in Mystic Falls, but since she was busy, she had Caroline tend to it instead. Not long after, a stubby man walked up to Caroline and handed over the parcel to her. Smiling gratefully, she thanked the man and took a seat at an empty place. She figured she would stay there for a while, and noticed Matt working at the counter. Caroline raised her hand as an indication to say hi to Matt, who finally smiled at her before continuing back to work.

"Miss Forbes." Caroline looked up to see the same man that send her the parcel called out to her.

"Yes?" She asked cautiously wondering if the man had forgotten anything or if he knew of her identity.

"Mr Mikaelson wishes to see you." The man said in a robot-like fashion, while staring at the pool parlour behind her.

To her horror, she realised that the man had been compelled, lest he would not have been talking funny. As she turned around, a familiar face pops out among the crowd, smiling at her while motioning her to come forward. Caroline pursed her lips. What had Kol Mikaelson wanted with her? She had not told a single soul of their previous conversation so she couldn't see why he wanted to talk to her now. As she looked up, she saw Matt eyeing her suspiciously before walking over to her.

"What does he want from you?" Matt asked, agitated.

"If I knew Matt, it'd be a whole lot easier, trust me." The girl replied, sighing.

Matt shrugged his shoulders and went back off to work. He didn't feel the need to know of Caroline's personal life, but he felt the need to look out for her. They were friends after all, and he wouldn't want her to get hurt after all the pain she had gone through. The blonde girl slowly walked up the short flight of stairs before resting her bag on the pool table.

"What do you want?" She asked, obviously unhappy that he wanted to talk to her.

"I was hoping, Caroline, to have a decent conversation with you." The man replied, slightly offended at the reaction he was receiving from her.

"I happen to be a very busy person." Caroline sighed, this time walking nearer to Kol.

He didn't expect her to walk to him, and now as she neared him, he didn't believe it either. This girl was full of surprises. One moment she'd be harsh to him, but the other moment her actions showed otherwise. And this is exactly why Kol liked her. She was something new, she was always something new.

"I just want to talk, sweet Caroline." Kol declared, this time putting his hands on top of hers.

Shocked, Caroline jerked away, only to be grabbed by the good looking man who hugged her. She struggled to break free, before finally easing up, and waited patiently for Kol to let her go. Realising what he had done, the vampire let the blonde girl go, and stared at her apologetically.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." He insisted, only to get a firm nod from Caroline.

"It's, it's okay. I'm just going to go." Caroline blurted, taking her bag with her as she went down the stairs.

He had not meant to hug her. All he wanted was to feel the warmth of her hands, but he couldn't curb his temptations into hugging her. Kol looked down sadly to the floor. Caroline must have been shocked at the situation, he realised. He will apologise to her when he meet her again the next time.

As Caroline walked down the stairs, her mind jumbled. Why had Kol hugged her? Could it be he likes her too? Sighing heavily, she shook her head. Why had she eased up when he hugged her? The crease on her forehead deepened when she saw her friends, Bonnie and Elena.

"You and Kol?" Bonnie exclaimed, shocked at why Caroline would be having a flirtatious situation with an Original, while Elena looked suspiciously at her friend but also glancing to the side of the Grill to find someone.

"It's not like that, okay? I'm going home. I'll see you girls tomorrow?" Caroline whispered, desperately wanting to go home and get away from the accusing eyes of her friends.

Elena nodded as she turned to face Caroline, with Bonnie smiling softly as she walked away.

"He's gone." Elena informed, as Bonnie looked all over the Grill to find the familiar face that still and was their enemy.

"He saw everything didn't he?" Bonnie questioned the unanswerable Elena who could only glance at the corner of the Grill.

"Well, he definitely seemed hurt." The latter replied, not answering the given question and instead taking their seats near the counter.

"I think he really loves her. Klaus is madly in love with Caroline, or he wouldn't have walked away with that deep frown on his face. Don't you think so?" Bonnie concluded, reaffirming Elena's previous statement.

With that, the two girls looked sadly to each other, knowing that their best friend had disappoint the manic Klaus again, this time much harder, and both wouldn't know what to expect of next.