Here's one for all you Klaroline lovers (me included). Enjoy and thank you for the reviews!


"Klaus, what are you doing here!?" Caroline asked, breathing hard from shock. She looked towards her door hoping her mom was asleep.

"I came to see if you wanted to spend some time together. At the Grill maybe?" Klaus said.

"And you felt the need to scare the living daylights out of me to do that?"

"I didn't expect you to be startled by me, love. Vampires aren't supposed to get frightened easily."

"It was dark and it wasn't like I was expecting a psychopath in my room!"

Klaus raised an eyebrow. "Psychopath?" He said, sitting up on the bed.

Caroline shrugged indifferently.

Klaus got up from the bed and stood in front of her, beginning to get annoyed. "We're wasting time. I came here to ask you to the Grill. Will you go with me?"

Caroline looked at the ground. "It's really late." She murmured.

"Tomorrow night then?" Klaus asked hopefully.

Caroline looked into his eyes. She couldn't go with him, she had given up on guys, and she was supposed to be focusing on herself.

But then why did she really want to say yes?

Klaus watched the mixed emotions on her face. "Just say yes, love." he whispered.

Caroline rolled her eyes and gave in. "Fine."

Klaus beamed. "Brilliant. I'll see you there then." He walked to her bedroom window and disappeared out of it. Caroline exhaled in annoyance. Why had she let him talk her into it?

Klaus appeared at her window again and Caroline's hand flew to her heart.

"Klaus, what did I just say?!" she asked exasperated.

He smiled. "Sorry, love. I just wanted to say that you better show up, because if you don't, I'll just come and get you."

Caroline glowered at him and he laughed. "And you really shouldn't get shocked so easily."

And with that he disappeared, leaving Caroline even more annoyed.


Bonnie rushed out of the door the next day. Why was she always running late? Maybe she should invest in that alarm clock, she thought. She got into her car and froze when she noticed a piece of pink, heart covered paper, taped to the steering wheel.

On it was the message "Have a lovely day, Bonnie. By the way, you look magnificent. You know what else would be magnificent? Us going to Prom together. See you soon, sweetheart. Love Kol."

Bonnie snorted, ripped the paper from the steering wheel and crumpled it up. Seriously? He thought cheesy, romantic messages were going to make her want to Prom with him? She drove off to school, very annoyed by Kol's constant pestering. He needed to get the picture. Quick. She was never going to go to Prom with him.


At school Caroline tried not to think about that night. She had changed her mind on whether she would turn up so many times already. She could imagine the look on Klaus's face if she did and the thought did not please her.

She decided to focus her attention on the Prom. She was the head of the Prom committee and they were having another meeting today. She waited in an empty classroom for the others to turn up. Slowly one by one the volunteers came in and Caroline smiled at everyone. When they had all arrived, she started to talk.

"Ok so we decided on a underwater theme, now -" Caroline began but someone else walked into the room, interrupting her.

"Oh please, an underwater theme? How boring and unoriginal." said a drawling accented voice. It was Rebekah.

Caroline folded her arms and raised an eyebrow, immediately going on the offensive.

"I'm the head of the Prom committee and we're doing underwater." Caroline said in an icy voice. "Besides Prom isn't very far away. We can't change the theme now!"

"Come on, Caroline. You and I both know it's not a very good theme."

"What theme would you have us do instead?" Caroline said, her eyes flaring.

"Fairytales. We can have a fairytale castle where you get your photos taken and people can walk through a hallway lit with coloured lights as they come into the Prom. Plus many more ideas we can come up with. It'll be magical."

Caroline pursed her lips in defiance. She saw all the members of the Prom committee were looking at her, seeing what she would decide. Caroline could tell they really liked the Fairytale theme.

Caroline groaned in defeat. "Fine! We'll do Fairytales. But you better help plan and set up this darn thing because it was your idea."

Rebekah grinned. "Thanks Caroline. This Prom is going to be great."

Caroline looked away, annoyed. "Yeah, sure."

She realised with frustration that this was the second time an original vampire had talked her into something in less than a day.


Bonnie walked out to her car after school. There was some grimoires that she wanted to read that night and she wanted to get an early start on them. That's when she saw the rose petals covering her car.

And on the ground in front of it, written in rose petals, were the words "Say yes, Bonnie."

Bonnie laughed in disbelief. "Seriously!" She said out loud. Kol was being ridiculous! She groaned in annoyance and starting sweeping the rose petals off with her hands. When she was done, she sighed and got into her car.

She drove out, the last of the rose petals drifting off in the wind.


Why was she doing this? She was going to have a drink with Klaus!

Caroline parked her car and as she walked over to the grill she gave herself a pep talk. In no way is this a date. You will not find anything he says romantic. You will not let him do anything you don't want him to do.

He. Will. Not. Win.

Caroline stood in the entrance to the grill and looked over at the bar. Klaus sat on one of the barstools sipping a drink. This was her opportunity to turn around and go home. She was just about to when she heard a voice call her name. Klaus had seen her and was waving her over.

Caroline took a deep breath then walked over to the barstools. Klaus never took his eyes off of her as she sat down. He was so happy she had agreed to this.

"Hello Caroline. I'm so glad you came."

"Well, I didn't have any other plans."

Klaus chuckled. "I'm sure that's exactly why you came." He said knowingly. "You look ravishing by the way."

Caroline rolled her eyes and ordered a drink from Matt who gave her a look that asked "Why are you here with Klaus?" She gave him a look in return that said "I didn't really have a choice."

"So how are things at the moment love? Rebekah tells me you're the head of the Prom Committee."

Caroline turned back to Klaus. "That's right."

"You and my sister are going to plan the Prom together? Are you sure that's a good idea?" Klaus said sceptically.

"It's going to be challenging, but you've got to admit. Two heads are better than one. Even if they want to bite the other one's head off." Matt placed her drink in front of her and Caroline took a sip.

Klaus smiled at her. "I guess you're right. Speaking of Prom -"

Caroline shook her head, interrupting him. "No. There is no way I am going with you, Klaus!"

Klaus put his hands up, as if in surrender. "Just asking love."

Caroline went back to her drink, repeating to herself her pep talk from earlier.

"But since you're the head of the Prom Committee it would only be proper that you had a date to Prom." Klaus said.

Caroline froze, her drink halfway to her lips.

"And since Tyler is no longer in the picture, maybe you should go to Prom with me instead." Klaus continued, watching her reaction closely.

Caroline swallowed hard and turned her head to look Klaus directly in the eyes. She stared at him disbelievingly. She was going to make a sarcastic comment but she saw the sincerity and the hope in his eyes. He genuinely wanted to take her to the Prom, wanted to make her happy. Caroline was losing herself in his eyes before she realised what she was doing.

She abruptly broke the eye contact and stood up from the bar.

"I can't do this." Caroline mumbled and strode out of the grill.

Klaus sat shocked. It took him a moment to recover before he chased after her.

Once outside he called out, "Caroline!" He spotted her walking towards her car. "Caroline, wait." He ran to catch up with her. He gently put his arm on her shoulder to stop her.

"Caroline, please. I'm sorry." Klaus said turning her to face him.

Caroline wouldn't look in his eyes. She wanted to run. She wanted to be away from him.

"But you can't deny what happened in there. That moment when we were looking in each other's eyes." Klaus whispered moving closer to her.

Caroline tried to take a step back but found her legs wouldn't respond. His face was so close to hers.

"I can't do this." Caroline repeated but she didn't say it with much conviction. Klaus moved his head even closer and when he chuckled she felt his breath on her face.

"Just shut up and kiss me, Caroline."

Before she could stop him or find the will to, his lips were on hers and all thoughts and doubts swept from her mind. And before she knew it she found herself kissing him back.

No, Caroline couldn't deny she had feelings for Klaus anymore. Kissing him was like nothing she had done before.

They kissed a little while longer before they pulled apart and Caroline rested her head against his shoulder. They were quiet for a moment, just holding each other.

"How do you feel?" Klaus asked finally, his voice filled with passion.

Caroline sighed and pulled away from him. "Klaus, I said to myself that I was going to focus on me. Tyler really hurt me. All the guys I've been with have hurt me. I just, I don't want to rush into it like I did with them."

"Caroline, we are not rushing into it. You've know how I have felt for many months now. And you've had feelings for me you've been denying for a while too."

Caroline was going to disagree but realised he might be right. When Tyler started treating her badly she did find herself thinking about Klaus.

"But that doesn't make it right."

Klaus tucked a bit of her hair behind her ear. "How can something that feels so right be wrong?"

Caroline looked into his eyes and felt tears springing into them.

"I have to go." She said and began walking over to her car. The tears finally won out and spilled over, making tear tracks down her face.

Klaus watched her as she got in her car and drove off, his heart falling. How could he make her see? Klaus walked back to the grill. This wasn't the end, he pledged to himself.

This was just the beginning.