I am glad you guys seem to like the story so far! So because of your fabulous reviews here is Chapter 4…ENJOY!

CHAPTER 4

It had been a couple weeks since Caroline had begun her new…life. She saw Klaus once…maybe twice a week and her and Kol have had a couple more dates; they had kissed but nothing else. On her way into work she had thought about asking Kol to go to her family reunion with her, that would be a giant step in their relationship and she wasn't sure she was ready to just give up with Klaus…because she knew that once her and Kol were in something serious the only decent thing to do would be to stop seeing Klaus. It wouldn't be fair to Kol otherwise.

She pulled into her parking space at work and pushed all thoughts of her personal life out of her head. She had a busy day ahead of her and it required her full attention. Today she was meeting with artists for a new children's book they were publishing. Normally they used computers to do pictures but they were going a different way with this book and wanted to use actual drawings. She got into her office and turned on her computer. Her secretary had left a folder with the resumes of the artists she would be meeting with throughout the day.

"Good morning." Kol said as he knocked on Caroline's open door.

Caroline smiled."Good morning."

"Here." Kol said handing her a cup of coffee. He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you." She said.

"When is your first meeting?" He asked as he leaned against Caroline's desk.

"In a half hour." Caroline said after taking a sip of her coffee.

"OK well I will let you get ready. I will see you later."

Kol left and Caroline signed onto her computer. Caroline checked her emails and replied to the ones that needed to be answered. She flipped open the folder and started to look through the resumes; they were actually quite impressive. She got to the third one and almost spit out the coffee she was drinking. She read the name at least ten times. 'Klaus Mikaelson.' She had no idea what Klaus' last name was so she wasn't one hundred percent sure it was him but seriously…how many people had the name Klaus.

She looked over Klaus' resume more carefully than the others. He had gone to art school but only for a year. He had no art related jobs listed but that really wasn't a requirement for the job. The job would only be for doing drawings for this one book so the only qualification was to bring drawing samples to be looked at. She was excited to see the samples of his work that he would be bringing with him today.

Caroline's first two meetings went well. The artists were very talented; she made a folder for each artist and placed their work and resume inside. She had some time before her meeting with Klaus so she decided to get up and stretch her legs; she went to the ladies room then refilled her coffee. A few minutes later her secretary called her and told her Mr. Mikaelson had arrived for his appointment. Caroline had about a million butterflies in her stomach. She wasn't nervous about seeing him; she was more nervous about his reaction. He did not like to bed on the keeping his personal life private rule and she was a little worried that after this he wouldn't want to continue their…business relationship.

"Send him in." She said. Klaus walked in and paused when he saw her. He was wearing a pair of dark pants a red button up shirt and a black jacket. He was in shock and said nothing so Caroline decided that it fell on her to break the silence. "Hi." She simply said. "Come in, have a seat." She gestured towards the chairs in front of her desk. Klaus slowly walked over to one of the chairs. "Look, I know this probably goes against some of your rules but I promise I am more than fine with this."

"Maybe there is someone else I can interview with."

"Um…no." She said; she was a little hurt but did her best to hide it. "I am the editor on the book. I meet with the applicants and then I make my suggestion or suggestions and then the writer and publisher meet and decide who they want." She said with a fake smile. "Look it really isn't a big deal, the last two meetings I had didn't even last twenty-five minutes." She said with a sigh. Klaus said nothing so Caroline took that as him agreeing to continue with the meeting. "May I see your drawings?" She asked.

Klaus handed Caroline his portfolio of drawings and then pressed his back against the chair watching her look through some of what he thought to be his best pieces of work. Klaus watched her facial expressions carefully but she didn't give too much away.

Caroline closed the portfolio and looked up at Klaus who was staring at her nervously. "They are beautiful…all of them." She said quietly. They were both quiet for a minute. "I…uh…I have to pick three to send to the writer and publisher. I can't choose so I will let you choose your favorites." She said handing him back his portfolio. Caroline sighed. "So if you are chosen to do the drawings for the book, we would require that you have them completed three weeks later and then be available for the following week to meet with the writer for any notes they may have about the drawings. Are you available for that?"

Klaus nodded his head. "Yes." He answered simply.

Caroline stood up and walked over to him as he looked through the drawings; picking the three out she needed. Just as she approached him Klaus stood up to hand her the drawings he had chosen. They were incredibly close to each other; they could feel each other's breath on them. They seemed to be moving closer to each other although neither of them knew who was doing the moving. They were about a centimeter apart when a knock at the door brought them both crashing back to reality. Klaus turned away and Caroline let out a soft frustrated sigh.

"Come in." She said walking back around to sit at her desk.

Kol walked in with his usual smile carrying a chocolate chip muffin. "Sorry to interrupt…Carl brought muffins in for everyone and I wanted to bring you one before they were picked over." Kol placed the muffin on Caroline's desk and gave her another quick kiss on the cheek. Caroline's eyes shot to Klaus; he was glaring at Kol. Klaus' grip on the chair he was sitting at tightened. "I will see you later." Kol said before leaving her office. Caroline looked over at Klaus and he seemed to relax a bit now that Kol had left the room.

"So…did you choose the drawings?" Caroline stood up and walked over to Klaus again.

"Yes, what about these?" He asked handing her the drawings.

Klaus handed her a drawing of a beautiful landscape, a father holding a child, and a cityscape. "They are so gorgeous." Caroline said as she looked up at him with a big smile. "You are such a talented artist. I find it hard to believe that you have never illustrated any books before."

"Thank you." He said softly with a small smile. Caroline's breath caught in her throat and she was unable to say anything; all she could do was stare into his intense eyes. Klaus leaned in so his lips were against her ear. "I will see you tonight, Sweetheart." He whispered. Caroline felt his lips move against her ear and it drove her mad. Klaus turned and left her office leaving Caroline convinced she was getting into deep trouble with her growing feelings for this man.

Caroline placed the drawings Klaus gave her into the folder along with his resume. She continued to meet with the other artists throughout the day. She knew Klaus was the best out of all of them the minute she saw his work. She wrote her letter on why she was recommending Klaus and bundled everything together. She called her secretary in and gave her everything to be sent down to publishing.

Caroline finished up a few more things and then left for the day. Once she got home she figured she had a while before Klaus would be there so she picked up her book and began reading. She was almost done with the last book in the series and would miss it when she finally finished.

After an hour and a half she finished reading her book. She decided she had enough time for a quick shower so she headed to the bathroom. She finished up in the shower and wrapped her fluffy white towel around her body. She went to her room and opened her underwear draw; she picked out a deep purple bra and a purple lace thong. She grabbed a pair of black shorts and a white tank top; they weren't going out so she decided to dress comfortable.

After hearing a knock at the door Caroline quickly made her way to the door. The minute Klaus walked in the apartment he grabbed Caroline and pulled her towards him. He attacked her lips with his own and walked them both towards the bedroom. They were both letting out their sexual frustrations from their meeting at Caroline's office earlier. Their clothes were quickly ripped from their bodies and scattered on her floor; Caroline pushed Klaus onto her bed and crawled on top of him.

Caroline didn't want to waste any more time with foreplay; she poisoned herself on top of him and quickly lowered herself down. After a few minute Klaus flipped them over and started to kiss her neck as he continued to roughly move above her. She moaned loudly; when she wasn't moaning loudly she was moaning his name softly in his ear and it was driving him insane.

The sex was more intense than any of the other times they had been together. They both know why; they both wanted this since they saw each other earlier, but neither would admit it to each other…or themselves.

Caroline was getting ready for her date with Kol. He was taking her to dinner and then dancing afterwards. She picked out her blue dress that she had bought weeks ago but had not worn yet.

Dinner with Kol was of course fun; he always made her laugh. When they were inside his car and on their way to the lounge where he was taking her dancing, Caroline decided to go ahead and ask him to the reunion.

"So, I have a family reunion coming up in a few weeks. My family rents a bunch of cabins by a lake and we stay up there for the weekend. I know we aren't quite there yet…but I was wondering if you wanted to go. I of course would tell everyone we are just friends…I don't want you to be uncomfortable."

Kol laughed. "I wouldn't feel uncomfortable. I would love to go." He said as he glanced over at Caroline.

"Great." Caroline paused. "Hopefully my family doesn't embarrass me too much." She said softly with a small laugh.

Kol laughed again. "That is what family is for…to embarrass you, Darling."

They arrived at the small lounge and Kol immediately pulled Caroline onto the dance floor. He had chosen dancing as an excuse to hold her gorgeous body close to his for an extended period of time.

Caroline giggled as he spun her around the dance floor. He mind of course began to wander during a slow song. She knew that after her family reunion that she would probably have to stop seeing Klaus and a very large part of her was upset at that thought, but Kol had been so sweet and if they do go further it wouldn't be fair to him.

After dancing for a while, Kol drove Caroline home. He walked her up the stairs to the door of her apartment. "I had an amazing time, thank you."

Kol wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her into his chest. "You don't need to thank me everytime I take you out." He said quietly with a small laugh.

Caroline giggled and pressed her lips to his. She pulled back; still keeping their faces close. "Good night." She said before biting her bottom lip.

Caroline went inside and changed out of her dress and into her pajamas. She crawled into her bed and cuddled under the blankets. She grabbed her cell phone and hit reply to the last text that Klaus had sent her. If she was going to be calling this off soon she wanted to see him as often as possible until then. 'Hey, let me know when your next opening is. ;)' She hit send and placed her phone next to her on the bed. Caroline was surprised when her phone beeped with a new message so soon. It was already two in the morning and she assumed she wouldn't hear from him until the next morning. 'I'll see you tomorrow, Love. ;) If that works for you.' Caroline was pleased to see that he was available so soon. She hit reply right away. 'See you at 7!'

Thank you so much for reading! I hope you enjoyed the chapter! I have the next three chapters outlined so hopefully I will be able to get them written and posted soon! Please don't forget to review! ;)