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Heartbeat

Chapter 4

I Find Out The Truth, Sort Of

"Why do you hide?" I blurted out and right after I said that, I covered my mouth with apology written on my face.

He smirked at my actions which made me giggle a bit. I have to say he was very sexy when he smirked like that. "It's hard to explain," he answered in his deep accent voice. Gosh, anyone could fall in love with that voice. What was I in love with Klaus? I mean we did kiss or make out, so maybe….

"Try me?" sitting straight on my comfy mattress of my bed and waiting for him to answer.

He shook his head, my face turned into a frown. I was disappointed and worried. I really thought I'd get through to him, but I guessed it would take a lot more to get his secrets out. His eyes read of pain; did I hurt him? "I'm sorry," I said quickly. "I didn't mean to offend you in any way."

"You didn't Caroline. I just can't help but be worried about you if you found out. My mother isn't the most sympathetic woman in the world."

I furrowed my eye brows. So I was getting somewhere. "Your mother? Is she the one who's doing this to you?" placing a hand on his shoulder.

Klaus sighed out in exasperation and got up from his spot beside me, walking to the window. I watched his movement and followed him to the rain pattered window. "I can't say," he said shortly.

"Klaus…"

"Just drop it Caroline," he huffed out. Then he brushed passed me and walked away. I rushed after him but when I entered the hall, he was already gone.

There was no way in hell I was going to drop it.

xo heartbeat xo

I arrived to school early next day to see Mr. Wonderful in the corner of the classroom. Nobody was in the room at the moment so I decided to start talking to him. "Good morning Klaus," I announced in an annoyed voice.

He must've noticed my tone and lifted his head to me. His face was covered again by that hoodie of his. "What's with you?" he muttered.

"What's with me? What the hell is with you?" I snapped, getting out of my seat. "We talked last night and you kissed me now you act like this, again? I thought we got passed this," pointing to his damn hoodie, "and made progress?"

"As far as I know, last night never happened," he replied, placing his head back on the desk.

I was shocked; this guy was pushing all my buttons in all the wrong ways. "Seriously!? So the kiss you gave me meant nothing?"

"Not at all," he muffled through the desk. "Besides," lifting his head, "you were the one who wanted it first."

What is with this guy? First he will be so sweet and sexy, coming into the light, then he'll be back all doom and gloom, hiding in his dark hole. All my work down the drain, just like that. As I was about to speak my mind to him again, a wave of students came in, eyeing us carefully. I decided it was best to sit back down like nothing ever happened.

"This isn't over," I whispered to him, knowing he could hear me.

I didn't get a response but he needed to know why I was doing this and why I wasn't giving up without a fight.

At lunch I sat with my friends, eyeing Klaus carefully in the corner. He was drawing again. What he was drawing, I have no idea. That guy was too much of a mystery already to figure what he was doing.

The rest of the crew sat down at the table and that's when I came out with it. "Do you guys know anything about Klaus' parents?"

They all looked at me like I was senile and trust me when I say, I agreed with them. I was being nosy with all of this but that what Klaus gets for kissing me then blocking me out of his life. Like seriously, he didn't think he would get away with it.

"And don't just say 'no' because I know you guys have a reasonable answer for his behaviour. Was he always like this?"

Bonnie nodded. "Since he's been here, he's always acted like that. But rumors from around the county have spread so when he came here, we all knew about him."

Poor guy. So that was the reason why nobody liked him and why no one attempted to me his friend, until I came along. "Then what about his parents?"

"His parents are quite wealthy. His father owns a huge hunting company and his mother is a clothes designer," she said.

So then why do a hunter and a clothes designer beat on him? "Then what…"

Bonnie cut me off and finally gave me an answer I was looking for. "His father isn't his real father. They say that his mother had an affair and kept it a secret from him. Now his father beats him because Klaus isn't his son. He does that to Klaus' mother as well."

"So why doesn't anyone deal with it?"

Stefan spoke up. "They aren't someone you want to deal with."

That is exactly what Klaus told me. Was no body able to give me the truth? But I did thank Bonnie for giving me an important piece of information.

I looked up to where Klaus was sitting to see that he was already gone. Then I catch the eyes of my friends; they have a terrifying expression plastered on their faces and their focus is all on me, or whoever was behind me.

I then realized that Klaus was standing right behind me and held furious stare. I gulped as I turned in me seat. "Hey Klaus," I smiled nervously.

He didn't say anything as he grabbed my arm roughly and dragged me outside, pinning me to the same spot as yesterday. "I thought I told you not to do that?" he snapped.

"Do what?" I asked dumbly.

"Asking people if they know anything about my family," he answered in a softer tone.

How did he hear us, I was so quiet when I spoke to them. "You…how did you hear us?"

"Caroline," he growled.

"Look I said it wasn't over. Either you tell me or I will find out by myself."

"Why do you want to know?" he demanded.

The truth was I didn't know why I wanted to know. I've always been curious about people like Klaus; wanting to find out why they hid themselves from the world, why they acted the way they acted. Besides that, when Klaus kissed me I felt a connection I had never felt before. "I don't know," I mumbled. "Curiosity, I guess."

"Then stop being curious because it will get you killed," he sneered, before walking away.

Then a question popped into my head, making me blurt it out. "Why did you beat up Jeremy Gilbert?"

Klaus stopped and turned to me, marching over to where I stood against the wall and bring his face close to mine. I gasped feeling his breath on my skin.

"I don't need to explain why," he's voice like venom.

But I just continued to look into his eyes sadly with such force. "Is it because your father beats on you?"

His eyes widened at my words before dropping his head on my shoulder. I consciously wrapped my arms around him, comforting him as much as I could. Then I started hearing gasps from his mouth, like he was crying. My eyes became watery as well as I held him tighter, his arms embracing me, never wanting to let go.

"It's going to be okay," I whispered. "Everything is going to be okay."

He lifted his head, locking eyes with mine. "Caroline," he whispered, using one hand to caress my cheek. "Thank you for staying with me." Then his lips had captured mine in a passionate kiss.

This kiss became deeper. Klaus pushed me gently against the wall, making my escape impossible. I lifted his hoody away from his head and buried my hands in his hair. I was not letting him go anymore. I was not going to hold back anymore. I was not going to let him slip back into the darkness. He was going to tell me because I knew this guy did have a heart that was just aching to get out.

xo heartbeat xo

Rumors had spread over the school saying Klaus and I was in a relationship and I had to let them know it was the truth. I didn't want to hide the fact that I was falling in love with the guy and I wanted to be with him. He was even acting better when I was around and was dressing a whole lot better too.

When I told my mom that I was dating a Mikaelson, she fainted which was exactly what I predicted. My friends weren't all too happy with the idea either and seemed quiet nervous when we sat down at the lunch table. I couldn't help but notice Elena and Stefan's disappearance from the table because Klaus was there. So I decided to sit with just him at his old table.

The whole school was also very shocked at my choice in a boyfriend. We would usually walk hand in hand everywhere we'd go, which gave us some 'what the hell' stares.

It finally settled down after about a week. I was glad the school was getting used to us, well they better be because I was not going to let Klaus go any time soon. However, there was still one thing bugging me.

Klaus had yet to tell me something really important. I had thought his big secret was his father beating on him but as the week went by I realized that there was something else; something a lot bigger than just abuse. When I tried to ask him about it, he would either change the subject or tell me to forget it which made me want to know more.

Did this guy still not get who I was?

After school I told him that I had to pick something up for my mom and that I would text him tonight. He gave me a chaste kiss on the lips and left.

The errands had taken longer than I thought because when I came out of the museum full of stuff, it was already dark. That was the last time I was doing something like this.

I was probably half way to my car when a loud noise echoed behind me. The creepy thing was that nobody was on the streets during the time. I felt like I was in a horror movie.

"Hello?" I called out.

I looked around the area checking for any serial killers or any creepers of the sort in the shadows. When I heard the sound again, I jumped making me drop the box on the ground hard. "Crap," I cured under my breath, bending to pick it up.

It was so fast, I had no idea what was happening. First, I felt a low hiss and a sharp pain digging into my neck, making me cry out in pain, and then next the pressure was gone. I held my hand to my neck and felt a wet liquid on my skin. When I pulled back I saw that my hand was covered with my blood.

My whole body was shaking. I had to get out of there fast before whatever did this to me, came back. But before I could take another step, I was suddenly pushed to the ground and covered by a man whose face was that of a monster. I tried to scream but nothing came out, all I could do was watched this red eyed monster with huge white fangs lowered itself towards my neck and bit it yet again.

I suddenly felt weak, like all my energy had been released from my body. My vision started to fade and everything was going blurry. I had not screamed this time because it look too much energy so all I did was wait until this monster killed me.

Everything changed when the man's body was suddenly lifted off of me and I heard a loud snap. Then I opened up to the horrors in front of me.

About three feet away from me was a decapitated head of the man and right above it stood Klaus with the same monstrous face the man had before he bit into my neck.

.:Sapphire:.