"Stefan! What are you doing here?" Caroline was surprised.
"Well, I got out of the boarding house, and I'm here to ask you if I can stay in your guest room for a couple of days, until I find out a place to stay…" She could notice that he didn't want to be asking that.
"Of course you can stay! You can stay as long as you want. But, have you heard the conversation I just had?" The excitement on her voice was tangible. But when she made the question she got nervous, the last thing she wanted to do right now was put Stefan ever sadder.
"No, I didn't. You have your privacy and I respect that. Oh, thank you Care I really appreciate it, so I don't think that all that excitement is not just because I'm staying here, or is it?" Stefan was entertained. He was sitting on the couch with an arm on the top of the sofa and the other on the top of his legs.
"Well, there's something… but I don't think that you're gonna be very excited about it…" She was afraid he wouldn't understand.
"You were so excited about it when you entered the house, what happened now?" Stefan was confused, and he wasn't prepared for what Caroline was going to tell him.
"Maybe me and Klaus kissed and were kind of seeing each other now…" Caroline was speaking very slowly like she was afraid of saying out loud, and she was also very uncomfortable.
"What?! You're what?! You're seeing Klaus now?" He was taken by surprise.
"Look Stefan, I like him! I can't deny it anymore. For much bad things he has done- for much bad things he has done? Who am I to judge him exactly? I've done horrible things too and I always had someone there to cheer me up. I'm going to be there for him, to cheer him up whenever he needs me. I feel like that's what I want to do." Caroline was trying to make him see that she really wanted to be with Klaus. She sat on the sofa next to Stefan, her look was begging for him to understand.
"I didn't know things between you two were so evolved. I mean, I knew that there was something… with the gazes and all. But from that to this, it's a lot." For much that he wanted to be cool with all of that, he just couldn't. He didn't understand how Caroline liked Klaus so much, the one that made so much harm to the ones next to her.
"Can't you just be happy for me? I'll need someone by my side that will support me when I tell everybody. Because I know they'll all start arguing with me and try to make me see how bad Klaus is for me. And I'm perfectly clear of who he is. I don't need other people to tell me. I seriously need you to say that you will be by my side, please…" Caroline was being so honest, and putting it all out, trying to make Stefan see that she knew perfectly what she was doing and it was exactly what she wanted to do.
"I can see that this is important to you, and of course I will be there for you when you tell everyone. But you need to give me some time to internalize that you're in love with him." She hugged him tightly. "Care… You're crushing me…" Said Stefan airless.
"Oh, I'm sorry but you're the most amazing person in the world and surroundings. I'll give all the time you need to 'internalize' it and I want you to know that I really appreciate your friendship. You're my bestfriend and I love you!" Caroline looked like she was going to explode with joy.
"You're welcome. I really appreciate your friendship too. You're always there for me in the good and the bad. You're my bestfriend too." And after this, they both started laughing and talking about random stuff until very late and they fell asleep in the couch.
They woke up with Liz trying to know why the living room was such a mess. They ate popcorn and snacks and left it all out of place through the living room. And Liz made get up and clean the mess right away. So when she went away, Caroline turned up the radio and the cleaning began.
Once they were finished, Stefan went back to sleep but Caroline couldn't fall asleep again. She already woke up. So she came up with the idea of pay a visit to Klaus. But first, she decided that call first it's a thing that she should do, but haven't for a while.
"Hello love" said Klaus when he answered the phone.
"Hi, can I go over your place now?"
"Of course my love, usually you don't ask, you just show up. Why did you call this time?" He was with a playful tone.
"Well, I usually call before go to people's houses but lately I've been kind of stressed out a little bit. And you know why." She was also messing with him, even if what she said was true.
"Ok ok. I can always come over sweetheart. I'll try to take the stress from you." He said it with a sexy tone that made her bite her bottom lip.
"Okay then. See you in a bit." She said it full of desire and then hung up.
When she got to the mansion Klaus was sitting on the couch with a drink on his hand. Wait, when she looked better she saw it was blood.
"Can I have some?" Caroline asked when entered the room.
"Of course, you have one bag in the fridge." He said it while he got up and walked in her direction. Caroline was turned to the fridge and he grabbed her from behind and kissed her neck. She turned to face him and looked to his eyes, full of desire and passion.
He kissed her lips while his hand was in her head pulling her closer to him, and the other hand was on the way to find the end of the shirt and taking it. He was starting to take his shirt off, but Caroline stopped him and she took his shirt off. They never looked away from each other. They went to his room and they made love for the first time on his bed.
They were lying on the bed, exhausted. "Wow… That was… amazing. You're very good." She was panting.
"Well, thank you love. I've been around for a long time, and learned some things along the way. You were pretty good too." He was also panting and playful.
"I really need that blood bag now." Caroline got up and saw him shirt. She grabbed it and put it on. Klaus also got up and whispered to her ear "Now that you are finally with me, we can repeat this over and over again." She bitted her lower lip, totally turned on. "I really hope so." She whispered back. And then they went downstairs to drink some blood.
While talking, in the couch, they heard the front door being opened abruptly. Klaus got up and went to see what it was. The door was open, but no one was there. Then Caroline, who stayed in the living room, screamed and Klaus ran to see what was happening. He entered in shook.
"A little help Klaus?!" He was paralyzed. But he straightened up in a matter of seconds and helped her. He easily stopped the fight.
"Hello Nicklaus, surprised?" she asked him with anger.
"Rebecca?! How did you… got out?" They were both shocked. "You were in a box, with a dagger in your heart. Who got you out?" Klaus added still shaken.