Caroline thought that it was an especially good thing that she was sleeping in Rebekah's room and not Kol's after that. She already had enough people thinking that there was something going on with Kol without having Klaus getting jealous over nothing.
It seemed like it was already a little too late to try to keep Klaus from getting jealous. She kind of wanted to explain to him what had been going on, but at the same time it's not like she was Klaus's. Why should she have to go explain to him and try to make him feel better just because he had heard her calling another guy hot?
"So what do you want to do?" Kol asked her.
"Someone's tired," Kol commented as he turned to look at Caroline who was practically asleep on the couch.
"I'm fine, this movie's just boring," Caroline commented. "It's trying to put me to sleep."
"You're the one who chose it," Kol pointed out with a chuckle.
"And don't I regret it," Caroline responded.
"You know, I used to hate you," Rebekah commented.
"Really?" Caroline asked in mock surprise. "…I didn't exactly like you either."
"I came to town and you were basically everything that I wanted to be," Rebekah admitted.
"Yeah, right," Caroline said sarcastically.
"Is that really so hard to believe?" Rebekah asked. "You were the pretty popular girl with all of the friends and every boy wrapped around her finger."
Caroline actually let a laugh out at that.
"I think that you're talking about Elena," Caroline responded.
"No, I mean you," Rebekah told her.
"Yeah, it's real glamorous being me," Caroline commented sarcastically. "I used to be the worst person back when I was human. I mean my own friends could barely stand to be around me. Not that I can even blame them. I was bossy, and shallow, and desperate for attention. I was so insecure that I'd just go hit on the first guy that looked at me, or even the ones that didn't."
"You still have all of those friends and people who are worried about you," Rebekah pointed out.
Caroline shrugged.
"Well I definitely don't have all of the boys wrapped around my finger," She told Rebekah. "Elena's the one who gets all of the guys with just one look. How am I supposed to compete with her when she's practically perfect?"
"You aren't serious?" Rebekah asked. "My brother adores you, at least one of them-"
"Me and Kol are just friends," Caroline interrupted.
"And then there's Tyler-" Rebekah continued.
"Tyler liked the idea of me a lot more than he ever cared about me," Caroline interrupted again.
"Stefan and Matt," Rebekah added. "Even if you're only friends with them, they'd still do anything to try and protect you."
"I could use a little less protecting from everyone lately," Caroline muttered. "I'm sick of people trying to protect me when I don't need to be. It's not even protecting anymore, it's just refusing to let me make my own decision."
"Your decision to be friends with Kol," Rebekah stated.
"Yeah," Caroline answered. "They act like it's the end of the world."
"As annoying and reckless as he can be sometimes, Kol isn't any danger to you," Rebekah told her. "It's not like he's going to kill his only friend in town."
Caroline couldn't sleep for the life of her. She couldn't understand how Rebekah could possibly be asleep.
Caroline had been lying in bed wide awake for what felt like an eternity. Although she was tired, she couldn't quite get to sleep.
She was trying to lie still and not wake Rebekah up, but no matter what she did she couldn't quite get comfortable. It was a big bed with more than enough room for the two of them, but Caroline was still convinced that if she didn't stop rolling over and moving that she was going to end up waking Rebekah up.
Caroline slowly slid out of the bed and then began to carefully walk towards the door as quietly as possible. She wasn't sure where she was going to go at first, but as she cautiously opened up Rebekah's bedroom door, she decided that she would try heading downstairs to the couch.
Caroline gently closed the bedroom door behind her and then began to pad down the hallway wearing the same tank top that she had shown up in and a pair of cotton shorts that Rebekah had lent her.
When Caroline reached the bottom of the stairs, she couldn't help from hearing faint noises coming from one of the rooms downstairs.
She curiously headed towards the sound, wondering who else was up.
Caroline followed the noise to an open doorway and peeked in to spot Klaus.
He was sitting with his back to her and a drink in one hand. The other hand was pinching the bridge of his nose while his head hung forward.
Caroline watched him in a silent fascination as he brought his head up and took a swig of his drink.
"It's rude to spy on people, Love," Klaus commented without turning to look back at her.
As Caroline stepped into the room, she became a little flustered at being caught.
"I didn't mean to-" She cut herself off when she saw the smirk on his lips.
"Couldn't sleep?" Klaus asked her.
"I don't do well with new beds," Caroline responded.
"I'll keep that in mind," Klaus promised.
Caroline rolled her eyes before asking, "So what are you doing up?"
"I've been sitting here all night just in case you decided to get up," Klaus told her with a smile that gave away that he was joking. "…You aren't the only one who couldn't sleep."
Klaus hadn't been able to get the thought of Caroline and Kol together out of his mind and had eventually given up on trying to sleep since every time that he closed his eyes he would get images that he really didn't want to see.
A/N: Please read and review! I hope that you guys enjoy the update and thanks for reading! :)
Another gigantic special thanks goes out to all of the amazing reviewers of the last chapter: SpringOfMay, oneindigorose, jessnicole, Look At My Comment, theycallmecrystal, CrystalMUNCH, layaboo, Klaroline66, xXxWolvesInTheNightxXx, WeasleysGroupie, imaddictedtocarrots, and the anonymous guest reviewer
REVIEW ANSWERS:
oneindigorose: Ummm, I'm guessing that I'm probably going to be updating daily at least for now. I'm not one hundred percent sure about that though.
Look At My Comment: You'll find out when Caroline goes back to school in the morning :)
CrystalMUNCH: I'm glad to hear it :)
