This is quick fluff, but equally important for development. It's what I could dream up during my afternoon break. It's short and sweet. Let me know what you think!

Sunday Cont'd...

CAROLINE

"Okay, Mikaelson," Caroline protests. "If you haven't noticed, I really don't like to be at the other end of a surprise. Just tell me what you're up to?"

"Always the party planner, never the guest of honour, love. Well, today I'm going to rectify that. Sit tight, sweetheart." Klaus winks, a glimmer of amusement casting over his face.

Caroline sulks, shrinking back in Klaus' shot gun seat. She notices her continued displeasure bequeaths Klaus with additional enjoyment.

He smiles impishly.

"You're hilarious," she scowls.

"And you're entertaining," he says. "We're almost there."

"Where?"

"You'll see."

"Well, do I look to the right, to the left…"

Visibly narked, Klaus sighs. "You really are like a maddening child."

"And it's nothing but a country road with disgusting smells!"

"You'll get used to it, love."

Caroline purse's her lips. "With this stench, Miss Elma's pie will be inedible by the time we get back to Mystic Falls." She points a finger. "And I'm telling her it was your fault."

"Do what you have to do, but for now I have something else in store for you," he says, spinning the wheel.

Klaus points the SUV towards a large area of land with assorted structures and buildings dotting the plain. A varnished, wood plaque rests against an old, country wagon with giant wheels revealing DUCHESS STABLES - VISITORS WELCOME.

"I'm going to get you down and dirty, Caroline Forbes."

She gapes, turning her head to stare at him. Klaus' expression is mischievous, and she drinks it in.

"Surprised?" he asks, seeming happily impatient with budding hope.

Surprised? Caroline's tense, anxious, and positively bamboozled!

"Klaus," she says, his name a whisper and sigh. How apt, since he's an unspoken yearning. "A horse ranch?" she murmurs. Her voice feels brittle, throat prickling.

"Since my family's ball I've wanted to take you riding, but you didn't deserve it then with you and your friends trying to kill me and all…"

"And you trying to kill us," she cuts in, regaining courage and pert.

"Fair point, sweetheart." He smiles wide, stopping the vehicle. "But I want to do this with you today," he says. "If you'll let me?"

Caroline leans her head back, tilting it for a full, improved angle of Klaus' face. "I want to do this with you, too."