Hello to my awesome (and patient) readers! I know it's been a bit, but forgive me! I was at the end of my semester and had to get my grades sorted together AND study for finals. Ugh, the worst. But now I'm free! And to thank you all for your patience... here is an extra long chapter (in regards to the length of my usual chapters).
Also, a quick head's up. Katherine does look like Elena, but it's a small detail I chose to ignore and just let be. I didn't think it was necessary to go into an in depth conversation of how they look the same since we've all seen that already.
The song I was listening to while writing this, and the one that's italicized throughout the chapter is "U and I" by Galantis. Give it a listen, you'll get the whole vibe of the party and that moment. ;)
But, enough of me rambling. It's party time!
- Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. All rights go to The Vampire Diaries. -
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"Well how does it look?"
"I liked the red one better."
Rebekah rolled her eyes. This was the third dress she tried on, but Katherine was still insisting on the red.
"Are you certain? Blues and purples compliment my skin tone better."
Katherine was lying on the sofa in Rebekah's dorm, (more like suite) mainly sidetracked by a gossip magazine. She sighed, looking up, knowing Rebekah wouldn't stop until she had a full, detailed response.
"The blue is pretty and the purple had a very mysterious vibe to it, but the red was hot. It's our first college party, so I'm going to stick with hot." She said with a simple shrug.
Taking Katherine's advice, Rebekah slipped back into the red dress. She was right, it was perfect for the occasion. The dress loosely gathered at the top with a deep rectangular drop that showed off her chest -which she always enjoyed to do, tastefully of course- it hugged at her waist, and the hem came to about her mid thigh, so it wasn't too dressy. The blonde vixen turned to the mirror again, pressing her hands down her sides, a speck of insecurity peaking through that wasn't going unnoticed by Katherine.
"Trust me Bekah, I know these things." With sympathetic eyes, the brunette tried her best to offer comfort, "I mean, look at me."
Katherine jumped off the couch and slowly spun around once, showing off her outfit. She decided to go with her usual night time wear, some tight, black leather pants paired with a black bodysuit that dipped into a deep V, and some black high- heeled boots that came to her thigh. Just how she likes it… black like her soul. She smirked at her own humour.
Rebekah sighed, peering back to the mirror surely over analyzing herself.
Katherine was going to ignore it. She would've ignored it before, but lately she's been having more and more of a hard time just worrying about herself. It was like her heart was growing a size with every passing day… what was she the grinch? Ugh. She rolled her eyes, she was getting too soft and she puts the entire blame on Elijah. The two girls had grown closer since her and the oldest Mikaelson started dating and as much as she wouldn't like to admit it, his siblings became her family too. So, seeing Rebekah like this wasn't exactly fun for her.
With the angel on her shoulder winning over the devil, Katherine made her way over to Rebekah and placed a hand on her shoulder, "You'll look great, guys will be falling over you, Elijah and Klaus will get all protective, and that's when I'll have to step in and tell them to politely stake themselves."
She waved her hand as she plopped back onto the couch, already done with the overly- sappy moment.
Klaus, then, so eloquently barged into the dorm, not even bothering to knock, followed by Elijah and Kol. The girls rolled their eyes as Kol started gawking about his afternoon delight.
"I'm telling you, this girl was A TASTE. It nearly took me 10 seconds to completely drain her dry."
Klaus yawned at his little brother's story, while Elijah immediately asked him to try and be a little more subtle about his conquests.
Katherine scoffed as she flipped through another page of the magazine, "Classless as ever, I see."
"What? Suddenly Miss Katerina Petrova can't handle a little talk of human flesh?" Kol snickered.
"No, I couldn't care less about the human, just like to get under that meek skin of yours." Katherine smirked.
Elijah tried to control the slight smile that appeared on his face at his girlfriend's venomous retaliations, but failed to hold his composure, making Rebekah all but lose it. Elijah was never one to falter his "nobility" clause, so when the facade crumbled, it could even bring a smile to Klaus' face.
Rebekah wiped the tears from her eyes, giving a small pat to Kol's back, "Let's just get to the party. I need to get drunk."
Caroline, Bonnie, and Stefan had been lying around in the girls' dorm for a few hours trying to keep themselves busy which turned into Bonnie taking those random buzzfeed quizzes. She read through all the questions aloud for the three of them to answer, which spiraled into the group going on pottermore and finding out which Hogwarts houses they would be sorted into.
"Ravenclaw. Yes!" Caroline beamed, her wit is something she prides herself on so she hadn't expected anything different.
"I got Hufflepuff." Bonnie whined, "Isn't that the one no one wants to be in?"
"Hufflepuff is completely underrated if you ask me! And it's the perfect fit because you are so caring AND loyal." Caroline shook her best friend out of her disappointment with a nudje.
"I got Gryffindor?" Stefan asked, "That's the one the main kid is in right?"
Caroline rolled her eyes, "Stefan your little knowledge on one of the greatest, magical series of all time frustrates me."
"Yeah it's totally disrespectful to our supernatural culture that you don't know about Hogwarts..." Bonnie joked, bringing Stefan to a laugh.
"I know about Hogwarts, but sorry if I don't hop on every bandwagon of book and film series. I have been around for a while, you know, sometimes it's hard to keep up!"
"You do have the hero hair for Gryffindor though, so I'm not surprised." Caroline added.
The three friends ordered Chinese food before the girls started breaking down the story of Harry Potter to Stefan and even forced him into watching the first of the 8 part movie series. When the credits rolled it was around 9pm and the friends were laying around on their phones.
Caroline pouted, "I'm bored."
Stefan sighed, sitting up from the bed of pillows he made up on the floor, "Well what would you like to do Care?"
"I don't know! If I wanted to be this bored I could've stayed in Mystic Falls."
Bonnie laughed, agreeing with her neurotic friend who could never just do nothing. Caroline grabbed the college handout she was given on welcoming day and looked for any activities going on around campus.
"Nothing to do that the school listed." She huffed trying to think of something they could do until- light bulb! She looked over to her friends with a devious smirk before innocently suggesting, "we could always go to that party."
"The frat house?" Stefan grimaced.
"Yeah why not! We aren't doing anything else. I'm sure they'll be a bunch of people there." Caroline could use a night to let loose and Bonnie eagerly agreed.
"Alright, I said I'd do whatever, so I'm in."
"That's more like it! Okay, go get changed and we'll leave in an hour. I think college time is set back further than high school parties, so it probably won't really be getting started until around 10 anyway."
Stefan gave Caroline a confused look, "What I'm wearing isn't ok?"
Her and Bonnie eyed each other before turning back to their best friend who could sometimes be such a guy.
"Let's see…" Caroline tapped a finger against her upper lip, the inner stylist in her breaking out, "well you're already in jeans, so just put on that grey button down you have and roll the sleeves up about half way."
"Ugh, fine." Stefan grabbed his things and headed back to his dorm.
"And put a little fresh gel in that hero hair!" She shouted as he left the room.
Let the search begin. Caroline started looking through her closet, trying to decide on the look she was going for. It was their first college party ever, so she wanted to make an impression and it's not like she had much time to do her usual dilly dallying. Bonnie decided on a black leather skirt and a cropped, mint green top that hung off at her shoulders and Caroline flipped through a few different dresses before deciding on a black mini dress. It seemed simple, but it had a straight across neckline, with some spaghetti straps, and hugged her body well. She wanted to look hot. Like Princess Grace of Monaco hot! Well, maybe that kind of hot is more for a formal, this was like Naomi Lapaglia hot, but that's besides the point! She grabbed a pair of her lace up, chunky high heels and started re curling a few strands of her hair that had fallen out throughout the day.
When Stefan returned, the girls were finishing up their makeup, adding a few last touches of lip gloss and mascara before heading to the party.
"I'm already regretting these heels." Bonnie huffed.
They had to walk a few blocks to get to the party and cobblestone isn't very friendly to girls in heels.
"Beauty is pain." Caroline nodded, trying to reassure Bonnie and maybe even herself that the pain would be worth it.
As they approached the frat house, and make no mistake it was exactly what Caroline had expected it to be, their mouths dropped. Groups of wild kids lingered around the front porch with red solo cups as people shuffled in and out of the house, the loud music flooded the street whenever the door swung open.
Think I can fly
When I'm with you
My arms are wide
Catching fire as the wind blows
"Well, we aren't getting any drunker standing here." Caroline lead the three friends up the stairs and into the house.
"Holy shit." Bonnie gaped and Caroline couldn't blame her because wow... you would think they were in a scene from 'American Pie' or that movie 'Neighbors'. You know, one of those college movies that everybody knows about.
The lights were dimmed, but the room was illuminated in iridescent lights that hung on each wall. There were crowds of people packed into a fairly large house with kegs of beer and jungle juice (that sounds dangerous) in every corner, a beer pong table was set up off to the side, and an open area centered it all, covered with people dancing. They even had there own freaking DJ!
Caroline was impressed which is not done easily, "College parties do not mess around."
I know that I'm rich enough for pride
I see a billion dollars in your eyes
Even if we're strangers until we die
Klaus was leaning against the corner staircase, drinking straight out of a bottle of scotch. He tended to be more of a loner at these type of affairs, typically because he didn't enjoy people all too much. Elijah was off as soon as they arrived, making acquaintances with some of the members of the frat, who were also in some sort of a tightly knit secret society, and Rebekah and Katherine went for drinks of their own. They apparently had no problem drinking the toxic red juice. If it gets me drunk, I'll drink it, Katherine bluntly stated.
"Brother!" Kol appeared with two girls hung under each arm, "Come. Enjoy the party."
Klaus deadpanned at his younger brother, the two girls giggling under his arms. He wondered how they were taken so quickly with Kol, every time it never failed. Then again, he would say he was surprised at his brother's charm when it came to women, but he did learn all his best tactics from Klaus.
Taking another swig from the half emptied bottle, Klaus began to follow when his sight was set on a figure by the door. And what a figure it was. His eyes traced her from head to toe, taking in the petite bodis of the girl, until he saw the familiar bounce of blonde curls. It was her. She glanced around the room, almost in awe of her surroundings. He assumed parties such as these were unfamiliar territory for her, but my god was she stunning.
I wanna run away
Anywhere out this place
I wanna run away
Just you and I
Caroline gaped around the room, unable to fully take in the view before her, when she locked eyes with him. It was as if an electric surge was sent through her body. I mean, seriously why the hell was he looking at her like that?! Her eyes drifted to his slightly parted lips and she felt her insides burn, suddenly feeling intimidated under his stare. It was him. The same boy from under the willow tree.
The music bursted through the speakers and screams erupted from the dance floor as the beat of the song dropped, breaking the trance she found herself in. She gulped, trying to moisten her now very dry throat.
"Let's get drinks, shall we?" She said with a self assuring nod.
Stefan lead Caroline and Bonnie through the crowd, trying to find an area that wasn't so crowded, but suddenly got cut off by some drunk frat boys arguing over who won the last round of flip cup. They tried to make there way back over to each other but weren't having much luck.
"We'll just grab drinks and meet back up!" Caroline yelled over the herd, linking her arm around Bonnie's so they didn't get pulled apart as well.
Stefan nodded before heading to the nearest keg, at the opposite side of the house, to fill his cup with some beer when he saw a familiar face off in the corner. He strolled over, feeling the sensation of the sour alcohol seep down his throat. "They're really calling this beer huh?"
Klaus peeled his stare off the blonde's path. He scoffed, "Apparently so."
The two took another sip of their drinks and Stefan gagged. It was worse the second time around. Klaus raised his eyebrows at his roommate, who now he saw was quite the dramatic and handed over his bottle, "A few swigs, that's all-" which Stefan gladly took.
"Mate! You're here!" Kol came running over, throwing an arm around Stefan's shoulder.
The blonde still invading his thoughts, Klaus asked,"Where's these so called friends of yours?" He was a strategic man and he intended to play out these next few moves precisely.
"We got separated when we came in, they are-" Stefan tried spotting his friends.
Klaus scanned through the bustling room and immediately found her again. He didn't know her, but somehow he knew he could spot her anywhere. There she stood, her head throwing back with laughter. She was enchanting to him and he hadn't even truly met her.
"There they are, getting drinks." Stefan pointed, crumbling Klaus out of his thoughts.
Kol looked over to the opposite side of the house and saw the two girls, "Now they look like a taste." He murmured, under his breath in Klaus' ear.
A look of fury covered the hybrid's face. He leaned toward his younger brother, "Say another word and I'll tear out your liver."
"Oh relax brother, I have my eyes on the girl's pretty little friend." Kol smirked.
Stefan gulped down on the offered bottle when his heightened hearing picked up on the brothers' exchange. Immediately, he stiffened, on guard of his friends. His roommates were vampires or werewolves... he didn't know, but worse case scenario was already playing in his head.
"How could you let this happen?" Caroline wheeped, her skin slowly turning grey.
"I thought we were-" Bonnie spit up blood, "your best friends."
Stefan faltered, what he chose to do next could ultimately seal his friends' fate. Looking over to Klaus and Kol who were still bickering, he tried his best to size them up. He probably had a good amount of years on them, that's what would usually be the case for any new vampires he ever came across, but worse comes to worse he would take them both on right? Well he hoped, for his own sake, that were true.
Shifting back into his protective instincts he stepped in front of his two roommates with crossed arms, "No fucking chance."
Caroline and Bonnie finally managed to squirm their way to the drinks and decided on some jungle juice. The juice of death is what they were calling it which seriously sounded a little worrisome to Caroline, so she made sure to compel the two boys handing them out to make sure they weren't drugged. Their eyes glazed over before answering no. Which was a plus because Caroline really didn't feel like kicking anyone's ass tonight. Taking their first sips of the red juice and- oh wow. No wonder it's called the juice of death! All Caroline could taste was tropical goodness with a small, underlying sting of alcohol as it ran down her throat. Compared to the straight liquor they'd all chug down in high school, this was a serious upgrade which is why it was now deemed dangerous. Drinking too much of the sugar- filled heaven could even alter Caroline's vampire abilities. And that says a lot. She could only imagine how Bonnie was feeling if it was already starting to make her feel all loosey goosey.
"Go easy with the jungle juice. I warn you, it'll feel like hell in the morning." Caroline heard a voice call out from behind them.
The two friends turned around to see a curly- head brunette who had the same drink of choice. "It's worth it for the fun you'll get out of it though." She smirked.
Caroline eyed the girl, immediately taking a liking to her sass. She took down another gulp of the red poison before introducing herself, "I'm Caroline."
"Katherine." The brunette smirked, "and you would be?"
"Bonnie! Nice to meet you."
"You too, hun. And let me just say… your skirt, and your dress." She pointed between the two, "I'm borrowing."
"Only if you let me borrow that bodysuit!" Caroline wagered.
Katherine laughed with an impressed nod of approval, "I'm sure we'll get along just fine."
The three girls talked over the loud music, Katherine dishing on all of the intel she's conjured up about the usual -boys and gossip- since being here.
"What? Already found some new best friends?" A tall blonde strutted over, looking down at her nails. Caroline noted her to be a bit more standoffish, clearly.
"Oh shut up." Katherine rolled her eyes, "This is Rebekah. I guess you could say she's like my sister by now..."
"Soon to be sister- in law would be more fitting."
Caroline and Bonnie nodded along, not really following what the whole 'sister in law' thing was about.
"Her and my brother have this whole thing." Rebekah added with a brief wave of her hand as if she read their thoughts.
"Okay, all caught up now!" Caroline said matter of factly.
"Barely." Rebekah deadpanned, before talking to Bonnie.
Caroline would usually be offended by the other blonde's short witted nature, but Katherine leaned over and explained that's just how she was.
"...and she may be a little jealous because you're blonde and we click. Simple things like that get under her skin." Katherine shrugged.
Caroline gave the brunette a confused look, turned laughter, when she was met with a 'deal with it' expression from Katherine. They did oddly click out of nowhere.
Just you and I, I, I, I, I
You and I, I, I, I, I
"Anyways, I love this song. So, none of you have a choice. You're dancing... now!" Katherine strutted ahead, pulling the lot onto the dance floor just in time for the beat to drop again. Caroline laughed as she grabbed Bonnie, Katherine was shimmying, and Rebekah swayed her hips. They all jumped around, immediately surrounded by a cloud of people dancing along.
You and I, I, I, I, I
You and I, I, I, I, I
Just you and I
The synthetic beats pulsated through the house now and the dance floor seemed to have erupted with screams and singing. Stefan glared at the two roommates, waiting for their response. Kol turned to Klaus, ready to follow his brother's lead with just one look.
Klaus eyed Stefan before suddenly grabbing his shoulder, under the firm grip of his hand, "So vampire?"
Stefan tried to shake loose, but couldn't get out from under the force hold Klaus had him under. Definitely, the strength of a vampire. Shit. Klaus was strong which meant he was older than him. Kol too. He knew he wouldn't be able to take them both on and definitely not at once, so there was really only one option.
Stefan sighed, giving into the question, "Yes."
Klaus titled his head back and nodded. He knew he must've been something from the first conversation they'd had. All that talk of time, new beginnings, and old friends.
Stefan shifted his glare to Kol, "Don't think I won't hesitate to fight you just because you're older than me. You better not touch them."
Kol began to snicker and respond when Klaus held up his hand to stop him. Stefan was worried they were after his friends. A fair judgment considering Kol's bluntness, but the thought of anything happening to her made Klaus' stomach turn. He didn't know why, but it did. He wouldn't let anyone lay a hand on her. He normally wouldn't give a second thought to what happens to her friend, but he supposed friendship would mean something to the girl.
Klaus let out a displeasing sigh before letting go of Stefan, "No one's going to hurt them. Kol is an imbecile, but he can control himself."
"And you?" Stefan deadpanned.
"You don't need to worry about me." Klaus assured.
"How do I know that?"
Klaus paused, deliberating a believable excuse.
"I don't tend to kill a roommate's friends. It gets... messy."
Lie. If they were under any other circumstance, Klaus wouldn't think twice before killing his roommate's friends, but in this case he was telling the truth. He wouldn't hurt them. Just not for the reason Stefan thought.
The three roommates came to an agreement before Kol drunkenly excused himself, heading over to a raven- haired girl by the bathroom.
"Well, I'm going to go find my friends." Stefan scurried off and Klaus was left in peace with his bottle of scotch once more.
He threw back another kick of the hard stuff when he saw her dancing and -oh bloody hell his sister and Katherine have already seemed to latch on. Not that he entirely blamed them. They always had a certain standard when it came to choosing their friends, if any, which proved their impeccable taste he supposed.
Three songs later and their drinks were already empty.
"Ugh! I'm out." Caroline flipped over her cup, displaying the lack of alcohol.
"Me too." Bonnie shouted over the blaring speakers, lifting the solo cup into the air.
"Ok- game plane ladies." Katherine said sternly. The doe- eyed girl looked around the sea of people, figuring out the best route of escape, "I'm all good on drinks, but you two grab yours so I can go talk to my sexy man over there."
Caroline and Bonnie followed the direction Katherine nodded in. A clean cut, refined looking gentlemen talked with a few of the frat's leading brothers. He was extremely handsome, but not the type of guy Caroline had thought Katherine would be into. Just from the way he carried himself you could see how different he was from her, but the more she thought about it they could totally have that whole 'Fifty Shades' thing going on.
"Ok- hello Christian Grey…" Caroline gaped.
"You don't even know the half of it." Katherine smirked.
Bonnie laughed at the two, already seeing the trouble she'll have to get them out of together in the future, "Game plan sounds good! What about Rebekah?"
"Oh , trust me. Bekah is fully occupied for the time being." Katherine gave a pointed stare to the amazon blonde who was grinding against a random she had been talking to, before making her own way over to Elijah, pulling him in for a lustful kiss.
The two virginian girls covered their small smiles at the rambunctious style the two other girls possessed. They were definitely not in the small town of Mystic Falls, with the prying eyes of adults all around them, anymore.
Caroline hooked her arm through Bonnie's and began to squirm through the crowd again, "Where the hell is Stefan?"
Klaus saw the group of girls disperse from the dance floor. To his own surprise, he completely ignored the embarrassment Rebekah was bringing to their family with the chump on the dance floor and went after the blonde who's been consuming his very thoughts. Growing more irritated as he weaved in and out of the new wave of people who loitered in, he huffed. If only he could compel them all to jump off the balcony, he would be moving at a lot faster rate that's for certain. Refocusing on his goal, he shuffled- more aggressively if he's being honest- through the crowd. And there she was. In that little black dress that hugged her curves oh so fittingly. With each step, he grew closer to her, finally being able to ask her name, hear her laugh, find out her dreams, everything she wanted in life.
Dare he even think, that he could be the one to give it to her.
Suddenly, he was only a few strides behind her. At last. He reached out to gently touch her arm when he felt his body propelled and pinned against the wall.
"Hello again, Nik." The crimson redhead smirked, tapping her one finger onto his chest.
"Aurora, to what do I owe the displeasure?" Klaus deadpanned.
"Ouch. That may have hurt a bit, but I can think of a way you can make it up to me…"
Klaus sadistically chuckled to himself before prying her leeching hands off him, "Now, you know that's not happening sweetheart."
Aurora tripped back at his abrupt push of rejection, "Don't try to act like you don't want me!"
"See, that's where you're wrong." Klaus taunted shaking a pointed finger at her," I don't want you. I never have wanted you and I never will, so if could please give up this quest you have already, that'd be fantastic."
Aurora eyes struck through his dwindling figure as he walked away. She was head of the top sorority at this school, everyone wanted her, so what the hell was his problem? Her rage subsided quickly as she turned to the very next guy she saw, furthering her advances onto him.
Caroline and Bonnie finally managed to find Stefan who had gotten pulled into a game of beer pong. Their green eyed friend steadied his hand before plumpetting the ball into the last cup standing. The gathered group of onlookers erupted in cheers on each side of the table, patting him on the back, some girls swooning, and his two long time friends shared a smile. It was good seeing him like this, finally having some real fun for the first time after... well everything.
"Up top, Mr. Hero Hair!" Bonnie threw up her hand, awaiting a high five.
Stefan complied, "Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week."
Caroline laughed at the pair of dorks she got stuck with as best friends when a group of the frat's brothers circled around Stefan chanting, one more game! one more game!
Stefan innocently shrugged at them before heading back to the table. Oh yes, this life suited him well. Bonnie followed, practically skipping over to the table from all the excitement.
"Ok- I'm going to get some fresh air. Don't get too crazy without me hot shots!" They both smiled widely back to Caroline in approval.
Klaus noticed the blonde making headway to the front door, he hoped not to leave already. He needed to get her name at least. Goign after her, he weaved his way through the bundles of bodies around, finally making it outside where she had disappeared to. He saw a group of three smoking on the lawn and a couple, doing god knows what, on the side of the house. Where was she?
He glanced around the perimeter again when he saw her. There she was sitting on a bench, looking up at the star dusted sky, and he swore the sight of her made his dead heart skip a beat.
"Astonishing, isn't it?"
Caroline broke out of her clouded, half liquor filled daze to see him smirking beside her. With ruffled hair, a Henley, and necklaces that traced along his neck. He seemed different from the day she first saw him. The boy who looked so peaceful, yet lonely, drawing under that great willow tree. Noting that she did see him in a vulnerable state, his mind elsewhere, swallowed in a creative process. But now, standing here, he exuded confidence, a vast smugness surrounding him. Either way his stare could make her insides melt.
Come on. Get it together Caroline!
She shook out of the trance before gathering herself, "It's beautiful."
Klaus gazed at the girl that had been captivating his every thought these past two days. Beautiful, she said.
"Very beautiful." He softly spoke.
Caroline felt his eyes never leave hers, instantly making her blush. Thank god, for the cool breeze tonight. She slid over to make room for him to sit down, which he gladly obliged.
Taking another sip of her drink for some... -who the hell knows at this point! Drunk courage?- she introduced herself, "Caroline Forbes."
"Klaus Mikaelson." He widely smiled.
Caroline felt her breathing hitch at that. Oh- the dimples. The dimples. She licked her lips, before looking down, now feeling nervous under his gaze. The way he looked at her... he looked so mesmerized.
"So…" Caroline shifted in her seat, "what do you want to talk about?"
Klaus beamed at the bright, peculiar girl in front of him, "Well, I want to talk about you." He shrugged before locking his eyes with hers, "Your hopes, your dreams, everything you want in life."
Oh, he was good. Damn him and his accent. Ugh! Hasn't she learned anything from high school? First, there was Damon and his manipulative behavior, one minute he wanted her, the next he was telling her she's worthless. Then, there was Matt, the one she thought was the nicest of them all, turns out he couldn't even accept her for who she really was. And Tyler. Tyler was the one who did the number on her. You think they love you and then they cheat on you with some werewolf slut. Reminded of all the boys she so blindly fell for and the pain each one tainted her heart with... she wouldn't do it again. She wouldn't let herself fall for his boyish charm, those sparkling eyes, or that damn smile that could break any heart.
Time to buck up Caroline.
Caroline laughed, shaking her head before she met his gaze, "Just so we're clear... I'm too smart to be seduced by you."
At first he was shocked. Shocked by her response and the quick change in her presence, but if it was banter she wanted, it was banter she'd get.
"Well, that's what I find intriguing, love. That's why I like you."
There was brief flicker of fire in her eyes, before they glazed back over to their defensive state. She was beautiful, strong, full of light. She enamored him, never had he experienced such a thing in his pursuit for a girl. But, then again, never had he met a girl like her.
The two talked for what felt like hours, but ended up being only a small amount of time, before they were interrupted by Stefan carrying a sloshed Bonnie.
"Caroline! I've been looking for you everywh- Klaus?"
Klaus smirked, waving to his dumbfounded roomate.
"You two know each other?" Caroline looked between the two boys, confused.
"He's one of my roomates…" Stefan warily approached the two, placing Bonnie on the bench next to Caroline, "and he's a vampire." He added with a short, but sweet smile.
"What?!" Caroline's head whipped to Klaus for confirmation as he confidently bowed back.
"I suppose that means you are as well, love. Although, I can't say I'm surprised with that sharp tongue of yours." Klaus gazed at the blonde beauty who rolled her eyes at him.
"And what if I wasn't? Already starting off our first meeting with a lie, although I can't really say that I'm surprised." She mocked, "What would you have done? Taken me home and had me for breakfast tomorrow morning?"
Klaus smirked at her blunt remarks. She was ferocious like a lion, a sudden change from the delicate dove just moments before. Perhaps, she prefers humans? No. A defense mechanism? Maybe. Whatever it may be, she certainly feels deceived and now he's deemed untrustworthy.
Well, he'll just have to take that as a challenge.
"Actually I already told our dear Stefan, I would never hurt you. That goes for my family as well." Klaus said whole heartedly. His eyes bored into Caroline's, trying to show her his utmost sincerity.
Caroline's harsh glare softened at his words, feeling herself grow weak again. She offered him a small smile when she heard a small whine escape her half- conscious friend. Who she now realized was belligerently drunk.
"Okay let's take this away." Caroline grabbed the red cup clasped in Bonnie's hands and dumped out the excess onto the lawn. She was in mother mode now. No time to worry about a cute, british boy.
Bonnie pouted, "No! More. Give me more!"
"Alright, alright… come on." Caroline threw Bonnie's arm around her neck -she's practically dead weight at this point- and pushed up from the bench. Stefan hurried over and grabbed Bonnie's other arm to put around his neck. Split the dead weight, right?
The three friends hurried down the lawn of the frat house, Caroline could see that Bonnie was going to blow any second. It's definitely time to call it a night.
"It was a pleasure talking with you, Caroline!" Klaus yelled after the blonde.
She struggled, but managed to raise her arm enough to give a backward wave goodbye as they waddled away, leaving Klaus stunned by the quirky, neurotic, beautiful girl who was Caroline Forbes.
They had only just met and he was taken by her instantly.
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