I am sorry for that my updates are getting slower. School started and my teachers decided that this is the perfect moment to torture us, students with more projects and assignments. Here it is, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own TVD. I just made up the characters Acaeus and Rachel (and possible future characters) to fit this storyline
Caroline had spent most of her evening talking to Kol. Surprisingly, she had actually enjoyed it. It felt good to get to know more about Klaus' family and have a picnic by the lake. When Kol left to talk to Rebekah, Caroline decided to climb up one of the fruit trees she had admired ever since she saw them. She carefully made sure no one was watching her as she hitched her skirt up and held onto the firm, wooden branches of the pear tree. She grinned like a child, taking a pear and cleaning it on her skirt. This reminded Caroline of her childhood. She spent most of it alone, outside in the nature. She loved climbing trees and picking its fruit.
Suddenly she heard a snap. Caroline's eyes jolted quickly to see where the sound had come from.
Her eyes met a familiar pair of blue eyes. Klaus? Caroline felt the cold, heavy pear leave her small palms. Her jaw dropped slightly in shock. Had he been watching and listening to Kol and her all along? She saw Klaus pretending to look around, as if nothing had happened. A sly smile crept up to her lips.
"Having a boring afternoon, Klaus? Spying on a boring lady now, aren't you?"
Klaus scoffed. "I had actually quite a fun afternoon, thank you very much," Klaus replied. Caroline sniggered a bit. She liked how she and Klaus had changed roles a bit. Klaus was usually the one to tease and she was the one who would scoff, holding her head up high.
"Seeing that Kol just left, I guess my afternoon is free now," Caroline said, dramatically. "If only there was a man who could spend his time with me." she saw Klaus brighten slightly in the corner of her eyes. She giggled when his face expression changed to as if he didn't care.
"I've taken quite a liking in sitting on this apple tree. However, being a gentleman that I am, I just can't seem to leave a lonely lady alone," Klaus said. Caroline snorted, which earned her a glare.
"Come on, love. I got something you might be interested in," Klaus said, jumping off the tree. He stretched his arms, indicating her to jump. Curious on what Klaus had to show, Caroline jumped down from her spot, into his open arms.
"Do you like drawing, Caroline?" Klaus asked.
"I don't even know how to draw a tree. The best artwork I ever produced was a stick figure," Caroline replied, shaking her head.
"Good. I was going to teach you how to draw landscapes. There is a large, grassy field not far from here. It's only an hour walk. Why not get a chance to talk and admire the beauty of nature?" Klaus asked, grinning. Caroline's mood brightened at the idea.
"Can I go change into my Sunday clothes? This corset is squeezing my intestines. I swear, this will be the reason I will die," Caroline joked. Klaus laughed. He had never seen a woman talk in such way. He liked how Caroline wasn't like the other women. She was different, and she wasn't ashamed of it. Klaus nodded.
"I'll go get the canvases and paintbrushes. Go change, Caroline," Klaus said, nodding.
"Are you sure? Aren't you afraid of hurting your feet among the rocks? You know, they can get pretty sharp at times," Klaus asked, slightly worried. Caroline had decided to take off her shoes, saying they were 'biting her toes'.
"Afraid of a little cut, Mr. Mikaelson?" Caroline teased as she threw her shoes on the sidewalk. She wouldn't need them, anyways. How could women wear these tight, wooden-like shoes all the time? They were killing her feet!
Klaus shook his head, laughing. "Just worried that rattlesnakes may enjoy biting your toes," Klaus replied, which caused Caroline's eyes to widen in shock. She immediately picked her shoes back up again. She didn't put them back on, though. She kept them loosely hung on two fingers.
"Now, who's scared of a little bite?" Klaus asked, causing both to break into laughter.
Caroline grinned, enjoying the moment. She loved the feeling of the rays of sun on her face. She almost felt like a human. Caroline threw her head back, closing her eyes and stretching her arms. Klaus observed her, fascinated. It was as if light was radiating from a beautiful goddess. Caroline looked like an angel with a bright halo surrounding her whole body. He watched her golden curls swaying as she moved. She was simply beautiful.
"Are we there yet?" Caroline whined like a baby, breaking Klaus from his trance.
"Almost there, sweetheart. Only about ten more minutes to walk." He smiled as she dramatically put the back of her hand onto her forehead, pretending to faint.
"So... I don't want to be nosy, but who's Rachel?" Caroline asked once the silent overcame them again. Klaus's eyes hardened a bit but he kept his voice cool.
"She's simply ... what I call a 'plaything'," replied Klaus.
"That's not polite. You should treat women with respect, Klaus. Is she a vampire?" Caroline asked. Klaus lowered his eyes slightly.
"No one can tell me what to do. Just because I was showing my kinder self doesn't mean you get to tell me what I should and should not do, Caroline. I can easily snap your neck in seconds, remember that."
Caroline looked away, setting her eyes on the ground once more. She quickened her pace a bit. Normally, she would have thought of a witty reply but she didn't want to anger Klaus. She liked the calm, peaceful tension that they shared before. Klaus sighed as he realized what he said made her uncomfortable. He had never meant to make her feel scared or sad.
"Yes, she is a vampire," Klaus said, catching up to Caroline.
Caroline looked up. "Did you turn her?"
"No. I found her at the bar. She pleasures me during the night."
Caroline made a disgusted face. "Ever hear of 'Too much information', Klaus? I don't want to hear the gross details of what you guys do in the bedroom!" Thankfully, they had seemed to reach their destination. Caroline didn't want to talk about this... very disturbing topic.
"Is this jealousy I detect?"
"Never in a million years," Caroline replied, sticking out her tongue.
"And then after a million years, perhaps?" Klaus smirked as Caroline rolled her eyes.
Klaus set up the blanket on the grass as Caroline ran around, her arms stretched out. The wind blew against her dress and hair, causing her to giggle in happiness. Klaus was once again mesmerized by the angel that stood before him. Her melodic laughter rang out in the field, creating a brighter atmosphere. He watched her silk-like hair moving against the wind, sending Klaus' legs to slightly feel like jelly.
"Come on, love. We got landscapes to draw," Klaus said, snapping out his trance. Caroline giggled as she ran up to where Klaus stood.
"What will we be drawing, teacher?" Caroline teased.
"Anything you want, sweetheart," Klaus replied, smiling.
Caroline looked around, searching for things to draw. Klaus grinned as he set up his own canvas. He thought for a while before dipping his brush into the blob of paint. He started painting the grassy fields dotted with purple flowers. In the middle, there was girl with golden curls, dancing.
Caroline lay on her back. She was thinking of things to draw when she realized how beautiful the sky here was. She dipped her paintbrush into the light-blue paint and started painting the sky.
After only ten minutes, Caroline closed her eyes, falling onto her back. She was getting sleepy. It was getting late and the sun was starting to set. Klaus was just finishing off the final touches of his painting. He grinned, satisfied. He saw Caroline dozing off on the ground. He smireked as he made his way to where she lay. Klaus examined the painting she drew. It was actually pretty good. She wasn't a terrible artist.
"Caroline, love, wake up. We're going home," Klaus said softly.
Caroline's eyes drifted open. She smiled when she saw Klaus. Then, suddenly she felt a horrible pain shoot through her bones. She gasped. Klaus noticed Caroline's strained eyes. He saw her face growing pale and sweat drops formed on her head. His eyes darted to her legs, where he saw a rattlesnake. Angrily, he grabbed the rattlesnake by its neck and squeezed it till was limp. Carefully, Klaus picked up Caroline with both arms. Then the next thing she knew, they vamp sped away and she felt her eyes drifting off to sleep.
When Caroline woke up, it was night-time. The rattlesnake bite had healed, but she still winced, remembering the pain it had caused. It was not like vampires didn't feel pain at all. She sat up from her bed, frowning. It had been her second day here. Yet, she still didn't know what time period she was in, or even which country she was in. Caroline knew that she still hadn't figured out how to trigger Klaus' memory. She stood up, walking barefoot and in her night-gown. Did it matter? No one was probably awake at this hour, thought Caroline. She made her way to the door, heaving it open. She smiled as the cold air hit her face. She was afraid that another rattlesnake or something worse might come out again, but the feeling of the wet night grass was so relaxing.
Caroline made her way to the lake. She was definately up for a swim. She stuck her toe in, testing if the water was cold or not. Thankfully, it was warm. Probably because of the moonlight. She carefully slipped out of her night-gown. When she had taken off her clothes, Caroline treaded into the warm water, closing her eyes in peace.
Klaus POV
Klaus watched in worry as Caroline breathed in heavily, her face still pale. He knew a rattlesnake bite wasn't deadly, but knowing that Caroline was in danger maddened him. He sighed, carefully wiping the drops of sweat that formed on her forehead. He stayed by Caroline's side for another 3 hours, hoping she would wake up.
Klaus got up, giving a light kiss on Caroline's head. He hoped she would be awake by tomorrow. Then he vamp-sped away back to the field.
xXxXx
Ten minutes later.
Klaus returned with the canvases and paint that he had left behind. His lips burst into a smile when he remembered how much fun he had today. It had been such a long time since he had actually cared for someone. He set the painting down and made his way back up to Caroline's room.
"Caroline?" Klaus asked, knocking on the door. He hoped she was awake. No answer. 'She must still be unconcious' thought Klaus, opening the door. A growl escaped his throat when he saw the bed was empty. Did someone take her? Did she escape? Millions of assumptions and thoughts went though his head. He raced up to the table that stood next to her bed. He grabbed the vase and was about to throw it when he saw something outside through the window. Caroline?
There she was. The angel. He saw a tiny figure of a blonde headed girl bobbing up and down in the water. He heard a slight giggle with his vampire hearing. He sighed in relief as he realized Caroline was still here. Then Klaus vamp-sped out of the house.
"Mind if I join you?"
Caroline gasped as she turned around, crossing her arms against her bare body. Her eyes met Klaus, who was starting to take off his shirt. She blushed as she held her hand against her eyes. Klaus smirked, unbuckeling his pants. Caroline carefully peaked through her hands, immediately regretting it. The scarlet blush that danced on her cheeks went a shade deeper.
She heard a splash as Klaus jumped in to join Caroline. Caroline avoided Klaus's gaze, still blushing. She really tried hard not to look down. Noticing this, Klaus swam up to Caroline and held her chin up and his blue eyes met hers. Shyness overtook her and she tried hard to escape from this intense situation. Caroline sent a mini-tidal wave at Klaus' direction. He let out of a chuckle, shaking his hair. It was late, but the moonlight reflected against the lake, creating a brightness that could never exist during the day.
After the five minutes of silence bliss, Caroline started to shiver. Not because it was cold, but just because of the presence of Klaus. She felt weird and tingly. Klaus noticed this and crept closer to Caroline.
"Are you cold?" Klaus asked.
"Yes," Caroline lied.
Klaus swam closer to Caroline and put his arms around her. He took her in his arms and swam back to the shore. Caroline felt electricity shoot through her body when Klaus took her in his arms. She suddenly had a huge urge to kiss him. She felt lust and adrenaline rush through her body, but she tried really hard to keep it down.
Meanwhile, Klaus was feeling this same feeling too. Having a bare Caroline close to his body made him harden a bit. He tried to sweep the weird thoughts out of his head and failed. Both were feeling attracted to eachother, but they didn't want to admit it.
Caroline and Klaus quietly got dressed. Caroline still blushing at thought of what happened before.
"That was fun," Klaus said, breaking the silence.
Caroline nodded silently.
Klaus took a step closer. He heard Caroline's heart speed up. He gulped. He felt his heart skip a bit as well. Darn. He never felt his heart speed up like this before. It was weird. But the situation was like a magnet. He felt attracted. He stepped closer again. He leaned in.
"KLAUS!" a voice rang through the mansion.
Both Klaus and Caroline snapped their head towards the mansion, jumping apart from eachother.
Rachel emerged from the mansion, holding a candle. She was in her night-gown.
"Klaus, it is late. You should not be awkae at this hour. Everyone was worried, you know. We thought you disappeared," Rachel said.
Klaus, who was not listening to anything what Rachel was saying just nodded blankly, still staring at Caroline.
"Come to bed, Klaus," Rachel said, trying to sound a bit seductive.
Klaus just nodded blankly again and vamp-sped to his room.
Caroline was left standing there, confused and a bit disappointed.
"Stay away from Klaus, girl. I'm the only one who actually has a shot with him," Rachel sneered, shooting a dirty glare at Caroline. She had secretly been watching the two swim in the lake. She had been fuming with anger. Almost literally. She just couldn't bear to watch any more, especially when Klaus was about to move into kiss that little bitch. She screamed his name, glad that they jumped apart from each other.
"Jealous?" Caroline snorted, vamp-speeding away to her own room.
The next two weeks passed by very quickly. The mansion was busy preparing for the upcoming ball. Klaus tried hard to put what happened between Caroline and him behind for a moment and concentrated on trying to find Acaeus. It was hard though. Every time he thought he was finally concentrating on something, her image would come back and take over his thoughts.
He shook his head, trying to concentrate on his work. The ball. Concentrate. Acaeus. Caroline. Damn it. Klaus sighed, exasperated. He marched over to his armchair and poured himself some alcohol. He hoped this would take his thoughts off Caroline for a while.
xXxXx
Klaus was on his second bottle of whiskey when he heard his door opening. His eyes darted to the figure that stood by the door. There stood Rachel in nothing but her undergarments.
"Having trouble?" she asked in a seductive tone.
Pathetic, thought Klaus. However, the alcohol overtook his thoughts. He was stressed and drunk. He could sure use some pleasure. He grinned as he took Rachel's hand and led her to his bedroom.
Caroline was pacing around her room, deep in thought again. It was late. Almost midnight.
Two weeks had passed since that day. She could see Klaus was trying to avoid Caroline. He just threw her a quick smile and a hello and would disappear whenever they met. This was getting silly, thought Caroline. She didn't like being stuck in this awkward situation. She felt lonely without Klaus to talk to or be around. Caroline decided to go talk to Klaus.
xXxXx
Caroline approached Klaus' bedroom. She was busy thinking over what she would say.
'Klaus, I wanted to talk to you. About that night, how about we just forget about it? I miss spending time with you and I hate it how now it's all awkward and weird. Can we pretend nothing weid happened between us and go back to spending time by the field and sitting on apple trees?'
She had been revising this speech over and over again in her head. Now, if only this worked according to what she pllanned, it would be perfect. She still felt a bit weird, as if the speech was a lie. There was a twinge of guilt, sadness, and a bit of loneliness. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door.
Nothing.
She tried knocking again.
No one came to open the door.
Curious, Caroline opened the door. The bed was a mess, but there was no one there.
"Klaus?" Caroline called out.
She roamed around the room. It was large and different than what she had expected. The room seemed to be divided into three smaller rooms. The middle space was occupied by a gigantic bed. One room must be the bathroom, thought Caroline. She cautiously went to the second room. There was a room full of shelves of ancient books. A few armchairs were positioned in the room and a few cushions as well. Caroline carefully walked in the third room. She stopped slightly when she heard a sound.
Curious, Caroline walked up to the room. Inside, she saw a giant table full of scrolls and books. On the floor... Lay Rachel and Klaus. Rachel was on her back, her legs sprawled open. Klaus was between her legs, his back towards Caroline.
Caroline slapped her hand against her eyes, about to gag. Klaus and Rachel noticed her and hastily got up. She heard Rachel snicker a bit and she felt her face reddening slightly with anger.
Klaus, despite the number of drinks he just had was suddenly feeling sober that Caroline was here.
"I-I just came here to talk about something, but I can see you guys are busy. Good night," Caroline said hastily, rushing towards the door.
Klaus was about to chase after her when Rachel grabbed his arm. Klaus growled and she let go of his arm instantly.
"Do you care for her?" she asked quietly.
"Why do you care? Stay out of other peoples' business, Rachel. Be quiet, or I will make sure you won't be able to speak forever," Klaus said angrily, pulling up his pants.
"You care for Caroline, don't you? I thought you loved me! What is so special about her? She's a pathetic excuse for a lady!"
Rachel was pinned against the wall instantly. She cowered in fear as she saw Klaus' eyes turn black and his veins pop out.
"I would never care for a girl as cowardly and pathetic like you. You have no right to speak about Caroline like that. She is everything you will never be."
Rachel felt tears roll down her cheeks. Her face burned with shame and embarssment. She felt like someone slapped her in the face.
"Get out."
Rachel grabbed her clothes and shoes, and without looking back, she fled the room.
Those of you who are wondering what year, place this is... You will find out soon!
Also, those of you who are confused with who Rachel is. She is a character I made up. She's very similar to Katherine-physically as well.
Thank you beef tac0, HotHybridSex, Princess Aziza , justine, and rawrimadinno8 for leaving reviews! I'll try to update quicker now!
