Klaus's POV
I decided that it was best if Caroline and I took my speed boat back to the mainland; because I wasn't quite sure what she'd do to my boat hand if she ever came into contact with him again. Actually, I was pretty sure what she would do to him and I knew it wouldn't be pretty. I laughed to myself as I once again thought about what a unique girl she was; nothing like any other girl I'd met in my life, she was beautiful and full of light.
As I thought about her, I looked over at where she was sitting on the boat. She was looking out to sea, the wind blowing her hair this way and that, and her bright blue eyes shining with amazement.
"You know Klaus; I can't believe I never thought to buy myself one of these before!" She shouted in glee, I was glad that my boat impressed her; as it seemed that nothing else had so far.
"Glad you like it love!" I shouted back over the roar of the wind.
Caroline's POV
When we finally reached the dock, Klaus securely tied the boat up and held out a hand to help me from the boat. A very gentlemanly act which made him once again rise in my estimation; he really did seem to be a very decent kind of guy.
"Thank you sir." I said sarcastically from the boat as I reached for his outstretched hand.
"My pleasure Miss Forbes." He replied equally as mockingly; things turned a bit awkward though when we held hands for slightly longer than necessary, our eye's locking in a seemingly awkward manner. I quickly tore my hand from his grasp and tried to pretend like nothing had ever happened.
"So, you are officially the tour guide, I haven't learnt much about this place, so tell me... where are we going?" I asked cheekily.
"Well love, seeing as we have no mode of transport other than walking at the moment, it seems that we are going to have to go to the nearest place possible. And that my dear is a diner just down the road..."
"Okay then." I replied and accepted his arm which he had outstretched to me, then arm in arm; we made our way to the diner.
When we reached the place, I read the sign and rolled my eyes in exasperation. We were right back at th place I had started at when I first arrived. I crossed my fingers tightly hoping that the same waiter wasn't there or things could get a little awkward.
"Anything the matter love?" Klaus inquired with an expression of amused concern on his face.
"No, nothing… It's just the fact that I came in here when I first arrived, that's all." I said with a smile.
"So you already know how divine the food is then!" Klaus exclaimed, suddenly looking like a young boy getting excited.
"Actually, no; I just had coffee, and I've got to say, I didn't think much to it." I replied sarcastically; deliberately opposing him, and I was pretty sure he realized that.
"Well darling, it's a good job I've brought you back to this place then…" He said as he tugged me inside.
Klaus's POV
I could sense Caroline's reluctance to enter the diner and it puzzled me slightly; I could see no reason why she would have such an aversion to a place where she had only had coffee. I furrowed my brows as my mind reeled with the possibilities; but I tugged her inside anyway. A young-ish man came over to seat us at a table and his eyes lit up as he saw Caroline.
"Ah ma'am; it's wonderful to have you here again so soon, and I see you brought your infamous boyfriend Niklaus with you this time!" The man said enthusiastically.
I took a small step back in shock as the man spoke, and I was pretty sure that my jaw had dropped wide enough to catch flies!
I turned to face Caroline and saw that her face had turned as red as a tomato and her eyes had taken on an extremely wide shape.
"I…um…" She looked at me once or twice before continuing. "I…um..yeah..I…" Then she completely shut down, staring at the floor in obvious humiliation. I couldn't leave the poor girl hanging I decided. I stepped towards her put one arm around her and place a chaste kiss on her lips before turning back to the waiter.
"Yes, she's back; she liked it so much this morning, she even went as far to say as how wonderful her waiter was. It's the first time that Caroline has come down here to visit me on the island and I knew that I just had to bring her back for dinner tonight, otherwise she'd be missing out!" I exclaimed, Caroline stared at me in amazement, probably at the shock of me covering her embarrassment. The waiter nodded simply and led us to a table.
I slid into the booth, and Caroline into the other; her cheeks still flushed a shocking color. I figured it would be best to clear the air and get it over with quickly.
"So love, care to share any information about the bombshell that the server just dropped; I was unaware of our relationship status being that intimate." I said seductively, with a sarcastic smile on my face.
"Don't flatter yourself! The guy was giving me some grief earlier, so I shut him down by mentioning that I had a boyfriend; so… I said it was you!" Caroline justified herself simply. I was pretty proud of her actually; I'm glad that she had told him she was taken rather than having to deal with his advances.
"Well love, that seems like a pretty damn good reason to me, shall we pretend that never happened and order some food."
"Yes please, that would be great!" She said appreciatively and immediately grabbing the menu.
"So what's good here?"
"Anything love." Was all that I responded.
We sat in silence for a moment or so, whilst evaluating what we fancied to eat.
The waiter from earlier strolled over again to take our orders. We both responded accordingly, but I couldn't help but realized how close to Caroline he was; how he leaned down slightly so he was eliminating her personal space. I saw her give him a subtle push away from her under the table, encouraging to get going on her way.
"You alright?" I asked her bluntly.
"Yeah, he's just another guy who doesn't understand the word no; I can deal with it."
"If you say so…" Was all I replied, already eager to go and teach the guy a lesson.
Caroline, obviously finding things slightly uncomfortable, changed the subject.
"So Klaus, would you like to tell me about this job we're doing?" She whispered across the table to me.
I stared at her slightly annoyed, I was pretty uptight about this job, and here she was talking about it in the local diner.
"No can do love; I'm going to brief the whole team tomorrow when they arrive." Was all I replied, letting no emotion leak into my voice, not wanting to show her how concerned I was about it.
"Hmm… Okay 'Mr secret-agent-man'" She replied sarcastically, whilst rolling her eyes at me.
I let out a short laugh whilst finishing up my food.
"So love, I figured it will be getting dark soon and it would be best if we headed straight back to the island after this."
"Sure." Caroline replied. "But I just want to have another look round the area around here; it's really cute and has got amazing views that I don't get to see very often." She said with a twinkle in her eye.
"Sounds good, I'll finish up my meal, pay the bill and meet you outside."
She nodded and rose from her chair, before reaching into her bag to grab her purse, and some money.
"Put it away love, I'm not going to make you pay, this is my treat… let's say compensation for me attacking you earlier" I said justifying myself, knowing that she would be reluctant to let me pay.
"Well, as you put it like that; I guess I can accept those terms…" She replied, throwing me a cheeky wink as she put on her jacket and made her way towards the exit.
Caroline's POV
I strolled outside, sat on a nearby bench and took in a big breath of fresh air; there was something about the atmosphere here, it felt so peaceful and amazing. I looked around and thought that if I did get all that money that Klaus promised if this job went well, that I'd find a place like this and settle down. Maybe I'd even open my own motorcycle shop; but a nice little place, it wouldn't be like one of those places that ripped you off; I'd be fair to my customers.
"Well, well, well; it seems you ditched that boyfriend of yours. Good one love, everyone round here knows he's a complete dick." I knew who it was before I'd even turned my head; it was the waiter from earlier. Long gone had the happy and cheery persona, and in was the aggressive and all round asshole attitude. He was one of those guys who thought he was God's gift and that women should just fall at his feet. I'd put up with him for long enough, and I decided it was time for me to teach him a lesson. I flexed my knuckles, stood up and gradually turned towards him.
"What do you want?" I asked; hoping to pull of the act of a frightened, unknowing young woman."
"Well babe, I thought that would be obvious; I want you…" He said in a sleazy fashion as he made his way closer and closer to me.
I waited until he was just in my grasp before I threw a punch to his lower jaw which threw him off balance; I then grabbed his upper-arm, used his weight against him and flipped him over my right shoulder. He landed with a thud on the concrete, writhing in pain and moaning.
"Woah love, you've been busy while I was gone." Klaus said as he came up behind me.
"This dick wouldn't stop harassing me, so I decided it was time I taught him a lesson!" I said furiously.
"Alright love, now that you've assaulted this man, let's leave quickly before things can get messy." He said seriously. I knew what he said was correct, but there was a burning urge within me to go back to the man and kick him while he was down. Prove to him that he couldn't treat women the way he did.
It was almost as if Klaus read my mind:
"Come on sweetheart, you've already proved to him he can't treat people like that. Let's go love, it's getting late…" he said with concern in his voice.
I tugged my jacket closer around my shoulders and followed Klaus back to the boat, still fuming in anger.
Klaus's POV
When we arrived back at the house I noticed that Caroline was still not back to her happy and joking self. She was touchy and I was finding myself tip-toeing around her, not wanting to set her off.
As we came through the front door, I realized once again, that I hadn't cleaned up the house, meaning that my guest bedroom was a total dump.
"Sorry love, my guest rooms a dump; so please take my room." I said sincerely.
Caroline argued a little bit; something along the lines of the fact that she didn't need anything fancy, and she didn't care about a bit of mess. But I insisted and in the end she went along with it.
I settled down in the guest room, sorting out the many items that were lying on the bed, when I heard her moving around in my room and muttering something under her breath.
"Anything the matter love?" I shouted down the corridor.
I heard a few more grumps and mumbles, and I was pretty sure I heard her stamp her foot in annoyance.
"I forgot my stupid pajamas!" I heard her shout in annoyance.
"Just borrow some of mine!" I replied.
"Cheers!"
Finally I'd cleared the bed and I pulled back the covers, removed my shirt; when I once again heard disturbance from the other room.
"Ohmygod! Your room is a dump; how am I meant to find anything in here!" She groaned in annoyance.
I opened the guest room door and made my way down the corridor to my room.
I pushed the door open to discover her standing in her underwear in the middle of the room, cursing at the array of stuff.
"Klaus!" She exclaimed in annoyance.
I politely covered my eyes, whilst pointing to the draw that held my shirts and sweatpants.
"There in there love, help yourself." I replied before turning away and making my way back to my room.
I climbed into bed, rolled over and closed my eyes. I knew that I would sleep well, and dream well tonight… and there was no doubt that Caroline would make an appearance…
… I knew I wouldn't be forgetting how extremely beautiful she looked anytime soon…
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