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Chapter 8: The Date

Spain 1590

Dinner the first night in their Spanish Castle was comfortable. Kol was entertaining his family and Caroline with some stories of the Brothel he had been inhabiting while in France. Caroline laughed with the rest of them feeling for the first time in her life like she was apart of something. She was glad with the choice she had made and didn't regret it for a moment, especially when she glanced over at Klaus who was sitting at the head of the table to her left. He tossed her a smirk over his glass of wine and she smiled shyly back.

When the dinner was done the servants picked up the plates and glasses and five humans came in.

"This is dessert." Klaus said quietly as the humans each came to stand beside one of the vampires.

Caroline nodded and looked at her meal, a blonde woman with a numb expression upon her face. She tentatively made the woman kneel before her and Caroline moved the collar from her dress so she could drink from her.

Caroline didn't like killing her victims, although she had killed a lot of people over the years until she had come back to France. The decades of killing though had haunted her for years after that. She was sickened with herself every time she thought of her dark period.

She knew that when Rebekah had asked her what she was planning to do with Christopher after she used him and she replied killing she wasn't being completely serious.

She just wanted to see if she could get a rise out of Klaus. She wanted him to think that she had changed and turned her humanity off, but in reality Caroline wasn't a killer, not anymore, not since her first many decades as a angry vampire.

Now she was still the same as she had been as a human she just refused to be used and abused like she had been before. She still had her humanity and morals and killing wasn't something she condoned anymore. In regards to her vampire counterparts she wouldn't hate them for giving into their nature after all she did for a good many years, but that wasn't her, not any longer.

So she drank until she had her fill and let the girl gave her some of her blood and then stood up from the table as the Originals feasted on their humans until they had drank every last drop.

Caroline retired to her chambers and had one of the maids ready a bath for her.

As she sat in the steaming hot water and relaxed the door opened to reveal Klaus.

She smirked at him, "you know a man courting doesn't generally get to see his partner in the nude until they are married, correct? I think this might go against the rules." She said smartly looking up at him through her lashes.

Klaus returned her smirk and dragged a stool to sit beside the tub. He took a moment to look down at her nude form resting in the bath. He wanted to badly to reach a hand down to touch her, but knew that would be wrong when she had wanted so badly to be treated right. But that didn't diminish the desire for her especially as she sat naked before him.

"I just wanted to see you." he said vaguely dipping a hand into the hot water and twirling the liquid around making sure not to touch her skin.

The temptation was going to drive him mad.

She raised her eyebrows at him in concern and touched a hand gently to his. "Are you alright?" she asked quietly.

"Why didn't you finish your meal?" he asked looking at her curiously.

Caroline shrugged, "I don't kill, not anymore." She said watching his reaction to her revelation.

He raised an eyebrow in surprise. "What about Christopher? You were going to kill him were you not?"

Caroline sighed and looked away from him.

"You have to understand when I became a vampire I was extremely angry. I was angry for a very long time and in that time I did many bad things. I feel sickened with myself and it haunts me when I think of that dark period. As a matter of fact I was supremely lost until I came back to France. I was on a spiral going down and if I had continued on the path I would have lost my humanity for good. So I don't kill I just drink my fill and let them leave. I was haunted for years after what I had done and I won't lie to you and say that I spent years being a saintly vampire. Christopher was a means to an end, he reminded me what humanity really was and he helped me find myself again. To answer your question no I wouldn't have killed Christopher, I just wanted you to think I was a monster, a terrible person, maybe then you would leave me alone or at least I could get a rise out of you. I guess I was being childish." Caroline rambled watching her hands graze the top of water in the tub.

Klaus took her face gently in his hands and turned her head to look at him.

"Whatever your diet is love, it doesn't matter as long as you're comfortable with it. I don't want you spiraling as you put it and as much as I loathe Christopher I'm glad you were able to get your humanity back and like I said before, you still have your light about you and it's extremely impressive that you were able to come out of the dark."

He paused and searched her eyes to reassure her of his words with the emotion behind his own.

"Now, on to more preferred topics. What are you doing tomorrow night?" he asked stroking her face delicately.

She looked away shyly, "I have no plans. We did just arrive her after all. What do you have in mind?" she asked curiously.

"I want to take you out." He said looking into her eyes.

"Finally." She teased leaning into him. He moved back though and looked at her with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Ah ah! We are courting are we not? A True gentlemen doesn't kiss a lady, not yet." He said amused and stood from his stool.

He untucked his shirt and slowly took it off over his head and then removed his trousers. Caroline subconsciously licked her lips and watched as he stepped into the hot water sitting across from her in the tub.

She laughed and lightly splashed him.

"I think this goes against the rules of courting." She said as he splashed her back and stretched his long legs in the tub touching her own with his.

He chuckled and shrugged, "what can I say, I need a bath, and it's nothing I haven't seen before."

Caroline rolled her eyes but let it go not wanting to ruin the moment.

She watched as he washed his body and he observed as she washed her own body. The water was cold before either of them got out of the tub and dried off. It was taking everything both of them had not to touch the other. It was torturous seeing the other naked, but not being able to stroke the other.

Finally they both retired to their rooms each too wired to go to bed, but trying neither the less.

Caroline couldn't help but curse herself for this stupid courting idea and Klaus couldn't help but try and bring himself release thinking of Caroline.

But nothing seemed to work they both wanted each other as if they couldn't breathe.


Caroline awoke the next morning with the same ache between her legs that she had the night before. She groaned and buried her head in her pillow trying to rid herself of the feeling, but nothing seemed to work.

Finally she got dressed and went down to breakfast with the rest of the family. She was the last to arrive downstairs to eat and watched as they all glanced up to see her descending the stairs.

"Caroline! Did you sleep well?" Kol asked a wicked gleam in his eye.

Caroline would have blushed if she were still human or if she had some blood in her, she was glad that neither was the case. She would have slept well if her itch had been scratched, she was really rethinking this whole no sex thing now, but she didn't want to appear weak in front of Klaus.

"Fine, thank you." Caroline said a little stiffly as she sat next to Klaus and took some biscuits.

"What are you doing today?" Rebekah asked glancing at her over her bowl of porridge.

Caroline shrugged and glanced at Klaus who was drinking tea and picking at the remains on his plate.

"Probably going to explore the house more, I noticed there was a garden in the back of the castle I might take a walk." Caroline said helping herself to some meat and eggs.

She was starving.

"Great I think I'll join you." Rebekah said casually.

"Alright I could use the company." Caroline said smiling at her.

"What are you doing today, Niklaus?" Elijah asked looking over at Klaus who was watching Caroline and their sister.

"Directing the servants in the unpacking probably, I have letters I need to write as well and then tonight Caroline and I are going out, isn't that right, sweetheart?" Klaus asked smirking at Caroline.

Caroline smiled back her insides jumping with excitement for tonight. "Right." She said quietly. "What time should I be ready?" she added biting her biscuit.

"Let's say seven o'clock." He said.

"Sounds perfect." Caroline said shyly.

"Alright let's go Caroline if you flirt with my brother anymore I might rip my eyes out." Rebekah grumbled taking Caroline's hand and leading her away from the table.

Caroline followed without hesitation, but just before she exited the room she glanced at Klaus who was watching her retreating backside. She smirked and let Rebekah drag her outside to the gardens they had just been discussing. The morning Spanish air was cool and there was a slight dew across the grass and flowers it was a nice morning the sun was already high in the sky and the sky was bright blue with hope.

"So how did you really sleep last night?" Rebekah asked looking over at her.

Caroline shrugged, "did you bring me out here for girl talk?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

Rebekah smirked, "perhaps. I could hear you tossing and turning all night you know. So could Kol I'm assuming."

Caroline grimaced, "fantastic. I just…I want to be courted by Nik and I figured that the only way to do that is to take our relationship slow…but after 100 years without him all I want him to do is…well…let him do naughty things to me." Caroline said delicately knowing she was talking to his sister who probably didn't want to hear the dirty details.

Rebekah scrunched her face up in disgust, "remember this is my brother we are talking about I don't want anything too in depth about your relationship. From what I gather you two had one while you were our maid, yes?"

Caroline nodded.

"Then why don't you just pick up where you left off?" Rebekah asked curiously.

"Because he treated me more as a possession than a person." Caroline said sighing. "Besides we've both changed in 100 years I'm a different person as is he and how do I know he still wants to be with me?"

Rebekah chortled, "trust me he does. He really cares about you Caroline. As for treating you as a possession I think he learned the first time that if you mess with the bull you'll get the horns. He doesn't want to live without you so I think he won't do anything to mess it up." She said looking into the gardens.

"We are going out tonight so I know he's taking the courting thing seriously but…I want him so bad I kind of want to give up on the whole courting." Caroline mumbled embarrassed about her libido.

Rebekah laughed, "you can do both you know. You can still…violate my brother as you please and be courted by him, there's nothing wrong with that."

Caroline sighed heavily, "I know but wouldn't that defeat the purpose?"

"No you're getting you're itch scratched and you are being courted it sounds kind of perfect to me. Just think about it." Rebekah said shrugging.

"Alright. Now what about you?" Caroline asked.

"What about me?" Rebekah asked confused.

"Have any boys caught your fancy?"

Rebekah giggled at the question, "Have you met my brothers? They scare every boy away that might have my fancy. It's quite frustrating really."

Caroline laughed, "They are just making sure you're well taken care of."

"Well it's annoying and I wish them to stop, but alas, they are incorrigible especially Kol." Rebekah said annoyed.

"I have noticed he's been acting quite odd lately. He's not his usual jolly old self." Caroline said glancing over at the castle.

"He's depressed." Rebekah said quietly.

"What happened?" Caroline asked.

"The girl he took a fancy too she died of Syphilis a few days before you showed up again." Rebekah said sadly.

"Why didn't he change her?" Caroline asked curiously.

"She didn't want to be a vampire. She was a prostitute actually at a French Brothel and there has been an outbreak of Syphilis in all of them lately, she was one of the poor souls to get it. Kol had been seeing her for sometime and then she contracted the disease she was gone in a few weeks. Kol's been heartbroken ever since." Rebekah said feeling sad for her brother.

"I'm sorry to hear that." Caroline said thinking of her own stint at a French Brothel so many decades earlier.

"As am I. We've been trying to figure out ways to help him through this, but nothing we've done has worked." Rebekah said.

"I'm sure something will come around." Caroline said softly.

"I hope you are right. Now tell me what you will be wearing tonight and where you'll be going." Rebekah said changing the subject.

Caroline laughed, "I'm not sure and if only I knew. You're brother can be so secretive."

Rebekah laughed and they spent the rest of the morning and mid afternoon talking in the gardens. Eventually they want inside since Rebekah wanted to fix up her new room and Caroline wanted to read.

At around five Caroline started to look through her things for something to wear tonight. She decided on a light blue gown and paired with it the diamond bracelet she had received so long ago by Klaus and a necklace that she had procured in her travels. She needed one of the maids to set up a hot bath and help her dress.

This time she had no surprise individuals while she bathed which she was a little put down upon. She mulled over Rebekah's words wondering if they could court and still be physical.

Her mind was saying No, but other parts were saying Oh yes.

She considered it while getting dressed and ready for tonight.

She decided to see how tonight went then she would make up her mind.

The clock struck seven and Caroline slowly walked down the stairs in her gown and jewelry. Klaus was waiting at the bottom of the staircase, like a gentlemen and she smirked when she saw his mouth drop open slightly.

"Caroline, you look lovely." He said smoothly taking her hand in his.

"Thank you." She said shyly. She had drank blood before getting dressed from the maid and there was a pretty pink tinge to her cheeks.

He gently touched her face and kissed her on the cheek, wanting more, but knowing she wouldn't accept it.

"Where are we going?" Caroline asked curiously.

"There's a Spanish opera I want to take you to and then I figured we could go to dinner." Klaus said as they left the Castle and went to the carriage awaiting them.

"Sounds perfect." Caroline said smiling happily.

The ride in the carriage was fun they talked about old times and what they had missed from their time apart. Caroline asked if he had seen any other woman and he replied he'd been too angry and busy to really care about anyone since her. That after knowing her there was no one else that could do it for him. He told her he cared about her and loved her and that she was the only woman for him till eternity's end. She responded by telling him that not a day went by where she didn't think of him, even when she was engaged to Christopher, even when she was in her dark period, she thought of nothing but him and what he had was doing or where he was.

They came to the Opera and they watched the Spanish love story holding hands and enjoying the others company although Klaus's eyes were on her most of the night and Caroline's mind was vividly imagining all the dirty things she craved to do to Klaus.

When it was intermission they stepped out and walked around the building together eager to stretch their legs. They watched the humans around them mill around and gossip with each other and Caroline realized that this was the most happy and relaxed she had felt in ages. She squeezed Klaus's hand in reassurance of her position beside him and he returned with a gentle squeeze and a real genuine smile.

An action he only saved for her.

He kissed her on the cheek as they made their way back to their seats to enjoy the remains of the Opera by candlelight.

As the second act began Klaus rested his hand gently on her knee and she drew lazy circles on his thighs. She realized then, that she couldn't hold off anymore from him and when they got home she desperately wanted to take him to her bed.

Or his bed, it didn't matter as long as there was a bed.

The second act felt much slower than the first and by the end Caroline was practically jumping in her seat to go home.

"What's the matter, love? Didn't you enjoy the Opera?" Klaus asked concerned and leading her out of their private box.

"Of course I just want to go home." Caroline said practically dragging him towards the entrance and to their carriage.

"What about dinner?" Klaus asked bewildered by her actions.

Caroline huffed and continued to pull him to their carriage. She opened the door and he helped her into the carriage. As he pulled himself in he found himself pressed against the seat by Caroline her lips eagerly on his.

"Caroline." He said breathlessly pulling away from her soft lips.

"What about doing it right? What about us properly courting?" he asked dazed by her lips that were kissing along his jaw line and down his neck.

"Fuck it." She said her hands dipping inside his shirt and exploring the silky skin underneath.

Klaus took a moment to thank the higher beings that they had a covered carriage before he reluctantly grabbed her hands to stop their wandering.

"Caroline I want to do this right. I want to court you properly it's what you deserve." He said as the carriage began to move.

"But I want you. I miss you." Caroline said pouting.

"And I want and miss you too, but I thought about what you said the other night and I agree. I want to do it right this time you are a lady and I will treat you like one, taking you in the back of our carriage would seem improper." Klaus said stroking her face.

Caroline's lip jutted out some more, "but it would be so fun." She murmured kissing him hard on the lips.

"And as much as it pains me to make you stop, you must. I don't want to shag you on the first date." He said after her kiss.

Caroline sighed feeling deflated and decided to try one more tactic.

"But I love you. Do you not love me?" she said her eyes growing big and puppy like to try and get her way.

Klaus groaned at her facial expression and chose of words. He knew he would cave soon if she didn't get off his lap where his cock was stiffing with inhuman speed.

"That's ridiculous Caroline I love you with ever fiber or my being and you know that. That's why we aren't going to do this, not in the carriage anyway." Klaus said regretfully.

Caroline sighed and slowly slide off his lap and into her seat the pout still present on her face.

"I think we could do both. We could make love and we could court." Caroline said nonchalantly looking at him.

Klaus sighed, "We could, but is that really the proper thing to do? Besides I'm not going to take you in the back of the carriage like some harlot."

Caroline laughed and kissed him sweetly on the lips.

"But it would be fun, Nik! Think how funny it would be when everyone else uses the carriage! It could be our little secret." She whispered in his ear seductively.

Klaus growled as the material in his pants strained. In the blink of an eye Caroline was right back on his lap her legs on either side of his body and her skirts tossed out of the way so the only thing standing in between Klaus's cock and her wet hot core were a few layers of material. She kissed him again with zealous and ran her fingers through his hair enjoying the texture she had been longing for, for a century.

Klaus kissed her back enthusiastically and ran his hands up her thighs to where her long underwear sat. He quickly slide them down her legs and pressed a finger to her nub. Then he let two fingers slide into her as his thumb traced her clit at a torturously slow rate. Caroline growled in response and reached her own hand down to unbutton the multitude of buttons on his pants so she could caress his member.

Once his cock was out in the world she slowly ran her hand up and down it giving it a squeeze every now and again, she gently rubbed her thumb at the tip of it and hissed when Klaus's fingers curled inside her and his thumb pressed hard into her clit. She bucked her hips and he in turn bucked his in her hand.

"To hell with this." Caroline grumbled pushing her skirts away along with his hand.

She stopped her own ministrations and before Klaus could demand to know what she was doing she slide down on his rock hard cock and began to ride him like she had been daydreaming of during the Opera. Klaus yelped in surprise and Caroline giggled in reply at his surprise of her actions. She felt his hand play with her nub and she knew he was going to make her pay for ruining first their no-sex rule that lasted only a day and then persuading him to fuck in the back of their carriage. Klaus kissed her hard on the lips and then trailed his mouth down her neck and to her heaving bosom as she rode him hard trying to get them both to reach their orgasm.

Caroline moaned as Klaus nipped her nipples and pinched her clit between his thumb and forefinger. She in turn ran her hands up and down his chest under his shirt wanting to feel his skin beneath her fingers. When Klaus removed his mouth from her breasts they fell on her eyes and once they made contact Caroline felt her inner walls spasm around his cock just as she felt him cum inside her.

She whimpered his name from her mouth and he groaned her name from his as they came together in the back of the carriage. They stayed like that until the vehicle came to a stop at the castle. Then Caroline finally removed herself from him and stumbled out of the carriage and towards the drawbridge. Klaus followed behind her fixing himself.

They entered the Castle quietly and Klaus walked her to her room.

"I—I didn't mean for that to happen." Klaus said quietly as they stood at her door.

Caroline shyly looked away and then back up at him, "it was perfect, but don't think we aren't courting, mister, that was the best date I have ever been on." She said bashfully.

Klaus grinned showing his dimples as he too bashfully looked away. "I'm glad you liked it, my love. Now what about the sleeping arrangement? Do you think you have enough room in your bed for another?"

Caroline laughed coyly, "I might be able to make an exception tonight, but don't get too cozy milord." She said smirking at him.

"Wouldn't dream of it, love." He said taking her hand as she led him into the room and closing the door softly behind him. He stripped out of his clothes and lay down in her bed waiting for her to join him.

"I hope the driver didn't notice us." Caroline said thoughtfully as she readied herself for bed and Klaus watched.

"Doubtful although I'm not sure the same could be said for my siblings. They may…smell our love for each other if anyone uses the carriage tomorrow." He said smirking in delight.

"But remember, it's our dirty little secret." She said playfully going over to the bed to join him.

"That it is, love, that it is." He said kissing her passionately on the lips before she blew out the candle and they continued where they had left off in the carriage.

(A/n: some fluffiness this chapter! Please review!)