Hello, guys! First of all, I am truly sorry because of not updating so soon - I've spent some of my holidays in Germany too actually, to be honest, and now I'm back at my holiday home and I'm spending a lot of time at the beach trying to enjoy in the sun and the sea, of course. I hope you accept my apologies. ;)
This is the ninth chapter and even though I wasn't quite sure how to and what to write in it, I managed to finish it and I am quite proud at myself, I have to admit. Our heroes are still in Berlin obviously and today is the day when we are finally meeting Elle, who is portrayed by Emily VanCamp (appropriate right?), and I hope you will like this chapter. It's quite a long one; I think it is actually the longest one so there is a lot to read.
What else? Oh yeah, thank you for all the reviews and being not so mean because of the lack of the updates.
I don't own anything except the idea and ... the idea.
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Thank you and once again, sorry for not being here.
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When she entered into the restaurant, once again she didn't notice how every single head turned to see her, this true star, this beauty that shine tonight in the hotel Adlon-Kempinski.
"Miss, are you in the company of Mr. Mikaelson?" – an older man, probably a restaurant manager, asked her. Caroline nodded and without a question followed the man towards the biggest window of the restaurant that had a view of the Brandenburg Gate. Just in front of the window was a table that has been filled with a group of young people.
"Mr. Mikaelson, the young lady has finally arrived" – the man said to the Klaus who slowly turned his head so he could greet Caroline. But the words never left his mouth because all he could was to stare at this beautiful young woman that was standing in front of him with the most beautiful smile he had ever seen.
"Caroline, you've made it" – Damon said with a smile and broke the silence as Klaus tried to collect himself.
"Yes, Caroline, you are here at last" – Klaus mumbled still quite confused and never taking his eyes of Caroline while the young blonde woman next to his right side coughed. He suddennly woke up from the trance he has been in and looked at the young blonde next to his side.
"Caroline, meet Elle, my girlfriend" – Klaus said while the eyes of the whole table have been glued now at the two blonde girls that both were standing on one of Klaus's side.
Caroline was looking at the blonde girl that stood at the Klaus's right side and had a smile all over her face but whose brown eyes were cold as ice or at least Caroline thought so.
"Nice to meet you, Caroline. I've heard so much about you" – the girl said and looked at Klaus who was looking carefully at the both girls, "and now I am finally meeting you after all this time" - Elle said as she gently touched Klaus's right hand as if she wanted to show Caroline that he is hers. Caroline swallowed and smiled.
"Likewise, Elle" – Caroline said and went to sit next to Bonnie who carefully observed the encounter of the two girls just as everybody else at the table did.
Caroline sat and instantly felt the eyes of her friends on her and she simply smiled as if everything was perfect when in fact nothing was perfect. Not even okay because Elle was here, sitting next to Klaus and smiling at him and looking at him and… in the end, she was his girlfriend. She was the girl who had every right to think about him, to hope about being with him, to kiss him, to love him in the night.
"So, Elle" – Elena started as she poured herself a glass of water, "before Caroline came, we were talking about how the two of you have met." Elle looked at Klaus who was looking in front of him as if the others had not surrounded him. He looked like he was lost in his own little world and in his own thoughts. Elle coughed and he looked at her and put a smile on his face but his smile never reached his eyes. Elle smiled at him and looked at Elena.
"Elena, as I've told you before our dear Caroline joined us," – she said and looked at Caroline who nervously smiled back, "we have met each other through our mutual friend Georgia in one of many pubs in Oxford and before we started dating officially, we hang a lot so we have been friends first and then we became a couple. It was quite a journey but in the end, it was worth it, trust me. And here we are now, dating almost for four months. You know, Elena, I am a huge believer that the most beautiful love stories start out of a friendship. Don't you agree, honey?" – Elle asked Klaus and he nodded.
"Absolutely, love" – he said and she smiled. Caroline looked at the two of them and felt like she shouldn't be here and look at the guy, whom she liked a lot, interacting with his girlfriend. But, as she remembered, for the next two weeks, she will witness a lot of Elle and Klaus's love, as Elle will stay with them. As the others continued to speak about love and all those silly things that have made Caroline currently want to vomit, she couldn't help to herself but to observe Elle or Eleanor Thompson if you want to be exact. Elle was a simple but yet a quite pretty girl who had big brown eyes and a beautiful blonde hair and she was now wearing a simple little black dress that had a lace sleeves. On her ears she was wearing a diamond earrings by Cartier that Klaus bought her in Paris. And even though Elle was not a girl that Caroline would consider as a beautiful one, she had the most beautiful smile Caroline has ever seen. It was as she enchanted people with her smile because it was so warm and she could see that Klaus probably fell in love with Elle because of her smile.
"So, Caroline, I don't know so much about you" – Elle said and Caroline smiled as she nervously took a sip of her red wine, "except from the newspapers obviously…" – Elle said but Klaus interrupted.
"Elle, love, don't you remember what…" – he said but she just put a finger over his mouth and smiled at him.
"Don't worry, honey. I perfectly remember everything we have talked about, Klaus" – she said never taking her eyes off Caroline who felt how she would faint with any second, "but that is the truth. I don't know a thing about Caroline except how every media in Europe thinks that she is dating my boyfriend and as I know that that is not the truth, in the end I really don't know anything" – she said and finally looked at Klaus who intensely watched Elle's every move and in some way, he looked frightened of every possible word she may say.
"So, Caroline, who's the girl behind the face in the tabloids? Who's the young American beauty who apparently intrigued the most wanted bachelor in the UK?" – Elle said and Caroline swallowed because what could she say? Could she say that she is a girl who actually really likes her boyfriend and secretly hopes that everything in tabloids was a truth? That she is a girl that enjoys being with her boyfriend and likes every little thing about him and on him?
"Elle, first of all, I am so sorry because of all that rubbish in the media. I assure you, Klaus and I are just good friends" - Caroline said as she looked at Klaus who looked at her without any emotions on his face, "and he hasn't been anything more than just a good host to my friends and me" – Caroline said as she wished desperately that Elle believed her. Elle just smiled at her while Klaus still stared at Caroline intensely.
"Oh, Caroline, that wasn't the question but thank you for your apology or whatever it was. Now, tell me something about yourself – I want to meet you, get to know you" – Elle said and smiled. Caroline sighed and looked at others at the table. Klaus was still looking at her; Damon was exchanging weird looks with Bonnie and Elena while Stefan, as he was always the polite guy, smiled at her and Elle.
"Well, honestly, there is not so much to say about me, Elle, or my life, because there is nothing interesting in it or nothing that would interest you, I am afraid. I am really boring girl, you know" – Caroline said with a smile but Elle cut her off.
"Now, Caroline, I am sure that is not true. You may be surprised but I am quite interested about your life" – she said and smiled at Caroline who nodded and looked at Elena who motioned her to continue.
"Well, if that is the case, Elle, I'll be a freshman this fall in Brown University and I'm still not sure what to study but perhaps History of Art and then later, perhaps Architecture" – she said.
"Architecture? When that came in the picture?" – Klaus, vividly intrigued, asked Caroline and she just shrugged.
"I am not sure but I think Europe and all its architecture has something to do with it. I completely fell in love with Europe and actually, I wouldn't mind to come to study architecture here one day and live here for the rest of my life" – she said and everybody looked at her. Caroline, to be honest, wasn't really sure when she started thinking about studying Architecture and she wasn't even sure why did she say she wouldn't mind to live one day in Europe but every part of her body suddenly knew that it was the truth. She wanted to be an architect and she wanted to live in Europe one day. She didn't know where exactly but she loved every city she has ever been to – London, Paris, Berlin – she was completely smitten by Europe and its beauty.
"I think you would be a great architect, Caroline. You have that spark in your eyes and a natural curiosity about people and things" – Klaus said and Caroline smiled before she quickly removed her glaze from his face and looked at Elena who sat in front of her with a huge grin on her face.
"I am quite sure you will be successful in turning your dreams into a reality, Caroline. But are you sure that you can leave the States and come here and live forever here? Even Damon isn't so sure about living in Europe and he has been studying here for ages now" – Elle said and smiled before she turned her head to Klaus and whispered something in his right ear. Whatever she said to him, it made Klaus grin. Caroline swallowed and took her wine and drank everything that was in her glass.
"Elle, sweetie, that's because I still don't know do I love more American or European girls but there is also a bit of problem because I also have this thing for South American girls. And I also like Australian girls" – Damon said and everybody laughed.
"Mate, you love every possible human being that is of a female gender" – Klaus said and once again everybody laughed. Caroline was so grateful in that moment to Damon and Klaus because she was hoping that Elle forget about her questions that made Caroline felt as if she was questioned by FBI or CSI. But unfortunately, Elle didn't forget.
"So, are you sure that you can leave the States, Caroline" – Elle said.
"I believe that no one of us can't be really sure about anything, Elle, but I do have a strong desire to come live here and to also study here" – Caroline said and thought immediately how she also has a strong desire to be with Elle's boyfriend, "and why shouldn't I try to achieve that? I can always go back to the States" – Caroline said and Damon grinned at her and Bonnie, Stefan and Elena followed his example. She looked at Klaus who was smiling at her and as they looked at each other, he winked at her. Fortunately for Caroline, and Klaus too, Elle didn't notice anything.
"That's is truth, Care, you can always come back to us but I believe that you will have a good time in Europe. And perhaps, it will be even better than now" – Bonnie said and smiled widely at Caroline. Caroline knew that Bonnie meant that Caroline perhaps would end up with Klaus, so she would have a time of her life. Caroline grinned back at her best friend.
"Elle, what about you? What are your plans after Oxford? Do you plan to teach after it or do something else?" – Stefan asked Elle so Caroline finally had been saved from Elle the Inspector.
"I think I'll probably go to a Law School but that is still to be seen, Stefan. But I wouldn't mind to be a professor at Oxford. I have quite good grades so..." – she said but Damon interrupted.
"Oh, don't be modest, Elle, you are like the best in your generation" – he said and rolled his eyes. Elle just smiled and nodded.
"Well, you are right but maybe that isn't enough for Oxford, Damon. We will see what will I do after I graduate - I still have some time" – she said and in that moment the waiter came carrying their food.
When the dinner was finished and their desert was taken away as they had completely emptied their plates because the chocolate cake with the strawberries was simply divine, they stayed for a while sitting at the table and enjoying in a little chit chat.
"So, what is next? I have to admit that I'm still not tired and I am quite curious about nightlife in Berlin because Damon here couldn't stop talking about it all day" – Bonnie said and everybody laughed because that was the truth. Damon was completely in love with Berlin and he didn't try to hide it.
"Bon-Bon, it is the best clubbing city in Europe, for God sake. You can party here all day and all night. Seriously, some people are coming home from the party at 6:00am and others are going to some party. So, how is possible to be not in love with Berlin?" – Damon said and Klaus nodded.
"That is quite true. And I myself definitely couldn't end the night without seeing some of the clubs. And as this is the first night in Berlin, I think we should go to Asphalt first because it's quite appropriate… or actually, we are quite appropriate dressed for it and the next few days we should check the techno scene" – Klaus said and smiled to everyone as they agreed with his words.
"And is Asphalt an exclusive club or?" – Elena asked Klaus who nodded.
"Well, it is quite exclusive but it is also similar to many clubs of New York and it has a certain American vibe so I am sure you will like it and for techno clubs we are just, I am afraid, over dressed tonight" – Klaus said and Damon nodded.
"That's sure but tomorrow we are so hitting techno scene. Can't wait to see all those crazy German girls gone wild" – Damon said as everybody laughed at him.
"Klaus, honey, I am actually quite tired to go to a club tonight" – Elle suddenly said and everybody looked at her and Klaus, who also looked at her surprised.
"But love, this is Berlin and you have to experience it and you shouldn't definitely spend your first night here in bed" – he said to her as he caressed her right cheek. He looked at her with an obvious admiration that made Caroline quite sick.
"But I wouldn't be alone in the bed, would I?" – Elle said with a smirk that made Klaus smile but in same time he looked at her with a weird expression all over his face.
"Elle, I have to go out because I am a host, and I wouldn't be okay if I left my guests alone" – he said with a smile and she just shook her head.
"Damon can show them everything and he can take care of them. Right, Damon?" – she said to Damon who suddenly became quite interested with a glass in front of him. Caroline looked at others at the table and she understood that nobody wanted to be caught in the discussion between Elle and Klaus.
"No, Elle, he can't. They are my guests and I am obligated to show them around because leaving them alone is a sign of a disrespect towards them, and besides, that is an honorable thing to do. So, love, I am going out and if you want to go with us, you can but if you are too tired to go, don't expect of me to stay with you" – he said and stood up. Elle just looked at him surprised and turned her obviously furious face away from Klaus. "Now, I am going to men room and when I return back, I expect of everyone to tell me what would we do and" – he looked at Elle, "to tell me if everyone is going to Asphalt" – he said and with that he was gone.
The table was left in a pure silence because everyone was afraid to tell anything and nobody was crazy enough to be the first one. Caroline couldn't believe that she has just witnessed the first fight between Elle and Klaus. She didn't know what to think because she knew that fights were a normal part of any relationship but she was also a bit surprised that Elle wanted to go back to the hotel room and leave everyone. It was such a rude and disrespectful move.
"So, Elle, what it will be?" – Damon suddenly asked and everybody looked at him surprised. "Going out or staying in a hotel room watching Titanic and eating junk?" – he said and Elle looked at him obviously furious. Caroline thought that Elle would attack Damon because of the madness in her eyes but instead she just laughed.
"Always so funny, Damon Salvatore. Well, if you put it that way, I believe being in a club is way better than spend the night watching Leo and Kate" – she said and Damon nodded.
"I knew that there was something I liked about you, Elle" – Damon said and Elle laughed.
"Oh shut up, Damon" – she said and he laughed. In that moment, Klaus came back.
"So, have you decided?" – he asked everyone but looked only at Elle who smiled at him. She stood up and hugged him.
"I am sorry for my behavior, honey. It was completely rude and I have to apologize to our new friends" – she said and Klaus kissed her on her forehead. In that very moment, Caroline felt how her stomach turned around. Klaus and Elle looked so happy and in love in that very moment, and Caroline was completely angry at herself for even thinking that she could make him fall in love with her. He was looking at Elle, who has been now apologizing to everyone, with so much love and admiration and Caroline knew that Klaus and she as an item will never even happen.
Caroline was standing near the bar with a Martini in her hands as she slowly danced to the music, which was blasting from the speakers all around the place, with Bonnie on her right side. Both girls were all alone as Damon was currently hooking up with some German girl that looked better than any supermodel in a fashion world. Stefan and Elena were God knows where and to be honest, Caroline didn't want to know where were they and what were they doing. She loved them as a couple, but as she considered both of them as her brother and sister, some things were just too much for Caroline to think about. But she couldn't stop thinking about another couple, about Elle and Klaus. They were dancing together in the middle of the dance floor and Caroline couldn't help herself but to stare. Klaus was kissing Elle all over the place and she couldn't help but to wish that he stopped kissing Elle and noticed her, standing here, almost in the corner, dancing on her own. She was so near him and yet so far away. She sighed.
"I need another drink" – Caroline said as she was now twirling an empty glass between her fingers. "Bonnie, do you want something?" – she asked Bonnie who just shook her head as she was dancing in her own little bubble. Great, even Bonnie was having fun and Caroline was here moping – she needed alcohol and a lot of it tonight. She went to the bar and gasped at the sight of the line for the drinks in front of the bar but she hadn't much choice except to stand in line and to pray that the barmen were fast.
"What's a beautiful girl like you doing here all alone?" – Caroline heard a man's voice whispering in her left ear and she looked at him annoyed but as soon as she saw the man's face, her face softened a little bit because the guy that was standing next to her was gorgeous. No, wait, he was beyond gorgeous – he looked like no one should be allowed to look like. He was taller than she and his body looked amazing even when the clothes covered it. He had the short brown hair and most amazing green eyes Caroline has ever seen. And his lips were so full and had such a perfect dark pink color that she couldn't help herself but to bit her upper lip. He looked amazing – simply amazing. As she was carefully observing his face, he was smiling at her never taking his eyes off her. Caroline was speechless. "It's such a shame, really, that a girl that looks like you is standing here all alone waiting to buy herself a drink" – he said and Caroline smiled.
"I'm Caroline, nice to meet you…?" – she said and he smiled.
"Oh, a fellow American" – he smiled and she laughed as she nodded. "Nice to meet you, Caroline. My name is Dean Winchester" – he said. "What will you drink, Caroline with no surname?" – he winked at her and she laughed.
"Caroline Forbes will drink a straight vodka, thank you. And make it a double one, Dean Winchester" – she said and he looked at her surprised.
"Look at her, Miss Forbes is drinking like a true grown up" – he said with a smile and she smiled back at him. "Go back to your friend and I'll be back quickly with your drink and, don't worry, I won't put anything in it" – he quickly added as he saw Caroline's uncertain look in her eyes. "Don't be afraid" – he said and approached the bar as Caroline sighed with a smile and returned to Bonnie who has still been dancing to the music.
"Where's your drink, Care?" – she asked and Caroline smiled.
"It will get here soon" – Caroline said mischievously and Bonnie laughed.
"So, how are you holding up, sweetie?" – Bonnie asked as she looked at Klaus and Elle who were still kissing all over the dance floor and ignored pretty much everyone around them. Caroline sighed and looked at Bonnie.
"Honestly? One part of me is sad and the other part knows that is a reality, you know. I knew he had a girlfriend and I was just deceiving myself. Now, it is over and look at them, they really like each other, Bonnie. Who am I to stand between the two of them?" – she said with an obvious sadness in her voice.
"Care, I now that this doesn't mean so much when we are standing here and looking at him with his girlfriend, but I am still pretty certain that he likes you back and Elena agrees with me, and Stefan and Damon too, sweetie. It's just that he is maybe not aware of his feelings and now, with Elle being here, he is not certain what should he do or should he do anything at all" – Bonnie said and Caroline laughed.
"Look, Bonnie, maybe he likes me, maybe not, but seeing them dancing like this and kissing, that is really not important anymore. He has Elle and I should start to consider him as a friend. Nothing more" – she said and looked at Elle and Klaus who were now laughing like crazy to something that was funny only to them as no one else was allowed to enter in to their little world.
"Here you go, a double straight vodka" – Dean said as he approached Caroline carrying her drink and with a huge smile plastered all over his beautiful face. Caroline smiled back as she took her drink from his hand.
"Thank you, Dean" – she said and felt a hit in her left shoulder. She looked and saw Bonnie smiling at her. "Oh, yes, this is Dean Winchester, and Dean, this is my best friend, Bonnie Bennett" – Caroline said as Dean and Bonnie shook each other's hands.
"Why are you drinking water?" – Bonnie asked Dean and he laughed at her.
"Well, Bonnie, my friends are actually in front of the Asphalt as one of my friends couldn't hold her liquor so almost everyone are with her, taking care of her, and I just went inside to grab a bottle of water and then" – he smiled and looked at Caroline, "I saw you two dancing and fortunately for me, Caroline came to grab a drink too so I couldn't pass a chance to meet her" – he said and Caroline blushed. She quickly took a sip of her vodka so she could cover her blush or made it as it was of vodka and not from receiving a compliment from such a gorgeous guy. "If you want, you can come outside and meet them" – Dean said and looked at the girls. Bonnie looked at Caroline who once again was looking at Klaus and Elle who were still dancing and ignoring everyone around them. If she knew they would be like that all night, she wouldn't mind if they'd stayed in their hotel room but on the other hand, they would be probably doing other things and that wasn't something that Caroline was fond of thinking about.
"Care?" – Bonnie said and Caroline looked at her, "do you want to go out? I mean, we are alone here but if you want to stay here and…"
"No, no, I'm most certain I don't want to be inside anymore" – she said and immediately an image of Klaus kissing Elle came to her mind, "let's go out. But, Dean, they are in front of the club, right?" – she asked Dean because as much she liked him, she still didn't know if he was a normal guy or perhaps a serial killer. You could never tell and as she saw in the scary movies, good guys were mostly serial killers.
"Yeah, they are just in front, don't worry, Caroline. Let's go" – he said and started walking towards the exit as the girls followed him. Caroline looked once again at Klaus, secretly hoping he would notice her and how she was leaving the club but he didn't do that. Was that even a surprise ? He ignored her pretty much all the evening in the club except when he asked her what will she drink when they came to the club.
"Dean, we are here!" – a guy around Caroline's age shouted to Dean. Caroline looked at the guy and saw him standing in front of the girl with a curly blonde hair, who held her head in her hands and was leaning on the other girl, a brunette. "What took you so long? Peyton is really not okay" – the guy said as he approached Dean and took a bottle of water from his hands. Dean just smirked and rolled his eyes.
"Oh, shut it up, Sam, your girlfriend will be perfectly fine – it's not like she is dying or anything. It's not Dean's fault that she can't handle her drink, is it now?" – a boy with a British accent said as he all of sudden appeared with the two other guys and a girl standing next to him.
"Don't mind my brother" – Dean said to Caroline and Bonnie, "he is just too much in love. Young love, what can we say?" – he smirked at the girls who just nodded.
"So, guys, where have you been?" – Dean asked the British guy who was curiously looking at Caroline and Bonnie. He was a really cute guy and he had a vibe of a bad boy all around himself but Caroline couldn't help herself but to feel that she knew this guy from somewhere. He looked so familiar but she just couldn't put him anywhere… maybe he just reminded her of someone.
"We went to grab something to eat but unfortunately all we have found is kebab" – a brunette girl that stood next to the familiar guy said. "And I had enough of them in Ibiza" – she added.
"You don't need to remind me, Brooke" – Dean said and the girl laughed.
"Well, Dean, aren't you a bit rude? You have two beautiful girls standing here and you don't want to introduce them to us" – a British guy said and a blonde guy that stood next to him laughed as everybody else did.
"That's because I don't want to share them with you, my friend" – Dean said and everybody laughed. "Just joking, girls" – he said as he saw the strange looks on Caroline and Bonnie. "Guys, meet the wonderful Caroline Forbes and her equally wonderful friend Bonnie Bennett" – Dean said and everybody said hi to the girls as they smiled. "Caroline, Bonnie, this obnoxious guy that is so worried for his girlfriend, who's name is Peyton Sawyer by the way, is my younger brother Sam Winchester" – Dean said and Sam waved back but never taking his eyes off his girlfriend Peyton, "and this beautiful girl next to Peyton is our goodie-two-shoes, Haley James" – Dean motioned to Haley who smiled at Caroline and Bonnie. "And this guys are Nathan and Lucas Scott" – he motioned at the two tall boys, one a brunette and other a blonde one, "two brothers, and this is a lovely Brooke Davis" – he said as Brooke approached the girls and hugged both of them.
"Nice to meet you, Bonnie and Caroline" – she said and flashed them a big smile as she showed her dimples that were incredibly cute.
"And for the end, I leave one and the only one, our wonderful Kol Mikaelson" – Dean said as both Caroline and Bonnie gaped in surprise because they were standing in front of Klaus's younger brother who supposed to be at Ibiza partying with his friends. Apparently, Kol was indeed partying but not in Ibiza. And Caroline realized now that she has seen Kol on the photo in the living room of the Mikaelson's home in London – no wonder that he seemed so familiar to her. He was Klaus's younger brother, for God's sake! Kol smirked at the two girls and laughed all of sudden.
"I know that I'm amazing and way to beautiful for my own good but this reaction is pretty new, I have to admit" - he said and smiled, "but I like it" – he said with a smirk on his face and everybody laughed.
"You are Klaus's younger brother" – Bonnie said and Kol looked at her surprised but with an amusing look on his face.
"Oh, I see that Dean has found my brother's groupies, haven't you, Dean?" – he said and everybody laughed again. "Nice catch, mate, real nice. So, how do you know Klaus? From the tabloids or have you actually caught a glimpse of my older brother somewhere? And, I have to say that you blondie, Caroline is it, have a more chance than Bonnie here with my brother. You are just his type – a beautiful blonde girl" – he said and started laughing. Bonnie looked at Caroline and started laughing because even Klaus's younger brother, obvious to the fact that Caroline liked Klaus, was telling them that Klaus would like her.
"Well, Kol, we are actually travelling all around Europe with your brother" – Caroline said and Kol stopped laughing. He looked at Caroline seriously.
"Wait a second, are you trying to tell me that the two of you are actually Damon's friends from the States?" – Kol asked and both Caroline and Bonnie nodded. "And as the two of you are here, that means my older brother is in Berlin and probably" – he turned around to face the Asphalt Club, "somewhere inside of that club, am I right?" – he asked and Bonnie nodded while Caroline smiled at him. "But weren't you supposed to be still in Paris for some time?"
"No, we are over with Paris and we came to Berlin yesterday actually" – Bonnie said and Kol nodded.
"And you are, I presume, staying at Adlon Kempinski hotel, aren't you?" – he asked and both girls nodded. "Well, that is Nik's favorite hotel in Berlin, after all" – Kol said and smiled at the girls. "I think we started somehow wrong so let me apologize for my behavior and introduce myself properly. My name is Kol Mikaelson and I'm glad that I have met the two of you, Caroline Forbes and Bonnie Bennett" – he said and smiled at the girls.
"Nice to meet you too, Kol" – Bonnie said and Caroline nodded. Caroline still couldn't believe that Dean was a friend of Klaus's younger brother and that she finally met one of his siblings. Klaus and Kol didn't have much in common when it came to their looks but she immediately recognized that same politeness that Klaus had towards his friends, which apparently was shared by Kol too.
"So, we were supposed to meet sooner or later, haven't we, Caroline?" – Dean said to Caroline as she sheepishly smiled at him.
"I suppose that is true, Dean. Klaus told us how we will definitely meet his younger brother and sister, the twins, somewhere along our trip" – she said and both Dean and Kol laughed.
"Speaking of my brother, I would really appreciate if someone would send my brother a message to come outside" – he said with a smile, "but don't tell him that I am here. We will surprise him" – he said and everybody laughed at him. It was obvious that Kol was the leader of the group because everybody loved him and looked at him with an obvious admiration. He had that mischievous spark in his eyes and although he looked like a really good guy he definitely was everything except that.
"Kol, you are an ass" – Brooke said to him as she hugged Lucas, who was her boyfriend apparently, and Kol laughed.
"And that is why you love me, Brooke" – he said and looked at Caroline and Bonnie. "So, can you do it? Send a text to my brother? I'm dying here" – he said.
"Bonnie, send him a text" – Caroline said but Bonnie shook her head.
"No, you should do it. He will definitely listen to you more than me" – Bonnie said and smiled at Caroline, which Kol didn't miss.
"So, you really have something with my brother, Caroline? Well that is no wonder because you are his type, after all; a beautiful blonde with a beautiful smile. Well done, brother, well done" – Kol said and Bonnie laughed at him and he smiled back at her.
"Well, Kol, no. I am not having a thing, or anything, with your brother – we are just friends" – Caroline said and Brooke shrieked.
"I remember you now! That's you – a girl that has been seen with Klaus all around the Europe – that's you, aren't you?" – Brooke said almost shouting and Bonnie laughed and nodded.
"That's her indeed" – Bonnie said and Caroline blushed.
"So, you two are most definitely more than just friends because Klaus is never seen with the same girl more than once" – Kol said and winked at Caroline.
"No, we are just friends, trust me, Kol. And besides, you will meet his girlfriend tonight because she is in the club with him" – Caroline said and Kol looked at her surprised.
"Girlfriend? No, Klaus doesn't do girlfriends – he does do girls but not girlfriends or at least his girlfriends" – he said and the boys laughed.
"You are disgusting, Kol" – Haley said and Kol just shrugged.
"That's is the truth, Hales" – he said and Haley rolled her eyes at him.
"No, seriously, he has a girlfriend now" – Caroline said and Bonnie nodded.
"It's true, Kol, and she is with us here" – Bonnie said.
"Well, maybe he has a girlfriend and maybe he doesn't, but let's drop that at the moment and call my brother" – he said and sat next to Haley as Caroline nodded.
"Okay, I'll send him a text" – Caroline said and took her phone out of her purse. She looked at Dean who was smiling at her and she smiled back before typing a text to Klaus.
"Klaus, can you come outside, pls? It's urgeant" – she typed and send and after a couple of seconds she received a text from Klaus.
"Caroline, is everything okay? Are you okay? Where are you exactly?" – she quickly read his text and sent a reply within a couple of seconds.
"I am at the benches near the park, hurry" – she typed and soon got his answer.
"I am on my way, don't move, love" – he wrote and she put her phone back into her purse.
"He is on his way, Kol" – she said and he nodded.
"Good, I really can't wait to see my older brother" – he said and laughed and everybody laughed with him. That was the thing with Kol – he was so full of life and everybody loved him. After not even a half an hour spent with Kol, Caroline knew that she already liked the youngest Klaus's brother.
Suddenly, a crowd in front of the entrance of the club started moving as Klaus started running towards the park surrounded with the two guards, or actually gorillas, by his side. Kol started laughing at the sight of his brother.
"I don't know what you have said to him but he looks really determined to come here as fastest as he can" – he said and Dean nodded.
"It sure looks like that" – Bonnie has said, as Klaus was now just a few meters from the place Caroline has been standing at.
"Caroline, are you okay?" – Klaus said quite worried before he came to Caroline and hugged her visibly relieved that she was fine. As he was hugging her, Caroline could feel his amazing scent that always made her want to kiss him. He let her go from his hug and looked at her carefully. "You are okay, you are really okay" – he said once again and she nodded with a smile. He caressed her cheek and smiled at her because she looked completely fine and nothing has happened to her. "You are fine, love" – he repeated once again but was interrupted.
"So, I heard you have a girlfriend, brother, but I am not sure do you like her or sweet little Caroline more" – Kol said as he approached Klaus and Caroline. Klaus, who still didn't move his eyes from Caroline, suddenly looked at Kol who was grinning at him like a lunatic.
"Kol?" – Klaus asked surprised.
"Hello, brother" – Kol said and hugged Klaus who was still surprised. "Surprised?" – Kol asked and Klaus nodded with a smile.
"What are you doing here, Kol? Shouldn't you be in Ibiza doing God knows what?" – he said and Kol laughed.
"I got quite bored with Ibiza so we decided to come to Berlin to have a little fun here and somehow we managed to meet your lovely friends, Bonnie and Caroline" – Kol said and Klaus laughed.
"Indeed, it is a small world" - Klaus said and looked at Caroline who was smiling at the whole interacton between two brothers. "So, I presume that the boat is available?" - Klaus asked and Kol groaned while Dean, Brooke and Nathan laughed at him.
"No, it is not. Elijah and Katherine came with some of their friends" – he started but Klaus interrupted him.
"So that's the real reason why Ibiza is all of a sudden boring" – he said and everybody else laughed.
"Apparently, I didn't need a boat to be on Ibiza according to Elijah. But who cares? We came her and we found my other big brother and his friends" – he said and Klaus laughed but turned to Caroline.
"You've go me quite scared, love" – he said and Caroline laughed. "I thought something has happened to you, something terrible but now I see that indeed something terrible has happened to you – you have met Kol" – he said with a smile and everybody laughed at him.
"Real mature, Nik" – Kol said he but also laughed. "But where is Damon and, most of all, where is the girlfriend? Is it truth or is she just playing with me? Or wait a second; are you his girlfriend, Caroline? Because, you two look quite fond of each other" – Kol said and both Caroline and Klaus looked at each a little bit embarrassed because it was quite obvious that Klaus cared for her in some way to everybody.
"Kol, shut it, will you? I do have a girlfriend and she is inside with Damon's brother and his girlfriend. Her name is Elle and you will meet her if you come inside" – Klaus said and Kol nodded.
"Okay, okay – want to go inside?" – Kol asked his friends. Sam and Haley shook their heads as Nathan, Lucas and Brooke also did.
"I think we should probably go back to the hotel with Peyton" – Nathan said and Brooke nodded.
"Dean, are you coming with us?" – Lucas asked Dean who shook his head and looked at Caroline with a smile.
"No, I think I will stay with Kol" – he said and exchanged another smile with Caroline which didn't passed unnoticed by Klaus who became quite annoyed all of a sudden.
"Are you going or not?" – Klaus said and Kol nodded as he and the others followed Klaus who was walking a couple of steps in front of them.
"Gosh, Caroline, Bonnie, are you two okay?" – Elena asked worriedly as Caroline and Bonnie came to her. "Klaus said something that you need to see him urgently and he almost got in a fight with Elle because she asked why Stefan couldn't go and then I had to pretend that I'm dizzy so Stefan couldn't leave my sight… but the two of you are okay, aren't you?" – Elena rambled and Caroline and Bonnie smiled at their friend.
"Sweetie, they are perfectly fine, don't worry" – Stefan said and Elena nodded.
"I was so worried because Klaus seemed so worried and…" – she started but Bonnie stopped her.
"Elena, we are fine. We actually met two guys and we want you to meet them" – she said and Elena looked at her curiously as Bonnie approached to Klaus and to the two guys that have been standing next to him and Elle.
"Elena and Stefan, meet my younger brother Kol and his friend Dean Winchester" – Kol said as the both guys smiled at Elena and Stefan. Soon, everybody started talking and laughing about the fact that they have met Klaus's brother by a pure coincidence.
"Do you want to dance, Caroline?" – Dean whispered to Caroline as she smiled at him and nodded. They went all alone to the dance floor and started dancing to the one of the summer hits and soon Caroline, who loved dancing, forgot all about Klaus and Elle, and started laughing and smiling and enjoying in every little beat of the song. She felt so free and besides, she was dancing with a really cute guy that obviously liked her a lot. He looked at her and as she was smiling at him, he asked her a simple question to which she answered with a simple nod. And with that, Dean Winchester kissed Caroline Forbes in front of all the people in the club, in front of all their friends and in the front of the Niklaus Mikaelson.
"I need to go to the ladies room, Dean, excuse me" – Caroline said to Dean after some time as she let him go and he just nodded.
"I'll go get us something to drink. Another straight vodka, I presume?" – he asked and she just nodded with a smile.
Caroline was washing her hands in the ladies room and she could still feel Dean's lips on hers and she couldn't stop smiling. He was such a good kisser and he made her want more and more and more – she really enjoyed kissing him and she could tell that he enjoyed kissing her as well. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled at herself as a thought came to her mind. Maybe Klaus didn't want anything to do with her but there was a guy that liked her and who didn't have a girlfriend to worry about. She fixed her make-up before she smiled once again at herself liking what she saw in the mirror. As she opened the door of the ladies room with an intention to go out, she saw a familiar face standing in front of the ladies room and looking at her intensely. He looked more beautiful than ever and he seemed so dangerous standing there. In his hand he was twirling a half full glass of scotch, a small smile touching the corner of his lips.
"Caroline, finally" – he addressed her as she looked at him carefully.
"Klaus, is everything okay?" – she asked him and he laughed. Caroline was quite confused but maybe he was just a little bit drunk.
"Miss Forbes is asking me is everything okay" – he said and laughed once again. "What do you think, Caroline? Is everything okay?" – he asked her seriously and she looked at him confused not knowing what to say to him. "You see, I have a question for you, Caroline, and it is quite a good one, truth to be told. Do you want to hear my question, love?" – he asked her and took a sip of his scotch while Caroline just nodded.
"Tell me your question, Klaus" – she said and he approached her. He cornered her and she was now leaning at the wall as Klaus was leaning on her never taking his eyes off her eyes as he if he was desperately trying to find something in them.
"Do you think it's funny to make me feel like this? To make me feel so jealous when I see you with him? Do you think it is okay to kiss him in front of me, Caroline?"
So, what do you think, guys? Do you like it? I know it is a bit of a cliffhanger but I had to do it, I just had to. And what do you think about Elle? Do you like her?
And we have finally met one of the siblings and I wasn't sure should it be Kol or Rebekah but I think it was funnier to meet Kol first. And as you can see, we have also met the Winchester brothers and some of the people from the One Tree Hill.
How do you like the chapter? Tell me, please, I'm dying to know. ;) And I have to say that I'm not sure when will I update but it will sometime soon - in a two weeks, perhaps three I have some school work to do and also one trip ahead of me.
I know it's kinda crazy that Klaus cornered Caroline in the end after he almost ignored her all night but it has a lot of sense, and you will see why in the next chapter.
So, now, tell me what do you think! Review, review, review!
P.S. I was inspired by Robyn and her song "Dancing on my own" when I was writing this chapter. Go to the Youtube and listen it - you will fell in love, I promise you.
