"Calm down, I was just at the Falls, I didn't realise that I had to tell you every movement of mine. You'd be better of sticking a GPS tracker on me." I smirk as I walk past him towards the stairs. "Now if you don't mind, I'm going to sleep."

"I might just do that, GPS does sound like a good idea." He says with a tense voice. I roll my eyes at him but flash up the stairs to my room and take off my jacket and undo my hair letting my curls fall over my shoulder when I'm flashed to the wall and held there firmly against a warm body. Klaus. He's got me pinned against the wall and is staring intently into my eyes.

"Is this going to be a daily occurrence, you pinning me to a wall or tree?" I say tiredly as he smirks and moves his face closer to mine as he grips my waist and leans his other hand on the wall beside my head.

"Well that depends if you try to leave without telling me first." He growls and I shake my head.

"I told you I'd get this done, now will you leave so that I can get some sleep. Try to resist the urge to pin to a wall tomorrow, it gets tiring after a while." I say sarcastically as I push against his chest and move away to take off my shoes. He pulls me back by my wrist and cups my cheek.

"Sweetheart, don't get cocky, that's my job. Tomorrow, I want result on the blood. I'm giving you two weeks, I suggest you use them wisely." We stare at each other for what feels like hours but is only a couple of seconds before he releases his hold on me and flashes out of the room, closing the door behind him. I run my fingers through my hair and move to the mirror, staring at the girl in the reflection. She seems strong yet so broken. Happy but desolate. She's a façade, a deception. A stranger to me.

"You ready yet Caroline?" I swing open the door as I grab my bag from the side. Her eyes run over my white sundress which is covered with my jean jacket and my ankle boots and pinned up hair with a few tendrils falling out. "Hmm, it'll do." I roll my eyes at her and follow her down the stairs where her brothers are waiting for us.

"Sister, Caroline, where are you going?"

"Shopping Elijah, I don't know when we'll be back so don't wait up." She says as she pulls me along and out of the door when Klaus suddenly flashes in front of me.

"Can I help you?" He smirks as he runs his eyes over my body whilst I place my hand on my hip.

"Aren't you forgetting something?"

"Nope." His eyes narrow and I smirk at him.

"I said that I wanted results with the blood today, and it seems that you're off gallivanting with Rebekah. Do you see the problem with that?"

"Not really, you said you wanted results by today…" I look at my watch and raise an eyebrow "…and it seems I have 14 hours of today left to get you results. For a thousand year old, you're not really good at reading the time are you?" I walk past him as his smirk drops and he sighs loudly.

"Well then sweetheart, it seems I'll be accompanying you today to make sure you don't run off."

"You really have some trust issues don't you?" I get in the passenger seat as Rebekah starts the car and pulls away before Klaus can join us.

"God, your flirting seriously gives me a headache." I roll my eyes at her.

"There is no flirting, I just like annoying him since he can't kill me. Well, not yet." I shrug my shoulders.

"You never told me what happened between you and Damon."

"Yes I did, I said nothing happened."

"And for some reason I don't believe you." I shrug my shoulders amusedly as I see Klaus' car in the side view mirror as he follows us to the shopping mall.

"Believe what you want Rebekah." She hums but looks over at me with curiosity. "But today is all about shopping, it's been so long since I've bought some new clothes, I think I might go on a shopping binge today. Be prepared Beks." She begins giggling as we pull up to the mall. We get out and enter the shopping centre as Klaus follows us.

"So where are we heading first?" I ask and she grabs my hand and leads me to Macy's, we spend an hour in there whilst Klaus sits on the chair sipping champagne whilst he waits for us.

"Are you going to do this in every shop" I ask him as he raises his eyebrow in confusion.

"Do what sweetheart?" I roll my eyes as Rebekah goes off to pay for the stuff she bought. I huff and sit beside him on the chair.

"Drinking champagne, you know we're here to shop and do you know what people do whilst shopping?" I ask him slowly as if he's mentally unstable.

"Yes, love, I do."

"So…" He grits his teeth at my persistence.

"So what?"

"So what are you buying?" He rolls his eyes at me

"Nothing, I'm just here to supervise you-"

"And make sure I don't run away, blah, blah, blah. I think you're just using that as an excuse to follow me round like a puppy." He scoffs as I stifle a laugh.

"Whatever you say sweetheart." I get up as Rebekah comes towards us. I move behind him and move my lips to his ear.

"I don't hear you denying it…" I hear his sharp intake of breath and I spin and walk away hooking my arm though Rebekah's as we walk towards another store leaving Klaus to catch up with us.

"Caroline, where's Nik?" I shrug my shoulders amusedly.

"I have no idea." I say with a smirk as she looks at me curiously but rolls her eyes and moves towards the dresses. I see Klaus compel a shop assistant to bring some champagne for him which she does in a glass. I walk around for a couple of minutes picking out a few shirts and dresses. I make my way to Rebekah when I bump into someone. I look up and see Klaus looking down at me with an empty glass and a stain on his Henley. I try not to laugh but I let out a giggle as I look at him.

"Caroline…" he says through clenched teeth. I roll my eyes.

"It's just a little stain, I'm sure you can wash it out at home."

"And what the hell am I supposed to do now?" Rebekah walks towards us and listens in on us.

"Well Klaus, if you haven't noticed we're in a clothes shop which coincidentally sells clothes. Clothes such as shirts for men like you. Look on the bright side Klausy, at least you'll do what normal people do in shops. Shop for clothes." I give him a bright smile and point him to the men's section.

"Sweetheart, what did we say about calling me that?" I shrug.

"You really liked it and wanted me to call you Klausy all the time." I say hopefully but he just scowls.

"Nope, guess again."

"You absolutely loved the name and wanted the whole world to know." He growls and I look over at Rebekah who is hiding a smile behind her hands. "Gosh, I try so hard but there's just no pleasing you, is there Klausy?" I wink at him and walk to the changing rooms. A few minutes later I walk out of the stall and see Rebekah sitting on the chair and Klaus nowhere to be seen.

"He's trying on a new shirt. Well done Caroline, I'm impressed, you got him to buy something when someone else is with him."

"What can I say, I'm fabulous like that." I smile at her and look in the mirror as I twirl in the dark blue skater dress.

"I like it, pair it with black heels and you're good to go. You should definitely get it." I nod and just as I'm about to go back in, Klaus walks out shirtless.

"Rebekah, could you get this in black, green really doesn't suit me." My eyes run over his defined chest, his perfect abs and the v shape waist which runs down to-stop it Caroline.

"See something you like love?" My eyes flash back to his and I feel myself blush.

"In your dreams Klaus." I say as I walk back to my changing room.

"More like daydream, feel free to ogle me some more, sweetheart, it makes me feel appreciated." He teases me through the door.

"Go away Klaus." I say as I change back into my clothes whilst he chuckles. I come back out and buy my dress as Klaus and Rebekah wait for me. "Where to next?" I ask Rebekah who smirks at me and drags me to the perfect store.

"Victoria's Secret, the perfect store." Rebekah says with a smile and I look over at Klaus who rolls his eyes. Two can play at his game.

"You're right Bekah, come on." We make our way in and move through the aisles as Klaus follows. "Excuse me?" I say to a curvy red head.

"Yes."

"I was wondering where your lace demi cups are and your corsets." I smirk and hear Klaus' breathing become shallow.

"3rd aisle on the left."

"Thank you." I walk over there and pick up lace sets in various colours and some corsets. "I'll try these on, come on Bekah." I say as she has some sets as well. Klaus sits down and waits for us to be done outside our doors. Perfect. I smirk deviously. "Hey Bekah, I'm trying on that red corset but I'm not sure if it's too risqué." I say knowing that she'll hear me perfectly well with her vampire hearing.

"Open the door and let me see." She says and I take in a deep breath as I walk out and keep my gaze on her. "Hmm, you look stunning Care, lace, red, very, sexy. It doesn't seem risqué to me. What do you think Nik?" She says with a smirk as she can tell what I'm doing and plays along. I look at him with innocent eyes.

"Well, Klaus. Risqué or not?" I ask as I spin slowly on the red stilettos. His mouth is open and his eyes are wide. "Klaus?" he snaps back and coughs to relieve the awkwardness.

"It's nice." He says with a hoarse voice causing me to smile but roll my eyes.

"Come on Klaus, you're a guy, is it too risqué or just right?" I pout as he swallows hard.

"It's fine." He winces at the tone of his voice.

"Well thanks." I say as we both return to our dressing rooms and change. I put on the lace blue demi bra with matching panties and smirk, piece de résistance.

"Hey Beks, should I get this in blue or purple?" I say as I walk out again with a strut. Rebekah looks at me and glances to Klaus who sputters out some of his champagne but tried to hide it.

"Blue, definitely. I'm just going to pay for these." She walks out leaving me and Klaus alone. I spin in the mirror and glance at Klaus who is staring at me.

"See something you like love?" I repeat his words with a smirk, he narrows his eyes at me. "Feel free to ogle at me, it makes me feel appreciated?" I wink at him and return to my room and breathe out. I can't believe I just did that. But that look on his face. Priceless. I change into my normal clothes and get out taking the outfits with me as Klaus follows me to the checkout where I pay.

"Lunch?"

"Sure, human or normal?" Rebekah smirks as I roll my eyes at her.

"Normal."

"I saw a nice restaurant on the way here."

"When was the last time you had something like pizza or burger and chips?" Rebekah scoffs.

"Why would I eat stuff like that?'

"Because it makes you fit into human society?" I say sarcastically as Klaus chuckles behind me. "Oh come on Beks, burger and chips, do it the normal, menial way, I promise you'll like it." I say with a puppy look to which she sighs and nods reluctantly.

"Fine, but if I hate it then I reserve the right to throw it at you."

"Fine." We make our way to McDonalds and I can see Rebekah looking around as if she's never been here whilst Klaus acts like he usually does. A teenager bumps into him and he growls whilst I laugh at him.

"Calm down Klaus, he was just a teenager." I say as he rolls his eyes. "What do you guys want?" they both shrug. "It's like you two have never been here before. Their faces remain impassive and my eyes widen. "Oh my God, you've never been to McDonalds?" They roll their eyes.

"Now why would I want to spend a meal here when I could eat in the own sanctity of my house sweetheart?"

"You're such a bore." I murmur.

"I heard that sweetheart." I give him a fake smile. "

"I really don't care, now you two, go upstairs and see if there are some seats on the balcony whilst I get the food." They nod and walk away as I wait for my turn.

"Welcome to McDonalds, what can I get you?"

"I'd like 3 Chicken sandwich meals and two chicken nugget happy meals with coke. Thanks." I smirk as I take the tray and make my way to Klaus and Rebekah who are sitting on the balcony overlooking the street which is filled with people. "Here you go. I got both of you chicken burgers and a happy meal on the side."

"We're not children sweetheart." Klaus says as he sees the happy meal box. I sit down and hand them their meals.

"Oh come on Klaus, don't be a spoil sport. Since you've never been here, you need the full human experience. Well come on, dig in." I grab my burger and bite into it as do the others.

"Why did you want to get seats on the balcony?" I look over the barrier and smile.

"Listen." I whisper.

"There's nothing." Rebekah says confused.

"No, listen to the street.' I murmur and I listen intently to the street sounds that meld together and flow melodically. People's voices blend together building the bass as their footsteps and rustlings of their bags make the rhythm. A saxophone beat flows in as do the guitar strumming and the hip hop beat to which dancers are moving to.

"It's…beautiful." Rebekah whispers and I smile at her and turn to see Klaus giving me a small smile which I return. He takes another bite from his burger and me and Bekah laugh.

"What?" He says confused and I point to the blob of mayonnaise which is on the tip of his nose. "Ha, ha very funny." He looks for a napkin which I forgot to get so I get out a tissue from my bag and gently wipe the tip of his nose. His eyes bore into mine and I can feel the tension sizzle in the air. I cough and pull back as I finish eating my burger.

"So? What did you think?" I ask them once their done.

"Surprisingly…good." Klaus says as he nods. I let out a gigantic smile at my achievement.

"There's still one more thing left." I open their happy meal boxes and get out their toys and hand them to them. "Open them." They do and Bekah gets a princess notebook with a small pen whilst Klaus gets a cuddly little white wolf with sharp blue eyes. I roll my eyes at Klaus who smiles like a 5 year old.

"Now, this, I like." He says.

"How ironic." I say with a smile as I look over at Bekah who seems so…human at this moment.

"It's pretty."

"Suits you sister, you always act like a princess." He snorts as she narrows her eyes at him.

"Ok, Mikaelsons calm down, no need to cause a massacre." I say as they roll their eyes but I see Klaus' mouth twitch.

"We should go now." Klaus says as he gets up and we follow to the car and drive back to the mansion.

"Well, I hate to admit it but I had a really good time today." Rebekah says as we get out of the car and walk inside to the mansion to see Kol playing XBOX whilst Elijah sits near him reading a newspaper.

"Niklaus, Rebekah, Caroline how was shopping?"

"It was surprisingly good. We should do it again." Rebekah says with a smile as Klaus smirks and I look over at Klaus.

"No freakin way. You have Assassin's Creed?" I walk over Kol and pick up the other controller and join in.

"You're really good." Kol says but his eyes are focused on the game. I smile but like him focus on beating my opponent. I hunt Kol down and shoot his troops repeatedly and then kill him.

"And boom! That is how you do it." I say with a smile as Kol's jaw drops. "Good try Kol, maybe you'll improve next time." I pat him on the shoulder in a comforting way as his eyes remain wide and his mouth is still open. I lift my hand and close his mouth for him. "Wouldn't want you to catch flies." I walk away and take my bags and flash to my room and then come back down to check on the centrifuge. I tie up my hair and place my goggle on as I unpack the deep freeze tank. "Word of warning, do not touch this without gloves. In fact don't touch this end of. Clear?" I look at them and they all nod. "Good." I place a sample of the tube solution back under the microscope to see if everything's separated which it has. I place the solution into the tank and lock it for an hour. "I have an hour until this is done, anyone want to go get drinks at the Grill?" I say and they nod. "Ok, come on."

We make our way to the grill and I order a bourbon for myself as Rebekah gets a vodka tonic and the boys get a scotch.

"Caroline?" I turn and see Bonnie.

"Hey Bon, what's up?" she glances over at the Mikaelsons but shakes her head.

"Nothing, I haven't heard from you." I shrug my shoulder and order a tequila shot for her.

"I've been busy, sorry Bon, where is everyone?" she sighs and sits beside me.

"Stefan is staying at your house and keeping your mom company, Matt and Tyler are hanging out and Jeremy is studying."

"Elena and Damon." Her eyes drop and I put my arm around her as she drinks the shot.

"At the Boarding House." she says off handedly. I nod along with her as I glance at Rebekah who smiles and gets up.

"How about a game of pool? Boys against girls?" I smile and nudge Bonnie who agrees. Kol and Elijah follow whilst Klaus remains seated at the bar with his scotch.

"Klaus, come on." I say as I walk to him.

"Still drinking love." I roll my eyes, snatch his scotch and gulp it down and slam it back onto the bar. "Caroline!" He says as I widen my eyes innocently.

"What? Oh did you and your scotch need a minute to say your goodbyes?" I say sarcastically as he shakes his head and I grab his hand and drag him to the pool table as Kol hands me the cue.

"Ok, boys against girls. We play by the rules, no off-handed tactics." Bekah says as she sets it up.

"Bon, do you need any help?" Kol smirks at her as she rolls her eyes and shoots a perfect shot and smirks at him.

"So that you can get behind me and lean over to help me? No thanks Kol, I think I can handle this." She winks at him and I smile at her small giggle. Elijah shoots next and he does it with his formal business flair.

"Bekah?" She does a good shot followed by Kol who cockily gets another one in.

"Care." I line up my shot and just as I'm about to shoot Klaus coughs to put me off.

"Nice try Klaus" I line it up again and shoot perfectly. He smirks at me and I move round the table next to him. Just as he lines up the shot I nudge him causing him to miss.

"Now, now sweetheart, did you just nudge me?" I look at him innocently.

"Me? Of course not, I'm a freakin saint. I would never pull a tactic like that" I place my hand over my heart and he tries to suppress a chuckle but fails as I giggle along with him.

"Elijah." He says but he just shrugs.

"I don't see anything that would be considered as cheating Niklaus, maybe you're just losing your touch." Elijah smirks.

"Very good love, getting the whole family involved." The turns keep going and I line it up again as it gets to me. Just as I was about to take the shot Klaus whispers into my ear breathlessly.

"You look ravishing like that sweetheart." I miss the shot and glare at him.

"What the hell Klaus? I missed." He pouts.

"Aww, it seems you did, maybe you're losing your touch."

"Yeah." I narrow my eyes and hit him with the cue as he spins round to the other side of the table opposite. It's like a game of cat and mouse. I move to the side but he remains opposite me.

"I wouldn't do that sweetheart, I'm still older and stronger than you. I could just snap your neck." I smirk and raise my finger side to side.

"Nope, blood oath remember Klausy." He glares at me and I move to my left and as I anticipated he moves to the left as well so I slide under the table and end up on his side and hit him with my bare hands.

"Come on sweetheart, no need for violence. I know you want to touch me but come on." I huff.

"There's no point in trying to speak to you when you're like this." He raises his eyebrows in fake shock.

"Like what? Cute and loveable?" I roll my eyes at him as I try to pull my hands from his grip.

"No, arrogant and annoying." He pulls me closer.

"You secretly love it." He teases when I pull my hands away from him and glare.

"Yes, I love it so much that I'm walking away from you." I flip my hair over my shoulder and move back to the other side of the table when I feel goose bumps cover my skin. The prickles run over my arms and I shiver which Klaus notices.

"Caroline…?" I look at him and then slowly turn to look over the people when I see a figure in a waistcoat suit standing at the bar, he turns and smirks at me as he lowers his glass and walks towards me. I notice all the people get up all together and move out of the bar as if they were compelled.

"You've got to be kidding me…" I hear Kol murmur behind me. Kaleb walks towards us and I meet him half way as I cross my arms.

"Hello Caroline."

"Kaleb"

"No need for the hostility." I roll my eyes when the door opens and three more people enter. A man with black hair and stubble and green eyes and two girls with chestnut brown hair and ice blue eyes.

"Great, a family reunion, as if things couldn't get any worse." I say as I look at them whilst they smirk at me. Another man enters with bar dressed like Kaleb but with a full suit jacket and a taller frame. "Oh would you look at that, I spoke too soon."

"Hello Caroline."

"Why are you here Samuel?" He raises his eyebrow in a condescending way.

"I just want to talk darling."

"And I said no to Kaleb, my answer wasn't going to change."

"You said you were busy."

"I am."

"Playing pool, yes, very busy sister." Kyle says sarcastically as he leans over the bar and grabs a bottle of bourbon.

"Well, I'd like to talk now" I narrow my eyes at him.

"Like I said I'm busy." He hums and glances over my shoulder to look at the others.

"Miss Bennett, it's a pleasure to meet you, how is your grandmother?" Bonnie's eyes widen.

"You knew Grams?" she whispers whilst Samuel nods.

"Yes, she was a good woman."

"Which led you to murdering her and draining her magic." I say

"What…" Bonnie whispers.

"It was a necessary evil." I shake my head.

"It's always a necessary evil?" I scoff "Killing a defenceless woman for her magic was not and never is a necessary evil. It's just plain cruel. You're a monster."

"Unapologetically so darling. Now, you know what I want and we can do this the easy way or the hard way.

"And what makes you think that I won't just run again?" He chuckles lowly and moves closer to me as he looks over my shoulder.

"You have too much to lose darling, you are loyal, it's engraved in your head because of your wolf gene. I know you won't run, and that is your weakness but my advantage." He says in a deadly tone.

"You don't know anything about me." He tilts his head.

"Of course I do, I know exactly what type of person you are. Just like your father. You inherit so much from him, in fact I pity you for that. He was pathetic and weak." My eyes widen at his mention of my father but I smirk.

"Is that why your wife let him fuck her?" His eyes fill with rage but he grins in a sinister way.

"Oh, poor, poor Caroline. So young, so innocent." He runs his finger down my cheek and I stare into his cold dead eyes as he smirks. "I will get you and you will comply." He walks out of the door leaving the others.

"Care…" I look over at Kamara who swallows and reaches out her hand but I avert my eyes and her hand falls. She sighs and walks out of the bar. 3 left.

"I'm sorry Caroline, I truly am." Kamara whispers but I refuse to look at her as she leaves.

"And 2 left. Talk about family drama. Well seeing as most of the party have left, I'll be going. It's been nice knowing you sis but what can I say. We just weren't that close." He gets up and pats me on the arm as he takes a drink from his bottle and walks out. I look at Kaleb and see his eyes set on mine.

"Why does he want to kill Caroline?" I hear Kol ask curiously.

"Long story."

"Not's so long." I murmur. The corner of Kaleb's mouth lifts.

"He's going to kill you."

"I know." I say resolutely.

"And if he doesn't, then I will." I refuse to let tears fill my eyes and betray me so I keep myself grounded. I smirk instead.

"Not if I kill you first." I say and he cocks his eyebrow.

"You can't."

"I'm more powerful than you, of course I can. Either way…I'll see you in hell." He glares at me and at the others then walks out of the doors as people begin to file back in as if nothing happened. I take in a deep breath and suppress the emptiness I feel. I spin round and grab my cue from the table and shoot getting in the final ball.

"End Game" It certainly is.