Klaus watched Caroline sleep. Her face looked peaceful and that gave him some relief but not much. He still hadn't slept himself, for he couldn't get what Caroline had to said to him out of his mind. Who was he? What did he do to Caroline? Klaus's Caroline. Klaus couldn't answer any of those questions but he could answer one question with certainty. What would Klaus do to the man that hurt Caroline? He'd torture him. Slowly and painfully to the point where said man would beg for the sweet release of death only to be denied and tortured endlessly for the entirety of his miserable existence.

"Wake up my love," Klaus whispered seductively against Caroline's small ear. Klaus watched in delight as Caroline's body reacted to the sensation of his warm breath caressing her sensitive skin. Caroline shuttered and stirred in her sleep. Her skin broke out in goose bumps. She moaned. Klaus, feeling bold as ever, reached out a careful hand and gently stroked Caroline's velvet, pale cheek, "Wake up my love," he repeated. And this time she did, waking up so quickly that for a moment Klaus feared he had compelled her without meaning to.

"Klaus," Caroline whispered, a lazy grin sprawled across her beautiful face.

"Yes," Klaus replied simply, smiling at Caroline a stunning smile that threatened to steal away her breath.

Caroline stretched and sat up in bed, "I'm sorry about last night," she said, a regretful tone swimming in her voice.

Klaus knit his eyebrows together, not understanding. "Why?" he asked.

Caroline sighed and pushed a hand through her mass of wild curls, "I-I can't remember anything, after I drank your blood…things got hazy…very hazy," she confessed slowly.

Klaus's insides did a somersault in his stomach and his face fell. She didn't remember. He wondered if he should tell her but what if it brought about bad memories for her? Memories that she'd rather forget? Klaus shook his head; no he couldn't do that to Caroline. He couldn't cause her pain…but the idea of not knowing the identity of this man who had hurt her, well it was just too much for Klaus to bear, even for one moment longer. He had to know.

Klaus shook himself from his tangled web of thoughts and decided to ask the question that had been gnawing and eating away at him for the past eight hours. "Caroline, before you went to bed you mentioned a man…you said that this man took things from you, hurt you…do you remember who you were talking about?" He asked, the words existing his mouth in a painfully slow manner like blood trickling out of a fingertip.

Caroline's face completely drained of color. Klaus had struck a nerve, a large nerve. "I told you?" she whispered to him in shock.

Klaus nodded slowly, "Yes but you did not reveal the identity of this man, that's what I must know. I must know Caroline," he told her, the statement coming out more like a plea than anything else.

Caroline's eyes watered and she bowed her head, "It was Damon," she said tragically and utterly, not at all noticing the explosion of rage that spewed out from Klaus upon hearing his name.

Klaus's face turned to stone, "I'll kill him" he said, his words so cold and definite that the air surrounding Caroline and himself became ice.

Klaus fly from the bed, causing Caroline who had been huddled and sobbing quietly, to sit straight up and claw at Klaus's arm. "Klaus, you can't," she said in horror.

Klaus almost snarled, "The hell I can't," he replied, his voice dripping with venom. He was out for blood. And he'd get it, he wouldn't stop until Damon's body was nothing more than a few scraps of bloodied skin and bone.

Caroline shook her head furiously, "No no, let me explain," she said to Klaus. "Please," she added.

Klaus's body jerked unnaturally and he halted. "You have five minutes to convince me not to kill the bastard," he growled at Caroline.

Caroline swallowed thickly, as much as she was annoyed and disgusted by Damon she couldn't fathom Klaus killing him, even he didn't deserve such an atrocious thing. "All right," she said.

"When I was seventeen, I was the most vulnerable and insecure I had ever been in my life…before my transition of course," Caroline started slowly, her hand wrapped up in Klaus's in a feeble attempt to calm him. "Elena…she had Everything. All the boys wanted her including Matt and Stefan. I wanted Stefan too," she continued but stopped as she saw Klaus's eyes widen at the mention of wanting Stefan in a romantic nature. Klaus absolutely hated competition. He would not stand for it.

Caroline squeezed Klaus's hand tighter and smiled at him sadly, "It wasn't like that Klaus. I wanted anyone to give me the time of day. I felt so alone," she explained.

Klaus nodded. He desperately desired to tell Caroline that she hadn't had to feel alone. She would never be alone with him here. Never. But…Klaus remembered that he hadn't even known the blue eyed beauty a year ago. He wished he had. "Go on," he urged her.

Caroline drew in a deep breath, "Anyway, once Stefan got to town, Damon tagged along with him. I met Damon a couple of days later and decided that if I couldn't have Stefan, I could have his brother," she told Klaus wistfully.

Then Caroline's voice dropped to an intimate whisper, "I didn't know about vampires," she said, "-so Damon did not only succeed in taking my virginity… but he also succeeded in making me his personal blood bank for weeks," she confessed, feeling much better after finally telling Klaus the truth as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders.

Klaus digested the information that Caroline had just divulged to him rapidly. He understood now. "Is that why you won't let me make love to you?" he asked gently, "Because Damon being the complete brute his, horrifically sullied the experience for you?"

Caroline smiled in a peculiar manner, "Not exactly. That's what set it off yes, but it's not the main reason. I meant what I said Klaus, I want our first time together to really be special, to really mean something," she explained, thinking back to her previous relationships in the process. Although she hadn't gotten there with Matt, she did with Tyler. Tyler…Caroline had thought sex with him would definitely be remarkable but in the end, it had left her feeling more empty and hollow inside than ever. There was no true love in their relationship, she realized that now.

Klaus blinked, "I see," he said.

Caroline smiled and her eyes suddenly shined when she looked at Klaus, "I'm glad you know the truth now. Now you see that it was just Damon being Damon, well Damon before Elena that is. She really has changed him for the better," Caroline said and continued, "-and best of all, you know that I'm telling you the truth about my feelings for you…all I want is to do this right."

Klaus smiled all his anger and fear washing away with Caroline's lovely, heartfelt words. He then pulled Caroline into his arms swiftly, nearly crushing her against him.

"It is right, it is right," he whispered feverishly against her ear.

*A/N*- So how'd you guys like the big reveal? Were your predictions correct? Do you think I described Caroline's feelings/story accurately? And sorry to those who had a death wish for Damon, I just couldn't do that to that blue eyed cutie! ;) Please please please review! If you could also answer that third question in your review it would be very much obliged! I need the feedback!