Hey guys! Here is the 10th chapter of my Klaroline fanfiction Hate The Way I Love You.

A huge thank you to my beta Sevval(somerholish) for helping me with this story and supporting me. And also I want to thank all of you for reading, reviewing, following and favoriting. I really appreciate that and your support means world to me. I hope you will enjoy in this chapter.

"What? What do you mean he left?", Caroline yelled, because she didn't expect the answer she had just heard. She suddenly became nervous. She started breathing loudly and bit her lip. Klaus left. She didn't even understand why she was so upset. Why did Klaus' departure bothered her so much? And then she realized it. She was afraid of losing him. She couldn't stand that thought. Last year when Klaus left she felt lonely, empty. She didn't know why but now she had known it. And she had to find him.

"I... I will find him. I have to...", she nervously said.
"Caroline... Are you sure that you can...", Elena worriedly started but Caroline cut her off.
"Yes! I have to!"
"Do you want me to go with you, Caroline?"' Rebekah asked.
"No! I have to do this alone, Rebekah."
"Are you sure? You don't even know where the house is and New Orleans is a big-"
"Bekah, please. I am not a child. I have to do this. I want to!"
"Okay, but wait a second", she took a paper and pen out of her bag and quickly wrote something.
"This is the address", she said and handed it Caroline's hand.
"Good luck", Elena said.
Caroline nodded and disappeared.

Caroline packed all the important stuff she had in the suitcase and headed to the airport. She bought a ticket to New Orleans. Her plane was in an hour. She sat on one of the seats for waiters and started thinking. What would she tell Klaus? That she was wrong and she wanted to give him a chance? Would he accept it? Would he want her now? Maybe. There was only one way to find out.

Caroline was in New Orleans. Alone in a city she had never been in before. She had actually never been anywhere but Mystic Falls. Now she was looking for Klaus in a crowded and big city. Or it seemed like that to her. Actually when she looked at it better, the city seemed beautiful. There was a lot of traffic and rush but it made the city look alive. Klaus must've loved this city. He probably considered it home. Anyway, now she had to find him. She waited a few minutes until a taxi passed by and she raised her hand and waved at him. Taxi stopped and she opened the door and sat on the back seat.
"To where we're heading, miss?", a driver asked her.
She read the address from the paper Rebekah had given her, which was still in her hand.

Caroline was standing there. She was standing outside of Klaus' family house. The yard was huge and grass looked trimmed and fresh. The house was huge and there were at least twenty rooms there. She wondered if anyone else was staying there with them. She didn't think so. What was she gonna do now? She would just enter in and say:''Hey Klaus! I just changed my mind. Can we get together?''

Would he accept her?

She used her vampire skill to hear what was happening in the house.

''You have to tell me what happened in Mystic Falls, brother. We shall go on a cocktail tonight. In a Bourbon Street. Like old times'', she heard Elijah saying.

''I am not really in the mood, Elijah'', Klaus said.

His voice gave her chills through her whole body. His voice. She felt like she didn't hear it in ages. And he wasn't in the mood. Because of her, of course.

''Come on. We could have lots of fun.'', Elijah insisted.

''Alright, then. We shall go.''

After that she didn't hear any more of the conversation. She stood still there and thought about what she was going to say to him. And suddenly she didn't know anymore. She forgot what she had come for. She couldn't just show up like nothing happened. She wasn't ready to face Klaus yet. She left the yard with a vampire speed and decided to find herself a hotel room.

After she spent her time eating an ice cream and lying in the bed, Caroline decided to do something. She didn't come to New Orleans for nothing. Maybe she should actually talk to Klaus. He would understand that she made a mistake. She wasn't flawless. He said that he would be at Bourbon Street tonight. She quickly threw away ice cream and got out of the bed. She opened her suitcase and chose her cute yellow dress. She looked like a little girl in it. She also put a lip gloss on her lips. She nervously smiled at herself in the mirror before she left the room.

Caroline was sitting in a bar in Bourbon Street and drinking Bloody Mary cocktail. It was actually terrible to her. She hated alcohol. Klaus wasn't there yet. Or she was at the wrong bar. Or he wasn't going to come anyway. She was nervously playing with her fingers. She checked her phone. There was one message. From Elena.

''Is everything ok?Text me'', it said.

''Everything is fine'', Caroline typed and put her phone back into her pocket.

She was sitting in the bar for two more hours, just watching if Klaus was going to show up, but he wasn't there yet. Just when she was about to leave, she saw Elijah getting into the bar. And then Klaus followed behind him. He was here. She bit her cheek inside and sat the way she was turning her back at them. He was here. Had he seen her? Probably not. She used her vampire skill to hear what they were talking about.

''Why are you so uncomfortable? We are here to have some fun'', Elijah was speaking.

Elijah? Having fun? She couldn't imagine him wearing anything other than suit. Unfortunately she couldn't turn around to see what he was wearing now.

''I told you I am not in the mood, but you insisted'', Klaus was saying and his voice gave her chills again.

Okay. She would do it in a few minutes. She would go there and ask Klaus to talk to her alone. And then she would admit everything. An hour passed but she was still collecting courage to go to Klaus' table. She used her vampire skills to eavesdrop again.

''You need anything else?'' she recognized waitress' voice. The one who served her Bloody Mary. She looked like a stripper. Why was the waitress who looked like a stripper talking to Klaus? She had to do it now. Now (no comma needed) or never. She got up from her seat and headed to Klaus and Elijah's table with a confident smile on her face. She sensed the astonishment in Klaus' eyes when he glanced at her. And something that she couldn't put her finger on, something she had seen in his eyes every time he looked at her.

''Caroline'', he said.

Elijah confusedly looked at Klaus and then at Caroline. She smiled. Elijah was wearing jeans and a shirt.

''Hello'', she politely said.

''What are you doing here?'', Klaus asked with a confused look on his face.

''I...'', she tried hard to seem confident, but she felt stupid and awkward.

''I need to talk to you, Klaus. Alone'', she slowly said while looking in his green eyes. She didn't see anything in his eyes now. He formally nodded and looked at Elijah. He got up from his seat and they left the bar together.

''Follow me'', Klaus said.

She walked beside him wondering where he was taking her. In a few seconds they were standing behind the bar. There was no loud music or people there. Only the two of them. It was the time. She had to say it now.
"I... I want to apologise. Because I made a mistake when I told you that I don't feel anything for you. Because I do. I..."
He cut her off.
"What, Caroline?", he angrily said in his British accent. She had never seen him like that. He looked heartless, emotionless. He slowly started getting close to her.
"What do you feel? Tell me."
He was so close to her that she could feel his breath on her face. His lips weren't that close to her since he kissed her. She wanted to kiss him again.
"What do you feel?", he repeated, whispering this time. She couldn't focus on the question. What did she feel for him? She didn't know exactly. Something different. Something she had never felt before. He was looking at her expecting the answer.
"I...", she tried to.

She couldn't comprehend what she felt for him. She couldn't explain it by words. It was someting strange.

''I am not exactly sure what I feel about you, but I know that I need you. I can't move on with life without you'', she desperately said.

He immediately moved away from her. He started laughing humorlessly.

''What do you think I am, Caroline? I'm not your pet. (it sounded better) You can't wait me to be at your service all the time!''

She bit her lip hardly to prevent her tears from rolling down.

''I don't expect you to... I just... I expect you to understand. I can't explain what I feel for you. It's not that easy'', tears were already streaming down her face and she couldn't stop them.

''Well I don't understand, Caroline. I don't understand that you can't express your feelings. I don't understand that you manipulated me, pushed me away and now you are standing here, asking for forgiveness, even though you can't simply understand how you feel about me. You need to stop being selfish and acting like a spoiled brat!'', he burst out and then, disappeared in the blink of an eye.

He had left her alone and crying for him in the darkest hours of the night.

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