Caroline's POV

I woke up reasonably early and turned over to see Klaus's still and very asleep figure. I stared at him for a moment or two, taking in the peaceful and unguarded expression on his face; one that no-one ever got to see when he was awake.

I gently pushed back the covers and got out, making sure that I didn't wake him; I knew that it had taken a long, long time for him to get to sleep last night, and I didn't want to disturb him. The next few days he needed to be on top form, and waking him up at god-only-knows what time in the morning would not achieve that. I pulled on a hoodie and some slippers and tip-toed down the stairs to the kitchen.

Opening the door, I saw Stefan seated at the table, thoughtfully sipping from a mug of what I thought to be tea.

"Ohmygod, Stef, you nearly gave me a heart-attack! What are you doing up so early!" I shouted in a loud whisper.

"Well Care, I could ask you the same thing!" He said in reply, rolling his eyes at my dramatics.

I frowned at him and put my hands on my hips, clearly showing him I was not pleased with his sarcasm.

"I asked first..."

Stefan pulled out a chair for me and got up to make me a drink before speaking. I gratefully sat in the chair and accepted the mug.

"I've been up for a couple of hours already; I had to go and get a surveillance van and check that all my equipment was in order." I nodded in understanding at him; it was obvious that he wanted everything to run as smoothly and as perfectly as possible.

"Where did you get the van from then?" I inquired curiously.

"...A man never reveals his sources, not even to one of his best friends..." Stefan replied with a wink.

"Ugh... so how did you sleep last night; very well I imagine, considering Elena was right there next to you!" I accused him mockingly.

He turned slightly red and dropped his gaze to the floor...

"Yeah, um... things were good..." Was all he replied, blatantly embarrassed by my insinuation.

"So I'm guessing you forgave her for everything that went down between her and Damon then?"

"Yeah, I did Care. Because I love her, and I should have realized that before I went away to do that job in Russia, with me gone it was natural for her to turn to Damon for support. When I came back things weren't the same, I'm sure she's already told you this. She was with Damon, but then things began growing between us again, and she came to me to say that she'd made such a big mistake whilst I were away and was there a possibility that we could start again. I was hurt by what had happened, so I told her no. In response to that she severed all communication to Damon to prove to me that nothing like that would happen again; so I told her I loved her, and now I'm pretty sure we're back together...and for good hopefully..." I saw the way that Stefan's eyes lit up as he spoke about her; the whole 'Damon and Stefan' debate had gone on for a long time, but I always knew and hoped that she'd pick Stefan, and in my mind she had definitely made the right decision.

I didn't feel that it was necessary to comment, so I just nodded whilst taking another sip from my mug.

"But what about you and Klaus huh? If you think I didn't hear you creep into his room, then you are mistaken." He said with a cheeky smile.

Now it was my turn to look embarrassed.

"Uh yeah, about that... there was a problem with the sleeping arrangements; it left me with the choice of sleeping with Matt or Niklaus. I chose Klaus because I just can't keep leading Matt on; he seems to think that we're going to get back together. And I know that things could have turned very awkward if I'd gotten in bed with him." I stated matter-of-factly.

"Did things get awkward with Klaus?" Stefan inquired with one eyebrow raised.

"No, they didn't we both just slept; and when I awoke he was still asleep so we had no awkward morning confrontation either!" I insisted.

"Okay, if you say so…" Stefan replied, not quite convinced.

Klaus's POV

Once again, when I had finally woken up, showered, dressed and made my way downstairs it seemed that everyone had already beaten me to it, and were deep in conversation around the table.

"Morning Klaus! Do you want a drink?" Caroline inquired cheerily from the kitchen, I felt my face breaking into a smile, there was something about her that just made me happy. I knew that I would never ever get tired of seeing that girls beautiful face.

"Yes please love, that would be great." I replied before making my way to the table and sitting down.

"So Klaus, I've already got the surveillance van, what's our action plan for today…" Stefan asked enthusiastically, it was obvious that the anticipation of the day was already getting to him.

"So Bonnie is going to make her way up to the guard post outside his house, she's going to use some of her clever concoctions to put the guards to sleep temporarily. Then the rest of us will be in the back of the van which will be disguised with a security company logo, so if Mason happens to look out of one of his windows he will assume that it is just a regular alarm check. Meanwhile Stefan will be in the Guard post hacking the camera feed and planting an unnoticeable chip that will give us access to his security Camera's. From this, for the next two days we will be following Mason to discover his movement patterns and then we shall make our move. Does that sound good to everyone?" I asked nervously, worried if there were any flaws to my plan.

Everyone nodded in unison, apparently happy with today's plan.

"Okay, ten minutes everyone and then we will get going…"

Hey!

Sorry this is a short filler kind of chapter, with lack of Klaroline scenes, the next one will have more action! – And sorry to any of you who are Delena fans!

A huge thank you to everyone that has been reading, reviewing and followinf – please continue!

And just to say, If you've been having trouble reading chapters lately I think it's because there's something up with the site at the moment.

Thanks for all of the support; I love to hear from you!

See you at the next chapter!