Chapter 10 – From blue to gold
"What are we waiting for? Let´s do something fun!", Kol said, the usual smirk on his lips. He was walking up and down the living room, always eyeing the beautiful witch, who was sitting on the couch. "Rebekah should be here in a minute", Elena said, sitting on Elijah´s lap. Caroline, who was sitting on the big couch with Bonnie, threw her head back and sighed loudly. "God, I´m bored as well, don´t you have any music?!", she moaned and Kol turned on the stereo immediately. "Thank god, this was about to get awkward", Caroline muttered and Bonnie giggled slightly. Klaus, who was sitting in the big armchair opposite the couch, watched Caroline amused. He didn´t get why he had to come here but when Caroline shyly asked him to come downstairs with her, he couldn´t resist. He was sure she didn´t mean it that way but he liked to think so. "Let´s dance!", Elena suggested, looking at her fiancé. "Oh no, for that I need to be drunk", he replied but when he saw Elena´s big brown puppy eyes he gave in. "Okay, but just dance with Bonnie or Caroline first", Elijah suggested smiling. "Fair enough", Elena beamed at her fiancé before she went to Bonnie and grabbed her hand. "Are you drunk already, Elena?!", Bonnie asked laughing. "Nope, but that might change", Elena answered. She went to the little bar and smiled bright when she pulled out a bottle of vodka. Elijah´s eyes widened at first but he relaxed right away, he was way too protective. Caroline jumped of the couch. "Give me that!", she said when she took the bottle from Elena. Klaus watched her interestedly. "What? If this evening should be fun, I will need it", Caroline added when she saw the bewildered faces. She opened it and took a big gulp from it. When she took the bottle of her mouth she smiled awkwardly and said: "So let´s have fun!". The other girls laughed and Elena turned up the music a little. After a while they were all a little drunk and danced around. Klaus watched Caroline, who was flipping her hair while jumping at the table and throwing her arms in the air. He smiled instinctively when she did that. "Oh my god, I love this song!", Bonnie shrieked, turning up the music. "No you don´t, you hate it, silly", Elena laughed out loud. "Oh yea you´re right", Bonnie remembered but then she laughed and danced around again. At the chorus all three girls sung out loud: "So tell me girl if every time we to-o-ouch, you get this kinda ru-u-ush", they burst into laughter at once and Caroline jumped of the table. Klaus wondered how she managed that in those high heels she was wearing. His thoughts got interrupted when he saw Kol dancing with Caroline. She was moving to the rhythm, giggling joyfully while Kol smirked at her. Klaus felt a stinging pain in his chest, tensing at once. When Kol laid his hands on her waist, swaying his body with hers, Klaus felt a wave of rage rush through him. He clenched his hands to fists and let out the deep growl, he couldn´t hold back anymore. He made a move to stand up, when Elijah grabbed his arm and pulled him down. "Calm down brother, you need to calm down!", Elijah urged, tightening his grip. It wasn´t easy to keep Klaus in his seat, after he was raging inside. "What would you do if this moron had his hands on your beloved doppelganger?!", Klaus questioned through gritted teeth. Elijah sighed. Of course he wouldn´t let Kol dance with Elena like that and he could see why Klaus was so angry. "Her name is Elena, brother. And I don´t want any trouble here!", Elijah said as calm as possible. He wanted Klaus to listen to him but he knew that if he would get loud, his brother would get even angrier. "I don´t care what you want!", Klaus growled, pushing away his brother´s hand. He was angry and with that way stronger. "Hey", Elena trilled, hugging her fiancé. "What´s going on?", she asked, bewilderedly looking from one man to the other. When Klaus didn´t answer, Elijah just gestured at him and Elena followed his gaze. "Oh, Klaus you don´t need to be jealous of Kol. Care really...", Elena started but Klaus cut in. "I´m not jealous!", he hissed through gritted teeth. "I´m afraid you are, brother...", Elijah said, trying to keep himself from laughing. His brother acted like a child and he found the situation rather amusing. "I am not!", Klaus growled loudly, making Elena flinch. "What are you not?", Kol asked smirking, walking towards them. "Never mind, brother", Klaus spit out. Kol just shrugged his shoulders and ignored this comment. "Your beloved Caroline has got some moves – woooh, quite attracting", he smirked mischievously and Klaus couldn´t hold it anymore. He flashed in front of him, clenching his hands to fists. "Relax brother, you have a problem with me dancing with your girlfriend?", Kol asked, the smirk not leaving his face. "She´s not my girlfriend!", Klaus hissed and finally Bonnie and Caroline also noticed the nasty atmosphere. Bewildered they looked at the group of the others, not knowing what was going on. "And she could dance with whoever she wants – ", Klaus glared at his younger brother, making himself taller to look down at him. "What do I care!", he growled, now looking at Caroline who walked towards them. "What is going on here?", Bonnie asked when they arrived the group. "Nothing", Klaus hissed at her. "Hey, you don´t need to be rude!", Caroline said aghast. "Yes Nik, you don´t need to be rude!", Kol repeated laughing and that was enough. Klaus turned back to him, grabbed him by his throat and threw him across the room. With a loud crash, Kol smashed into the couch table. "Niklaus!", Elijah raised his voice but Klaus didn´t care. He walked towards Kol when someone grabbed his arm. With a deep growl, Klaus pushed the hand away, tuning around furiously. Shocked Caroline looked up to him. "What is wrong with you!?", she demanded. "He deserves it!", Klaus growled, blending out the others who watched them shocked. "Why? He did no wrong! Besides, you´re not the one to judge – who is the mass murderer here?!", Caroline snapped back. "Oh really!? I´m not the one who killed 12 witches at once!", Klaus made a step towards her. "No, you rather slaughtered 12 of your own hybrids!", she also made a step towards him. "That´s not even the point! Kol deserves it for a different reason!" Caroline rolled her eyes. "Oh yea? And that would be?!", she asked, crossing her arms in front of her chest. "I don´t have to explain myself in front of you or anyone else!", Klaus growled loudly. He noticed how Caroline´s eyes slowly filled with tears but he was too angry to realize it. "How could you do this to me!? How could you be kind and gentle and in the next moment act like you don´t care? How could you make me believe that you´re human and then become this...this monster!?", Caroline screamed at him, tears running over her face. "Well there we are – I am not human!", Klaus roared back. His eyes got from the normal blue to a bright gold and his sharp canines were clearly visible. Perplexed and speechless Caroline looked up to him, shaking heavily. She opened her mouth and closed it right away. Then she took a last look into his golden eyes before she turned around and ran out of the room. Elena followed her immediately while everyone else in the room looked at Klaus, still shocked by what just happened. "Care...", they heard Elena yelling and then they heard a door slamming and it became quiet. Just this moment, Klaus realized what he had done. It was like the slamming noise cleared his mind at once and he felt the guilt coming up in him. "She locked herself in her room", Elena said under her breath, standing in the door. Aghast Klaus looked at Elena. The guilt was overwhelming him, his chest felt like it was about to explode. All he wanted now was to see Caroline.
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Caroline stormed out of the room, flashing upstairs and into her room. She heard someone calling her name, it sounded like Elena, but she had to be alone. She needed air, she couldn´t breathe. She slammed the door, locking it right away. No company – no problems. "No company...no problems...", she repeated under her breath, her hand still on the door handle. I can´t breathe...I-I can´t breathe... .air!, she thought and her breath fastened at once. She couldn´t calm down. Quickly she walked from the door to her bed and back to the door. "Okay..okay...", Caroline whispered to herself, finally calming down. She closed her eyes for a moment and took a deep breath. Sighing she sank on her bed, burying her face in her pillow. She lost track of time, so she didn´t know how long she lay there, when she suddenly heard a slight knock at her door.
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"I knew it, of course there had to be trouble", Elijah muttered more to himself. "Do you think she will be fine?", Rebekah asked Elena worriedly. She and Stefan just arrived and Elena told them the story. Klaus still hadn´t moved even an inch. His face had normalized and his now again deep blue eyes were slowly filling with tears. He felt weak to cry but the guilt was stronger. His head was pounding. While everyone was talking into him, he couldn´t stop thinking about Caroline. "I´ve got a broken rip, thanks brother!" "Nik, why did you do this?" "I knew he was no good!" "Bonnie, stop it!" "Maybe I should talk to her" "No Stefan, we better leave her alone" "Elena" "I knew it, this family always causes trouble!" - "Niklaus, do you even listen?!" Klaus heard all of it, they all talked into him. Suddenly he heard a high stinging noise and at once he woke up out of his trance. Although everyone was talking to him, he just walked out of the room, upstairs, through the hallway, until he stopped in front of a door. He took a deep breath and knocked slightly at the door – at her door.
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Caroline looked up from her pillow, her gaze on the door. She didn´t say anything, she just stared at it. "Ca-Caroline?", she heard Klaus´ throaty voice. Slowly she got up and walked to the door. Caroline reached out for the door handle, pulling her hand back right away. Uncertainly she bit her lips, still not saying a word. "Caroline?", she heard him saying again and she felt a slight sting in her chest. He sounded like he cried or like he was close to that...but Klaus wouldn´t cry, right? Caroline wanted to say something but every instinct in her body told her not to. She closed her eyes and put her hand on the door handle. "Please, love", Caroline´s heart broke into a thousand pieces when she heard the whisper from outside her door. She couldn´t, she just couldn´t open the door. When she bit her lips again, she tasted her salty tears and just then she noticed she was crying. She couldn´t...but she wanted to. Caroline leaned against the door, her eyes falling on the beautiful flowers at her bedside table. Her bottom lip started trembling and she couldn´t keep herself on her feet anymore. Slowly she sank to the ground, still leaning against the door, starting to sob uncontrollably. She heard how Klaus leaned against the other side of the door, sinking down to the ground as well. She turned her head so that her ear was lying at the door. "Please, love", she heard Klaus´ throaty whisper right next to her ear, what let tears run over her cheeks again.