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Chapter 10 Gossip and Fights

I was eating breakfast the next morning with Klaus when Kol came downstairs and sat with us. I hadn't seen Kol since I had started to stay at the mansion so I was a bit shocked when he sat down beside me.. I was drinking my orange juice and blood as Klaus read the morning paper when Kol suddenly began to talk to me.

"Good morning." Kol said smirking at me as he buttered his toast and helped himself to eggs.

I gave him a small smile and continued to eat, wary of the fact that Kol was talking to me. The only interaction I had, had with him was on the first night I was in Mystic Falls, which was almost a month and a half ago. I wondered vaguely where he'd been and what Bonnie and him had between each other.

"So how's life, dear brother?" Kol asked looking over at Klaus who was reading the New York Times.

"Fantastic, Kol. Where have you run off to these past few weeks?" Klaus asked without raising his head.

"Around. I've been taking care of important business." Kol said sending me a creepy grin.

"No doubt cavorting with whores and gamblers." Klaus said rolling his eyes.

"For your information, dear brother, I've been attending to financial business…and playing with witches. Although none of the witches have anything on, that green eyed goddess." Kol said looking off into the distance with a soft smirk.

I raised my eyebrows knowing almost immediately whom he was referring to.

"Doesn't she have a boyfriend?" I interrupted Kol's daydreaming of Bonnie.

Kol scowled and sent me a glare, "Klaus, your pet is ruining me luscious Bonnie daydreams, make her stop."

Klaus sent a bored glare over at his brother and then turned to look at me before disappearing behind his paper again.

"I'm not his pet, Kol. I'm a person." I said haughtily.

"I suppose if you were his pet you'd be bringing him more pleasure and he wouldn't have to obtain common whores to prance around with. If you were doing your job you'd be more useful than you are now." Kol said sending me a nasty smirk.

I frowned and looked over at Klaus who was still reading the paper and didn't say anything to his brother's accusations. I looked back over at Kol who was still watching me waiting for me to respond. I could feel the jealousy and anger rolling around my stomach at his words and I wanted desperately to punch him in the face, but instead I got up and brought my dishes to the sink and then slowly turned around to look at Kol the words slipping from my mouth with no filter.

"You know, Bonnie hates you right? She only sees you as a dirty vampire who sleeps with woman and uses them. She'll never be with you, she's in love with Tyler and even if they break up, she'll still never want you. She's powerful and light and beautiful and you're…beneath her Kol. Completely beneath. Try getting that through your thick skull." I said snidely and then going to leave the kitchen. But I was stopped by Kol pushing me into a wall. Klaus glanced up from his paper and raised his eyebrows as Kol held me by my shoulders. My eyes widened a fraction of an inch, but I refused to give in to the fear that was consuming me as I stared into Kol's eyes.

"You don't know what you're talking about, slut. I am—" Kol began to say but Klaus surprisingly interrupted him.

"Let her go Kol or I'll rip out your liver." Klaus said casually tossing the paper onto the table.

"But she—" Kol began to say but Klaus sped over to us and he took his wrist and snapped it back. I pulled my body away from the close confines of the brothers and went towards the door.

"Don't touch her." Klaus said his voice anything but dangerous, but the look in his eyes was frightening. I could see for the first time how someone would be scared of him. How he could be mistaken for a psychopath, but I immediately brushed that thought under the rug. I was hurt by Kol's words and I was also torn between swooning that Klaus was standing up for me and jealous that other girls got to be with him.

"Kol go back to the table and tell me what you've been up to. Caroline get ready for our lesson for today, dress in workout clothes." He said waving me off as Kol shuffled to the table and I went into the living room and towards the stairs. I ran into Rebekah and Matt kissing on the stairwell and I tried to hide my distaste at seeing them so happy.

I frowned wondering when I became the girl who hated people in relationships because they were so happy. I chalked it up to sexual frustration and having to live in the same house as Klaus as he fucked whores. I scowled deeply at that thought and threw my neatly folded clothes around trying to find something to wear.

I realized while I got ready for day two of our lessons that I needed to get laid, but sleeping with Klaus probably wasn't the best idea. He was afterall my sire, along with my teacher, on the road to being my friend, and also a crazed psychopath that could kill me. All of the above were obviously cons to sleeping with him, but I wanted him so badly. All I thought about was him. All I dreamt about was him. And after all of this pining all I got was a brush off and his need to be pleasured by whores. I was beyond fuming by the time I got downstairs and when I met Klaus in the hallway I was again torn by wanting to jump his bones and wanting to kill him.

I blamed it on the sire bond, despite the fact that it wasn't ignited, or at least that's what he said.

"We are going to learn how to fight today." Klaus said casually.

"What?" I asked surprised.

"You need to learn self defense. I'm sure you know a little, but after the attacks you've suffered and if you are going to be around me you're going to have to learn how to defend yourself." Klaus said smirking at him.

I smiled for the first time that day already eager to blow off some steam. He took me into the woods behind the mansion and we spared for hours. Most of the time he would win, but I was starting to get the hang of it and once I even got him on his back. We took a break around three in the afternoon and we both had some blood and water to cool down. Finally I got up enough courage to ask him what Kol had been talking about.

"What was Kol talking about?" I asked as I sipped on my blood bag.

He looked over at me and smirked, "jealous, love?"

I scowled and scoffed before answering. "As if. I was just curious." I said rolling my eyes and making a big to do about not caring.

He chuckled and drank on his own blood bag. "My brother has a tendency to get under people's skin. Don't take what he says too seriously…like today. Especially what you said to him, he didn't appreciate it." Klaus said coolly.

"Well he shouldn't have said that. It was upsetting." I said annoyed.

The smirk on Klaus's face widened, "So you are jealous."

"I didn't say that." I said angrily.

"Kol likes to tease a lot, but he doesn't like to be teased. What you said about Bonnie…he deserves an apology. He's been pining after the witch since we had this Ball about six months ago. He invited her while Tyler was trying to break the sire bond and he's been charmed by her ever since. She on the other hand…says she hates him but…" Klaus shrugged.

"But she's with Tyler." I said thinking about Tyler and Bonnie together.

Klaus nodded, "for now. But she's a powerful witch. She'll want someone equally as powerful. I think she likes Kol, but won't admit it cause he's a vampire and she's not supposed to like them."

"But so is Tyler, what's the difference?" I asked confused.

Klaus smirked, "exactly my point."

I was quiet for a minute digesting the information. "So what about you then? Any special women in your life?" I asked hoping the answer was no.

Klaus laughed quietly and shook his head, "you're snooping, little wolf." He said standing up from his place on a log.

"Are you going to answer the question?" I asked standing up from my place on the dirt.

He was silent as he took a drink of water and threw the blood bag next to mine. I didn't expect him to respond to the question since he was taking so long to answer, so when he began to speak I was surprised.

"I was in love once…but now I view the whole ordeal as a weakness. Loving someone is the possible downfall to the powerful creature that I am. Love is a weakness and that's how I view the subject. So no, there is no special woman in my life. I leave that foolishness up to my brothers and occasionally I indulge in a whore or two, like my brother insinuated. But overall apart from the primal urges I have, I like to not get involved with women, they tend to be needy and carry baggage of sorts. How about you? Any men or women that have caught your fancy?" Klaus said looking over at me with a smirk.

I looked away and to the house in the distance and then shook my head slowly. "I had a boyfriend back in New York, but that's it. I do believe that love isn't a weakness, though. I think it gives you strength." I said boldly.

He raised an eyebrow at me, "how so?"

"Well when you love someone you want to do anything you can for them. You fight for them and you care for them. You help them in their darkest times and you love them for all they have and more. You don't want to change them, but you want them to be the best they can be because you see the light within them. All of that gives you strength. You're strong because you want to help them, care for them, do anything for them. You're strong because you'd save them from everything even their own demons." I babbled thinking about the love that someday I wanted. Everything I said was what I wanted out of love, it was how I saw this powerful emotion and I wanted him to understand that.

He nodded as I talked taking in the meaningful words I spewed. "I see. I still think it's a weakness. Nothing is worth giving your life up because of someone else that you may love. How do you know that person won't leave you in the end or be unfaithful and hurt you? Why be used because of emotions when it's a weakness? Staying strong is being alone and powerful." He said.

I gapped at him amazed that he would say something like that. Obviously the guy had a lot of issues. Stupidly it made me want him even more.

"I still think love is a strength." I said.

"And I think it's a weakness. No one's worth giving your life up for. I can assure you of that in the 1000 years I've lived I've never met anyone I'd die for." He said nodding back over to our makeshift arena.

"No let's fight, love. I want you to give it your all." He said as we began to spar again.

We spent the rest of the day doing just that and as night fell we went into the house and got ready for dinner. We generally had dinner all together, it was Elijah's doing. It was all the Originals, Matt, and I. It was strange having dinner with all of them, but I was growing used to it. Sometimes we were joined by Klaus's other Hybrids but he would never introduce me. Tonight was the first night with Kol though since he had disappeared to wherever and as I sat at the table beside Klaus and Matt I could feel Kol glaring at me.

"So how was everyone's day today?" Elijah asked as he sat across from me and helped himself to some mashed potatoes. He looked at me and smiled slightly. "I brought your homework home for this week, it's in the living room." He said. Elijah had also began to bring my homework home for me so I wouldn't fall too behind.

"Thanks." I said smiling at him. I began to help myself to the food on the table as Rebekah went on about cheer practice and the winter formal that was coming up. Kol continued to glare at me and Klaus and Elijah quietly sipped their wine.

Tonight it was just the Originals, Matt and I. No hybrids to speak of, for which I didn't mind. They always looked at me oddly or with pity. Neither emotion I was that fond of. Most of dinner we listened to Rebekah go one about the winter formal and cheerleading and I couldn't help but feel jealous of the other girl. I missed planning dances, being Queen B and being a cheerleader. I realized that I kind of wanted to go back to school. I frowned at that realization and drank more wine wanting to get the poisonous idea out of my head. Every now and again Matt would chime in about football and Rebekah would tell us that she hoped they'd be Winter formal Queen and King. Finally Kol snapped at both of them for wanting trivial things and headed off to his room in a mood.

"What's up with him?" Rebekah snapped angry that her happy mood had been demolished.

Klaus looked over at me with a half smile. "Caroline said some things he didn't like. He's been in a mood all day."

"Has he? He can be such a girl some times." Rebekah scoffed.

"What'd you say?" Matt asked.

I shrugged, "He likes Bonnie so…I sorta was too harsh in saying the truth." I said apologetically.

Rebekah snickered, "poor Kol. Lusting after a witch who has no care for him. The irony." She said drinking her wine.

"I think he has a chance with her." Matt said quietly.

Everyone turned to look at him with surprise.

"Why would you say that? You know he can hear you! He'll probably go back to stalking her again and then it'll be all Originals vs. Mystic Falls teenage gang. I'm tired of that frankly and I—" Rebekah ranted but Matt cut her off.

"Bonnie and Tyler broke up. She found him with…well this other girl." Matt said as everyone's expressions dropped in astonishment.

"What do you mean? Who was the other girl?" I asked astonished. I knew Tyler was a creep, but I didn't realize to the extent.

"I guess last night she went over to his house and she found him with some brunette girl that goes to our school, Hayley or something. She's a transfer student from, like, Europe I think. She's not that attractive I don't know why he'd cheat on Bonnie with her. But they broke up this morning in the Quad. Huge fight. Tyler came to talk to me about it later." Matt said shrugging.

"How did I not hear about this?!" Rebekah yelled angrily.

Matt shrugged and went back to eating dinner.

"How did not any of my minions tell me? What the hell is wrong with cheerleaders?" Rebekah demanded.

"So who's the Hayley girl?" I asked interested and sad for Bonnie.

Matt shrugged, "just a transfer. She came in right after you did. Moved in with her cousins I guess. She's from America but has been living in Europe with her parents, but then they sent her back here. That's all I know though." Matt said.

"I'm still annoyed that my boyfriend heard about it first and I didn't." Rebekah said angrily crossing her arms and pouting.

"When did she move here?" Klaus asked suspiciously.

"About two or three weeks ago, right around the time Caroline became a hybrid." Elijah said quietly looking at his brother. He knew this because of working at the school I assumed he had her in class.

Klaus and Elijah shared a look and then simultaneously got up from the table.

"Where are you going?" Rebekah demanded.

"Business." Elijah said leaving the table and Klaus looked down at me with an unreadable expression on his face.

"Caroline we'll meet in the morning 10 am. Sleep well." Klaus said smirking down at me and then following his older brother. I watched them go and then turned to Matt and Rebekah beside me.

"What a waste." She mumbled before I got up too and brought my dishes to the sink. I knew that a maid did the cleaning and dishes, but I still felt better doing it myself. I got my homework from the living room and went upstairs to my bedroom to do it and read a little before bed. I was growing more and more accustomed to living here, so I didn't feel uncomfortable anymore which was good. But I still wondered about certain things that happened inside the house and I was kept in the dark about.

The question on my mind was why hadn't my mother called and what was up with Klaus and Elijah? What was going on with Bonnie and Tyler? And lastly, this was a small town there weren't a lot of new people here, so another new girl moving to town right as I did was kind of weird. I wondered whom this Hayley girl was and if maybe she had anything to do with the werewolf hunters.

Eventually I feel asleep reading a romance novel and of course my dreams went to Klaus and the dirty things he could do to me. Of course the next morning I would wake up hot and bothered, but at least now in my dreams Klaus was just mine and could do whatever he wanted.

(A/n: So what did you guys think? Did you like it? Hate it? I have three weeks before school starts so I will hopefully be updating this story and my other two soon. Also to answer your not asked question yet, THERE WILL BE NO LOVE INTEREST BETWEEN HAYLEY AND KLAUS. AT ALL. bc that storyline is bs. I will tell u one thing though. Klaus hates Hayley and that's all the spoilers i will tell u. Let me know what u think! Please review!)