I know I'm late at updating than usual, but things have been hectic. Hope you're not too mad? x_x
To make it up to you guys though, this chapter is quite a lenghty one so enjoy!
Chapter 10: Everything changes
"And the award for biggest ego goes to..." Katherine smirked holding up a picture of the ultrasound infront of Kol
"That can't be right...I'm sure they've missed his manhood. Was he laying at a proper angle when they took this picture?" Kol frowned. He refused to believe it was going to be a girl. He even clinged onto the idea that perhaps the doctor had mistakenly missed the baby's penis on the monitor.. As if
"Oh please" Kat snorted
""Kol, just accept defeat and move on." Elijah sighed at his place in the living room.
"Which reminds me, Katerina Miss Bennet called this morning, she said she would meet up with you and Caroline instead." Elijah stated looking at Katherine
Kol's interest had suddenly peaked. And his mind had already gone into overdrive at the mention of Bonnie Bennet.
"Don't even think about it." Kat stated seeing as how Kol had been deep in thought after hearing that she would be with Bonnie later.
"What? I'm thinking about how that darn gynie could mistake my nephew for a girl." He lied
Kol held up the picture and squinted as if to get a proper look at the baby's sex.
"Well if it is a girl, I can tell you now that she is going to bratty like her mother, and whiney like her auntie Bex." Kol smirked earning a scoff from Katherine
"Kol.." Elijah warned
"Now if it were a boy on the other hand, he'd be handsome, charming, a total lady-killer..just like his uncle" Kol grinned thinking about it
"If being a lady killer you mean having Bonnie constantly reject you than I'm pretty sure you're mistaken." Kat smirked
"Miss Bennet?" Elijah had no clue of his younger brother had taken a liking to Miss Bennet.
"Yeah.. Seems like Bonnie won't give him the time of day." Katherine teased a frowning Kol
"Is that so.." Elijah smirked
"Speaking of..you wouldn't happen to have her number by any chance would you.." Kol smirked
"No! Huh uh. She's the best designer in this town and I won't have you hump and dump her resulting in my house looking like a total disaster because my brother in law couldn't keep it in his pants." Katherine fired back
"Come now Katerina, after she has the best night of her entire life consisting of mind blowing sex with me; she'll be on such a high, you're house could make it onto Forbes top 10" he winked
"You mean after you hook up and then you sneak out in the morning.." Kat rolled her eyes
"And Bonnie wouldn't go for you anyway.. She's too smart for that." She added
"She's...a tough one to crack. But never the less, I always get what I want eventually." He smirked
"Now about my neice.. I'm thinking 'Kolette'.."
The moment she became concious, her head was spinning from the over-indulgance of alcohol beverages she had consumed last night.
For a moment she had forgotten where she was or how the heck she even got here but then it hit her.., the lingering scent of his colonge that surrounded her, reminding her exactly what had happened and where she was.
She reached out for him but groaned realising that he was in fact not beside her. She knew she would have to eventually open her eyes and get up, but just the thought of that alone was enough to make her dizzy.
Sighing she eventually gathered the courage to lift her head from the pillow, a dissaray of soft blonde curls sprawled around her face as she attempted to open her eyes..
The sun shone as bright as it possibly could and Caroline's head felt as if it was going to burst.
Groaning she shoved her head back underneath the comforter.
Caroline had remembered going out with the girls, getting crazy drunk and then coming home with Klaus...which lead to...other activities.
So was relieved that they're were not fighting anymore. She didn't know exactly how to deal with Klaus's moods right now, especially when she herself could barely get out of bed at this point
Hearing a shift followed by a supressed giggle, she looked up to find Klaus himself in the far corner of the room standing behind an easel that held a huge canvas.
"Klaus.." She frowned. She knew it was him but had to make sure given her dizzy and blurry vision.
"Hold still. I'm not quite done yet sweetheart."
Her eyes widened in realisation that he was in fact drawing her in her naked form wrapped in only a white sheet.
"Seriously?"
"I thought I told you not to draw me like I'm one of your french girls" she added
"Nonsense love. You're my only girl." He smirked looking up from the canvas to his muse
Wrapping the sheet tight around her naked form, she managed to get out of bed and walked over to where he stood infront of the easel.
He had painted a portrait of her asleep in their bed with only a sheet covering her most delicate parts.
She had to give him credit though, she looked beautiful in the portrait. And if she was honest, she knew she was not that beautiful, especially not when she was hungover.
Standing behind him and admiring the painting she dropped her head to his shoulder, holding on to the thin cloth wrapped around her body.
"Its beautiful." She sighed
"Yes well, I've got a beautiful muse.." He smiled
"That, and I love the afterglow you have after we have sex, couldn't pass up that opportunity now could I?" He smirked
"Ha. More like hangover afterglow." She groaned.
She hadn't missed the 'sex' comment.
Yes ofcourse it was sex what else would it be?
Well maybe Caroline didn't want to feel like a Genevieve substitute having cheap sex with Klaus.
Maybe she wanted to be Caroline, the woman he made love to.
As if sensing her internal debate, Klaus turned around placing his fingers on her temples as he rubbed soothing circles on them
"Does your head hurt a lot?" He frowned
"A little. But its bearable." She half smiled
"Should I call Katerina and cancel the shopping trip then?"
"No."
"I just need a shower and I'll be better." She smiled giving him a chaste kiss and then scurrying out the bedroom.
Klaus shook his head and chuckled. He smirked knowingly that Caroline would never pass up a shopping trip. It was fascinating though, he never paid attention to most things. In all honesty, he sucked at paying attention in general..but he never failed to noticed things about Caroline, even the little things.
Like how she took her coffee in the mornings, how her nose would scrunch up when she was annoyed, how she would bite her lip when she was nervous, how the entire house would sparkle when she started a stress cleaning session. All these little mediocre things is what kept him intrigued with her and he could not for the life of him, comprehend as to how it had gotten to him so much.
'Love is just a weakness' Mikeal would preech to them growing up in that horrid household that was his so called 'family home'.
And despite his strong hatred for Mikeal, that was the knowledge he had grown up with, it was his way of life..all that he knew.
He knew he told her he loved her, but even she knew that he had no idea what he was talking about.
Klaus was selfish and strived in always getting what he wants, and he wanted Caroline. He just didn't know why.
Despite all that, she did make a lovely subject, he thought looking back to his painting.
Klaus had never painted for 'fun' he would paint for clients, for his family, but never for himself. Whenever he thought about keeping a painting, he would just give in to the fact that he needed to pay the bills and keep the roof over his head. Not to mention the gallery that he had always dreamed of opening. So every painting he painted, had been sold.
But this painting was another story..
This was Caroline in all her afterglow glory.
She was a vision with the white sheet around her.
No one would set their sights on this painting but him. The thought of Caroline hanging half naked in someone's living room just didn't sit well with him.
He glanced up to see Caroline re-enter the room wrapped in a towel, looking a bit more refreshed and less pale from earlier.
"That was quick.." He noted
"Yes well, since you always seem to interrupt my showers with your...'activities', we always end up taking longer than expected." She snorted
"Hmm.. If I do recall you love my 'activites'. Especially when I work them on you.." He said lowly pulling her toward him so that her back was flush against his chest as he inhaled in her shampoo scent that was like a drug to him.
"Yes..well..I uh," She murmured as he began to kiss and nip at her neck right under her ear at the spot he knew drove her crazy.
"Do you have 10 minutes..." He teased continuing his assaults to her neck, his grip on her hips tightening.
"..yes," she gasped dropping the towel as it fell to her ankles. Caroline wrapped her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss as she pressed her naked body flush against his smooth hard chest.
Feeling her full plump breasts press against him, he lost it.
Klaus lifted Caroline up, wrapping her legs around his waist, pushing all the paints and brushes off the nearby table and then placed her onto it.
He could feel himself growing harder at her gasps and moans as he ravished her neck,with his hand moving south to her aching wet core.
"Klaus.." She gasped feeling him touch her in all the right places..
"Klaus!" Suddenly she pushed him back and then ran out of the bedroom as fast as her feet could carry her.
Klaus frowned in confusion as to what the hell had just happened.
Did he hurt her?
He immediately walked out and heard the sounds of what seemed to be Caroline throwing up in the bathroom.
And then he remembered she had still been hung over.
Grabbing a towel, he wrapped it around her crouching and naked form that knelt at the toilet emptying her stomach's contents.
He held up her hair and rubbed her back as she threw up the last of what seemed to be last night's cosmo's.
"I'm officially swearing off hard liquor till the new year.." She sighed flushing the toilet and then going to the basin to rinse out her mouth
"I'll go make you some breakfast. A nice big greasey one that'll cure that hangover in a jiff." He winked and then walked out to get started on the breakfast.
Sighing Caroline opened the cabinet to look for some asprin that might help with her pounding head and maybe something for the nausea.
Rumagging through the pills, she stopped as her eyes landed on a box of tampons causing her to still for quite a while doing as she did the math in her head.
She was suppose to have her monthy visit already, but she hadn't...
Before freaking, she tried to think about the entire situation thoroughly, before jumping to conclusions and giving herself a heart attack.
Ever since she started taking the pill, her period hadn't been as it was before so she was still adjusting to her new regular cycle which explained the late period.., And the nausea and vomitting had to be a result from the excessive alcohol she had last night at the bar... Right?
Sighing in relief she got the asprin and shut the cabinet door leaving behind the tampons she didn't need with good reason, and those crazy thoughts of being pregnant too.
"What! have you lost your passion for fashion over night? That dress is horrible Care. Take it off and burn it." Katherine stated wide eyed at her blonde friend who came out of the dressing room with, according to Katherine; the ugliest dress she had ever seen.
"I'm just not feeling it today Kat." She sighed going back in to change. It hadn't been too long ago when she was crouched down puking her guts out. Klaus's greasey breakfast had seemed to do the trick, but her head had still been hurting so excuse the shit out of her if she wasn't on her A game today.
"She's right, with the amount of shots she threw down last night...phew! I'm amazed she can even walk today." Bonnie giggled
"This dress is stupid!" Caroline sighed giving up from her ample attempts to unzip the dress.
Sighing in defeat she stomped out of the changing room and sat down next to Kat and Bonnie who was suppose to be giving her advice as she WAS SUPPOSE to be modelling the dresses for them.
"Here.." Kat sighed unzipping the dress for her and then got up grabbing a nice little red number that she handed to Caroline
"Go try this on." She winked
"Are you sure that's a dress? Its so...short." Bonnie frowned
"Well that's the whole idea isn't it. A dress makes no sense unless it inspires him to want to take it off you." Kat smirked
"Now go.." She added pushing Caroline back into the dressing room and closing the curtain.
"So Kol.." Bonnie began
"He didn't crazy phone stalk you right...?" Kat asked worried at the sudden mention of Kol from Bonnie no less.
"God no. Why? did you give him my number?" Bonnie turned red.
"Why..should I have given him your number..?." Kat frowned. She thought Bonnie hated Kol, but judging from the looks Bonnie had given off whenever she spoke about him Katherine had doubts.
"Er no. No I was just saying that his so annoying." She quickly dismissed
"Yeah.." Kat frowned and eyed Bonnie knowingly.
She knew that Kol was intrigued by Bonnie, hell he was intrigued by anything with a vagina. But usually after being turned down he wouldn't be a sore looser..he would move on almost immdiately to the next best thing and Katherine could not understand why Kol had still been asking about Bonnie after she had turned him down ample times before. Yes she was a fucking guru at reading people.
"You like him." Katherine noted
"What?! No! Of course not." Bonnie stated looking anywhere but at Katherine
"Hmm." Kat snorted
"His annoying and infuriating and forward not to mention his perveted ways!" Bonnie rolled her eyes.
"And yet at the mention of him calling you, you turn red as a tomato?" Kat observed
Bonnie had no comeback and just stared at Katherine, mouth slightly agape.
"And... How about this one?" Caroline asked rescuing Bonnie from Katherine having overheard the entire conversation.
After an eventful day of shopping, the girls retired to Kat's since Bonnie had wanted to confirm the type of wood Katherine wanted for the shelves in the nursery.
Caroline tagged along since she had been ever so eager to see the house as well, although it was far from finished.
"So this is where the shelves will be.. Imagine how great it'll look when the light hits it from the window." Bonnie smiled. It had been one of her many tactics of persuasion.
Naturally she would always like to give her clients a feel of the room. Make them see what she saw and perhaps even exaggerate a little sometimes. It after all paid off at the end of the day.
"Its going to look great." Caroline smiled looking at her copy of the ultrasound of baby Mikealson.
"I must say Bon Bon.. You do you know stuff." Katherine smirked
"That's because she's the best of the best.." Came a voice from the doorway.
"Kol." Bonnie sighed trying to hide the hint of excitement in her voice at seeing him
"Hello Bonnie. Nice to see you again." He smiled
"I can't say its nice to see you.. Because then I would be lying." She rolled her eyes
"Well...I'm just going to go show Care the new closet space in my room" Katherine stated awkwardly before yanking Caroline and leaving Bonnie and Kol alone in the nursery much to Bonnie's irritation.
"Don't break anything Kol!." Katherine called out from the passage
"The only thing that's going to break is my heart if you don't go out with me Friday night." He looked at Bonnie
"Smooth, although its not going to get you that date.. Sorry." She turned to leave
But Kol was faster, he grabbed onto her arm pulling her flush against him.
Bonnie hadn't expected the close proximity and all the heat it would stir up in her making her cheeks red.
"You know Bonnie; us Mikealsons can be quite persistent.. Perhaps you won't indulge me on Friday night, but I'll keep coming back, showing up, asking you everyday if I have to until you agree to go out with me on a date." He smirked
Bonnie sighed in defeat knowing full well that Kol would indeed hound her until she agreed to a date. It was written all over his stupid gorgeous face along with that annoyingly sexy smirk.
"Fine!"
He grinned triumphantly before bringing her hand up to his lips and kissing it. Kol hadn't missed the redness of her cheeks at the moment of contact.
She knew Kol was hot and everything but he was a bad boy.. And bad boys, well they don't end well. At least in most of her cases.
Supressing a sigh, she held her head high and turned leaving the nursery trying to get away from him as soon as possible.
Opening the door she was met with Katherine and Caroline who quickly scurried away as if they had not been standing behind the door listening to their entire conversation.
She stommped in their direction until she found them in Katherine's bedroom pretending to be oblivious to the fact that they had been eavesdropping.
Judging by the scowl on Bonnie's face Caroline held her hands up in surrender while Kat just chuckled
"So... What are you going to wear friday?"
Friday night had come too quickly much to Bonnie's dislike which had meant her date with Kol Mikealson was about to happen.
She couldn't say she wasn't nervous, she'd be lying. And although Bonnie seemed like she was use to dealing with guys like Kol all the time, it was merely just a front she put up to keep them away in general.
Don't be nervous, and if he tries anything I'll feed him his balls.
Goodluck ;)
-Kat
She sighed reading a text she received from Kat a few minutes ago. Kol's persistance had gotten her into this predicament. She hadn't a clue as to where they were going, but Bonnie had laid out some ground rules making it clear that if there were any signs of naked women or poles, she was leaving.
At 7:30 pm Kol had shown up to her front door with flowers no less.
"Thank you." She murmured before taking the flowers into the kitchen to get them into some water.
"You look stunning darling." Kol smirked ushering Bonnie out the apartment
"Whatever.." She sighed
Kol had been on his A game tonight. He really wanted to impress Bonnie, but he had no clue of where to start. It brought him back to the dreadful afternoon he had spent with his brothers...
*A few hours earlier*
"Take her flowers. Women like flowers." Klaus smirked
"Have you ever gotten Caroline flowers?" Kol argued
Klaus opened his mouth to answer but hesitated. No he had never gotten her flowers come to think of it.
"That's what I thought." Kol sighed
"Well you're good looking and a Mikealson no doubt.. Women come easily little brother." Klaus winked at Kol
"There is far more to life than just your body and looks. Cultivate your mind Kol, Bonnie seems like quite the intellectual." Elijah stated
"He wants to take the girl out Elijah, not bore her to death." Klaus sighed
Kol hardly ever came o his older brothers for advice especially regarding women.
Since he could remember, women came all too willingly so he never really worked on putting in any effort on the wooing, wine and dining.
He figured that coming to Klaus and Elijah was the best idea for now since they're were both in relationships so they could perhaps give him some tips.
He was wrong.
His brothers were fucking clueless.
Elijah was married to one of the most scariest women Kol had ever met and yet it seemed as if Elijah had no clue about these things at all.
Klaus was living with Caroline who might he say was OCD on another level, but alas.. Klaus too was in the dark when it came to wooing.
"If he takes any advice from you.. That date will not end well." They all heard Caroline say coming into the living room chuckling as she took her place next to Klaus.
"Well Elijah might've been onto something but seriously guys.. Flowers?" Katherine rolled her eyes coming in soon after her bestie. She sat on Elijah's lap facing a disheartend Kol who just shrugged into the couch further.
"You make me sound so unromantic.." Klaus frowned at Caroline
"That's because you are unromantic.." Caroline shook her head before looking back to Kol
"Do you know what Bonnie likes?" She asked
"Should I know?" He frowned
Katherine sighed
"Of course dummy!. How will you impress her when you have no clue on what she likes?"
"Well Bonnie's a total foodie for sushi, so that should help you score some brownie points." Caroline added
"And she's smart too.. So the mind cultivation wouldn't be a bad idea either.." Katherine winked
"What? Am I suppose to read the encyclopedia before my date that happens to be in 3 or so hours?!" Kol shrieked
"Don't be ridiculous Kol. I merely insinuated that you try to connect with her on a level that is.. More than something physical." Elijah stated
"And that is why... I married not only the hottest brother, but the smartest one too." Katherine grinned
Caroline couldn't help but relate to what Elijah had been saying. She wouldn't deny that she had Klaus shared a connection, but he never tried to connect with her on a level that was not physical. They'd have plenty of sex and yes they'd have their talks.. But Klaus hadn't been spontaneous in a long while. Hell, the last spontaneous thing Klaus ever did was coming up with the idea of moving in together.
Klaus glanced next to him to see Caroline deep in thought after Elijah's comment. He didn't have to be telepathic to know what was going through her mind.
He knew she wanted more, and perhaps he could give it to her, he smirked as an idea popped into his head.
"You guys are hopeless." Kol groaned getting up to leave.
*End of flashback*
"Sushi?" Bonnie asked
"Don't you like sushi?" He frowned hoping Caroline had gotten her facts in order or he was in deep shit as they pulled up to a little place in the south side of New Orleans known for the best sushi in town.
"I love sushi." She smiled
Okay.. So far he was onto a good start Bonnie thought. She hoped the sushi thing was a mere coincidence so that they'd actually have something in common, but if he had actually gone out of his way to do some homework on her, she was even more pleased.
After the waiteress handed them their menus, Bonnie couldn't help but smile at the frowned face of Kol who looked at the menu as if it were foreign language.
"Need some help?" She offered
"Er.. No I'm good darling." He quickly recovered and just clinged to the idea of ordering whatever it was she was going to have.
"So are you ready to order?" The waiteress asked returning to their little booth in the much secluded part of the resturant.
It was obvious that Kol never had sushi before in his life, so Bonnie decided to take the intiative to order first.
"Just bring us the platter for 2 but I'd like the spicy tuna rolls instead of the unagi.." Bonnie smiled handing back the menu's to the waiteress who jotted down the order
Kol just sat there not knowing what to say next.
She called his bluff for not knowing anything about sushi so impressing her so far had been a total bust.
"So have you always wanted to be an interior decorator?" He opted for the first and most baisc thing he could think of for now and hoped the conversation would just flow smoothly after.
"Yes..and No. Throughout highschool I was very much into art and design so when I got a scholarship to study at an art institute I basically threw myself in my work and well..the rest is history." She smiled
"Its quite impressive at your age darling I must say.. And for a young woman no doubt."
"Why is that impressive just because I'm a woman..? Are women not complex enough to be intellectual and sexual beings?" She frowned
"Darling..you took that out of context." Kol responded and then sighed in relief as the waiteress came back to their table with the food.
First of all, Kol had never sushi before so he hadn't been well equipped with the chopsticks since that was the only untensil on the table.
He also didn't want to look like a complete idiot infront of Bonnie who seemed to be quite the expert in handling her chopsticks.
Kol looked down to his plate, hoped for the best and dished out.
Bonnie watched Kol amusingly as he managed to dunk a california roll into the wasabi making sure to coat every part of it before throwing it into his mouth
"You might not want to do that.." Bonnie gaped
Kol's eyes went wide as the burning sensation took its toll on his mouth.
"Fuck." He coughed trying to cool his mouth down with the sharp intakes of air he took.
"Have some water.." Bonnie handed him a glass of water that the waiteress brought over after seeing all the comotion from Kol's attempt to cool his burning mouth down.
After a few gulps he managed to get it under control.
"Wasabi is suppose to be consumed in portions because its quite..hot." Bonnie laughed
"I thought it was a bloody avocado dip or something." He scowled knowing how much of a panzy he looked now infront of Bonnie who was at least trying to suppress her laughter.
"I'm sorry. I wanted tonight to be perfect so I brought you here because you liked sushi and I just wanted to impress you..what an epic fail that was." Kol sighed
Bonnie hadn't expected to actually like Kol after this date but he had managed to surprise her. The wasabi incident was actually adorably cute than unimpressive if she was being honest.
She took her finger and reached over to wiped a little smudge of the green wasabi paste that was on the corner of his lips. Kol went rigid and was a taken aback with her actions
"It is perfect." She smiled
This woman was surely something else he thought as he beamed back at her
"Now please enlighten me on what the heck everything is in this plate before I put something firey hot in my mouth again."
It was a little after 11pm after they left Kat and Elijah's and Caroline notcied Klaus driving in a completely opposite direction of their house.
"The house is not anywhere near here you know.." She frowned
"Yes I do. But the night is still young. I want to show you something." He smiled
He hadn't forgotten the look on her face when she had what looked to be an internal battle with herself after Elijah's comment about having a connection that was more than something physical.
He just wanted to show her that he could in fact be spontaneous about more than coming up with an idea of living together so he made a few calls and arranged a little something for her.
Intrigued, Caroline nodded and laid back into the passenger seat as he drove them further down the road.
XXXX
"Close your eyes.." He whispered
Giggling she sighed closing her eyes, eager to find out where the hell they were.. They had pulled up outside what had seemed to be a warehouse of some sort near the bayside of New Orleans. But now she was told to close her eyes until they were inside
"No peeking." He warned
She heard a strange sound like a generator of some sort being switched on and wrecked her brain as to where the hell they could have been. Annoyed at the time that passed and her eyes still being closed, she really wanted to look now and was about to yell at him when she heard him speak again.
"Open your eyes Caroline.." He whispered as he took his place behind her again.
And slowly she opened her eyes eagerly to see the so called 'surprise' Klaus wanted to show her.
"Oh my god.."
Klaus smiled at her reaction. He knew she would like it.
There infront of her stood a what seemed to be carnival rides stocked and squeezed next to eachother, all lit up and ready to be tested.
"How..." Caroline started
"I know a guy who used to run a carnival gigg in LA, sold him a few paintings that got delivered here. He used this warehouse to store some of the equipment,rides and paintings whenever he travelled so. Here we are." He smiled
Caroline was baffled.
It was like her 12 year old self's dream come true. She couldn't believe Klaus had done this, and here she was this morning thinking how he would never be spontaneuos again..
She held onto his hand slowly with hers, lacing their fingers so that they were intertwined.
Looking towards Klaus for some sort of approval which he smirked viciously taking his jacket off, Caroline wasted no time in removing her shoes before running to the first thing she could get on which happened to be the merry go round.
Caroline loved horses.
Even fake ones with poles through them that you could get onto as it turned to a phony old tune.
She got onto a horse and held on tight as Klaus started up the ride and then joining her soon after.
Her laughs were like music to his ears.
He had never thought he'd seen anything more beautiful than Caroline laughing as the lights from the ride caused omnious glows on her angelic face.
Even though the distance between them was merely a horse, Klaus couldn't be away from her for too long, so he decided to share her horse instead. Scooting over, she turned around so that she faced his front and didn't waste anytime before attacking his lips letting him know how much she appreciated the effort that he made after all.
Klaus was filled with such contentment as to how on point he had been in deciding to bring her here.
He in fact brought her here so that she could see there was more to them than just sex.
He knew that now, and he was no longer denying it.
The next morning seemed to come in full swing full of contentment and promise.
Despite all the meetings she had shceduled for the day starting with the mayor, Caroline had been on cloud nine after the little adventure she had last night. Not to mention the mind-blowing sex after.
She was seated in the mayor's office waiting on him to arrive not even bothered or irritated by the fact that he was an hour late already.
After sending out a few quick emails from her phone, she sighed in relieved when the mayor finally decided to make an appearance.
"Caroline, forgive me I was held up in meetings with the council all morning that I haven't even had the time for breakfast. You don't mind do you?" He asked holding up a bag of take-out
"No of course not." She smiled
"Its not a lot of things we need to go over so I'll be brief." He stated opening the stilofoam container which contained some sort of seafood paella with prawns, mussels and calamari.
"The event for halloween is coming up and given the success of Mr Gerards party, I would personally have you handle it." He added between mouth-fulls of food.
Caroline was about to reply when that smell of seafood hit her like a ton of bricks.
She immediately felt nauseas and excused herself before she ended up decorating the mayor's office with her puke containing this morning's breakfast.
After relieving herself of what seemed to be the last bit of bile vomit from her mouth, she sighed sinking to the floor with her head in her hands.
She was sick.
But this wasn't any type of average sick.
This was the kind of sick that happened in the mornings.
Who was she kidding? That hangover was clearly not responsible for this mornings puke sesh.
After managing to gather the strength to confirm with the mayor, she shut down in her car and bawled her eyes out for hours until she came to a decision.
She picked up her phone and dialled the only person she thought could help her right now.
"Hey Caroline."
"Hey could you maybe pick up something for me.. But you can't tell anyone about it. Please." She sighed
"Er..sure. Is everything okay? You sound off.."
Caroline said nothing but just sighed
"I need you to go to the pharmacy.."
"Sure. What do you need?"
"A pregnancy test."
XXXX
The minutes felt as if it were dragging almost as if it were on purpose to add on to her impending anxiety.
Caroline was so thankful Klaus would not be home till later tonight, she didn't know exactly how she would face him at this point.
Her hair was tied in a messy bun, her make up ruined with the tears that threatend to fall, down her pale tear-streaked cheeks.
Bonnie sat alongside her with a firm hold on her hands for support. As they both sat on the floor looking up to the counter that held the stick that could change her life forever.
She hadn't said anything because she knew Caroline's mind was anywhere but here right now.
Hearing the *beep* of the timer on her phone go off Caroline jerked in shock before swallowing hard. She made no effort to get up from the floor so Bonnie got up to look at the stick instead.
"Well... What does it say?" Caroline asked biting her lip
"You're pregnant Caroline."
Caroline had the wind knocked out of her and felt as if she couldn't breathe.
Whatever calm demeanor she had going this morning was long gone and replaced with the freaking the fuck out demeanor.
She started cursing and then pacing, and then pacing and cursing.
"Caroline...calm down." Bonnie tried to get her to stop
"Calm down?! How can I be calm Bonnie? I'm.." She couldn't even bring herself to say it. Because saying it would meant that it was real.
It was real but she wasn't even ready to accept that fact yet.
"I'm on the pill.. How did this even happen." Caroline sighed
"Well...if you don't take it consistently and at a fixed time everyday then it doesn't work to its full effect.." Bonnie added
"But I always ta-" Caroline hesitated and then actually thought about it.
She had taken her pill every morning after her shower and yesterday morning, after her shower..she couldn't even kiss Klaus properly before running to the bathroom to puke out her guts because of the excessive alcohol...did she puke out the pill as well? Was it even possible?
"Maybe we should call Kat?" Bonnie suggested
"No. We can't. She doesn't need this stress, and.. She would kill Klaus." Caroline sighed causing Bonnie to frown in confusion
"Why?"
"... He doesn't want kids Bonnie." Caroline started crying
"A lot of people say that, but then change their minds after actually having a child. He might suprise you Caroline." Bonnie tried to reassure her
"Maybe-" Bonnie started but was then interrupted by the beeper of her phone.
"You have somewhere important to be so you should probably get going.." Caroline muttered lowly without any expression on her face.
"No.. It can wait." Bonnie shrugged
"Bonnie its fine. I actually just want to be alone right now.."
"Okay.. But if you need anything, anything at all...just call me okay?" Bonnie smiled at her
"Yeah.."
Caroline remained crouched down next to the bath tub with her legs held tightly against her chest. She sat there for hours probably unable to move.
Thoughts about Klaus and telling him clouding her thoughts making her heart beat so wildly that she thought she would go into cardiac arrest.
She had always wanted kids at a much later stage in life.
But then she met Klaus, and he didn't want kids so she didn't exactly know how she felt about it now..
She also didn't deny the little thrill she felt of having a human life growing inside of her that was a piece of her and Klaus.
The only thing that plagued her mind now, was how exactly she was going to break the news to Klaus when he got home...
"So the extra 5 paintings would need to be done by the end of the week for collection." Lexi muttered lowly expecting a negative comment from Klaus.
Instead she was met by a grinnig Klaus who agreed and nodded prefusely.
"Did you hear what I said?" She frowned
"5 painting..end of the week. Got it" he winked
"Okay who are you and what have you done with Klaus.." Lexi teased but knew it must have had something to do with Caroline. She hadn't been in the dark about Klaus's infatuation with the blonde. She was actually happy for her client to see that a woman was having such a positive influence on him.
"If that is all Lexi.. I'd like to get home." He smirked
"To Caroline." She teased
"Goodnight Lexi." Klaus chuckled leaving her office.
It was sometime after 10pm when Klaus arrived at the house. Usually Caroline would meet him at the door and pepper him with kisses and hugs but that certainly was not the case.
It had been late and he knew she ample amounts of meetings today so he figured she was probably tired and in bed fast asleep already.
However when he reached the bedroom, he frowned seeing that it seemed to be vaccant and the bed unslept in.
"Caroline?" He called out but heard no response
"Sweetheart?" He walked into the living room and found no Caroline
Eventually he reached the bathroom where he found Caroline crouched down next to the bath tub holding on to something. She looked pale and her face remained expressionless.
"Caroline?" He knelt down next to her
"What's wrong love?" He frowned trying to get some sort of response from her but he got nothing.
He looked down to her hands that held some sort of stick device
"What's this sweetheart?" He really had no clue as to what it was she was holding and what it even did
Caroline's tears began to fall yet again.
"Hey..hey. Talk to me love." He enveloped his arms around her as she cried onto his chest
Caroline sucked in a breathe before she looked up to see his face that was full of concern
She had to tell him. He had a right to know, even if he didn't want this at all..
"I'm pregnant."
Thoughts, suggestions and comments?
Review Review Review
Xx