Gone Not Forgotten
Chapter 10
Klaus sat at that counter while Cami was preparing the bar for the day. He had Marcel trying to find Kol and Davina. He wasn't going to break his word to Rebekah. He also had to watch Cami. They weren't done. She'll probably be ok when the bar started to fill up. He downed his bourbon and turned towards the windows in front. There were more questions than answers. Where was Mikael? Why did he need Finn? Where did Kol put Rebekah? Was that Caroline? There was an answer to the last, he saw her again, this time outside. He couldn't doubt it this time; she was looking right at him. He disappeared out of the bar leaving Cami alone, confused, and almost frightened. She didn't know what could make Klaus disappear like that. "Klaus," She called after him.
"Caroline," A familiar voice called her name.
"Klaus?" It almost sounded like a question.
"What are you doing here?"
My mother died, Stefan had been a terrible friend, Bonnie is stuck in 1994, and I love you. None of those sounded like the right thing to say, "Just visiting." It was a flimsy excuse but at least it wasn't a lie. She was visiting; she just had a motive to her visit.
"Where's the others" She became very aware of him, his eyes never once leaving hers.
"Enjoying the peace." That was the worst yet, anyone could see through it, especially Klaus. "I was going to visit my grandparent in Texas and decided to visit New Orleans on the way." That was also a flimsy lie, her grandparents had died several years ago and they never lived in Texas.
"Peace in Mystic Falls?" Klaus began to question everything Caroline told him.
"It's going to be short lived, if not over yet." Caroline stuck to her story. "I got go."
Klaus knew Caroline was hiding something, he saw it in her eyes. He saw her strength but it was covering up a new emotion, possibly sadness. He knew she wasn't in New Orleans just to visit, she had a reason and he wanted to know. "Yes love. We should catch up." Klaus smirked; Caroline didn't know how much she missed his smirk.
"Yea we should but I really must be going. Y-" She was about to say something about the blonde-haired woman in the bar but knew better.
She started down the street; she wanted to go back she wanted to tell him the real reason. It wasn't time, not until she knew who the person in the bar that Klaus was with was. The part of her that didn't want to walk back to him wanted to turn to see if he was still there, maybe if he were still there everything would end up happily. She didn't give in to either side.
Kol and Davina were at the cabin that Davina once held Mikael captive. They were still trying to perfect the spell for the white oak. They haven't seen Klaus but knew it was going to be necessary. Marcel was looking for them; they felt like he was Klaus's errand boy. He was still trying to get Kol to tell him where he sent Rebecca. Kol stuck to his story, 'she is safe'.
"Where did you send here?" Davina believed Kol when he said she was safe, but she still wanted to know where she was sent.
"You just want to tell Marcel." Kol was getting defensive.
"Maybe it will be better, he will stop bothering us for a while and we can concentrate on the spell. We don't have to tell him which body you prepared." She was beginning to wonder why she trusted him with everything he had done.
"Ok, you might be right. I sent her out of New Orleans, somewhere about 50 miles north of here. It's protected by a cloaking spell but not mine." Kol lied and hoped that she bought it.
"So, she is safe? Who else is there?"
"I told you she was safe. I don't know that was mother's area." Kol was in luck, Davina still trusted him.
"Thank you." She smiled and leaned in to give him a quick kiss.
A/N: I know it's short and I'm sorry. I thought it would be better to update than make you wait. Thank you! Chapter 11 is in progress.