So, I know I've said that I will update in a week or two or maybe three but I just got inspiration, and although I don't have any free time, I've been able to put everything that I had in my had here. It would be silly to ignore my inspiration and you know, I simply can't wait October and the fourth season to begin so I had to give all of us a little Klaroline fix.
So, we all know what has happened in the last chapter and I hope this one will be also good and I promise you that this one is equally good. Maybe better maybe worse, but that is up to you to decide, right? ;)
I don't own anything except the idea so everything that you recognize it is not owned by me.
So, enjoy and please, review - it makes me going on and on.
P.S. I almost forgot; I won't quit with this story because it has a lot of potential and I personally love this little Klaroline bubble I'm writing so don't worry, this story will get its end. ;)
Caroline was washing her hands in the ladies room and she could still feel Dean's lips on hers and she couldn't stop smiling. He was such a good kisser and he made her want more and more and more – she really enjoyed kissing him and she could tell that he enjoyed kissing her as well. She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled at herself as a thought came to her mind. Maybe Klaus didn't want anything to do with her but there was a guy that liked her and who didn't have a girlfriend to worry about. She fixed her make-up before she smiled once again at herself liking what she saw in the mirror. As she opened the door of the ladies room with an intention to go out, she saw a familiar face standing in front of the ladies room and looking at her intensely. He looked more beautiful than ever and he seemed so dangerous standing there. In his hand he was twirling a half full glass of scotch, a small smile touching the corner of his lips.
"Caroline, finally" – he addressed her as she looked at him carefully.
"Klaus, is everything okay?" – she asked him and he laughed. Caroline was quite confused but maybe he was just a little bit drunk.
"Miss Forbes is asking me is everything okay" – he said and laughed once again. "What do you think, Caroline? Is everything okay?" – he asked her seriously and she looked at him confused not knowing what to say to him. "You see, I have a question for you, Caroline, and it is quite a good one, truth to be told. Do you want to hear my question, love?" – he asked her and took a sip of his scotch while Caroline just nodded.
"Tell me your question, Klaus" – she said and he approached her. He cornered her and she was now leaning at the wall as Klaus was leaning on her never taking his eyes off her eyes as he if he was desperately trying to find something in them.
"Do you think it's funny to make me feel like this? To make me feel so jealous when I see you with him? Do you think it is okay to kiss him in front of me, Caroline?"
Caroline looked at Klaus who hadn't had a smile on his face. Quite on the contrary, his face was rather serious and dangerous and it made her shiver a little bit from fear. His face reminded her of his face at Paris, at the dinner, just after Elena commented how perhaps he would end up with Caroline one day. Caroline, as she was looking at a face of man she liked, didn't know or understand why was he asking her that or where was he going with all those questions. It was quite weird and unusual because his girlfriend has been dancing just a couple of meters away from the two of them. Was he playing some sick game with her, Caroline wondered? He couldn't know that she likes him – could he? No, her friends wouldn't tell a thing but Damon … no, not even Damon would tell anything, she was sure of it. Caroline sighed and tried to push him away from her but he was just too strong and he grasped her wrists even harder. He laughed at her.
"You are not going anywhere, Caroline. At least not until I get my damn answers, love" – he said to her and she swallowed because clearly he was drunk but at the same time he knew exactly what he was doing.
"What are you talking about, Klaus?" – she asked him not knowing what to expect. Klaus spent his night kissing his precious little girlfriend and now, after she actually managed to have some fun, he was cornering her in the shadowed hallway in front of the ladies room, demanding answers from her.
"Enough, Caroline! Don't be ridicules, love. You know what I am talking about quite well, don't you?" – he said to her and pushed her on the wall even harder that it almost made her hurt. In some other world, in some other time, some other place, she would probably enjoy all this but tonight this was just wrong.
"Klaus, let me go" – she said but he laughed off her demand. He licked his lips and all of sudden he changed. His face got softer and he suddenly looked like a lost boy not knowing where to go or what to do. He sighed.
"Do you think that I want to feel this way? Do you think that is okay to talk with her and see you? Do you think that it is okay to be kissing my girlfriend all night trying to make you go away from my head, Caroline?" – he said almost whispering but in the same time, just as he finished his small talk, he turned around and smashed his empty glass into the wall. He growled out of the frustration and now was facing Caroline once again. "I can't do this. This is all wrong; everything is just so wrong, Caroline. Why are you doing this to me?"
Caroline didn't know what to say or how to react – if things were normal and if he had been single, she would jump at him and kiss him and probably spend a night with him but that wasn't possible, no matter how she wanted to that. She looked at him, a man she liked and maybe even loved, as he was standing in front of her, his eyes full of desperation and sadness. She sighed as she saw a beautiful man slightly falling apart in front of her and she could feel how her heart was beating faster and faster with every second because this was everything she wanted ever since she met him.
"Klaus, I… I…" – she started but she couldn't find any words to continue. What was she really going to say? That she likes him and that she spent all this time thinking about him? No, that wasn't an option. She knew him and she knew herself – standing in between of Elle and him wasn't something she was willing to do, or be able to do, to be exact. "I don't know what to say but…" – she started once again, trying desperately to find some words, but he hushed her.
"Don't, love, don't say anything" – he said and caressed her right cheek as he was looking at her so tenderly.
"Klaus, I am just so incredibly…" – she started but he hushed her once again. He closed his eyes and kissed her in her forehead and she could hear him sigh as he had done that. "Klaus, I… I… don't understand what is happening and how is this even…" – she started but he stopped by putting his finger on her lips. He looked at her and smiled at her as her eyes widened more and more. He gently tucked a small blonde curl behind her ear… and then he leaned and kissed her. Her lips had been slightly parted, and they parted more at the touch of his tongue on them and she allowed his tongue to enter into her mouth so they could start a battle that has been know to a human race since the beginning of the world. Caroline could feel that he kissed her like there was no tomorrow and with so much passion. Although the kiss was so passionate and wild, he also kissed her with so much softness and tenderness that she could feel like she could explode. And then it was over. Klaus pulled back – not far away, but far enough to break the two of them apart, and they stood facing each other for, as it seemed to Caroline, an eternity, both breathing hard, before Klaus spoke.
"I am so sorry, Caroline, this was a mistake" – he said, still trying to catch his breath, before he fled away and left her alone in the hallway surrounded by the shadows.
Caroline, whose heart was beating faster than ever before, was leaning on the wall desperately trying to understand what has just happened. Did he kiss her or was it just a dream? She closed her eyes and pinched her left cheek – she opened her eyes and there she was, still standing in the hallway, with her lips slightly swollen and her heart still beating loud and fast. She covered her mouth in shock because it hit her immediately – he kissed her; Klaus kissed her. He actually kissed her in the hallway of the Berlin's nightclub, and just a few meters from his girlfriend and her friends and … God; everything will become so complicated now; a complicated disaster.
Caroline sighed and went back to the ladies room to check herself in the mirror, so she could try to cover any possible visible evidences of the kiss. As she was putting some lipstick on her lips so she could hide the swollenness, Bonnie and Elena stormed in to the ladies room.
"Care, thank God, you are okay. We already thought you were kidnapped or something" – Elena said with a smile as she stood in front of Caroline, and Bonnie, happy to see that her best friend is okay, went to the toilet.
"Don't be silly, Elena. I am fine" – Caroline said and smiled to Elena. "Where are the others? Still on the dance floor?" – she asked in a desperate need to know where Elle and Klaus are. Perhaps they were fighting or perhaps they were even breaking up. A girl could hope, right?
"Well, Stefan is trying to buy us more drinks. Seriously, I have this feeling that he wants us to get wasted like really bad tonight. I don't know what's happening to him - maybe it's because we are Berlin or something. Anyway, Kol is… oh my Gosh, Kol is so flirting with Bonnie, Care. You have to see that" – Elena said but was stopped by Bonnie's shout from the toilet.
"No, he is not – he is just being friendly!"
Both Elena and Caroline laughed at Bonnie because even though Elena and Caroline and everybody else knew that Bonnie was a beautiful girl, Bonnie believed the opposite so even though hot guys made moves at Bonnie all the time, she always thought that they were just being friendly.
"Well, he is, and it is quite obvious but you know Bonnie, Care" – Elena said and Caroline laughed.
"What about Damon and… umm, Klaus? Where are they?" – Caroline asked, trying to sound as much as casual as she could, as she crossed her arms in front of her.
"Well, Damon is still having fun with that German girl somewhere, and Klaus and Elle went to get some air" – Elena said and looked at Caroline carefully. "Care, are you okay with Elle being here? I mean I believe it is quite hard to watch him kiss her but you have met Dean and…" – Elena continued speaking but Caroline stopped listening to her. She completely forgot about Dean who was amazing guy and so great to her, just because of one kiss by Klaus. And that was normal because Klaus was the guy she liked so much but she also liked Dean because he was polite, nice and what is the most important, he was single unlike Klaus.
"Elena, he kissed me" – Caroline said and stopped Elena from the current rambling about Dean and how cute he was.
"I know, silly. I think the entire club saw Dean kissing you…" – Elena said and laughed but Caroline shook her head.
"No, Elena, Klaus kissed me" – she said and as she said those words, Bonnie stormed out of the toilet.
"What? Klaus kissed you?" – Bonnie asked and Caroline hushed her scared that someone could enter into the ladies room and hear their conversation. Elena looked at Caroline worriedly while Bonnie started to wash her hands still not believing what she had heard.
"Care, how did that happen?" – Elena asked and Caroline just shrugged not quite sure what to tell or where to start.
"I don't know. I was about to leave and there he was, standing in front of the ladies room, and all of a sudden, he started playing this role of jealous ex-boyfriend or something… and then he just kissed me" – Caroline said frustrated and Elena hugged her. "And now I am not sure what to do or how to act. How did he act when he came back to you?" – she asked and both Bonnie and Elena looked at each other trying to decide what to say.
"Well, as soon as he came back to us, Care, he kissed Elle, as I remember. And after that, they were gone" – Bonnie said and Caroline could feel how she was slowly falling apart because she knew that even though he kissed her, he truly thought it was a mistake. Everything was just too good to be true.
"He said to me that when he kisses her, he thinks about me" – she whispered to her friends and they both hugged her.
"Care, I don't know what he is thinking or why did he kiss you, and I am definitely sure now that he likes you, but kissing her just after he kissed you, is not right. It's just not" – Elena said and Bonnie nodded.
"Look, honey, as much as I want to see you happy with the guy you like, I don't approve Klaus's behavior tonight. I am not sure what is he doing but as Elena said, it is just not okay. He is playing with both of you, and even though he showed to you that he is into you, he still kissed her and went with her as soon as he saw her" – Bonnie said and Caroline nodded, desperately trying to make the tears go away. Her friends have been right - he kissed Elle immediately after he kissed her.
"Honestly, I think you should go to Dean and try to get to know him because, clearly, you had so much fun with him and he seems like a really good guy. You shouldn't spent the rest of your time thinking about Klaus and the kiss because he, in the end, went back to her" – Elena softly said.
"After he kissed me he said that it was a mistake and obviously, he really thinks that" – Caroline said and Bonnie hugged her but Elena broke their hug and stood in front of Caroline with a quite serious face.
"Care, look at me" – Elena said and looked at Caroline who was on a verge of tears, "go to Dean and give a guy a chance because you shouldn't be waiting for Klaus to make up his mind. Please, Caroline, have fun tonight and act as nothing has happened, okay? You deserve someone who likes you and who doesn't have additional luggage with him" – Elena said and smiled as Caroline nodded and hugged her. Bonnie looked at her two friends and smiled slowly before she hugged both of them.
When the girls came back to their friends, Kol, Stefan and Dean where standing near the bar counter trying to decide what should they drink next. Apparently, the decision was pretty hard because Stefan and Dean were cheering for a bottle of Jack Daniels while Kol wanted to drink Dom Perignon so they could properly celebrate the fact that they have all met in Berlin. And even though, a lot of girls surrounded the three of them, boys totally ignored them because alcohol seemed more important, and obviously, they didn't even think about hooking up with some random girl when they all already had their eye on someone particular. Damon was still not here and as Caroline saw, neither were Klaus and Elle, which made her happy because that meant she still had some time to prepare herself for the possible awkwardness.
"Look at that" – Kol started, "they went to find one lost sheep and soon enough they all become lost" – he said and laughed as the rest of them also did. Elena went to Stefan and kissed him before she replied to Kol.
"You know us girls, Kol, and our love for the bathrooms" – she said and smiled as both Bonnie and Caroline laughed.
"It is such a magical place for us" – Bonnie added and Kol smiled at her. Caroline looked at her friend and saw her blushing because of Kol's smile, and Kol still observed the dark skinned girl, obviously appreciating every part of her. As much as she wanted to observe the rest of the situation, she felt an arm around her shoulders. She looked up and saw Dean standing next to her offering her a drink.
"A straight vodka for you" – he said and she gladly accepted it. "Is everything okay?" – he asked and she looked at him strangely not knowing to what was he referring. "You were there for a long time" – he sheepishly added and smiled at her. Caroline, as soon as she saw Dean smiling so sweetly at her, smiled back at him.
"Oh, that. Well, you know us girls, whenever we go to the ladies room, we tend to stay there as much as we can. And no, don't worry, we don't just apply our make-up, we also, but don't tell anyone that" – she said to him and then whispered to his right ear, "talk about boys." She winked at him and he laughed.
"Your secret is safe with me, Caroline" – he said and she smiled at him. Dean was such a nice guy that Caroline couldn't believe that he actually liked her. One part of her was actually quite sad that she had met him tonight because if she had met him before she had met Klaus, she would fall for Dean instantly - she was sure of it. He was just such a perfect guy. But now, as much as she hated it, her heart had almost a tattoo, with Klaus's name written on it. Caroline took a sip of her drink and sighed as the idea formed in her head - it was now or never, she told to herself, and looked at Dean.
"Dean, let's get lost" – she said to him and although he looked at her clearly surprised, he didn't think twice and took her hand as he led them out of the club.
Klaus stood in front of the Asphalt holding Elle's hand in his own and nodding to every single word she has said because as much as he wanted to listen to her and pay attention to her, he couldn't stop thinking about the other blonde, about Caroline, and about their kiss. He still couldn't believe that he kissed her and that he acted on his emotions but he knew, as soon as he saw her kissing Dean, that he would explode tonight and that something will happen.
He didn't know when or how did it happened but he knew, that somewhere along this trip, he started thinking more and more about the little blonde American. He remembered how his first thought, when he saw her in London, was how incredibly beautiful she is. And then, he got to know her and she wasn't just beautiful but also smart, polite, amazing, nice, sweet – she was like an angel, a fragile angel, that needed to be protected - protected by him. And even though he had Elle, this amazing girl that made him feel something after so much time, he still couldn't stop thinking about Caroline. Sometimes, in night, he needed so much self-control to not to go to Caroline's room and tell her how he can not sleep because he is thinking about her all the time. And then, after the night in Paris when she got drunk and she begged him to stay, he couldn't leave her because he would never ever forgive himself for leaving such a fragile little girl alone. That night he understood everything, and he finally confessed to himself that he has feelings for her. Feelings that should be stopped immediately, and so the first thing in the morning he had done, was calling Elle and begging her to join them as soon as she could. And even that didn't help.
He enjoyed spending time with Caroline and although, one part of him was convinced that she liked him back, the other part knew that he was wrong and that a girl like her could never fall for a guy like him because she was so pure and sweet, and he was this guy who was constantly changing girls and whose private life was a daily theme of the media. He tried so desperately to make her go away from his head but he failed every time and tonight, when he saw her wearing that dress, looking like a Goddess, he knew that he would have a lot of trouble making her go away from his mind and perhaps even his heart. Regardless of Elle sitting right next to him tonight, all that he could think about was Caroline.
And tonight seeing her kissing that damn Dean Winchester; he just lost it. He lost every little bit of his self-control and he couldn't help himself but wanting to smash guy's face into pieces for daring to kiss Caroline. Yes, he saw her in Paris kissing that stupid French guy but Dean was different – he wasn't just a guy that could be a simple affair, no. Klaus knew Dean for a long time and he knew that he was one of those nice guys who made every woman happy. He knew that Dean was a keeper and a perfect guy for Caroline and that he should let her be with him. He still couldn't believe how jealous he got and that he actually broke every rule in his book and kissed Caroline while his girlfriend was just a couple meters away. He broke every damn rule in his book! He cheated on his girlfriend by kissing other girl and what was worse, even though he said to Caroline that the kiss was a mistake, he knew that those words had been said by his mind and not by his heart.
"And what should we do about that? Nik! Hey, Nik!" – Elle said as she snapped with her fingers and he finally looked at her. "Have you heard any word I've said, Nik?"
There she was, standing just next to him, his beautiful and amazing girlfriend of almost four months, Elle Thompson, talking to him about who knows what, and he has been ignoring her for a quite of time because of Caroline. Elle didn't deserve that because she was the one who made him feel something again and who made him want a relationship, and now he was paying her back like this? By kissing another girl? No, she most definitely didn't deserve that, and somehow he, despite Elle, kissed Caroline even though he tried so hard to not. He couldn't help himself looking at those big green eyes, somehow scared of him, and those amazing lips that just begged him to kiss them. He just needed to taste her, and to give his heart what it wanted.
"Nik, what's wrong with you?" – Elle asked somehow furious and he sighed before he hugged her and felt how she relaxed in his arms.
"Nothing, love. I'm just tired a little bit" – he said and kissed her. The kiss was, as always amazing, but it wasn't like that one with Caroline. Caroline, even though she looked like an angel, kissed like a devil – she made him want more and more, and it was so hard to stop and pull away from her, but thank to God he managed to do it somehow because if he didn't, he was sure he would take her to the ladies room and… he shouldn't even be thinking about it.
"Do you want to go back to the hotel and have a private party?" – Elle asked him seductively as she was kissing his neck now and he sighed before moving her lips and her from his neck. If Elle was surprised by his actions, she didn't show it.
"As much as I want to go back to the hotel, we need to go to our friends, love" – he said and she nodded.
"I know, honey, we have to be the good hosts, right?" – she asked and he nodded smilingly. "Niklaus Mikaelson, you know what?" – she asked him and he shook his head not knowing what will she say but Elle just smiled at him.
"The thing is that I love you, Nik" – she said and he looked at her desperately praying that he heard her wrong because he didn't deserve her love and most of all, he couldn't say it back because of Caroline and their kiss. As much as he wanted to say it, he couldn't – he just couldn't. As he was looking at Elle, trying to find words that were more than equal to "I love you", even though all that he could say and make Elle happy was "I love you", he saw them.
Caroline was holding Dean's hand and they were both smiling as they were walking into the Berlin's night, only shortly stopping just so they could kiss. She laughed at him and he, all of sudden, swept her of her feet and carried her to the darkness of the park as the groom carries the bride, and she laughed so sweetly that it made his heart stretch. Obviously, she didn't care about everything that happened, and even though he was also thinking it was a mistake, it still hurt that she went immediately to Dean. Yes, sure, he went to Elle and they've kissed but that was different – she was his girlfriend but Dean was someone whom Caroline has met not even a couple hours ago. It clearly meant that she didn't care about him at all and that he was right – a girl like her would never ever care about a guy like him.
He swallowed, desperately trying to look at Elle's eyes and ignore Caroline's laughter as Dean carried her. He looked at Elle's eyes and saw only pure love for him and so he did only one thing that was right – he said to her that he loves her before he kissed her so he could forget the lie he had just said to her. And also, so he could forget Caroline.
Caroline woke up as she felt a slow movement beside her. She opened her eyes and turned around only to find Dean looking at her with his gorgeous green eyes. He was smiling and he pressed his lips to her forehead before he spoke.
"Morning, beautiful" – he said and slowly touched her collarbone and left a soft trace with his finger as she smiled back at him. She remembered how he carried her all the way through the park to her hotel so they could enjoy in each other properly. She remembered how she sent Bonnie a text that she should sleep at Damon's room tonight because she and Dean will be quite busy. She remembered how he kissed her in the elevator and how they almost did it inside but they've managed to wait to reach her floor and her room. As soon as they closed the door of her room, he started kissing her and touching her on all those little places of her body that made her want him more and more by every second. She remembered how she wrapped both legs around him and how she felt him – him that wanted her so much…
"Good morning, Dean" – Caroline whispered and blushed because he was the second guy that saw her naked. No, even though people tend to think that she slept with a lot guys just because she dated a lot, her first, and the only one until now, was Tyler. A part of her still couldn't believe how she easily went to bed with Dean but the other part knew she wanted to forget about the kiss. And also, she liked Dean so it was really a win-win situation.
"How did you sleep, beautiful?" – he asked but instead of waiting for her answer, he kissed her and she gladly kissed him back. As they were kissing and almost repeating every little move from the last night, a telephone rang. Dean growled as Caroline mouthed: "I am sorry" before she answered. After she finished the conversation, she rolled of the king-size bed, and motioned to Dean that he should also get up.
"Elena and Bonnie, and the others I suppose, are waiting for us downstairs so we could eat breakfast together or actually, a brunch. Perhaps even lunch" – she said and he just laughed at her before he went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Caroline sat at the couch and smiled a little bit as she was reminiscing of the last night but her smile slowly fade away she remembered how Klaus and she kissed. Even though she spent a magical night with Dean, one part of her was still thinking about Klaus and their kiss and she was still hoping that she would find out that he left Elle because of her – maybe he even sent her a text. She quickly grabbed her purse and took her phone but she had no new messages. She sighed and said to herself: "No matter how much you want this, you will never ever be good enough for him, Caroline."
When Caroline and Dean came to the lobby of the Adlon-Kempinski hotel, Stefan, Elena and Damon were already there, waiting for them to come. Stefan was hugging Elena as she was obviously sleeping a little bit on his chest while Damon sat on the chair and read some magazine.
"Morning, guys" – Caroline managed to say before Damon came up to her and patted her on her back.
"Nice job, Barbie" – he whispered to Caroline before shaking hands with Dean as if they were old friends. Caroline just laughed at his statement because it was such a typical thing to come out of Damon's mouth.
"Where is Bonnie?" – Caroline asked as she noticed that her other best friend was missing, and as Damon was here, she clearly still hasn't been sleeping because Damon was well known for his need of loud music to wake him up in the morning.
"Bon-Bon is with Kol" – Damon said and smirked. Caroline looked at him surprised because she wasn't sure that she heard him right.
"Bonnie couldn't go to Damon's room because of his little German friend, and she couldn't go to her room because of the two of you" – Stefan said somehow embarrassed before he continued, "and then Kol said to her that she could sleep in his hotel because he was in a suite so he had a lot of free space for he as well."
"Wow, Bonnie went with Kol" – Dean said, standing behind Caroline, and as she turned around to comment that, she spotted Elle and Klaus slowly approaching to them silently talking about something and obviously in a good mood because Elle was grinning like crazy.
"Hi, guys" – Elena said as Elle smiled to them and Klaus nodded completely ignoring Caroline.
"Where is Bonnie?" – Elle curiously asked.
"Well, Barbie here had a slumber party only for Dean and her" – Damon said and Caroline blushed. She looked at Klaus but he was simply listening to Damon as nothing had happened yesterday between Caroline and him. "So Bonnie had to sleep at Kol's."
"What?" – Klaus asked in a surprise while Damon started laughing and nodding and Klaus just shook his head.
"So, who is a better roommate, Caroline, Bonnie or Dean?" – Elle asked with a smile and Stefan and Damon started laughing. Before she managed to answer, Klaus coughed.
"Elle, love, I think it's too early for that kind of questions, don't you agree? And besides, I am starving" – he said and went towards the hotel restaurant as everybody else followed him.
They ate their breakfast at the same table at which they had their dinner yesterday and Caroline was simply amazed by the daylight view of the Brandenburg Gate's from their table – she could hardly remove her eyes from the windows, and as she could see, everybody else shared her opinion because they were also gazing through the window; everybody else except Klaus who has been silently eating his bagel with a little strawberry jam on it, and looking in front of himself, obviously ignoring everyone and everything around him.
"So, Dean, tell us, how long are you staying in Berlin?" – Elle asked making everybody look at Dean who was sitting between Caroline and Damon and have been eating his scrambled eggs with a couple of cherry tomatoes on side.
"I don't know. It all depends about my younger brother Sam, and Kol, obviously" – he said with a smile as Elle nodded.
"Why your brother?" – Caroline asked.
"Sam is a freshman at Brown and…" – he started speaking but was abruptly stopped by Caroline as soon as she heard one word; Brown.
"I am a freshman at Brown, and Bonnie too. Wow, I can't believe it" – she practically yelled and Dean smiled at her.
"Are you? Really? Well, I'll be a third year this fall so we would see each other often then, won't we?" – he asked her and she nodded with a smile.
"That is so cute, isn't it, Nik?" – Elle asked with a smile and Klaus nodded obviously not caring about it at all.
"What are you studying, Dean?" – Elena asked.
"Pre-med actually, and my brother is going to pre-law" – Dean said proudly and Caroline smiled at him. So, he wasn't just handsome, he was also really smart, too. Definitely a keeper, as her mother would say.
"So many lawyers around here and so many doctors" – Elena said and Dean looked at her curiously. "Well, Stefan is going to pre-med at Harvard actually, Kol is going to the pre-med at Oxford, right, Klaus" – she looked at Klaus who simply nodded, "and Elle here wants to be lawyer and Klaus also" – Elena proudly said and Dean smiled at her but looked at Caroline.
"What do you want to study, Caroline?" – Dean asked her.
"History and History of Art but maybe even also Math or Physics because I want to become an architect one day" – she said and he smiled at her.
"That's great, Caroline" – he said and she simply smiled.
"How do you know Kol?" – Damon asked curiously.
"Sam, my younger brother, actually met him in Salzburg where they both went to the summer school of German language, right Klaus?" – Dean asked Klaus who simply nodded still not saying a word. "And they became really good friends and have been for five years now, so basically the two of them spend every summer together and now, I came too, as did our friends" – Dean said and Elle sighed.
"I really envy those of you who have been lucky enough to travel and spend your summers abroad" – Elle said and took a sip of her green tea.
"You haven't traveled, Elle?" – Stefan asked her and she shook her head.
"No, not exactly. I mean, I've been in whole UK and Ireland obviously, as I am from Dublin" – she said and smiled as Dean and the others nodded, "and although my family has some money, I still do have a younger sister Lydia and a younger brother Colin so it was quite impossible for us to travel and it was also expensive for my parents to send me abroad. Basically, this is my first trip out of the UK and Ireland" – she said and smiled.
"The same is with me, Elle" – Caroline said not believing she actually spoke back to Elle because she was sure she would spend all her time silent when Elle was around her. "I have been just in Georgia, Virginia and both Carolina's. I haven't even been to New York" – she said and Elle smiled at her.
"I guess we both have to be grateful to Nik then" – Elle said and kissed Klaus on his left cheek and he smiled back at her.
"You have been quite silent, my friend. Everything okay?" – Damon asked while chewing a piece of his bread.
"Sure, just a lack of sleep, I guess" – Klaus said and Damon winked at him.
"I get you, and I think that everybody else also get you. We all had a good night, haven't we?" – Damon said. "I have to say that Heike, my beautiful German friend, doesn't understand a single word of English but she sure can make a man damn happy" – he said and laughed.
"God, Damon, it's too early" – Elena spat as he just smirked at her.
"Not quite, sweetheart. It's 11:35am so I think we can have a conversation for the "grown-ups", what do you say, Elena?" – he said and she rolled her eyes.
"What are we doing later, Klaus?" – Stefan asked, clearly trying to change the subject of the conversation, while Klaus shrugged.
"I was thinking that we should go to the Museum Island" – he said. "It is a site protected by UNESCO, and it is a home to five most important museums in Berlin. And, Caroline" – he said, and as she heard her name said by him, Caroline almost choked, "I believe you will love it. Most of them are history museums so I believe you will enjoy" – he said with a smile before he took a sip of his black coffee.
"Yeah, that would be cool" – Caroline said somewhat confused. Did he actually spoke to her?
"Do you want to go with us, Dean?" – Elle asked and Dean shook his head.
"No, although, thanks for the invitation Elle, but I have to go back to my hotel and change and see what my friends our planning but" – he said and looked at Caroline, "we could meet later if you want?"
Caroline looked at Elena, who was nodding at Caroline as she obviously approved Dean, and she looked at Klaus who was still quite uninterested in everything. So, clearly, last night's kiss didn't mean anything to him because he was still obviously dating Elle and he was acting like nothing had happened. Caroline would be a fool if she would ignore Dean just because of Klaus and his mood swings.
"Sure, Dean, it will be my pleasure" – she said and smiled at Dean.
"Caroline, wait a second" – Caroline turned around and saw Elle running towards her from the restaurant. After Dean and Caroline were finished with their breakfast, she went with him out side so they could say goodbye and exchange their numbers so they could see each other again.
"Do you want to drink a cup of coffee with me in a hotel bar?" – Elle asked and Caroline suddenly got quite scared because she didn't know what to expect of Elle but even though she didn't want to really go and have coffee with Elle, she heard herself answering positively.
The two blondes went to the hotel bar and ordered two cups of white coffee and before the waiter came back with their order, they both were staring at everything else beside each other. Currently, Caroline couldn't take her eyes off the beautiful bar counter that had been made out of the most beautiful piece of wood she has even seen; it was probably from an oak tree, she thought.
"So, Caroline, I know this whole coffee thing is probably weird to you, but I wanted to, actually, apologize" – Elle mumbled and Caroline looked at her strangely. Had she heard right? Elle was apologizing to her but for what? If someone had to apologize it was definitely Caroline. "I was quite mad and jealous of you and I want to apologize because of the last night and my act over the dinner" – she quietly said and Caroline nodded. Somehow, she understood now that Elle was just a simple girl in love that was afraid that Caroline would take her boyfriend, and no matter how Caroline really wanted her boyfriend, Klaus still, after the kiss, went back to Elle.
"Don't worry about it, Elle. I understand" – Caroline said with a smile.
"I know that you do. I mean, Nik said that you are an amazing girl and I had this crazy feeling that he likes you and that something is going between the of you but I saw you last night with Dean and then Nik said that he loves me so…" – she continued speaking but Caroline stopped listening. Klaus said to Elle last night that he loves her? When – before or after the kiss? She couldn't believe it that he kissed her and then, perhaps before or after the kiss, he said to his girlfriend that he loves her.
"He said that he loves you?" – Caroline asked and Elle blushed.
"Yes, we went outside and he said to me that he loves me. Can you believe it?" – Elle asked and Caroline shook her head. She really couldn't believe because just the other day he told her that he is sure that he doesn't love Elle so how did he change his mind or, actually, heart all of sudden? But he also said that he could love Elle, a tiny voice in her head reminded Caroline. Apparently, he loves her. "And now I am sure that you two just care for each other as friends, and I see why he respects you so much – you are a really nice person, Caroline" – Elle said with a smile while Caroline just nodded silently thinking that she isn't such a nice person for wanting the other girl's boyfriend and for kissing that same boyfriend.
"And I have to say, Dean really likes you and I think that it is so romantic that both of you are attending the same college, right? You really look good together, Caroline" – Elle smiled and Caroline nodded.
"I think it is to early to talk about the future but yes, Dean is a really nice guy" – Caroline politely said still thinking about the fact that Klaus told Elle that he loves her. She couldn't believe it and even though she knew it was a truth, she knew that their kiss was something special and not just I-am-drunk-let's-kiss kiss – it was really special and such a passionate kiss, but obviously only to her.
"And he is really handsome, Caroline" – Elle said but in that moment her phone rang. "Oh, sorry, it is Nik" – she said and answered with a smile.
"Actually, I am with Caroline and we are gossiping a little bit about boys" – she said quite amused while Caroline politely smiled thinking that it would be funnier if they both talked about kissing Klaus. Caroline almost started laughing when she thought about the possibility of her and Elle discussing how is to kiss Klaus.
"I will, sweetie, don't worry. See you in a couple of seconds" – Elle said and hang up.
"Apparently, we have to go and pick up something for his older brother Finn, so I have to leave you unfortunately, but Caroline, I had a really great time talking to you, and once again, I am really sorry because of everything" – Elle said and with that she was gone.
Caroline sighed not believing that she actually managed to have a civil conversation with Elle but as she knew, miracles were possible. She took a sip of her white coffee and as she stood up, her phone vibrated. She took it and saw that she got a new text, a new text from Klaus. What did he want, for God's sake? Probably trying to tell her that he hopes she didn't tell Elle anything about their kiss and that it was a mistake and that he is really sorry because of the kiss and all that rubbish. She sighed and opened the text.
"Tell Dean to take you to the House of the World Culture. I am sure that you, as the future architect, absolutely have to see it. ;)"
Caroline reread Klaus's message several times but she didn't understand it all – why was he so sweet? And now he didn't mind Dean?
So, we had a first Klaus's POV - what do you say? Do you like it? I am not sure when we will have another Klaus's POV but I am certain that I will write once again from his POV.
So, the things are starting to getting a little bit serious - they've kissed, you guys! I think that we will have quite a drama in our future chapters. They've kissed, he is thorn between Caroline and Elle, Caroline met Dean who is really nice guy and yeah, things will start to happen. A lot of things. But I don't intend to move Dean so fast from the story as I have done with Jean-Luc because Jean-Luc was just a little affair in Paris, but Dean Winchester has a lot of potential, right? And seriously, there is no better guy than Dean to make Klaus jealous.
Now, in the end, Klaus is still acting strange but that is the thing with the guys, right? Always so weird and strange. :)
I think I will rate this story as a M story because I'm not sure what can I write and what can I not so this is the safest thing to do, probably.
So, tell me please, what do you think, and be honest, and review because that's the only way I can hear your thoughts and see your opinions, and also, that means a lot to me.
Thank you for reading this story, I still can't believe that people actually read this, but thank you so, so much. You are really amazing and I wish you all the luck in the world and the possibility to travel one day as Caroline and her friends are.
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