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So, without further ado…

The Date

The sound of the doorbell ringing echoed throughout the house.

"Eeck, that's him. You look amazing! I will go get the door, and you come down in a few minutes." Caroline jumped up excitedly.

"Care, I'm ready now. I can go answer the door myself."

"No! You have to make an entrance. Think She's All That."

Bonnie let out a light chuckle, "First of all, she tripped. Second of all, he's a thousand year old hybrid… he can probably hear you."

From the look on the blonde's face, she had temporarily forgotten that little tidbit. "Ugh. Fine. Go answer the door yourself; see if we care! In fact, why don't you take out all the fun romantic moments for the night?"

The other girls laughed, and Bonnie shook her head and quickly gave her friend a quick hug. "It's fine, Care. Thank you, guys… I appreciate everything." She turned and hurried down the stairs, taking a deep breath before opening the door.

"Hi," she whispered nervously. He looked good in his dark jeans and olive green button up shirt, with the cuffs rolled up to his elbows. And from the amused expression he had on his face, he had heard everything Caroline had said.

"Hi." Klaus' eyes took in every detail of her figure, before his gaze returned to hers. "You look even more ravishing than should be possible. I am deeply honored that you agreed to this date."

"I'm honored that you asked me." She tucked a stray piece of hair behind her ear and looked down. "Are those for me?" She gestured to the bouquet of wildflowers he held clutched in his hands.

Klaus momentarily lost his usual confidence, and a blush had the audacity to make its way across his cheeks and to the tips of his ears. He cleared his throat and held them out to her, "forgive me. Yes, these are for you. They remind me of you."

"Oh?"

"They are both beautiful and happy. And much like you, they are stronger than they look." His eyes lovingly caressed her face.

She smiled, bright enough to light up the night sky. Bringing the flowers to her face, she said, "Thank you. Come inside while I put these in some water." When Klaus made no move, Bonnie looked at him questioningly.

"Are you sure? If you do not yet feel comfortable with me entering your house, I will not."

Smiling softly, Bonnie reached out and took his hand, pulling him over the threshold. "If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't have even agreed to go on a date with you."

Bringing her hand up to his lips, he placed a kiss on her knuckles. "Thank you. I do not take this gift lightly."

Bonnie turned and headed to the kitchen. As she was filling a vase with water, she looked over her shoulder at her date, who was watching her intently. "Speaking of gifts, I should thank you for all of the gifts you've left for me. That was you… wasn't it?" She raised an amused eyebrow, loving that she seemed to be the only one who could ever make him embarrassed or vulnerable.

"It was." His eyes caught hers as she turned fully, "Did you enjoy them? Were the grimoires insightful?"

"Yes, to both questions. I have been using them to strengthen my practice. I feel my magic is much stronger than it was before."

"Excellent."

"Who knows, I might even be able to take you now."

"Good," Klaus said, relaxed and seemingly pleased.

"Good?"

"Indeed. I like knowing that you are getting stronger. I will do everything in my power to protect you, however I have made many enemies in my thousand years on this earth. It soothes me to know that you will be able to protect yourself, should I fail. However, I want you to know that I will fight for you until my dying breath. I would surmise even that would not be enough to make me leave your side."

Bonnie tilted her head, "I probably shouldn't find that to be sweet, you know with the whole mentioning enemies and death. Plus, it is definitely way too soon for those sort of declarations. Yet, oddly I do find it to be sweet and just as soothing."

One side of his mouth perked up into a grin. "Shall we, darling."

"We shall! So… where are we going?"

He laughed, pleased that she was excited. "Now that, my love, is a surprise."

The two drove away from the witch's house, leaving three very pleased girls.

"So, just to be clear… He's not always like that with romantic interests, right?" Elena asked Rebekah.

"I can assure you; he is not like that with anyone. The last time I remember Niklaus showing his sweet, caring, and loyal side was before my mother made us into this. Back when the only thing which worried him was trying to gain father's approval. Niklaus, to my knowledge, has never even been in love. He only kept Katherine around because she amused and intrigued him. One of the many reasons why I am so thankful for Bonnie, is that she has somehow managed to unlock the man I once knew and bring him forward. Have no worry, my brother will not get bored or stray from his mate, ever."

"Good. And you know that you don't have to worry about Bonnie, right? Especially after everything that happened with Jeremey. She's like the most loyal person ever. I mean she's stuck with us after everything that's happened these past few years. We, well I, lost sight of that for a while, but she doesn't hold it against me. She needs someone who will appreciate her and encourages her to be the best version of herself. And from everything I can see, that's your brother. I don't think I'll ever forgive what he's done, but if he continues treating my best friend like the goddess she is, I can move on from the past."

"Plus, when they get married we can all be bridesmaids!" Caroline clapped excitedly.

"Care, we are still in high school! Calm down."

"Right, so that should give us plenty of time to plan." The girls just laughed as they settled on the couch to watch tv and gossip, while waiting for Bonnie to return.

"Great job… Beautiful form… Lining up your shot, very smart."

Bonnie burst out laughing. "Will you stop?!"

"What?" Klaus put on his best innocent face, but couldn't keep his mirth from surfacing.

"You know what. You are trying to sabotage me, don't bother denying it!" Bonnie pointed her finger in his face.

"Now why," he gently grabbed her hand in one of his as he stepped closer, "would I want to do that?"

Her breath caught, before she cleared her throat. "I have not a clue. You are already beating me!"

"True, yet you had no issues in using underhanded means to beat me in our bumper car race. I figured turnabout was fair play." Stepping even closer to Bonnie, Klaus placed his free hand on her hip and angled his head toward hers, inhaling deeply. "Miss Bennett," he asked huskily.

"Hmm," she sighed, eyes closing.

"Would you grant me the extreme honor of allowing me to kiss you?" He caressed her nose lightly with his.

"Yes."

"What was that?"

"Yes!"

"A bit louder please."

"Dear lord, Klaus. If you don't kiss me, I am going to give you an aneurism so bad that you" His lips descended upon hers, cutting off what she was saying.

Perfection. That was the only word that crossed both of their minds. Slowly Klaus' tongue begged for entrance, which she eagerly granted. Bonnie angled her head and pressed up onto her toes to get closer to him. One of his hands buried itself in her hair, while his other hand slid from her hip to wrap around her waist, pulling her in tighter. They both were drowning in the sensation that their lips brought each other. Finally, the need for air caused Bonnie to pull her mouth away, resting her forehead against his.

"That was…" Bonnie couldn't find the words.

"Heaven. It was pure… heaven."

"Yes. It was."

Someone coughed, "Excuse me, do you mind moving."

The supernatural couple turned to see a family, with two kids looking expectantly at them.

Bonnie blushed, "Right, sorry! We are just going to go." She pulled Klaus away so the family could finish their round of mini golf.

When Klaus had asked her on a date, she figured they would go to some fancy restaurant and he would try to impress her. So, imagine her surprise when he pulled into the parking lot of Family Fun Center. She had even asked him incredulously, "This is where you are taking me on our first date?!"

To which he had smugly replied, "Yes. I rather think we will have a grand time. I may even let you win a few of these games." This of course sparked a competition that lasted most of the night. They went go kart racing, ate pizza, hit some balls at the batting cages, and played some games at the arcade. They laughed so much and Bonnie could honestly say she had more fun on this first date than she ever had in her entire relationship with Jeremy. She had also never seen Klaus look so carefree and laidback. And that kiss! That blew her away. One kiss, and she already was feeling addicted. Was it supposed to be like that? No wonder Jeremy would have rather kissed a ghost. She definitely was not planning on letting Klaus go anytime soon.

Klaus had his arm over her shoulders while they walked back from the desk, where they had returned their clubs. Both had decided to end their game early. Once they reached his car, he opened the door and regretfully released her so she could get in. He walked around to get into the driver's seat and before he turned the ignition, he looked at her and smiled.

"I have truly had the best time."

"So have I. This has been the most wonderful night. To be honest, I was a tad worried."

Understanding, he laughed, "Why? Afraid I was going to required you to wear a ball gown so we could hang with all the "hoity toity" people?"

She grinned, "Maybe."

"I shall let you in on a little secret; while I have been known to go to balls and surround myself with people like that, I actually hate it."

"Really?"

"Truly. Honestly, it really is more Elijah's forte. No, I wanted you to have a great time, while having the opportunity to get to know you better. It did of course help, that I knew you are not the kind of woman to be impressed with a fancy restaurant. Especially not on a first date. I may have searched the interweb for fun places; as soon as this location popped up, I knew you would love it. I must admit, I have not laughed quite so much in ages."

"Same here. It was wonderful. Thank you again." She leaned across the center console and kissed him on his cheek.

At least that was where she meant to kiss him, he had quickly turned his head to capture her lips with his. Before things could get too heated though, he pulled away and breathed deeply. "I am afraid I do not want this night to end. Would you mind terribly if we just drove somewhere to talk; I love talking to you."

She reached over and interlaced her hand with his, "I would love that."

****Chapter End****

So, that was the date. Hope you liked it, let me know.

I'm trying to decide how I want Bonnie to find out about the whole mate thing. I know I want it to be fairly soon, so that will be coming in the next couple of chapters.

Anyway, ciao for now!