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Chapter 11: Drunk Confessions


She turns and says don't be surprised,
It's gonna be a good night,
A good, good night.
She's showing me a different side,
One I've never seen before
That I ignore.
Cause when I'm up she's all about me,
When I'm down,
She stays around me,
Now I know I'm one and only,
So I might as well enjoy the ride.

She's so wasted,
Acting crazy,
Making a scene,
Like it's her birthday.
Drinking champagne,
Going insane,
Falling on me,
Like it's her birthday.

- Like It's Her Birthday, Good Charlotte


Caroline sat on her bed at her laptop, attempting to distract herself with her photography assignment. She had finally finished photographing what she needed and was finally up to editing the photos on Photoshop. She was going to have to put them all in a nice display folder once she was done to present and submit it. For her assignment, she had decided to photograph jewellery, the assignment being that they had to advertise a product. She had settled on advertising Pandora.

As she worked through each image, she tried to focus on the task at hand but her mind kept traveling back to Elena. Every time she thought of her friend, she felt numb and tears welled up in her eyes. Nothing was proving as a sufficient distraction from the fact that her best friend was dead.

Suddenly the sound of a knock on her door snapped her attention away from her thoughts of Elena. She stood up to go see who was at the door and her jaw dropped when she saw who it was. Standing in the doorway in front of her was Bonnie.

"Oh my God." Caroline whispered before running over to her friend and throwing her arms around her. Bonnie squeezed her back tightly and the two girls started crying a mixture of both happy and sad tears – happy to see each other but sad for the loss of their friend.

After a long few minutes, the two girls separated and looked at each other.

"What are you doing here?" Caroline asked. "I thought your student exchange program didn't finish for another three weeks."

"It does but I wanted to be with you guys after Elena… after… well, you know." Bonnie said and took a deep breath. "It was too difficult to deal with being so far away from you all. My exchange family were understanding about my decision, which was good. How have you been dealing?"

Caroline took a deep breath and sighed. "It's been hard," she said honestly, "but I've been lucky that I've got good company here to help me through it."

Bonnie raised a brow at her, waiting for her to elaborate. "Who's company?" she asked and her eyes went wide. "Please tell me it's that British guy. It is, isn't it?" she said and a grin appeared on her face. That was one way to perk up her mood.

Caroline, too, felt herself smile. "Maybe." She said and slunk back over to her bed to close the image programs on her laptop. Bonnie planted herself down on Caroline's bed and watched her with a big grin on her face.

"Has anything happened between you two so far?" Bonnie asked, then decided for herself. "Something totally has, hasn't it? You have this goofy smile on your face, Care. Tell me the details!"

Caroline closed her laptop and bit back a smile. "Don't tell anyone, okay?" she said and Bonnie nodded eagerly. She took a deep breath before speaking. "We went out on a date a few weeks ago. He took me to a restaurant and we got dinner. Then we started spending more time together and he's really good at art, so he painted me and by the end of it I totally kissed him." She said and Bonnie squealed excitedly.

"Oh my God, Care! I told you to get in there and you totally did! Did anything else happen? Was it just the one time?"

"Oh no, we've made out more than once." She said, causing another excited squeal to pass through Bonnie's lips.

"Please tell me you guys have made it official?"

Caroline shook her head. "We haven't. I think he's holding back from asking me because of Elena passing away. He knows I won't say yes if I'm in a mood."

Bonnie frowned. "Why's that?"

"Because he asked me to the dance back when Elena was in hospital and I said no."

"Caroline!" Bonnie scolded her and grabbed hold of Caroline's arms to shake her. "You should have said yes!"

"Well I was upset about Elena." She said and felt her mood darken at the thought of her departed friend. "I haven't exactly been in the best state of mind lately."

The two girls sat in silence for a long moment, both of them thinking about Elena. It was too quiet, and quite frankly, it was too depressing.

"I think," Bonnie started, "That we need to go have some fun. There's a party going on later tonight. We should go."

"I don't know, Bonnie." Caroline started with a shake of her head but Bonnie stopped her.

"We are going. You need to get out. Besides, I need to make a few friends here too. We can dance, get drunk and have some fun for once instead of worry about everyone else. We need a release and this is the perfect chance."

Deep down, Caroline knew Bonnie was right. She had been cooped up by herself for weeks now, and now that Elena had passed away, she was isolating herself even more. She had to go out and have a crazy night.

"Okay," she finally agreed, "Let's go to the party."

Several hours later, the girls were dressed in their best. Bonnie wore a navy blue thigh-length skater dress. It hugged her bust nicely and flowed from her waist, showing off her curves elegantly. She had completed her outfit with black strappy heels and a black clutch. Her hair had been curled so her bob framed her face nicely. She had wanted to look elegant but also hot at the same time, and she had achieved exactly that.

Caroline, however, had decided to go all out. Forget about elegance; she wanted to look sexy. Caroline had opted for a red dress that stopped halfway past her thighs. It was fitted and hugged her body nicely, accentuating her curves. The waist of the dress was covered in black lace. Like Bonnie, she had a black clutch to match with the lace on her dress and she wore black stilettoes. Her blonde hair had been styled into waves and framed her face. She had done a smokey eye for her makeup and wore dark red lipstick. She knew a lot of people were going to be at this party, and she secretly hoped that Klaus would be there so she could show off what she had, though she knew he wasn't much of the party type. But hey, a girl could hope.

They made their way down to the party arm in arm and Caroline couldn't help but start to share Bonnie's excitement. She hadn't gone to any social events yet at Whitmore and it was safe to say that she was dying for a party of some kind. The party was at one of the boarding houses on campus. The boarding houses didn't have security keeping an eye on them, so they were the ideal place for a college party.

People were milling about outside the boarding house, laughing and carrying on. They made their way over to the front door where people were walking in and out and headed inside. Bonnie was looking around the place with wide eyes. She still hadn't seen all of campus yet and she couldn't believe how big Whitmore was. Caroline, however, was busy looking around to see if Klaus and Enzo were there, but when she saw the drinks table, all thoughts left her mind apart from one. She grabbed Bonnie by the wrist and dragged her over to the table. Caroline wanted to have fun tonight, so she wasn't planning on staying sober for long.

She found several coolers nearby and settled for cider to start off with, passing one to Bonnie and taking one for herself. She opened it up and took a sip before looking around at her surroundings again. Bonnie followed her gaze and tried to see where she was looking.

"Who are you looking for, Care?"

"As if you don't know the answer to that question, Bon." Caroline said and took another swig of her drink. Bonnie tried to restrain the grin that was threatening to appear on her face but failed to do so.

"I still need to meet this guy. The way you look when you talk about him is priceless. He must seriously be hot."

"Oh believe me, Bonnie, he is." She said with a smirk and nodded her head knowingly at her friend. Bonnie laughed at Caroline's reaction.

Just then a girl from Caroline's art class, Becky, made her way over to them. Becky gave Bonnie a welcoming smile before turning to Caroline and placing a hand on her arm.

"I heard about Elena. I'm really sorry for your loss, Caroline." She said sincerely and Caroline pressed her lips into a thin line. She didn't want to talk about Elena tonight. She didn't even know what to say when people gave her their condolences. She just wanted to drink and forget everything just for one night.

"Thanks, Becky." Caroline said then swallowed, worrying that fresh tears were going to reappear in her eyes.

"How are you holding up?"

"I'm fine." She said rather harshly and Becky frowned for a moment before her expression became gentle again. "I'm just fine."

"Well if you ever want anyone to speak to, I'm all ears, hon."

Caroline gave her a grateful smile. "Thank you, Becky." In truth, Caroline just wanted her to leave. To Caroline's pleasure, she did just that after giving her one last smile. Once Becky was gone, Caroline rolled her eyes and groaned before turning back to Bonnie.

"That," Caroline said, pointing a finger in the direction Becky had walked of in, "is why I haven't left my dorm. I hate the condolences talks. I never know what to say and I'm sick of hearing them."

"People are just trying to give you support, Care."

"Well I don't want it considering they weren't even there when Elena was in hospital." She retorted. "The only person at Whitmore that has helped me through it all the past few weeks is Klaus. No one else. Not even Enzo has been around. Hell, I can't seem to find him around campus half the time anyway unless he wants to be found." She said with a frown. "Don't get me wrong, he's my friend, but…" she trailed off then shook her head. "No. Actually, I don't even want to talk about this. I just want to forget about it all and party the night away."

"We're here to have fun," Bonnie confirmed with a nod of her head, "Not to mourn."

"Exactly!" Caroline took several gulps of her cider before taking Bonnie's hand and dragging her over to another room where the music was louder. "Now let's go dance."


A few hours and several drinks later, Caroline was in a brilliant mood. No one had spoken to her about Elena's death again and she was feeling like she had no care in the world whatsoever. Caroline and Bonnie had been dancing and laughing with a group of people when they heard that the DJ was going to set up an open mic for people to get up and sing if they wanted to. Usually Caroline would have said no, but she was too far gone to care.

"Bonnnnniiiiieeee!" she whined and dragged her friend over to the platform where the microphones were set up.

"I don't want to do this." Bonnie complained.

"Yes you do." Caroline said with a tone that told Bonnie to not argue with her. Caroline leaned over the DJ booth to speak to the DJ and told him what song she wanted. He gave her a nod and a smile, liking her choice and went to put the song on. Caroline went back to her mic beside Bonnie and told her what song they were going to sing – or in this case, rap. Caroline was bouncing eagerly on her toes, and after a few more seconds, the song started up. The girls started swaying and dancing to the introduction of the song before the lyrics came in.

"First things first, I'm the realest
Drop this and let the whole world feel it
And I'm still in the Murda Bizness
I can hold you down, like I'm givin' lessons in physics
You should want a bad bitch like this
Drop it low and pick it up just like this
Cup of Ace, cup of Goose, cup of Cris
High heels, somethin' worth a half a ticket on my wrist
Takin' all the liquor straight, never chase that
Rooftop like we bringin' '88 back
Bring the hooks in, where the bass at?
Champagne spillin', you should taste that

I'm so fancy
You already know
I'm in the fast lane
From L.A. to Tokyo
I'm so fancy
Can't you taste this gold
Remember my name, 'bout to blow"

By the time they reached the end of the first chorus, Bonnie wasn't feeling so self-conscious anymore and she started to enjoy herself as much as Caroline was. The two girls danced together, laughing and giggling whenever there was a pause during the song as everyone else danced and sang along with them.

"I said baby, I do this, I thought that, you knew this
Can't stand no haters and honest, the truth is
And my flow retarded, they speak it, depart it
Swagger on super, I can't shop at no department
Better get my money on time, if they not money, decline
And swear I meant that there so much that they give that line a rewind
So get my money on time, if they not money, decline
I just can't worry 'bout no haters, gotta stay on my grind
Now tell me, who that, who that?
That do that, do that?
Put that paper over all, I thought you knew that, knew that
I be that I-G-G-Y, put my name in bold
I been working, I'm up in here with some change to throw"

By this point, Caroline was sick of standing up on the platform and wanted to go somewhere new. She grabbed her microphone and hopped down from the platform and with the assistance of someone nearby, she got up on a chair to stand up on a table. Bonnie was still on the platform, not as much of a confident drunk as Caroline was. As she sung, she gestured to everyone else to sing with her.

"I'm so fancy
You already know
I'm in the fast lane
From L.A. to Tokyo
I'm so fancy
Can't you taste this gold
Remember my name, 'bout to blow

Trash the hotel
Let's get drunk on the mini bar
Make the phone call
Feels so good getting what I want, yeah
Keep on turning it up
Chandelier swinging, we don't give a fuck
Film star, yeah I'm deluxe
Classic, expensive, you don't get to touch, ow"

As she was dancing and singing on the table, she looked around the people in the room and saw Enzo and Klaus step inside. She laughed when she saw them. She didn't know why, it was just funny. Caroline could even hear Bonnie giggling through her microphone and Caroline grinned widely, wiggling her fingers as she waved at them, trying to not laugh again. She went back to the song, and for some reason that she couldn't even think of, she ran her free hand down her side as she went down on the table, keeping her gaze on none other than Klaus fucking Mikaelson for the rest of the song.

"Still stunting, how you love that
Got the whole world asking how I does that
Hot girl, hands off, don't touch that
Look at that I bet you wishing you could clutch that
Just the way you like it, huh?
You're so good, he's just wishing he could bite it, huh?
Never turn down money
Slaying these hoes, gold trigger on the gun like"

She grinned wickedly when she saw his eyes go wide at the sight of her. She stood back up and started swaying her hips and ran a hand through her hair as she sang the rest of the song. Bonnie was long gone and was laughing hysterically rather than singing. The DJ had taken the microphone away from her.

"I'm so fancy
You already know
I'm in the fast lane
From L.A. to Tokyo
I'm so fancy
Can't you taste this gold
Remember my name, 'bout to blow

Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y
That do that, do that, I-G-G-Y
Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y
Blow

Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y
That do that, do that, I-G-G-Y
Who that, who that, I-G-G-Y
Blow"

Once she finished, she let out an excited cheer and threw her arms up in the air before taking a bow. She kept grinning as she was helped down from the table and hurried over to hand the microphone back to the DJ. Bonnie eventually found her way back to Caroline, still in a fit of laughter when two guys came over to them.

"Hey!" she said happily then trailed off, not knowing the guys' names. "I don't know who the Hell you are, but hey!"

The guys shared a look and chuckled before turning back to the girls. "Doesn't matter who we are, darling. What matters is that you look hot as anything tonight." He said as his eyes raked over her body. Caroline frowned, feeling uncomfortable. She looked to Bonnie for help but Bonnie was too preoccupied by the other guy.

"Thanks, but whatever you want, I want nothing to do with it." She knew she was drunk and too far gone to even stand up straight, but she felt too sober for this guys shit.

Caroline went to leave but he stopped her with an arm around her waist and pulled her against his body. She put her hands on his chest and tried to push him away, but his grip was too tight.

"Come on, gorgeous," he said and Caroline wrinkled her nose. He smelt of scotch. "You need to let loose and have a little fun."

"I'm not drunk enough for this shit." She slurred as she tried to push him away.

"I beg to differ." He said and leaned in to kiss her. She turned her face to the side and he caught her cheek instead, leaving a wet kiss on her cheek, making her pull a disgusted face.

"Let go of me, you fuckhead."

"No one's stopping us but yourself."

"I have a boyfriend." She blurted out, trying anything to get the guy to leave her alone. She knew she didn't have one, but it's not like a guy would want to persist if she said she had one, right? Right?

"Why are you here without him then?" he retorted. Caroline looked around the crowd. "Where is this 'boyfriend' of yours?"

Caroline's gaze searched through the crowd of people frantically, trying to find someone, anyone, who didn't look like a creep to pretend they were her boyfriend. When her eyes landed on the one person she felt comfortable with, she nodded over at him, making the bastard follow her gaze.

"That's him there."She said and called out to him. Please, please, please just play along with it, she thought. "Klaus!"

She saw him look around at the sound of his name and his eyes darkened when he saw her and the guy. Uh oh, maybe this wasn't a good idea after all…

Both Klaus and Enzo made their way over to them. Caroline followed Enzo's gaze and found that he was looking over at Bonnie. He quickly said something to Klaus before taking off in Bonnie's direction. Caroline didn't know why. Bonnie was still with the guy. Klaus, however, looked furious.

"What's going on here?" he said. Caroline could tell he was trying to keep the anger back from his voice. The guy looked at Klaus and let go of Caroline. Caroline couldn't help but feel smug about the fact that her plan to get the bastard to leave her alone was working. They usually didn't.

Caroline moved over to Klaus and wrapped her arms around his neck, and to his surprise, she pressed her lips firmly against his. He kissed her back for a moment before she broke her lips away from his to look at the prick in front of them. Yes, she would have much preferred to kiss Klaus than to deal with this bastard, but she knew he wouldn't leave unless she made her point clear.

"Now do you believe that I have a boyfriend, you sick bastard?" she said bluntly.

Klaus was momentarily shocked by her words, but then he caught onto what she was doing. He wrapped an arm around Caroline's waist and glared at the guy, but he just glared back at Klaus.

"I don't believe you, darling."

Klaus felt his blood boil. He pushed Caroline behind him and he clenched his hands into fists. "Don't make me mad, mate. If you had any sense, you would leave my girl alone." He said darkly. "I'm not afraid to break several of your bones."

By this point, Enzo had come back, pulling Bonnie along with him by her wrist. Caroline looked back at Klaus and she chewed on her bottom lip. She didn't need him getting into a fight and all of them getting kicked out, but she wasn't going to lie, he looked hot when he was angry. She put a hand on his arm and pulled him away from the guy.

"Just leave it. He's not worth it. Let's go have some fun." She said grinning at Klaus before narrowing her eyes at the other guy.

"Come on, mate." Enzo said and nodded towards the door.

Caroline saw the rise and fall of Klaus' chest lessen and her mood perked up even more when she saw he was calming down.

"Let's go. I am just starting to have some fun." She slurred then hiccupped.

Klaus looked down at her with concern etched into his handsome features and shook his head at her. "I think I'd much rather you went back to your room, sweetheart. You're drunk."

Caroline scoffed and waved it off. "I'm fiiinneeee." She hiccupped again.

"No, you're not. Let's go." He said with finality. He took her hand in his and started leading her through the crowd. She tried pulling her hand out of his, wanting to stay at the party, but he only tightened his grip. She sighed dramatically, having no choice but to go with him. She frowned sadly back at the house as they walked out and she looked at the party longingly as it slowly became smaller in the distance.

After about ten minutes, they were back at her dorm. She sat on her bed and pouted irritably, annoyed that he wouldn't let her stay at the party. She watched as he went to her mini fridge and got out a bottle of water which he handed to her.

"Drink up." He said and grabbed her desk chair to sit on.

"I'm not thirsty though." She hiccupped.

"Just drink it, Caroline."

"But –"

"Drink the water, Caroline. Please."

"Fiiine." She grumbled and started drinking the water. It was funny. She didn't feel thirsty, but she managed to drink half of the bottle anyway.

"Thanks for earlier." She said after a while. "For helping me get rid of that guy and all."

Klaus tensed his jaw at the reminder of that bastard with his hands all over Caroline. He didn't want to admit it, but even he knew that he had felt a pang of jealousy when he saw that guy with her. His moment of jealousy however, was taken over by a smug smirk at the memory of her kissing him and calling him her boyfriend. He knew it was just an act to get the guy to leave her alone, but it didn't mean he couldn't enjoy it.

"No worries, sweetheart."

After a while, she had drunk the whole bottle of water and he had even managed to get some food into her. She was still under the influence of alcohol but he could tell that she was sobering up the more water she drank and food she ate. After a while, he rubbed his hand over his face and looked at his watch.

"Look, I've got to go, love. I'll stop by tomorrow morning and check up on you, okay?" he said and gathered up his jacket. He stopped when he felt her slim fingers around his wrist and turned to see her looking up at him with pleading eyes.

"I don't want you to go." She said bashfully and her cheeks went bright red. She looked down briefly before looking back up at him through her thick lashes. "I don't like being by myself. Not anymore after Elena…" she trailed off and blinked back tears.

Klaus felt himself shatter at the way she spoke those words and looked at him. He wanted to stay with her and comfort her, but he didn't know if there would be consequences or not if someone found him there overnight. Surely not, since everyone at Whitmore was over eighteen, but if so, then he was willing to take that risk.

"What about Bonnie? Isn't she staying here?"

She shook her head. "No. She's been assigned another room. It's just me here."

He frowned at the idea of her being alone not just the past few weeks, but also now after her closest friend had died. It was clear it was taking a toll on her.

"Okay, sweetheart. You win." He said which earned him a tight hug from her. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head in response to her.

"Thank you."

Half an hour later, Caroline was in her pajamas and was curled up next to him on her bed. She closed her eyes as she rested her head on his chest and breathed in the familiar smell of him. It was comforting. She felt the need to have something familiar to hold onto to keep herself from tearing up and she felt that Klaus was the only one who could give her that after he had been the one to comfort her the past few weeks. It just felt right. She relaxed as she enjoyed the feeling of him running his fingers through her blonde curls. She loved how gentle he was with her. She knew what he was like around others – less approachable, not as kind, but he wasn't like that with her. She couldn't help but feel special because of it.

"Klaus?" she said groggily, fatigue starting to pull her into slumber.

"Yes?" she heard him say and she tried to answer, her voice failing her because of exhaustion.

"I think…" she trailed off quietly, trying hard to beat her fatigue, "I think I love you."

Shock washed over him from her words as she drifted off to sleep. He knew that people didn't know what they were saying when they were drunk, but a small part of him couldn't help but hope that her words were true. He knew he was probably wearing his heart on his sleeve with Caroline around, but the part of him that hated being vulnerable didn't mind when it came to her. He looked down at the blonde asleep in his arms and stroked her hair gently before placing a kiss on the top of her head.

"I think I love you, too."


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