Chapter 11

I…I….

"Caroline Forbes will you marry me?"

I couldn't believe it Klaus was proposing to me and he was waiting for an answer I could feel the tears welling in my eyes and all I could hear was the sound of my own heartbeat

"Yes…I will marry you"

He smiled and slid the ring on my finger and pulled me into a spinning hug, I was on cloud nine I couldn't believe it I was going to marry the person that I truly loved. I stared at the ring for hours that night it was a sliver ring with a diamond shaped diamond the band bit was 2 pieces woven into one with one piece full of small diamonds with it wrapping around the main diamond, it looked expensive, I had never really thought about how much money Klaus had. I was getting married I wish mum could have been here to see me this happy. But I knew that I couldn't tell anyone, who could I tell my friends? Yeah that would go down well 'hey you know that vampire you are trying to kill, yeah well we're getting married so can you maybe not try and freaking kill him? Please?' yeah cause I'm sure that will go down well. Well it's going to have to be another secret I have to keep, no other secret has felt this good. I was sitting at the breakfast counter eating my breakfast when Klaus walked in.

"You look happy today"

"That's because someone last night proposed to me and I said yes"

"Anyone I know love?"

I giggled and Klaus walked over and kissed me, I was so happy I wanted to dance around the room and make everyone else happy

"I would asked Rebekah to help you plan our wedding but I fear she is working with them to get the cure, so I don't want to risk it"

"I forgot about the cure for a minute then"

"Well you have bigger things to worry about like your mum and the wedding"

"And school" I looked at the clock and saw that I had to leave or I would be late I ate the last piece of toast and turned to Klaus

"I have to go"

"Have a good day love" he kissed me and I grabbed the car keys.

I pulled into a parking space next to Bonnie and ran over and hugged her

"Someone's cheery today"

"Guess I woke on the right side of the bed"

"Ok then" Bonnie laughed as I pulled her towards the lockers, the day seemed bright and warm and I was loving it I didn't even care when Tyler came over and spoke to Bonnie and ignored me, history came and went Mr Calvin wasn't there so we had a substitute teacher so we didn't do much besides mess around, Klaus called me at lunch and told me he wouldn't be home till tomorrow but he had left me something at the house, I told him I planned to go into the city any way after school since I wanted to do some shopping. I didn't see Elena or Stefan at all today but I wasn't in any of their lessons today so it doesn't surprise me. Bonnie and I made plans to see each other tomorrow after school which I was looking forward to a girl's night out. Maybe things could go back to the way they were before I found out about all their secret lives. When I got home to drop off my backpack I found an envelope on the table with my name on it

Caroline,

Thought you could use it for your shopping trip, it's yours

Love Klaus

Within the envelope there was a credit card I never thought about what I was going to do about money, I didn't have a job and I had no other parent well besides my dad but I have no idea where he was he could have a whole new family and I wouldn't know about it, does he even know that mum is dead I guess I can add that to my long list of things I need to find out. All this over thinking was giving me a headache and I had a mission to do I was going out to buy my wedding dress. Once I got to the city I had to find the dress that fitted me best, I didn't want anything out there I just wanted a nice simple dress, it took me hours of looking through endless dresses and I couldn't help myself I had to try on the princess dresses and a few I liked but I wasn't sure if it was me, finally I found the dress that fitted me the best it was made of a white flowing material and it had a flower broach just underneath my breast, the broach gave the effect that the dress could be unwrapped it flowed down to my feet in a waterfall affect it was a pure white colour and I loved it, my next stop was the shoes unlike the dress I couldn't help but go for a pair that had a heel that I could never walk in, they were the same colour as my dress and they had diamonds going all around the sole and going down the heel. I paid with the card Klaus had left me and went back to my car just as I put the stuff in the boot I heard a noise just to the side of me standing there was a young man just a bit older than me he wore a suit that would of belonged in the 20's and his hair was slicked back

"Sorry to startle you" he smiled at me and took a step forward, something about him made me want to make a run for it

"That's ok" I smiled and made it seem that I wasn't scared

"I was just wondering are you Caroline Forbes?"

"Yes" I defiantly knew that something wasn't right

"Good" as he said that he grabbed me by the throat and snarled in my ear

"Where is the stone?"

I managed to choke out "What stone?"

"Don't play dumb with me bitch where is the stone"

"I have no idea, please let me go" I was gasping for air and I could feel the tears start to well in my eyes

"I don't believe you" Something distracted him to the left of me and I managed to fight him off when his attention was elsewhere I jumped in my car and drove as fast as I could back to the place I saw as safety. Once I was home I hid my dress and shoes so Klaus wouldn't be able to find it and made myself some dinner and then I settled in to do my homework I didn't realise how much I had till I looked at the pile I had to catch up with the work that I had missed the other day and all the other teachers had decided to give out a load more homework than usual, I worked till my eyes started to close then I made my way to bed.

I woke to the sound of banging in the study and heard raised voices again I didn't want to be seen so it listened through the door

"That was a waste of time Nicklaus, we didn't find anything and the only thing we did find out we already knew the cure is not there"

"You don't think I don't know that Kol, I already knew that we wouldn't find anything useful there but I wanted to send them on a red herring, it should buy us some time"

"You could off told me some brother you are"

So this Kol guy was Klaus's brother and they had been somewhere yesterday together. The door slammed a second later and I made my was to the study

"Are you ok"

"Why wouldn't I be love?"

"I just heard raised voices that's all"

"Sorry if we woke you"

"You didn't I was already waking up"

"Caroline what happened to you yesterday?"

"What do you mean?"

"When I came in this morning I noticed marks on your neck"

I didn't know if I wanted to tell Klaus he clearly had enough to deal with

"Caroline tell me"

I knew that I couldn't hide it from Klaus even if I tried

"Someone wanted to tell me where the stone is"

"And they did that to your neck"

"I managed to get away without telling them anything"

"That's not the point"

"Klaus forget about it I'm ok"

He looked at me for what felt like a century he finally accepted that there was no damage done besides a sore throat and he turned back to what he was doing when I entered, he was painting another picture this time it was of me and a unicorn in swirls it was one of the most beautiful things I had ever scene

"Do you like it?"

"Klaus I love it" I smiled at him and was given the biggest smile back. I really did love this person with all my heart.