Chapter 11
A/N: This is an AU story for the vampire diaries. I do not own the vampire dairies.
Caroline was standing there on bourbon street on the sidewalk wearing a white nice casual dress with a brown skinny belt around her waist. Her hair was waved, with a clip to the side pulling her hair back. Caroline had arrived not really knowing if Klaus would show or not. They had been interrupted after she had asked him to be her date by Elijah who was looking for Marcel. Caroline had left after that letting them speak.
"Hey," She turned hoping it was him. But it wasn't. "You want to try a drink?" He asked. She looked at the liquor that he had in his hands. She shook her head.
"No thank you," She looked around hoping Klaus was somewhere. And that he wouldn't reject her.
"It's good, just give it a try." He tried to touch her arm for her to move it away from him.
"She said no thank you." Caroline turned at that voice. Klaus stood there looking at the guy with the bottle. He nodded to Klaus.
"Sorry dude, didn't know she was taken." She smiled to him.
"You came," She said. He gave her a smile.
"How could I resist an invitation such as this Miss Forbes." Klaus joked. Caroline could feel herself letting go actually smiling with Klaus. She had always had to fight so hard to keep herself from actually liking him. Sometimes she would have to grit her teeth and ground out hateful words towards him. But now she was letting it go. And she was finding that she loved it. It made her happy. Caroline had decided that this time it would be different. She wanted it to be different with Klaus. Her last relationship with Tyler really hadn't been anything but all displays of a physical relationship. She had noticed that Tyler and her never really went out on dates. Despite that Klaus and Caroline had slept together already, Caroline wanted to start off fresh and normal. Like she was just Caroline Forbes and he was Niklaus Mikaelson. And to start off their relationship she wanted to have a first date with Klaus. She wanted to take one step at a time to see if they could work. The day of the Festival there was music playing through the streets, jazz and many other styles. Caroline didn't even need a tour guide Klaus was more than able to be a tour guide himself knowing the city inside and out. Even telling his stories about the days that he spent here. Caroline could listen to him for hours talking about his past. That actually didn't really always involve killing and evil plans. He had enjoyed his time that he spent here in New Orleans. When the sun went down though the real festival began in the streets. The nightlife. Klaus had told her that was when the supernatural come out and happen to party all night. This is where Klaus and Caroline found themselves in a club, that mostly had vampires but also a few humans as well. Klaus had brought Caroline over to the bar.
"I can see why you like it here." She said. Klaus looked to her. "There's just something to love about this place." It still was the only place that she had ever been to.
"New Orleans has always been home for my family and I. Despite that we were born in Mystic Falls." Klaus said. "Perhaps one day you will think the same." Caroline glanced to him. Klaus glanced to the clock and raised an eyebrow. "You missed your flight love-
"Ah let's dance." She said after noticing people pairing up. Klaus looked at her stunned; he thought the only way that he would ever dance with her was if she had to. Now she was choosing to. Caroline tugged Klaus along to the dance floor. Caroline didn't want to be reminded that she probably did need to return to Mystic Falls. But she still wanted to remain here with Klaus all the same. Besides if her friends were worried about her they would have been looking for her. But they didn't seem to be doing a good job of it. When it came to Elena, everyone would stop what they were doing and try to find her. And that had only been a day. Caroline had been in New Orleans for almost two-three days now. She was starting to see that maybe her friends didn't care about her and she had chose the wrong friends now. She still couldn't believe the fight Caroline and Elena had gotten into. Caroline had always thought their friendship was stronger than that. But perhaps she was wrong. "Do you miss her?" Klaus looked at her confused. "Rebekah," Klaus's face hardened slightly but his eyes showed sadness. He shook his head.
"It's for the best, she chose what she wanted. And I really don't care." Caroline gave him a look and moved her hand from his neck to his cheek making him look at her.
"You don't mean that. I know you care about your sister." She said. "It's ok to care." Klaus swallowed hard as her body was pressed closed to him. For the past two days he thought he would never be able to touch her. When she had decided before that she was leaving he seemed to treasure the memories that he had of her. To remembering the first time they met to when he made love to her in the woods. He had held onto hope that one day she would be his. Klaus looked at her suddenly serious.
"Caroline, why are you here? You had set your mind and heart on going home. Why did you give me a chance?" Caroline swallowed hard and bit her lip. But before she can speak Marcel appears by Klaus. Klaus and Caroline turned to him. Marcel swallows hard.
"Klaus, you need to come and see this."
Klaus and Caroline walked into the courtyard with Marcel. Other vampires were there. Caroline noticed the girl with light brown hair crying and another trying to comfort her by rubbing her arms. Marcel nodded to Thierry who stood there. Thierry stepped to the side to reveal a table, a body on it with a cloth over the body. Thierry removed it to reveal a vampire nearly town to shreds. Skin wilted away and torn as if claws had ripped it off. Caroline had to look away when her eyes moved down the body to the abdomen. Klaus studied the corpse as Marcel watched.
"Please tell me in the last thousand years of your experience you had come across something that could have done this." Marcel said. Caroline raised an eyebrow.
"What about a werewolf?" She asked. Marcel glanced to Klaus who shook his head.
"It's not a full moon." He said.
"Then what…" Marcel looked at the girl crying still.
"Jane, had seen him get killed. This was her lover Peter. She has been crying hysterically and is too much in a state of shock that she can't tell anyone anything of what happened." Klaus turned to the girl. Caroline looked at him.
"Klaus, she just lost someone she cares about I think you should leave her alone right now." She said. Klaus shook his head.
"Caroline, I have to find out any information that I can about this creature. Or else it might attack someone else." Klaus walked over to the girl that had tears streaming down her face.
"What attacked you tonight?" He asked. She shook her head and only cried more. Klaus groaned before grabbing the girl and making her look into his eyes. They dilated. "Tell me what attacked you last night?" Klaus asked again.
"I don't know, it..came out of nowhere." Klaus gave her a look. Caroline watched as Klaus compelled the information out of the girl.
"What did it look like?"
"I don't know, a person a pale person. It just wouldn't stop till it killed him." Klaus sighed the witness didn't see the creature that well. That's why he couldn't get anything out of her that she didn't know.
"Well whatever it is, I am sure that it will be coming back for more." They turned to the voice. Caroline's mouth dropped and she glared at them. She smirked at her. Klaus turned to face her.
"Genevieve," He said. Caroline hated this red head witch with a passion. She walked up to Klaus and smiled.
"Hello Klaus, always so handsome." Genevieve brushed her fingertips against Klaus's cheek. Caroline gritted her teeth and folded her arms across her chest. Klaus didn't look amused as he pulled back away from her.
"Why are you here Genevieve?" Klaus asked. She smirked.
"Three reasons, you, you and you." She smiled seductively. Caroline wondered if all the girls that Klaus knew from the past were sluts. Klaus rolled his eyes and Marcel just looked uniterested all together.
"State your business witch." Marcel said. "Your not really welcomed here. Especially since I last checked I thought you were working with Celeste."
"You do realize that I could end your life here and now." Klaus said. Genevieve rolled her eyes.
"But you won't," Marcel chuckled.
"Yeah right,"
"What makes you think that?" Klaus muttered. She shrugged.
"Information and I am not on Celeste's side anymore. I came here because I want to make a deal." Marcel shook his head. Klaus nodded for her to continue. "I will tell you everything that I know about what Celeste is up to. In return I want one thing."
"And what is that?"
"Protection. Your protection Klaus."
"Can't, protect yourself witch?" She shrugged.
"Celeste wants to kill me." She said moving to sit on the table and face them. "She wants to kill me and use my death as power." She explained. "I need protection. And who better than the original hybrid, king of New Orleans that is standing up to her right now as we speak."Klaus thought about the terms of her bargain. He would get information on Celeste as much as she knew all he had to do was offer her protection.
"Very well, as long as your provide information to me then you have my protection." Klaus said. Caroline's jaw clenched as she watched Genevieve smile and flash Caroline an evil smirk. Genevieve moved to Klaus with quite closeness. He glared down at her as she brought her hand up his shoulders brushing against his arm.
"I knew that you would see it my way." Klaus gave her a threatening look.
"If you do anything against my family or anything out of line then the deal is broken. And I will end you this time for good." Klaus said. She shrugged.
"I wouldn't have seen it any other way." Klaus moved to nodding for Caroline to follow. Genevieve had seen the move between them. Who was this blonde? She hoped that she wouldn't be a problem to making Klaus hers and hers alone. Klaus would be hers. She would make sure of it.
Caroline followed Klaus out the door. She hadn't realized it was that late. Klaus and Caroline walked side by side back to the mansion. Silence displayed between them. Caroline found herself playing with her hair not knowing what to say. Klaus broke the silence when they were close to the house.
"You still didn't answer my question." He said. Caroline looked at him and sighed.
"I canceled my flight." He looked at her shocked. "I realized that I was doing what others wanted me to do. And not what I wanted to do. What I want. I am done being judged by my friends and pleasing them. I realized that if I kept going on that path that I was on I would never find happiness. I would be stuck finding no happiness."She paused at him. "When I agreed to give you a chance, it was my choice and no other. I wanted to give you a chance. I have wanted for a long time. Because in truth I can't stop the feelings that you make me feel, you make me happy Klaus. And I haven't been happy in a long time." Klaus was stunned but smiled to her.
"You make me happy as well Caroline. I apologize for the interrupt on our date." She chuckled liking how it seemed normal despite she was a vampire and he was an original hybrid.
"No, it was fun actually. Well except for the witch bitch showing up again." Klaus chuckled and nodded.
"Hopefully the information she has will be useful." She turned to him.
"Klaus, how do you know that we can trust her?" She asked. Klaus shrugged.
"I think that she knows better than to cross the original family. Then she would have two people that want her dead. Besides I don't think she will for some other reasons." Caroline rolled her eyes.
"Like that crush she has on you." Klaus turned to her.
"If I didn't know better love, I would say that you are jealous." She rolled her eyes and scoffed.
"Jealous please,"
"I didn't even think that way. Perhaps that would be useful information." Genevieve had always been enamored with Klaus. Klaus knew that she might be interested in him but he really didn't have any interest for her. Red heads weren't much of his type anyway. "So you will be staying here?" Klaus asked. She looked at him.
"I think New Orleans has made it pretty clear that this is where I am needed right now. I'll help you here. But I still have some conditions." Klaus rolled his eyes.
"I wouldn't have thought anything less." He said.
"I'm going to college." Klaus groaned.
"Love, it is a waste of time for a vampire." She gave him a look. "Fine,"
"I will live on campus-
"What's wrong with my house love?"
"Well…"
"If you're going to college then the least you can do is stay at my house." She sighed.
"Fine," He smirked but then frowned she looked at him curiously.
"Where does this leave us?" He asked. She looked at him.
"I want to see where this goes. I want to try us. But I have some rules. Especially since I don't think you have been in a relationship before. At least that is not based on sex." Klaus rolled his eyes and huffed but nodded.
"Go on," They had gotten to the door now when he turned to face her to let her speak.
"I want you to be honest with me and trust me. As I will be honest and trust you. I want affection, to hold your hand or hug. I am not asking you to do things in public because I understand that it might not look well on the original hybrid reputation." She took a deep breath. "I want to take this slow though Klaus, I don't want things to end the way they did with Tyler." In the end they had become physical that was all. But she didn't want this to happen with Klaus. She wanted to have more. To have deep rooted feelings with him. She knew that he was in love with her but still. Could Klaus take slow? "I don't want anything physical." She bit her lip and looked at him. Klaus understood, she wanted this to mean something to both of them. And it was different from just having a lover. Caroline really wanted to make this work. She didn't want to sleep with him just yet, she didn't want it to just turn into sex.
"It's ok, Caroline. I accept your terms and will respect what you want." Caroline smiled at him.
"Thank you," She said. She looked up into his eyes and it was like the world around them had disappeared. The sexual tension was always there even after their day in the woods. Caroline had always felt like there was that passion and longing in them. Klaus cupped her face and her breath hitched his touch burned. She cupped his face as well glancing at his lips just as he was glancing at hers, until their eyes snapped back to each other. Caroline couldn't wait any longer she grasped his face and pulled him down smashing their lips together finally. Klaus was shocked not expecting Caroline to make the first move yet again. He was telling the truth when he said that she was a glorious kisser. He kissed her back. The kiss wasn't hungry it was sweet and tender. Showing their feelings for one another through the kiss. Caroline broke the kiss and panted. He smiled a true smile leaning his forehead against hers. She smiled back both happy for once in their lives.
Notes: So here is another chapter. Date night they had though it was perfect. An attack has happened on a vampire now. What could it have been? Klaus and Caroline talked about their feelings for one another. And shared a kiss. Klaus understands her and is not just using her for sex he cares about her and respects her decision that she doesn't want a physical relationship at least right now. She wants to have deep rooted feelings first because she is afraid that it will only become about sex between them. Genevieve happened to show up again. Some tension to their relationship. But it will be helping their relationship to become stronger. Next chapter: Klaroline working together to find out what creature has entered New Orleans and is plucking off vampires one by one. Elijah has his own past to battle. Review please.
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