Hello lovelies :) you guys are awesome, thank you for reading these. It warmed my heart and attracted the notice of another website, so like I said…I love you.

Also, to Justine, I'll try and research for colors and find a scenario. Your reviewed warmed my heart, so you shall have another rose chapter.

#51 - Take Pictures With Me

Caroline loved pictures. The thought of freezing a moment in time and keeping it treasured forever was so appealing to her, that she took pictures to document everything in her life.

Sitting in front of her vanity, she stopped to look at a picture and smiled. This featured Klaus lying in his old fashioned bed, an actual smile on his face. He was the one holding the camera. Caroline was in the bed with him, a thin sheet pulled up to cover her chest. She was curled into Klaus' chest, smiling too. They'd both been on a high after their first time together, unable to stop smiling unless they were...preoccupied.

Caroline set the picture back into the corner of her mirror and finished getting ready.

The next photo she thought about that day was of her high school graduation that she found in one of her school books. Elena had her emotions back, Bonnie was on good terms with the natural forces and using good magic, and the girls resolved everything between them. The three of them had Damon snap the picture, and he'd snapped it too soon, but that's why they loved it. Bonnie had her head thrown back in laughter, while Caroline made an astonished/laughing face, and Elena was laughing at Caroline's face, a wide smile on her own.

Honestly, Caroline barely remembered why they were laughing. Elena had made a smart comment about Klaus and Caroline that was inappropriate, but extremely funny. Damon had captured the moment perfectly.

Caroline set it back in the book to keep her place for studying and picked up her phone to call Elena and see how her college courses were going. This made her look at the background of her phone, which was another of Klaus. Elena had snapped a picture of the pair when they weren't looking at a Christmas party the year before. Caroline was wearing a red dress, with the bracelet Klaus had given her. Elena unknowingly caught him whispering that while Caroline looked lovely in the dress, he really wanted to see her in just the bracelet.

He stood to her side, arm around the front of her waist and lips to her ear. Caroline was blushing while she was tucked into his side, an amused smile on her face. When Elena took the picture and later told Caroline that she thought they just looked so in love and perfect together, she had to capture the moment.

After getting off the phone with Bonnie, Caroline packed up her books and left the library. She was surprised to find Klaus waiting in her apartment, a small smile on his face. She didn't walk to him, he didn't come to her. They just looked at each other as she leaned against her bedroom doorframe, and he waited while sitting on her desk. He gave her the most adoring look that was only ever reserved for Caroline. Nobody else understood what it was like to have him look at her like that, how it sent a thrill through every bone in her body.

"Hey," she said softly. "Don't move."

"Why?" he asked, but did as he was told.

"I know you say I'm beautiful," she responded slowly, reaching for her phone to take a picture. "But I think you are. The most beautiful man, werewolf, or vampire I've ever seen."

"You've thought me handsome before," he murmured, still unmoving. "Why do you need to take a picture at this moment? What makes it important?"

She smiled, capturing the look he gave her on her phone and saving it. "Because...it's the moment I'm realizing exactly how much I love you."