For everyone who called me evil after last chapter... I'm sorry I hope this chapter will make it a bit better... or worse. I really don't know but it's (un)lucky number thirteen :

Thank you for all the reviews and new followers/favorites after last chapter. I know letting you wait was cruel and I hope you accept my apologies!

Kol and Caroline in this chapter so everyone who came to a conclusion after last chapter, find out if you were right ;)

Chapter 13

"Please sit," he whispered while he was still behind her.

She blushed at his forwardness but ignored it, she got a curious glare from Katherine but ignored that one as well. She did notice the tray of shots in front of them and definitely didn't ignore those. She grabbed one of the tray and drained the glass in one gulp, she had a feeling she would need it.

Elijah was quick to introduce everyone at the table, starting with Katherine, followed by his brother Kol and ending with her. When Kol was introduced as Elijah's brother she couldn't hold back a snort, now that she got a good look at him she could definitely see some resemblance with Elijah. Not as much with Klaus though but from the smirk still painted on Kol's face their resemblance was more in character. She groaned, this should be a fun night.

After Kol's introduction Elijah had moved on to her but before Elijah could speak a word Kol interrupted him, "Caroline, yes I know. We spoke on the phone earlier this week."

Caroline raised an eyebrow at him in confusion, "We have?" she asked and realized when she had just as he spoke the words.

"Miss Forbes, I can't believe you've forgotten. Do you hang up on handsome strangers inviting you over for an interview so often that you can't remember me?" From the corners of her eyes she could see Katherine grinning at Kol's word and she shot her friend a glare.

"Yeah that wasn't my finest moment..." she confessed and hoped that someone would steer the conversation into a different direction.

"You seem to have a lot of those with my family members," Kol continued and Caroline felt her cheeks heat, there was no way he was alluding to his brother no was he... But then again he probably was.

"What makes you think so?" Caroline asked intrigued, she leaned a bit closer to Kol and lowered her voice glad to see that Katherine had pulled Elijah in another conversation. Whatever Kol knew, she was sure of it that he wouldn't be subtle about it and she didn't want anyone to hear about what she had done. Not unless she told them.

"Well I just recall you rushing past me after your "talk" with Klaus. I must say you did look particularly scrumptious with your skirt still bunched up." He looked down to catch a sight of her legs, "I must say you have great legs," he reached out his hands towards the hem of her skirt but Caroline snapped out of her surprise and embarrassment. She couldn't believe that Kol had caught her leaving like that but if he meant that that meant she was easy he was wrong.

She noticed his hand moving under the table and caught it trailing towards her legs, she quickly got her hands gripped on his and slammed them back on the table with a loud thud, the sound breaking up Katherine and Elijah out of their conversation.

They looked at them in surprise, Katherine noticed the way her hands are wrapped around Kol's and how she keeps them pressed against the table. She notices Kol's bewildered face and looks up at hers, probably taking up her flushed face and trying to determine whether it's from anger or embarrassment. She's not sure what the cause it but for now she doesn't have the best impression of the Mikaelson brothers. Why do they all feel the need to touch her without invitation... well not all of them, there's Elijah but he's too focused on Katherine to notice any female passing by.

She noticed how all eyes were on her and quickly released Kol's hand. He rubbed his hand over his wrist, making a show of it like she had actually hurt him but she was certain that she saw some respect in his eyes.

"Maybe we should talk in another booth?" he offered and she was quick to shake her head.

"There's no way I'm going to be alone with you after what you just tried to pull," she retorted and he actually grinned.

He looked over at Katherine and Elijah who still looked over at them every few seconds but were otherwise engaged in a conversation and said, "Look I just want to talk, and maybe we should let these two be alone for awhile."

She looked over at the pair and noticed Katherine shooting her a quick glance, she shot her a reassuring smile and turned back to Kol, "Fine, but if you try anything!" she pushed her finger against his chest and noticed how his smile remained.

"You will threaten and hurt me appropriately?" he offered and she nodded. "Good, at least now I can understand why my brother is so obsessed with you." With that he moved to another table and Caroline looked at him stunned. What did Kol know about his brother's "obsession" towards her? She quickly followed, intrigued to learn what the other man could tell her, but never denying Klaus' so called obsession.

"So what was it you wanted to talk with me about?" she asked him direct and he actually looked slightly uncomfortable. She found it odd since he wanted to have this conversation in the first place.

"Okay before I'm going to get slapped I want to make two things clear, firstly it was stupid and childish and secondly we called it off after you, well actually because of you I guess."

Caroline looked at him in confusion, called of what? What did she have to do with this and how was she the reason? She had no clue to what Kol was talking about and he seemed to recognize her confusion. "I should have waited until you had more drinks in you. But then again I wasn't planning on telling you..."

"Then what were you planning to do?" Caroline wondered, catching up on Kol's words. Clearly him being here wasn't coincidental.

He shrugged, "Seduce you and rub it in my brother's face," he bluntly stated and she looked at him in disgust.

"You were trying to do what?!" she exclaimed and slapped him in the face.

Kol rubbed the spot that she hit and looked at her in appreciation. "I guess I deserved that," he said and she nodded back.

"Wait if that was your plan... Why change your mind?" she asked and he looked at her sheepishly.

"Okay this is the part that's going to get me another slap. Klaus and I had a bet and I thought he won, but after you refused me that easily... It made me realize that I made a wrong assumption."

"And that made you want to tell me?" Caroline asked, lost on what was going on but certain that it wouldn't be good.

"I thought you deserved to know," he said but she could read from his smirk that there was more than honesty behind it.

"That's not the whole reason."

"Why would you think so?" Kol asked, "Can't you believe this handsome face?"

Caroline scoffed, "Please, you want something out of this. I just don't know what yet..."

Kol looked up and smiled, "Well maybe we can both get something out of this."

He told her about the bet that they had made earlier that week and how Klaus had called it off after her. How he told Kol that he wanted to hire her which surprised her but now that she knew of his need of a challenge made sense a lot more as well. He just traded one challenge in for another but she wouldn't give in that easily.

When he finished his story she got called back by Katherine for another round of shots, she looked back at Kol and back to Katherine. "You know what," she said before she stood up, "If we're going to continue this tale, I will need more alcohol."

She walked back towards Elijah and Katherine and she and her friends did a couple of shots before she returned to her table assuring Katherine that she was fine and just wanted to give the two of them some privacy. When she returned to her table she noticed Kol putting his phone back into his pocket and she wondered who he had been texting. Still it wasn't any of her business so she let it rest.

She sat back in her seat and there was one question that bothered her, "So Klaus told you that he had sex with me?"

Kol thought about it for a minute before he answered, "I kinda came to that conclusion after I saw you leave, he just never denied it," he confessed and Caroline was relieved to find out that Klaus wasn't spreading false rumors around. Unfortunately bringing up that moment brought up a question for Kol as well.

"Clearly you haven't, if you had fucked him there was no way you would have denied me. I'm much hotter." Kol stated and she rolled her eyes at him, cocky bastard runs in the family apparently. "But I did see the state you were in when you left, and the impression you left on my brother. What did happen?"

Caroline shook her head, "That's one tale that you will never hear."

He pouted at her, "Just give me a hint, you kissed." No reaction, "Blowjob," she made a face and he smirked, "Not that then, well I know you didn't sleep with him," he laughed in realization, "You jerked him off." Caroline paled and he saw that as confirmation, he leaned forward and whispered low, "Don't worry, your secret is safe with me."

"Like your brother's was?" she shot back.

He shrugged, "We're brothers, we're allowed to change sides now and then as long as we're together for the important stuff." Caroline could hear that there was more to that but let it rest.

"I can't believe that bastard," she cursed under her breath. "So that was why he wanted to hire me, to get me and win that stupid bet for real."

"Well technically neither of us won," he actually looked sad about that and she was quick to remember him that she hadn't forgotten about his part in it.

"Maybe you can help me, to make up for your part..." she offered and the wheels in her head started turning.

Kol smiled smugly, "I was hoping for that, I already started a plan in motion." He grabbed his phone and showed her the texts and picture he had sent to Klaus. "He'll get mad and will probably try to kill but it will be worth it."

She smiled at him, the texts were tame but Kol seemed to know his brother and if he believed that this would upset Klaus... well it could be a start of her revenge. She didn't like to be part of some game but now that she was, she was quick to learn the rules. "So Klaus would hate to think that something happened between us right?" she asked and Kol nodded at that. She grabbed his phone and wrote another text before pressing on send. "You could have been more explicit," she explained and showed him the text.

Since you're silent and not objecting, I assume your okay with me and Caroline fucking. Thanks for understanding that you can't expect her to deny this body. -K

Kol looked at her astounded, "Caroline Forbes, you're an evil genius." She caught his surprise at the text, it was something he would totally say and he hadn't expected her to capture that so fast.

"Sometimes alluding to something isn't enough," she said and they conspired together some more. It was a few drinks later and a discussion about how to get Katherine and Elijah to finally kiss that Kol came to an idea. He dragged her back to the table and joined the couple, their voice were mere whispers and she felt bad for coming between the two of them but Kol could be quite demanding when he wanted to be.

He emptied his beer bottle and put it on the table, "Spin the bottle," he stated and he was greeted with silence and incredulous expressions. "Oh come one, we all get only one turn." Caroline could see him start to pout but she also noticed his eyes locked on Katherine and Elijah, he wanted to force them to lock lips even if it was for a game. Well maybe it would help them realize that they weren't getting just friends...

"Fine I'm in," she sighed and Katherine caught her gaze and agreed as well. Elijah tried to refuse, saying that he was to old for juvenile games but finally agreed for one round as well.

Elijah got the first spin and it landed on Kol, since they were related they decided it didn't count and he got another try. Unfortunately this one didn't land on Katherine either, instead Caroline got lucky. She felt a bit uncomfortable and realized that she should have anticipated the fact that he could have spun bad as well. Luckily Elijah kissed her quickly on her cheek and she caught the relieved look from Katherine. Kol wanted too object about the kiss but he got outvoted.

Next was Caroline and she spun Katherine, they pecked each other quickly on the mouth, making no big deal of it and ignoring Kol's howlers. Katherine got the next spin and it slowed down when it passed Kol, then Caroline and finally came to a stop in front of Katherine. Caroline hadn't realized she held her breath but let it out while she demanded another spin. Katherine complied and this time it finally stopped in front of someone. Right in the middle between her and Elijah. She groaned when she noticed it pointed more in her direction. "That's not fair, me and Katherine already kissed," she pushed the bottle more towards Elijah and grinned, "That seems fair."

She could feel Katherine throw daggers into her direction but ignored them. She would thank her later. They both leaned in and she noticed Elijah moving into the direction of Katherine's cheek but seemed to change his mind halfway. Their lips locked and she could hear Kol counting next to her, "Three, Four, Five," she looked up in confusion. "Ten seconds and going," he told her and gave her a high five. They looked back to the pair and Katherine had seemed to forego her own chair for Elijah's lap.

"We should find another table..." Caroline offered, she should have seen that part coming.

"I'm fine with the show," Kol said smirking at his success and she let out a giggle. She couldn't believe they were being this childish but it felt freeing to just let lose and have some fun. Maybe it was the alcohol talking, maybe it was her. She didn't know but she grabbed Kol's phone, kissed him on the lips and quickly snapped a picture. When he looked confused she shrugged. "You still had your spin and I'm the only one left."

He quirked an eyebrow, "And the picture?"

She sported a devilishly smile, "Evidence."

Kol smirked and wrote another text to his brother, adding the picture later as well. They parted ways a little after, Elijah kissed Katherine on her cheek when he left and Caroline knew she would have to interrogate her friend about what was going on later. She liked Elijah but she knew about Katherine's walls... Hopefully she would let him in, he seemed good for her.

Klaus' phone laid at the edge of his room and he didn't feel like getting up and being confronted with that sight again. He wanted to call Kol, yell at him, find Caroline and demand answers, why refuse him only to give in to his brother... But he knew he had no right to ask those questions.

He had to face the truth. He was no one to Caroline and he knew absolutely nothing about her. Sure he was intrigued by her behavior, found her incredibly beautiful and wanted to get to know her but that gave him no right to demand her to be his.

He knew he would have to do this different but wasn't it all just a challenge... what did it matter anyway? He let himself fall back in his bed falling back asleep when his head hit the pillow with one last thought. She mattered. Somehow she had made herself matter for him.

He woke up the next morning with the thoughts of the night before still whirling through his head. He needed to distract himself but there was nothing that could. He needed answers, that was the only way so he crawled out of his, searched for his phone and dialed Kol's number. He knew it was early and that his brother was probably still nursing a hangover, still sound asleep but he had disrupted his rest, he was only returning the favor...

"Hello," he heard a tired voice on the other side of the line and he smiled at that. Good Kol didn't deserve the rest.

"Kol," he said and he could hear some background noises on Kol's side of the line. He caught himself searching for a female voice in there but if Caroline was with his brother, she stayed silent.

"Klaus why are you calling this early?"

Klaus chuckled at that, "Funny. That was exactly what I was wondering when you woke me up with one of your phone calls last night."

He could hear Kol yawn at the other side, "Oh about that, can we talk later? I really need some painkillers before you're going to yell at me." Before he could object Kol had canceled the call and when he dialed again he was instantly greeted by his brother's voice mail. He left a short angry message but knew he had to wait for now. If his brother was determined not to listen to him he wouldn't get through to him in the first place.

He distracted himself with work the rest of the day, finishing reports and checking proposals until he finally got a call back from his brother.

"So what did you want to talk about?" Kol asked innocently.

"What did I tell you about Caroline being off-limits?" Klaus snarled and he could hear Kol chuckle on the other side.

"So possessive brother, really have some faith in the girl. She has a sensible head, perfectly capable of making decisions on her own."

"You're just taking advantage of her," Klaus bit back.

"You think Caroline is someone you can take advantage of?" Kol taunted, "It seems to me that she's perfectly capable of taking care of herself."

He couldn't protest to that, Caroline's capability to take care of herself was one of her attributes that he and Stefan had talked about the day before. It was something they had admired and he knew Kol was right. Caroline could take care of herself and if she made a stupid decision regarding Kol... well then that was her decision.

"Just leave her alone," he tried one more time.

"Only if you do," Kol smiled when he heard no response on Klaus' side, "Since it sounds like you're not planning on that... I guess Caroline can find company wherever she seeks."

They ended the call, both disagreeing with the other but not willing to fight over a girl. Kol smiled when it had ended though. It seemed that he and Caroline had been right in their assumption. Klaus wouldn't just back of but now it was their turn to play. Kol could insinuate whatever he wanted that had happened between him and Caroline and Klaus would believe so. He knew his brother well enough to know that this would make him think about what he was doing. Maybe it wouldn't stop him from chasing Caroline but maybe it would make him realize why he was chasing her. Now that he had met her he knew why his brother was so infatuated. She was different from any girl he had ever been with and since none of those turned out well... That was a great thing.

It was around two when Caroline's phone rang loudly from an incoming call and begrudgingly she accepted. A second too late she realized that she forgot to check the display screen for the caller but when she heard a pleasant female voice she realized her worries were ungrounded.

"Good morning this is Kirstin Shears I'm calling you about your interview this Thursday with Mr. Mikaelson." Caroline looked at her phone in confusion. Why would anyone want to hear about that interview.

"Uhm can I know why you're calling me?" she asked hoping for answers.

"Yes we have it on record that you had an interview this Thursday and we're looking around to see reactions on the interview from the applicants. Since none of them got hired you know, we're just trying to find out if there's anything that should be changed about our process."

Caroline let out a laugh at that, "Yeah change the boss," she said amused.

"Why would you say that?" Kirstin asked and Caroline rolled her ass.

"Have you met him?" she questioned the girl.

"Yes I have," Kirstin answered and there was something in her voice that Caroline couldn't pinpoint. It sounded admirable but there was anger in there as well and something else... Whatever it was Caroline couldn't name it, not this early, not with just two aspirins in her system. She still nursed a major headache.

"Well then you should know. He's an ass," realizing that the girl probably had to write a report about this she voiced it differently, "What I mean is that there's no way I'm working for a man like that so we were just a bad fit."

"I see," Kirstin seemed lost in thought for a moment, "Would you mind if I called you back later, I have one other applicant to talk to before I can come to a conclusion."

"Sorry, I said everything I'm going to. I'm sure I won't be of any help anyway."

She could hear Kirstin wanting to protest but seemed to change her mind. "That's fine, if you ever change your mind. You have my number now, you can always call."

She ended the call and Caroline saved the number automatically, she walked back towards the living room and looked at Katherine's closed door. They probably needed to talk...

I'm not totally happy about this chapter... but remember there was plenty of alcohol involved. I don't know...

Sorry I know that was very little Klaus but just not that much was going on in his day... Next chapter will have Caroline-Katherine and then the first day of work!

I want to wish everyone an early Merry Christmas. Since I have a Birthday tomorrow and Christmas celebrations the days after I'm afraid I can't update before Thursday on it's earliest. That would mean it was a month since I started as well so that would be nice...
I do hope everyone has a great time celebrating their holidays!

Thank you for reading!x