You'll notice at the top I have updated the rating of this story from a T to a M. And no I was not pressured into changing it…ahem…;) I have been going back and forth with myself about whether to up it or not and finally decided why not! The reasons for the new rating won't happen for a little while yet. I also will be adding info about myself to my main account page later today if anyone is curious.
Jenny, Jenny, Jenny!- First off I'm so sorry I didn't add your response into the beginning of the last chapter :( Shame on me! I realized my mistake as soon as I posted. Thank you for your review on Chapter 13. I smiled yet again! We watch some hockey in our house too! Though we watch way more moto sports than anything! Even though you finally started an account , I figured I still post my response to your last review.
Guest reviewer on Chapter 13 on 5/10/16- Saying I should write for the show!? Seriously! Thank you :D What an amazing compliment! I'm glad you can see the true friendship between Kol and Caroline; I really think they should have had more screen time together. Thank you for reading and reviewing! Reviews like that take my nerves away and give me the drive to keep going. Not that I'd stop regardless but still!
I thought I would tell you all about the flowers and their meaning in this chapter here in my little note: Camellia (Pink) - Longing For You. Daffodil - Regard, Unequalled Love, You're the Only One, The Sun is Always Shining When I'm with You. Gladioli - Give Me a Break, I'm Really Sincere, Flower of the Gladiators.
I'd like to also say that I know there are a lot of you out there reading my story, way more than the amount of reviews it's got. I'm not demanding, in fact I am honored either way that so many have taken in interest in my story. But PLEASE leave me a review! I spoil you all so much with my fast updates! Spoil me back a little. ;) Thanks either way! I am loving all the love!
Anywho! Here is another Chapter at just shy of 8,000 words including this note! I will be busy for the next couple days so my next update might be a little longer than two days out this time.
I don't own Vampire Diaries, the characters or only original dialogue.
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"The caterpillar I helped into the tree is being born into a butterfly today!" She radiated joy at the thought.
The man chuckled at the little girl still cradled in his arms. "You mean formed Little One."
The little girl's forehead wrinkled and her nose crinkled in confusion. "Born, formed, it's kind of almost the same thing."
The man chuckled again placing her on the rock once more and poked her with his finger on her nose. "Yes, they are similar Little One." Looking in her shining blue eyes he explained, "Sometimes though they can mean two very different things."
She looked at the man strangely, for such a young child she did not like it when she did not understand things. Cocking her head to the side sweetly she asked, "What do you mean?"
The man ran his hand gentle over her shining blonde hair, "I'll tell you when you are older Little One." To distract her, he pointed to the emerging butterfly. "You wouldn't want to miss your friend's debut now would you?"
The little girl spun around, her blonde locks flying out around her, as she sucked in a breath in awe.
The man leaned against the rock beside her, "Is that not beautiful? All of her pretty colors?"
Without looking away from the butterfly, she placed her tiny hand on the man's arm. "Shh. You'll ruin it." She whispered.
The man whispered back to her amused, "Ruin what?"
The little girl whispered back knowingly, "The magic of her rebirth. She needs time to adjust." They watched together in utter silence as the butterfly began to spread its wings and took flight for the first time through the blossoms of the tree before gliding slowly down to the little girls hand as she put it in the air.
Slowly the girl brought the butterfly in close to her face. The man watched on as the two seemed to connect.
"You are welcome. Thank you for allowing me to see you form and your new birth." She softly said to the butterfly before raising her hand it rested on in the air. The two watched as the newly turned butterfly fluttered away.
Spinning on her toes the little girl threw out her arms yelling out, "Catch me!" as she leapt from the rock.
The man caught her and pulled her in close, "Always my Little One. Always."
A twig snapped in the distance making the man turn around. "Are you sure about that?" A woman's voice said as she entered the glade.
The man placed the little girl on the ground and kept her behind him. "What is it you want?" He asked harshly.
The little girl held tightly to the man's pant legs, her tiny fists turning white from the strain once she heard the interloping woman laugh.
"You need to pay for the wrongs you have done." The woman said pointing towards the man and the child. "And I'll be the one to oversee it done."
The man let out a sarcastic laugh, "You think you can over take me? You do not stand a chance wench." The man felt the little girl hold tighter to his pants and let out a whimper. He carefully placed his hand on her head behind him not taking his eyes off the woman in front of him.
The little girl whimpered as she glanced around the glade and noticed a small mob coming out from behind the trees surrounding them. She never should have begged to come here today, she thought shaking with fear. She knew something bad was going to happen but she ignored it so she could check on the butterfly.
The woman let out a mocking laugh, "You think I came alone this time? I rarely make the same mistake twice."
The man took notice to their surroundings and cursed himself a fool for only focusing his attention on the woman. He counted eleven others surrounding them before he heard the faint desperate whispers of the little girl behind him.
"My fault. All my fault."
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Caroline sat up in her bed suddenly waking from her dream. She still couldn't figure out why she continued to have the same dream, but this time it was different. It was still like watching a memory play out but it went further this time. And even if she was watching the little girl and what was happening around her, this time she could feel the fear and guilt that the little girl had almost as if it were her own. Rubbing the last bit of sleep from her eye, determined not to think about the strange dream any longer, Caroline got herself out of bed and ready for the day dressing in a pair of black skinny jeans with a purple flowery top. Sitting back on her bed to slip on her black ankle boots her gaze was instantly drawn to her desk where she had placed the painting Klaus gave her yesterday morning. She was embarrassed but also just a little thrilled that he had been there last night to hear her sing and watch her preform. Her friends knew about Steven's club, but none of them knew how often she would escape the drama here to let loose within the walls of the place. Caroline frowned. She really hoped that Klaus and Kol kept their mouths shut about it, she didn't need the others finding and taking over her one place to let go. Caroline thought for a moment that maybe she was being selfish; she knew her friends would have a blast there. But the thing was, that place was hers, she gave so much of her life to her group of friends and felt it was only fair to keep this one thing for just her. She released a groan at the realization that she was going to have to talk with Kol and Klaus about this. Reaching over to grab her phone from her bedside table, Caroline stood and made her way downstairs.
Finding her mom in the kitchen drinking coffee, Caroline smiled, "Morning Mom! How are you?" walking up beside her mom she filled a cup of coffee for herself.
"Fine. Just busy." Liz quickly finished her coffee and placed her cup into the dishwasher before grabbing her gun and a thick file off the counter. "A lot of blood went missing from the hospital last night and I need to check that out. Maybe you could ask around, see if anyone knows anything?"
Caroline stared at her mom's back with a frown, she hesitantly responded to her, "Yeah, of course. Is there anything else I can do?"
Liz made her way to the side door of the kitchen to head out to the driveway saying over her shoulder, "No. Listen I have to go, I'll ah…see you later."
Caroline flinched as the door shut behind her mother and she slumped against the counter. "And we're back to can't be around me again." She sighed as she began to rub her forehead with her hand. She just didn't understand this hot and cold thing going on with her mom. Caroline realized that her mom didn't even look at her while they were standing in the same room together. She was pulled from her depressing thoughts by her phone ringing. Not even bothering to see who it was she placed the phone to her ear to answer. "Hello?"
"Caroline, hey. Are you alright?" Stefan's voice greeted her on the other end.
Clearing her throat and standing back up straight she picked her coffee mug back up, "Yeah I'm fine. My mom just left and she's still being all weird with me. So what's up?"
"I'm sorry about your mom Care; I know that's been hard for you and I haven't really been there for my sober sponsor have I?" Stefan's guilt filtered through the phone.
"No you haven't, but its ok, there's been so much going on lately." Shaking her head to clear her mind of the unwanted thoughts she continued, "So anyways my mom told me there has been a lot of blood missing from the hospital, so I think we need to figure out what that's all about."
"Actually that's why I'm calling. Your mom sent Damon a text about it and I found out some stuff about Professor Shane. Plus there are a few other things you should know. Can you meet me at the Boarding house in say an hour?"
Caroline groaned, "Of course she told Damon before she told me. I'm really not going to like any of this am I?"
"Just…get here and we will talk about everything. See you soon." Stefan hung up the phone and Caroline placed hers against her forehead just as a knock sounded at the door.
"Oh now what?" Caroline whined as she went to the front door to find no one there. On a hunch she looked down to her feet. Just as she thought. There was a small box, much like the box the bracelet had come in with the same white ribbon tied around it. Next to it was a vase filled with some type of pink flowers, white Gladioli and Daffodils. As she shook her head she reached down to pick both items up. She stood and scanned the area but didn't find any sign of Klaus anywhere, figuring he was nowhere around she let a smile come over her face as she sniffed the beautiful flowers. She spun and walked back into the house to her room, wanting the flowers there instead of in the kitchen with the others. She couldn't help but be a little impressed and flattered. No one ever did this kind of stuff for her and it made her think that just maybe he really was being sincere. She giggled to herself thinking that if this was the kind of treatment she would receive when he knew she was angry with him, she might just draw it out a bit longer. She shook the thoughts from her head, she would not be bought. Klaus had to show her through his actions that he was sorry, not just send her gifts.
Caroline picked up the small box and unraveled the ribbon wondering what could be inside. She nervously opened the box to find a scroll held inside. She pulled out the rolled scroll carefully removing the bow that held it together, her eyes widened and a breath escaped her at the image on the paper. There drawn beautifully was her and Kol. They were holding their hands between their chests with their cheeks pressed together, surrounded by the rest of the cast from last night during the last song they had performed together. At the bottom of the page Klaus had written; A memento of your night. You shined brighter than any star in the sky. Klaus.
Caroline made her way to her bedroom door to head out to the Boarding house but stopped to glance over to the newest addition to her corkboard of photos hanging above her desk. There in the center was pinned the drawing of her and Kol. She couldn't help the soft smile that graced her lips as she left to see what else could have gone wrong.
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Klaus pulled back into the driveway of the mansion, parking his SUV in front of the house. He had hoped to give Caroline the flowers and drawing face to face this morning and entice her to join him for breakfast. After watching her face fall as her mother had left and over hearing her phone call with Stefan he decided to start the next phase if his plan to earn her affections instead. Stepping out of his vehicle and making his way up the steps to the house he knew he would have his work cut out for him with his family. They were going to go along with his plan whether they liked it or not.
Klaus strutted his way into the dining room where his siblings were just finishing up their morning meal. Elijah refolded the newspaper and placed it on the table looking up at Klaus. "Good morning Niklaus. I will be leaving shortly to begin my search for Katerina, though by the look of you, you may have other plans." Elijah eyed his brother skeptically.
Klaus smirked from his spot leaning casually against the doorway, "Right you would be brother." He placed his hands behind his back and began to slowly walk around the room. "I've discovered the Mystic Falls lot will be meeting shortly to discuss the happenings of late." He faced his siblings with a stern look, "And we will all be attending."
Kol continued to sip his goblet of blood with a smirk as Rebekah scoffed before shaking her head and going back to her bowl of fruit. Elijah cleared his throat asking, "And what do we all need to be in attendance for? You were in quite the hurry the other night to have me chasse after Katerina, what's changed?"
"Simply put, we are going to learn what they know as well as assist them in any way we can." Klaus's smirked deepened as Rebekah began yelling in outrage.
"Of course! You want to assist them only so you can gain the forgiveness of that little blonde tramp. Our brother here is chasing after a girl himself Elijah." She threw a snide smirk at Klaus. "No doubt he wants us there to use in some sort of scheme to benefit himself. It's ridiculous how you ridiculed me over going with them to gain what I wanted but it's perfectly fine for you!" Rebekah stood shoving her chair to the floor.
Klaus's hand came to his sides clenched in tight fists. "I suggest you hold your tongue sister! Unless you'd like to take a nap in a box, you will do as I ask."
Elijah stood from the table, "Rebekah, do calm yourself." Turn to Klaus, "Niklaus, there is no need for your dagger threats."
Rebekah threw her hands into the air, "I will not calm down Elijah! He always does as he pleases." She spun to face Klaus, "As you ask Nik? You don't ask you demand! Why not ask Kol here what he thinks of your plan to assists the lot that had him killed!" Rebekah smiled harshly at Klaus knowing Kol would never go along with this.
Klaus turned his head to Kol, who was still sipping on his blood, "Kol?"
Kol placed his goblet on the table, slouching down into his chair and throwing his arm over the back of it, "Sure I'm game. Who knows, this could be fun."
Klaus and Kol shared a smirk as Rebekah stomped out of the room yelling behind her, "You are only agreeing with him because you are angry with me, you hypocritical wanker!"
Klaus called after her, "Bekah, do be ready to leave soon. We need to make it early so we do not miss any information." He laughed at her screech as she slammed her door.
"Ah! Nothing says good morning like your sister slamming doors throughout the house." The three men cringed as they heard something shatter against a wall upstairs. "Or objects breaking." Kol finished laughing along with Klaus.
Elijah released a heavy sigh shaking his head. "I will never understand why you two incessantly bate her. You should know by now it gets you nowhere." At the scolding from their big brother both Klaus and Kol let their faces fall in mock repentance. Elijah nearly rolled his eyes at the display as he straightened his suit jacket. "Honestly Kol I'm surprised you are going along with Niklaus's plan of teamwork after your display with Rebekah yesterday."
Kol stood from his chair, "Ah but that's thing dear brother, I do so love surprises." He chuckled as he made his way to the front door shouting over his shoulder, "I'll be waiting in the car!"
Elijah walked closer to Klaus skeptical on what was really going on, "What is this really about Niklaus? Surely this is not as Rebekah suggested and has to do with ."
"We need the information that they have. That's what this is about Elijah and I suggest you do as I asked and play along, no need for you to incur my anger any more than you already have." Klaus took a step towards him replying harshly.
At that moment Rebekah flounced down the stairs knocking her shoulder into Klaus as she passed, "Well are we going or what? I can't wait to watch as you are shot down yet again by your little twit."
Klaus clenched his jaw to hold back his growl, not wanting Elijah to know of his affections towards Caroline. He began walking to the door, "Come along Elijah we mustn't be late to the meeting."
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Caroline walked into the Boarding house to suddenly be pushed back as Elena wrapped her in her arms, "Caroline! You're here!"
She stumbled back a few steps before she hesitantly responded to the hug, patting Elena's back stuttering, "Yeah…I'm here?" She looked at Stefan he had walked to the doorway with a broodier face than usual and his arms crossed over his chest.
Elena pulled back and smiled at Caroline, "I was just heading down to the basement to bring up some blood bags to the kitchen. Do you want me to grab one for you?"
Caroline's eyes flitted between Elena and Stefan before she smiled and answered slowly, "Yeah sure. That would be great."
Elena smiled as she spun to head off towards the kitchen and down into the basement. Caroline quickly walked to Stefan hissing under her breath, "What the hell was that?!"
Stefan tipped his head in the direction Elena had taken with his arms still crossed, "That is what my brother thought would help her. That was Damon telling her that it would make him happy if she felt happy and peaceful over Jeremy being dead."
Caroline raised a hand to her mouth, "Oh my God! He really is an epic moron isn't he?"
Damon made his way down the stairs with his hands in his pant pockets, "No brother that is Elena finally feeling better. Isn't that what you all wanted in the first place?"
Stefan turned and leveled a hard glare at his brother as Caroline walked closer to Damon whispering harshly so Elena wouldn't over hear, "No idiot! Not like this. She needs to actually deal with it not have you mess with her head and emotions." Caroline scoffed as she crossed her arms over her chest, "But that's your specialty isn't it? Did my talk about being a better boyfriend to her not sink into that head of yours at all?" She threw her hands in the air as she started to spin around, "Who am I kidding! There's nothing in there for it to sink into!"
Damon's eyes flashed with anger as veins began to grow sporadically under his eyes and he reached out grabbing a hold of Caroline's arm harshly, twisting her to face him. "Now listen here you little bitch…"
Damon was ripped away from her and held up against a wall by a hand wrapped tightly around his throat. Klaus leveled his furious eyes at Damon. "That's no way to treat a lady mate." Damon attempted to say something and Klaus leaned in closer and smiled menacingly, "What was that? I couldn't quite hear you." Klaus released his hold on his throat placing his hand on his shoulder as he plunged his other into Damon's abdomen wrapping it around his liver. "Care to try again? I'm quite sure it was something along the lines of, I'm sorry Caroline, it won't happen again. Do tell me if I am wrong."
Klaus's tone and the look of his eyes told Damon he wasn't in the mood for games. Damon spat blood from his mouth as he growled out, "Sorry Caroline."
Klaus gripped Damon's liver and shoulder harder making him groan in pain, "Now you can do better than that. Try it once more, with feeling this time."
Damon ground his teeth together and looked at Caroline who stood with her arms crossed and a slight smirk playing across her lips. Taking a ragged breath Damon tried once more putting a small amount of sincerity in his shaky voice, "I'm sorry Caroline. It won't happen again."
Caroline huffed as she spun on her heels and left to the living room. Klaus watched her leave and promptly released Damon, wiping his bloody hands off on the fallen vampire. "See that it doesn't or you'll lose your liver completely the next time."
Kol clapped his hands laughing as he walked further into the house, "Liver threats! I do so love the liver threats Nik." He continued walking to follow Caroline into the living room.
Elijah stepped into the house with Rebekah following behind him stepping over Damon, "Really Niklaus? What happened to keeping the peace?"
Klaus turned and looked to his older brother with an innocent look on his face and his hands clasped behind his back, "That was me being peaceful brother. Just hope the daft Salvatore doesn't really upset me."
Damon glared at Klaus from his spot on the floor, "Yeah wouldn't want to really piss you off." Klaus raised an eyebrow and smirked at his sarcastic tone. Damon turned his head to Stefan lifting his arm, "A little help here Stefan?"
Stefan fought to control his smile at seeing his brother on the floor, "You managed to put yourself there Damon so get yourself back up." Stefan turned to follow the Mikaelson's into the living room.
Damon had just begun pushing his arms to the floor to lift his body up when Elena gasped dropping the blood bags on the floor. "Oh my God Damon!" She rushed to his side and helped him to his feet. "What happened?"
Damon's eyes went soft as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders, "Nothing a little alcohol won't fix." Elena helped him walk into the living room and gasped again at what she was seeing.
"What are they doing here?" Her eyes went wide at seeing Caroline and Kol having a hushed conversation off to the side. "K…Kol? How…but…You're dead." She twirled in Damon's arms looking him in the eyes. "Bonnie did it! She dropped the veil to the Other Side! I'll get to see Jeremy again!"
Kol laughed harshly at her, "I hate to burst your bubble there princess, oh wait! No I really don't. Bonnie didn't do anything. I'm not dead any longer. Your little murder attempt failed to keep."
Elena looked at all the faces in the living room, some help sympathy while others smiled at her misfortune. "So Bonnie didn't drop the veil. Jeremy's still dead." She said quietly.
Rebekah scoffed, "A little slow on the uptake isn't she?"
Elijah shot her a disapproving look, "Really Rebekah, have a little more decorum."
She just shrugged her shoulders at him as she took a seat on a sofa muttering, "Not my fault she's so dense."
Stefan and Caroline watched Elena carefully as she processed this new information wondering what her reaction would turn out to be. They were both disappointed when she smiled at Damon, "So Jeremy's still dead then?" Elena mirrored Damon's nod and shrugged her shoulders continuing in a happy tone, "Well that's good then. I mean, he's in a better place now and at peace so that makes me happy."
Stefan huffed as he turned to grab a drink, Caroline's mouth hung open and all the Mikaelson's looked at her in shock. It was Kol that broke the silence when he raised his hand pointing at her, "She busted! Someone broke the Doppel-whiner!" He let out an oomph as Caroline elbowed him in the side hissing his name. "Really Caroline! There you go with the violence again! I'm only speaking the truth; shouldn't she be curled in a ball crying her eyes out right about now?"
Stefan laughed humorously from the bar, "Yeah she should be but Damon thought it would be a good idea to use the sire bond on her and make her happy Jeremy's dead."
Elena rolled her eyes taking a seat on the sofa across form Rebekah, "I'm fine I wish you would just let it go Stefan."
Klaus looked to Damon almost in shock, "I've been known to use the sire bond to my own advantage, but that's a new low even for you Damon."
Damon limped over to the bar to fill a glass, "Yeah well no body asked you. Speaking of, why are you all here in my house anyway?"
"Why not ask Nik, he's the one who dragged us all here." Rebekah replied, "And do be a good host and bring me a drink as well." Damon rolled his eyes taking the two glasses in his hands over to Elena and handed her one before sitting down beside her raising an eyebrow at Rebekah's huff.
Stefan poured another glass for Rebekah himself, walking over he handed it to her as he sat next to her on the sofa. Klaus gave Rebekah and Stefan a suggestive smirk as he drifted his eyes between the two and walked over to pour himself a drink as his sister huffed moving closer to the arm of the sofa away from Stefan. Klaus eyed Kol and Caroline curious about what they had been discussing so urgently and quietly as he had joined them in the room but he knew there were other things to discuss at the moment. "Well we are here Damon because you lot seem to know more about what's going on than the rest of us."
Damon interrupted him chucking, "And I bet that just burns your ass doesn't it?"
Stefan took a sip of his drink, "Shut up Damon, I think we could actually use their help. We have too much going on to handle on our own and this is going to affect everyone."
Elijah took the drink that Klaus handed him, looking to Stefan questionably, "What do you mean it will affect us all?"
Stefan leaned forward placing his elbows on his knees as he explained, "I think Silas is in Mystic Falls."
Damon looked at his brother skeptically, "What makes you think that brother? How would he have even got off that island?"
Caroline chose this moment to speak up, "He is supposedly this all powerful being, I'm sure he could have managed Damon." She looked to Stefan, "Do you think he is the one who took all the blood bags from the hospital?"
Stefan nodded his head as he stood up and began pacing the room, "Yeah I think so, it's not like there are any other new vampires in town."
Klaus scoffed into his drink, "I fail to see what the issue here is, so some blood went missing from the hospital. Perhaps you lot all stocked up at once. What does missing blood bags have to do with Silas?"
Stefan glanced at Klaus, "He would need to feed somehow and stay under the radar. Silas wants to take the cure and die to be reunited with his one true love."
Klaus smirked, "How Shakespearian. Why not give him the cure and let him die?"
"He's supernatural. If he takes the cure and dies he will get stuck on the Other Side. So in order to get what he wants he needs to destroy the Other Side to pass on." Stefan replied.
Caroline began walking closer to the group, "That means every supernatural creature that's ever died will come back." She noticed Klaus's eyes soften as he looked at her, looking away from him she continued, "Every witch, vampire and werewolf that we've all killed will come back and I'm sure they're not going to just walk away happy to be alive again." She released a worried sigh, "I just hope creepy Professor Shane helps talk Bonnie out of this crazy plan to help Silas."
Rebekah paled and jumped off the sofa, "Did you say Professor Shane? She's with him now?"
Caroline's forehead wrinkled in confusion at Rebekah, "Yeah, her Dad told me Shane's helping her to control her magic. Why?"
Rebekah began shaking her head in panic, "She can't be with Shane. I saw his dead body on the island before I left."
The room erupted into chaos at her announcement. Elijah getting irritated with all the confused shouting was the one to finally calm everyone down, "Alright enough. So we may have found Silas, now it would seem we need to get away from him. What else do we know?"
"The Hunter on the island told me that the little werewolf that's been chasing after wolf boy was somehow working with the dearly departed Professor, not that we know where she is. No one has seen or heard from her or Tyler since before we left." Damon said from his spot on the couch.
Caroline scoffed, "I sent him running for his life the day I found Klaus stuck in Elena's living room." Stefan, Klaus and Kol all sent her a sympathetic look remembering what she had gone through with Tyler. Caroline just rolled her eyes, "We do know that Katherine swooped in at the last minute and stole the cure."
All eyes swung to Elena as she hissed out clenching her fists so hard her hands began to bleed, "She's the reason Jeremy's dead."
Kol looked at Elena as if she was crazy, "Yes, well on that note, it sounds as if we have a scavenger hunt ahead of us." He chuckled, "I do so love scavenger hunts."
Klaus being a master strategist he was began delegating what everyone should do, "Elijah, you and Rebekah will go after Katerina and get the cure from her by any means necessary. Rebekah, you will be sure to stop our brother from falling prey to that wenches clutches yet again. Elijah, do be sure our sister does not run off with the cure herself. And I suggest you two do not fail me again." He shot them both a look that promised pain before they received a dagger to the chest if they did.
Elena jumped off the sofa with Damon following quickly after her, afraid she was going to piss off the Hybrid. "No! I'm going after Katherine! She's the reason my brother is dead, I want to handle her."
Kol scoffed, "You couldn't handle her on her worst day, especially in your rather ah, unstable state." Kol raised his eyebrow at Damon's growl and opened his arms in invitation for him to come at him.
Klaus huffed in exasperation, "We don't have time for senseless drama." Klaus chose to ignore Elijah's comment about knowing how he feels now and continued pointing the Elena and Damon, "You two will go after the mutts. We need to know what Hayley was really doing here; something tells me it wasn't just about the young Brutus."
Damon responded annoyed, "Yeah sure. Send the only two here that you could care less whether they got bitten or not. Who made you general of this committee anyways?"
"Well Damon, considering I have way more experience dealing with these sorts of thing than nearly everyone here, I'd say my record speaks for itself. And as much as I wouldn't shed a tear over either one of your demise, I will send along enough of my blood to save you both from a single bite."
Damon sneered at him as he wrapped an arm around Elena, "How generous of you."
Klaus's eyes turned angry, "I'd say so, seeing as you both were involved in the death of my brother."
Elena scoffed at him with a strange mixture of anger and peacefulness, "You should just be happy your brother is alive still."
Stefan broke the tension by adding, "I was going to check out Professor Shane's office. He was the one who told us about the cure in the first place so I'm thinking he might have left something behind." Stefan turned to Caroline with a small smile, "You want to join me in the search Care?"
Caroline smiled gently at Stefan, "Yeah sure." Ignoring the hard look Klaus was shooting their way.
Kol clapped his hands and began rubbing them together, "Well then I'll go after the delectable Bennett witch."
Caroline spun to face him, "Why you? Shouldn't someone close to her find her and talk to her?"
"I know all there is to know about witchcraft Darling. I'm sure I can handle anything the little witch throws my way. Who knows, I may be able to talk some sense into her." Kol hoped his reasoning would be enough; he did not want to get caught with revealing too much at this point of why he really wanted to be the one to go after Bonnie. He softened his expression at Caroline, "I promise I won't hurt her if that's what you are worried about Darling."
Caroline grinned and nodded at him in thanks. "Ok." She looked at Stefan blatantly ignoring Klaus's hostile eyes, "I'm going to grab a blood bag before we leave." running her hand over Stefan's arm as she left the room.
Elijah seen the way Klaus's eyes narrow first at the look their brother and Caroline shared, then the obvious jealousy in his eyes at her touching Stefan. Elijah knew then that there was some credence to what Rebekah had spoken of about the girl and their brother. He decided he would have to keep an eye on this situation; he would not allow anyone come in and destroy his family if that's what the girl was up to. "We all know what we are to do, but what of you Niklaus? I assume you will be joining our brother to go after ."
Klaus pulled his eyes away from Caroline's retreating form as she disappeared toward the back of the house. He knew he should aid his brother with the witch, as much as Kol's reasoning made sense he could always tell when his siblings were hiding something from him. And Klaus had no doubt in his mind what so ever that Kol was hiding something. But his jealousy over the connection between the Ripper and Caroline was too great to be ignored. "No, Kol will go it alone. I will be joining the Ripper."
Rebekah rolled her eyes and huffed as Kol smirked behind their brother's back, "Of course you are." Linking her arm with Elijah she began to pull him from the room. "You always do followe her around like a lost little dog Nik." She quickly flashed away pulling Elijah with her before her brother could make good on his earlier threats.
Klaus clenched his jaw at his sister's comment but was pulled from his rage towards her by Damon shaking a flask in front of him. "It's not often I agree with Original Barbie. But regardless of that, I think it's time for your donation."
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Caroline was glad the kitchen was far enough away from the living room that she could block out what was happening in there. She had a gut feeling she knew who Klaus was going to join and she wasn't sure just how she felt about that. She couldn't figure out why he was helping them. She knew that everything going on was a really big deal and affected them all, but something told her that wasn't his only reason. Shouldn't he and his family be ripping her friend's a part right about now for what they did to Kol? They seemed almost subdued when dealing with them, almost as if they had let it go. Had Klaus decided to help just to please her? To show her that he was willing to do anything to prove himself to her. Caroline figured Klaus knew her well enough by now to know that by him helping her and her friends, it would be a sure fire way to prove he meant what he had said to her. Caroline scoffed at her own thoughts, like he would go as far as to align himself with people he couldn't stand just to impress me. Caroline placed one of the blood bags Elena had dropped in the hall in the refrigerator; she was just getting ready to open the other for herself when Klaus joined her in the kitchen.
Klaus smiled tenderly at her, "Finally, we have a moment alone. I have to tell you Love, I thoroughly enjoyed your performance last night. You are remarkably talented Caroline." His blue eye glittered with mischief.
Caroline placed the blood bag on the counter and flashed over to him pushing her hand over his mouth, "Shh!" She hissed quietly at him with her eyes narrowed. "I told Kol and now I'll tell you. They don't know anything about Steven's club and I'd like to keep it that way. It's the one place that's mine Klaus, so please just… just shut up ok?" Caroline got lost in the intensity of his eyes and swore she felt him brush a soft kiss on the palm of her hand.
Klaus slowly took her hand off his mouth, turning it over to place a tender kiss across her knuckles and in a husky tone he whispered, "Anything for you. You know I'd do anything for you Love."
Caroline sucked in a ragged breath and slowly removed her hand from his grasp. "Th…Thanks." She couldn't help but think back to her musings from a few minutes ago, wondering if Klaus really was doing all this for her. She turned to the counter and picked up the blood bag, turning the tube into a straw.
Klaus grinned to himself as he discovered what Caroline had been speaking to Kol about. He couldn't help that the grin turned to a dimpled smile at her reaction to him kissing her hand. He moved closer to her still talking in a hushed tone, "You know I've been thinking somethings over Caroline."
Caroline joked with him as he leaned sideways against the counter next to her, "Oh did it hurt?"
Klaus chuckled at her attempt to bate him, "Something you have said a few times now has struck a cord and has me curious."
Without being to help it, she turned to face him mirroring his stance leaning her hip against the counter, "Oh and what's that?" Caroline mentally berated herself for having a flirtatious attitude with him.
Klaus's face turned serious as he leaned down closer to her face, "Who hurt you before, was it Tyler? I know that you dated the quarterback but I do not see him being violent with you."
Caroline felt her stomach drop and panicked at his question. She knew Klaus could see it in her eyes so she tried to deflect his curiosity by doing what she did best with him, scoffing, "Oh you mean like you? Of course Matt never hurt me. He's actually a decent human being who wouldn't psychically hurt someone just because he's stronger and can."
Klaus clenched his jaw as he growled in anger, "So it was Tyler then."
"What? No! He may have left me to the wolves a couple times but he only hurt me psychically on your order." Caroline huffed at him with an accusing eye.
"What do you mean by that Caroline?" Klaus inquired.
Rolled her eyes at him like she couldn't believe he forgot, "You had him bite me on my birthday."
Klaus shook his head at her, waving his hand, "No about the wolves Caroline. What did you mean by that?" Something told Klaus she wasn't just using that as a phrase.
Caroline drew into herself, "I'm not talking to you about this. Honestly I'm surprised you don't have all this information on me with your stalkery ways." She raised the blood bag to her mouth to take a drink rolling her eyes and looking away from him and his piercing blue eyes that seemed to see right into her.
Klaus smirked at her leaning in closer, "I know what you're doing Love. You're trying to distract me from what I want to know, it won't work. But if you do not wish to speak of it now fine, this is a small town and I'll figure it out eventually."
"Maybe so, but not today." Caroline muttered under her breath before looking up at him surprised at their closeness. Her eyes pleaded with his, "Just leave it be Klaus. My past is just that, my past. I don't want to talk about it with you or anyone else."
Klaus didn't like her pleading with him; he never wanted that from her. Other's yes but never his Caroline. He smirked at her, choosing to rile her up. He couldn't help but love her fire, "So you admit there is something to talk about, someone did hurt you."
Caroline let out a loud sigh, "Why can't you just let this go!?"
Klaus's eyes took on a serious but loving gaze, "Because as with anything that comes to you, I find that entirely impossible my Lo…Caroline."
They lost themselves in each other's eyes. Blue on shining blue flickered between each other before dropping to their lips. Both drew in a sharp breath as they noticed where the other's gaze landed. Klaus's eyes heated with longing as Caroline's reflected something close to the same. He carefully shifted closer to her so as not to scare her off. Just as he was about to place his hand on her hip to draw her soft body into his harder one Stefan walked through the swinging kitchen door.
"You two ready to head out?" Stefan frowned wondering what he had walked in on and what was going on between the two of them.
Caroline slowly snapped out of her Klaus induced daze, "What?" She asked as she turned away from Klaus who she heard release a regretful sigh.
Though worried what was happening between them, Stefan couldn't help but chuckle at them both. He had never seen Klaus in all the time he spent with him look at anyone the way he was looking at Caroline right now. It made him think that maybe his old friend really did care about her. He frowned again realizing he was going to have to have a chat with Klaus. "I asked if you two were ready to go."
Caroline sipped the last of her blood before throwing the empty bag in the trash. Avoiding Klaus's eyes that she could feel following her she smiled at Stefan, "Yeah, fine let's go Stef."
Klaus walked closer to her, "Just a moment Love. It seems I forgot to mention the fact that I am coming along for the search." He smirked as he watched her shoulders drop as she muttered.
"Of course you are."
Stefan placed his hand on her arm, "Look Care. Having an extra set of eyes as we comb through Shane's things will help. Plus having an Original Hybrid who can't die with us wouldn't hurt either."
Caroline squared her shoulders, "Fine." She pointed her finger between the both of them. "But we can't all fit in your car Stef and I'm assuming Elijah and Rebekah took yours right?" At Klaus's nod she nodded her head right back. "Ok then. Fine. You two can ride in your car Stef and I'll follow in mine." Both men glanced at each other, neither wanted to argue with Caroline and her pointy finger.
"Sounds perfect Caroline." Stefan placated her.
Klaus walked over to the swinging door and held it open waving his hand with a slight bow of his upper body, "After you Love." Caroline huffed and rolled her eyes at him as she left to gather her purse and head to her car.
Stefan was just about to walk through after her when Klaus stepped ahead of him releasing the door. "Hey! You can't hold the door for me too?"
Klaus chuckled as he made his way out of the house, "Hold your own door mate."
Stefan shook his head as he chuckled as well following the two out the door. Watching as Caroline rolled her eyes but smiled as Klaus opened her car door for her, he thought to himself that this actually worked out perfect. He would be alone in the car with Klaus for close to an hour, it would give him plenty of time to talk with him about a certain blonde friend of his. Stefan grimaced as he thought about it again; he would be alone in the car talking about Caroline to Klaus. He could only hope that Klaus didn't react too horribly at the conversation to come.
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