Hello all!
Thank you for all the comments, again, each one is priceless!
This chapter was hard to write mostly because I wanted to get onto the next chapter so quickly. This is more of the beginning of my last section of the story ( -sad face- almost done
Not too much Klaroline in this chapter (sorry! :( ) but I explore their feelings for each other in here! I promise Klaroline in the next one!
Please enjoy Confessions and a big hug and kiss to each and every one of you!
Klaus woke up feeling groggy. His body felt sore all over, something he wasn't quite used to. He looked around the blood-stained room, trying to recall where he was.
And nothing came up. His mind was a blank page.
He sprung from the bed, pacing the bedroom in a sudden panic. His mind struggled to come up with some image of what had happened anytime in the last day.
Caroline…beach….Bekah…Elijah.
There it was! Klaus focused harder.
Dominic…Lucy…kidnap…witches. Memory spell.
He halted in the middle of the room. Oh God, the memory spell…it was working.
He grabbed the nearest object, a chair, and threw it at the wall with a roar, shattering the furniture with a loud bang. This could not be happening. Not this fast.
Caroline.
He closed his eyes, trying to draw in her lovely face.
He hissed under his breath, trying to keep control of his body. A tantrum was the last thing he needed right now. But this was bad. So very bad.
He crossed the room with purpose, heading towards a large desk. He opened up the cabinets in seconds, letting the contents fall out in a mess. His eyes fell on the floor, searching for his key out.
Paper and pencil. Perfect.
In a flash, he had them at the desk and began to draw. He drew in her luscious curls, her captivating smile. Her blue eyes and her slender neck. Every spark of his memory of her, he drew in. Each stroke of the pencil and a new memory would flash through his mind.
He finished the drawing and was surprised to see he drew her when she had said goodbye to him in the airport. Her smile was wide, her eyes full of happiness and lust. The drawing was stunning…she was stunning.
Underneath the portrait, he wrote in the words My Angel, Caroline.
"Klaus!"
Caroline's panicked voice resounded throughout the room, causing Klaus to jolt up from his seat.
"Caroline?" His voice rose to match hers. His whole body was already tense and anxious from the obvious pain in her voice.
"Klaus!" This time the sound seemed to resonate throughout Klaus' body. He grabbed his chest in physical pain as he heard a faint whimper of sadness.
"What's happening?" he whispered to himself. "This could not possibly be…"
He knew the consequences of marking another as his own, although he had never done so before. Two vampires could feel each other's feelings and hear each other's voices across long distances. One would feel physical pain when the other was in pain or in distress.
He and Caroline, however, had never marked each other. There was no explanation to this.
Her voice did not come again. He began to feel groggy once more; he could literally feel the memory spell seeping into him.
He held up the drawing, focusing in on his angel's face.
"No matter what happens…she will never make me forget you."
And with that he folded the drawing and tucked it away.
"Klaus!"
"Caroline, wake up!" Rebekah shook the girl roughly. Beads of sweat dripped down her forehead, her whole body shaking.
Caroline gasped awake. She grabbed Rebekah's arm roughly, trying to steady herself.
"Nightmare…."
Rebekah gently released Caroline's hand. "Do you wish to talk about it?"
Caroline shuddered. "Lucy….she made Klaus forget about me. I tried calling to him but nothing would stop it…"
Rebekah tried soothing down Caroline's hair, trying awkwardly to comfort her. "It was only a dream…Chloe's making breakfast, we should head towards the kitchen."
Caroline nodded and followed Rebekah out of the guestroom. She wished with all her heart she had Klaus. Klaus would have held her and rocked her until the nightmare subsided. This nightmare was worse than the rest. It had actually felt real…like she was with Klaus in that red room, being sucked dry of memory.
Chloe immediately hugged the girls, asking them what they preferred for a morning breakfast.
"I have some bread in the toaster and water heating up for tea! I can make eggs if you like, or how about some…"
"Toast and tea is fine, Chloe," Caroline reassured her friend. She still felt utterly terrible that she was here using compulsion.
Rebekah sat down at the table, smoothing down her hair.
"The morning is the absolute worst. Why can't hair just stay perfect throughout the night?"
"That's life, sweetheart," responded Caroline, grabbing a plate and sitting across the table.
"Bloody hell, did you just say sweetheart? Good God, you're turning into the female version of Nik…."
Caroline blushed, but shrugged, "I don't mind!"
Chloe came in and set down her guests' food. "Now, what do you ladies have in mind today?"
"Shopping," the Original immediately replied. "Caroline needs much more suitable outfits."
"Excuse me? I've been shopping high-class for weeks with Mr. Money Bags, I think I look perfectly fine!"
"Fine, yes. Perfect…not so much. You have been shopping with a man, Caroline, and believe me, once you shop with Rebekah Mikaelson, you will see Klaus is nothing compared to me when it comes to malls."
Caroline rolled her eyes and bit into her toast. Shopping didn't bother her as much as the fact that she didn't have Klaus to shop with anymore. She felt a pang remembering when he had helped her with her dresses, when his fingers brushed against her bare back…
"And by the way, do you not need to contact your friends today? I believe I heard you promise my brother you would."
Crap, she did.
She missed her friends more than anything. Maybe not as much as Klaus, but it was definitely painful not seeing them day to day.
But she knew that she was in for a lot of screaming, particularly from Bonnie. Elena would be forgiving, but she doubted even that knowledge.
"I'll call them sometime in the afternoon."
They ate the rest of their breakfast while Chloe began to ask Caroline questions about Klaus. She was extremely pleased to see how bright Caroline lit up at the mention of Klaus' name and how she seemed to glow when she spoke of where they had gone.
She was interrupted when the phone rang.
"Oh please excuse me, Caroline. I believe that may by Elizabeth calling," and Chloe quickly grabbed her phone before walking outside on the porch.
Silence was left between Caroline and Rebekah before Rebekah asked the question that had been bothering her for some time.
"Are you in love with my brother?"
Caroline froze. Rebekah stared right at Caroline, very curious for Caroline's response.
"Umm…I don't know. Well, maybe…" Caroline sputtered, flushing deep red.
"Oh, come on Caroline! Just between us girls."
"I know that, you just happen to be Klaus' sister!"
Rebekah smirked. "I may be his sister, but that doesn't mean I want to defend his honor all the time."
Caroline stared into her tea. "If I said what's really on my mind, do you promise not to be angry?"
"Depends," Rebekah responded.
Caroline sighed. "Okay here it goes. I…I feel like he's a part of me. Like sometimes I wake up in the morning and if he isn't holding me, I feel like a part of my body is missing. Or whenever he's sad or angry, I become his emotion…like I can't help but hurt for him or be angry with him. I…"
Here Caroline blushed, but continued on.
"…I want him. We've never actually done anything in that way…but I want to. I just…I feel like I do love him, but that I shouldn't. I mean, he killed my best friend's aunt! Turned Tyler into a hybrid, forced Stefan to turn off his humanity! It's like I'm slowly forgetting all the horrible things he's done and only seeing the good things. I'm becoming blind to the reality of everything! And if I let myself love him and choose to ignore the bad…what does that say about me?"
Caroline quickly gazed down into her tea, suddenly very nervous. She had no desire to see Rebekah's expression after her confession.
"Look…" Rebekah's voice came out a little embarrassed. Caroline glanced up to see Rebekah fiddling with her teacup.
"I'm not very good at the whole comforting act…but I'll give it a try. My brother is a very passionate person. When he hates, he hates strongly. When he loves….he loves more than any person I know. He will do anything to protect what he loves. Because he is passionate, he has done many things to create enemies and loathing towards him from others. But when he loves, he can create beauty. You may not be surprised to know that it has been a long time since he has loved so passionately…or until he met you. Caroline….he has a whole sketchbook of drawings of you back home. He's even painted a landscape with you and a horse galloping across it. I know that he has done unspeakable wrongs...and we cannot forget about them. But in no way do your feelings for him make you out to be a bad person, Caroline. You have simply seen the passionate beauty of my brother. You have released the goodness in him. And if you love him…there is nothing for you to be sorry about."
Caroline gaped at Rebekah, still processing the fact that Klaus had a full portrait of herself back home. And perhaps she gaped at the fact that this was the most she had gotten out of Rebekah since they had met.
Rebekah drank the rest of her tea in one gulp and rose from the table.
"Now, I believe we have some shopping to do?"
Elijah stood still on the path Klaus had chosen to walk along the night before, dropping coins from one hand to another. For some reason this action seemed to calm him.
Klaus had not returned last night. Elijah knew better than to look for him…anything was possible with Klaus. Especially after Caroline's departure, Klaus could be put into a high temper much too easily.
But it was very unlike Klaus to contact Elijah in want of assistance and then leave unannounced. Elijah was not a man to go into a stage of panic, but the longer Klaus did not reach him, the longer Elijah became impatient.
He had stopped at this spot for two reasons. One, because this was where Klaus' scent had ended. And two, because he could almost swear he scented the smell of magic. It was the latter that forced Elijah to stop and pause, trying hard not to imagine what had befallen his brother.
He pulled out his cell, a device he loathed but decided it was quite useful, and dialed the one person he could think of who might possibly help his current situation.
"Hello?" Dominic's smooth voice echoed on the other end.
"This is Elijah Mikaelson...and I'm calling because my brother has gone missing."
"Excuse me?" Dominic stuttered.
"My brother…Niklaus is missing and I believe you might know where he is."
"The last time I saw Niklaus was with you yesterday! I am in Spain driving to the airport for a flight to the States."
"I was not blaming you. I was simply saying that I believe you may know where my brother might possibly be. I believe witches may have something to do with it."
"….Lucy," Dominic cursed under his breath. He needed to hurry if Lucy was already in possession of Niklaus.
"If you give me two more days, I may have a witch powerful enough for the spell we need. Wait two days and I will call you. Then we can plan on rescuing your brother."
"But do you know where he is?" Elijah hissed into the phone, becoming frustrated.
"Lucy has a few hideouts I know of in Athens, but I would not try to pursue her as she now has witches on her side. Just two days….can you wait that long?"
"Yes…" replied Elijah emotionlessly, snapping the cell shut.
He turned and walked away from the scene of Klaus' downfall, deciding to keep this information away from Rebekah and Caroline until the time came.
"Would you like me to leave?"
Caroline held the phone in her hand, gazing at it with nervousness. Rebekah could only see awkwardness for herself witnessing Caroline's chat with Bonnie and Elena.
Caroline nodded in agreement and Rebekah walked off back into the mall from the car, leaving Caroline with a cell and a car full of bags.
Once she saw Rebekah enter the mall, Caroline began to dial.
"It's now or never…" as she pushed call for Elena's number.
The phone rang two times before she heard her sweet friend's voice.
"Hello?"
"Elena….it's me…."
"OHMYGOD CAROLINE!" Elena shrieked into the phone, causing Caroline to pull the phone away in surprise.
"Caroline, ohmygod, where the hell are you? I haven't seen you in like what…two, three months? Seriously, where the hell…."
Elena was suddenly cut off by a voice in the background…Bonnie's.
"Is that Caroline?"
"Yeah, she's on right…."
Caroline heard the buzzing of the phone as she heard Bonnie make an attempt to take it.
"Give me it!"
"No, I had it first!"
"I need to talk to her!"
"Well, so do I, I'm her best friend!"
"So am I Elena! Now GIVE!"
She heard wrestling until she finally heard Bonnie's voice fill the phone.
"Caroline?"
"Bonnie! Hi how are…"
"You bitch! You absolute bitch! You leave us a freaking note as a goodbye and then make no contact with us for three months? Do you know how worried we were? We were about to go out and find you if it wasn't for your mom and her 'oh Caroline's fine!' crap!"
"Bonnie, let me explain…"
"No! You have no clue what we've been through! Klaus' siblings are still bugging the hell out of us and don't even get me started on Kol. That idiot's been following me around like a stalker for the past two weeks. Anyway, were we not good enough for you or something?
"I'm sorry! Okay, I'm sorry! I'm sorry I just up and left, but I was sick and tired of the same chaos and all of Mystic Falls' drama. I wanted out! And I knew if I heard your voices I would come crawling back. I'm sorry."
She heard Bonnie sigh on the other end. Then she heard Elena.
"Caroline…tell us everything. And Damon mentioned something about Klaus…"
And so Caroline did. And she didn't miss out on anything.
It took her about 15 minutes of nonstop talking to complete her narrative.
Elena and Bonnie struggled to find something to say. Caroline and Klaus? How could they even begin to process that?
But they heard the joy in her voice. They heard her anxiety of what they would say in response to this. As her best friends, they wanted to support her. But as a rational human being, they could not.
"Caroline…he's Klaus."
Bonnie didn't trust herself to speak. So Elena continued.
"Have…have you forgotten what he's done? He's….killed. Hurt all of us somehow. Caroline he tried to have you sacrificed!"
"I know Elena. I know. I just…I've seen a new side to him and it's beautiful. I can't imagine life without him now. I won't forget what he has done and I will forever try to make him seek forgiveness from you, but Elena…Klaus is to me as Stefan is to you. Stefan's done horrible things, but you've chosen to look past them!"
Caroline saw Rebekah coming out of the mall and quickly hurried the conversation.
"Look guys, I got to go, but I promise I'll call you again soon. Like tomorrow or something."
"Wait, Caroline!" Bonnie spoke through the cell loudly.
"What?"
"You mentioned something about a Ruth? …I think I read about her somewhere…"
"Really? Look I really got to go, but I'll call, I promise. See you guys soon!"
She quickly shut off the phone just as Rebekah hopped into the car.
"So, how did it go?"
Caroline laid back into the seat, exhausted. "They're slightly angry and confused. But it could have been much worse. They...they don't understand."
Rebekah nodded. "They are being rational. But they are good friends to you. Hate the doppelganger, but I will admit she is very good to you. Kol has his eyes for the witch…he has always had a thing for feisty women."
Two days later, Bonnie sat at her kitchen counter, eating away at her breakfast when the doorbell rang.
Thinking it was Kol, she muttered as she crossed to the front door, prepared to shoo him away.
She opened the door, however, to a very different person.
A tall man with very black eyes stood before her. She shot a quick glance at his fierce black hair and his regal attire, instantly becoming wary.
"Can I help you?" she said with defense.
"Are you Bonnie Bennet?" The man spoke with a thick Russian accent.
"Maybe…" Bonnie took a step back.
The man smiled, seeing right away that he had found her.
"Hello Bonnie. My name is Dominic and I am in need of your assistance."
So this is the beginning of the end! Don't worry, I'll have many chapter to go, but I'm seeing this as the last push or catalyst if you will.
Again, I know many people want updates sooner, but my life is crazy and I can only write in spare time! I really try to make it once a week though!
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