A/N: I wasn't expecting to get such a big response after the "The End" joke at the end of the last chapter. It made me so happy to hear that many of you don't want the story to end. Don't worry! I think this fanfic will have 22 chapters at least!
Also, I'm sorry if this chapter lets you down. It doesn't have much Klaroline in it, but I promise the next chapter will be fluffy and filled with Klaroline.
Happy reading!
A few days passed since the Tatia incident and things couldn't be better. Klaus looked at the blonde beauty lying next to him on his bed. She really was a snowflake. They couldn't keep their hands off each other, they talked for hours, sometimes curled on the bed, other times on the phone. They learned what the other liked and disliked, most embarrassing moments and happiest memories. Waking up like this was Klaus' favorite moment.
His phone vibrated on the bedside table. He got up quickly yet as carefully as he could, took the phone and left the room so he could talk without waking Caroline up.
The phone call was from Elijah and he just wanted to let Klaus know that he would be moving to America soon, along with their younger siblings. At first it was a little bit shocking, but Elijah explained that both Rebekah and Kol needed to start a career and they would have better chances in New York. Besides, Esther still had Finn with her and she didn't need anyone to take care of her. She even had plans to go on a vacation with her best gals once they were done with Mikael's trial, which was going pretty well (except for Mikael himself, of course). Elijah was pretty sure Mikael would be in jail for at least 8 years.
By the time Klaus walked back into his bedroom, Caroline was awake. She was curled under the covers, not wanting to get up just yet.
"Morning sweetheart." Klaus said while sitting on the bed.
"Good morning." She mumbled and smiled sleepily. Klaus smiled back and caressed her hair.
"I just got off the phone with Elijah." He said. Caroline instantly sat up on the bed to listen to him, holding the blankets against her naked chest. "He's moving here to start the new law firm. Kol and Rebekah will be joining him soon after that. And looks like Mikael will be spending some time in jail."
Caroline reached out to take his hand. She knew talking about Mikael was hard for him.
"How do you feel about all this?" She asked softly. Klaus took a moment to reply and then smiled a little.
"I'm actually glad I'll get to see my siblings without them having to sneak around. They had to come up with excuses whenever they came to visit me." He explained. "Now Mikael can't get in the way. Rebekah wants to be a photographer and Kol wants to be an architect. Even though Mikael was always a lot more supportive to them, he still wanted them to be lawyers and carry on with the Mikaelson tradition. I think New York will be good for them."
Caroline smiled and gave his hand a light squeeze.
"I'm just glad he can't hurt you anymore." She said before kissing him softly. Klaus wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer. He was glad too. The scars left by Mikael and all the damage done by his abuse would always stay with him, but now at least Klaus didn't feel like he had to hide his past. Besides Caroline was sweet and caring, always kissed his scars and took the pain away.
After the kiss, Caroline chuckled lightly against his lips.
"I'll be so jealous when they arrive, coz I don't want to share you!"
Klaus laughed and tuck a piece of her hair behind her ear.
"Let's go away this weekend." He suddenly said. "Come to my lake house, it will be just us."
Caroline pursed her lips while thinking about it, which Klaus found adorable.
"Romantic weekend by the lake." She said. "Sounds perfect!"
"Hey, Kat? I read your last article, it was great!" Lucy said from the door.
"I know, right? I feel like I'm saving lives!" Katherine said from behind her desk. Lucy laughed. Katherine's fashion articles informed about the actual trends and predicted the future ones. Katherine herself started a few fashion trends as well. "Hey you wanna go out for lunch?"
Lucy shook her head.
"I can't. Sorry! I'm interviewing some teen heartthrob about his new show. Looks like The CW is doing zombies now too." Lucy said while making a face. Katherine picked up her purse and then she walked out her office. "Rain check?"
"Sure." She said while calling the elevator. "If you hook up with this guy, I want all the naughty details."
Lucy gasped.
"I'm offended! I'm a professional!" They looked at each other for a moment before they started laughing. The elevator's door opened.
"Just don't do anything I wouldn't do."
"And what wouldn't you do?" A deep voice said. Katherine turned and saw Elijah in the elevator, looking impeccable as usual and he had a cocky smile on his face.
"Elijah?" Katherine blinked. She was so surprised the doors started to close until Elijah stopped them.
"Katherine." Elijah nodded. Katherine really wanted to wipe that smile off his face.
"What are you doing here?"
"I came to see the floor above. It's up for rent and since I'm planning on opening a new law firm I need a place to start."
Katherine felt like someone just threw a bucket of cold water on her. But she quickly tried to regain her composure and stepped into the elevator. Elijah moved his arm away and the doors finally closed.
"I guess we'll see each other once in a while then." She commented before trying to look busy on her phone.
This guy… she really liked this guy, and just when she admitted it to herself, he went back to England. He never called, or texted, and to be honest she wasn't expecting him to, but she couldn't say his silence didn't hurt her at least a little bit. With him back in USA, Katherine knew it would be harder to move on.
She saw Elijah's hand moving to take her phone away from her hands, and then she felt his other hand lifting her chin.
"I was hoping we could see each other very often." He said softly.
… And that's the story of how Elijah and Katherine had scandalous sex in an elevator.
They barely made it to his hotel room without tearing each other's clothes off, ready for round two.
Katherine tugged his tie to take it off while he lifted her to sit her on the table.
"I thought I would never see you again." Katherine mumbled against his lips.
"I wanted to call, but we agreed it would only be a two-weeks-thing." Elijah replied while stepping back and taking his jacket off.
"I think we passed the point where we call whatever this is a two-weeks-thing." She said kicking her heels off. Elijah smiled and cupped her face in his hands. Just when he was about to kiss her there was a loud knock on the door. They both looked at the door and then at each other. They both shrugged and went back to what they were doing, only to be interrupted by another knock.
"Open up Elijah, I know you're in there." A female voice said.
"Who's that?" Katherine whispered. Elijah had a frown on his face.
"I'm not sure…" He tried to fix his shirt before walking towards the door. When he opened it he found Tatia standing on the other side, one hand on the door frame and the other on her hip. He was so surprised to find her there, he was speechless.
"Surprise!" Tatia said with a big smile. "Looks like we're staying at the same hotel, how crazy is that?"
Elijah narrowed his eyes.
"Too crazy to be coincidence." He replied. Tatia rolled her eyes.
"I was on my way out when I saw you at the lobby, I swear."
"And you had to follow me here?" Elijah asked.
"Is there something wrong with wanting to catch up with an old friend?"
"We weren't that close to begin with, Tatia. And if you're expecting me to put a good word for you to Niklaus then you're wasting your time."
Tatia smirked.
"Oh don't worry about it. I'm over Nik already." She stepped closer to him and fixed his tie, which was crocked due the heated make up session. Elijah stepped back.
"Tatia…" he said, losing his patient.
"Excuse me? Yeah, hi…" Katherine said as she stepped in, standing next to Elijah. There was nothing apologetic of sweet about her voice. "In case you haven't noticed, Elijah is busy right now."
Tatia looked at Katherine and back at Elijah with an eyebrow arched.
"Oh Elijah, you could do so much better…"
Katherine saw red.
"If you think that pretending I'm not here will get you anything, then you're wrong. So take you filthy hands off my man and go back to wherever you came from. Trust me, you don't want to cross me." She said with a confident tone as she crossed her arms on her chest. "It's bad enough that you almost ruin my best friend's relationship with Klaus, but now you also wanna ruin mine with Elijah? That won't end well for you. Oh and that outfit?..." She said looking at Tatia up and down. "It's so 2010."
And with that she shut the door on Tatia's face.
"Bitch." She mumbled.
Elijah cleared his throat awkwardly and placed a hand on the small of her back.
"Is it weird if I find you arousing when you're mad?"
Katherine chuckled and played with his still crocked tie.
"Not at all…"
Remember Lucy? Bennet witch, season 2. She told Bonnie they would see each other again but never happened. That's bad, I liked her.
Next chapter: Romantic weekend.
