Slowly Burning
Chapter 14
Caroline
Klaus pulled away from the kiss. Caroline was about to say something very important when Klaus's phone rang. He checked the caller ID and scowled.
"What is it mom? I'll see him tomorrow. You didn't have to call me. Fine. I'll come home and deal with it. Yes Ma'am."
Klaus hung up the phone and looked at me.
"I unfortunetly have to go home and deal with my friend."
Caroline looked at her watch and noticed it was midnight. Whatever his friend wanted most have been important.
"I'll take you home." He said.
She followed him to his car and got in.
The drive was silent and the atmosphere was tense. When they pulled up in the driveway, he turned towards her and closed the distance between them. His lips felt so good on her that she forgot what she had even been upset about.
"I'm sorry about tonight."
"Don't be. I had a great time."
"Even when my family caught us kissing?"
"Okay. Maybe not that part, but I could deal with it."
Their lips met again. A tap on the window startled her and she saw her father. Grant, Chelsea, and her stepmother outside. Shit. She was so screwed. It didn't really help that Klaus's hand was on her upper thigh.
They got out of the car as she did the walk of shame. Her father's eyes were piercing through her skin and Chelsea's were ten times worse.
"Say goodbye." He growled.
"Ugh. I'll see you at school tomorrow." She said.
"See you."
And for a moment all was lost as he kissed her again and got in his car to drive away.
"What were you thinking? Are you stupid Caroline? Did your mother not do a good job in rasing you to stay away from those kinds of boys?"
"How dare you? My mother did a great job when you walked out on us. She did her best to raise me and she did a hell of a good job."
"Obviously not if you associate with those kind of people."
"You don't know him!"
"I know enough!"
"Based off what? What you've heard! People lie you know!"
"He's trash Caroline! You're better than that!"
"Open your eyes dad this is a new generation not the fucking fifties."
"I forbid you to see this boy Caroline and that's final"
"Fuck you. You lost control over me when you left me for this piece of trash. You have no right to judge me or my mom or Klaus."
"You're under my roof Caroline. You will follow my rules."
"Fuck you. You don't control me or my life. I make my own decisions and I follow my own rules. I have no respect for you, because you lost it the day you ignored your little girl begging no pleading with you to stay. I should have never blamed my mother for your choice. Never."
Caroline rushed into the house and flew up the stairs locking the door behind her. She ripped a bag from her closet and started packing her meager belonging. She had remembered seeing a homeless shelter that she could stay the night at and then she could spend the night at someones house tomorrow. She would not let her father dictate her life.
"Where are you going?" he said as she came down the stairs.
"Away from you." She said leaving.
And just like the day he left her, she didn't look back.