Disclaimer: I own nothing but a warped imagination and a weird sense of humour.

A/N: I know it's been a while, but apparently reading other people's fanfiction has more important than writing my own. Also I've had a confidence crisis and still don't think this is anywhere near good enough, never mind though, at least now I've gotten it out the way.

The following days after camping hadn't been the fun-filled days we'd wanted them to be. Damon and Stefan managed to get themselves grounded for fighting. It turned out that the drive back from camping hadn't been long enough for them to sort out their differences and they were still arguing as they pulled away from dropping off Elena. When they pulled up outside their house things had got rather heated.

~Then~

"You're acting like a spoilt brat, just because you don't have a girlfriend." Damon stated, reaching in his pocket for his house keys. He barely had time to think as Stefan barrelled into him, slamming him into the door before dragging him to the ground. "Get the hell off my psycho!" he shouted as Stefan's arm wrapped around his neck.

"Shut the hell up!" Stefan retorted, grunting as Damon's elbow hit him in the stomach.

In the midst of their fighting they didn't hear their door open, but what they did hear was the loud crash as they flailed about, knocking a few of their mothers precious gnomes from the porch. They stopped, looking in horror at the small men smashed over the paving stones.

"That does it!" they turned their attention to the door to see their mother stood there, hands on her hips as their father scowled down at them from behind her. "Get up and get inside now, you're both grounded." She snapped, turning away and marching back into the house. Their father cast them a disappointed look and shook his head before turning and following their mother. Damon and Stefan released each other and got up, casting each other knowing glances before sulking into the house.

~Present~

Since Damon was grounded, Elena was sulking. Kol and Lexi had seemingly disappeared off the face of the earth which meant Elena spent her time around myself and Klaus, preventing us from having any alone time together. She offered to give us some space, but I felt bad. She didn't have anyone else to hang out with and I didn't want to subject her to sulking alone.

A few days later Damon and Stefan had managed to talk themselves out of what had originally been a month long sentence. I had tried to get them to reveal their secret but they put it down to their charm and knowing exactly how to play to their mothers weaknesses. When the weekend arrived Kol and Lexi were still missing, Damon and Elena locked themselves away in Elena's house and Stefan was still being extremely shifty. With the disappearance of our friends Klaus and I took the opportunity to spend some quality time together.

We decided to go for food and see a movie. The food was nice but the movie had been a bit of a flop. We came out of the cinema, laughing at the bad acting when Klaus spun me around, placing his hands on my waist.

"You know, with Kol not being home I've got a free house." He grinned, pinning me up against the wall.

"Hmm, interesting." I smirked, my hands sliding up and around the back of his neck, bringing his lips down onto my own. His tongue darted past my lips, tackling my own as I moaned slightly, tugging at the back of his hair.

"Almost lost my popcorn there," I pulled away and peered behind Klaus to see Tyler Lockwood fake gaging while his gang of friends looked on in amusement. "Hey Caroline, what exactly are you doing with him when there's a fine pure-bred American right here?" he signalled to himself, a look of smug satisfaction on his face.

I rolled my eyes and gagged. "I'd rather bite my own tongue off."

"If you come over here you could bite on my tongue." He trailed his tongue over his bottom lip in what I presumed he thought was a seductive manner. It made me want to throw up.

"Lockwood, how about you go get neutered? Or how about we play fetch and I throw a stick into the middle of a busy road and you retrieve it?" Klaus stated, looking over his shoulder at Tyler, his eyes narrowed.

"Funny Mikaelson, real funny. Where's your psycho brother?" I felt Klaus tense as he ground his teeth together. "Have they finally sectioned him?"

I placed my hands on the side of Klaus' face as he closed his eyes tightly, his teeth grinding harder together. "Just ignore him, he wants you to react." I whispered, feeling him relax as he opened his eyes and smiled slightly at me.

"Mikaelson?" Klaus rolled his eyes, ignoring Tyler calling. "Hey Mikaelson, I'm talking to you." He continued to ignore him. "Mikaelson, you have a sister right?"

This caught Klaus attention. "What's it to you?" he snapped, glaring at Tyler over his shoulder briefly before turning his attention back to me.

"Just wondering," he said innocently before smirking towards his friends, "But you do know that Salvatore was all over this morning at the Grill?" I looked to see a smirk spreading on Tyler's and his friends' faces.

Klaus released me and turned fully to face Tyler, his brows furrowed. "My sister?"

"Yeah, Rebekah isn't it? Goes to the all-girls school?" Klaus mouth dropped open slightly. "Blonde hair, decent face, tight ass, nice pair of t—" Tyler didn't get to finish as Klaus grabbed him by the front of his t-shirt and slammed him hard into the wall beside me. Tyler's friends stepped forward, ready to step in if their precious leaders face were to meet a fist.

"How do you know it was Klaus' sister?" I asked, furrowing my brows at Tyler. I didn't understand how he could know Klaus sister enough to recognise her. I'd known Klaus most of my life and even I hadn't seen her…well apart from on pictures in his home, but I was certain Tyler hadn't had the opportunity to see them.

"Well the fact she was all, 'Oh, if my brother finds out about us, you're dead.' and Stefan was all, 'Rebekah, don't worry, I can handle Klaus'." Klaus released his grip on Tyler, stepping back as his eyes glazed over in anger. "I have to admit I'm impressed, I didn't think Salvatore had it in him."

Klaus cast Tyler one last death glare before marching off down the street. I gave Tyler the filthiest look I could manage before following after Klaus. Tyler 'moronic' Lockwood had just successfully ruined my day. "Klaus," I said gently, jogging along beside him.

"Stefan's dead!" he shouted, turning to storm in the direction of the Salvatore residence.

I grabbed his arm, attempting to drag him in the opposite direction whilst he struggled against me. "You're not going anywhere in this state. We're going to your house and we're going to talk about this like adults."

"Fine." He snatched his arm away from me and stormed off ahead. I scurried behind him, jogging but failing to keep up with his fast-paced large strides. As we turned onto his street the only sounds to be heard were his boots thumping against the pavement and his ragged breaths. We reached his house and Klaus kicked a plant by the gate before storming towards the door and removing his key from his pocket only to find the door was already unlocked.

Under any other circumstances I would have given him a mini lecture about not taking his anger out on the foliage, but he was no mood to be told off. He pushed the door open and marched into the living room, not bothering to wait for me. I walked in and shut the door.

"Kol?" I questioned as the younger Mikaelson came strolling from the kitchen.

He looked up from the bowl of cereal he was eating, looking like an animal caught in headlights, "Yes?"

"Where have you been?" I questioned in a tone that I felt sound somewhat motherly.

"Um, at Lexi's…why?" he shoved a spoonful of cereal into his mouth.

"Why is it that whenever I need you you're never around!"

His eyes widened further as he swallowed the mouthful. He seemed to think about what I'd said before he usual devilish smirk appeared on his face. "Oh, you've realised you've chosen the wrong brother?" I rolled my eyes. "I'm sorry darling, but I've moved on."

I groaned and threw my hands in the air dramatically. "Ugh, you're infuriating!"

"I'm cute." He informed me with a wiggle of his eyebrows before heading off up the stairs.

I waited until he was gone before heading into the living room to find Klaus pacing. "I'm going to kill Stefan."

"Overreaction much?" I sighed loudly as he scowled at nothing in particular.

"Did you not hear what Lockwood said? He's been having his wicked way with my sister." His lips pursed together as the bones in what I presumed where his clenched knuckles cracked loudly.

I snorted and he cast me a warning glance. "Okay, if what Tyler said is true, so what? You're having your wicked way Jake's sister, but he's not here throwing his bottle off your head and biting your ankles."

"Now's not the time for humour. Besides that's not the same. Stefan's my best friend…my best friend! He's been lying to be all this time."

"Technically he hasn't been lying." I pointed out. Stefan really hadn't though, he's just been withholding information.

"I think you'll find he has."

"Did you ever ask him if he was dating your sister?" I cocked an eyebrow and folded my arms expectantly.

"No, bu—"

"—So he hasn't been lying then, has he?" Klaus didn't answer, just lowered his head and grumbled something I didn't pick up on. "I'm pretty sure if you'd asked him he would have been honest about it. In fact, why don't you ask him?"

"You know what, I think I will." He started towards the door.

"Wha— Now?"

"No time like the present." he walked from the living room.

He didn't give me time to respond, just strolled out the door, completely ignoring Kol who was coming from the kitchen. "Where are you two going?" he questioned, taking a drink from a bottle of water.

"Salvatore Residence."

"Oh, so not a date then?" I shook my head, making to go out the door. "Good, can I come?" I turned and looked at him. Normally I would have told him to get lost, but Klaus in a mood wasn't something I felt I could handle alone. If things went south I was going to need Kol's assistance. I nodded and went out the door, Kol following behind. I waited as he locked the door before we took off quickly after his brother.

"What's got him in a grump?" he asked, signalling to his brother and making no attempt to keep his voice down as we followed closely behind Klaus.

"You'll find out soon." I muttered, struggling to keep up.

"Ahh, secretive." He said in a sing-song voice. I could tell he was enjoying himself, he was practically skipping.

"Not really, I just want to keep him as calm as possible for as long as possible."

"By the looks of his strut, I'd say you've already failed at that."

I rolled my eyes and quickened my pace.

"Stefan." Klaus greeted, standing in the doorway and adopting a tone more fitting for politely greeting an enemy in public as opposed to one of your best friends.

"Klaus?" Stefan replied, attempting to mimic the tone but his confusion was evident in his voice as he furrowed his brows and stepped to the side. "Come in."

"Thank you." Klaus' tone remained the same as he stepped over the threshold, his hands joined behind his back as he looked around the hallway.

"Hey Stefan." I greeted in my usual fashion, flashing him a smile. Part of me wanted to give him some kind of warning, but there was nothing I could do unless I'd held up a sign saying 'Klaus knows about you and Rebekah - he's pissed.'

"Hey Caroline." He smiled as I walked into the hallway. "So, this visit is…unexpected?" he went to shut the door, almost bashing Kol in the face with it. "Uh, hey Kol."

"Hello Stefan." He stepped into the hallway. "Everyone seems surprised to see me today. I guess absence really does make the heart grow fonder."

"No, the reason is because you're usually everywhere." I scowled, folding my arms across my chest.

"It's a gift." He grinned proudly, casually leaning against the wall.

"So…what do I owe this pleasure?" Stefan asked, looking around at us all. I felt bad, he had no idea of the interrogation he was about to receive.

"Oh, I think you know." Klaus spoke, narrowing his eyes at Stefan who just looked confused.

"Actually, I don't, why don't you tell me?" he folded his arms across his chest, standing feet shoulder width apart

"Think about it. You know."

Stefan sighed and rubbed the side of his face. "Look, I really don't know."

A low rumble came from Klaus' throat as his arms started to quiver. "You do."

"For the love of—" Kol stated in exasperation. "Niklaus wants to know what you're hoping to gain from banging our little sister…other than release." Kol spoke casually as he examined his thumb nail, not even bothering to look up.

"Kol!" I snapped, my eyes widening in shock.

"What?" he shrugged, glancing at my briefly "I heard you two talking earlier and the whole pass the statement game was never fun to begin with."

"That was a private discussion." I ground my back teeth together. Maybe bringing him along hadn't been such a great idea.

"You were in the living room, public domain."

"We were whispering."

"That's a matter of opinion." He waved his arm casually.

"You were listening in."

"I was not, I just happened to be around and in close enough proximity to make out your voices. Pure coincidence." He shrugged again, a faint smirk playing on his lips.

I'd been so busy reprimanding Kol that I'd completely forgot that there were two other people stood with us in hallway. I quickly turned to see Stefan slowly backing his way towards me as Klaus stalked towards him, a low rumble coming from his throat. "Klaus, don't."

"Okay, okay, I've got this." Kol stated, strolling forward and placing his hand on his brothers chest, pushing him backwards. "Calm down, it's Stefan, not some creep."

Klaus closed his eyes and breathed deeply a few times before opening them, his glare focused over Kol's shoulder and on his 'best friend'.

"How long has it been going on?" his voice was strained and his jaw cracked slightly as Kol stepped to the side.

Stefan swallowed thickly, shifting his weight. "A while…"

"How. Long." He gritted his teeth together, the muscles in his arms contracting.

"Three months, give or take."

"And how long were you planning on keeping it a secret."

"It's not a secret, not really. I wanted to tell you but Be—Rebekah thought it would be for the best."

Klaus fists balled up and Kol stepped in front of him again, dragging his attention away from Stefan by muttering something I couldn't quite hear. For one of the first times I was thankful of Kol's presence, if he hadn't been there I wouldn't have been able to stop Klaus when…if he decided to attack. Although a part of me couldn't help but wonder if things would have gotten to this stage if Kol had just kept his mouth shut.

"We didn't know if it was going to be serious…we still don't really, it's early days. She didn't want to bother you with something that maybe wasn't anything." There was a hint of pleading in Stefan's voice as he looked towards his friend. I knew where he was coming from. Why sound the alarm if you weren't sure there was danger?

"Not serious? So you thought you'd just have a fling with my sister and I'd be okay with that?" Klaus was mad, real mad. I could see the anger flaring in his eyes, but I didn't really understand it. I got he wanted to protect his sister, but Stefan wasn't someone anyone would need protecting from.

"Klaus it's not like that. I really like her."

"Just really like?"

"Right, that's it!" I snapped. I'd reached my boiling point. "Stefan, you should have told Klaus you were seeing his sister. How would you feel if the roles were reversed and Klaus was dating the sister you don't have and didn't tell you?"

Stefan's brows furrowed as he pieced together what I was saying. His dropped his eyes to the floor and nodded slightly. "I'd be pretty upset."

"Thank you. Klaus, Stefan hasn't done anything wrong. Like he said it's early days and I doubt if he'd told you sooner your reaction would have been different. I get that you're protective of your family and I love that about you, but you need to seriously calm down."

"She's my sister."

"I think we've established that already, brother." Kol stated, turning his attention to Klaus. "Look, he's dating Rebekah, she obviously likes him a lot, you saw how happy she was when we last saw her. Do you really want to go upsetting her by beating up her boyfriend?"

"Upsetting her is the last thing I want to do."

"Good, me too. So I think it would be best if we all got along. Accept that they're together and if he breaks her heart then I give you permission to beat him up…hell I'll even help you." A devilish smirk sprung briefly on his face as he looked to myself and Stefan for our reactions. I glared and mouthed 'not funny'.

"If he breaks her heart I'll kill him." Klaus muttered through gritted teeth.

"Lovely! Now shake hands."

Stefan stepped forward, holding out his hand to Klaus who glared at it like a bag of crap someone had left on his doorstep. "I'll deal with it, but I'm not shaking his hand, not until I know he isn't messing her around." With that he marched past Stefan and slammed his way out the door. Stefan let out a deep breath.

"I think that went rather well." Kol grinned, looking at myself and Stefan. I shook my head, walking up to Stefan and placing a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"He'll come round eventually, you know how stubborn he is in general and with this being his sister he's going to take a little bit longer." I rubbed my hand soothingly on his arm and cast him a sympathetic look.

"I understand his concern, but it's me. He's known me for years," he sighed, "Why can't he be more like you?" he asked, looking at Kol who looked a little surprised.

"What can I say darling, I'm just one of a kind." Kol cast him a pearly white cheeky grin.

"I actually really appreciate that." Stefan stepped forward, giving Kol a quick hug.

"Ahh, so that's how you decide to play it. You reject my advances…you even jumped in foliage to avoid them but the second I show another of my many sides you decide you want me." He stepped back, his arms flailing around as he gave a performance worthy of a soap opera. "I'll tell you exactly what I told her," he pointed dramatically in my direction. "I've moved on Stefan Salvatore, I suggest you do the same." Stefan looked baffled as Kol stared him down.

I tried to keep a straight face but I couldn't help but laugh. "Kol, you are seriously the weirdest guy I know."

He grinned again. "Why thank you, I'll expect my certificate in the mail."

"Well we better go and make sure Klaus the time bomb hasn't exploded." I gave Stefan a hug as Kol followed suit, whispering something I didn't hear into Stefan's ear. "And don't worry about it too much, he'll come round, I just know it." Stefan nodded and showed us out.

As I walked down the street I looked up at Kol. His face was so relaxed like he didn't have a care in the world. He must have noticed me staring as he glanced at me out the corner of his eyes. "What?" he inquired, a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Thanks for being there…actually, thanks for overhearing us."

He chuckled. "No problem and I have a confession," he bit his lip, casting me a quick glance. "When he stormed into the house I knew he was in a bad mood. After I went up the stairs I decided to find out what it was all about and when he mentioned about confronting Stefan I ran to the kitchen so I could act all innocent. I figured with what was going on you'd need some help calming him down." He smiled.

I couldn't help but grin. "I now fully appreciate you being nosey."

He laughed, wrapping his arm around my shoulder and pulling me into a hug. "I'll remember that next time you're in a changing room."

"Kol!" I gasped, slapping his chest.

"Oft," he grunted, "You've hurt me Caroline, you've hurt me real bad."

"I'll do more than hurt you if you even so much as peek into a changing room I'm in."

"Ahh, but if I peek you'll never know. I'm not sure if you've noticed, but my stealth skills are impeccable."

I laughed as we headed up the Mikaelson path. Kol removed his arm from around my shoulder as we stopped outside the door. "Let's go and see how the beast is doing." He wiggled his eyebrows at me before stepping inside. I sighed and followed him. Getting Klaus to see reason was going to be a huge challenge.

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