Klaus closed his book when the bus arrived at the stop pulling his bus pass from his pocket climbing inside looking for his blonde friend. He smirks finding her in his bench smiling up at him as she tucks her hair behind her ears. He moves past the yellow tape tucking his card away as he makes his way to her hoping today he'll get a name.

"In my spot love," he says taking a seat next to her his jeans pressing against her bare leg as the bus jerked forward pressing their bodies closer.

She blushes but doesn't move away as the bus glides smoothly forward when he stays close instead looking at him out of the corner of her eye, "I know," she tells him.

She smiles up at him tilting her head and lifting her chin up softly sucking her lip into her mouth as she looked back down at her phone. Klaus felt himself grin as he pulled his book from under his arm and opened the page he had bookmarked. While he looked like he was reading to any other passenger they both knew better.

She let out a nervous breath exciting him, "Stop staring," she murmured under her breath playfully annoyed as she slipped her phone in her bag.

Klaus shook his head softly straining to keep his eyes on his book as she looked at him, "I can't bring myself to," he mutters back hearing her laugh.

His eyes darted to hers finding that laughter in her eyes, "You're insane," she told him nudging him softly her hand brushing his.

Klaus pouted merrily, "You're enchanting," he continued spurred on by her eagerness to talk to him after all these weeks of playful stares.

Now she looked almost determined as their eyes locked, Klaus could tell something was bouncing back and forth in her mind. Something that had to do with him like she hadn't made up her mind about him yet and he was determined to make her see that she would be right to take a chance on him.

She growls surprising him, "Fine," she tells him a bit miffed, "I'll move," she says gathering her things and sliding over on the bench to the next one.

"Thank you," Klaus replies, "Though you'll notice today unlike other days I didn't ask you to," he says adjusting himself in the empty space she's vacated.

He leans his head back close to the window watching her face color once more, "I did actually," she mumbles awaiting her stop which as Klaus knew was quickly coming up. "Can I ask why?"

"I rather like spending these moments with you," he responds surprising her if the look in her eyes tells him anything, "Does that shock you?" he asks.

"Yes, actually," she tells him her eyes flickering from him to her window frowning at the familiar settings outside before looking back at him.

"Would it also surprise you to know that it's the favorite part of my day, seeing you," he replies setting his book aside knowing her exit is next.

The bus stops at her exit he watches her reach for her bag without a thought, "You don't even know me," the blonde tells him as she stands Klaus inclines his head suggesting what she says is true.

"Oh but I want to," he says with a grin as she walks past him waving goodbye to her, "Tomorrow?" he asks as she reaches the door.

"Yeah, bring coffee," she tells him with a small wave as his phone vibrates in his pocket Klaus waves back before he can try to stop himself.

He watches her go glad he's another step forward as he reaches for his phone plucking it from his pocket reading a text from his brother Kol.

'And?' it read making Klaus roll his eyes at his imposing brother who had recently found sketches of her on his desk at home.

He drops his head back on the window immediately regretting it because of the vibration causing him to lift his head and reach for his book.

He hadn't asked her name, or even on an actual date but at least he had established her interest in him Klaus saw that at a step forward.

Tomorrow he would get her a coffee and hopefully receive her name in the process until then he was late for his shift at the gallery.

The next day he got her name, Caroline, and secured a date. Six months later he told Caroline he loved her.

The year after that she said yes to marrying him. Two years later at Klaus' first showing she told him she was pregnant.