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WARNING: Sexual situation & hint at Rape.

Chapter 21: Returning Home

Mystic Falls 2012

"So you'll be over at eight, right?" Caroline said into the phone as she put more eyeliner on her eyes.

"Yes. Be ready by then." Klaus said.

Caroline smiled into the phone and said goodbye before putting it on the desk and continuing to apply her makeup.

It had been a long few days trying to get rid of Crazy Alaric and the Mystic Falls gang were still trying to understand and overcome their lose, which was heard for all of them since Alaric had been so close to them. Klaus had figured out that Elena and Alaric were connected and that if she died so would he. So they turned Elena into a vampire without any other option and she was currently being 'taken care of' by the Salvatores. She was also not speaking to Caroline. As a matter of fact no one was speaking to Caroline.

After killing Alaric, Caroline had tried to talk to her friends but none of them were having any of it and refused to speak to her. So she spent the last few days mourning Alaric by herself and now Klaus was dragging her out into the real world for their first uninterrupted date. Well in theory it would be uninterrupted, since there didn't seem to be any new threats on the rise. At least not that she knew of. But she was also out of the loop now, so who knew.

She put on a silky navy blue dress and tall heels before letting her hair down and applying one last coat of lip-gloss as the doorbell rang at eight on the dot.

She hurried to answer it and smiled largely at Klaus who stood on the other side of the door.

"Hello." She said.

"Hello." He responded smirking at her.

She giggled as he handed her a bouquet of red roses and she invited him in as she went to go find a vase.

"So are you going to tell me where we are going?" she asked as she put the vase of flowers on the kitchen table and went to stand beside him near the doorway.

He smirked, "of course not. This is a surprise, Caroline." He said.

She rolled her eyes playfully, "of course. Typical." She said before taking his offered arm and then walked into the night.

Klaus opened the door for her, ever the gentlemen and then started the car before heading towards the highway out of the town.

"So have your friends talked to you yet?" he asked casually with a hint of anger in his voice about the situation and the way they were treating Caroline.

She sighed, "not yet. I think Elena's just having a hard transition and Stefan I'm sure is really upset that he had to do it. And everyone's just focusing on Elena and what she needs and stuff." She said trying to rationalize the issue.

Klaus scowled, "but what about you? What about your needs?" he asked.

She shrugged looking out the window. "I think they'll come around eventually. They couldn't not. I mean I've known them forever." She said still in denial about the fact that her friends weren't talking to her.

Klaus glanced over at her, but chose not to say anything more about the subject. Instead he told her stories about what the land used to look like around here and she giggled at how old he really was. The car ride to Richmond was happy and carefree for the newly formed couple. Klaus pulled into a little Italian restaurant before opening the door for Caroline and helping her out of the car. They walked to the restaurant hand and hand each enjoying each other's company.

"I didn't get to tell you this when it happened, but everything that went down with Alaric and Elena and everything…I just want to thank you. Everything you did was really impressive." She said as they sat looking over the menu.

He smirked across the table at her, "those people are important to you, you care about them so I wanted to help. I'm just sorry it didn't work exactly how you wanted." He said looking her in the eye.

She smiled at him and shrugged, "it is what it is I guess. And they'll come around. They have to." She said looking back down at the menu.

"And if they don't?" Klaus asked broaching the topic of conversation he knew she was trying to avoid.

She snapped up to look at him. "That won't happen. They can't hate me forever." She said trying to quell her nerves about the subject.

"Alright, love." He said looking back down at the menu.

They sat in silence until the waiter came to take their orders. Klaus got a bottle of wine for them to share and once the topic of Caroline's friends were exhausted they turned to happier conversation and the night went smoothly until dessert was served. Caroline had gotten crème bruele and Klaus was sneaking bits of it when Caroline's phone went off.

She looked at the phone in confusion and then answered hesitantly.

"Mom? What's wrong?" she asked casting a worried glance at Klaus.

"Caroline, where are you?" Liz Forbes asked worriedly.

"I'm out to dinner." Caroline said leaving the part about Klaus out. She had yet to tell her mother about her new relationship with the hybrid.

"Are you ok? Has anyone tried to harm you?" Liz demanded to know.

Caroline frowned and looked over at Klaus who was watching her and no doubt listening closely.

"I'm fine. What's wrong?" Caroline asked.

"Someone's…before you guys killed Alaric he went to the counsel and told them that you and Tyler were vampires along with the Salvatores. I know Mayor Lockwood told Tyler and he's left town, but you need to leave too to be safe." Liz said worriedly.

"Wait! What? Tyler left? And what about Stefan? And Elena? And what about the counsel? I'm not leaving. I'm not leaving you or my home." Caroline said becoming frantic.

Klaus was already getting the check to pay the bill so they could leave knowing that their uninterrupted date was getting interrupted by this very immediate threat.

"That's the thing, Caroline…we don't have a house to go home too. They burnt it down." Liz said trying to maintain calm knowing her blonde vampire daughter was about to freak out.

"What?" Caroline screamed standing up as Klaus threw some cash on the table so they could leave.

"Someone burnt our house down Caroline…whatever you do don't come home. I need you to be safe." Liz said again.

Caroline looked worriedly towards Klaus who was leading her out of the restaurant to the car.

"I love you mom." She said before hanging up before getting in the car to rush back to Mystic Falls despite her mother's warning.

Klaus looked over at her stunned expression. "It'll be alright, Caroline. I'll take care of it." He said kissing her on the forehead before starting the car.

Caroline looked over at him numbly. "I don't think we'll ever get through a date before some stupid emergency takes over." She said trying to laugh instead of cry.

Klaus smiled slightly at her attempt at a joke and he took her hand wanting to bring her comfort.

"Someday, maybe in a year or a decade or a century we'll have a full uninterrupted date." He said joking with her.

She laughed quietly knowing that if she didn't she'd cry for everything she lost.

Outside London 2112

Caroline awoke in chains for what seemed to be the millionth time in the last few weeks. Her clothes were ripped and bloody and her muscles were sore as well. She also had a faint ache between her legs that she knew was not a good sign. If she had to make a hypothetical guess about why the area between her legs ached it was because of Mikael and that thought really disgusted her. But she didn't want to think of what may or may not have happened while she was passed out right now. She had to figure out where she was.

She looked around the dark room groggily noticing that she was down in the basement of some facility. She hoped she was still in Klaus's basement. But then the memories of Mikael came rushing back and she gulped nervously at that thought. Then again to keep Klaus safe maybe it would be a good idea not to be in Klaus's basement.

Her head shot up when she heard footsteps above her head. She struggled against her chains, but she was weak from lack of blood and exhaustion. She wanted to let out a scream to alert someone to her location but then Mikael's face popped up in her mind and she changed her mind not wanting to alert him to the fact that she was awake.

All of a sudden the basement door was smashed in and Klaus came striding in with blood spattered across his face and clothes and a look of anger resting on his features.

"What happened?" he asked rushing to her.

She whimpered as his features softened upon looking at her. She could feel tears begin to form in her eyes as he undid her chains and pulled her into his arms.

She rested her head against his shoulder and silently cried as he curled his biceps around her wanting to keep her close.

"What happened, Caroline?" Klaus asked again moving away so he can look at her clearly in the face.

"Where's Mikael?" she asked ignoring his question.

"I staked him for the time being. We need to go back to America. My business can wait for now." He said picking her up and speeding them out of the mansion and towards his car.

He started the car without looking back and began to drive them towards the airport as fast as the car would allow. She looked out the window at a loss of how to feel let alone what to say. She squeezed her legs shut and closed her eyes wanting to erase the pain and anger she felt.

"One of my guards alerted me to Mikael's presence and I immediately rushed back here. I had to make sure you were ok." Klaus was saying.

She tuned back in and turned to him slowly. "What about your meetings? And all your business stuff? What about that?" she asked quietly.

"It's not important." He said looking back at her.

"Are you alright, sweetheart? You don't look so well." He said looking her over.

She shook her head slowly, "I need blood. I'm just…I need blood." She said looking over at him.

He immediately offered her his wrist and she bit into it without a second thought wanting to taste the sweet elixir. She drank until she was full and then licked his wound until it closed. She didn't let go of his wrist however, wanting to feel some form of intimacy.

"Caroline. Can you please tell me what happened?" Klaus asked.

Caroline slowly looked over at him. "I just…I don't know what happened. I was in my room and then he was there and he threatened me and called me a whore and then he hit me hard enough to pass out." She said quietly leaving out the part where she was pretty sure he penetrated her as she was passed out. She shivered at that thought and looked back over at Klaus tightening her hold on his hand.

"I'm glad I stabbed him then. I wish I could kill the bastard. But I'm not strong enough. Maybe when I become a hybrid…" he trailed off as he pressed down on the accelerator to make the car move faster.

"I'm sorry." She said quietly.

He glanced at her surprised. "For what?"

She shrugged hopelessly, "Everything I guess. I'm sorry about your father and what you've gone through. And I'm sorry that I'll inevitably be leaving you." she said quietly.

He looked over at her for a long moment. "You know, you don't have to leave if you don't want to…you can stay here. In this time. With me." He said staring at her intensely.

She shivered again, but this time was for a completely different reason. He had no idea how much she truly wanted that. But she also wanted to go back to her Klaus. To her time. With no Mikael and no bad things that happen to her. She wanted her Nik and her life back. She was tired of being kidnapped, captured, and tortured. She wanted to go back to her old life, where she was a Queen and powerful.

"Oh, Nik…I don't know." She whispered looking over at him.

He nodded stiffly.

"It was just a thought. I know I acted weird when we went out and you wanted to take things farther the other night, but I guess I'm just afraid of losing you. You're the most amazing person I've ever met, Caroline and the thought of you going…" he trailed off again not daring to look over at her.

She smiled sadly at him and tightened her hold on his hand.

"You should pull over." She said suddenly.

"We need to get to the airport to get back to America." He said frowning.

"Please. Pull over." She said waiting for him to do what she said.

He obliged begrudgingly and then turned to her when he was in park and the car was turned off.

Before he could ask her what this was all about she kissed him without a second thought wanting to be comforted by the man she loved. After enduring all of the bad, she wanted to feel something pure, something good. And the person that made her feel the best was Klaus. She loved him, in whatever dimension and knew that with her heart hurting the only person who could fix it was Klaus.

She kissed him hard on the lips, but instead of deepening the kiss, Klaus made it tender and turned the intense kiss into something comforting. He seemed to sense that she needed comfort instead of passion and he took it upon himself to show that to her. He caressed her face and looked deeply into her eyes before peppering kissed along her jaw line and then back up to her lips. She felt tears stream down her face and he broke away from her mouth to kiss those as well. He wrapped his arms around her and brought her little body closer to his. It was a little hard to maneuver since they were still in a vehicle, but Caroline got into the backseat and dragged him into it as well. She climbed onto his lap and kissed him again softly on his lips and his hands ran up and down her sides wanting to touch all of her.

"Your amazing." He whispered before letting his hands crawl into her shirt. She stiffened for a moment and he stopped immediately, but she kissed him again wanting him to continue to touch her as she was seeking some sort of comfort.

"Your pretty incredible too." She said as he kissed down her throat and onto her chest. She could feel his calloused fingers tickle her toned abs and she heard him chuckle against her chest.

She smiled hearing that sound and brought his mouth onto hers again wanting to taste his sweet lips.

She had her arms wrapped around his neck and was playing with the curls at the base of his neck and his fingers whispered across the small of her back and around to her front. Not being able to take all of the teasing touches she removed her arms and moved them towards the front of his shirt hesitantly. He watched as she unbuttoned the buttons on his shirt one by one in an agonizingly slow manner. He watched as she took in his scared and muscled chest and she gently kissed each and every scar tenderly wanting to show him how much he meant to her. In turn, once she was done Klaus removed her shirt and kissed her still clothed breasts before slowly taking each fleshy mound into his mouth wanting to taste her silky skin.

Caroline groaned her previous negative emotions blanketed with a feeling of lust as the desire for this man overwhelmed her. She knew what she was doing probably wasn't psychologically safe and she'd pay for it in the long run, but right now she wanted comfort. And her comfort was Klaus. He could make all of the badness and evil disappear and all would remain was them. Only them.

"I love you." Caroline said before she could stop herself.

She felt Klaus stiffen under her and she knew what she had said was probably a really big no-no. But she didn't care. She did. She loved him a lot.

"I-I—" he stuttered to say.

"It's ok. You don't have to say anything back." She whispered before kissing him again.

Once they broke apart Klaus gave her a small smirk.

"I think I love you too." He said before bringing her down to kiss her again.

She smiled into his mouth a warmth spreading into her belly at the simple words. She had even forgotten about what Klaus loving her meant. For the moment she wanted to enjoy what was going on.

She pressed her core into his already hard cock and his fingers dipped beneath her pants and into her thin panties. He smirked feeling how wet she already was.

Without warning he inserted one long finger into her and she moaned into his mouth as she began to rock against it. He pressed his thumb into her nub and rubbed slowly making her moan louder.

"Fuck." She groaned tilting her head back. He wrapped an arm around her and brought her body closer to him as she continued to rock her hips. She grabbed his shoulder with one hand and with the other she shimmied it into his pants and wrapping her fingers around his hard dick.

She began to gently massage him as he pumped his finger into her. Their breathing was erratic as the both felt themselves beginning to climb to their climax. Suddenly Klaus pulled his fingers away from her eliciting a groan from Caroline at the loss of contact. He laughed and pulled her pants down wanting to feel her all around him. She giggled at his action and copied his motion before climbing back onto his lap and sliding down onto him. She breathed a sigh of relief as the warmth washed over her. He looked into her eyes and pushed her hair away from her face before she began to move ontop of him. They maintained contact as they moved together. Their arms were wrapped around each other and their fingers were clasped. Neither of them wanting to let go.

"I love you, Caroline." Klaus said as the both reached their peak again.

"I love you, Nik." Caroline said kissing him as they both began to shutter. Caroline's walls clenching around him as they both came together. Once they were done they both fell asleep in the back of the car, neither caring who found them as long as they were together.

New Orleans 2112

Caroline woke up in a familiar bed hours later. She frowned as she looked around the room and took in the large Californian bed with the red pillows and the midnight black sheets. She saw the drawings and paintings on the wall of herself and the vanity where a picture of her and Klaus sat of their wedding day. She looked beside her to find the bed empty and she felt her dead heart swell with emotion as she began to cry. And she cried for Klaus of the alternative dimension when he awoke alone. She cried for what happened to her in all of the universes she was in. She cried for the fact that her Nik was alone without her for so long. She cried for all that happened and all that would in the future. She cried for hours until eventually the door opened to interrupt her tears.

(A/n: And 2112 Caroline is back in her right dimension. There will be a few more chapters then sadly the fic will be finished. Let me know what u think! Please Review!)