So I know the last chapeter was shorter than usual but I will definitely be making it up in this chapter.I'm on a roll guys! I've had alot of free time lately and putting it all to good use! Hope you like!
KLAUS'S POV
Samuel and I had an amazing day together. We went to a waterfall I would go to as a child. He enjoyed himself as did I. We played in the water and I showed him around. This place only knew few about, it ws way in the back woods and it wasn't all that easy to get to.
After we left we stopped for some ice cream and I swear ice cream was his first word. I thought it would've been dada, or mama but ice cream works too. He smothered his face in the chocolate soft-serve ice cream, and got it all over the car seat. We were on our way back and he fell asleep as soon as he finished his chocolate soft-serve. I glanced at him in his car seat from the rearview mirror and he was all covered in his chocolate ice cream that was now all dried up. I smiled all the way home.
We got home and I carried Samuel inside. I was hoping I'd see Caroline as I walked in, maybe she went out without telling me again. I put Samuel in his crib softly so I wouldn't wake him. I kissed him and covered him with his blue blanket. Hayley was still out... I didn't mind, I wouldn't let her have him since last night.
I closed his door behind me gently and called out for Caroline. "Klaus" I heard her call me faintly from our bedroom. "Caroline?" I called out again. "Klaus, Hurry" she said again almost like a whisper. I zipped to the door and opened it. My heart stopped beating when I saw Caroline laying on the floor. I ran over to her and picked her up, she felt burning hot, as if i'd get burned by just touching her. "Caroline! What's wrong? What happened?!" I panicked. "I...I took...I took the cure" she said. "My insides...Klaus! Make it stop! Everything's burning! Please Klaus!" she screamed. I didn't know what to do. I was afraid and her screams only make it worse. I carried her to the bathroom and put ourselves into the tub. I ran freezing cold water, water so cold even I was freezing.
She clung to me tight but not as tight as she usually does. She was still screaming and I held her close to me. "Klaus. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry" she closed her eyes and began to cry still trying to fight the pain. She was screaming at the top of her lungs in pain. She was breathing hard and fast. I didn't know what else I could do. I wanted to call Elijah but I wasn't going to leave Caroline alone for one second. "Don't be sorry Caroline. You should have waited for me. Why didn't you wait?" I asked her. She couldn't answer me through the screams.
After almost 2 hours her screams stopped but when the pain came back she cried out. Her hold on me was still tight. I could feel her body temperature through the freezing cold water. My teeth were chattering. I watched her in agonizing pain and I felt helpless. The only thing I could think of at this point was to turn her. I kissed her forehead. My teeth descended and I leaned in. "No!" she managed. I pulled away and my teeth slid back in. "You've got to promise...that you won't turn me...no matter what happens...Promise me...Promise me Klaus" She begged. "Caroline...I can't." I told her. "Promise me!" she begged and then she screamed. "Okay! Okay! I promise Caroline" A tear ran down my face.
Suddenly her screams and cries stopped. Her grip went loose and she was fighting to keep her eyes open. "Caroline" I called. "Klaus...I can't...I can't fight it anymore..." she said faintly. "Caroline" I said. "Hm?" she managed to reply. "I love you" I told her. She forced herself to look up and me and open her eyes."I love you Klaus...I didn't know... I didn't know what love was until I met you"she caressed my cheek and tears came streaming down her face. "Take care of Samuel...And Elijah. Love them Klaus..as much as you've loved me." she said and I couldn't fight back the tears from coming. I kissed her lips and then her forehead. I put her head to my chest and held her.
Her grip loosened completely, her crying stopped, her eyes closed, and her body wasn't hot anymore. I must've been there for hours holding her limp body. I screamed and cried and prayed over and over. And nothing...The silence was too much to bear...I would no longer feel her touch, hear her voice... Nothing.
Without her, I was going to turn back into the monster everyone knew me to be. Without her... I was going to kill anyone who got in my way. I was going to tear this world apart piece by piece until I no longer felt the aching pain for my Dear Caroline...
