Hey, everyone! Just thought I'd treat you to another installment of my one shot series with another random AU where everything is Klaroline and nothing hurts. Love your reviews! Keep 'em coming!

If you could see
That I'm the one
Who understands you.
Been here all along.
So, why can't you see ‒
You belong with me,
You belong with me?

Mikaelson Mansion...

The aroma of the food brought a smile to Klaus' face as he checked the oven for perhaps the umpteenth time that afternoon. He wanted everything to be perfect for when Caroline arrived. They were going to be having a romantic dinner and a movie. The choice of movie, of course, he was leaving up to her, since he didn't know of any good ones, despite having been around since before the movie camera was invented. Still, he was willing to watch just about anything Caroline suggested, even if it was a, what was it called again, a chick flick? He didn't quite understand the popularity of such movies, even if Rebekah had explained it to him a thousand times that day. However, he wasn't going to let that deter him from having a romantic evening the beautiful Caroline.

"Oh, will you stop with the checking of the oven already? It's not going to cook any faster with you staring at it."

Rebekah's voice in the room brought him out of his reverie. "I want everything to be perfect, Bekah, you can't fault me there, can you?"

"Nik, relax, you're going to pull this off, I promise," said Rebekah. "Caroline is going to love it." She looked toward the clock. "What time did you say she was coming over?"

"7:00, not a moment before or after."

"It's after 4:00 now, so you should go get yourself dressed and ready," said Rebekah. "And don't worry about the food. I'll take care of it. You just worry about getting ready for what you've got planned for tonight."

Klaus raised an eyebrow. "Why the sudden urge to help me?"

"You think I have an ulterior motive because I don't want you to still be getting ready when Caroline gets here?" said Rebekah. "I can assure you, there's no ulterior motive for this. I just want to help my brother."

"All right, I'll let you help me," said Klaus. "I'll go and shower."

With that, he walked away. Rebekah watched him go and smiled. She liked that her brother had someone in his life. Seeing his face light up whenever he spoke Caroline's name made her smile as well, because it was high time that he experienced true happiness, having had nothing but misery the past thousand years.

Later...

Caroline smiled as she stepped out of the car. She was looking forward to her evening with Klaus, and she was pretty sure that he was looking forward to it as well. Reaching into her purse, she took out the DVD that she brought with her. Since he put her in charge of selecting the movie, she picked the 1996 movie version of Romeo & Juliet, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. She had picked it not only for the love story, but also because Klaus was from the time period the original play had been written, and she thought it would be appropriate.

Placing the DVD back in her purse, Caroline proceeded to the front door, where she was greeted by Rebekah. "Punctual as always, I see."

Caroline smiled at the other blonde. "Are you kidding? I wouldn't miss this for the world. I know Klaus said 7:00, but the mother-daughter afternoon I had with my mom got cut short because she got called into work at the most inopportune time and..."

"You don't have to explain," said Rebekah. "The most important thing is that you'll be spending the evening with Nik." She stepped back and opened the door further. "Come on in."

Caroline nodded and walked into the mansion, Rebekah following after her once the door was closed behind them.

"So, why is it that you came to greet me, Bekah?"

"Nik is just about finished with his shower," she replied. "I decided to spare him the embarrassment of coming to the door with a towel tied about his waist and let you in myself. He should be along any moment."

Caroline nodded and before she could say anything else, Rebekah was gone. While her sudden disappearance was a bit puzzling, she decided not to think about it and went to the living room to wait for Klaus to appear. She didn't have to wait too long because she then sensed a familiar presence and turned to see Klaus standing there, looking all dapper as usual.

"I take it Bekah showed you in?"

Caroline nodded again. "She did. She also said she wanted to spare you the embarrassment of coming to the door with a towel tried about your waist, even though I wouldn't have minded in the least." She took a sniff. "Is that dinner I smell?"

"Indeed it is," said Klaus. "If my guess is correct, it's about ready to be served." He approached her and gave her his arm. "Shall we?"

Caroline smiled and took his arm. "We shall."

After Dinner...

Klaus got himself situated on the couch as Caroline got the movie set up for them. It then occurred to him that in the midst of everything, he forgot to ask her what she had chosen for their viewing pleasure this evening. His curiosity getting the better of him, he decided to find out.

"What movie have you chosen for us this evening, love?"

Caroline smiled. "Something that I think you're going to like. I'll give you a hint. It was originally a play and the man who wrote it is someone you'd be familiar with, since you were around when he was popular."

Klaus smiled as well, knowing just who she was talking about. "Ah, yes, William Shakespeare. He was quite a talented man. You would've liked him, Caroline. Which one of his plays is..." His smile faded. "Romeo & Juliet. Yes, I might have known. Which version, the silent movie, the 1968 version, or the 1996 version?"

"The 1996 version with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes," said Caroline. "I know, I know, it's kind of stupid, but at least the story line is the same, even if a lot of the scenes are shorter than they were in the original play."

"You're not going to drool over Mr. DiCaprio the whole time, are you?" said Klaus. "After all, isn't he supposed to be some kind of, what's the word, 'heartthrob'?"

Caroline couldn't help but giggle at his words. "Why, Niklaus, are you...jealous of Leonardo DiCaprio? Awww, my poor baby." She went over to him and kissed him. "If it makes you feel better, the only one I'll be drooling over is you."

Klaus forced a smile and returned her kiss. It wasn't that he was jealous of some human, far from it, he just didn't understand the taste in movies that people had in this century. While it was true that everyone was entitled to his or her own taste, it baffled him just the same.

Caroline stepped back, breaking the kiss, and sat down on the couch next to him, pressing PLAY on the DVD player to start the movie, wrapping her arms around Klaus' waist. As the movie began with the condensed opening monologue, Klaus looked over at Caroline.

"You may not know this, but I played Romeo in the original production."

Caroline blinked and looked at him. "Seriously? Oh, come on, Klaus, you may have been around back in Shakespeare's time, but I have a hard time believing that you actually played Romeo."

"I'm not joking," said Klaus. "I was indeed the original Romeo. Of course, the girl playing Juliet wasn't anywhere near as beautiful as you, but she played her part well."

"And nobody knew that you were a vampire?"

"No one, not even Shakespeare himself knew," said Klaus. "The only thing he was concerned about was keeping his audience entertained."

Caroline said nothing, just nodded and focused her attention to the screen. Even though she had a hard time believing that William Shakespeare had cast him as Romeo, she found herself imagining him in Leo's place on the screen. Shit, the more I think about it, the more I can actually picture Klaus as Romeo. I'll have to ask Rebekah about it some time, since she was probably either one of the other characters in the play or she was sitting in the audience watching.

Later...

When the movie was over, Klaus looked over at Caroline and saw that she had fallen asleep. Shaking his head, he turned off the TV, picked her up off the couch, and carried her upstairs to one of the guest bedrooms. Once there, he walked in, pulled back the covers and laid her down, covering her with the quilt. He was about to leave when he felt his hand being squeezed and looked to see Caroline, her eyes half open, gazing up at him.

"Don't go. Stay with me."

Klaus smiled at her. "All right, I'll stay with you."

Caroline smiled as well, moving over so that he could climb into bed with her. She wrapped her arms around him and snuggled into him, yawning. "Good night, my Romeo."

Klaus kissed her forehead. "Sleep well, my Juliet."

Note: Behold, my lovelies, another update from your benevolent author. I don't know about you, but I think it could've been possible that Klaus was in the original production of "Romeo & Juliet," since he was around during Shakespeare's day. You never know. :) Enjoy!