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To the place where Caroline finally realizes she doesn't know well...anything
"Finally figured it out then?" Klaus said looking at Caroline.
"Yes I did," Caroline said walking over to him. "Why didn't you tell me!"
"Would you have believed me?" Klaus asked with that same smug expression that drove Caroline crazy.
"Doesn't matter," Caroline said, "He is staying with me. I don't know how this is possible, but you are a bad influence."
"We have done nothing but take care of him!" Rebekah said cutting in. All of a sudden everyone started yelling at each other. No one even noticed Henry's eyes starting to water. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
The yelling stopped. In fact none of them could talk anymore. They finally looked at Henry who was holding his hands out. His eyes were wet with unleashed tears. Caroline and Klaus started to go to him, but found they could not move. Henry glared at them before running into the woods and into the night.
"Anything else I need to know?" Klaus said and Caroline from the other end of the line paused a moment before speaking.
"When Henry is upset or scared he just starts running," Caroline told him. "When things get to be too much he runs and covers his tracks with spells so we can't find him. We know where he goes, we know his habits so we can find him, but you don't. He just can't handle his own emotions sometimes. So just don't let him get upset, okay?"
"I won't," Klaus promised.
"I can't track him," Kol said coming back. Damon and Stefan appeared a moment later with no luck either.
"I can't sense him," Bonnie said and she and Kol shared a helpless look.
"I was supposed to protect him," Klaus said in a deadly whisper. "This is your fault!" Klaus said turning to Henry's "rescuers." They all winced, Caroline had never seen him like this. "I swear if I don't get him back I will kill all of you!"
"Nik..." Rebekah started.
"Get away from me Rebekah," Klaus said as he paced trying to think. Caroline started to walk over, but Stefan stopped her.
"Don't," Stefan said, he had seen Klaus this angry before, even if Caroline hadn't. You did not want to be near him. Caroline shrugged Stefan off. She carefully walked over to Klaus and as if her hand had a life of its own started to rub his back. How she knew that would calm him down she'd never know.
"You know him better then any of us," Caroline said softly. "Where would he go?"
"I like water," Henry told Klaus as they were talking about Henry's painting. "It is difficult to capture when painting, and I like the sound."
"Water," Klaus said, "Henry likes water. He would have gone to a creek or something."
"There are creeks all over the place." Damon said.
"I know which one," Klaus said. It had somehow survived these 1000 years and it was the place he and his siblings used to play. Henrick had loved it.
"Let's go," Caroline said to Klaus and then turned back to the group behind them. "But only us." Caroline's dumb hand did that thing where it moves by itself and laced her fingers with Klaus's. He looked at her surprised but in a flash they were gone.
K&C
Henry was watching the water in the creek move and listening to the sound of the water running when he felt someone sit next to him, and then someone sat on the other side of him.
"I don't like it when you fight," Henry said breaking the silence.
"Well we aren't anymore, I promise," Caroline said and Henry looked at her.
"How can you love my Dad so much where I come from and hate him here?" Henry asked. Caroline wanted to shrink back at the intensity of his gaze.
"I...I don't really know him," Caroline replied.
"Maybe you should start," Henry said to her.
K&C
"Call them," Klaus said handing him the phone.
"Do I have to?" Henry asked.
"Yes," Caroline piped in even though the thought of using a phone that would let them talk to people from the future and an alternate universe was unbelievable. But all of this was unbelievable.
"Fine," Henry said and dialed the number. "Hey Dad."
"What did you do?" Nik asked.
"Why would you think I did anything?" Henry replied.
"Your tone," Nik said, "What is it?"
"I sort of...I sort of ran away," Henry mumbled into the phone.
"Henry what have we told you about running away?" Nik said in a gentle voice. Caroline had never heard Klaus speak that way.
"It won't solve anything," Henry said, "Where is Mum?"
"Sleeping," Nik told him. "We are back home now and she, Bonnie, Rebekah, and Elena had a little evening out. Let's just say your mother had some fun." Klaus snickered and Caroline hit him.
"You didn't have to come back," Henry said hating that he interrupted their vacation.
"Of course we did," Nik said, "Now what happened?"
"You were fighting," Henry told him. "I don't like it when you fight, but this time it was everyone. All of them fighting..."
"Henry when we fight it has nothing to do with you," Nik assured him.
"This time it was," Henry said, "Caroline thought you were recruiting me or something."
"Well she just doesn't know me then does she?" Nik said and Caroline clenched her jaw. She was getting sick of being reminded about that fact. "Isn't that right Caroline?"
"How did you know I was here?" Caroline asked.
"I knew once you found out who Henry was you would never let him out of your sight for a moment." Klaus said, "Wait, Henry have you been there 16 days now?"
"Yeah," Henry answered. "Exactly 16."
"It seems I win then." Nik said.
"Win?" Henry asked.
"Yes, we placed a little wager on how long it would take Caroline to figure out who you were," Nik replied. "I guessed 16 days. Caroline thought it would only be 12. She underestimates her stubbornness."
"Nik I don't feel good," A voice said coming from Nik's end of the line.
"That is what happens when you drink your weight in tequila, my love," Nik said, "And your son is on the other line so..."
"Don't drink Henry," Caroline said, "Ever. Especially with Rebekah. Your sister is evil Niklaus. How are you, baby?"
"He's fine," Nik said for him, "Nothing new to report, my love. Go on back to bed."
"Will you tell me a story?" Caroline asked and Nik laughed.
"Yes, of course," Nik said.
"I love you, Baby," Caroline called out.
"Love you," Henry said and once she was gone said, "You lied to Mum."
"No, you are fine now are you not?" Nik asked.
"Yeah," Henry answered.
"Then I didn't lie, and I didn't want Caroline to worry," Nik told his son, "But don't run away from them again, understand?"
"Yes Dad," Henry said he would tell him about the wood tomorrow.
"Then go onto bed, it is too late as it is," Nik said, "I love you."
"Love you too Dad," Henry said and then hung up.
Henry and Klaus turned to Caroline who's eyes looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets they were so wide.
"Caroline?" Henry said and then she did the one thing that was supposed to be impossible for vampires to do. She fainted.
K&C
"Vampires can't faint," Henry said as Klaus picked Caroline up and laid her on the couch.
"I know," Klaus said looking down at her, "But she is a pretty unique individual."
"I think her brain just stopped working," Henry said and Klaus laughed.
"While she is getting her beauty rest you need to go on up to bed," Klaus said and Henry made a face. "Don't look at me like that, you have already been up too late. Now go."
"Fine," Henry said and headed up to his room. Klaus looked at Caroline again. She really was beautiful. Caroline opened her eyes and blinked.
"What happened?" Caroline asked sitting up.
"You fainted, which is something vampires aren't able able to do, at least to my best of my 1000 year old knowledge." Klaus replied.
"I heard...us, but it wasn't us," Caroline said still in a drowsy state. It had been a lot to take in for one day.
"No they were Henry's parents," Klaus said, "The people trusting us to take care of him. Which I was doing before you and your little friends decided he needed to be saved without knowing the facts." Caroline winced.
"I'm sorry," Caroline said, "I was wrong." Klaus grinned. "Don't gloat."
"I just have a feeling you don't admit you are wrong very often," Klaus said. "Come on I will show you to the guest room. You can stay there for tonight."
"I can go home," Caroline insisted.
"It's late and you don't have your car," Klaus said.
"Can't you just drive me home?" Caroline asked. "I noticed you have bought a car recently. Now I know why."
"Rebekah or anyone isn't back yet, and I can't leave Henry by himself, love," Klaus said smirking.
"Oh, right," Caroline said feeling foolish. "You really have this parenting thing down don't you?"
"Just the basics," Klaus said with a shrug. "Henry mostly just tells me what to do, and Caroline, the other one, threatened me with lots of pain if anything happened to him."
"She did?" Caroline said.
"Yes, something about using all my tricks against me," Klaus told her and Caroline laughed and then yawned.
"Come on, it is only for a night," Klaus said and after a moment Caroline shook her head.
"If Henry is staying here then so am I," Caroline said and Klaus crossed his arms.
"When did you decide that?" Klaus asked.
"When you said "only for a night," Caroline replied. "I...I can't leave him."
"I know how you feel, you can stay." Klaus said, "Now come."
Klaus walked up the stairs with Caroline following him. He stopped at a door and opened it. The canopy bed inside looked like one of those beds you read about in fairy tails.
"Wow," Caroline couldn't help but say.
"I would like to take credit for it, but it was mostly Rebekah," Klaus said, "Well her designs before I daggered her. It is yours, love.
"I don't have anything to sleep in," Caroline said embarrassed, "And there is no way I am sleeping naked in this house." Klaus laughed.
"Rebekah would be very upset if I took something of hers..." Klaus said thinking, "But I can find a shirt for you, will that suffice?"
"Sure," Caroline said and Klaus left and came back with a shirt and handed it to her.
"Here, sleep well," Klaus said and walked to the door.
"Klaus?" Caroline said and he turned around. "I'm sorry, again."
"Considering all the things I have done I understand," Klaus said, "But I would never let any harm come to him Caroline."
"I know that now," Caroline said, "Good night."
"Good night, love," Klaus said and closed the door. Caroline then remembered something from the strange phone call before. When the other Klaus spoke to the other her, he didn't call her love. He called her my love.
My love.
K&C
When Caroline woke up again it was still dark. For a moment she forgot where she was. Then it all came flooding back. Finding out who Henry was, attempting to save him even when he didn't need saving, taking to future Klaus and hearing herself, and finally sleeping in Klaus's spare room. In Klaus's house. She had only been here once at that was at the ball. It was quite a big house, and she wasn't going back to sleep anytime soon. Looking around wouldn't do any harm would it?
Caroline got out of bed keeping Klaus's shirt on and putting on her pants. She was going to have to go get some stuff from her house. Even though Klaus's shirt was really comfortable and smelled good.
So she carefully opened the door and walked into the hallway. She passed by all the bedrooms and was thankful no one seemed to hear her. Caroline saw a light under a door at the end of the hall she tipped toed over but stopped and debated wither to go in or not.
"I won't bite unless you want me to," A voice said from the other side, "And it is rude to linger in doorways." Caroline opened the door and saw Klaus laying on a couch with a sketch pad in his lap. He didn't look up from his drawing and Caroline closed the door. She looked around and saw she was in his bedroom. She had been hoping it was his study or something, but no, she was in his bedroom.
"What are you drawing?" Caroline asked sticking to a safe topic. Klaus sat up making room for her. Caroline sat down next to him and he showed her the drawing. It was of the creek they had been by.
"Henry was right, water is a challenge," Klaus said and then smirked. "But I like challenges." Caroline rolled her eyes, but she was smiling. "Stay like that."
"What?" Caroline said looking at him.
"Turn your face, and smile like you were," Klaus instructed and flipped to a new page in his book.
"You are going to draw me?" Caroline said.
"Well yes," Klaus told her, "And angle your face towards the light." Somehow Caroline found herself doing exactly what he asked. "There, perfect. Don't move."
"I won't," Caroline said and held the pose. She listened to the sound of the pencil going across the paper like it was music, and in a way it was. The sound was so soothing and comforting.
When Caroline woke up for the third time that night she was in a different bed. Caroline sat up and saw that Klaus was sleeping on the couch. She must have fallen asleep while he was drawing her. Caroline's eyes felt heavy again so instead of over thinking the situation she laid her head down again and went back to sleep.
The Present
Caroline rolled over and found that Klaus was gone. The bed was still warm from where he had laid. He probably went to sketch or read. He did that when he couldn't sleep. Caroline got up in search of him. It truly was hard to sleep without him next to her. The bed always felt so cold when he was gone. She found him in the study doing what he always did at night, sketch, or plot, but it looks like he was sketching.
"Go back to bed, my love," Klaus said not looking up. "You are not feeling well."
"I feel better now," Caroline said sitting on the couch next to him. "You take good care of me." He smiled.
"Okay well since you are here..." Klaus said and got out a blank page. Caroline laughed.
"Are you ever going to get tired of drawing me?" Caroline asked.
"Never," Klaus replied and his eyes roamed over her silk covered body. "Could I convince you to remove the nightgown?"
"No," Caroline said, "If we hadn't caught him in time Henry might have seen those sketches. We don't want to scar the boy for life."
Klaus went back to drawing her his eyes going back and forth from her to the paper. Caroline listened to the sound of the pencil against paper and knew she would never hear such a comforting sound in her whole endless life.
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What did you think? Caroline finally realizes she was wrong and I have you lots of Klaroline scenes!
Drunk future Caroline was just so I could show that Klaus takes care of her when she needs him too, and he lied to her because he knew Henry was alright now and Caroline worried enough. Henry will tell them about the wood in the next chapter.
I think the reason the chapters are coming out faster is because I am supposed to be doing homework instead of writing...
Thanks for reading and reviewing! School sucks I need the pick me ups and encouragement!