AN: This is based off the show catfish that I saw an episode of. If you don't know what catfish means, google it. No beta. Hope you're amused. AH

Caroline looked down at her phone. She had been texting her on again, off again long distance boyfriend for the past 2 year. He always responded to her no matter what time of day it was. He always listened to her, their phone calls would go late into the night. He was a great listener and so supportive of everything. Even when she thought about getting back with Tyler, he let her go. And then months later, when she found him cheating on her, she reached for her phone and called him. He answered immediately and without hesitation. He listened to her cry, and her rants and how angry she was for being a fool. He was always there for her, and he never wanted anything else in return. Well maybe a few things. They had phone sex a few times, mostly because she was in Virginia and he was in Chicago. She had offered to fly out there so they could meet in person but he always shied away from it. Finding an excuse, that made him unable to meet her in person. His sister apparently had mental issues, and he couldn't leave her alone.

Caroline sighed. Whenever they tried to video chat, something would go wrong or his sister would come back. He had sent her naked photos of himself, and she in return had done the same. He felt safe, so she trusted him, for 2 years.

She texted him a few more times and then told him she was going to see her friend and they were going to have a few drinks. She texted him a picture of herself at the bar waiting and sent it to him.

Caroline sat at the bar waiting for her friend

Klaus leaned towards the redhead who was sitting across from him. Her short dress rode up, exposing more of her thigh. She giggled and leaned closer to him. His hand rested on her thigh and he smiled. This was too easy for him at times. Women flocked to him easily, once they heard the accent, they followed him home without hesitation. It was good to be Klaus Mikaelson.

Caroline saw her friend and waved at her. She got up to greet her and hugged her tightly.

"Kat! It's so good to see you!" Caroline said

"Good to see you too, now let me breathe!" Katherine said

They both turned to head to the bar where Caroline stopped. She saw him sitting there, with a leggy redhead giggling. She saw his hand on her thigh, slowly moving higher and higher.

"That bastard!" Caroline started towards them

Katherine pulled her back.

"What are you doing?!" Katherine asked

"That's my long distance boyfriend! The one I've been talking to for the past 2 years, the one who never wants to meet me! And he's there with that redheaded skank!"

"Wait, breathe" Katherine reached and took a drink from a girl, "Here, go"

Katherine gave Caroline the drink and Caroline walked towards Klaus. The girl she took the drink from was about to say something but Katherine stopped her.

"Trust me, your drink is going to better use" Katherine said

Caroline walked up to Klaus and threw the drink in his face. The redhead moved away and Klaus wiped the liquid from his face and glared at Caroline.

"You bastard! You lying, cheating bastard!" Caroline yelled

"What the bloody hell woman!" Klaus yelled as he got up

"Girlfriend?" The redhead asked

"NO!" Klaus yelled

"Yes!" Caroline yelled

"I don't know who she bloody is!" Klaus said

"How could you cheat on me!? After everything I told you?! How could you!" Caroline yelled

"Ok, I didn't know, I'm sorry, I'm so leaving" the redhead said as she left

"Who the hell are you!?" Klaus yelled

"It's me Caroline, remember? We've been talking the past 2 years! Did you forget that too you cheater! You lying cheating bastard!"

"Don't call me that!"

"What a cheater? Because that's what you are!"

"I don't know who the hell you are, or what you're prattling on about! I've never met you and you've just cost me some lady companionship for the night. What are you one of those man hating-"

Caroline swung her arm to slap him, but he caught her wrist before she could.

"Don't ever try that again" Klaus said

"Let me go"

"No, we're going to sort this out"

Klaus pulled her away from the bar towards the restrooms.

"What is your angle?" Klaus asked

"Your voice sounds different" Caroline said

"My voice is the same as it's always been, now who the hell are you?"

"I told you, I'm Caroline. We've been talking for the past 2 years"

Caroline dug out her phone and pulled up all the texts they shared.

"See? Did you forget that too?" Caroline said

Klaus took the phone from her and read through her texts. She was sharing an incredible amount of personal things. Her hopes and dreams, her fears, her insecurities. Everything was laid out bare. She was brutally honest about everything. He looked up at her in shock.

"I know almost everything about you. And you know everything about me. I don't keep anything from you. I told you about Tyler cheating on me, how my dad left me when I was a kid, how my mom had cancer. You were there for me all those times and it didn't matter that you were in a different city. Why are you doing this to me?" Caroline asked on the brink of tears

"Sweetheart, I don't know who you are or who you think I am"

"I know you have 4 moles on your neck, one is hidden because of your shirt" Caroline started to say

Klaus reached up and covered his neck, how did she know?

"I know the story behind all your tattoos, and how you regret the panther because you think it looks stupid now and it's bleeding out of the lines"

Klaus reached over to his arm where the tattoo was and looked at her in shock.

"I know your sister is crazy, and you can't leave her alone at times. She thinks you're controlling but you just want to protect her. I know about the scars on your back and what your father did. I know about the one on your left side, and how he broke your rib when you were 17. And I know you love to drink the expensive stuff because you're such a whiskey snob."

Klaus didn't know what to say, this girl clearly knew everything about him. Things that he had buried deep, never sharing with anyone.

"I know you hate your father for what he did, But there's nothing wrong with you, it's him. And I know you're afraid of letting anyone get close to you because she hurt you. And you never want to let anyone have that power over you again"

"Are you reading my mind?"

"No, you told me all this Tristan"

"Klaus, my name is Klaus"

"Whatever your name is now, it's still me Caroline. I'm still the same girl you spoke to"

"I'm sorry Caroline, but I'm Klaus Mikaelson. Not this Tristan you speak of."

"Just tell me why you're doing this, why you never wanted to meet"

"Trust me if I had seen your picture I would have met you. I'd fly anywhere to see you"

"You never let me visit you in Chicago"

"Chicago? I've been here in New Orleans the whole time. I haven't been in Chicago in years"

Caroline pulled up a picture on her phone and showed it to him. It was a picture of Klaus standing at Millennium park. Klaus looked at it.

"This was taken ages ago. That exhibit isn't there anymore" Klaus said

"You sent me all these pictures"

Klaus scrolled through the pictures that Tristan had sent her. They were all of him in Chicago, and few others which were more recent. He kept scrolling and then stopped when he saw a naked picture of himself.

"I can see why you were so taken" Klaus said

Caroline took her phone back from him.

"Tell me did you return the favor?"

"That's none of your business!"

"Oh I think it is, considering you have a naked picture of me. And I don't have one of you"

"I sent you a few tasteful ones"

"Really? Because I never got them"

"You're not funny"

"Well you've clearly seen what I have to offer, I can see why you were so taken with me"

"Clearly I've been catfished"

"What?"

"Someone's had a real good laugh at me. They obviously took your pictures and pretended to be you so they could do this to me. And I was stupid enough to let them"

"Now, don't be so hard on yourself. I think we both should find out who's behind this. Why don't you call this Tristan person and see what he has to say"

Caroline called Tristan and put him on speaker. He answered immediately.

"Caroline? How is everything?" Tristan asked

Klaus's eyes narrowed as he realized who it was. Caroline looked at him and he made a motion with his hands to go on.

"Great, just wanted to see how you were" Caroline said

"Fine, my sister's going crazy again, and I have to take care of her"

"Oh, that's been happening a lot"

"Yes, look can I call you back later?"

"Sure"

Caroline hung up on him, and Klaus looked as if he was ready to murder someone.

"I know who it is, and I'm going to kill him" Klaus said

"Who is it?"

"Oh his name is Tristan, his sister is indeed crazy. I dated her years ago, it ended and I left Chicago."

"So why would he pretend to be you?"

"You've seen everything I have to offer, why wouldn't you?"

"Wow, so humble"

"I suppose it's his own weird way at getting back at me. His sister did have mental issues. She was getting worse and refused any medication. It got so bad that I couldn't handle it anymore, so I left her with her brother and left. I heard he had to get her committed."

"Oh my god"

"But that's still no excuse to go around parading to be me, lying to unsuspecting girls, using them"

"Right like you're such a white knight"

"I make my intentions known before anything happens. He lures you in, makes you tell him your darkest secrets and then keeps stringing you along. I find that despicable"

"So what are we going to do about it?"

"Now there's a we?"

"Hey, I've been lied to this entire time. I want to see him, the real him, look at him in the fact and ask him why"

"Fancy a trip to Chicago then?"

Wonders what will happen when she meets the real Tristan?