Outside the cabin…

Caroline had closed the door and hugged her jacket tighter around her as her eyes darted around. It was still pouring out and she could just barely make out the driveway in front of her. They had parked just past the trees at the edge of the property. She sucked in a breath and raced out into the rain in the direction of the car. She just needed to get there and get it back to the cabin fast. She could do it. She had to do it for Elena.

Her hair whipped her in the face as she ran. The rain and wind was cold against her skin. Her jeans were near soaking already too. She leaned against a tree to catch her breath. The rain could not reach her from under the large overhanging leaves and she leaned her head back against the tree trunk. Her eyes scanned her surroundings again. She could not see anyone. Maybe Nic had left? Maybe he had gone to get more thugs to help him capture Elena?

She blinked as some rain found its way to her through the leaves of the over hanging branches and brushed it out of her face. Where was the car? She had to be almost there. But it was so dark still from the storm clouds she wondered if she had gotten turned around. She stepped back out away from the tree and out into the clearing. She could just make out the cabin seeing the lights on in the distance. She looked back ahead of her into the darkness. It had to be right here somewhere.

Just then a flash of lightning lit up the sky and she saw the faint shape of Bonnie's car in the distance. Finally!

She vamp sped toward it and raced to open the door, got in the drivers seat and closed it behind her. Breathing heavily she frantically searched for the keys. She remembered Bonnie just jumping out of the car as she had it put it in park. Where had she left the damn keys?

She checked the ignition first and then the visor and the seats before she leaned over and searched the floor. She was bent over searching by the passenger seat when she heard a knock on the glass of the window beside her!

She sat up fast and swung her head toward the sound…

Nic was standing there outside the car and he was swinging Bonnie's keys back and forth in between his fingers! His grin was a mile wide even as the rain was soaking him as he stood there gazing at her.

He was thrilled beyond words to see her. Waiting out in the storm for someone in the cabin to try to get to the car was well worth it. But he never expected it to be her. He had fully expected Damon or his own brother to play hero and not send his favorite sweet baby vampire outside.

She gasped and raced to lock the door but he had grabbed for it before she could and pulled it open in a split second. In a flash she had blurred out the door and was almost past him when he reached for her arm and swung her back, trapping her against the hood of the car as he leaned over her. She was panting hard, the rain peppering her cheeks with trails of water as his face got closer and closer till she could feel his breath on her skin. She closed her eyes, blocking him out.

"Well, well, well," he spoke smoothly, his English accent falling delectably from his wet lips. "Look who the spider caught in his web..."

Caroline struggled in his rough grip on her arm. "Let go of me Klaus!" She let her vampire features free on her face and snarled at him, her eyes flying open and blood red, her fangs out.

Klaus frowned at her, his bottom lip full and pouty. "Awe Luv. Aren't you happy to see me? I missed you." He grabbed her other arm that was flailing in the air trying to scratch him on the face. "Not so rough sweetheart. Unless you want it rough for round 2. I'd be up for that. Just tell me what you want."

He bent closer to her, his body completely on top of hers on the hood of the car. His hands held both her wrists down tight on either side of her head. He could feel her gasping for breath, her undead vampire heart beating fast.

He brushed his lips against her cheek, teasing her. She shut her eyes again turning her head as far away from him as she could. But that only teased him more, seeing the silky, pale skin of neck on display for him. He licked a path down her throat from her chin to her collar bone, seductively sucking the skin into his mouth at places he already knew were sensitive for her. He smiled against her neck as she finally gave him a shaky moan and he groaned as he captured her lips in his.

"That's the spirit. I want you too so much luv." He said as he pulled back from her lips after barely kissing her a moment and she whimpered at the loss of contact.

What the hell was this man, this monster doing to her? She was fighting so hard to resist him, to tell him that now that she knew what he was, she wanted nothing to do with him. But he had to barely touch her, his warm, soft lips on her skin and she felt her resolve melting away.

God, he felt so good. She felt the cold air around her, her clothes soaking wet, but felt like a fire had erupted in her belly at how close he was and every inch of her body that he was touching. She had fought the moan wanting to be free as he kissed her neck and she gritted her teeth to resist showing him that anything he was doing was turning her on.

But he started sucking on the hollow of her throat and she remembered him doing that when they were together in the bathroom and the sensation of his lips there had literally made her legs feel like jelly. The moan escaped and when he had finally kissed her and it had been such a tease that he pulled away so quickly. She wanted him...No damn it, she fought with herself.

He was the monster trying to kill her best friend! Stay strong!

"Mmm Caroline, you are as delicious as I remembered." Nic moaned by her cheek. "I have not been able to stop thinking about you since last night." His voice was low and husky with emotion and despite her bodies reactions to him, he could see that she was fighting with herself not to give in.

He slid his body off of hers and stood back on the ground beside the car. He had let go of her wrists, hoping he was right in trusting that she would not run off on him again. She sat up slowly and he could see she was drenched from the storm. "Darling, let's get you out of the rain." He lifted his hand to her and waited.

Caroline looked at him curiously first up to his eyes and then back down to his outstretched hand. She hesitantly took his hand and hopped down off the car. She watched him toss the keys he had been holding into the seat and slammed the door closed.

"Follow me Luv," he said simply and she did. She knew he had the power to compel her and it had not felt like he had done that, but she still found herself following him, her hand in his. She was drenched and his suggestion to get out of the rain won out against her desire to try to out run him and possibly make him mad.

They walked a few feet further past the trees and there stood a dark black SUV. He opened the doors and ushered her inside the back seat and slid in beside her, folding his long frame in before closing the door and blocking out the rain.

They just sat there for a few minutes, not saying a word. Caroline kept her eyes down in her lap. She was still soaked to the bone but she was not going to show him that she needed or wanted anything from him.

Klaus studied her sitting away from him and it seemed as close to the opposite door as she could be. He frowned again seeing her shivering but very much still fighting her feelings for him. He cleared his throat and broke the silence.

"Caroline sweetheart, please let me warm you up. I realize you are a vampire and cold does not affect you the same as a human but you look like you need warmth. Please let me help you."

She watched him lean back into the trunk part of the car and pull out a thick, wool blanket. He opened it and offered it to her, his eyes wide and innocent looking. She shook her head at him pushing his hand away and heard him sigh in annoyance at her stubbornness.

"C'mon darling. Please let me help." He stretched the blanket over her shoulders, despite her protests and slid closer to her, wrapping them both in it. The vehicle he had left on, with just the lights off, to watch the cabin and the heat was flooding out of the vents. He pulled her in toward him till she was more or less leaning on his shoulder and sighed in contentment. "See, not so bad. Just relax."

He was right, it did feel good. She wasn't really cold, she just hated being wet. She felt like a drowned rat. Leaning her head back down on his shoulder she felt his one arm around her, keeping the blanket on them both.

Damn it she was so weak. Why was it so easy for him to get to her? She felt like she melted just at the sound of his voice saying her name. She felt his other hand up by her head and almost moaned again at the feel of his fingers in her wet hair. She heard a groan rumble from the back of his throat and then his lips were against her forehead pressing a kiss there.

"I would never hurt you Caroline. You are safe with me. I want you to feel safe with me. You mean more to me than you know darling and this can be just the beginning of us...if that's what you want."

He sat up more to look in her eyes and as soon as he pulled her face toward his, her gaze fell to the floor. He lifted her chin level with his.

"Open your eyes Caroline." He kissed her closed eyelids tenderly and exhaled his warm breath on her face. His lips trailed tiny kisses down her cheek. "Tell me this is not what you want. Tell me and I will stop and let you out of the car. No questions."

She felt his lips along her cheekbone and lower and lower till his lips just hovered over hers. She sucked in a breath, his scent so close that every time she breathed, she breathed him in. She was trembling, but not from the cold as she felt his lips ghost over her own.

"Tell me Luv," he mumbled against her lips. He could hear her heart pounding and heard a slight whimper from her mouth.

Her voice shook with excitement and trepidation. "I want you Nic," she breathed against his mouth. "So much."

And with that she crashed her lips against his as he picked her up and pulled her onto his lap.

She wound her arms around his neck, tangling her fingers in his hair, holding his head tight to hers. She felt his warm hands finding her skin at her waist under his shirt she was still wearing and she moaned as he gripped her hips, pushing her body closer to him, grinding himself against her.

He grabbed for her jacket and pulled it off her shoulders, tugging it off her arms and ripped his shirt up over her head and buried his head in against her soft lace covered breasts. "Mmm, I've missed you...so much."

She pulled on his soaking wet jacket and dug her fingers under his shirt eager for the feel of his skin.

Nic grinned as he let her pull his jacket and then shirt up over his head before he dove back to her lips and wrapped the blanket tight around them as they kissed. She moaned against his mouth again as he went for her zipper and pulled her jeans down her legs despite the awkward lack of space in the backseat. She straddled him again in an instant feeling her silky underwear, she had discretely borrowed from Elena's room before, against his wet denim. She threw her head back as he kissed down her chest. He watched the windows get foggier by second as her hands were tugging on his hair.

"God, Nic," she moaned as he flipped her under him kissing her neck. Being with him felt amazing. Her brain was not in control as much as it screamed at her in her head for her to stop.

All she could think of was how his lips, his hands, his body felt against hers.

This man was spinning all their lives through hell with what he wanted...

But right now he felt like nothing but heaven to her and she hungrily pulled his lips to hers again and cried out his name.


A/N: Ooh 5 chapters in one week! And I might have more time for more tomorrow! Part 2 is almost done. A couple chapters left and one to part 3. I gotta come up with a title for that one yet. Enjoy and please review. There are lots of people reading and I'd love to know what you think. It inspires me to write more to keep the suspense and intensity up. Thanks in advance!