AN - Once again, Veganwitch, you got my writing gears spinning. Here's the final chapter of this fic. I have also applied to create an account on Archive of Our Own and as soon as it is accepted, I will put this fic and Epic on there as well. I'll try to get my same username. Thank you to everyone who read and reviewed, I hope you enjoy the ending.
Chapter 5
"Why do you do that, Caroline?" Klaus asked, his frustration bleeding into his voice.
"Do what?" She asked, still not looking at him.
"Stop yourself and pull away when you're clearly enjoying yourself with me?"
He felt her tense in his arms and tightened his grip around her in case she tried to move away from him. Though she kept her eyes from meeting hers, she didn't try to get out of his grasp, which gave him the slightest sliver of hope.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Caroline denied.
Klaus sighed. "You do, love. Anytime you start to genuinely enjoy the time you are spending with me, you completely shut yourself off from me." When she didn't respond, he continued. "Don't hide from me, sweetheart. I know you've felt our connection too. You wouldn't hide from me if you didn't. Your breath wouldn't catch when my lips are on your neck."
Caroline felt a shiver run down her spine at his words. She opened her mouth to reply twice, but found no words either time. Finally she got her voice back. As she shook her head, she responded, "Even if I did feel a connection… to you, and I'm not saying I do, it wouldn't matter."
"Why wouldn't it matter, Caroline?"
The way her name rolled off of his tongue sent yet another jolt of… something… straight to her core. She tried to ignore the sensation, "You know why, Klaus." She tried saying his name in the same manner that he had said hers, but wasn't quite sure if it had the same affect on him as it did on her.
Little did she know, Klaus too felt a jolt run through him, but he was better at hiding his emotions than she was. "I haven't the least idea, love. Please enlighten me as to the issue."
"The issue is that you're my teacher. And coach. And 30." Caroline huffed.
"Well," Klaus smirked, "for starters, I'm 27, love, not 30. And me being an educator and coach has no bearing on my feelings for you."
"Your feelings?" Caroline screeched, not bothering to hide her emotions this time. "You mean your want to get into my pants!"
"No!" Klaus thundered. At her startled jump, he tried his hardest to contain his exasperation. "You really think that's all I want from you?" When she wouldn't meet his eyes, he kept talking. "I want everything from you, Caroline. I want all parts of you: mind, body and soul. You think I pay so much attention to you because I just want to have sex with you? You think I would risk my job for that? My prison-free life? I know what I'm doing right now, Caroline. I'm in, I'm all in."
Caroline sat there with wide eyes as she took in all that he just revealed. She couldn't believe what he had just said. She said the first thing that popped into her head. "Seriously, Klaus? The way you talk, it sounds like you want me to be…"
"To be what?" He asked as he realized she wasn't going to finish her sentence.
She shook her head. "Nothing."
"Like I want you to be what, love?"
He pushed her. He always pushed her. In class, at practice, all the time. He was constantly pushing her. To be the best, to put in all she had, out of her comfort zone. Always pushing.
She finally gave all she had. "To be your girlfriend! It's like you want to date me or something, which is insane. I've never even been anyone's girlfriend before, and all of a sudden, this hot older guy is pretty much saying that he wants me for me and not just how I look. And it's just all crazy."
By the time she finished talking, she was breathing erratically and was having a tough time getting herself under control. Klaus immediately started making soothing circles on her back where he held her.
"That would be because that's exactly what I want, Caroline. I want you to be my girlfriend. I want to be your first and only boyfriend. I want everything."
Caroline stared at him open-mouthed. "You're actually crazy, like legitimately insane."
"I thought you said I was hot?" Caroline froze and replayed what she had just said to him. At her glare, he chuckled softly, and she felt his chest rumble against her. "I'm not insane, love. I'm serious. Why do you not believe me?"
"Because I can't just be your girlfriend!"
"And why not?"
"Because I'm 17, you're 27! You're my teacher, I'm your student! I'm your cheerleader, you're my coach! Do you need any more reasons?!"
"And in spite of all of those things that you see as 'huge issues,' I can't help but notice that none of them were that you don't want to be my girlfriend."
"That's not the point! It doesn't matter whether I want to or not. Boyfriends and girlfriends go on dates; they go to the movies or out to dinner. They go to homecoming and prom. They meet each others' friends and family. We couldn't do any of those things." Caroline replied, exasperated.
"Well, I'll admit that while we could not go to homecoming or prom together, I could chaperone, and we could definitely share a dance at both. We could spend time with each other afterwards."
"We most definitely could not share any dance ever in front of other people! What would people think if they saw us dancing together?!" Caroline shrieked.
Klaus tried to hide his chuckle at her reaction. "Why not?"
"Why not?! Because you're. My. Teacher. People would think it was weird."
"Please," Klaus rolled his eyes. "I've chaperoned both homecoming and prom before and there have been teachers that have danced with students before. It's not as uncommon as you seem to believe."
Caroline rolled her eyes right back at him. "Fine. Whatever. What about everything else that I said?"
"Well, I have no problem with taking you out for dinner or to the movies. I don't see why you seem to believe going on dates to be an issue, love."
"Uh, how about because people would see us?"
"So?"
"So? SO?!" Caroline was almost yelling at this point. "What do you mean 'so?' Do you want to get caught? Maybe you really are crazy?"
Klaus couldn't hide his laughter anymore. "Ah, you're under the impression that we'd stay in Mystic Falls for our dates. Well, Caroline, as hard as it might be for you to believe, there are other towns besides Mystic Falls that we could go to. You see, I would drive as far as you wanted me to in order to feel comfortable going out with me. Spending time alone with you in a cramped car isn't exactly a hardship for me."
Caroline was surprised by his statement. "You're serious about this?"
"I have never been more serious about anything in my life, Caroline."
Caroline desperately tried to come up with some other reason why this would never work. "I'm leaving!" She blurted out. At his puzzled look, she explained further. "I mean, I'm leaving for college. I'm not staying in Mystic Falls forever. The college that I want to go to is, like, 4 hours away."
"I know." Klaus replied, keeping his gaze locked with hers.
"And I am not planning on moving back here after I graduate college. I'm going to be starting my life somewhere else."
"I'm aware."
"And that doesn't… I mean, you don't see any problems for us… I… um… nevermind." Caroline cut herself off, suddenly feeling truly uncomfortable for the first time that evening.
"You're saying that if we do this, you want it to be long term; you want it to last." Klaus stated, a smile forming on his lips. Caroline stared at him in amazement; he always seemed to be able to read her. His eyes could see right through her and into her heart; always able to read her true meanings and intentions. After she nodded, he continued. "As do I, sweetheart. Which is why I have applied for a few community college positions that happen to be located a half an hour away from your first choice university. I finished up my Masters program this past summer; I've always wanted to teach at a college and this would be a good first step in that direction. None of them would start until the school year after next, of course."
As he was talking, Caroline's eyes grew even wider at everything that he revealed to her. "You've thought about this before. Like actually thought about it and planned things out for how this could work out." At his nod, she continued. "But you live here. You work here."
"And as I've said, there are other jobs available that would be closer to you. I'm sure that there are houses and apartments there as well, sweetheart."
"What about my mom?" Caroline blurted out. She was running out of actual reasons to say no.
"Well, I don't know if she would want to move in with us, love. That certainly sounds a bit awkward." Klaus teased.
Caroline narrowed her eyes at him. "What I meant was she isn't going to be on board with me dating my teacher."
"Well then I guess that by the time you're in college, you'll be 18 and legally able to make your own choices."
"Yes, but she will be the one paying for college."
"And you'll have a full ride scholarship to cover that."
"Not room and board." She shot back. "Scholarships only cover tuition."
"Well, I happen to know that your boyfriend certainly wouldn't mind sharing his house with you whatsoever." He smirked at her, knowing that she was running out of plausible excuses.
"What about everyone else?" She huffed. "Don't you think it would seem a tad bit suspicious if we were suddenly dating the day after graduation?"
Klaus pretended to consider the point for a second. "Hmm… I suppose it would. I guess that it's a good thing that we wouldn't make it official right after graduation then. I think it would be much more plausible that we simply ran into each other after both moving away. We're both new to the area, we run into each other at a bar or restaurant, and it's nice to see a familiar face so we catch up. We exchange numbers and meet up again and again until all of a sudden we're practically dating."
"You've really, really thought about this before." She stated.
"Yes, love, I have."
She let that sink in for several seconds. Turning over all that he had said in her mind. "I still don't think this would ever work."
Klaus sighed. "What's holding you back now, sweetheart? Talk to me."
"It's just that… I'm not really ready to… I mean I don't think I want to…" She took a deep breath to calm her mind. "I'm not ready to have sex yet."
"Alright, so we don't have sex." Klaus shrugged as though it was the most natural thing in the world.
Caroline raised her eyebrows at him. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, we don't have sex until you're ready to."
"But… I… you clearly want to have sex!"
"Yes, I do." He confirmed with a smirk. "But if you don't, then I'm definitely not going to force you, Caroline."
She was quiet again before speaking in a low voice. "But if you were willing to not have sex with me, then why do any of this? I thought that was the point of this whole 'tutoring' thing?"
Klaus sighed, running a hand through his hair in frustration. "The point of this 'tutoring' thing was to have an opportunity to tell you all of this, Caroline." At her disbelieving look, he elaborated. "Come on, love, be honest; if I would have approached you with any of this without having a way of forcing you to stay and hear me out, you wouldn't have listened at all."
Caroline considered this, and realized that he was right. "Yeah, I guess, I would have probably freaked out and left."
He nodded. "Exactly. I needed a way to get you to actually hear me out and listen to what I was telling you. I was never actually going to follow through with the five weeks of 'tutoring.' I could never fail you. I purposely didn't bring up your missing work until now so that there wasn't any chance of you making it up before progress reports." At her raised eyebrow, he quickly continued. "Do I feel bad about my slightly underhanded actions? Possibly the slightest bit, but at the end of the day, I got to express all of this to you and the ball is in your court now. I've said all that I wanted to and put all of my cards on the table. I'll say it again: I am all in on this, Caroline. Now, where we go from here is up to you."
As he finished talking, it finally sunk in that he really was leaving this up to her. Although he didn't directly say it, Caroline knew that if she chose to leave right then, he would let her. He wouldn't ever bring any of this up to her again. It was truly her choice. A million thoughts flew through her head as she looked in his eyes. She saw no deceit or lies, only adoration and possibly something more. In that moment, everything just clicked for her.
"I chose you." And she kissed him.
It took him half a second to process what she said before he took over the kiss. His tongue darted out to lick the seam of her lips, and as she gasped at the sensation, his tongue dove into her mouth, exploring every inch of it. Their tongues dueled for dominance and, of course, his won. He controlled the kiss and everything she felt. He pulled her impossibly closer until she wasn't sure where she ended and he began.
Klaus tightened his hold around her waist and maneuvered them to be laying side by side on the bed. He moved his right hand to circle her slender waist and hold her flush against him, as his left hand slid up and down her right side.
When Caroline felt her lungs screaming for air, she pulled back the slightest amount and leaned her forehead against his. "Can't… breathe…" She panted.
He chuckled, his hot breath skimming against her face. "We'll have to work on your lung capacity, sweetheart; I'm just getting started with you."
And with that he dove down and began planting hot, wet kisses to her neck.
She gasped at the sensations he was creating inside of her. "Don't you think we should slow down or something?"
"Caroline," he practically purred against her neck. "I have been waiting almost two and half years to kiss you. That's all this is: kissing. Trust me, you're amazing at it. Just do what feels natural."
Caroline nodded as he trailed his lips back up to hers, and she became lost in his kiss once again. She let out her loudest moan when he sucked her bottom lip in between his and ran his teeth over her sensitive skin. At the same time he moved his left hand down to her thigh and began playing with the end of her skirt.
She felt like she was drowning in him. He was dominating her mind and body, and she didn't know what way was up anymore. Deciding to just take his advice, she did what felt good. He let out a moan as she sucked his top lip between her own and started running her tongue over it.
His grip on her thigh tightened, and he slid his hand an inch under her skirt. She didn't notice as she was so lost in their lip battle. He decided to push his luck and slid his whole hand underneath her skirt, his thumb brushing the edge of her panties along her hip bone.
Caroline moaned at the sensation their dueling tongues created. She felt the pool of wetness between her thighs growing and didn't know how to relieve the tension she was feeling there. She thrust her hips forward and felt a jolt of friction straight in her core as she met his hard length.
Startled at the new feeling, she pulled away from him and drew in a deep breath of air. As the oxygen reached her brain, she realized the placement of his hand and hurriedly pushed his hand out from under her skirt. Shaking her head, she gasped out, "I don't think that you should do that."
"Of course, love." Was all he said before capturing her lips once again and restarting their battle.
This time his hand rested on her waist, and she reached up and grabbed onto his shoulder, feeling that holding onto him was her lifeline in the sea of emotions he was creating in her.
As he felt her hand grab onto him, he thrust his hips forward, hoping to spark that friction against her once again. Just as he expected, she let out a low guttural moan at the contact. "That's it, love. Moan for me. That's my good girl."
His words set her on fire. She didn't know her own name; she didn't know who she was; or where they were anymore. All she knew was that she wanted this; she wanted him; she wanted him to keep calling her that.
"Yes," she gasped out. "I'm your good girl, Klaus."
He felt his cock twitch at both the sound of his name rolling off her tongue while she was moaning, and also her calling herself his good girl.
"Of course you are, love. You're mine."
"I'm yours."
His cock twitched again at her words, and she responded by thrusting her hips against his. Somewhere in the back of his mind, a voice was screaming at him to slow down, to not move this fast with her. Yet another, louder voice was roaring in triumph; at finally getting the girl he had wanted for what felt like his whole life. He decided to let her steer the direction they went and control the speed. If she pushed him away, he would try to cool his desire; however, if she kept moaning the way she was and saying that she was his, he didn't think he would be able to stop himself.
He focused on kissing her again. He moved his mouth from her lips and dragged his lips down the column of her throat. He sucked and nipped his way across her skin until he found a spot that made her cry out in pleasure. He began sucking on her skin and scraping his teeth over her sensitive flesh before using his tongue to sooth the spot before repeating the process a dozen times.
As he worked her with his mouth, she began grinding her hips against his. He let out a low growl and decided that he had his answer on what to do. He moved his hand up from her waist to the side of her breast and used his thumb to slowly rub circles along her side, getting closer to her pert nipple with every movement. The noises she was making spurred him on until his thumb grazed over her right nipple, and she moaned right into his ear. Her lips closed over the shell of his ear, and she began to suck. Unable to control himself, he pinched her nipple through her shirt, hoping to draw out more moans from her.
Caroline was still drowning in all of the sensations he was creating in her; in all of the things she was doing to him. At this point, she was operating from some primal instinct that had taken over her mind. All she could think about was how to make him feel good and how good he was making her feel. She felt a tightening sensation in her nipple and heard herself let out a moan consisting of his name.
"Oh, Klaus."
At hearing his name pass through her lips like that, he detached his mouth from her neck and crashed his lips to hers, immediately thrusting his tongue back into her mouth. She gladly accepted his tongue and let hers get tangled with his as soon as it passed through her lips. She felt a growing need for more friction against her core and threw her leg over his hip to get just that. She ground herself against him, not caring what part, only that it was against him.
Klaus let out a surprised grunt at her movement, but happily jutted his hips out to meet her. He ground his painfully hard cock against her core and could feel her wetness seeping through his boxers and shorts. No longer concerned about going too far, he stopped pinching her nipple through her shirt and instead pulled the neckline of her too-tight top down so that her breasts were fully exposed. He let out a groan of satisfaction when his hand met the bare skin of her tits. His fingers immediately sought out her nipple and began rolling it in between his thumb and pointer finger, causing her moans to reach a new volume, which he swallowed with his kiss.
Caroline couldn't get a handle on all of the new sensations and feelings he was creating within her. All she knew was that he was making her feel amazing and wanted. She withdrew her lips from his and drew in a much needed breath. However, her breath was taken away when he moved his lips down to her other breast and took her nipple between his teeth and started sucking.
"Fuck!" She grit out. Her cuss only seemed to spur him on because he moaned against her breast, the vibrations causing a very pleasurable sensation to shoot straight to her core, which was currently grinding against his hard cock.
She thrust her hips even more towards him, and he responded with a thrust of his own, which had her seeing stars.
"Please, Klaus. I need…"
"What, what do you need, love?"
"I don't know!" She said, desperate for… something. "I've never felt anything like this before. I just know that I need more."
Klaus smirked before moving his lips back up to kiss her deeply. "You mean that you've never touched yourself, Caroline? You've never come before?"
Was that what she needed? Was that the sensation that was twisting itself in her stomach and taking root? "No!" She gasped out. "I've never come before, Klaus."
"Keep talking, love. Keep saying my name and telling me what you want." He murmured into her ear as his tongue flicked along her skin.
"I don't know! I don't know what I want. I just know that everything you're doing feels amazing, and I would do anything to feel more, Klaus."
"Really, love?" She felt him smirking against the skin of her neck. "Anything?"
"Anything, Klaus! I'll be your good girl. I'll do whatever you want for as long as you want if you keep making me feel like this." She barely even knew what she was saying anymore. She just wanted him to keep going.
"You already are my good girl, Caroline. You will always be my good girl. You will always be mine." Caroline nodded her head furiously. "Say it, sweetheart." He growled into her ear.
"I'll always be yours." She half moaned, half shouted.
"And I yours." He responded as he began unzipping her skirt. He drew back and met her eyes as his fingers worked the zipper.
In that moment, she had total clarity; even though he was taking the step of removing her clothes, she was in control of how far they went. She was the one who could stop him if she wanted to. Yet, the thing was that she didn't want him to stop. She gave one nod and wriggled her hips to help him remove her skirt. He gave her a wolfish grin as he slipped the garment off of her hips and down her legs. Leaving her panties on, he moved his hands to remove her top as well.
As soon as her chest was bare to him, he rolled on top of her so that his hips were between her legs and his head between her breasts. His tongue and hands ran over every bare inch of skin that he could find, while her own hands reached down for the hem of his shirt. He quickly helped her remove the clothing, and when their bare chests touched, they both let out simultaneous sighs of satisfaction.
As he continued his ministrations on her chest, she took the opportunity to run her hands all along the lean muscles of his back and sides, enjoying how they seemed to jump and twitch under her fingers.
He brought his lips back up to hers as his fingers hooked into the waist of her panties. He left a lingering kiss to her lips as he pulled back to look into her eyes. He was silently asking for permission to remove her last barrier that separated them. She realized that this was the point of no return. If she allowed him to removed her panties, they would have sex. It was another moment of clarity for her as she looked into his eyes and saw his longing for her. More importantly, she saw his hope for their future and his awe that what was happening was in fact real.
Instead of nodding, this time, she moved her hands to cover his and helped him slide her panties down her legs. Next she hooked her own hands into his shorts and boxers, his hands joining hers, and, together, they removed the last remaining clothing that would ever separate them.
Klaus took that moment to memorize everything about her; his Caroline, completely bare beneath him. He had dreamed and fantasized of this moment, and part of him was secretly waiting for his alarm to go off and awake to find that all of this had been another cruel dream. Yet, there was no beeping to awaken him; this was real, and she was here with him.
He kissed her tenderly, his tongue sweeping into her mouth and tasting every inch of her. He looked into her eyes one more time before he flipped them over so that she was on top of him. Although he could tell that she was surprised at the new position, her lack of comment showed that she fully trusted him. He moved his hand to position himself at her entrance before slowly moving inside of her.
She buried her head into the crook of his neck at the tight sensation of his cock entering her core.
"I know, love. It'll only last for a moment before it starts to feel good again; I promise." He whispered into her ear, his hand running up and down her spine soothingly.
He pushed in the last few inches until he felt her barrier snap around him. He felt her jolt on top of him and only held her to him tighter to try to take away some of her discomfort. He used his free hand to coax her chin up so that he could capture her lips with his to distract her until the pain went away. Klaus sucked and nibbled on her lips, employing all of the things that he had learned that she liked that evening. He sucked her bottom lip between his and kept stroking her spine with his fingers, hoping to soothe her.
After only a few more seconds, he felt the tension slowing start to leave her body. Her breathing started to become more normal, and her hips began to press into his. Tentatively, he moved his hips back the slightest bit and then forward and up into hers. At her moan, he did it again and again, until she began to meet him thrust for thrust.
Her moans filled his mouth and his hand that was traveling down her back settled on her ass to press her more firmly against him. When she let out a particularly loud moan at this, he felt his eyebrows raise in intrigue and moved his ring finger to play with her ass. He felt her hips spasm at the new sensation as she let out another earth shattering moan. He dipped his finger into her ass and was met with an even louder moan.
He smirked against her lips. "That's it, sweetheart. Do you like riding my cock while I finger your ass? Moving your hips forwards lets you grind your clit against me, but thrusting backwards drives my finger further into your ass. You don't know which one you like better, do you? That's my good girl. You're so dirty for me, Caroline. So tight and wet around me."
"Yes, Klaus, I'm your good girl." Caroline rasped out. All of these sensations were overwhelming her.
At her words, Klaus felt his cock jump inside of her and sped up his thrusts. "That's it, love. Tell me how much you love having me inside of you; how much you love being my dirty little girl."
"I love it." She moaned out, the sensation in her core tightening at hearing herself utter those words. "I love being your dirty little girl, Klaus. I love feeling your hard cock inside me."
Klaus growled at her words and increased his pace even more. Caroline let out another strangled moan, and he felt her inner walls fluttering around his cock. He increased the pressure to her ass as he spoke into her ear again. "That's my girl. Cum for me, love. I want to feel you cum all over my cock. And when you do, I'll come inside of you. You'll be full of my cum, and have my marks all over your body."
Caroline felt herself shudder at his words as she shattered into a million pieces around him. She screamed out his name, and he pressed her head into the crook of his neck to muffle her yells. He felt her clamp down around him and finally allowed himself to follow her over the edge and explode inside of her. They rode out their highs together, as they tried to calm their breathing.
"Wow…" Of course, Caroline was the first to speak, never being one for silences.
Klaus tensed beneath her slightly, not sure what her reaction would be. He tried to prepare himself for the worst; for her to say that everything was a mistake and that she hated him for taking her virginity.
"And to think," she continued, "that stupid me said that I didn't want to do that yet. To hell with that!"
She moved her head to meet his eyes, and he saw the spark there. The spark that was so completely Caroline.
And that's when he knew that everything with them would work out. He wasn't delusional; he knew that they would have their struggles, knew that it wouldn't be all downhill from here. But he also knew that anything and everything that he would go through would be worth it because it was all for her.
"Really?" He raised an eyebrow at her teasingly. "Is the Caroline Forbes admitting that I was right about something?"
She laughed. It wasn't her fake laugh she used with the ball players or the guarded laugh that she had been using most of the night with him; it was a genuine Caroline laugh. The one where she threw her head back and laughed with all that was in her.
"It's possible."
"Oh come on, sweetheart." Klaus smirked at her. "I want your honesty."
Caroline's eyes shone as they met hers. "My honesty… My honesty is that I'm in, I'm all in."
Hearing her repeat his words back to him made his heart sore, and for the first time all night, he knew with absolute certainty that he was not dreaming. Caroline was his and he was hers. Always and forever.