Okay, I know that I said I would update this on Friday, but I started writing this yesterday, and I couldn't wait to upload it. Also, the response to this story really got me writing!
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"Come on, Caroline, let us see!"
Caroline groaned as she stared at the dressing room mirror, and rolled her eyes. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.
When she had contacted Rebekah, she thought it was a good idea to get a makeover, and when the other blonde had arrived at her apartment, she had felt excitement flood through her body as she relayed her plan to get back at Klaus for his remarks and treatment of her.
Of course, Rebekah was all for it, and now here she was on a Friday afternoon shopping spree with Rebekah and Bonnie, trying to figure out what outfits and makeover she needed to let Klaus eat his words.
"Caroline, you can't stay in there forever!"
She sighed, as her best friend's words leaked through the door of the dressing room. Turning on her heel, she pushed the door open, and stepped out to let her friend's see her.
Bonnie's eyes widened, and Rebekah's jaw dropped.
Caroline stood in front of them wearing a short summer dress that clung to her curves like a glove, showing off her womanly figure, and accentuated her long, lightly tanned legs. Her blonde hair draped down over her shoulders, and though it looked like it needed a trim, the blonde waves, cascaded down, like a stream of water in a graceful way.
"Caroline…" Bonnie began, stepping forward to look closely at her friend.
"That bad?" Caroline asked, her eyebrows lifting in a frown.
Bonnie shook her head, and Rebekah stood up from her stool. "No, you're beautiful." Rebekah remarked, her voice filled with wonderment. "Even with those rims of yours, you have a glow." She added, motioning towards the glasses Caroline had on her face.
Caroline frowned, and lifted her black rims on her face. When she turned sixteen, she discovered her eyesight was a little faulty when it came to distance, so she invested in glasses, though she could wear contacts, she chose not too, for she felt that they were too expensive. "I do have some contacts at home, but I don't wear them." She whispered, as Rebekah tilted her head to the side.
"Well, I'll help you buy some more if you need too. Don't" Rebekah began, lifting her hand. "Even argue about it. Think of it as a down payment for the look on my brother's face when he sees the new you."
Caroline shook her head. "So I take it, I'm getting the dress." She remarked, motioning to the yellow sun dress.
Rebekah and Bonnie nodded. "Definitely," They remarked in unison.
She laughed, and shook her head. "It's too expensive." She remarked, with slight despondence.
Rebekah waved her hand. "I can afford it, besides, if it gets Nik off his high horse, then it's well worth it." She stated, with a carefree attitude.
Caroline glanced over at Bonnie, and let out a laugh.
"Now, to the evening dresses," Rebekah remarked, with a clap of her hands. "What? Mother is holding a gala for all the artists of the city, and since my boyfriend can't make it, I figured I could take you and you too, Bonnie." She added with a spark in her eyes.
Bonnie lifting her brows, and opened her mouth to reject the proposal, but Rebekah shook her head.
"You're coming. If nothing else, I could set you up with my brother Kol." Rebekah remarked, with a smile.
Bonnie glanced over to her friend, and Caroline, still dumb struck from the invitation, slowly lifting her shoulders.
"Then it's settled, we can start the plan tomorrow night." Rebekah remarked with glee.
Caroline and Bonnie just nodded.
~XXX~
"I can't believe this." Bonnie remarked after they had returned to the apartment, and Rebekah had left them alone. "I mean, it's one thing to get you to go to this gala, but me?"
Caroline smiled, and set her bags down beside the couch. "I forgot to mention Rebekah is a little high strung." She apologized, turning to her friend with an apologetic look on her face.
Bonnie waved her off. "It's okay. I don't mind, but I'm not one to go to those kinds of parties, Care, you know that." She remanded, shrugging her shoulders.
Caroline nodded, and sat down on the couch. "I know, Bon." She replied, glancing at the bags. "I think," She paused, with a sigh. "I think she bought too much." She stated, motioning to the bags. "I mean, I can never repay her for this." She added, shaking her head.
Bonnie smiled, in a gentle way. "She told you not to worry about it, besides; it was done for the greater good, wasn't it?" She asked, tilting her head to the side, as she sat down beside Caroline on the couch.
Caroline sighed, and nodded. "True," Her face melted into mock anger. "She's barely tolerable," She began in a faked British accent, sitting up with a straight back. "But not beautiful enough to tempt me." She added with a forced laugh. "Insufferable, prideful man," She stated, throwing herself back against the back of the couch.
Bonnie smiled, and bowed her head. "I'm sure he didn't mean it like that, Care." She remarked, causing Caroline to turn her head to glare at her friend.
"Oh, he meant it, but he probably didn't mean for me to hear." She stated, nodding her head against the back of the couch.
"Then why are you doing this, Caroline?" Bonnie asked, honestly.
Caroline sighed, and bowed her head. "I don't know." She answered in a low tone. "Maybe because he hurt me, and I want to hurt him, or at least show him that I'm not what he thinks I am." She added, shrugging her shoulders.
Bonnie smiled. "Well, if he is there tomorrow night, like Rebekah says, and he sees you in that gown you got tonight, then I know you'll hurt him." She stated, bowing her head. "Maybe the emotional hurt too." She added, causing Caroline to lift her brows in question, and then let out a laugh as she put the pieces together.
"I'll be sure to look for that." She remarked, with a laugh.
Bonnie laughed with her, and knew she had done her best friend job in putting a smile on her friend's face, at least for a while.
~XXX~
"Nik, I can't believe you are so stubborn!"
Klaus sighed, as he looked up from his desk at the house, and glared at his baby brother. "Stubborn about what, dear brother?" He asked, oblivious to whatever Kol had been discussing.
"About apologizing to Caroline!" Kol nearly shouted, stepping further into the room with a rough look on his face.
Klaus felt his heart jump at the frumpy secretary's name, but he kept his face stoic as he leaned back in the leather chair. "I have nothing to apologize for, Kol." He remarked, though he knew that was a story. He had to apologize, but his pride, curse it, forbade him to do such a thing.
"If you don't apologize to her, Nik, she'll quit, and I'll have to look for another secretary." Kol remarked, throwing his arms out. "Where, on God's green earth, am I going to find another secretary as efficient as Caroline?" He asked, throwing his head back, and stared at the ceiling.
Klaus rolled his eyes. "Try the want ads." He muttered, leaning forward to pick his pen back up, and continue writing.
Kol's eyes narrowed, and he took a step forward. "Look, I still run that office, Nik, and I asked, I repeat, asked, you to come in and help me, not to run off my secretary, who has been working for me for the past three years!" He nearly shouted, coming to stand in front of the desk with his eyes flaring. "Now, either you apologize to Caroline or…" He paused, his eyes lowering trying to think of something.
"Or what?" Klaus remarked with a smug look on his face.
"Or, I'll tell mother that you are not coming to the gala tomorrow." Kol remarked, with an evil smirk.
Klaus paused in mid-writing, and slowly lifted his head to gaze at his brother. "You would, wouldn't you?" He asked, knowing the truth before he asked.
Kol lifted his brows in a quick motion, and straightened to fold his arms over his chest.
Klaus sighed, and rolled his eyes with another groan. "Fine," He remarked after a moment, and shook his head. "I'll apologize first thing Monday morning." He added, leaning forward once again.
Kol smirked, and turned on his heel to leave his brother alone in the home office, but it faded when he left the room completely.
"What's with the grumpy look?"
Kol lifted his head up to see his sister walking down the stairs with a special look on her face. "I just forced Nik to apologize to Caroline." He answered, lowly.
Rebekah's face faded, and her eyes darted towards the office door. "He's a pig." She muttered, shaking her head.
"That's putting it mildly." Kol agreed, nodding his head. "Is she coming tomorrow?" He asked, turning his sister.
Rebekah nodded, and smiled. "Yes, it's all set." She answered, with a devilish smile. "Nik won't know what hit him."
"Is she really that beautiful?" He asked, tilting his head, watching his sister pull out her phone, and unlocked it.
As she searched quickly through her photos, she pulled up the picture she wanted, and turned it to face her brother. "What do you think?" She asked, watching Kol lean forward to examine the picture.
His eyes widened, as he took it in, and he suppressed a whistle, knowing Klaus would hear, and want to know what that was about. "She's gorgeous." He remarked, in a quiet tone.
Rebekah nodded. "Yes, she is, and she didn't realize it until this little shopping spree." She returned, pulling her phone back. "I bought her a blue dress to wear tomorrow night. She looks like an angel in it." She added with a smile, just as the door to the office opened, and Klaus stepped through.
"Who looks like an angel?" He asked, stepping towards his sister to kiss her cheek, lovingly.
Rebekah swallowed a harsh remarked, and instead gave a smile. "A friend of mine, who's coming to the party tomorrow," She answered, with a forced light tone.
Klaus nodded, and glanced towards Kol. "Your boyfriend not able to come?" He asked, curiously.
Rebekah lowered her eyes, and shook her head. "No, Stefan had to go out of town." She answered, placing her phone in her back pocket. "It's just as well, my friend is just starting to get into the social scene, and needed help, so I invited her to come to the party tomorrow. Mother said it was okay, in case you were wondering." She added, looking at her brother.
Klaus shook his head, and stepped back. "If mother is okay with it, I have no objection." He remarked, moving towards the stairs.
"Like you would have a say," She called back, as Klaus paused, and nodded his head.
"True, mother has a mind of her own when it comes to parties." He remarked, knowing that was partly right, since he knew his mother was stubborn when she got an idea into her head.
Rebekah nodded, and watched Klaus walked towards his bedroom upstairs, and sighed as the door closed.
"That was close." She muttered, shaking her head.
Kol nodded, and sighed. "When are you picking her up?" He asked, lightly.
Rebekah smiled, and stepped back. "I'm heading over there around 3. That would give me enough time to get her ready."
"You're turning into a regular Fairy Godmother, aren't you?" Kol remarked, as she headed towards the front door.
"Yep, and our brother is the beast." She added, with a glare up the stairs where Klaus had gone a few moments before.
Kol laughed and nodded in agreement, waving his sister off, before he headed to the kitchen, thinking that it was something to see.
Cinderella taming the beast.
Please be kind!
Ah, so the plan has started! I'm looking forward to writing the next chapter! I hope you all agree!
I may get the next chapter up by Friday, as originally planned, or sooner, depending on how fast I can get it all done. (I'm finishing up the application process for my Masters this week.)
Next Chapter: The Gala
Until Next Time...
