Welcome back! No blood or hearts ripped out this chapter but we do have Klaroline scenes and among other things popping up instead... So here is your warning, just read until that part because you will miss details if you don't read this chapter. Also read the last section because it made me laugh when I wrote it and everyone needs a laugh today. Enjoy!
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Caroline was a perfectionist, control freak and maybe a bit OCD at times but she was nothing compared to Rebekah. It had been close to two hours and Rebekah was still getting ready to leave for the "best night of her life". This woman has probably been to every club that has ever existed in any major city so Caroline had no idea why she was making tonight so special. No actually Caroline could guess perfectly and it was a certain dark hair fellow that was on his way over to the Mikealson home now. Caroline was laid out on Rebekah's bed with her feet dangling off the edge. She watched Rebekah slowly and meticulously slide the eyeliner pencil across her eye and she could run from California and back by the time she was done with that one eyeball. Straightening her gold mini skirt and her black off both shoulders blouse, she stood off the bed to inspect her own hair was perfect. She had a small twisted knot and a few strands falling across her face for this evening.
"Seriously Bekah, you are making all this fuss over nothing. I can beat you a hundred bucks that within a hour you will be back her moaning and completely naked."
"Someone sounds bitter. Why don't you go give Nik another try, I'm sure he won't mind." Rebekah smirked from her seat at the large wooden vanity. Caroline scoffed as she threw on her black laced up heels and stalked towards the door.
"You have fifteen minutes or until Enzo gets here, whichever comes first. I will be downstairs waiting for you NOT patiently." Caroline stomped her way out down the hall and down the large wooden staircase. She was grumbling to herself as she went to stand in the vast waiting area in front of the doorway. It was quite large with hardwood floors including a small 18th century loveseat placed off to one side. Caroline froze once her feet hit the ground and she noticed another person relaxing in the waiting area. Klaus sat smirking at her as he waited casually with on arm slung over the back of the loveseat and a foot crossed over his knee. Caroline quickly regained her composure and joined Klaus on the loveseat,
"I don't see how you have made it a thousand years and haven't died waiting for her." Caroline leaned forward to look towards the stairs as she raised her voice so Rebekah could hear, "I can understand why she was daggered so many times now." A distant scoff and "Bitch." was heard from upstairs which made both of them laugh. Unconsciously she shifted towards Klaus and leaned back into his arm that hovered over the back of the loveseat. They were now just within inches of each other.
"Believe me this is nothing compared to centuries of corsets and bodices that she fancied so much. Women in this century wear quite a bit less, usually nothing more than a few scraps of material they would call an outfit. Not that I would complain."
His eyes drifted down to her stomach and how a inch or so was exposed by her short top. It was just enough to tease and he went further to take in her much exposed legs from the small gold skirt she was wearing. Caroline noticed his shameful inspection of her body and tried to ignore the excited feeling she got from just one lust filled look of his eyes. It was the same feeling she got back in Mystic Falls all those years ago when they sat at The Grill, sharing beautiful words of far off cities. Before murdered parents or a murdered Doppelganger and before her freaky mental abilities were exposed. If only that arousing kiss in the alley had turned into hours of passion at his mansion instead of the half angry yet intensely hot desk sex they had instead. Would Klaus have actually found her years later and took her to all the amazing places he had been in his thousand years? Or would she have stayed with him and they left Mystic Falls together? No surely not. She was a night of sex that he clearly wanted to rekindle but that was all. Caroline did not want or need anything more than that since almost every aspect of her life pointed to death. She rubbed her thighs against each other while crossing her legs and her arms. Caroline's now crossed leg was dangling flush against his that rested on the floor and the close contact did nothing to ease her thoughts. Caroline needed a distraction.
"So why are you here?"
"I was under the impression I lived here Sweetheart." His eyebrows shooting to the moon.
"I thought you didn't want to wait and left back when Kol did?"
"Now that would be impolite to have two ladies wonder off into the night alone. Especially with all the random hunters and pesky witches out to get you both. Isn't this supposed to be the night of your life?" Klaus mused as his fingertips slowly grazed her bare shoulder and smiled when he heard Caroline take in a deep breathe.
"Right because you are the perfect example of what manners should be." Sarcasm dripping of each word. "Considering both of the ladies in question can't be killed, by any means, I think we will be just fine. Besides, we won't be alone. My companion is on his way over so ..." Caroline was cut off by the sound of a doorbell.
Rebekah inspected her ensemble once more in the full length mirror of her walk in closet. Her curled hair, deep red lipstick with matching red silk mini dress and black heels were all perfect. Her and Enzo were not really an item but every time they saw one another it was all they could do to not rip each others clothes off. It was almost as if he was her dirty little secret she kept from her family, Nik especially. He had a horrible tendency to kill her suitors or in Stefan's case wipe her totally from his mind. It was shamefully one of the reasons she loved the holidays she took with Caroline. The time she spent with her only girlfriend was great but there were just somethings that only a man could help with. Enzo and Caroline had been friends for years now and he never let her travel anywhere alone. Almost as if he felt the brotherly need to watch over her since she had spent her vampire existence alone before they met.
She made her way down the hall and approached the wooden staircase but halted her steps halfway down. She was a bit stunned to see Nik seated on the loveseat next to Caroline. Not because Rebekah thought he had left but because of the intimacy of the position they were in. Nik had his arm slung over the couch and around Caroline herself as he lightly ran his fingers over her shoulders. She was almost completely encased in his body as she laid against the back of the loveseat with her legs tangled with his. If you came upon them in the street you would think they were lovers that did this everyday and they looked ... Content together. Kol often teased Nik about his quick fling with Caroline but seeing the look and smile on his face now, she understood what Kol was getting on about. Nik held a similar look on his face last night right after he had kicked the retched Salvatore from their home but Rebekah was too out of it from the hex to really process the situation. She must have been too lost in her thoughts as she now realized that Caroline and Klaus had rose and Enzo now stood in the hallway as well. The stern look on her brothers face was much too obvious and he clearly didn't care for the arm Enzo had around Caroline's shoulder. Rebekah was now off the stairs and made her presence known to the group,
"Well look who finally decided to show up. You have been in New Orleans two days now?" Rebekah stated crossing her arms and kept her eyes fixated on Enzo and the irresistible scruff on his face. "Lord this man was hot."
"Lovey I always have time for you but Caroline insisted she come her alone and I just wait patently but the phone like some school girl." Enzo rolls his eyes at Caroline and stalks over to Rebekah as if she is his new prey. His fingertips ran gently across her jawbone and with one look, the two vampires had flashed upstairs to leave Klaus and Caroline in the hallway.
"You owe me a hundred dollars AND you are buying all my drinks tonight since you both ditched me!" Caroline yelled as she heard the sounds of bodies being thrown against the wall and light moans starting. "All that waiting and she didn't even make it out of the house."
"Looks like you needed me after all." Klaus smirked and leaned in close to open the door behind her. As she turned to leave, Caroline let out a low sigh as she thought "This is going to be a long night."
Klaus and Caroline walked silently through the French Quarter as they made their way to the a local dance club. Kol went to this club often, something about the girls tasted better at this one. Caroline had realize that after two days she had not made a single trip around the Quarter beside going to see the Deveraux witches. If she was honest with herself, she was a bit excited to be out seeing the sites of a new city. In the twenty five years Caroline had never made it here and had avoided it completely. New Orleans was always one of the vampire hot spots people talked about, a haven to be the true monster that you are, much like New York. But Caroline had a not so enjoyable encounter the last she was in New York with a group of hunters that spotted her. She was blind sighted and tortured but survived thanks to having met Enzo a few nights earlier. So she just assumed the same would happen in any other highly populated supernatural area and tended to stay overseas or in smaller communities. But eventually they always found her and she always had to fight again.
That was why since hearing the Originals were going to be the next target for the hunters or witches, she had to put her plan into motion. It was the plan she thought of back when Matt and Jeremy had been killed nine months earlier but just wasn't sure how to go about approaching the subject. She had not even shared this bit of information with Kat, her only other consistent traveling companion and she could all but hear the words "Are your fucking crazy?" ring in her head. The mental image of the petite woman almost made her laugh out loud. It was a cemented way to get the hunters off her back and would all but guarantee her protection but there was one thing stopping her. Klaus.
"We're almost there, just another few blocks." Klaus suddenly spoke, "It isn't the fanciest place in the Quarter but it's vampire friendly. Although my old protege Marcel frequents the place and is most likely already here."
"So I finally get to met the other part time king?" Caroline teased him as she saw the angry look land on his face. "A joke chill out. You seriously need to explain to me how you actually let that happen... Or maybe I'll just peak around his head and find out myself and see what he has been up too." Klaus stopped her to look around and in a instant she was flatten against a brick alley wall with the only thing keeping her in place was his body pressed against hers.
"Do not ever poke around inside my head for any reason. Do you understand me?" Klaus stated low but threatening. She shook her head silently as he continued. "And you should not openly discuss your abilities were any one could overhear. Marcel has eyes and ears all over the Quarter and he insist on having me followed as if I need a babysitter."
"I never have and I never will do that to you, unless you want me too." Caroline's eyes traveled down his face and too his lips. She couldn't help but be flirty since his body was firmly pressed into hers. "I mean I'm sure I can think of some dirty roll playing games were I hold you down and take what I want from you." Her eyes twinkled with mischief and Klaus licked his lips before speaking,
"Are you sure that isn't one of your fantasy, Love? The self proclaimed control freak with no control over what happens to her body?" His eyes flutter down to her heart and back up, "Guessing by the way your pulse is increasing, I would say yes."
"Hmm.. To be forced to lay for hours on end being pleasured over and over again? Sounds amazing. I'm sure I can find someone in the club tonight that could do it for me. But I would really love to have endless amounts of alcohol on Rebekah's tab tonight so unless you plan on taking me against this wall, can you let go of me?"
"Don't temp me, Caroline. I remember how much you enjoyed it the last several times I had you up against a wall .. Or desk." Klaus smirked as he pulled away from Caroline and made his way down the alley. "A long sexual tension filled night indeed."
"You will need to wait here a few moments after I enter the bar so we are not see together. Marcel is already here, as he always is and your are new in the Quarter so he will be asking questions of you. The fact that you are friends with Rebekah will most likely raise a red flag to Marcel. If we arrive as a pair then it will only make the target on your back all the more bigger." With that finally warning, Klaus was gone and so was her carefree mood.
He sat in the back of the club for the past few hour as he always did, positioned at one of the large booths. He conversed with fellow vampires and his sire who showed up not long ago to have a drink and contemplate the happenings of the Quarter. Marcel still did not like the idea of sharing his kingdom with Klaus Mikealson but it kept the vampires of his inner circle from having their hearts ripped out. But it wouldn't matter much longer and Klaus would not be a problem ever again. So for now he sat and drank with his old friend as if nothing was wrong.
"So who is that pretty little blonde Kol has been chatting up on and off the past few hours. A new vampire in the Quarter?" Marcel questioned as he watched Kol and the blonde chat back and forth while the blonde rolled her eyes for the fifth time in ten minutes.
"It is a acquaintance of Rebekah's that popped by for a few days. The two holiday together every few years or so. Not sure how long she will be here. It can last a few weeks or a few months depending on how irritated Bekah happens to be with me." Klaus informed Marcel with a dead tone and no interest in his voice. He noticed Marcel's interest in Caroline early on but kept to himself as if he had never noticed.
"So you have met her before?"
"Just once a few decades ago but I can't handle the endless shopping trips between two women so I never travel with them. I believe Kol met her once before as well."
"I never pegged Rebekah for wanting or needing any close friends."
"Believe me, it was a shocker to the entire family." Klaus planted a smirk on his face. "She won't be a problem unless you count buying out every boutique in the area one."
"She still needs my approval to be here, Klaus. She needs to know the rules of living in the Quarter if she will be here for any length of time. So if you will excuse me while I go meet our new little friend." Marcel stated as he got up and strolled over towards the blonde. Klaus tossed back his Bourbon and follow shortly after him.
"Fangs? Could you be a little more clique?" Caroline mocked Kol on his ridiculous name choice.
"I could do it, buy the club and rename it Fangs and make it a vampires only club. The only humans to come in would be the tourist that didn't know any better. I'm here all the time so I might as well make a profit." Kol grinned, clearly proud of his plan.
"OK first off, isn't this already is a vampire only club?" Kol paused and his eyebrows scrunched together. "Exactly. So I can kinda agree with changing the name just not to somethings as ... Dracula. Call it Vervain so that tourist will still show up but anyone that knows about the supernatural and hates vampires will stay away. Keep the haters at bay." Caroline grinned. Kol contemplated this and jumped off his bar stool to put his hands on her shoulders.
"Your bloody brilliant Caroline." Kol smirked. "So you want to get back to our little game?"
"Duh and no."
"What little game was that?" A voice asked from next to her. Caroline turned at the sound as a attractive dark skinned man with a thousand watt smile staring at her. She noticed Klaus walking up behind him and assumed this was Marcel.
"Guess which girl isn't wearing underwear. Considering how much of a pervert my friend here is, he is loosing terribly."
"Sounds interesting." Marcel smirked and moved to lean against the bar next to Caroline, earning a eyebrow raise from her. "I just wanted to come introduce myself, I'm Marcel Gerard. Perhaps you have heard of me?" This vampire was so arrogant she had to wipe the smug smile off his face. Caroline spoke up with as much fake enthusiasm as she could produce and slapped him on the shoulder,
"Oh yeah that's right. Your the second "king" around the Quarter right?" Caroline stated with air quotes. "No wait your the guy that just kinda took everything over one day? Sorry I'm totally not a local so I'm not good with the history of the kingdom thingy." She flashed her best pageant smile. The smirk from Klaus' face didn't go unnoticed by Marcel and neither did the cough Kol used to cover up his laugh.
"Your cute and your friends with Rebekah right? I thought she was too much of a bitch to make any real friends?"
"Me too." Caroline kept her smile, not going to play into Marcel's cheap jabs at her friend. "Time to see what this asshole has locked away upstairs" she thought to herself as she focused on breaking through Marcel's mental barrier so she could his thoughts. Most vampires were extremely easy to break through, even if they were old but Marcel was like hitting a brick wall. She could not find anything, no memories, no thoughts just blank space. The only other time she hit a wall like this was when she was around a hunter, the only people she found that could withstand her mental capabilities. To say the least Caroline was a bit unsettled.
"Something the matter?" Marcel asked with fake concern and a sly smile on his face. It was almost as if he knew what she was trying to do. That was impossible because no one but the Originals and the Mystic Falls group knew about her. Marcel couldn't be working with hunters, that just didn't make sense. Right?
"I'm perfect." Caroline stated as she put the pageant smile back on her face.
"Well I would love to stay and chat more but you seem occupied right now and I have a hot date to get to." Marcel nodded his head to the Originals and smiled once more to Caroline as he stepped out of the club. Her breathing picked up and she could have almost had a panic attack right at the bar. Klaus' hand went to her wrist as he guided her off the bar stool and escorted her to the back of the club to the large empty booth he sat at for most of the evening. He immediately spoke,
"What did you see? I know what you were trying to do and the panicked look on you face afterwards. What did you see?" His voice was low and demanding and the loud music that played over the speakers camouflage their voices.
"Nothing, I saw nothing."
"Don't lie to me Caroline I saw that look.." Klaus started, his temper rising but was cut off.
"No I mean I saw nothing in his head. It was as if his mind was blocked from me being able to read it. As if he knew who I was already and was prepared ahead of time." The panic was slowly starting to creep back up the more she spoke. "How does he know about me? No one should .."
"Hey. I don't care what he knows, he won't hurt you. Not while you are in MY city." Klaus spoke softly but firmly to reassure Caroline. One hand now rested on the side of her head and the other on her thigh. "We need to stay oblivious to the fact that you caught on to his trick. Marcel has a very powerful witch on his side so that witch is the one that most likely placed the spell on his mind. We can think on it tomorrow and give that Bennett witch a call and see if you could reverse the spell. Do you want to leave?"
"No. I don't want Marcel's minions to see me leave upset. I won't run away from anyone." Caroline stated with as much conviction as possible and Klaus couldn't help but admire her with everything the little blonde has been through in life. The fingers that lay in her hair moved in soothing circles and eventually made it's way to the twist in the back of her head. Klaus pulled the pins out and through them on the table as Caroline's soft curls fell down her shoulder. A smile spread across Caroline's face but was cut off when the lights in the club fell dark and there was only a faint red glow across their faces. Caroline glanced around and noticed that she could hardly see a thing except shadows of figures and the occasional person would appear once the red light flashed against them.
"At midnight the club turns into a feeding frenzy and all humans are fair game. They don't die just healed and compelled later. Usually." The overwhelming scent of blood hit both of them at the same time and Caroline had to close her eye to keep herself in check. She felt Klaus hand on her face and slowly opened her eyes to meet his dark ones. Caroline couldn't help put shake the leg that was pressed against his and Klaus slid his hand down to hold her still.
"Do you want me to get you someone?" Klaus asked not wanting to leave the position they were in but knew the fun they could have with a human. Caroline had to clear the lump out of her throat as she shook her head.
"I don't want human blood." Before Caroline could be embarrassed over what she let slip out, the firm hand Klaus had on her thigh hoisted her up to sit straddling his lap. Klaus' face went to her neck as he placed small kisses up until they finally met her lips. She couldn't help but sigh once his tongue dipped into her mouth and her hands made its way into his wavy hair. A deep growl escaped Klaus and he couldn't help his hands that stroked up her thighs and slid the tiny little skirt even higher up. The two vampires actions were camouflaged by the almost blacked out lights of the club and at this time of night they were not the only ones giving into their vampire urges of blood, sex, and alcohol. Klaus never seemed to have control over his urges once Caroline was around and certainly not with the amount of blood that lingered in the air.
Caroline couldn't keep the moan from her lips as Klaus hands slide higher and higher up her thighs, almost having her completely exposed. He broke their kisses to let his lips drop to her neck, just over her pulse point. She felt a small poke of his double fangs but never broke her skin and Caroline gripped his shoulders for support. She tore a hole in the top of his shirt as she dug her fingers in. Her lips dropped down to his ear with her head tilted to the side as she whispered, "Do it." and she felt the sharp pain of teeth in her neck. Klaus groaned while gripping her backside with his hands and let the blood flow in this mouth. It was truly a euphoric taste especially combined with Caroline grinding against him and he kept her going by guiding her with his hand. He remembered the venom he was pumping into her body and released his hold on her but his lips started a assent to her bare shoulder as his hand slide her shirt down to expose more skin. "Drink." was the one word he muttered as he tilted his own neck for Caroline to take.
Caroline felt a bit taken back by the hybrid's offer of his neck instead of a wrist. She could have ripped out his throat but this tiny bit off faith in her was a unknown feeling to her. She shook the thought away as she dropped her fangs and pierced his neck with a moan as the blood hit her tongue. It was the same sweet taste she remembered from twenty five years ago but she couldn't let herself get caught up as she released her hold on his neck. She raised her head to meet his eyes but Klaus was already running his hand up her skirt to her thin lace thong and tore the pair off and placed them in his pocket with a arrogant smirk. Caroline had no time for her smart remark as his thumb slowly passed over the folds between her legs and she couldn't control the shake of her body as he did so. He felt the slick wetness between her legs and brought his thumb to his lips to have his own taste.
"Heavenly." was muttered over her lips as one hand pulled her head down to his own and the other went back to stroking her once more. She momentarily remembered she was in a dark club and looked around to her surroundings. "No one is paying attention to us. I want you to come Caroline all over my fingers so I can have another taste." Klaus spoke as he slide two fingers inside her and she could have came right there. Caroline dropped her forehead down to his as she closed her eyes and began to ride his fingers. The combination of being in public and the dirty words Klaus still whispered to her made her release come quickly as she lifted herself slightly so Klaus could increase the speed of his hands. She gripped the back of his hair and moaned into his mouth as she took him in for a deep kiss. Caroline let out a series of curse words as she clinched around his fingers and was thankful for the loud music that still played to cover her moans. Her breathing was heavy as she panted against his lips and pulled back to see his signature smirk was back. Klaus kept his word and slid his fingers from inside of her to his mouth and sucked them clean. Caroline couldn't help but ask,
"So what else do you think we could get away with in the dark?" Klaus laughed and it was contagious as Caroline joined him.
"The lights won't stay off forever Love and I would hate to be in the middle of something and give everyone a free show." Klaus gently took her hips and placed her in the booth next to him as he kissed her cheek. "You should go get cleaned up and I'll meet you at the door."
"Believe me Caroline whether we enter in the back door or front it's a house full of vampires. They will know we're here immediately." Klaus teased her for acting like a teenager trying to sneak home. Once they walk through the door he had Caroline's back against the door and her legs wrapped around his waist. He took her in for a passionate kiss but broke it quickly. "Especially since I plan on making you scream my name over and over again all night until you can't speak the next day." His lips traveled down as he spoke and were sucking at the tender skin of her collarbone. Caroline didn't even have the energy to fight him off and just leaned her head back to enjoy the sensation. She ran her fingers over his scalp in a massaging motion and Klaus was quickly getting used to having her fingers run through his hair. He never thought much for it before but everywhere her fingers traveled seemed to gave a intense sensation.
The only thing to break the spell was the sound of a throat clearing behind them. Caroline's head shot up to see Elijah stand behind them with a amused expression on his face. Klaus didn't even break his stride and just mumbled a "Hello brother." and keep kissing away at her chest.
"Did you know he was there the whole time?" She looked down at Klaus and almost slapped him when she felt the smirk against her skin. She gripped the back of his hair to pull his face to meet hers with a your kidding me if you think I'm going to do this with your brother in the room look and he growled as he dropped her to the ground.
"This better be good Elijah since you can see I'm in the middle of giving Caroline the night of her life." Klaus explained with a every growing smirk as Caroline scoffed and crossed her arms.
"I'll be brief. Kol came home earlier stating Marcel was at the club earlier and had cause trouble with Ms. Forbes..." Elijah started but was cut off by Klaus. He wasted no time lifting Caroline back into her previous position of legs around his waist and her arms around his neck.
"You will get the full rundown tomorrow bright and early ..."
"NOT bright and early .." Caroline cut him off with a stern look. Klaus smirked while looking at her.
"As early as Ms Forbes will allow it and we will give you all the dirty details but for now ..." Klaus hybrid flashed them upstairs to his bedroom and left a very amused Elijah standing in the kitchen. He couldn't help but laugh and stare down at the ground as his thoughts ran away from him. "This girl certainly will be good for the family."
Author's Note:
Wait a sec ... Did I say Kat earlier? Whoops! :)
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