Baby Mikaelson

by Delena2010

Caroline discovers that it's possible for vampires to have babies. When Klaus learns of this he does everything in his power to make sure Tyler cannot get Caroline pregnant. Klaus has his own plans for her. Rated M.

22. A Kiss

Attention readers - After careful consideration and reading through all of your lovely reviews showing your support for me and my work I have decided to continue with the story. This is my BIGGEST chapter yet over 14,000 words and it will answer A LOT of unanswered questions! Please review if you have the time. Enjoy!

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Animeloverforever1127 - Since you were the first to comment on a dress colour for Elena I have chosen your colour choice for her dress! Thank you for being so loyal to this story and for always reviewing each new chapter. I love to read your reviews because you never ever hold back in any of them which I love! Keep it up.

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Baby Mikaelson

Chapter Twenty Two - A Kiss

Caroline Forbes P.O.V

That evening Rebekah and I took a taxi into the city. Rebekah didn't want to talk until we were back at the villa and I respected that. So instead we talked about all the little things, what dip we wanted to order for our chicken, what colour of nail polishes we wanted to try out and what movies we might watch.

I knew those back home would not believe how close Rebekah and I had become over the past few weeks. But that's really the ticket to finding yourself, you disappear from everything you know in order to open your mind up with the gift of distance and time at your time, nothing seems impossible.

I would never imagine seeing Rebekah and I like this, talking comfortably and sharing thoughts and feelings. We hadn't completely changed personality, no we were still very much ourselves and the girls we were back home. But we had worked hard to be at the point we were at now with each other and it didn't happen overnight. There had been a few days when Rebekah and I hadn't seen eye to eye at all and even spent the day away from each other but what made us different was we always talked at night.

We would always find our way to the sofa where we would talk, argue and get it out of the way. We never carried anything onto the next day because we knew that's what the girls did back in Mystic Falls, they held onto things like they wanted it to hurt. Rebekah and I had both agreed to be very mature about our friendship, we were sisters and from now on we would always be sisters. All we had to do was show up, nothing more and at the end of the day that's all any of us really wanted in life.

Unconditional love.

Rebekah and I had both collected shopping carts which were pretty full now, we had gone around and picked up little things, some facial packs, a few bars of chocolate, a bag of popcorn, two chilled sodas, some feet masks, gel under eye patches and now we were looking over their selection of nail polishes.

"I was thinking this one" I said handing it to Rebekah who shook her head.

"No?"

"Maybe a little darker?"

"I guess, maybe matte instead of gel?"

Rebekah nodded, still hunting for her own colour. I cleared my throat slightly, nervous about her reaction to my news. Hoping she didn't cause a scene in the shop when I finally came clean about something rather big.

"I erm, I spoke to Klaus last night"

"Uh huh" She replied almost tired

I returned the polish to the shelf "Not for long but yeah" I said tucking my hair behind my hair and creating a little space between us.

I looked over at Rebekah who continued to scan the shelf "You did hear me right?"

"Is this the part where you tell me you like him? Don't insult me"

I looked her way, watching her picking up a pink polish that would suit her skin tone well. She glanced at me before rolling her eyes at my now frozen to the spot body.

"Don't act so surprised, we all knew in Vegas. We're not stupid or blind. You guys didn't exactly do your best to keep it hidden from us"

"I thought maybe it wasn't too obvious"

Rebekah smiled and placed the polish into her cart "Sorry"

We went around the corner and began to scan the next row of shelves surrounding us.

"Is it awkward talking about it?"

Rebekah shrugged "A little bit. Even as a human and a seemingly moral lady Katherine didn't hide her relationship with my brother. Nor did she keep hush about it when she and I were ever alone. But this is different" she said and we exchanged a look "You and I are who we are now and-" Rebekah cleared her throat "I'm not Bonnie, I'm far from being Elena and so, I'm not going to judge your choice of man"

"Thank you. But it's hard to discuss when I don't really know what I want just yet"

"Isn't it about time you both figured it out?"

I sighed "It's all still so new, I mean I never seen you and I being like this and now the idea of Klaus too its-" I stopped myself and stopped dead as Rebekah continued on "It's what I want. It is a hundred percent. Please just don't turn around and please give me a new subject"

Rebekah walked ahead and picked up something from the shelf dumping it into her cart as I reached her. It was a pregnancy test.

"Don't look at me just answer" She cleared her throat "You'll be there wont you?"

I was about to answer when instead, I reached out and took a handful of Rebekah's jacket and she sniffled slightly.

"You don't need to be, I'm just saying that. I wouldn't particularly mind if you were" She said

Rebekah collected herself and cleared her throat after I let go.

"Let's finish up here and get back"

Rebekah and I headed back to the villa happy with all our purchases. The air was warm on the way back to the villa, the sky a beautiful dark blue without a cloud in sight. The type of weather people wish for on vacation, the type that made you roll down your car window and stick your head out just to breathe in all its deliciousness.

I found when I was this happy, all I thought about was Klaus.

Leaving me to wonder, if he was thinking about me too.

Elena Gilbert P.O.V

I made my way upstairs and down the hall to the dressing room for the contestants. Damon had placed all of my items into my private section of the room for me, he kissed me and wished me luck before he headed downstairs to join Stefan. All of my friends were attending today's event in order to wish me well and to vote for me as the next Miss Mystic Falls. My stomach was a wave of nerves and excitement for more reasons than one.

Unlike the set up last year the room was completely different, the founding families board had put more effort into this years set up. After speaking with Klaus downstairs I couldn't help but wonder if he had also donated some money towards today's events.

The dressing room was completely different, the room had been mortified so that each contestant had their own privacy, unlike last year where we were all practically on top of each other. The room was divided into sections with floor to ceiling curtains, giving each contestant their own section for the day, I had already closed my curtain and turned on the lights on the mirror of my vanity dresser.

A basket had been provided with little helpful items such as mints, perfume, mascara and flowers. But I had packed my essentials the night before so I was fully stocked and ready to win.

I smiled at my reflection, I was feeling confident, beautiful and without competition. Caroline wasn't here and the girls who were competing against me did not do anything close to the community work I did for the town.

Hanging on a hook in the hall was my garment bag with all of my dresses inside. I had brought four dresses in total with me and would probably try on each of them at some point as I doubted Damon's choice for my dress colour.

I had a blue dress that was exactly the same shade of blue from last year, only this dress was a princess cut neckline and didn't exactly cling to me the way the others did. I also brought a peach dress with a white lace trim around the bottom and down my back. I had a black satin dress with a pearl backing and a bit of a trail to it.

Then there was my red dress.

My stunning red one shoulder satin band maxi dress (A/N which I found on goddiva) It was elegant, it was sexy and it made me turn into butter from the second I put it on. The material clung to every inch of my body, hugged every single curve, making me feel beautiful.

Damon would love me in this dress, not even a second later I began to wonder what Klaus would think of me in this dress.

It was red, it was daring and it wasn't at all like the dress I played safe with at last year's competition.

Would Klaus really like me in this dress? I began to wonder as I studied myself in the full length mirror on the wall. I knew I was an awful and horrible girlfriend for allowing myself to think such things.

But at one point or another in any relationship, someone is going to look at someone who isn't their partner, it didn't mean anything. I wasn't wearing this dress for Klaus, it's not like he told me to wear red. He just reminded me that I was a vampire now and my desires were beyond my control.

Everyone around me seemed to forget how new I was to being a vampire. I had no impulse control and zero support at times. When Caroline became a vampire Stefan was around her like a rash and yet I had nothing. Stefan had once treated me like the most important and precious thing in his life and yet he had allowed me to turn into this person, every one of my friends weren't looking out for me and looked what had happened.

I was slowly allowing myself to sink into my attraction for Klaus.

Klaus must have known what he was up to, whispering in my ear, talking to me when Damon wasn't around. He must have seen the way I couldn't catch my breath around him at times.

He didn't want to see me in blue and we both knew it.

I stepped out of my dress and hung it up onto the padded hanger before I dressed myself into my white cotton robe.

I took a seat at my dresser and made myself comfortable.

My first task was my hair, I had brought my heated rollers with me, I wanted my hair to be full of volume and curled perfectly. I took my time with each strand of hair, wrapping it tightly around each roller and adding all the necessary products along the way, including my heavenly scented heat defence spray and my hairspray.

I decided to be bold with my make up today, I started with my foundation, baked under my eyes and jaw line. Then I went in with my concealer, adding a generous amount to my forehead, cheekbones and jaw line. I went for a dark brown smoky eye to go with my winged eyeliner which made my eyes appear bigger and really pop for the cameras. To finish my eyes perfectly I add a set of false eyelashes to pull everything together.

Finally to make the look perfect, I went into my makeup and retrieved my full coverage, matte red lipstick.

Using a hand mirror and turning the brightness level of the vanity mirror lights on full I used my red lip liner first, taking almost ten minutes in total to follow the shape of my lip perfectly. Then I went in with my lipstick adding a generous amount to both my upper and lower lip.

After it was done, I used the lightest tone of concealer I had and with a small brush I went around the lining of my lip closely to keep the lip looking tight and clean lined.

I kept my rollers on as I got up from my chair and took off my robe leaving it on the back of the chair. I took off my typical t-shirt bra and underwear before retrieving my new underwear from my back.

Collecting my new strapless black lace corset bra and matching thong to go with it, I put them on before reaching into the side pocket of my bra and retrieving my new clear chicken cutlets, reaching into my bra and tucking them under each of my breasts enhancing the size and shape in the process.

I collected a pair of large gold chandelier earrings which matched well with my dress. On my right wrist I selected a thin gold chain bracelet, almost invisible but let the judges know I didn't need a lot of jewellery to stand out, my dress and my smile did the work.

I selected a pair of six inch beige platform peep toed shoes.

I zipped my dress up without any assistance before I began to unroll all of my hair. I brought all my hair behind my back to show off the chest design of my dress which was stunning and suited me well. I sprayed my hair with one more coat on hairspray and was on time for the call to begin.

Caroline Forbes P.O.V

When we arrived back home we both got dressed into our pjs which were both white and very villa like. Our room service arrived quickly as it always did when you were listed as a VIP guest. I had brought in the food and set up everything at the coffee table including our nail polishes, facial packs and all our other goodies. Rebekah had to my surprise came into the sitting room with the covers from both our beds and our pillows. I hadn't said a word and tried to hide my surprise as she went to work on making both our sofas comfortable for both of us. We always sat on the sofas across from each other to stretch our legs out. The glass coffee table between us was large and almost always was covered in our room service dishes.

We both had our hair tied back messy behind our heads and both had put on the white hair bands that came with our bathroom selection from the hotel so we didn't get any mess from our facial packs in our hair.

An hour later we were watching our movie, the coffee table was covered in plates of fried chicken, untouched side salads, four glasses of empty milkshakes and wrappers from our sweets. I was wearing a green mud facial pack and Rebekah was wearing a bright blue hydration facial. We were lying across our sofas comfortably when Rebekah suddenly turned down the volume of the movie.

Seeing this I sat up slowly and turned to face her as she did the same. I corrected my blanket around me and made myself comfortable.

We had turned off most of the lights, we left on the lights in the other rooms to give us a little light.

Rebekah explained to me that before they left Mystic Falls she had been seeing a hybrid, Klaus didn't know about this, no one did and she wanted to keep it that way. They were getting a little serious but after Rebekah found out about being able to have children she began to see less and less of him because she knew if she was going to do this, if she was going to try and become a mother then she knew she absolutely, one hundred percent wanted to do it alone.

For centuries Rebekah had watched woman with bad husbands, of children with miserable parents and she knew she didn't want that for her baby. She wanted to be the only one in her child's life, she wanted to be strong enough so that this child knew she could see them through anything that came in life and that she was enough, she would be all they needed and all she had to do that was love them unconditionally which she knew she would.

Rebekah had reached out to another hybrid, one that had attempted to flee from her brother more than once. She had told him if he helped her she would in return supply him with everything necessary to ensure he never came face to face with her brother ever ever again. By the next morning she had her sample and the guy had a ticket to freedom.

The day before they left for the Villa she had broken up with the hybrid she had been seeing. After she did that she had the sperm put into frozen storage at a private clinic that was waiting for her whenever she was ready.

When Rebekah finally revealed the name of her hybrid boyfriend was in fact Jack I had no choice but to tell her what I knew about him and Elena meeting up. Rebekah wasn't as surprised or horrified as I expected, she was right when she said that this was the type of thing Elena did, she focused on the result she wanted without question or regard for everything in between.

I knew Rebekah was desperate to be a mother and deep down I was starting to see the love she could offer if she let herself just relax, breathe and trust.

I reached out for the phone on the coffee table and called room service.

"Hi, room service for villa five please"

"Yes what would you like?" Asked the receptionist on the other side of the line

"A bottle of pink champagne, two glasses, two cheeseburgers, with extra fries, chilly dipping sauce and two slices of chocolate fudge cake"

Rebekah was across from me trying to fight a determined smile as she watched me hang up.

"Are we celebrating or getting fat?" She asked

"Both"

Inside the trouser pocket of pjs my phone vibrated. I retrieved it and found it was text from Elena.

"What is it?" Rebekah asked

I studied the text for a moment in disbelieve, before I turned off the screen.

"It's from Elena. She's just won Miss Mystic Falls"

Elena Gilbert P.O.V

I won! I had actually won the race to be thee next Miss Mystic Falls. The other contestants smiled politely, kissed my cheek and wished me the best of luck but we all knew the truth behind their fake smiles. I could feel the anger in their shoulders as I hugged them close and thanked them for their kindness. I was so sincere to all of them, they had all performed well and danced perfectly and yet somehow I had been crowned above all of them.

I was the only one who wore a red dress and it paid off. All eyes were on me from the moment I descended down the stairs I found all eyes were on me. Damon looked a little surprise over my choice of dress, but I believed when he saw the way the dress hugged my curves in all the right places his eyes seemed to brighten in a way I hadn't seen in a very long time.

Damon looked at me and for the first time in a long time I felt like the only girl in the room to him. He smirked at me and we exchanged a small wink before the cameras began to flash at us. He took my hand in his but unlike the last time he had kissed my hand, when we made our way towards the dance floor together. Damon traced my knuckles in his hand teasing my skin and making me look his way as we stepped down the stairs towards the dance floor.

We had danced the best, everyone said so, I didn't have a chance to look at the other contestants, I had kept my eyes focused on Damon from start to finish. Anyone who watched us knew how in love we were, we were just so happy with each other, so untouchable, the entire floor had belonged to us and we shined.

Hours later the nightly events had began and I was proudly wearing the new tiara for thee new Miss Mystic Falls. It was gold this time which I was glad about, it paired well with my dress and earrings.

I had gone to the restroom before entering the hall, I had re-applied my lipstick, added perfume to my wrists and neck and was feeling as good as I looked.

Everywhere I looked the press and bloggers were taking my picture. I was feeling good and it was going to show in all of my pictures.

I could feel men all different ages and areas of life watching me, I was the girl they wanted to look at, dance with and maybe even take home with them. Then there were the girls, all of them wondering where I got my dress from, jealous of the men taking me on to the dance floor over and over and hating me for being the girlfriend of the most handsome man in the room.

Damon kept me on the dance floor all night, keeping me tightly against him, breathing me in and kissing me every single chance he got.

When he finally got distracted and found himself stuck in conversations with organizers of the event. I found my way over to the bar, I ordered myself a glass of water with lemon before I turned around to take a look around the room. I looked across to the right and found Klaus talking with an older blonde lady, she was wearing a backless dress and had her hands all over him.

Klaus however he looked over her shoulder to me causing my breath to catch in my chest as I looked away from his eyes immediately. He always seemed to catch people off guard which could be very troublesome indeed.

"Miss Gilbert?" one of the photographers made their way toward me "I'd like to get a few more pictures of you if you wouldn't mind"

This girl had been chasing me around the room all night and despite my best efforts she was starting to get on my last nerve. When I looked back at Klaus I found he was talking with someone else now and had his back to me. I smirked slightly almost biting my lower lip when an idea came to my mind.

I stepped towards the photographer and locked eyes with her holding her gaze and feeling my mind speak in time with hers, pulling her under my compulsion.

"Do you know Judge Mikaelson?"

"Yes"

"You're going to go to him and insist he and I be photographed together. Despite my objects you will continue to insist. You will make sure you pose me closely to him until it is the best picture you have taken all night"

She turned her back on me and began to head across the hall searching for him. I turned back around and opened up my clutch checking my small pocket mirror to check my make up, before I applied a small amount of perfume onto my neck and into my hair. I clipped the clutch shut and took a sip of my drink before I felt a light tap on my shoulder.

"Miss Gilbert?"

I turned around finding the photographer had returned with Klaus behind her.

"Erm, yes?"

"I was hoping to get a photograph with you and Judge Mikaelson together"

I looked over to Klaus who slid his hands into the pocket of his suit trousers and looked away from me. So he was going to play hard that's good, I was feeling the moment much myself but I wasn't going to let that stop me.

"I don't know if that's such a great idea"

"It would be great for the website, to see our winner with one of the judges"

I looked to Klaus again and he met my eyes, with a nod he agreed.

While the photographer got herself prepared Klaus came to my side.

"Let's just smile" I whispered to him looking at him through my full lashes.

He looked down at me for a moment and I held his gaze before I drifted down to his chest, his jaw dropped slightly as my hands lifted to his chest and adjusted his tie that did not in the least require the slightest bit of adjusting.

Tonight Klaus and I were on the same level - right at the top of our game.

Klaus came close to my side and his found my lower back, the idea of him enjoying the material of my dress and the heat off my skin did something to my body I couldn't put into words. I hadn't felt this way in a long time, Damon hadn't made me feel this way since the first time we met, Shane flirted with me but Klaus he did things to my body.

I dared to move closer to him until my hip touched against his and I faced him slightly, then brought my hands up to his arms. I breathed him in deeply without his notice and fought the urge to bite my lower lip.

"Cant believe we are doing this" I whispered

"You've always known how to fake it, Elena"

I looked Klaus in the eye at this while the photographer continued to snap at us, a smug smirk crossed his lips.

"Smile for the camera"

I decided to push back both physically and emotionally by stepping closer to him, closing the gap between us, forming a smile nice and slow...very nice and slow. It wasn't obvious that I was flirting with me, but he knew I wasn't going to let him little comment slide.

She continued to capture our moment, as Klaus' eyes never left mine. He was daring me to look away as I was daring him with as equal passion.

He may have liked Caroline, but he may have felt something for me now too.

In that moment when we were close, when he was breathing in my perfume and looking into my eyes. He could have looked away and yet he did not.

"Beautiful" the photographer commented and we both finally broke our gaze.

Professor Atticus Shane P.O.V

For weeks I had found my mind drifting back to the idea of Elena Gilbert. Nothing seemed to stop or control my thoughts, I could be teaching a class, stuck in a meeting or even when I dreamt, she found her way into my dreams. The things we got up to in my dreams were enough to put a bounce in my step all the way through the next day. The girl was remarkable, she was everything a guy could want and the idea of being with her was driving me nuts.

So last week when a young idiot in the lab had knocked over and smashed the casing holding the embryo I had fertilized for Elena I had lost it. I fired every intern working for me and brought in an entire new staff. I'd spent two weeks training them in the new safety and procedural methods to ensure there were no more damages to my work.

But that didn't stop me thinking of Elena, after the embryo was destroyed I found myself thinking of her more.

If Klaus had revealed the footage of Elena and I already then Bonnie would have confronted me about it already. But it turns out she hadn't, she had come to the lab every day and continued to work on her little mission for Elena.

She even kept me updated on everything going on in Mystic Falls. Including the news of the upcoming ceremony for Miss Mystic Falls.

One day last week I had pretended to be rather tired and insisted Bonnie talk about anything just to keep me awake, I told her to tell me about how the event for Miss Mystic Falls. I learned it all, the venues, the times, about the contestants, who was on the judging panel and most importantly how long a time frame I would have to carry out my own mission.

It had occurred to me that if Klaus revealed the footage of me flirting with Elena then not only would Damon Salvatore kill me but it would mean Elena would never ever consider sleeping with me.

Turns out a man will do just about anything for the woman he wants most. History had already proven the amount of men who would willingly give up their lives for a moment with her.

Over the past two weeks I had searched for a vampire, gone to bars and other parts of the city that make any man sweat with fear. But regardless of my fear I had tracked one down, one I supplied with enough rare blood and cash for the rest of the year. Together we drove to the airport waited in the shadows and picked out a guy who seemed to be carrying his entire life in his back.

The vampire compelled him my exact instructions. First he would go to the residence of Miss Ewans during a time I instructed where she wouldn't be there, a time I knew she would be at the practise for the judges, Miss Emily Ewans was on the judges panel and I needed her not to be. So our compelled human broke into her house and slipped a little something I had put together in my lab into everything stored inside her fridge.

She wouldn't be leaving her house for at least a week.

Then with a few reminders of recent donators to the organisation placed on the Miss Mystic Falls director's desk, it came of no surprise when the morning of the competition a phone call was made to Klaus Mikaelson insisting he step in for the judge.

As the event played off into the night our little compelled human made their way to the Mikaelson house, waiting for my signal as I cut the power and disabled all possible cameras within or around the property. With my instruction on where to find the footage I had taken of Elena, the compelled human made their way into Klaus' office, stealing back what I should never have given him.

Then to ensure he wouldn't come looking for me after discovering it was stolen, we had the human compelled to not only steal the footage but to set fire to his office, making it appear that the fireplace was where the fire began, an accident that come happen in any home. Then the cut of power made sense, the wiring was burned and the house lost complete power, no footage, no compelled human, just a household accident that cost Klaus his footage of Elena.

When the human returned to me in the spot we had agreed upon I paid off the vampire and left the human alone with him. I didn't need to know what happened to him after that. But I did hear the screaming...

That night as the music played and the dancing continued I made my way to a local dump, cracked the SD card containing the footage in half and tossed one part of it into a pile of junk and walked almost two miles further into the dump to get rid of the other half.

"I'll see you soon Elena" I said to myself.

Caroline Forbes P.O.V

Behind me Rebekah was clearing up the plates and preparing for our next room service order while I stood at the patio glass panel doors leaning on the archway as I looked out at the beach, watching the waves brushing across the shore line and listening to the birds sing in the palm trees as they settled for the night.

I had my phone clasped in my hands, trying to think of anything but the idea of throwing this thing into the sea.

"Food is gonna be here any minute" Rebekah called behind me

I looked over my shoulder to find she had cleared the table, straightened up all the blankets and pillows and was now lighting the floating candles for the coffee table centre piece.

"How much longer are you going to let me keep feeling sorry for myself?" I asked

"Until the doorbell rings"

I turned back around and focused on the water trying not to think about Elena of all people being the new Miss Mystic Falls.

When the doorbell went I proceeded to close the doors, I turned around to Rebekah who was setting the last candle into the water.

My phone vibrated then and we both heard it.

"Elena again?"

I retrieved the message and studied the photograph of Elena and Klaus staring at each other, he was smirking at her in that special way, you could almost swear Elena was looking at his lips.

The picture was quickly followed by another text from Elena.

Can you believe he insisted we be photographed together?

"What is she saying this time?" Rebekah asked

"She's saying a lot this time" I said softly my eyes never leaving the picture.

Elena Gilbert P.O.V

Klaus and I had just finished being photographed together when one of the jocks from my school had asked me to dance. He had always had a thing for me, he even flirted with me a few times while I was still dating Stefan. So thinking quickly on my feet I turned to Klaus and explained that Klaus had just asked me to dance before him. Despite Klaus rolling his eyes he took my hand and led me out onto the dance floor.

His hand was warm, his skin soft and my hand held tightly within his.

Klaus turned me and I spun around to him placing my hand on his shoulder as his hand found my hip and we began to dance to the beautiful melody playing.

We were gathering the attention of a few photographers as we danced but I kept my focus clear.

"I'm not use to this sort of attention"

Klaus remained his silent self.

"So did I get your vote?"

"No" He answered without pause

Ok why did that sting so much?

"I didn't think I would anyway. So" I sighed "I must really remind you of her"

"Who?"

"Katherine. You two must have danced together a lot, it wasn't like you could go out to the movies for dates in those days"

"Actually my time with Katarina wasn't spent near any dance floor"

"Right" I said softly looking down as I slid my hand further up his shoulder to the base of his neck.

"This wasn't the way I spent last years event, Caroline got the crown and I spent my night locking Stefan up in his basement, trying to free him from himself and his hunger. But you don't want to hear about that"

"I think you'll find Miss Gilbert that when it comes to stories of Caroline, I'm all ears"

He didn't have to be so smug about it.

"But I'm afraid our time is up"

With that the music came to an end and Klaus broke us apart, holding onto my hand in his as he brought it to his lips. Keeping his eyes locked on mine the whole time, when he saw my eyes looked down at his lips he broke away, an arrogant smirk upon his lips knowing he had won by catching me completely off guard.

Half an hour later Stefan and Damon had their fill of the Miss Mystic ceremony and wanted to leave. So they were going to go to The Grill for a few hours knowing I would be stuck here giving interviews and taking photographs. Deep down I just wanted to give them a little time off since they had been really supportive these last couple of days leading up to the ceremony and I wanted to reward them with as little time spent here as possible.

The truth was I had already given all the necessary interviews already.

Ten minutes after Damon and Stefan took off I decided to head outside for some fresh air and to check my phone.

I wasn't at all surprised that she didn't text me back. I thought she would have eventually congratulated me for winning Miss Mystic Falls. But I guess that was too much to ask. Our friendship was taking a turn that I didn't care for, I felt so invested in it, as invested as I had been when we were little and yet it seemed like she was pulling away from me again.

What was her problem?

Maybe I shouldn't have sent her the photograph of Klaus and I but at the same time it felt good, reminding her that she wasn't the only beauty in Mystic Falls. Even if that attention was the attention of the enemy.

At the corner of my eye Klaus stepped out of the building and across the lose stone walkway towards the car park. It was getting dark now, I looked up at the sky and thought I arrange a car for myself. I doubted Damon would be in a good condition to pick me up now.

I watched Klaus walk further away and in the direction of a parked grey Audi that looked freshly polished, clearly his and beyond my price range. Probably anyone else's in the building too.

"Klaus?" I called out

He stopped and looked over his shoulder towards me.

I crossed my arms and began to walk towards him as carefully as I could in my heels.

"Look" I sighed as I edged closer to him "I know this is going to sound ridiculously but could you please give me a ride home?"

Klaus chuckled.

If he thought for a second I wanted to spend time with him he'd eat me alive. I faked a shiver and slowly rubbed my upper arms, his chuckling ended at that.

"I wouldn't ask if I wasn't desperate. Damon is out drinking, he had a really long day here and its bad enough I'm going home to an empty house can you at least make sure I get there in one piece?" I huffed "Please?"

Klaus reached into the inner pocket of his suit and brought out his car key, dis-alarming the Audi before looking back at me.

"Since you said please" He shrugged.

I kept an eye behind us making sure no one saw us leaving together, that was the last thing I needed right now.

I got into the car with him my nerves completely shot and my heart reaching a hundred miles an hour in my chest. I didn't know what I was doing or why I was doing it and yet here I was. Klaus roared the engine to life without giving me a second look and took off out of the car park and towards the main road.

Klaus didn't say a word and I desperately didn't want to be the one to talk first and say something I'd probably regret.

Although I did catch him looking my way from the corner of my eye.

"Are you cold?"

Huh how about that he's a gentleman after all.

"Uh, no I'm actually pretty warm" I said trying not to look his way "But thanks"

In that moment the Bluetooth on his car alerted him on his dash, I looked at the screen and found he had an incoming call from Elijah which he declined.

"Why didn't you answer it?"

"It can wait"

The hairs my arms stood up then, was I reading too much into it? Maybe or maybe not...

In less than a minute Elijah tried to call again which he declined again.

As we continued to drive down the dark road edging closer and closer to the boarding house, there was nothing around us but tree lines, for the first time that whole day it was just us.

"For what it's worth, I wanted to thank you stepping in so I didn't have to dance with that guy. He's sort of had this thing for me for years, I just didn't want Damon to be uncomfortable and cause a scene"

Klaus just nodded his head in response, keeping his focus on the road.

Was he like this with Caroline? Suddenly her not giving into all his flirting made perfect sense.

I took a chance and shifted a little in my seat catching his attention finally.

"The dress clings" I explained

"You should have played it safe and gone with the blue"

I looked forward then "I liked the colour, I picked it out for myself"

"Sure you did"

I glanced his way but he refused to meet my eye. Was he flirting with me? It didn't feel like it.

"What are you saying? I can't make up my own mind?"

With that Klaus pulled off the main surface street and entered the pathway towards the boarding house.

"No. You have a habit of doing whatever you want"

I rolled my eyes "I thought you of all people would have liked that"

"I didn't say I didn't"

Klaus pulled up in front of the boarding house then and kept the engine running.

I unbuckled myself feeling my heart racing in my chest.

"Is that what you like about Caroline?" I asked turning to look at him for his response "That she does whatever she wants regardless of any possible consequences"

With that Klaus finally looked at me and we stared at each other.

"Or maybe you just have no idea what you like about her. Maybe you're the one who can't make up their own mind"

I'd never felt so powerful, so in control of the moment. I felt beautiful, sexy and above all fearless. He could have ripped my head off right then in there but he didn't. In fact he didn't take his eyes off me as I exited the car. Despite the pain of my platform heels I even put a little bit of a sway to my hips as I made my way towards the empty boarding house. I unlocked the door and stepped inside, immediately checking the peep hole and looking out to the driveway.

Klaus was still there.

Klaus Mikaelson P.O.V

I stared at the boarding house for a moment, I didn't enjoy not having the last word and I'd let the doppelganger walk away with it. If she hadn't been wearing that tiara she wouldn't have felt nearly as powerful. She forgot who she was talking to and it was starting to get on my nerves.

If Caroline hadn't been gone for so long I wouldn't have felt so drained and distracted. The only reason I went to the event was to take my mind off of her for a few hours. Elena had walked away with the prize and I had walked away without my balls.

What was it about a girl in a red dress?

I closed my eyes and let my head fall back on the headrest.

She was a girl in a red dress but...she wasn't Caroline.

I retrieved my phone from my pocket, opened my eyes and dialed her number. Holding it up to my ear and waited.

Only to find out she had turned off her phone.

I sighed and fought the urge to send the phone through the window.

However a split second later my phone rang. I turned it around it around quickly in my hand only to groan finding it was Elijah trying to reach me again.

"What?"

"Get back to the house. There's been a fire"

Elena Gilbert P.O.V

My jaw dropped at the sight of Klaus speeding out of the driveway leaving nothing behind but dust and me. I stepped back quickly almost tripping over my dress. I looked down at myself, all put together just for him, for his attention. Tears filled my eyes and before dropping down the floor and sobbing.

What was wrong with me?

I was so ashamed of myself and my mind didn't protect me from myself.

Suddenly all I could think about was Damon, every single time he saved me, every time he proved he loved me, our kisses, our shared smiles and our first time together.

How could I have done this to him?

How could I have done this to us?

I was destroying us. There was no one to blame but myself.

I sobbed for what felt like an eternity, unable to move, sometimes even breathe. I felt so full of shame and disgrace that I might even vomit. I didn't even have the strength to pull myself up from the floor. I knew if I didn't then Damon and Stefan would find me here and there would be questions. I didn't need anymore questions. I needed to get a grip of myself before I sank into a deep dark place that I wouldn't be able to climb back out of.

I had to find myself again, no I had to find a new version of me because I couldn't be this person anymore. I had to change and I had to change soon.

There was no way I was going to allow myself to continue to act on my attraction for Klaus.

I was just so sure that I wanted him, despite my pain, despite the fear, I just wanted to know how it felt to be with him. To be touched by him, to know the feel of his hands upon the inside of my thighs, to kiss him, to hear him groan by name as we entered the sweetest bliss of ecstasy.

But that would never happen. I wouldn't let it happen.

And with that I managed to finally pull myself up from the floor.

Caroline Forbes P.O.V

The next morning I had woke up just before dawn, gotten out of bed, picked up a white blanket from the back of one of the chairs in the sitting room, gone through the patio doors down to the beach, sat down on the warm sand with the blanket draped over my shoulders and watched the sun rise over the water. The sky had been a beautiful shade of light purple and the birds that nested in the palm trees surrounding the villa had been singing gently to one another.

I had sat for almost an hour just listening to their happiness and trying to find my own. I was sitting in a beautiful place, with such tear jerking things around me and yet I was numb to it all. Unable to feel the gentle morning wind against my cheeks and unable to breathe in the scent of the sea water.

I returned inside, braided my hair, gathered up a pair of shorts, t-shirt and running shoes from the wardrobe I shared with Rebekah and made my way into the gym down the hall.

We hadn't used the gym even once since we arrived. But this morning was different, I needed a distraction and I needed it now.

Two hours later I was on the treadmill, at a somewhat manageable speed for a vampire. I was drenched in sweat, wiping my forehead every so often as I focused on the blank wall in front of me. It was how I wanted my mind to be, completely blank and free of imagines and yet I couldn't escape them.

Turns out Elena and Klaus' had been photographed together more than once, there were pictures of them talking, of them dancing and a few of him smirking at her.

She'd worn a beautiful red dress and her tiara was stunning.

She was being talked about everywhere, I didn't get near the attention she was getting. She was being mentioned in all the group chats I was in, it seemed everywhere had pictures of her, some people even mentioned her dancing with Klaus. Others reminded everyone that Elena was dating Damon Salvatore, but there was talk here and there that Klaus Mikaelson had danced with Elena more than once that night.

I had heard Rebekah get up but she hadn't come into the gym. I had hoped she was waiting for me to come out instead of coming in to tell me to get over it instead.

It was in moments such as these that I found myself asking myself why Rebekah and I hadn't been friends this entire time.

Klaus Mikaelson P.O.V

I was on one of the treadmills with Elijah on the other to be left, I was listening to music whilst he was reading the newspaper. Kol was away for a few days so Elijah and I had been up for most of the night sorting out the fire damage in my office. Thankfully one of my hybrids had been dropping something off for me and smelt the smoke, the damage wasn't too bad but enough to need to bring people in.

Elijah and I decided to work out to distract ourselves from the noise of the men working down the hall. Some of my art was destroyed, my laptop, a few tablets and photographs were gone. An assessment had been carried out, it was a simple case of something sparking from the fire and onto the rug, it spread from there.

Unknown to Elijah however my footage of Elena and Professor Shane had been completely destroyed into charcoal. I no longer processed the footage I had worked so hard for, Elena Gilbert's encounters with the professor were now simply my word against hers.

Of course since she had been on my arm at the time of the fire and had no knowledge of the footage I could rule her out entirely.

No it was a simple case of bad luck. Awful luck actually.

Beside me Elijah tapped my arm for my attention and I looked the page in the newspaper he pointed to. A large spread cover of my photograph with Elena, that stupid photographer had captured the worst possible pose of us and had been a feature on it.

Below the picture it read.

Miss Mystic Falls photographed with Judge Nicklaus Mikaelson.

I didn't even meet Elijah's eyes, I just returned to my workout uninterested. Ten minutes later I was drenched and finished up in the gym, making my way down the hall past the men and into the kitchen. I poured myself a glass of fresh orange juice before sitting on top of the counter top beside the fridge, picking up my phone to check for messages. There were a few matters that required my attention but there was also an email.

It was from one of the other judges of the Miss Mystic event.

The judge had provided him and all the other judges with links of every article on the event.

I scrolled through a few of them and there was all good press. Until a particular section caught my attention.

I slid myself down from the counter top upon reading a piece under another picture taken of Elena and I.

"When gossip columnist Nora Laurence asked about Miss Gilbert about her relationship with Judge Mikaelson she said it was professional and private"

I sighed "What the hell are you doing Elena?"

Caroline Forbes P.O.V

"What are you doing?" Rebekah asked as I opened the doors.

"I'm taking back my life" I explained

We stepped inside the most exclusive spa in the entire city and were greeted warmly by the staff. We were provided with a cocktail menu and a brochure of all of the treatments available to us.

Rebekah and I both ordered a cosmo and began to tick off the list of treatments we wanted done.

I got all the painful items done first so they were out of the way, starting with the necessary waxing. In the end I got it all done.

The full leg

The bikini

The upper lip

The chin

The eyebrows

Even...my butt.

Painful? Hell yes.

Necessary? Hell yes.

Turns out cosmos after waxing really do work very well together.

After that it was time for my hair which co-insisted with Rebekah's hair appointment time too.

Rebekah said I wasn't to hold back and I didn't.

I got every treatment I wanted.

I got my hair lightened a bit, they brought in one of their stylists to add in new extensions for me to give me a little bit of volume in my hair, it also gave me a few extra inches to the length. I got a deep scalp massage afterwards.

After that it was time for my facial but not before I got my skin sorted, which meant I went under the microscope and had every blackhead cleared out and every in growing hair dealt with.

The manicure and pedicure followed next, Rebekah and I shared the same private treatment room for that.

When asked which colour I wanted on my nails and toes I had turned to Rebekah and said.

"Blood red"

While the employees did their work Rebekah had talked me through a few things for when we returned. Things she knew I might feel uneasy about and how I had to find the strength to do them. I wasn't going home to return to the way things were, I had plans beyond anyone's imagining and it started by listening to the advise of others, others who were already aware of my faults and the only way I could learn from them was to listen, take the hit and learn.

Rebekah had arranged a surprise for me when it came time for our head and neck massages, we were sitting upright in our treatment chairs while staff from all the local boutiques brought in clothes for us to choose from. I had been a bit shy as always about the more daring items but Rebekah was quick to correct me and after a while I got into it. I selected a few dresses, jeans and blouses as Rebekah worked on something differently entirely.

Rebekah was selecting the clothes we would be wearing the day we finally returned to Mystic Falls. She asked me how I felt about similar outfits and I had smiled and nodded to her delight.

We would both be wearing black skinny jeans, Rebekah would be wearing a pair of Jimmy Choo platforms and I would be wearing a pair of black sway knee length heels, we would be wearing a black blouse, Rebekah's blouse was more skin tight than mine, mine was sheer and Rebekah picked out to my embarrassment a black lace crossed neckline bra, she picked out some hoop earrings for us, diamond of course, two brown Prada Galleria Saffiano leather bags and to pull it all together.

One sleeveless dark brown faux fur jacket for me and one black sleeveless faux fur jacket for her.

After the outfits were put together and our selections were being sent to the hotel for us, Rebekah and I made our way into the massage therapy room, our treatment beds side by side as we got our backs worked on.

"Can I ask you something?"I said through the pillow hole keeping my head down as my upper back was being worked on.

"I've not stopped you yet" Rebekah replied.

I swallowed hard and closed my eyes trying to gather myself before asking.

"Do you think your brother likes Elena?"

"What do you mean?"

"Come on Bex" I said

I just called her Bex for the first time, big mistake. We're not the type of people who do that.

"You mean does he fancy her?"

Huh she completely let it slide...

"Yeah" I said and cleared my throat

"I think so"

I closed my eyes hearing the painful truth I already knew.

"I'm not going to pretend that I know his feelings for you. You wouldn't want me to either"

"I know" I agreed whole heartily.

"Of course he'll fancy her, he's a man and she is hot on some level. A level way below mine"

I smiled without fighting it.

"He's going to see what Stefan, Damon, Matt and who knows even Tyler have seen. She's pretty, she wears tight jeans and she's got the whole innocent victim thing going for her"

"Let's not go there"

"You know what I mean anyway. Besides what I mean is, the line is drawn there. Klaus see's the beauty, the long legs and the tight ass. That's all"

"You can't know that's all"

"Caroline, my brother maybe a pain in the ass, a nightmare to be around, a control freak and-"

"Rebekah" I stopped her

"He's not stupid" She says softly and I listen.

"He's a very well educated man but he wouldn't have to be to know the truth about her. The hard truth that everyone surrounding her knows deep down but will never admit out loud"

"Go on" I encouraged

Rebekah sighed "I don't know if its grief or trauma but-" she paused "Pushing aside all it, even though it's a lot. What no one wants to admit is, I don't think she's very well"

There it was, someone had said it and it wasn't any of her friends. It was a girl who wasn't afraid to speak her mind. Rebekah didn't care for Elena in the slightest but what she said wasn't an insult, it was human.

How did I know? Because I agreed a hundred percent.

"She'll never admit that. I don't know what she thinks of herself or her friends anymore"

"Then what do you know?" Rebekah asked

"She's never going to walk over me again" I replied.

The message therapists had us turn over onto our backs for our shoulder massages next.

I caught Rebekah looking over at me from the corner of my eye.

"Do you want to talk about the photograph?"

I sighed "At this point, which one?"

"Have you talked to him?"

"No" I closed my eyes then "Has he called you?"

"Not for a few days"

I tried my best to relax but my shoulders were tense as they were being worked on which was only uncomfortable.

"Well here's a question for you"

"Go for it" I said trying to focus on just about anything else.

"Are you ready to go back to Mystic Falls?"

Klaus Mikaelson P.O.V

"Christ sake" I hissed as I ended my attempted call to Caroline.

Her phone was still switched off.

Elijah and I decided to get out of the house, Kol was returning later that day and Elijah wanted to have some quiet time before our little brother turned the house upside down as he always tended to do.

We had made our way into town in Elijah's car, picked up his dry cleaning and a few other items around the town before making our way to the suit shop. Elijah was being measured for a new suit while I sat on one of the sofas across from him.

"Problems getting a signal?" Elijah teased looking back at me in the reflection of the mirror in front of him.

The employee continued to work on Elijah's measurements.

"Why don't you just focus on your suit collection and leave me be"

"You've not been in the greatest of moods as of late, brother"

I pretended to be too engaged with something on my phone to answer him.

"You should have taken a few days away with Kol"

"Things always come up when I stop paying attention to my surroundings"

"Such as?" Elijah as as one of the store employees approached him a possible tie to pair with his suit, Elijah tested them together but shook his head.

"Our fire almost burning to the ground for example"

"You've brought in the highest ranking company within fifty miles of Mystic Falls. The damage is to the one room, they'll be finished in the next few hours. Then it's just a matter of re-stocking the room with new pieces"

"Some of those were priceless"

"Indeed. But perhaps it is time that we explore some new pieces. We may even take a trip to Italy or Paris"

I nodded in agreement "Perhaps even Africa, take a few weeks to go on safari"

"It has been a few years" Elijah said and I met his eyes in the mirror, both containing our smirk.

We hadn't been to Africa since the start of the nineteenth century.

I would like to take a few more trips this year and hopefully collect some new art pieces along the way too. Of course I would take my family along with me, have my hybrids keep an eye on things here in Mystic Falls while we were gone. Have them report back to me all doings of Elena Gilbert and her Scooby gang.

Checking my watch I rolled my eyes at the time, we had been here almost an hour and knowing Elijah, we would be here a while longer.

"Nicklaus if you're going to keep sulking do so somewhere else. Go out and get some fresh air"

"If you insist" I said deciding to head over to The Grill and get myself some coffee.

I stepped out of the store and put on a set of sunglasses, the same pair I'd worn in Vegas when I was at the beach with Caroline.

I turned in the direction of The Grill when I came to a sudden stop.

"Elena"

Caroline Forbes P.O.V

While Rebekah was instructing the hotel staff on which clothes went into what room I walked further into the sitting room, my attention on a bouquet of hot pink, dark purple, soft pink and bright white roses. I smiled and their beauty as I reached for the card that came with them.

I opened it up and read the message inside.

Come home - Klaus

There it was, the perfect message and exactly what I wanted to hear. I felt strong enough now to return to Mystic Falls, I just didn't know when exactly was the best time to do it.

Besides there wasn't a need to rush back.

Elena Gilbert P.O.V

After a night of tossing and turning next to a drunk Damon I wasn't exactly thrilled at the idea of getting up early for a photo shoot. But I was trying to take the role seriously and take take on as much responsibility as possible. I was going to have strong rein as Miss Mystic Falls.

I had parked across from The Grill and was making my way towards the town hall where my photo shoot was taking place this morning.

I had my head completely in the clouds when suddenly I was face to face with Klaus. I was completely caught off guard, I hoping not to run into anyone, I wanted to get to the photo shoot and back again as quickly as I could.

"Elena" Klaus said as I took a step back

"Klaus"

He of course looked amazing, sporting large black shades, a long sleeved black jumper and dark jeans.

I however was wearing a pair of jean shorts and a black tank top.

"I was uh, just on my way to a photo shoot for Miss Mystic Falls" I said and watched Klaus' look anywhere but at me "But you don't care" I mumbled.

I cleared my throat "Caroline didn't do hers but I wanted to do it, take the role seriously"

Upon hearing that Klaus pressed his lips together and took a small step in my direction "That's because she used the money they were going to give her for the shoot and she donated it to charity"

"She told you about that?"

"What stuff do you guys talk about anyway?" I asked crossing my arms not sure where to place them otherwise.

"I don't know why you keep chasing her. She's in love with Tyler, she's made that clear to you countless times"

"You don't know do you?"

"Know what?"

"She broke up with the little wolf, a couple of weeks ago now"

"What? No. No she didn't"

With that Klaus began to laugh, he even took off his shades. It was easier to talk to him with those on, I couldn't look him in the eye much these days. It was fair to say I did have a very small crush but it wasn't a big deal it wasnt, it didnt change my feelings for Damon one little bit!

"You didn't know because you didn't ask did you?"

"Excuse me?"

Klaus continued to laugh "When was the last time you asked the poor girl how she was doing?"

"What is your problem? Why are you always trying to cause problems between us? Your little thing for Caroline does not come close to our friendship. Get it through your head already, she's not going to chose you over us. We are her friends, her family and sooner or later you'll get tired of Mystic Falls and you'll finally leave us alone. We'll get back to our lives and be free of you"

Klaus took a step towards me then closing the small gap between us, I held my breath as he lifted his hand up to my cheek and used his fingers to brush my hair back behind my ear.

I continued to hold my breath as Klaus proceeded to lean in towards me, making my hair stand on end as I found my eyes drifting down to his lips. I closed my eyes edging my face closer to his only to find that his hot breath was against my ear and not in fact my lips.

"I wish she was free from you" He whispered into my ear

I opened my eyes before he could see that they had closed. I watched him walk off leaving me behind as he crossed the road towards The Grill. I was such an idiot, I actually believed for a second that he had wanted to kiss me. I thought for a split second that this attraction wasn't just one sided. How could I have been so stupid?

I made my way to the photo shoot, for the hours that followed I smiled and wore the prettiest gowns I had seen in all my life. I was made into a Princess and yet it wasn't enough. I couldn't get Klaus' words out of mind.

"I wish she was free from you"

How could he say that to me? Making me out to be the wicked evil witch in Caroline's fairytale. Caroline wasn't my prisoner, she was my friend, the same friend I had chosen to forgive after what she had done to me. Did he have any idea what she had said to me? Maybe he wouldn't see a Princess then.

Caroline may have been the one to make him think this way, maybe she had crossed paths with him during the time we weren't speaking to each other. Probably filled his head with all manner of lies about me.

The more I thought about it, the more it made more and more sense. It had to have been her.

After the photo shoot was complete I made my way to the photographer and asked for copies of all of his pictures from the night before, I wanted to see every picture that hadn't made it's way online or onto any of the newspapers. Luckily there were a few of us that hadn't a few with my back to the camera and Klaus' hand on my lower back, there was another of when the jock had just asked me to dance and Klaus and I had pretended we were just about to head out onto the floor together, we were both smiling at each other in that picture.

Then there was the best picture of all, the photographer had captured the moment when Klaus had kissed my hand after our dance had come to an end.

I had taken a few other pictures, pictures that did not contain Klaus or I at all, some were of the judges, of the rooms and decorations, the other contestants and even the Miss Mystic dance.

I made my way back across the town square and returned to my car. My handbag now full of all the gathered pictures. I took off from my parking spot and headed out of town completely and kept driving until I was on my way out of Mystic Falls. There was a larger mall two towns over and I wanted to go there to pick something up.

I parked in the underground parking lot of the mall before making my way to the first floor. There was a tech shop just by the entry doors, I made my way there first and with a stomach full of doubt I purchased a disposal phone. I used the phone to take close snaps of the photographs and saved them onto the phone.

After taking note of Caroline's number from my own phone I closed my eyes and hit the send button to Caroline. Like everyone who clicked the send button with a slightest hint of doubt I was immediately filled with regret. But after the way Klaus had spoke to me, it was time the Mikaelson Princess got some insight.

Submitting the other pictures as well as the ones of Klaus and I ensured Caroline would not know the pictures were from me. Not that she would have suspected me anyway. No one saw my crush on Klaus coming, especially me.

Thinking a spot of lunch might help settle me I made my way to the food court. I hadn't had any breakfast that morning so I treated myself to a chicken salad, garlic bread and a latté for my lunch.

I was making my way out of the court when my phone vibrated. I checked my messages to find I had a text from Bonnie.

Bonnie: I just saw Kol Mikaelson in The Grill. He was bragging to the barmaids about a party he was throwing tonight. He was buying a lot of drink Elena...a lot. I think we should be there and keep an eye on things.

The Mikaelsons, it never rains but it pours. It was always one thing after another after another with them.

Elena: Ok I think so too. I'll let Damon know.

I slipped my phone back into my pocket and took a few steps forward before I stopped cold and began to smirk.

A party at the Mikaelson's house and Caroline was out of town.

Suddenly all of my feelings from the night before were the furthest thing from my mind. I blocked out the memory of my sobbing, of the shame and focused on one thing and one thing only.

My curiosity for the unknown.

My curiosity for Klaus.

Now fueled with a sudden burst of energy I made my way out of the court and up to the next floor. I was going to go to that party and I was going to look and feel amazing about myself. I'd show Klaus that I could walk away with the last word, in fact I could show him the Petrova within me and show him a girl who could capture the full attention of not only her man but any man she wanted.

I wasn't going to act on my feelings for Klaus but I wasn't about to be made out to be the bad character. If anything Caroline's actions against me should be further addressed.

The first thing I bought were all the basic essentials to make me feel a million dollars. A pack of waxing strips for my legs and my bikini lining, some gel patches for under my eyes, new tweezers for my brows, a new set of false eyelashes and a clear lipgloss. To give myself a little extra something I treated myself to a set curling iron, I wanted to have large thick curls for tonight.

I searched and searched shop to shop for something to wear. Until I finally fell in love with a beautiful dress.

It was a short dark grey sequence dress that I paired with a new set of black leather seven inch platforms.

Before leaving the mall I made my way to a nail salon on the forth floor, I didn't have to wait too long for an appointment, I had just enough time to text Damon and Stefan and warn them about the Mikaelson party that night. They both agreed to come and keep an eye on things. Damon and I even exchanged a few flirts before I was called for my appointment.

I took a seat and went through the selection they had on offer.

My choice?

Matte black polish with a square shape finish.

The matte black would pair perfectly with my dress and heels.

I finally made my way back to Mystic Falls, I played music the entire ride home. No one was home when I arrived which suited me just fine. I didn't want to act out of the ordinary so I quickly disappeared upstairs to Damon's room.

I dumped all of my shopping bags onto the bed before kicking off my shoes and making my way over to his closet. I picked out a black shirt and trousers for Damon to wear and hung them from the closet door so it would appear I made a little extra effort for him for him coming home.

After that I proceeded to empty all of my new bags out, I took my dress and found a hanger for it, before I placed it on a hook in the bathroom where it would be safe and free from any possible splashing.

I ran myself a large bubble bath treating myself to extra bubbles and bath salts. Then afterwards with my skin still soft as honey I proceeded to wax my legs, my bikini line and my under arms. I curled my hair and pinned it so the curls would stay in place as I proceeded to begin my make up.

After I finished unpinning my hair I covered it in hairspray before adding some earrings. Before adding some body spray, perfume and bronzer to my chest.

I watched my reflection as I put on my dress, it fitted perfectly, it was a little shorter then my typical style however the heels gave me extra height.

Damon entered the bathroom then and gave me the once over making me laugh. He came up behind me and pressed his centre into me, pushing me against the sink counter. I bit my lower lip watching his reflection as he lowered the straps of my dress.

He bent me over the counter ever so slightly as his hands proceeded to slid up under my dress and up to my waist.

I closed my eyes as the shame took over my body and I allowed my imagination to take full control.

A few hours later we found ourselves on the dance floor, the music was just above a comfortable level, the room was in total darkness with nothing but neon lights bouncing from the walls and ceiling to give the room any form of light.

Everywhere all the guests were wearing some form of glow stick on their person. Some with bracelets, others necklaces, glasses and a few had even painted their skin in neon paint.

I was wearing two pink glow stick bracelets on either wrist and Damon had a neon green chocker on.

We were grinding in style with the music playing at the time. It was clearly a Kol Mikaelson sort of party, from the music to the girls walking around with multi coloured shots, some of them even with flames.

I had saw all of the Mikaelson brothers already, Elijah disappeared early enough, Kol was at the other side of the dance floor dancing with two girls with dresses up around their butts. I had saw Klaus talking and laughing with a few girls and taking a few shots that were being passed around everywhere.

When Damon excused himself to go to the bathroom I decided to head over to the bar and get myself a drink.

I entered the room with the bar and paused finding Klaus was one of many at the bar. I checked my hair and cleared my throat before making my way over to his side. I looked his way and stepped a little to the side to create distance.

"I didn't see you there"

"Crashing another one of parties?"

"I'm keeping people save"

"By drinking and grinding?"

"Its none of your business what I do. Besides-" I looked his way "You shouldn't be watching me. But that's your thing isn't it?"

"What?"

"Liking girls you can't have"

"I could say the same about you and the Salvatore brothers"

Did he just admit he does like me? My cheeks glowed for a moment before I reminded myself Damon was just upstairs.

"Stop pretending you know me"

"Who's pretending? You have a bad habit of letting everyone know every feeling you have"

"What is your problem?"

I watched him taking a shot and I dared to ask "Do you miss Caroline?"

He shot me a look immediately, it almost made me take another step away from him. I looked away from him.

"Just move on already Klaus. Leave her alone"

"No man could leave a girl like her"

"Well she's got a list of old boyfriends she's happy to be away from"

"All boys not men" Klaus leaned towards me to tell me as the music got a little louder then.

"Now she knows the attention of a man, love. Suddenly all those boys look pathetic. Their immaturity has reached new levels, suddenly all they do is pitch at your nerve endings"

With that said I began to think of everything Damon has done to get on her nerves, the things she had tried to ignore, tried to change about him, the things her friends had to say about him and the way he would sometimes treat her and their relationship.

"Now she's the top. She's not going back" I stopped and found the strength to look back at him again "Here's a question, why Caroline?"

Klaus proceeded to down the shot the barmaid placed in front of him then, necking it back like a pro.

"Where's Damon? Shouldn't he be the one dealing with you and all your questions?"

I shook my head and tried to hold back my smile "I don't think you like talking about Caroline. Maybe you're finally realizing you cant have every girl you want"

With that said our eyes met and despite my heels I suddenly felt very small.

"Watch your tone" Klaus growled, the black veins beneath his eyes threatening to expose.

"You wouldn't do anything to me, we're in a crowded place"

"Oh there are a few things I could do to you and get away with it"

"I doubt it"

The electricity between us was clear, I would have worried about Damon walking in and seeing us had I not been so hymatized by Klaus' eyes.

"Klaus" I whispered so quietly he didn't hear it over the music.

In that moment Klaus' eyes left mine as something behind me captured his attention. My brows furrowed watching his expression soften

"What?" Klaus mouthed

I had barely turned around when Caroline walked by me and right into Klaus' arms. I stood back and watched as she out of nowhere proceeded to kiss Klaus. My jaw dropped slightly as I watched a surprised Klaus be kissed, she brought his hand up to his cheek as the other one found its way to the side of his neck.

Klaus kept his eyes opened for a moment, clearly taken back by the kiss. But all too quickly his eyes closed as he began to smile against her lips, opening his mouth ever so slightly as he returned it. He brought one of his hands in through her hair and brought the other one to her lower back bringing him closer to him in the process.

I stepped back ever so slightly taking in the sight before me.

What the hell was going on?

I studied Caroline, she wasn't wearing a stitch of clothes that I recognize in the slightest. A fur faux jacket? She was dressing like a Mikaelson!

When Caroline pulled back from Klaus she was smiling ear to ear, especially when he proceeded to kiss her one more time making her laugh.

"I'm back" Caroline said to him.

Neither of them taking their eyes off each other.

"Caroline?"

She glanced at me before almost immediately bringing her attention back to Klaus.

"What the hell are you doing?" I demanded to know.

"Let's go, love" Klaus said to her taking his hand into hers and bringing her with him as they left the room together.

I followed them after a moment to find out what was going on. I ran into Damon who was also watching them pass by him.

The two of them joined Rebekah and Kol in the hall, Klaus placed a kiss on Rebekah's cheek, Rebekah who was dressed almost identical to Caroline. I stood and watched in horror as Klaus said something to Kol making him laugh and Kol talking to Caroline like they were friends.

What the hell was happening? What was I looking at?

Damon took my hand in his and I shook my head not taking my eyes of them for a second.

It was plain to anyone watching her now what had happened. It was so painful to watch but it was true.

"She's turned off her humanity"

Throughout the night I tossed and turned yet again while Damon slept soundly. I had walked up and down the stairs of the boarding house, even made up the fire in the parlor room to keep warm while my mind searched desperately for answers.

What had happened to Caroline to make her do this? Had she really been with her mum all these weeks? What the hell was she doing with the Mikaelsons?

There were so many questions and I doubted she was going to be giving us answers any time soon. She had ignored me last night and after Stefan and Bonnie came to my side and saw Caroline with them we had all taken off together. It was such a shock to us all that we all agreed to go home and start fresh in the morning.

Now Rebekah was back in Mystic Falls too which also meant she would be returning to school soon enough. Back to going after my life and no doubt she'd go back to taking over the squad soon enough too.

I had to be smart about this, put myself ten times in front of Caroline in order to save her from herself.

I was going to help her.

I had a shower early that morning and washed out my hair to remove all traces of my curls from the night before and all traces of my make up. I always wore a light amount of make up to school each day, unlike a certain blonde Mikaelson who always went above the necessary.

I put on a pair of dark blue jeans and a pink t-shirt, I hadn't worn this t-shirt for a while, it was the same top I had worn when Rose had kidnapped me.

I gathered my bag and books and set off for school early. I was going to get there ahead of them and start the day off right by leading this mornings cheer practice.

I made my way to the school and collected my uniform from my locker before making my way down the hall to the gym. I was caught off guard at the sound of music playing from inside by the time I reached the door to the gym. I opened it only to watch in horror at the sight before my eyes.

Rebekah and Caroline were standing side by side in their uniforms, both appearing to be leading this mornings practise together. Both of them leading a routine I had never even seen before and very happy doing it together.

Caroline Forbes P.O.V

"She's watching us" Rebekah said through clenched teeth as she continued to smile at the squad.

I glanced over at her and smiled myself "It feels good to be home"

I wasn't sure what became of my old friends that day, after Elena stormed out of the gym and slammed the door shut behind her we hadn't seen her all day. Actually I didn't see any of them all day, not even during lunch break. They could all be ditching for all I knew. Rebekah and I caught up with our lessons in the cafeteria that day, there was a lot of work to do but we didn't mind, I didnt think either one of us regretted going to the villa and ditching class.

After school finished for the day I met Rebekah outside by her car like we had agreed. She was a nervous wreck so I told her I would do the driving which she agreed to without any argument.

I drove us outside of town, maybe around twenty miles or so to a private clinic Rebekah had selected during our flight home last night. She had already collected the sample she had stored at the clinic back in Mystic Falls and we were going to have her procedure taken care of in a private clinic.

The staff at the clinic were very nice, they had given Rebekah a choice of music tracks to listen to for during the procedure and a selection of mood set lights with a dimming option to them.

I had stayed behind the curtain while Rebekah got dressed into her hospital gown, despite her arguing I had folded her clothes for her as she handed them out from behind the curtain. I didn't pull back the curtain until she was on the exam table and covered fully for the procedure.

I rolled the stool over to her side and took a seat. Rebekah cleared her throat as I sat down, drumming her nails into the side of the exam table.

"You're okay" I whispered into her ear and she again cleared her throat in response.

"Can you just talk about something else?"

"Like what?"

"Anything" Rebekah said closing her eyes trying to calm herself.

I went into my bag and retrieved the white blanket we had blessed by the island women who also said a prayer for Rebekah's pregnancy by candle light.

"Tell me what you're going to have for dinner or something for goodness sake" Rebekah said and a tear fell from her closed eye.

I draped the blanket over her stomach and immediately brought my hand to the top of her head.

"I was thinking a cheese burger" I whispered into her ear like a secret making her laugh ever so slightly.

"Sounds good" She agreed keeping her eyes closed.

"But you know I won't stop there"

"No?"

"God no, there's got to be some fries, with chili sauce, but not your average amount, no no, i'm eating that ugly"

Rebekah chuckled.

"Yeah it's gonna be over my chin and at least a little bits going to get in my hair"

"That's very expensive hair"

"Yeah but the burger doesn't care about that" I laughed "It only cares that it's not sporting the same look as the McDonald burgers do in their adverts. Those aren't burgers. Those are lies"

We laughed together and with her eyes still shut Rebekah took hold of my hand.

The doctor stepped inside then followed my one of the nurses in pink scrubs.

"How are you feeling Miss Mikaelson?"

"Terrific" Rebekah mumbled.

I smiled at the doctor and mouthed "Sorry"

"So are you ready to begin?"

Rebekah opened her eyes and looked at me first and smiled ever so before looking up to the doctor, nodding her head.

Of course she was ready.

She was ready to become a mother.

Klaus Mikaelson P.O.V

I returned to my room after showering, my towel around my waist with a smaller one around the back of my neck. On my nightstand by my necklaces my phone vibrated on the spot, I made my way over to it with a small bounce in my step believing it may be Caroline.

I opened it to find it was a text from an unknown picture.

"What the fu-" I stopped myself.

The picture was a girl with black nail polish clutching her breasts. You couldn't see her face, or below her chest, just what she wanted you to see and no more.

This girl wasn't Caroline, I knew for certain.

I looked down at my unmade bed, the sheets still contained our sweat, her lipstick stains and her bra was still tucked beneath my pillow. Her underwear was across the room next to the shirt she had ruined by ripping off me.

Elena Gilbert P.O.V

My hand trembled as I proceeded to turn off the phone, tucking it into my back pocket and out of sight of me and Bonnie who entered the bathroom with me in that moment.

"This is just what you need" Bonnie said placing her bag of items she had brought over with her onto the sink counter top.

"Are you sure we should really do this tonight?"

Bonnie sighed "Yeah, yeah I think the sooner the better. It's for her own good. We're only trying to help her" she told me.

I nodded in agreement.

"I just can't believe it's come to this, Bonnie"

"I know, I know"

Bonnie began to unpack the bags placing the items onto the counter and I stood back watching her do it.

Caroline Forbes P.O.V

"I can't be ready in an hour" I told Klaus as I stepped out of my car and closed the door behind me.

Holding my phone to my ear and using the other to lock the car behind me.

"I don't mind what you wear, love. But I will enjoy taking it off"

"Didn't you get enough last night?" I asked quietly glancing around for any of my neighbors.

"Did you?" He teased

"You are impossible"

"I know you told me, twice"

I rolled my eyes "Where are we going anyway?" and turned in the direction of the house.

No response.

"Klaus? Are you still there?"

"I'll pick you up soon, love"

"Erm, alright" I said slightly puzzled by his change of tone.

Where did his attention go?

Klaus Mikaelson P.O.V

I made my way down the stairs my eyes on my phone screen looking down at the new photograph from the same number as from before. This time the girl was hiding her breasts with her arms, only this time she was revealling part of her nipples.

"Who the hell are you?" I whispered

Caroline Forbes P.O.V

I unlocked the front door and stepped inside the hallway, dumping my keys into the bowl and turning on the light above me. I sat my bag down on the side table and went in search for the light switch in the sitting room.

I turned it on only to find I did not like what the light brought with it.

In the sitting room I found Stefan and Damon standing by my fireplace, Bonnie was sitting on the coffee table with Matt sitting in one of the armchairs.

"Well" I said softly looking from one of them to the next "This is unexpected. What are you all doing here?" I asked crossing my arms in front of me.

Bonnie looked at the boys before standing to her feet and facing me.

"Caroline we've been talking"

"I think I've seen this scene before" I said.

"We've been talking and we think, we think you should leave Mystic Falls"

I didn't see that coming I thought to myself whilst trying to keep my expression blank and free of the shock they craved for.

With that said Elena finally came into the room from the dining area, slipping her phone into the back pocket of her jeans.

Elena who was suddenly BLONDE!

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Will Klaus arrive in time to help Caroline?

Should Elena give up on her crush on Klaus?

Will Rebekah's procedure work?