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"So 10 hours, right?" Caroline asked as Klaus pulled out of her driveway.
"Yes, 10 hours, without traffic."
"Oh god how I hate traffic," She pouted. "Do you need a GPS thing?"
"'GPS thing'?" He teased at her wording, earning a scowl from her. "No, I studied the routes before I picked you up, I should be fine."
"Yeah, but I'll need it when I drive," she said.
"No, you won't," he looked at her.
"I don't know where I'm going—"
"I'm going to drive the whole way."
"You're going to drive a whole 10 hours, yeah, fat chance."
"I think I can handle it," he reassured.
She scoffed. "Well when I take over, I'll have my headphones and be all good."
"Whatever you say, love."
"So," she settled into her seat more. "Where are we staying?"
"Didn't you say it was supposed to be a surprise?"
"Yeah, but… please tell me you didn't pick the most luxurious resort there because thats a very you-like thing to do."
"The Grand Floridian? Nah, I didn't," he assured. "I chose something not crappy, but not as grand."
"Perfect."
"Are you excited?" He asked genuinely.
"Are you? I mean you've never been here before either..."
He sighed. "I'm happy that you're letting me go with you."
She blushed slightly. "Yeah, well, you offered so…"
"I just didn't expect Disney…"
"What like Rome or Paris? Yeah, we'll go there eventually but expect the unexpected, Klaus."
She said we'll go there sometime.
"I expect nothing less."
The car was quiet for a while, occasionally some snips of a conversation, until Caroline grabbed her headphones to settle down for a few hours before she took over.
"Try to sleep, love, when you wake up we'll be probably in Florida."
"No I still want to drive, Klaus," she insisted. "I don't want to wake up by you crashing into a tree because you were falling asleep while driving! So when you get tired, tell me and I'll drive, it'll be fun."
He opened his mouth to protest but then decided not to. "Alright."
She smiled and put her headphones in, resting against the seat and closing her eyes.
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Klaus never woke Caroline up, he didn't need to. She was fine and he was fine driving. Sure, he was tired but he's the original hybrid, he can deal with it till later.
It was about 5 am now, the sun was just starting to peak over the horizon. They were three hours into Florida by now, since once you enter it still takes 4 hours to get to Disney.
Klaus watched her sleep from time to time, not trying to be creepy or anything, but that was his only distraction. He listened to music too, stuff that Caroline probably wouldn't like if she was awake, like classical stuff.
She started to stir beside him, taking out her headphones and stretching.
"What time is it?" She yawned, shaking the sleep from her face which was adorable for him to watch.
"5."
"Klaus!"
"What?" He asked innocently.
"I was supposed to take over!"
"Well, I wasn't tired!"
"Yeah now I know you're lying I can see it in your face!"
"Actually, I'm fine," he assured.
"Whatever," she scoffed. "How much longer?"
"An hour."
"Want me to—"
"No."
"Fine," she huffed. Her posture changed when they flew past a sign. "Oh my god! Is that a Disney sign?!"
He smirked. "They'll start to show up from now on since we're getting closer. People these days have a need to advertise, obviously since we're still an hour away from our destination."
She looked at the signs as they passed in awe. One had Elsa and Anna from frozen on it, promoting the new 'Frozen Ever After' ride in Epcot. One was for avatar land in the Animal Kingdom. Another had Nick Wilde and Judy Hops from Zootopia on it.
"You look like a kid in a candy store."
"I am! I've seen all of these movies!"
"So, you're a Disney fanatic?"
"As a kid, my mom and I would always watch Disney cartoons and shows."
"What was your favorite?"
"I really liked Tangled, oh and The Little Mermaid too."
"Let me guess, baby Caroline wanted long hair to swing from and to swim like a mermaid in the sea like Ariel."
"Wow, yeah that's part of it."
"And the other part is to have a prince charming, I assume."
She sighed. "Yes." He seemed to tense up but then his posture sank. He was hurt by it and tried not to let it show, knowing he would never be good enough for her. "But, then again, they're too perfect," She tried, earning a side glance from him.
He let out a little smirk and pointed to another sign up ahead. "We're getting close."
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"Oh my god, the spread out a sigh!" She squealed.
"The spread out what?"
"Well last night when I was waiting for you, I watched a video of these two youtubers named Tim and Jen who entered Disney and Jen called this sign the 'spread out sign'. You know, since it spreads out to both sides of the road with Mickey and Minnie?!"
Klaus sighed with a smile. "So how much youtube did you watch?"
"A lot, Tim and Jen Tracker are really funny. They go here like 3 times a week which is totally insane!"
"Well they must live by here," he reasoned.
"Yeah," she said.
"So we're in Disney now…" he told her.
"Wait what?"
"Yeah your 'spread out sign' was the entrance!"
"Oh my god!" She jumped up and repositioned herself so she was hugging one knee and the other leg was underneath her.
Klaus looked at her and smiled, she looked like a puppy glued against the window like that.
"So Klaus, where are we staying?"
Klaus pursed his lips together. "Do you want it to be a surprise?"
"Yes and no…"
"Care to guess?" He reasoned.
"Um sure," she sat back down. "Is it the Caribbean Beach? That place looked cool."
"No."
"Coronado Springs? It's like the Caribbean but like, Mexico themed."
"Mexico themed? It's Mexican themed, love."
"Well?"
"No."
"Ugh okay. Port Orleans?"
He stood still. "There's a bloody Port Orleans?"
"So I'm guessing no…"
"Wait there is? I would've booked that!"
"Yeah inside are three sections, the French Quarter, The Bayou and The Riverside."
"Bloody hell. No, but we are going to visit there."
She giggled. "Fine."
"Keep trying love," Klaus said, looking out in the distance, seeing the hotel for himself.
"Umm— the Polynesian?"
"Nope."
"We established no for the Grand Floridian, right?"
He nodded.
"Pop century?"
"No way," he laughed.
"Really? That place is so cute!"
He looked at her and smirked. "No, carry on."
"The Contemporary—" she looked straight ahead. "Oh my god!"
He smiled at her reaction. "I figured you would like this one, also I may have scanned your watch history on youtube."
"I'm not even gonna ask how you did that…" she sighed. "But this place is amazing Klaus!" She sat up a bit and side hugged him.
He smiled at the contact but didn't want her to let go when she did. He wasn't with her, he didn't kiss her, nothing. Her acting like this around him is great, but this is also how she acts around her friends. She's more than a friend in his eyes.
The resort was huge. It was shaped almost like a giant trapezoid. Klaus did research and found out that each hotel room in this resort was made separately and when it was being built, each cube was slid into the main building. But there was more to the hotel than just the building before them. Outside of it, there are garden rooms on the floor and not in the tower. He even read somewhere that there is a second whole tower.
Outside, Klaus found a parking space and the pair walked into the lobby. The floors were composed of large, beige tiles and the ceilings were streaky spruce wood. To the right, there was a little coffee area with donuts and muffins. In the middle there was a big, cylinder-like thing engraved with blues and grays, possibly to look like the ocean. The top of it lit up, creating a classy mood. On the far left there was the check-in section along with some seating areas and carpets, a lemon and water station too.
"Wow," Caroline awed. "This is so beautiful!"
Klaus could think of something else that was more beautiful. "Yeah, it is," he said, looking right at her.
Did she blush?
"Well come on love, don't you wanna get to the room?"
She smiled as he led the way to the reception.
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They walked around for what seemed like forever to get to their room. Their room wasn't in the main part of the building, the tower, it was out in the garden which Caroline preferred, Klaus too because in the tower there were a lot of screaming kids down below in the restaurants and shops. It's more tranquil out here.
"It's so hot," Caroline complained.
"I think that's the first time I've heard you complain today."
"Yeah well, it is!" She checked the weather. "It's 92 degrees!"
"You're a vampire, love, you shouldn't get too hot."
"Says the man in the long-sleeved Henley shirt and black pants."
He smirked as they approached one of the rooms, their room. "Room number 222," he read as he unlocked the door, revealing the cool air inside.
Caroline ran inside and jumped onto the bed. "That feels so good."
Klaus closed the door and rolled her bag inside since she ran in.
"Did you even look around?"
She sat up and came to stand by him. "I'm guessing you have some tour planned out, don't you."
He nodded. "You know me, well love. I haven't been here and I planned to take you to a place I can show you around, but for now, I'll show you around whatever I can."
He put her hand on the small of her back, jolting electricity through her body.
"You okay?" He asked innocently, feeling her jump at the contact.
"Uh yeah."
"So right here is the bathroom," he pointed to her right. Inside was interesting looking. The sinks were huge squares and the shower was grander than most resorts. "Here is the closet," he said, facing the to the left. There was plenty of room in there, even two white robes and slippers.
He started to walk inside. "Here are the two beds," he pointed to the two beds against the brown painted wall. They were white and had a zebra patterned sheet at the bottom. Two yellow decorative pillows sat at the top of each.
"I'm surprised you got a room with two beds," she mused. "I so thought you were gonna get only one."
He chuckled. "I knew you would run for the hills if I did that so, I thought this would suffice."
She smiled as he continued his tour. "Here against the left wall there is a TV, and next to it is a couch that also pulls out into a bed."
"Oh okay so even if you did get only one bed there would still be a couch," she said.
"Yup, and I'm guessing you would make me take that then, right?"
"Oh you know me too well," she smirked, playing on his comment from earlier. "So anything else for our grand tour?"
"Well you see, the floors are covered in a lovely dark gray carpet and the walls are hung with pictures," he joked, acting like a real tour guide. "Over here is a lamp placed on top of an 1897 cherry wood desk furbished in New Orleans."
"That's made up right," She said to make sure.
"Yes," he clarified. He walked away and headed towards the sliding glass door. "Also, this door leads out into the resort," He teased, opening the sliding glass door at the end of the room.
"You're a dork!" She realized. "You are so not the Klaus Mikaelson from Mystic Falls!"
He chuckled. "Yeah, well, I want to have fun here, with you," he said sitting down on one of the chairs outside on the patio. They were on the first floor, facing out towards the middle of the resorts. It didn't face the pool, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing, but it only faced more hotel rooms. It was quaint, lawns of grass from other rooms were spread across the area and there was a lot of shade.
Caroline stepped out as well, standing next to Klaus's chair with her hand against the back, inches from his neck. "I could get used to this," She smiled.
"So you're not dying of heat anymore?"
"No, the room is air-conditioned and it's shady out here," She sat down next to him on another chair. "Anything else I should know?"
"Well, love, do you know how this place was created?" He asked.
"Disney? A little I guess, why?"
"No not Disney, this resort."
"Oh, no.."
"Would you like to know?"
"Okay Mr. British Encyclopedia, go ahead."
He adjusted himself to sit upright. "Well, I read that each individual hotel room was made totally separate from the main tower, you know, where we check in before."
"Yeah, I remember."
"I don't exactly know if it applies to these rooms in the Garden wing, but each of those 'hotel-room-cubes' were placed into the slots of the tower."
"Like Legos?"
"Sure, if that helps," He said. "Just imagine, giant cranes picking up each one of the pre-constructed individual hotel rooms and sliding it into each slot."
"That must have taken forever."
"It was built around 48 years ago."
"Wow, you really did your research."
"Yeah but we have to do a lot more now," he said getting up.
"Like what?"
"Planning."
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