AN: sorry its been so long since I updated this story, but here's the next chapter and I have more written :)

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"I thought you were getting ready?" Caroline walked out of the bathroom with a cover-up on and her hair in a bun.

Klaus opened his eyes and looked over at her. "I literally just need to put on shorts."

She scoffed. "Well do it."

He sat up and started to unbutton his jeans, pulling them down daringly.

"Klaus!" she covered her face with her hand and turned around. "Really?"

"You said to get dressed, love," he smirked.

"I didn't mean to undress in front of me!"

"Can you pass me my shorts they're right over there," he pointed to the open drawer under the TV.

"Klaus Mikaelson, you are going to be the death of me," she groaned and turned around, still covering her eyes and gave him the shorts.

"I am the death of many people love," he grinned.

"Stop smirking!" she groaned again, bringing up the conversation from before.

He chuckled. "Let's head out."

"Can I open my eyes?"

"Yes."

She turned around and tried to hide the blush on her face.

"Let's just g-go meet them at the pool," she stammered and turned around quickly.

He saw her face turn into roses and smiled in victory. "After you."

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"Caroline, did you eat a hot pepper?" Kol asked with a raise of his eyebrows as they crossed paths on the way.

"Shut up Kol," she grumbled.

"Stop checking her out idiot," Rebekah pulled Kol away from Caroline.

"Can we just go one minute without everyone bickering?" Klaus closed the gate after they entered.

"Nope," Rebekah and Kol answered in unison.

Caroline ran over and threw her stuff on a chair, quickly taking off her cover-up and stepping in.

"Wipe that drool from your mouth Nik, you like look an actual dog," Kol teased.

Klaus shook off the image of how outstanding she looks, and joined them.

"This feels really good," Rebekah commented.

"Really good?" Kol smirked.

"Kol shut up."

Stefan moved in to sit next to her and she leaned against her chest.

Caroline noticed the frown on Kol's normally cocky face as he looked between her and Klaus and Rebekah and Stefan.

"Hey guys, I need to make a quick call," Caroline blurted and started to get up out of the water. "I promised my mom I would call her when I got back from the park."

Klaus nodded, knowing her true intentions. "Go, love."

"Be right back," she slid on her flip flops and ran through the gate, wrapping a towel around her waist. She pulled out her phone and clicked on one of the contacts. "Bonnie?"

"Caroline? Hey!"

"Hey, can we talk?"

"Sure, about what?"

"What are you doing right now?"

"I'm at my house, practicing some spells."

"Boring."

"Well, you're in Disney," the witch chuckled.

"You could be too."

"What?"

"What do you do when you're not practicing magic? Elena and Damon are off being in love… so what about you?"

"Um-Matt and I sometimes hang out…."

"Any dates? Boyfriends by chance?"

"Caroline are you okay?"

"Bonnie!"

"Fine! No! But you shouldn't be talking! I don't see you with anyone!"

"Actually…"

"Actually?"

"Do you still sorta have a crush on Kol?"

"Kol Mikaelson? Care what are you getting at?"

"I don't know, just answer the question, Bon."

"Fine. I think about him... all the time."

"Seriously?"

"Yes."

"Bonnie Bennett, get your ass down to Florida right now."

"What?"

"Can I trust you?"

"Of course."

"Then get down here. We're going to have fun."

"Aren't you alone?"

"Not exactly…"

"Wait are you-?"

"Do you want to see Kol?"

"Maybe…"

"Then maybe come down here and you'll get to."

"Seriously?"

"Yes."

"Okay. I'll be there. I need time to get away. Spontaneous girl trip."

"And maybe guy trip," she added quietly.

"Caroline."

"See ya. I'll text you with the hotel and stuff. Do you want me to compel you a room?"

"No it's fine, I'll buy it care. Actually, I was thinking about joining you for a while now. Whatcha doing now?"

"Pool, hot tub, sun," she summarized.

"Can't wait."

"See ya, Bon."

"Bye Care."

Caroline hung up the phone and entered the pool area. Kol and Rebekah were bickering and Stefan and Klaus were talking.

"How'd talking with your mom go?" Stefan asked as she stepped into the hot tub.

"Oh fine, she misses me though," Caroline lied. She eased herself into the water next to Klaus, trying not to meet his knowing gaze. "So, what did I miss?"

"Nothing," Klaus sighed and lounged back, pulling his sunglasses down to cover his eyes.

"More bickering," Stefan added.

"If you two are going to bicker the whole trip, we're dropping you," Klaus threatened.

"I can do what I want Nik," Rebekah scoffed.

Kol rolled his eyes and got out of the hot tub.

"Where are you going?" Caroline frowned.

"In the actual pool, it's too hot in here. Especially with all of you being lovey-dovey."

"I'm coming!" Rebekah got up and ran next to her brother.

"Two minutes ago you were at each other's throats," Stefan reminded her.

"Yeah well, I didn't know there was a slide before!" Rebekah pointed over to the slide.

Klaus let out a groan and Caroline giggled.

"What?"

"Nothing," Klaus sighed.

"I made Klaus do that yesterday," Caroline exposed.

"Nik you did that?" Rebekah said.

Klaus sat up and nodded, taking his sunglasses off.

"Stefan come on!" Rebekah pulled on his arm.

"Fine," Stefan agreed. "You two coming?"

Caroline looked to Klaus who seemed reluctant. "We'll catch up with you in a bit," he replied for them.

"Alone time?" Caroline proposed.

"What did you go do?" he asked quickly.

"Um-I called Bonnie."

"Caroline..."

"Come on! Kol is miserable! Plus, he will get out of our hair if Bonnie is here to distract him!"

"How did she feel about you being here with me?" he asked hesitantly.

"Well, I didn't technically tell her..."

"What?"

"I did but didn't."

"And how did you do that?"

"I just told her that she should come down here because she's probably bored back in town and I asked if she still had a thing for Kol."

"And?"

"She does," she smiled. "Bonnie is lonely back there, Elena and Damon are always together. She says she hangs out with Matt occasionally."

"He's such a bore."

"Hey!" she playfully hit him on the arm.

"I'm not wrong!"

"Just because he's not supernatural doesn't mean he's boring."

"Whatever," she sighed and started to get out of the hot tub. "I'm getting out, and I won't drag you on the slide."

"Surprising."

"Hey, you've done everything I've asked, I'll give you freedom," she giggled. "I'm going to lounge out for a bit, you're welcome to join."

He nodded and stood up with her, vacating the hot tub and laying out on the lounge chairs. "They look like they're having a ball," he commented as Kol slid down the slide and landed on Rebekah and Stefan.

"We had our fun yesterday."

He chuckled. "We did."

"Thanks for today, it was fun," she smiled.

"Tomorrow will be even better, and hey, the days not over."

"True," she giggled.

"You and my sister seem to be getting closer."

"Yeah we are, especially when we saw Leo's outfit in that shop near the Tower of Terror," she reminded him.

"Ugh don't remind me."

"We literally freaked."

"It was embarrassing."

"So you do get embarrassed?"

He shrugged and leaned his head back. "Relax for a bit, Caroline. Enjoy the sun. We have to leave in a few hours."

"Sounds perfect to me."

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"Caroline, love, wake up," Klaus tapped her lightly on the shoulder.

"What time is it?" she groaned, taking off her sunglasses and squinting at the new blaring light.

"We have two hours before we have to leave," he said softly. "Thought I should give you enough time to get ready, since you take forever."

"Oh okay," she sat up and slid her shoes on. "How long was I out?"

"Like two," he said. "Actually if Rebekah didn't come and get me up, we would have both missed our reservations."

"Where is she now?"

"Back at the room with Stefan, she said that they stayed here a little bit with us but then left like an hour later."

"Okay, are they coming tonight?"

"I don't know, we'll check before we leave. Hopefully not."

"Okay let's go."

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"Wow you look-beautiful."

"T-Thanks," she blushed and twirled her golden hair around her finger.

Klaus told her that he was taking her to an Italian restaurant at Disney's Boardwalk Resort.

This whole entire trip she has looked naturally beautiful. Last night at the Rainforest, when she slept in the bed next to him, when she was at the pool with him. Everywhere. He couldn't get away from her enchanting aura. She was natural light, always brightening up the room when she walks in it.

He was lucky. Beyond lucky.

"Ready to go?" he asked, gesturing for the door.

She nodded and they flooded out of the hotel

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"Why do I feel like I'm at an actual boardwalk, but... not?" Caroline wondered, looking around.

"Because we are," he stated the 'obvious'. "I feel like Rebekah and Kol are going to pop out at any time."

"They may have said that they weren't coming, but Stefan seemed to break a bit."

"He can't lie," he said, remembering their time together when he was the ripper. "He was never good at it."

"Nope. So expect a surprise visit from them sometime tonight."

They entered the restaurant and the waiter sat them down at a table in the back of the room. "This place looks nice," she mused, looking around at the elegant paintings on the wall and the designs filling the room. "Though you could probably do better."

"Maybe, but these tell great stories," he pointed to one of the paintings behind her. "You can tell by the way the people's expressions are formed, also the way the atmosphere is behind him. Since theres no dialogue, the looks on the peoples faces allows you to see into them, understand them somehow. The scenery around the main focus creates a mood and conjures up a setting to give some background."

"I never really understood art, I mean its pretty but-"

"That's why you need to look past just colors on a canvas. Every painting has a hidden message."

"So what do yours have? I'm guessing blood and death, it seems like your go-to."

He chuckled. "Depended on the century."

"Course it did."

"I told you that one of my landscapes is hanging at the Hermitage, right?"

"I remember that, the night of the ball. You said that no one would notice."

"No one does," he said. "Granted, the signature is minuscule so Mikael couldn't track us down."

A frown fell over her face. "You were running for that long?"

He nodded. "Not long after we were turned we were constantly running, but we don't have to do that anymore."

"Well did you ever think after all that running you would be here?"

"Not in a thousand lifetimes," he admitted and smiled down at her.

"Aw how cute!"

Klaus hit the table with his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Seriously Rebekah?"

"We're here!" Kol grinned and sat next to Klaus.

"I knew you would appear eventually," Caroline sat up more.

"Would you like to move to a bigger table?" the waitress came over and asked.

"Sure," Kol wrapped his arm around his brother's neck. "Sound good Nik?"

He huffed and got up quickly. "Thank you," he said to the waitress.

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"I told them to ease themselves in," Stefan tried once they sat down at the bigger table.

"They did a great job with that," Caroline said sarcastically.

"Excellent, right?" Kol smirked.

Caroline scrunched her nose and looked to Klaus who was next to her. "You okay?" He seemed to drift off, his eyes almost blank. "Klaus?"

He blinked and looked at her. "Yeah?"

"You were staring off into space..."

"I was…?"

"What's wrong with you?" she whispered.

"I-I don't know," he stood up again. "Excuse me."

"Klaus?" Caroline turned in her chair so she could see him leave. "I'm going after him," she started to stand up before Stefan grabbed her arm.

"Don't. Leave him," he said.

"But-"

"Stefan's right, Caroline," Rebekah said more seriously. "When Nik storms off just leave him."

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Klaus walked out of the restaurant and into the warm Florida night air. Something was messing with him, he started to feel hot in there and lightheaded.

"Niklaus," a familiar voice said behind him.

Klaus turned around and held in a shocked gasp. "Finn."