AN: Here's chapter 2! This one is shorter because I wanted it to be left on a sorta cliff hanger... you'll see. There us some funny Klaroline stuff in the beginning when they're leaving and arriving.

4:45

Caroline ran into her room and grabbed her passport. She groaned at how awful she looked in the picture. She stuffed it into her purse and ran out into the main room. Crap. She ran back into her room, her boots clicking on the ground and made sure everything was unplugged. She ran back out and made sure everything was unplugged in the kitchen, which it was.

"I already did this," Caroline said to herself, she had done it that morning. She grabbed her suitcase and put her backpack on top so that she could wheel it with the luggage. She took one last look around her apartment.

"Bye apartment! I won't really miss you, because I'm going to Aruba, but don't think I'm cheating on you with other apartments, because I'm staying in a BEACH HOUSE!" She said to herself. "I'm talking to my apartment, I've really gone crazy."

She flicked off the lights and opened her door. It clicked shut and she locked it with her keys. She checked the time and it was 10 of. She went over to Klaus's door, which was like ten steps, and pounded on it with her fists. "COME ON NIK WERE GOING TO ARUBA!"

She heard something fall inside of his room, crash maybe? He ran up to the door and, maybe forgot something so he ran back into his room. A minute or so later, he ran back out and opened the door.

"Hey Caroline," He said frantically putting on his right sock whilst putting on his left shoe. He was about to fall from having his leg bent up to pull his sock on and trying to shove his other foot into his shoes.

"Woah there," Caroline grabbed his waist and shoulders, which steadied him. He got his left shoe and right sock on, so he started to put on his right shoe. He finished and stood upright.

"What happened to your hair?!" She said touching the shaggy mess of short dirty blonde curls, which to her, was very attractive and cute, maybe hot, but she didn't need to tell him that.

He shrugged. "Do you need blood or something?" She asked.

"I had a few hours ago, I'm fine."

"Well I packed all the different types in a cooler bag, for you, me, Grace and possibly her friend."

"They're vampires?"

"Yes, well she is, I don't know about her friend," She studied him. "But really what happened to your hair?! And your eyes?" His eyes were slightly red around the edges.

"I feel asleep watching the Office," He rubbed his eyes and yawned.

"Well I need to fix that, we still have about ten minutes," She grabbed his hand and dragged him back inside his apartment. He spun on his heel and let her drag him into the apartment, grabbing the handle of her bag and letting it roll into the room.
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Grace

Grace went over and put out some bowls of chips on the table by the TV. She counted in her head how many people would be coming and how many blankets and pillows she needed to spread out in the living room. Me, Caroline, Leo, Caroline's friend, Barry.. oh and Barry's friend, Crisco? Plus his plus one, so thats 7. She grabbed 7 blankets out of the linen closet and set them on the couch. She also grabbed 7 pillows and put them next to the blankets. She was excited to meet Caroline's friend, Caroline's hot friend. It was about 10 of when she heard the doorbell ring. She vamp-speeded over and opened it.

"Hey Leo!" She hugged him. Caroline was normally ten minutes early, so she totally expected it to be her.

"Hey Grace!"

"Oh, champagne, thanks! You didn't have to do that." She read the label.

"On no problem."

"Party's here!" Barry speeded in holding donuts. Leo turned around to look at the new face.

"Grace why is no one here? Im a half hour late."

"No you're perfectly on time," She grabbed the box and set it on the island.

"You said 4:30."

"Yeah because I knew you would be at least a half hour late so that's why I told you the party started at 4:30, so you would be here, on time, at 5."

He pointed at her, "Smart girl."

"I just realized, Caroline isn't here, her usual is 10 minutes early."

Leo stood there uncomfortably, "Oh, god, sorry Leo, this is Barry Allen," Grace pointed to Barry.

"Hello Leo, i'm Barry."

"Hi Barry nice to meet you," They shook hands, Leo felt a little odd not being recognized right away, usually he was.

A few minutes of chatting passed before they heard a bang at the door. "Grace! IM SORRY! OH MY GOD I'M NOT TEN MINUTES EARLY! I HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS TRAIN WRECK!" Caroline yelled.

"Leo, be prepared to meet your OCD match, Caroline Forbes."

"I'm all ready, and I already sense it," He teased.

Grace went and unlocked the door. "Hey Care! Your la-"

"Late yes I know! It's not my fault! I stepped out of the door at 4:45," She rambled.

"It's fine, you're on time."

"Oh and I brought a movie!"

"What movie?"

"Titanic! I know you love that movie."

Grace cursed under her breath. Leo stepped back.

"Wait I know you..." Barry looked at Leo. He silently shook his head. "Grace makes us watch that movie all the time!"

"Hold on," Grace grabbed her bag and Klaus's bag, without realizing it was Klaus's and closed the door, pulling Caroline out into the hallway. She didn't even know Klaus was there, who just stood idly by and watched.

"Don't freak out Care," She said.

"Why..."

"Just promise?"

Caroline nodded as Grace took the DVD out of her hands. Caroline looked at her confused while Grace turned back inside. She looked at Klaus and shrugged. Klaus looked a bit bewildered and well, nervous, but confused as well. She grabbed his hand and let him follow her inside. Caroline saw her and Klaus's bag in the corner and she saw that Barry was already there, and her friend, she guessed because there was another bag.

Klaus followed shortly behind Caroline. Grace turned around and looked at Klaus. Her eyes got wide and her mouth dropped, he didn't notice because he was looking around the room. Grace whipped Caroline away and started to talk to her.

"Again?" Caroline whispered.

"Ohmygod that's who brought?!" She smashed her words.

"Yes..."

"He's so HOT!" Caroline blushed and laughed. "What's his name?"

"Why not you ask him, but just one thing…"

"What?"

"He not the most sociable person, so make him feel welcome, but not overly welcome, because he was really nervous to come and meet everyone."

"Why is that? A man that hot should not have insecurities."

"Well he does, a lot and i'll tell you why later."

"Uh sure," Grace walked away and up to Klaus. "Hello!" She smiled.

Klaus turned around. His hair was still shaggy because Caroline couldn't manage to fix it and frankly, she didn't want to.

"Hello," He smiled. She turned to Caroline as if to say, holy crap his accent is the hottest thing ever.

"I'm Grace," She held out her hand.

Klaus hesitated but shook her hand. "Im Nik."

"Well hello Nik nice to meet you. I've heard a lot about you."

"I've heard a lot about you too, love."

Caroline ran up to Klaus's side. "He also goes by Klaus, or Niklaus."

"No not Niklaus, I never liked that name. My 'father' gave me it and he was a rather awful person… so just call me Klaus, Nik if needed."

Grace's face went blank. "N-niklaus…?" She's heard the name before, from Leo. She tried to hide her concern.

"Yeah I know, its a weird name so thats why I go by Nik or Klaus."

"I call him both," Caroline said. "Nik when I'm really excited, like now, and Klaus when I'm everything else."

"It's different, but its cool," Grace smiled. Leo walked out of the room and into the main room. "Oh Caroline, Nik, this is Leo."

Caroline and Klaus turned around. Caroline's mouth gaped open. Grace mouthed to her, "play it cool."

"Hello," Leo smiled, holding out his hand. Klaus looked at him weird, as if he knew him, not just from TV, though.

"Uh... hi." Caroline shook his hand, a bit to aggressively. "Y-you're Leo DiCaprio."

"I know," He grinned. "I've heard a lot about you."

"M-me?! You've heard a lot about me?"

"Yes, by Grace."

Caroline's mouth gaped open. "It's so nice to meet you, Leo."

"Same to you Caroline, Grace says we have a lot in common."

"How so?"

"She says you have crazy OCD, like me."

"Ohmygod you have OCD?! Like crazy OCD."

"The craziest."

"No one is worse than her," Klaus chimed in. "Hi I'm Nik."

"Im Leo," Leo shook his hand. Caroline liked the fact that Klaus was warming up to her friends.

"Okay so I packed stashes of blood! A+, B+, A-, B- and o-Positive, o negative and o," Caroline announced showing them the cooler. "It's arranged into sections.

"It's so perfect," Leo said bending down to see the organized blood stash.

"We'll have it for the plane, and some of the trip, till we stop at a blood bank for more."

"Ew, I still don't understand how you all drink blood." Barry said plopping down on the couch.

"You're not a vampire?" Klaus asked.

"No, have you heard of the Flash?"

"The comics?"

"Yeah, but screw the comics, they don't know what they're talking about."

"So you're like a superhero?" Leo asked.

"Pretty much."

"Well just to be clear for the two new people in this room, I'm a vampire, Grace is a vampire, Barry is the Flash, which means he has incredible speed a bit faster than Vamp Speed, Klaus is a hybrid, part wolf and part vampire..."

Leo shot his head up when Caroline said Klaus. "Klaus? I thought his name was Nik."

"Well it's Niklaus, so I go by Nik, or Klaus," Klaus told Leo.

"You're a hybrid?" Grace hopped off the island and walked up to Klaus. Klaus started to feel weird and uncomfortable.

"Yes..."

"Excuse me for one second," Leo said and he ran to the bathroom. His face got paler.

"Grace what's wrong?" Caroline asked putting a hand on her shoulder.

"N-nothing," Grace sped off to trail Leo. "MAKE YOURSELVES AT HOME!" She shouted from the bathroom.

Klaus looked down at the floor. "Did I say something wrong?"

"No, no, you didn't. I don't know what happened." Caroline put her hand on his shoulder. "Bar any ideas?"

Barry shrugged. "I've never met him in my life, except for in that Titanic movie."

"Thats where I know him from!" Klaus realized. Caroline laughed and brought him over to sit on the couch with Barry.

Grace+Leo in the bathroom

"Leo what the hell?!" Grace ran into the room. Leo was standing by the sink. "Why'd you run out? Caroline said he has problems warming up to people and I don't think that helped much," She crossed her arms.

"You know you've heard the name before Grace," Leo said, turning to look at her.

"Of course I know, Niklaus Mikaelson, but it doesn't mean that's him."

"Who else would have the name Niklaus?! And be a hybrid?!"

"Some people could! Leo you never know!"

"But I do! A hybrid! Im a hybrid! Our father was a wolf, Grace."

Grace looked at him. "He's your brother."

AN: Plot twist? Maybe? Well Ansel apparently had another son in this story... How will Klaus react?

Heres the house! Incase you didn't see it in the last chapter this will be the house they will be staying in! Link below, ill try to post it with each chapter

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