Hello, my lovely readers. Thank for the great response to this story. I love all the new reviews, favs and follows. Over fifty followers for two chapters. That just blows my mind. I really hope you continue to love the story because it is highly experimental.
Okay, so we finally got to see a Klaroline hook-up but there was a certain amount of disappointment due to Klaus' agreement to not come back. Does everyone understand their new mission? We MUST continue to read, write, talk about and support our favorite couple as much as possible. This does not mean bashing other characters or the writers as much as that might feel good temporally. We must be proactive and vigilant in our shipping and not give up hope as tempting as it may be. In the meantime I do my part by writing as much Klaroline support as my fingers can deal with.
I'll shut up now. Until next time…
Chapter 3: Art is Amazing
It had been two weeks and Caroline had not heard a single word from Nik Mikaelson. When she asked Rebekah about it Rebekah had simply shifted uncomfortably on her bed and then made a lame excuse that she needed to leave. Shoving her books into her bag, Caroline refused to feel sorry for herself. Just because she had been in the guy's bed room on the verge of maybe, possibly having sex with him making him the first guy she had felt comfortable enough with to do that with did not mean she needed to go around moaning and groaning about it.
Shoving the strap of her bag onto her shoulder, Caroline went to open the door when there was a knock. Opening it, she waited for the person to say something. She was not in the mood to speak first. "Caroline," feeling her shoulders slump as the voice wafted through her ears, she tried to keep up a cool demeanor.
"Sorry, I have to get to class," Caroline started to walk out into the hall when she slammed into Nik's body. "I really need to stop doing that," she muttered. Side stepping, she moved forward to collide with him again. "Nik!"
"Are your roommates here?" Nik asked, his lips close to Caroline's ear.
"No. but -" Caroline began to say when Nik's one arm encircled her body and he pulled her off her feet, carrying her into the room. Taking her bag off her shoulder, he dropped it to the floor. "What are you doing?" Caroline gasped, as he walked quickly. When her back made contact with her now cool bedspread, Caroline's mouth began to work but she couldn't think of what to say.
"Nik, I need to get to class," Caroline finally said quietly as she felt his hand, pulling her shirt up and running his fingers over her stomach making her bite her lower lip. "Seriously! I have to go. It's the first day." She protested, attempting to move from under him.
"For what? So, you can be handed a syllabus and be told what is on a paper you can read yourself," he whispered placing his mouth where his fingers had been just seconds before. "I can teach you much more in the time you would be wasting in those classrooms."
Feeling her ability to think failing her, Caroline settled into the comfort of her bed as Nik's mouth opened slightly and he ran his lips slowly up to her bra. Reaching up, he took hold of her t-shirt and pulled it over her head. She felt his breath against her lips. This time his sister did not come knocking on the door when his lips pressed to hers. Opening her mouth slightly, Caroline felt Klaus' tongue slide in gently, moving with her own.
Moving her hands to the bottom of his shirt, Caroline stripped Nik's shirt off and moved her hands against his bare skin. Pressing her mouth to his neck, she began to suck gently at the crook of his neck causing him to place his hand on her butt and press her closer to him. "Caroline, you need to stop, love. Or this will be going a lot faster than I had originally intended for it to," Nik warned her.
"I don't care," Caroline moaned. "I want you. I want you now."
Nik became quiet and then Caroline felt his hand slip to her jeans. Pulling the button loose, he unzipped her pants and then lowered his lips to her hip bone. Easing her pants off slowly he began to kiss her inner thighs causing Caroline to shiver in anticipation.
"Are you sure about this, Caroline?" Nik asked her.
Caroline leaned forward cupping his face between her hands. "I've never been this sure about anything."
Feeling him take each of her hands and then kissing the palms before he took her left hand and place it on his stomach and then she heard the sound of a zipper. Feeling him lower her hand Caroline waited for him to show her what to do. Suddenly there was the noise of a key rattling in the lock.
"Oh, wow," Hayley said and then she began to laugh. "Umm… I forgot a book for my class which starts in like fifteen minutes. So, I'm going to get that. Caroline, I have my hand over my eyes because I did not want to see that. Sorry. And aren't you in that class, too?"
Caroline groaned and then shoved Nik off of her. She must have underestimated her strength because she heard a bang and grunt. "Oops."
"I should be going," Nik said and Caroline wanted to die. She just wanted to be hit with a meteor or something right now. "Good-bye, Caroline. Hayley."
"Good-bye," Caroline called weakly.
"Bye," Hayley called cheerfully. When Caroline heard the door close she felt the bed shift as Hayley flopped down beside her. "So, how was he?"
Shaking her head, Caroline groaned, "We didn't get that far."
"I'm sorry," Hayley told Caroline. "Next time you'll have to text me or something. I'll make sure Rebekah stays away, too. Promise. But it looked like it was getting hot in here."
Shrugging, Caroline reached over the bed to find her clothes. "Should we be getting to class? We're already late." Since Nik had thrown her clothes she couldn't find them. She felt the bed shift.
"Here," Hayley said, pressing Caroline's shirt against her hand gently. "You know you can ask for help sometimes. It doesn't lessen your status as a strong, independent woman."
"Thank you," Caroline replied, pulling her shirt over her head. Hayley handed her her jeans.
"Okay. So, we have about eight minutes to get to class," Hayley announced before they got up and hurried out the door. "So, are you dating Klaus or something?"
"Who's Klaus?" Caroline asked, feeling confused as they ran down the stairs and out the front door.
"Niklaus Mikaelson. As in the guy who you were all over," Hayley teased her as they walked as quickly as they could toward the main campus.
"Oh, I thought his name was Nik." Now, Caroline was wondering what else she didn't know about Nik or Klaus or Niklaus or whoever the hell he was.
"Rebekah and Kol call him Nik. But everyone else calls him Klaus," Hayley replied. "I mean he's extremely hot. I would definitely do him. But from what I've heard from Rebekah and Kol he's not that nice. He tends to get a girl into bed, losses interest and then moves on to the next one."
Caroline felt uncomfortable as they walked into a building. Running up a flight of stairs, Hayley became very quiet just before Caroline heard her turn a doorknob and walk inside a room. "Hello there. Did you ladies have trouble finding the room?" a deep voice called with amusement.
"Yes, we did. Sorry. Won't happen again," Hayley called back as she grabbed Caroline's hand and led her over to a seat. Sitting down, Caroline turned her head toward where she believed the sound of the deep voice had come from.
"Welcome everyone, to History 1023. This semester we will be studying the history of the world. Unfortunately we will not be able to cover a great amount of the world history. We will be beginning our study starting in 1900 and making our way toward 1950.
We will be studying that period for selfish reasons on my part. I am currently working as a teaching assistant here at Whitmore. This is my first year working on a Master's degree in history. If you would like to learn more about our graduate program in history, please, ask me after class. Now, let me introduce myself I am Professor Elijah Mikaelson."
"Another one," Hayley murmured in Caroline's ear.
"Is there a question, Miss? I'm sorry I don't know your name. Would you like to introduce yourself to the class and state the question again so I may answer it?" Elijah inquired.
Caroline turned her head in Hayley's direction and could hear her roommate's breathing quicken as she shifted in her seat. "I… ummm… uh… I'm Hayley Marshall and I was wondering if you were related to Rebekah, Kol and Klaus Mikaelson?"
Elijah sighed, "Yes, I am, Hayley. Why do you ask?"
"Well, Caroline, here," Caroline felt Hayley's hand on her shoulder, "and I are Rebekah's roommates," Hayley informed Elijah. "So, you're another brother of Rebekah's, aren't you?"
"Yes, I am," Elijah replied slowly. "Well, we should be moving on," he began to tell the class what the requirements for the class would be and Caroline could hear Hayley's breathing quicken every five minutes. Feeling her lips twitching, Caroline had to stop herself from texting Hayley that "she was hot for teacher."
When the class was over, Hayley linked arms with Caroline and she heard Hayley call out, "Bye, Professor Mikaelson."
"Have nice first day, Miss Marshall," Elijah called back.
When they were out in the hall, Hayley began to laugh, "Oh, Caroline. That family has too many hot men. This is absurd. I think history is going to be my favorite class. I will have to get details from Kol about his big bro."
"Since when have you been hanging out with Kol?" Caroline asked. She thought she remembered vaguely Hayley saying something about going out on several occasions during the past week and not giving out details when Rebekah was in the room.
"We met at the party and he apologized for running in to me. So, we had some drinks in his room. Went at it like a couple of teenagers but I made an excuse and left before things went too far. Usually I would have gone for it. But I didn't want to hear Rebekah's judgmental crap in the morning. So, we've been hanging out. He's kind of cool, if you ignore the part where he's nuts and tries to unhook your bra like every five minutes."
Caroline began to laugh as they headed to their biology class. "Caroline?" someone called and Caroline suppressed a groan. It couldn't be… "Caroline Forbes. Hey, it's me, Tyler Lockwood," she felt a hand on her arm.
"Hey, Tyler," Caroline replied, feeling shy for no good reason. "I thought you were going to school in Washington."
"Yeah, I was. But then my dad died. My Mom asked me to come back to be closer to home," Tyler told her quietly.
"Oh," Caroline replied. She couldn't believe she had forgotten that Richard Lockwood had passed away over the summer. Or someone killed him. It really wouldn't shock Caroline if Carol Lockwood had rid herself of her husband. It was no secret that the husband and wife did not get along. "I'm really sorry, Tyler."
"It's okay. I mean it's not. But we're coping," Tyler replied. "So… I'm Tyler and you are?"
"Hayley Marshall, I'm Caroline's roommate," Hayley informed Tyler.
"Caroline. Hayley. Over here," Rebekah shouted and Caroline turned in the direction of Rebekah's voice. "Come sit with us."
"Yes, please do," Kol called.
Hayley, Caroline, and a man who she could only assume was Tyler because she could smell his cologne, headed down the stairs together. "Hey, Caroline," Stefan's voice came to her through the mix of other voices. She could make out Rebekah's, Kol's, Elena's, Bonnie's, Hayley's, Tyler's and Damon's talking at once.
"Hey, Stef," Caroline called. She felt a hand take hers. He led her through the line of legs poking out from chairs. Finding an empty seat, Caroline sat beside her friend. "So, what is Damon doing in a freshman class? Did he flunk the first time?"
"I heard that, Barbie," Damon snapped, leaning against Caroline's arm rest and she scowled. She should have known that she took the seat next to him.
"Go away, Damon," Caroline snapped.
"Make me," Damon snapped back.
"Hello, students. Welcome to Biology 1000. This term we'll be learning about blah, blah, blah," Caroline drifted off inside her mind and forgot all about Bio until the lecture was over.
"So, what's your next class?" Stefan asked.
"Art," Caroline replied. "I decided to take an elective. So, I'm taking beginning drawing."
"I'm in that class, too," Stefan informed her. "I'm not really a great artist but I thought I'd give it a shot."
"Hey, did you say you're in a drawing class?" Tyler asked them.
"Yes," Stefan told Tyler.
"Cool, So, am I. I wonder if we're in the same one?" There was the sound of paper being unfolded. "Looks like we are," Tyler said, sounding happy.
They walked together over to the creative arts building. Tyler and Stefan were talking about a football game and Caroline was drifting off again until she heard a door open. "Go ahead, Caroline," Stefan called. "I'm right behind you." They took the stairs. And Caroline wondered if Rebekah was complaining about her shoes hurting her feet after all this walking.
"Caroline?" Caroline heard a voice call when she stepped inside the classroom.
"Nik? I mean Klaus. Or whatever your name is," Caroline retorted, her voice coming out coolly.
Feeling hands touch her shoulders, Caroline felt herself being moved across the room and away from Stefan and Tyler. "Caroline, what is wrong?" Klaus asked his lips against her ear and his hand on her hip.
"Not the place. And certainly not the time." Caroline snapped, placing her hands on his chest and pushing him away. Walking away, she ran into a desk and cursed. "Damn it," she cried, feeling a stinging pain in her thigh and more stinging in her eyes as tears began to form.
A hand touched Caroline's back and she was about to tell Klaus to get the hell off of her when the person spoke. "Hey, let's get you out of here for a moment," Stefan whispered. He took Caroline's hand and led her out of the class room. "So, what was that?" He asked once they were in the hallway and he had pressed a tissue into Caroline's hand.
"That would be the guy I like… or liked, who apparently is a major player, according to my roommate." Caroline informed her trusted friend, who placed an arm around her and she leaned into him. "I have the worst taste in guys, Stef. I mean there's got to be one decent one out there, right?"
"Yeah. There probably is," Stefan replied, stroking her back. "Until you find him you've always got my shoulder to cry on."
Caroline laughed, "Yeah, thanks for that. I guess we need to go back to class before people start thinking I'm one of those whiny girls who can't deal with school on the first day."
"I don't see how anyone could ever see you like that, Care. You are one of the strongest women I know," Stefan replied and Caroline smiled as they walked back inside.
"Just don't let me sit anywhere near him. Will you, Stef?" Caroline begged.
"Sure," Stefan led her over to a chair in a corner. And she heard Tyler close by talking to another classmate.
When they sat down, Tyler called to Caroline, "Hey, you alright? Because I'll kick the guy's ass if he hurt you."
Smiling, Caroline reached out and took Tyler's hand giving it a squeeze. "I'm good. Thanks for being a good friend, Ty."
"No problem," Tyler replied.
"Good day, class. Welcome to intro to drawing. During this class you will learn the fundamentals of line, composition and symmetry. I will attempt to provide a helping hand during the term. But the work really comes from you, the student, and how much of yourself you put into the work. Your first assignment is to create a drawing of something or someone that inspires you," the professor told them.
When the class was over Caroline put her things away and hurried out of the room. "Caroline, wait," Stefan called, chasing after her.
"Sorry. I just needed to get out of there. Like now," Caroline ran a hand through her hair as she spoke.
"Did you notice anything?" Stefan asked as he came to walk beside her down the stairs.
"Ummm… what was I supposed to notice?" Caroline asked.
"The name of the professor," Stefan said, like it should be obvious. Caroline thought about it. She hadn't really been paying attention when the woman had introduced herself. "Her name is Esther Mikaelson."
"Oh," Caroline said, her lips pursing. "So, they have another sister. Huh. Rebekah said she had brothers."
"I think that was the mother," Stefan replied, causing Caroline to miss a step and she would have fallen down the rest of the stairs if Stefan hadn't grabbed her.
"So, we're in a class with Klaus Mikaelson taught by his mother. You have got to be kidding me," Caroline murmured, shaking her head. "Do you have time to walk with me to registration?"
"Why?" Stefan inquired as they walked outside.
"I'm not staying in a class with him and his mother. No way," Caroline told him, shouldering her bag. It was bad enough she was living with one of them, had another for a history Prof. But there was no way Caroline would be taught art by the mother while trying to ward off the son.
Peanut mm: Thank you. In this story there aren't too many things that Klaus can't handle. Although there are things like rejection and finding out family secrets… as well as a few other things that I will not say to not spoil things.
AurorMartinez23: Thank you for coming back. And I hope this doesn't scare you off. No, Rebekah is not going to end up with Stefan in this fic. This story is almost a crossover between TVD and TO. However, I had to choose to place it the TVD slot because how much of it take place in Mystic Falls. So, if that gives you any idea of who Rebekah is going to get involved with in this story… Caroline's surgery is in chapter 10 among many other things. Stefan is quite protective of Caroline in this fic and you will see quite a bit of their friendship as the story progress.
SabbyDeeKnowles: There will be lots of Klaroline.
Ouat-in-vampirediaries: NO! Definitely not. I have one all human fic. When I started writing the fic I had to decide whether to keep them human or to explore supernatural ideas because that is one of the biggest draws to TVD. When I made that decision caused I lost readers while writing "The Mystic Falls Dare Club" and I hope this does not disappoint you.
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