ATTENTION READERS: Although I have not been answering reviews as quickly as I used to I have a good reason now. I have not been able to login to my account using my phone anymore. So, I can only see your reviews using my e-mail and cannot respond to them. If you want a quicker response please let me know and I will do my best. If you read this please say pineapple in a review. Thank you. End of unofficial note.
Hello, my lovely and loyal readers. To get you through the Klaroline hiatus. (My number one OTP.) There are too many relationship hiatuses on the TVD/TO right now. Klaroline, Delena, Racel (Haylijah or Kalijah depending on the day) and Marbekah (new name for a ship. I haven't decided which one fits.) There're all over the place people. My favs being the three above the writers are killing me here. So, anyway, end of note. See you next week!
Chapter 5: Words that You Can't Take Back
Klaus stayed true to his word. When Caroline arrived in her drawing class the next day with Stefan and Tyler, he did not attempt to talk to her. Sitting down, she listened to the cadence of Esther Mikaelson's voice as she began to discuss details of what she expected in the class. Then Caroline's ears perked up.
Twisting her head ever so slightly to the side, Caroline heard Klaus' voice as he whispered something to someone. Then she heard a feminine giggle. Feeling her heart skip a beat, Caroline turned her head toward his mother one more time. Then there was another giggle. "They should get a room," Tyler whispered to Stefan.
"Excuse me, Niklaus. Is there a problem?" Esther asked, stopping mid-lecture.
"On the contrary everything is rather lovely. Thank you for asking. Now, please, do not let me interrupt you from giving your students a proper education in the rudiments of drawing," Klaus replied slowly and with more than a small dose of sarcasm.
"If I bore you, Niklaus, then might I suggest that you find the registrar's office and check the drop class box? Then you might find something more to your liking." Esther replied, her voice coming out as sharp as a knife and Caroline wondered if her weapon had drawn blood. Hearing a chair scrape the floor, she suspected it had.
"Forgive me for wasting your time. And mine." Klaus snarled before stomping out of the room.
"Niklaus," Esther called. "Excuse me. I will be back." Caroline felt the air around her move as Esther swept past her and the door opened to be shut swiftly behind her.
Then there was the sound of angry yelling and another calmer voice in hall. The voice that was yelling belonged to Klaus. Caroline heard him saying something about taking the bloody class to gain just the slightest amount of his mother's attention. The other voice, belonging to Esther, saying that flirting with his female classmates was childish as well rude. Then there was the sound of one pair of feet moving away and another moving back toward the door.
"I'm sorry about that, class. That is why children should not take classes with their parents I suppose," Esther told the class, who began to laugh at her comment which was given out lightly. However, Caroline thought she heard a small amount of regret in the woman's voice before she continued. "Where were we… oh, yes…"
Caroline stopped listening. She wondered where Klaus had gone to and if he would return to the class or whether he would drop the class.
"That was entertaining," Tyler said when they exited the building.
"What part?" Stefan joked and Tyler laughed.
Whirling around, Caroline glared at them both. "That was not entertaining. I do not know what is wrong with either one of you."
Stomping away from her two friends, Caroline made her way toward her dorm. Right now, she did not want their company. Pulling out her phone, she spoke into it. "Taxi company," she said, making a decision.
Getting into the cab, she told the driver exactly where she wanted to go. When she arrived, she got out and walked toward the door. Opening it, she made her way up the stairs and down the hall. Knocking on the door and forcing any sense of reservation out of her head, Caroline waited for a response. When the door opened, she heard the person on the other side sigh. "What are you doing here, love?"
"You do it because you think your mother doesn't love you? Isn't that right?" Caroline asked him.
Hearing Klaus walk away from the door but not hearing it shut, Caroline placed a cautious foot forward before stepping over the threshold. "I have no idea what you're talking about, Caroline," Klaus called from where she figured was the kitchen. Closing the door, she stood by it because she was unfamiliar with the room. "Will you be standing by the door the entire time you're here in case I try to bed you and dump you like you have no feelings? Sorry about the pour paraphrase but I'm sure you get the point."
Sighing, Caroline took a few steps farther into the room. "It's a defense mechanism because you think every woman you meet will reject you like you think she did."
Klaus laughed while walking back into the living room. "Maybe you should switch majors to psychology. Then again, you couldn't be farther from the truth. So, maybe not."
"But it's because you're hurt. So, you lash out. If you allow anyone in, you're making yourself vulnerable," Caroline continued, making her way slowly toward the sound of his voice.
Stopping when she heard the sound of his footsteps coming toward her, Caroline inhaled sharply as his scent filled her nostrils. Klaus slid his arms around her, resting them right above her rear end. She sighed, resting her face on his chest and they began to sway to the sound of their own heart beats.
"Do you want to know why, love?" Klaus asked, suddenly his lips at her ear.
"Yes," Caroline told him earnestly.
"Because they make it so very easy. They're just these silly, young women who just want so desperately for someone to pay them attention. They want it so badly that they are happy to throw caution to the wind as well as their knickers. They make it far too easy in my opinion. What I've always craved was a challenge. Would you like to be that, love, would you like to be my challenge? Would you like me to chase you? Really force me to up my game. I think it would be quite exciting for us both. What do you say, Caroline? Are ready to give me what I desire?" Klaus finished his speech by sliding his hand down and pressing her against him making his meaning exceedingly clear.
Pulling away, Caroline shook her head, "Klaus, I really feel sorry for you. You have a very small world. I may be blind. But so are you." Turning around, Caroline opened the door and walked into the hallway. Pulling out her phone, she told it what she needed.
After Caroline exited the building, she waited, "Your coach, my lady," Damon called as he got out of his car.
"Thanks for coming," Caroline replied as he took her arm and led her to his car. "Damon, I need your advice. As a so-called reformed bad boy what would you tell a woman who had fallen hard for a guy who was hopelessly screwed up?"
"Run," Damon told her. "Run as fast and as far as you can. I mean we're talking about you and Klaus, right? Come on, Caroline. Give Stef a chance. He's been pining after you for years now. Poor guys been sitting doodling little hearts in the margins of his diary with 'I love Caroline' and 'Mrs. Caroline Salvatore' for years now."
Caroline's jaw dropped. "But we're friends. And you're totally off base, Damon. If Stefan felt that way he would have said so."
"Trust me, Blondie. He's got it for you bad. Why do you think I stopped that night you came over? Do you think I did it out of the goodness of my heart? I mean you had parts of me that wanted to tear you clothes off and do things to you I can't spell. But I didn't, why, because of Steffy Weffy."
Sucking in a deep breath, Caroline thought about what Damon was saying as he continued talking. "He's been trying to get his hair just right for the first time you run your hands through it. Although you might want to be careful. Between you and me, he needs to ease up on the hair products."
"But why wouldn't he have said anything?" Caroline whispered, folding and unfolding her hands nervously.
"Because, Caroline, there are a lot of things you don't know about Stef… or me. He was trying to keep you safe. That's all. We're here," Getting out, Damon opened the door. "I've got to go but here comes your roomy, Sexy Bexs. Hello, Rebekah. Sorry to deprive you of my beauty. But I have places to go and people to irate."
Caroline heard Damon get in his car and drive away. "What exactly is wrong with that man?" Rebekah asked, her voice full of hostility.
"I've been trying to figure that out for years." Caroline replied.
"I have idea why I asked. I don't really care." Taking hold of Caroline's arm, Rebekah maneuvered her toward the dorm. "We're having a study session."
"Who is we?" Caroline inquired while they walked up the stairs.
"We would be Elena, Bonnie, Tyler, Kol, our delightful roommate, Hayley, and the, oh, so luscious and sweet, Stefan Salvatore." Rebekah listed off.
"Oh, Stefan's here?" Caroline squeaked. "You know I think I have something to do?"
Rebekah refused to let go. "No. You don't. I checked your calendar this morning before you got up."
"Hayley's right. You are nosy," Caroline retorted while Rebekah opened the door.
"Look who I found wondering about?" Rebekah announced.
"Hey, Caroline," the group chorused and Caroline smiled weakly.
"Hey, everybody," Caroline waved at them and tried to think of a plan of escape.
"Go sit with, Stefan," Rebekah ordered Caroline.
"Where is he?" Caroline asked.
"On your bed," Rebekah replied airily.
Caroline began to cough and then someone's hand touched her shoulder. "Care, are you okay?" Stefan asked.
"I'm fine," Caroline said, her voice coming out hoarse. "Air went down the wrong way. That's all."
"Sitting down," Stefan said, leading Caroline over to her bed and then placing his hands on her shoulders. "And relaxing," he began to knead her shoulder blades. "Let's work on the breathing now. In and out. Real slow. That's good. Yup. I think you've got the hang of that. Now, how are you feeling? Does that feel good? Or would you like a little extra pressure."
Kol began to laugh hysterically. "Stefan, did you ever consider going into the phone sex industry?"
"Yes, because that is turning me on," Hayley added.
"We didn't know you had it in you," Elena told him with a giggle.
"Do you two need the room to yourselves?" Bonnie teased.
"NO!" Caroline shouted, jumping to her feet even more tense than before she had set foot inside her room. "Nobody leave!" When she heard silence Caroline kicked herself inwardly. "Because we're going to get pizza and make this into a real study session."
"No. No pizza in the room!" Rebekah shouted.
"Oh, come on, Bekah." Kol cried out. "We're hungry. You haven't even allowed us to snack."
"No. And that is my final answer," Rebekah snapped at her brother.
"It's a good thing that you have two roommates then, dictator in the making," Hayley snapped at Rebekah. Apparently not eating was making the group's temperament dissolve. "Caroline, where is your vote? We have pizza here. Or out?"
"Out," Caroline said automatically. She would do anything to get Stefan out of her bed. Or rather off of her bed. Or Stefan being nowhere near her bed was the best possible option until she got some answers. The men in her life were becoming far too complicated for Caroline to deal with right now.
"Out it is," Rebekah stated triumphantly while Hayley made a snarky retort which Caroline did not hear because too many people were discussing where to go. When they settled on a place, Caroline attached herself to Hayley like a thirsty vine near a pool of water.
"Hey, Hayley. So, how have things been since… earlier today?" Caroline ventured.
"I asked a certain history Prof if he might have some office hours in which we might discuss the material because it's so very dense," Hayley informed Caroline and Caroline shook her head.
"So, you're going up to his office to flirt with him," Caroline replied.
Hayley began to laugh. "Yes. I know. It's so wrong. But, oh, Caroline, when he looks at me I just want to tell everyone to go home and take him over to the desk and -"
"Got the picture. Thanks," Caroline giggled.
"Are you two talking about a boy?" Rebekah asked, "I need gossip. I am so bored out of my mind. Nothing ever happens on this campus."
"They say it was a wild animal," someone was saying.
"I would hate to see what a non-wild animal would do?" the person they were speaking to replied.
"Ripped her neck to pieces. It was horrible they said. Found out in the woods."
"Caroline, do you know who Hayley is talking about? She won't tell me anything," Rebekah inquired sharply.
Caroline was in a trance as she replayed what the other girls had been saying. "Elijah," Caroline murmured.
"What about him?" Rebekah asked and then was silent as her footsteps halted. Then she came walking up to them, her footsteps moving quickly. "My brother, Elijah. You fancy my brother?"
"What?" Kol yelped, looking at Hayley. "Is that why you have been hanging out with me so much. So you might glean information about my older brother. He's old, Hayley. And he would not date a student."
"Give it a rest, Kol. She wasn't interested in you and you knew it. Besides, you've been spending time across the hallway. Or did you think I didn't notice? Or have you taken up Nik's habits?" Rebekah yelled at her brother indignantly.
"At least Nik has more than one night stands, Sister," Kol yelled. "Or do you think men don't talk, too?"
"What?" Rebekah cried. "Stefan, how could you?"
Everyone got quiet until Kol began to speak. "I wasn't sure. But now I am."
"You are a little troll, Kol," Rebekah yelled at her brother. "A horrible, little man who should be ashamed of himself. Oh, by the way, Bonnie, for all my brother's big talk he has yet to make a woman happy. Or at least he didn't when we lived under the same roof. Oh, and Kol. Bonnie, here, is sleeping with Elena's little brother, who's still in high school."
"Bonnie?" Elena spoke up, her voice quiet. "That's not true, is it?"
"Elena, I -" Bonnie began.
"Oh, my God," Elena gasped. "I need to go."
"Nice one, Rebekah," Hayley yelled.
"What would be nice would be if you would try to keep your slutty claws out of my brothers. All of my brothers. Or did you think I missed you slinking out of Nik's room two night ago?"
"Oh," Caroline gasped, feeling like someone had hit her in the stomach.
"Great, Rebekah. That is just great," Hayley yelled as Caroline began to run down the hall, feeling her way along the wall until she found the stairs and ran down them.
"Caroline. Caroline!" Hayley and Rebekah shouted after her and she heard them coming. She didn't care though. All she could see were visions of Klaus and Hayley. Hayley and Klaus. Her Klaus. Choking on a sob, Caroline ran like her life depended on it out into the woods that surrounded the dorms.
Feeling branches lash at her face, Caroline didn't know where she was going and she didn't care either. She just kept running deeper and deeper into the woods. Finally, stopping, she found a stoop and sat down. Beginning to sob. Again. Dear, God. Would she ever stop crying? Did her tear ducts have no off switch?
There was the sound of a branch snapping and Caroline's heart began to pound. Animal attack. Neck torn up. Feeling her hands begin to tremble, Caroline got up slowly. Turning around she started to run when she slammed into something hard. Raising her hand cautiously, she touched something that felt like fabric. Running her hand upward, she placed her hand on the face praying to God she would find Klaus' face under her hand.
"What are doing, little girl? Do you want to play a game?" a strange voice asked, coming from the body she ran into. Feeling her entire body begin to shake, Caroline raised her knee and kicked the guy for all she was worth. "You're going to pay for that."
Not waiting to see what he would do, Caroline turned and fled for her life. She tripped over a branch and fell to the ground. Then someone was rolling her over onto her back. "I'm going to make this nice and slow," the man told Caroline and then she felt his teeth pierce her throat.
"Ahhhhhhh," Caroline screamed as the man began to gulp down her blood. What kind of sick freak was he? But she thought she knew.
"Get the hell off of her, blood sucker," Klaus yelled and Caroline felt the vampire remove its fangs.
"Oh, look, it's, what, the boyfriend, come to rescue his beloved? That's lovely but now I get a full meal. And I thought I would just have a snack." The vampire began to laugh.
"Run, Klaus," Caroline screamed but she knew she was too late when she heard the sounds of a scuffle. "Oh, God," Trying to find the branch she had tripped over, she ran her hands over the ground searching desperately. Finally, finding the branch, she forced herself to her unsteady feet.
Hearing the sounds of slurping, Caroline walked unsteadily toward the vampire. "Hey, jackass. I thought you wanted the little girl."
The slurping sound stopped and the monster began to laugh. "You know, you're right. We have unfinished business." Caroline barely had time to react when the vampire knocked her off her feet, slamming into her. When they were laying on the ground, she placed both hands around the branch and then drove it into what she prayed was the heart.
Feeling no movement from the vampire, Caroline shoved the thing away in disgust. Making her way over to Klaus, she sat down beside him. "Klaus," she whispered and he didn't respond. Placing her finger to his neck, she felt his steady pulse. Sighing, Caroline laid her head down on his chest. She needed to rest. She just felt so tired. Just a little rest and then they would go.
So, there is the first brush with the supernatural. I hope you liked it because there is much more to come.
Guest: They will and they'll break up again. Love is a crazy thing sometimes.
MissDK: Thank you. I love Damon, so I try to stay close to who he is on the show but sometimes I make him have close friendships with people like Caroline versus his friendship with Liz. In this story he really respects Caroline because and understands all the walls she puts up so you could call them kindrid sprits of a sort.
Maytesalvatore: It's cool. Here's a secret: sometimes my English suck and I'm a native speaker. I know sometimes this story is so freakin sad and one of the harder chapters is ten. So, look out for that one it will hurt. :O I don't believe she'll have to deal with a written script until after she had surgery. And, no, they won't mock her for being blind. Although I might be giving people too much credit. :P
AurorMartinez23: I know. Klaus and Caroline have almost as many problems in this story as they do on the show. Katherine isn't really bad so far. She's more of a mysterious figure who comes in gives out information and the runs off. If you read my note you may have figured out who Rebekah is going to eventually get involved with. However, she does not make it easy on him. Really, she gives him a really hard time and there are others things that happen that make it hard for them to get together. And if you will their first interaction in chapter six. It's a lot of fun. As for the Daroline kiss. I haven't written more about yet but I can do that.
Flaminia: Awesome. I always wonder if my readers will think I'm male or female. Ha ha. Mission accomplished. Okay, I will admit. I am a woman but I love to right from the perspectives of both genders just to see what people will think. And thank you for your support. Frankly, I was worried that people would hate the idea and the story and I will updated every Saturday until I run out of chapters.
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