A/N : This is an AU/AH drabble for my friend Jess's birthday,,,, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE HAVE A GREAT ONE!

I hope you guys like it.

HE HATES ME

"Oh god he hates me." Caroline grumbled taking a seat on a barstool in the Mikaelson bar beside Kol while Rebekah moped the counters.

"Who hates you?" Kol asked and Rebekah ignored her.

"I'm talking about Klaus."

"Forget Klaus. The man is grumpy as hell why don't you go for a Mikaelson who will treat you like a queen."

"I don't know Elijah is a huge bore." she feigned innocence.

"Come on blondiepie you know I'm talking about myself. One date honey just one." he insisted.

"You were still in your mother's womb when I was stealing Klaus's lunch. It's creepy, Kol."

"Actually I was still in my dad's balls but age doth no matter I shall love and protect thee with all my heart." he stated with one hand over his heart and other extended towards Caroline.

She made a disgusted face shoved his hand away and addressed Rebekah, "How long are you gonna avoid me Bekah. I have been back for more than a week now."

"Kol can you tell the woman sitting beside you that I am busy right now and I have no time for traitors." Kol smirked and Caroline rolled her eyes at Rebekah's over dramatic monologue.

"Beks I am sitting right here."

"Kol tell her or no free beer for you."

"Caroline Rebekah doesnt want to see you since you left for cooking school in France five years ago and how dare you go away to follow your dreams."

"You nincompoop thats not why I am mad at her."

"Then why are you mad at me?" Caroline got up and blocked her path.

"You didn't even bother to remain in touch. I called you several times and you just flat out ignored me. And now you come back all ready to open your fancy bakers shop and you expect everything to be okay." Rebekah ranted.

"I'm sorry. I did try to keep in touch initially but culinary school was expensive even with the scholarship. And wifi and international calls cost a fortune. I did send postcards." Caroline tried to explain her reasons for not being able to stay in touch.

"Only on christmas. You didn't even have the decency to remember your best friends birthday." Rebekah quipped somewhat softening.

"You know how it was for me. This was my only chance to make something of myself. I didn't have money like you guys nor did I have parents who believed in me. It was important for me to prove myself. I could never forget you Beky. I am so sorry. Please forgive." Caroline curled her bottom lip making a baby face.

"Put that baby face away. I'll forgive you only if I get a lifetime supply of chocolate chip brownies with coconut frosting."

"Ten years." Caroline bargained.

"Fine. And just because I am feeling generous." Rebekah replied. Then Caroline stretched her arms out wide, "Hug?"

"Ughh. The things I do just because I have a soft heart." Rebekah teased and hugged her childhood bestfriend.

"You totally do." Caroline remarked and Kol hugged them both tightly, "Cool group hug."

"Sod off Kol." they yelled together and pushed him away.

He smirked and sat at the barstool.

Rebekah moved behind the bar and Caroline sat beside Kol.

"If only Klaus would forgive me this easily. He literally changes lanes when he sees me. Avoids me like I am a plague infested rat." Caroline said wistfulness coloring her voice. There was a time he couldn't bear to be away from her and now he couldn't bear the sight of her. From kiddie pool to high school sweethearts, everyone had assumed that one day Klaus and Caroline would grow up and marry each other but assumptions sometimes turned wrong. Caroline had moved away to culinary school and Klaus had married someone else.

"Of course he hates you. He is sexually frustrated because his wife turned his hardware into software and the last time he was able to plug his joystick in a panel it was yours." Rebekah commented and Caroline choked on the water she had just taken a sip of. Kol thumped her back.

"She is right. His stick got no joy from Camille."

"You two do realize that you are talking about your brother's … uh…" Caroline felt a bit awkward completing her sentence.

"Penis." Rebekah supplied.

"Schwantz." Kol added at the same time.

"Eww you guys are so indecent." Caroline chastised.

"Would you prefer sophisticated names like manhood since your holier than thou-ness is back from Europe?" Rebekah sarcastically added.

"Oooo. I got one member." then he nodded at Caroline.

"I would prefer no names at all. Okay. And I would actually prefer if you guys helped me with this Klaus situation. I am back for good and he can't avoid me forever."

"I'll help you. Since I always wanted you to be my sister-in-law and now that Camille is out of the way thanks to Nik finally seeing the light and getting a divorce we can start on mission Klaroline Reunion."

"A what reunion now?" Caroline asked.

"Klaroline. Mash up name for you and Nik."

"Koroline would be sexier." Kol commented.

Caroline cupped his face like a baby's with one hand and blew a kiss. "Oh sweetie I'm tempted but my joystick isn't." and had Rebekah laugh.

Just then Klaus came in. The first thing he saw was Caroline, still the same, world's most ravishing woman for him, blow a kiss to his younger brother. The stoic expression of his face turned to a scowl. That's when she looked at him. Sitting more than twenty feet away she still managed to affect him, his felt his heart in his throat when her gaze found his. She gave him a tiny cautious smile and he felt familiar poignant stirrings in his heart and of course his pants. It miffed him that even after all these years and her leaving him without a backward glance he was attracted to her, how pathetic was he? He looked through her pretending he didn't see her lovely smile and walked away to the pantry.

Caroline had witnessed the emotion flicker on Klaus's face, longing and desire but maybe she wanted to see that because she was still desperately in love with him. Though they had relieved each other of the commitment they had during the time they had begun dating she was still sour over the fact that he had moved on. Caroline had learned that he had begun dating Camille a few years later after she had left. Plus what kind of name was Camille anyway, she thought over the rush anger when Klaus again pretended to be unaware of her existence. Oh no he didn't she put her mental and literal foot down and followed him to the pantry excusing herself from Rebekah and Kol.

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She slammed the door to the pantry to alert him to her presence although she freaking didn't need to since her flowery scent preceded her.

Klaus turned and gave her a nonchalant lift of an eyebrow. It incited her anger even more.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" she almost yelled and twisted the lock beneath the door knob.

"No wait." he muttered trying to prevent her from doing that but then gave a long suffering sigh when Caroline didn't stop.

"Wait what? This time you don't go anywhere until I have made myself clear."

"I won't be able to leave even if I wanted." he said under his breath. God she was even lovelier since the last time he had seen.

Caroline didn't hear him. "How long do you plan to keep this up?"

"Keep what up?"

"You acting like you don't know me."

"As long as you are here." he replied and saw hurt flash on her face. It gutted him but he stubbornly stood where he was even though he wanted to take her in his arms and take away that hurt.

"So for the rest of my life then. Great!" she crossed her arms and looked like she was about to leave.

He stalled her , "What do you mean?"

"I'm here for good. I do not plan to leave again."

"Well that's fantastic." he snarked.

"Clearly not for you." she bit out. Dammit his eyes were still the color of a violent sea perhaps reflecting his inner tumult. Klaus had always been so intense and she had always been a sucker for his complexities and his passion.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means what it says. Don't you dare pretend that you don't know what I'm talking about. You hate me."

"Caroline.." he could see how badly she was hurting and felt like an arse for making her feel that way.

"No. Do not interrupt me. I know you hate me but you have no right or reason to do that. You said you were happy for me when I got into culinary school and you told me you would let me go so I can follow my dreams. But you didn't mean that did you? You resent me for leaving. I wanted to be with you I was ready to do that long distance thing but you're the one who broke up before I left saying that I needed to focus on my career and...…" her voice louder than normal.

"Just a second. I never resented you for following your dreams. I have always wanted you to be happy. I would never hate you for that." his voice matched his.

"Really. Is that why you can not stand the sight of me and avoid me like I'm the grim reaper after your soul? Admit it. Admit that even though you acted like you were fine with me leaving you, you weren't. You were a selfish asshole who just pretended to be okay with it and now you are punishing me for that."

"How can you say that? We were best friends before we were anything else. I have always wanted and wished you to have the best of everything." his yelled back feeling hurt that she would think that he was selfish. Maybe he was in his interactions with everyone else but never with her. She was the only person in the world that inspired selflessness in him.

"Then why are you acting like a jerk to me? I left you alone Klaus when you decided to get married last year because it was too much for me. I have never done anything to sabotage your happiness. I …." Caroline's ire escalated.

"That's the problem Caroline. You left me alone. We were best friends and you didn't even bother to show up at my wedding. You left me without a backward glance. I let you go but that didn't mean I didn't need my best friend." he interrupted her in a quiet voice.

Her heart ached. How could he have expected her to be his friend after he had decided to spend his life with someone else.

She realized it was pointless to pursue this matter. It was better if they stayed away from each other.

"Are you insane? How could I have shown up at a wedding to watch the man I love marry another woman. I am not that strong Klaus. I think it's better if we stayed out of each other's way. You can avoid me all you want but be subtle about it at least. I can…"

"I didn't hate you for leaving. I hated you for not asking me to leave with you." he murmured she couldn't be more shocked.

"What?"

"I would've gone to hell with you if you had asked and I'd have been happy with it because you're my heaven. I was only with Camille to convince myself i could get over you but i was wrong. We both married each other for the wrong reasons that's why it didn't even last for more than a months. It was over months before we got a divorce." He whispered taking a step towards her and she was suddenly very aware of the small size of the pantry and how hot the air was getting inside it.

"I couldn't ask that of you, Klaus. You had just been accepted to the most prestigious Art School. I couldn't take that from you. I loved you."

Maybe she had been feeling courageous to confront him propelled by all the rage and adrenaline earlier but it seemed to have left her the moment he had told her he would've left with her and she was his heaven. Poetic arshole always had a way with words and it always made her go jello in the knees. Her heart began thudding when he backed her into a wall.

"Loved?" he asked.

"Yeah. I mean of course… I mean you know..we together.. for a year." Caroline was nervous now. He had his hands flat on the wall on either side of her head.

He had the urge to check if her mouth still tasted of sugar coated berries. She was fiend for those things.

"And now?" he leaned his head closer and nuzzled her neck when he saw desire and some other pure emotion cloud her eyes.

"What do … you… want… me to say?" she breathed when he licked the pulse at the base of her throat.

"Rebekah thinks you came back because I got a divorce. She listed a number of points to support her theory yesterday evening."

"She did?" She loved it when pressed light kisses over her jaw.

"Mmhmm." Her skin still tasted the same. "She also thinks we need to have to sex asap so we can stop affecting other people with the weird sexual rays we emit every time we are in the same room."

"Okay." she mumbled and he kissed her then. Her taste was the same, a flavor that he had been addicted to. Kissing her desperately he pulled her in his arms needing a fix for his addiction. Her hands fisted over his back her nails dug in his muscles. It spurred him he lifted her tucking her around his waist. Her mouth open slightly as if surprised by the evidence of his desire and he laughed against her mouth. His hands sneaked under shirt massaging her breasts.

She needed to talk to him before it got out hand Caroline thought fighting against the onslaught of desire burning through her veins

"Nik." she stated once and when her voice didn't register she held his face in her hands.

"What are we doing?" she asked and Klaus smiled. Then he kissed her softly and replied, "What do you think?"

The potency of emotion she saw in his eyes shook her. She could see he still loved her.

"Rebekah is right. I came back when I heard about your divorce hoping.." she couldn't complete her sentence when he crashed his lips to hers. After a few toe curling seconds he prompted, "Hoping?"

"Hoping you'll be easy pickings." she teased.

"Really? So you think I'm easy pickings?"

"Totally." she answered and he laughed.

"Well even if I weren't I couldn't stop you from ravishing me. The lock is faulty. Thus I think I might as well be a good sport and surrender my virtue." he kissed her again and she felt the bulge in his pants getting harder.

"You totally should. I still love you and Klaus I know I always will. You're it for me. Have always been from the day when you punched Jesse for me for throwing a frog at me in sixth grade." she bit her lip.

"You've been the one for me from the day you stole my lunch in third grade and blamed it on Rebekah." Klaus placed kiss over her forehead. "I love you Caroline Forbes."

They smiled and were about to kiss again when a note slid under the door. Klaus let Caroline go and picked it up.

"It says Happy Sexing my darlings. Pantry sex is the best. Ps Caroline make it fifteen years of brownies for blaming me for stealing Nik's lunch. And Oh Nik I'm taking your Italian scotch for knowing about it and still getting me punished.

Love Rebekah."

Then a packet slid under the door with a paper wrapped around it.

Klaus lifted it too, unwrapped the paper and saw it was a condom. There was something scribbled on the paper. Caroline took it and read it.

"For heaven's sake Nik. Next time buy a condom first. Don't check your wallet I stole that one months ago.

Ps Caroline if his system is broken you know where to find me.

*winky face* Kol"

They both laughed and then proceeded to put the borrowed condom to good use.

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