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Here's the third chapter. Enjoy!
Remembering his demand, the blonde broke their eye contact and half-turned around to face her friends. Stefan was simply staring at her, his face utterly impassive whereas as vexation was evident in Elena's intense gaze.
Looking down at the floor for a second, Caroline finally turned back to Klaus and opened her mouth before closing it. She simply nodded affirmatively.
As soon as her hand made contact with his, a wave of electricity went through Caroline's entire body and she shivered slightly. By looking into his eyes, Caroline knew Klaus felt it too. Useless to say when one of his hand found its way on her waist, it didn't exactly help the situation.
Caroline was wearing a gorgeous blue gown matching her perfect eyes. The pink gloss on her lips made them even more tempting. Although, in Klaus' eyes, they could hardly get any more appealing.
"You look breathtakingly beautiful, love." Klaus complimented Caroline while staring into her eyes.
Feeling a shade of red unwillingly invade her cheeks, Caroline briefly looked away from Klaus, not being able to wipe the lips-closed smile on her face.
Fifteen minutes in his company and she was already blushing like a fifteen year-old teenager. Wasn't it ridiculous, really?
Amused by her uneasiness, Klaus him didn't try to hide his smirk but fought back a light chuckle.
Klaus had chosen to get dressed with a black suit underneath of which he was wearing a white shirt matching his white bow tie. Caroline thought he was as handsome as ever. God, her memory definitely did not do him justice.
For a moment, Caroline considered telling him he wasn't too bad-looking himself but as she noticed the smirk on his face, the thought merely vanished. He was cocky enough: there really was no need to please his already big ego.
Then she eventually responded with a shy smile "Thank you" before quickly adding "I see you're still as cheesy".
She was trying to pull herself together and take over the control of the present situation.
"I see you're still as good at receiving compliments" he immediately retorted not quite taken aback.
Caroline was a feisty one and Klaus was well aware of that: one of the many reasons he was so drawn to her.
"Cheesy ones" she replied raising her eyebrows.
"Truthful ones" he corrected her squeezing her hand even more.
Klaus' gaze on her was so incredibly intense Caroline couldn't help but get lost in his icy eyes… And as she saw the sincerity they held, a lump automatically formed in her throat. Caroline tried to look away from Klaus but his gaze on her was so intense she found it impossible to tear her blue eyes away from his own.
Klaus could see Caroline's uneasiness growing through her demeanor and that enabled him to regain some confidence.
Still near the buffet, Stefan and Elena as well as Bonnie and Jeremy, who had just joined them, were looking in Klaus and Caroline's direction.
Jeremy clearly didn't seem to care –Caroline was a big girl, all grown-up who he trusted had good instinct so why should he be worried –whereas Stefan was staring at them concern evident in his eyes. Stefan knew Klaus felt for Caroline; you'd have to be blind not to notice. But still, he didn't trust the guy. He didn't think Klaus could actually hurt his best friend but then again, this was Klaus and it was no secret anger management would be a great idea for him.
Stefan really did see Caroline as his best friend; she reminded him of Lexi, his former best friend before Damon killed her. As a matter of fact, he often thought of her as his little sister… Stefan knew whatever it was that going on between Klaus and Caroline was really none of his business. But seeing them close like this, his hand on her waist, and his face inches from hers, Stefan couldn't help but feel protective of Caroline. And in all honesty, the thought of Klaus causing her any pain was so unbearable it made his stomach turn.
As far as Elena and Bonnie were concerned, they were looking utterly dumbfounded.
What the hell is she doing? they both thought. Last time they checked, Caroline hated Klaus just as much as them. Elena and Bonnie weren't complete fools either: they were well aware that her "hatred" for him was far from being as strong as theirs; Elena in particular had seen them getting close before Caroline and Bonnie's departure.
Sure, Klaus was not their enemy anymore: he had left them be for a while now. But still, they weren't exactly best friends either.
Moreover, whether it was Stefan, Elena, Bonnie or even Jeremy, they all had to say they were astonished to see Klaus in the same room as them, here in Mystic Falls. Indeed, they were all expecting him to be in New Orleans like he had been for the past seven years or so. So what was the hell was he doing back here? Had he really returned just for Caroline? Neither of them actually said it out loud, but the thought scared them all to death.
Frustrated by the silence that had fallen between them, Klaus was thinking about something to say in order to break it. Indeed, he didn't know how much time the blonde was going to stay in town. He didn't how much time he was going to get to spend with her. Therefore, even though he didn't mind at all merely staring at Caroline, he really wanted to make the most of it hearing her beautiful voice.
He eventually gave off randomly "I saw you got broody over there to smile" as he nodded towards Stefan.
Caroline just laughed at Stefan's nickname and unintentionally, Klaus' laughter just mingled with hers.
That was the thing about Caroline. She had this beauty at once in the inside and the outside… She had this light that was so peculiar to her… When one heard her laugh, they just couldn't help but laugh with her.
Once he managed to get his laughter under control, before he could stop himself, Klaus spoke "God, I missed that laugh of yours." And he truly had. He had missed her smile, he had missed her laugh, he had missed her feistiness, he had missed the sight of her long blond curls cascading over her shoulders, he had missed the way her beautiful eyes sparkled whenever she was happy or excited, he had missed her light… He had missed everything about her.
Realizing his words, Klaus stopped moving for a second mentally kicking himself for his slip. He feared she would mock him. Indeed if there was one thing he hadn't missed about the gorgeous blonde, it was her rejection. But he quickly kept on with the dance.
Unfortunately for him, Caroline noticed his momentary discomfort and it was her turn to smile lightly in satisfaction. Of course, that was before her cheeks turned crimson once again and she looked away in order to hide it.
Rebekah and Matt –well, Rebekah mostly –were staring at Klaus and Caroline when her elder brother joined them.
"Kol! Where is Elijah?" she asked as soon as she noticed him, looking for her other brother among the crowd.
As he looked in the same direction Matt and his sister had been a few moments before, a mischievous smirk appeared, "He didn't come" he simply responded not facing her. "He didn't want to."
"And you couldn't make him?!" she exclaimed, an annoyed expression ruining her beautiful face.
Kol turned to face his little sister, "Have you ever tried to get Elijah to do something he doesn't want to?" she was pissing him off already.
Rebekah just huffed and focused back her attention on her favorite brother and the blonde he was so desperately and to no avail trying to woo for what felt like decades to her now.
The Mikaelson only female had had a feeling her other elder brother would not come to the party: Elijah hated this sort of parties. Hell, he hated all sorts of gatherings. He was always oh so serious and he had never been very sociable, not that she could say any better of herself. Still, Rebekah found herself always hoping he would join them in the middle of events.
She remembered as when they were kids, it was difficult enough to get him to sit at the table and eat with the rest of the family –if it weren't for Mikael he probably wouldn't have. In this trait of character, Elijah and Klaus are more alike than they think, she thought.
Except for the spectacle of Klaus acting exasperatingly adorable to Caroline and her being oddly receptive, Rebekah was quite enjoying the party. Indeed, she had shared a couple of dance with her awesome boyfriend, Matt; Stefan had said a few kind words to her; and Bonnie had greeted her nicely. As for Elena, well… they had yet to say disagreeable things to each other.
So… yes, in the whole, Rebekah was having a good evening.
Once all the guests had arrived, late in the evening, Carol Lockwood asked for everyone's attention interrupting whatever it was they were doing. She made a toast in honor of the founder's families, praised them as well as their good deeds… She also publically thanked Elena for helping her prepare the event to what the crowd applauded and Elena just smiled in return. Carol eventually thanked everyone for coming and proclaimed how proud she was to be a part of the founder's families' heritage.
"So how have you been these past years?" Klaus asked Caroline once Carol was done with her toast.
They were still standing next to one another in the crowd.
"As if you didn't know" the blonde responded, her voice holding a peak of contempt.
Klaus was a bit taken aback by the tone of Caroline's voice. He was hurt that she still thought so low of him. "Does she really believe I got her followed after she very clearly asked me not to?!" Klaus wondered.
"But I don't, sweetheart" he paused. I listened to your demand and I don't."
The wave of emotions that flashed through Klaus' eyes –anger, disappointment, hurt –didn't go unnoticed by Caroline and she instantly felt bad for inspiring them "I have been good. Thank you" she paused. "How about you?"
"I have been okay. Thank you" he replied before adding with a smirk "Of course that state has drastically changed to good the minute I saw you. But I guess I've made that quite obvious, haven't I?"
Caroline just rolled her eyes in response fighting to ignore the wave of butterflies his words made her feel in her stomach.
When Caroline sat down next to Bonnie facing Stefan and Elena, the latter hardly made it a minute before blowing out "What the hell was that?"
"Elena, not now" the blonde simply responded before taking a sip from her glass of champagne.
And that was just if for Elena, "Caroline, you cannot go and dance with Klaus and just come back here and expect us to…"
"I said not now, Elena" she cut her off, her voice a pitch higher than she intended. "I have just been back, I am tired, we are at a party and I am not in a mood for a scene. So if you want to scold me for sharing a dance, you will do it later! Now, I would like to try to enjoy the rest of my evening if you will please allow it!" Caroline was now addressing all the people at the table.
Bonnie and Stefan exchanged a knowing look and he grabbed his girlfriend's hand squeezing it in an attempt to soothe her, what worked more or less. Elena, vexed, looked anywhere but at the blonde, trying to get her anger under control. Caroline had a point: it was neither the time nor the place for a scene. But soon enough, Elena said to herself.
As Kol approached them with definite intents in his head, the tension at the "Scooby-doo Gang's" table was palpable kilometers away.
"Good evening." he greeted them once he was standing right in front of them.
At first, they all turned to him and stared at him awkwardly and with distrust before, surprising the rest of the table, Stefan, Caroline and Bonnie greeted him back "Good evening."
That mere mark of civility caused the two Gilbert staring to turn their attention back to their three friends in astonishment.
"What?" the latters asked almost simultaneously before Stefan addressed the Mikaelson brother "So what can we do for you?"
"Actually…" he paused as he moved to get closer to Bonnie "I was hoping you would agree to share a dance with me?"
"Uh, let me think for a second…" the witch pretended to consider his proposition "Thanks but I don't think so."
Elena nodded glad: at least one of her friends still had her senses. And Jeremy let out a sigh of relief. Caroline was looking intently at Bonnie. Stefan had no reaction.
"Please" he tried again "Just a three minute dance."
"That's already too much time in your company" she shot him down once again.
At her new rejection, the Mikaelson brother unwillingly displayed a hurt expression upon his face that almost everyone at the table thought was faked. Though it was quickly replaced by a blank expression–damn those Mikaelson and their ability to deceive everyone, she thought –Bonnie noticed it and instantly regretted her words so before she could realize what she was doing, she corrected herself "Fine."
A genuine smile found its way on Kol's face as he held out his hand and Bonnie grabbed it more or less hesitantly. He pulled her onto the dance floor leaving the Gilbert siblings speechless.
Jeremy's expression at that specific moment was just priceless. As for Elena, if they were in a cartoon, she would have smoke fuming out of her ears: her expression was so hilarious if it hadn't been for Jeremy and not to offend her friend more, Caroline would have burst out laughing. When Elena caught a glimpse of her brother's hurt expression nonetheless, her astonishment turned into anger and sympathy.
A few moments after Bonnie had left the table with Kol, Caroline decided the evening was over for her. As a matter of fact, she was tired –mostly from the flight –and jetlagged. And well, let's be honest, Elena had rather pissed her off. So, Caroline got off her seat, hugged Jeremy and was satisfied with verbally saying goodbye to the couple she would anyway see home.
Walking away from her table, Caroline spotted Klaus across the room along with his sister and Matt whom she barely noticed as underneath the handsome Original Hybrid's hold as she was.
As their eyes met, Klaus smiled genuinely at her, his smile spreading to his eyes. Caroline returned his smile with as much sincerity but her gaze held a bit of sadness as if saying 'goodbye'.
It was in that moment, she realized she didn't really want to leave and she would have gladly enjoyed sharing a last dance with him; after all, who knew when they would have that opportunity again? But she decided against it. There had been more than enough drama for tonight. And to think, this was only her first day back… the least you could say was that Caroline wasn't exactly eager to find out what the following days would bring.
As far as sharing a last dance with Klaus was concerned, truth be told, Caroline didn't exactly feel like apologizing to Tyler's mother for Elena starting a brawl because of her: she knew better than to push her friend's limits.
/
It was a dark but beautiful night. And the stars filling the sky were the only thing bringing light into the darkness of the night. Though if you had asked Klaus, he probably would have told you Caroline were the one lighting up the dark just like she had light up his world.
They had been walking in silence ever since they left the Lockwood manor. But it was nothing like the embarrassing silence they had faced earlier when they danced. No this was a peaceful and comforting silence. The distance to the Salvatore's Mansion getting smaller and smaller, Caroline eventually broke the silence "I wanted to share a last dance with you tonight." she confessed in a small voice.
At her confession and at the sincerity he was almost certain he had heard in her voice, Klaus' eyes widened. But he quickly composed himself "All you had to do was ask, love."
And one more time since the beginning of the evening, Caroline blushed because of something Klaus said… well, it wasn't so much because of his present words than because it reminded her of what he had told her the night of her birthday when he had come to save her life.
Whether she realized it at the moment or not, that night had changed everything. It had marked a beginning. That night, Klaus unwillingly opened for her the route to his heart.
Klaus as well as Caroline herself were wondering what the hell was going on with her?! Neither of them understood the present situation: Caroline had never since she had met him been so nice to Klaus and that, in one same evening for all that. Perhaps it's the champagne, Caroline to reassure herself pushing any thought that denied her assumption away from her mind.
Klaus of course didn't mind the blonde's change of behavior but still it was… odd, and really out of character. Perhaps, her time away from Mystic Falls made her redefine her vision of me, he thought or hoped.
When they arrived to the front door of the Salvatore's Mansion, Caroline looked in her purse for her new set of keys and found them.
"So…" they both said at the same time to what they slightly tittered.
"Go ahead", "You first" Klaus and Caroline respectively said once again simultaneously.
"No seriously, you first" she insisted.
"So, about that dance…" he paused. "Do you think we could arrange that in the next days?" he hesitantly asked.
Caroline's first reaction was to say yes but at the last minute she reckoned she had given him enough hope for the time being. Therefore she went for "Maybe."
Klaus nodded positively: at least she didn't reject him categorically.
When she yawn like a baby, an adorable baby, granted, but still a baby, an amused smile crept its way on Klaus' face and he decided to call it a night "You should get some rest, love" he paused. "Have a good night."
"Have a good night, Klaus" she replied with a smile and then disappeared through the door leaving a smiling, content, Klaus.
/
The Mikaelson siblings had just had a proper family breakfast along with Matt. Right after drinking a mere cup of coffee, the latter grabbed a pancake kissed his girlfriend on the forehead –and not on the lips out of respect for her brothers –and shadowed through the door causing Kol to let out yet another annoying comment "How rude!"
"YOU want to talk about rudeness?" Rebekah questioned her elder brother in a disbelieving tone all the while knowing Kol was just being Kol and didn't mean his words… well, at least not completely.
Still amazed at how easy it was to get to his sister, Kol just let out "Ouch" putting a hand to his chest, near to where laid his heart, faking sorrow. While Klaus had an amused grin on his face, Elijah rolled his eyes.
Rebekah huffed and left the table trying to be the bigger person.
She collapsed on one of the numerous couches the room held still tired from her latest night when a thought came to her mind "Elijah, why didn't you come last night?" she paused. "We waited for you."
"She means that SHE waited for you" Kol specified.
This time Elijah joined his little brother in his silent chuckle.
"And why would I have come, Bekah?" he asked serving himself more tea.
Rebekah rolled her eyes and bored, she decided to distract herself teasing her big brother. Besides, perhaps, it would enable her to get more insight into one of her brother's feelings given that they never confided in her, not that Elijah confided in anyone for all she knew. "You mean for whom would you have come for?"
Elijah put his cup filled with tea back on the plate and raised his eyebrows in confusion.
"The doppelganger was there" she explained.
At his sister's words, a lump formed in Elijah's throat. SHE was at the Founder's party. Last time he heard she was in Italy. Had she really dared show her face to Klaus? Had she finally decided to take him up on his offer? he asked himself.
The hope that briefly filled his elder brother's eyes didn't go unnoticed by Klaus who looked at him with irritation "Elena, brother… not Katerina" he spitefully uttered the names of the two doppelgangers.
Hearing Klaus utter her name, Elijah felt shivers going down his spine. It had been a while since someone had said her name in his presence. Besides, Klaus had this spiteful way of saying her name that made Elijah just want to punch his brother in the face. No one should ever say the name of his Katerina with such disrespect and remain unharmed. But then again this was Klaus and given his history with the lady, Elijah couldn't really blame his brother.
And just like that, the hope he had crumbled like a house of cards. Nonetheless, Elijah managed to keep it under the surface not letting his face fall so that his siblings did not see a thing.
"Of course" he nodded at his brother.
How stupid! he mentally cursed himself.
At his elder brother's reaction, Klaus merely shook his head and rolled his eyes in disbelief. Seriously! He mentally exclaimed.
Klaus thought his brother had had the good sense of getting over the twisted doppelganger ages ago but, clearly, he just believed what he wanted to believe.
Elijah was silently mad at himself for letting himself believe even for a second that she had come back to Mystic Falls… perhaps for him. After all, they had more or less kept in touch these past five years so if she had decided to return –what would probably never happen –she certainly would have let him know and asked for him to ensure her safety as far as his brother's wrath was concerned.
Ever since she had escaped from Klaus and clearly proven to him that she had no trust in him, Elijah bore Katherine a grudge. However, if he were utterly honest with himself, there was still a huge part of his dead heart that cared for the woman he saw as breathtakingly beautiful in all circumstances.
He had tried and tried, again and again, to reason himself to get over her… But then, when they met in Italy a few years ago and spent some time with each other, Elijah felt like he finally had his Katerina back. As much as he tried to fight it, Elijah couldn't help but remember the affection he once held for her and, whether he had let himself admit it up until that point or not, still held.
But of course, his dear and oh so vindictive brother Niklaus came to his mind and exactly like a minute ago, all the hope that had overwhelmed Elijah –as far as having a future with his Katerina was concerned –instantly vanished away.
Kol who was checking his hairstyle in the mirror as usual saw Klaus' exasperated expression and noticed that Elijah was lost in his thoughts "Am I missing something here?" he asked to no one in particular and everyone in general.
"Aren't you always?" Rebekah bothered her playmate brother.
"Enough!" Elijah intervened before heading upstairs leaving an even more confused Kol.
Once again, Klaus looked at his brother leaving the room utterly irritated.
Meanwhile, Rebekah was lost in her thoughts. She had meant to get some insight into her brother's feelings for the doppelganger but she had ended up doing a bit more than that. Seeing her elder brother usually so smooth lose his temper like that and clearly distraught, Rebekah instantly felt bad: she hadn't meant to give him false hope and she really didn't think her 'joke' would get to him that much.
At least now she was fixed, she knew what she wanted to know: Elijah still held very strong feelings for Katherine. Indeed, there were not many things that could get to Elijah like the mention of the doppelganger's name just had, and that just said everything.
But looking at Klaus, another realization hit the Mikaelson only female: Klaus' wrath was known to be boundless and inextinguishable and heaven knew that he loathed and held anger towards Katherine with every bone in his body. In other words, tomorrow would not be the day her dear brother Elijah would have his happy reunion with his Katerina.
Still staring at himself, putting two and two together, Kol asked "Does our dear brother have an infatuation for that Katerina lady?"
At the mention of the doppelganger's name, Klaus merely shivered in anger. As for Rebekah, the Mikaelson lady bore a saddened expression on her face.
When none of his siblings answered him, Kol came to a conclusion "I will take that as a yes."
/
Caroline was at the Grill waiting for Matt but thinking about Klaus.
As a matter of fact, she hadn't stopped thinking about him since their last encounter; she had slept late thinking about him and she had woken up early still thinking about him. She still couldn't explain why on earth she had been so nice to him last night. Had she completely forgotten who Klaus was? She was so grateful Elena hadn't asked her the same questions last night and made a scene; she had a feeling she had Stefan to thank for that.
Caroline felt harassed: she had been back for barely two days and she was already out of her depth. As hard as she tried, she just couldn't put a label on her relationship with Klaus. Because clearly and whether she wanted to admit it or not, the weeks that preceded her departure she and Klaus had started establishing a relationship. So what were they just supposed to pick up where they left off? Were they friends? No! Last time she checked, friends didn't flirt with each other and Caroline wasn't really accustomed to feel confused about her friends.
Yet, that is what he had asked of her: before she left, he had more or less asked for her friendship… And well, after everything he had done for her –not killing Tyler, allowing the latter back into town –after somehow proving to her that she could trust him, could she really deny him so little –or that much?
Her time away from Mystic Fall put things into perspective for Caroline. Indeed, she had gone and saw the world; and yes, she had seen beautiful things but she had also seen things as terrible. And that had helped her realize things weren't always white or black, good or bad. Caroline had eventually come to the conclusion that maybe, just maybe, Klaus wasn't pure evil.
"Morning, Care" she heard a voice interrupt her thoughts.
"Oh, Matt, hey" she greeted him back her thoughts still filling her mind. "How are you?"
"Fine" he paused. "The question is how are you."
She was so lost in her thoughts she hadn't even heard his footsteps nor had she noticed when he took a seat across her. That concerned Matt.
As Caroline raised her eyebrows in confusion, he explained "You seem preoccupied… Let me guess: Klaus? By the way he says hi."
"Oh, that is nice of him" she said before asking "Why would you assume that I was thinking about Klaus?"
She couldn't possibly be that obvious.
"Weren't you?" he responded with a question of his own.
Caroline simply stared at him in silent keeping her emotions hidden. She would not get into that debate right now or any time soon for that matter… not before she could actually wrap her head around the whole situation.
As she didn't reply, Matt took it she wasn't ready to have that conversation and dropped the subject.
Besides, Matt understood Caroline: he knew too well what it felt like to think about and fall for a Mikaelson and clearly Caroline was still going through the denial part. However, Matt had to say he was quite confused with what exactly was going on between his friend and Klaus. Indeed, their flirting had started ages ago… Hadn't it? He thought the beautiful blonde would have made her mind by now. But then again, this was the Original Hybrid and heaven he was way more messed up than Rebekah so Caroline was probably right for taking all the time that she needed.
Matt cleared his throat "So… I asked you if you could meet me up here for a specific reason" he declared before adding half-teasingly when he saw the expression on his friend's face "Well, other than the obvious reason that I have missed you like crazy."
That caused for Caroline to laugh lightly and shake her head in amusement "Just get to it, will you?"
Matt took a deep breath and just asked what he had to ask "Care, I'd like you to try and be friends with Bekah."
"With whom?" she asked her tone and the pitch of her voice expressing her utter confusion.
Matt laughed at her confusion before he made it clear "Rebekah."
At Matt's words, everything went blank for Caroline and she merely stared at him in disbelief as if completely disconnected from this world. She wasn't sure if her ears hadn't betrayed her. Had Matt just asked her to make friends with Rebekah? That same girl who had made it perfectly clear how she felt about her since day one? That same girl who had turned Elena into a vampire only three years ago and pursued Stefan two years after that not caring one bit and actually aiming to ruin their couple? Had he lost his mind? No, that wasn't possible.
"I'm assuming you're joking" she finally replied after a long moment of silence, her voice not quite steady, dreading for his response.
"Actually, no, Caroline" he paused and looked back at her when he uttered her name. "I am being completely serious. Rebekah is very important to me now and she is lacking of friends and I love you guys very…"
"Really?" Caroline faked surprise. "Well, whose fault is that?" she asked with a lot more annoyance.
"Look, I know she hasn't exactly been a dear to you guys since she's met you but…" Matt tried to make his point.
"Now, that is an understatement, Matt" she practically yelled at him.
She couldn't believe this. She couldn't believe him. After everything Rebekah had done to them, they were just supposed to forgive her? What for? Because he wanted them to? Because poor Rebekah felt lonely?
How could Matt even ask something so big of her?
Truth be told, when Stefan had called her several months ago to let her in on Matt's current status, at first, she thought he was joking and actually burst out laughing. It had taken two more phone calls from both Elena and Bonnie's parts to convince Caroline. And even then, she had called Matt himself to make sure.
"BUT" he started off with a high-pitched voice. "She is not as bad as you think she is! She has more good sides than you can imagine, trust me. And she'll probably never say it to you out loud but she is very sorry for a lot of the things she has done to you"
Once again, Caroline just stared at him, clearly not affected by her friend's arguments, her face totally impassive. She looked like she was having the time of her life.
"Oh, come on, Care" his voice was close to despair. "Can you really picture me with a heartless woman?"
Again: nothing.
She was still staring at him emotionless.
Matt sighed and slumped on his chair. He knew this was not going to be easy. But God, he didn't think it would be this hard. And Caroline was the easiest of the group, reason why he was asking HER. She and Rebekah had so much in common… If only she would give it a shot, she would see that. They could get along so well… Hell, they could be best friends. All they needed was a couple of nights out…
"Why are you even asking this of me?" Caroline finally spoke. "I mean, I'm only going to be here for a couple of weeks, Matt. Elena and Bonnie are the residents of this town… you should be asking THEM."
"Don't you think I've tried?" he paused. "I got Stefan to try to talk to Elena but given his history with Rebekah I think you can guess how well that turned out."
Once Matt was done telling her about what he asked Stefan to do, Caroline burst out laughing. Seriously? she thought. Guys can be so clueless. Wasn't it obvious Elena would just kick Stefan's ass?
"Glad to see you think it's funny" he waited for Caroline to calm her laughter before he kept going. "So… will you please try to hang out with Bekah and see what happens? For me?"
When Caroline put back on her impassive expression, Matt let out yet another sigh. Okay, so, he had promised himself on his way here he would not use that card because it was unfair… But from the looks of things, he was left with no choice, "You've accepted to give Klaus a choice, haven't you?"
"Excuse me?" Caroline asked, unsure if she had heard right.
"Don't deny it! You wouldn't have acted the way you did with him last night if it weren't the case. Why won't you give Rebekah the same benefit of the doubt?" he briefly paused. "Give her a chance."
At what she considered to be Matt's accusations, Caroline felt anger rising through her. She actually considered ripping Matt's balls out for a second. But then she thought about the fact they were in a public place so that wasn't really an option. That's why she closed her eyes and took a deep breath instead in order to ease her temper "Okay. First of all, I cannot believe you are seriously playing this card with me right now."
"Caroline…" Matt tried.
"No!" she cut him off. "Second of all, just because I agreed to dance with Klaus doesn't mean that I've forgiven him anything, am I clear? He'd actually have to apologize for that. Third of all, the guy eventually conceded to stop using Elena's blood and he saved Damon when he got bitten by a werewolf. Not to mention he saved my life several times, alright? What about Rebekah, huh? What has she ever done for anyone of us? Except trying to make us miserable! Name me one good action and I'll try to make it work!"
"She makes me happy" Matt merely responded. What else could he say? She did indeed.
No, no, no! This is unfair! Caroline said to herself. Don't do that! Don't you play the happiness card on me!
She sighed and looked at Matt for a few moments, thinking about what to say next.
Matt did have a point though: as much as she had tried to deny it in the past, Klaus had a good side so perhaps, against all odds, Rebekah did too. After all, Matt wouldn't be dating her if she were pure evil just like Caroline wouldn't be thinking about Klaus so much if the latter were pure evil.
"Fine!" she eventually and very reluctantly responded.
Matt gave her a genuine smile, got up and pulled her in for a hug before whispering in her ear "Thank you."
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