Thank you for your reviews last chapter. However, I'm surprised: a lot of you asked asked for some Kalijah and when I give it to you... NOTHING! So... yeah I'm confused.
Anyway enjoy!
Caroline was in her bed waiting for Elena to begin their girls' night in. Sensing that she and Elena were kind of drifting apart and recognizing that in was in large part her fault –owing to her spending a lot of her time out of the Salvatore Boarding House and most of the time she actually spent at home locked up in her bedroom –Caroline offered that she and her best friend spent the night together reconnecting and getting their friendship back in the awesome place where it used to be.
Caroline missed Elena; she really did. She had looked forward to coming back to Mystic Falls just so she could reunite with her best friends… all of them: Elena, Stefan, Bonnie and Matt. Unfortunately, since she had returned she felt further away from them –well, at least from Elena –than she did when she was away. And she had her share of wrongs for that.
Her phone went off and pulled her out of her thoughts.
Evening, Caroline. I'd like to have you for dinner tomorrow night at my house.
Come around five so I can give you a special tour to my art studio.
I promise to make you forget my injudicious behavior.
I can't wait.
Very fondly,
Klaus
Klaus' words surprisingly made Caroline smile and put her in a rather good mood considering she was still pretty upset about their last encounter. Indeed, the way Klaus acted when he walked in on her and Elijah TALKING earlier was really… off; he almost sounded… jealous and the blonde woman did not like his attitude at all. He had no right to be jealous; they weren't an item! And even if they had been, Elijah was his brother for God's sake!
She re-read his text. 'Injudicious'? More like stupid.
Moreover, the blonde purposely kissed (on the cheek) Elijah goodbye particularly to piss off Klaus and give the man an actual reason to be jealous for.
She was about to text him back when she heard footsteps a few meters away. That's why she rapidly sent a 'Yeah, we'll see' before turning her phone off and shoving it inside her nightstand.
Just then, Elena made her expected appearance in the blonde's room and smiled at the latter.
After she jumped on her bed, she pointed at the nightstand. "Who were you texting?" she asked her best friend.
Caroline considered Elena's question for a second. She did not want to get into this tonight. Tonight was supposed to be about them: tonight was all about having fun. However, she knew better than to lie to the brunette.
"Klaus." she eventually answered honestly.
Elena nodded and bent her head without saying anything.
"This is going to become an issue between us, isn't it?" Caroline asked with a gloomy voice.
"Become?" Elena repeated with a similar sad voice. "This is already an issue between us, Care."
This Caroline situation with Klaus was seriously starting to get to Elena. Actually, it had been for a little while now. When she convinced the blonde to come back into town for the Founder's party, Elena felt so proud of herself and she was so excited. Elation didn't leave her for weeks; they were going to live together between best friends and she had already planned out the program for Caroline's entire stay: they would have girl date nights with Bonnie at the Boarding House, they would have endless talks and end up drifting off to sleep cuddling in the blonde's bed… they would have those gay moments she had missed so much…
But now that Caroline was actually back, Elena felt like they were drifting apart, like she was losing her 'Care' and she couldn't help but blame it all on Klaus. Elena had lost Jenna because of him; she had lost Stefan because of him and now she was losing her best friend at his profit too. Caroline had just returned and she was already spending all her time at the Mikaelson Mansion bonding with who must not be named, with his damned sister, with his brothers… This was not the way things were supposed to go!
"Could you ever accept him?" Caroline bluntly asked. "Could you ever get over the past and… try to see in him what I see, for me?"
"I don't know what to answer to that, Care." Elena told her. "I wish I could say yes but I don't want to make promises I'm not sure to keep."
Caroline looked at her friend with a rather sad face knowing she was being heartfelt.
"This ditch that is building between us is scaring me, Elena." She admitted, her voice breaking a bit at the end.
At that, Elena looked up at Caroline and as their eyes met, a huge feeling of sadness overwhelmed her. She moved closer to Caroline on the bed and took her in her arms. She brought her arms to her face and put some locks behind the blonde's left ear. She left a kiss on her best friend's forehead and rocked the latter for a little while, feeling sentimental trying her best not to break down.
Elena felt like she was back seven years ago when her two girl best friends were leaving for Boston the day after. That night in this very same room, Elena had held Caroline just like she was at this moment; she had rocked her and tried to comfort her with as much tenderness and affection as she was right now. Or was it the other way around?
Caroline and Elena were locked in a warm embrace, their eyes closed and wet, holding on tight.
"Elena, please stop crying." The blonde begged in a broken voice as her own tears she had tried so hard to hold back streamed down her cheeks.
The raven-haired girl kept on with her sobs.
"We will see each other again. We will come back each holiday." Caroline tried to comfort her best friend when she was a mess herself. "And you will visit too. You'll come with Stefan..." She paused. "…or Damon." She reluctantly added.
"I don't want you to go." Elena admitted, heartfelt and in tears. "You're leaving me." She accused.
The raven-haired girl felt wild, as a child who had been abandoned by her parents, as a dog who had lost all its marks, and she had no idea how to be found.
"Oh honey, I don't want to go either but I have to." She passed a hand through her hair in an attempt to soothe her. "And I am NOT leaving you, ok? I could never leave you." She spoke the last sentence articulating her every word.
Caroline managed to get a grip on herself and pulled away slightly from Elena. She leaned down until she was eyelevel with the latter.
"Hey, you're not going to lose me, ok? And I am most certainly NOT going to lose YOU." She tried to convey her emotions and sincerity through her eyes. "We're best friends, ok? Now, tomorrow, in a thousand years… that will never change." She declared emphasizing the adverb 'never'.
Elena gave her best friend a small but genuine smile and pulled her back in a warm embrace.
"I love you, Care." Her voice was barely a whisper.
"Love you too."
A few tears ran down the raven-haired woman's cheeks at the memory. She felt overwhelmed. She remembered that night like it was yesterday. She knew she would miss her best friend and confidante like crazy. And now, here she was, holding her best friend and confidante in her arms; yet still missing her like crazy just like she knew she would that night…
"Me too." Elena murmured to the blonde.
A single tear fell on Caroline's cheek as she admitted: "I like him. I enjoy my time with him." She paused. "He makes me feel special… cared for… He can be a good friend." Her voice was barely a whisper as she wiped her single tear off her cheek.
Elena let out a fake chuckle and rolled her eyes while shaking her head.
Caroline sensed it and pulled away. "What?"
Elena scraped her nose and wiped her tears away. "You and Klaus aren't friends, Caroline. You never were; you never will be. He's in love with you… and you…" she paused to stress her point."…are falling for him. You just haven't let yourself admit that yet."
Indeed, Elena observed Caroline when she danced with Klaus at the Founder's Party: she saw her best friend glow whenever the Original Hybrid made her laugh, she saw her blush at his numerous compliments and whenever his burning gaze on her became too intense…
More recently, she saw Caroline radiating with light further to her date with the Big Bad Evil.
One shouldn't be mistaken: Caroline was doing an excellent job at hiding whatever it was she was feeling for Klaus. However, the raven-haired woman was her best friend since elementary school and she knew her better than anyone… sometimes better than Caroline herself. Therefore, it was fairly obvious to her that the blonde was unfortunately about to return Klaus' feelings.
Hearing Elena's 'accusation', Caroline who had her head down looked up at her friend with wide eyes.
Truth be told, lately, after spending so much time with him and him being so nice not to mention thoughtful towards her, the blonde had started to accept the fact she may be developing feelings for Klaus. But the idea of FALLING for him never even crossed her mind.
"And here I thought you'd tell me Klaus is just playing mind games with me." Caroline decided not to rebound on the 'falling for him' part.
Elena immediately saw what the blonde was trying to do –avoid the 'feelings' subject –but decided to go along with it.
"No, that would most likely be Damon's speech." Elena said.
Caroline let out a soft laugh and Elena smiled.
"You know, Care, I wish you would just admit your feelings for Klaus so we can all move on with our lives."
Caroline widened her eyes. "I hardly see how my so-called feelings for Klaus are keeping you or anyone else for that matter from moving on."
"It's quite simple actually." She stated. "As long as you won't admit your feelings for him, Stefan, Bonnie and I will keep hoping that we will end up waking up from this freaking nightmare where you are falling in love with the freaking Original Hybrid!" Elena declared raising a bit her tone of voice in the end.
"I am not falling in love with him!" Caroline almost yelled.
The raven-haired woman let out a huff and smiled falsely. "Of course, you're not." She scorned while covering her face with her hands.
Elena looked back at Caroline and crossed her arms. "You think you denying your feelings for Klaus when I surrendered to mine for Damon makes you better than me… better than all of us? You think it makes you upright?" she asked and the blonde narrowed her eyebrows. "You're wrong. It makes you a hypocrite." She spoke her mind and got off the bed making her way to the door.
"Elena." Caroline called out.
Elena turned around and stared at Caroline who just rested there staring right back at her, speechless, not uttering a word though she was the one who had called out for her.
Elena stamped her feet nervously on the ground and directed her gaze towards them for a few seconds. She gave her friend a last look before turning again and leaving the room shutting the door.
Caroline was in her bed shifting from right to left and left to right to find her sleep at nearly two a.m. when she heard a knock at her door.
"Yes?" she called out.
"It's me. Can I come in?" a masculine voice asked.
She hummed and got herself in a sitting position holding in on tight to her blanket. Though she was a vampire, Caroline still acted like she could feel the cold and always covered herself whenever the weather was bad.
Stefan entered the room and gave her a small comforting smile. He approached the bed.
"Do you want to talk?" he sat at the corner of the bed.
Caroline gave him a small smile at her turn, glad that he didn't ask her how she was doing. He knew better. She felt lucky to have someone like Stefan in her life, someone who got her so well, without even talking.
"How's Elena?" she asked.
He shrugged. "Almost as great as you." He responded sarcastically.
"How mad is she?" Caroline asked with a grimace on her face.
"On a scale from one to ten?" Stefan asked. "Uh…" he pretended to think and the blonde's face fell even more as she waited for the thunder to hit her. "…zero."
Caroline opened her mouth and looked at Stefan in indignation.
She drew herself up slightly and punched him in the shoulder.
"Ouch!" Stefan exclaimed bringing his hand to his shoulder. "That hurt!"
"I don't care!" she exclaimed as well.
Stefan rubbed his shoulder. "She's not mad at you, Caroline. She's just afraid she's going to lose you."
"So are you?" Caroline asked with a sad face, worry evident in her voice and expression.
"No, I know I could never lose you." Stefan said in a joking voice but completely serious in reality.
Caroline curved an eyebrow and looked at Stefan in a funny way before laughing.
"You're right, you know?" she paused. "You could never lose me indeed. Neither could Elena, I wish she knew that."
"She does." Stefan stated. "She's just too concerned at the moment to remember that."
Caroline nodded.
"Did you fight?"
She raised an eyebrow. "She didn't tell you?"
"No." he paused. "She entered the room and rushed into the bed, pulling the blanket over her head. I asked her what happened but she wouldn't tell me." Stefan declared. "She eventually cried herself to bed about…" he looked at his watch. "… seven minutes ago."
Caroline looked down; bearing a rather sad look on her face.
"We didn't fight." She told Stefan. "We just don't see eye to eye as far as my…" the blonde struggled to find her words. "…relationship with Klaus is concerned."
Stefan nodded. So now they had a 'relationship'… Wonderful, he ironically thought.
Though, he should have seen it coming. It was quite obvious indeed that Caroline and Klaus were growing close if the way they danced at the Founder's party and how much she glowed after her date with him were any indication.
"She thinks I'm in denial as far as he's concerned. And I think she's worried where this might go." Caroline added.
"I guarantee she is." Stefan confirmed.
"Well, there's nothing I can do to ease her concern! I am a big girl, Stefan. I know what I'm doing and I can handle whatever this is. How dare she tell me what I'm feeling? I know better than her!"
"Caroline… chill." Stefan tried to calm the blonde. I'm not taking anyone's side. I just want you to work things out. One of you has to be the smarter one in this and make the first move."
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"Hi, lovely Bonnie!" Kol greeted Bonnie with a giant smile on his face and the latter rolled her eyes at her nickname. "Please, come in!" he stepped aside.
She entered the manor.
"You're a lucky girl you know." Kol said as he closed the door.
"Excuse me?" Bonnie turned around, confused.
Kol approached her. "I was about to go out." He explained.
"Oh well please don't cancel your plans for me. I won't be very long." She moved towards the lounge trying to put some distance between the Mikaelson male and herself.
She turned around again and looked Kol in the eyes.
"I just wanted to tell you the answer is no… I won't go on a date with you."
He looked at her for a second, and then smiled causing for her to narrow her eyebrows in incomprehension.
She looked behind her, not sure what she would find but saw nothing.
"Uh, did you hear me?" Bonnie made sure.
"I did." He confirmed still smiling.
"Then why do you keep smiling at me?" she asked, confusion evident in her voice and expression.
"Why did you come here, Bonnie?" he inquired standing still.
Bonnie frown her eyebrows. "I told you, I" she started to explain shrugging slightly but Kol cut her off.
"No, no." he interrupted the witch raising a hand before him and moved towards her. "WHY did you come here, Bonnie?" he repeated his question.
Kol had no clue what he felt for Bonnie Bennett, but he definitely felt something. He felt attracted to her and he knew that the attraction was mutual; they were like two opposite poles drawn to each other, or better yet, they were like two magnets, two magnets doomed to cleave together. Ever since they had touched for the first time six months ago and he felt an electric discharge travel every particle of his body, Kol hadn't stopped thinking about Bonnie. The witch had literally been haunting his mind and Kol was determined to make it stop.
He moved closer to her. "You could've called." He moved closer to her. "You could've texted." He approached her more. "Or you could have done nothing. You know: no answer, negative answer." He took a step forward; she took a step backwards.
"But you chose to come here." Each of them repeated their shift. "Because you wanted to see me." Bonnie was leaning against a wall and Kol's face was only a few inches away from hers. "Because you WANT to be with me."
Bonnie let out a huff endeavoring as best as she could to ease the tension that was growing inside her. "Cocky much?"
Kol smirked. "Let's just say I'm good at analysis."
"Anyway, I said what I had to say so…" Bonnie declared before managing to move past Kol and rushing to the entry.
The second she reached the door to open it, Kol closed it back immediately.
"Kol…" the witch said in a warning tone.
"Turn around." He ordered.
She complied. And as soon as her green eyes met his dark ones into a burning gaze, a lump which she swallowed with trouble formed in Bonnie's throat.
Kol brought his face close to Bonnie's and the latter braced a hand against his chest to stop his motion.
"I need to go." Bonnie's voice was incredibly steady considering the heat that was slowly but surely rushing to her cheeks.
Kol caught Bonnie off guard covering her hand with his own and Bonnie's breath caught at his move. She looked at his chest where he was rubbing the back of her hand with his thumb to avoid his eyes and mostly hide her blushing. He took his chin with his other hand and raised it so she would look at him. He smirked at the shade of pink that had invaded the witch's cheeks.
"Stay!" he demanded.
As he saw Bonnie's hesitation through her eyes and expression, Kol leaned closer and whispered to her ear.
"Please" he insisted; his breath exhaling over the shell of her ear.
I apologize for the lack of Klaroline
Hope you enjoyed the chapter anyway!
Oh and what are your thoughts on TVD Season 5 and The Originals so far?
I personally haven't watched any episode cause I'm not that interested about what goes on on either show (You know not really in the mood to see Stefan die and come back to like endlessly, a Forwood reunion, or even some Klaus/Camille bonding).
But I'd like to know what you think though.
BTW it's my birthday which is why I decided to to do my best to update so soon.
Your reviews are the best gifts...
DancingToTheBeat: Thank you so much for your review and your kind words. I was really starting to doubt there are Stelena fans out there! So thank you for the reassurance too.