Chapter Four.

Caroline silently scolded herself for looking at the door again. She pushed him away so why did she feel like she was the one that had been rejected. Maybe because he had hardly spoken to her in two days. Why did it bother her so much? It shouldn't bother her! That voice of reason told her. Though when he did speak to her now it was worse then when he didn't.

He liked to say things that were purposely unnerving. Things about compelling her whenever she did something he didn't like. She knew telling him that was a mistake now he was just using her fears, her weaknesses against her. Her weaknesses that she had told him because for some odd reason she trusted him for ten seconds.

So after all that she suprised herself by feeling bad about rejecting him. She sighed and turned on her side, wondering if he was off taking his anger out on innocent bystanders. Knowing she was the cause of that anger made it hard to sleep.

She eventually did fall asleep though when Klaus got back and layed next to her, well not next to her as much as close to the edge of the bed as possible. This was okay though she figured it wouldn't be long now until he 'suddenly' found another room for her to sleep in.

Her sleep did not last long. The constant threats of compulsion giving her nightmares some of them flashbacks others just things she was afraid Klaus would do. This one imparticular was pretty awful. It was a flashback from when she was with Damon.

"Caroline?" She heard his voice jolting her from her terrible dream. Her eyes shot open and Klaus was looking down at her with a worried expression. Holding her arm gently. Caroline's breath was ragged and she seemed to be covered in sweat.

"Caroline you were screaming." He told her.

She could still see her last nightmare and she pulled away from him, droping her fangs and biting into his arm. He pulled his hand back immediatly and she moved to the oppisite side of the bed, pressing her back against the wall. "Don't touch me." She meant to say it with an angry tone but it came out more like terrified.

"You bit me." He said with a somewhat incredilous tone.

"I hate you!" She screamed like a child having a tantrum.

She shook her head as if it would get rid of the images in her mind, when it didn't she dropped her head into her hands and began sobbing. Stop crying in front of him! He's only going to use your feelings against you! The voice in the back of her head shouted.

She couldn't hold back the tears anymore though.

Klaus reached out a hand towards her but quickly pulled it back remembering he was angry at her. "What's wrong?" He finally asked trying to mask the concern in his voice.

She lifted her head from her hands, and wiped the tears from her face. "Nothing." She said willing the tears to stop falling.

He raised his eyebrows in desbelief. She just shook her head at him. "I'd rather not talk about it with you." She said her voice finally displaying the anger she felt. She hated the fact that she had let him get to her. Let his threats scare her.

Suddenly he was in front of her. He tilted her head up so she would look at him and she clamped her eyes shut, afraid her nightmares were coming true. He looked at her with confusion. "Caroline, I'm not going to compell you." He told her calmly. She opened her eyes slowly.

"Well with you bringing it up every ten seconds..." She drifted off pulling her face from his hands.

"Is that what's bothering you?" He asked seeming shocked.

"Bothering me?" She repeats incredilously. "Yeah, it's what's bothering me. I told you how I felt about compulsion because for ten seconds for some stupid reason I trusted you! It was obviously a mistake." She spat.

Klaus sighed sadly. "I'm sorry Caroline." She looked up at him, suprise evident on her features. "I was angry, and I shouldn't have used your fears against you like that. This may come as a shock to you but I actually don't want you to hate me." He told her with a small smile.

She was deliberating between staying angry at him or accepting his apology. She thought about it for a minute until she decided it was the best she would get from him. She returned his smile.

"So now can we get some sleep?" He asked patting the spot next to him. She nervously went back to where she was before. Sleeping meant the nightmares would come back though. Unexpectedly Klaus wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her so she was laying on his chest. She was going to tell him to let her go, That her forgiving him did not mean anything would change between them.

She was going to tell him that, but she felt safe and warm in his arms and she was so tired. So she didn't say anything. Klaus grinned, he was sure she was going to scream at him to let her go or bite him again.

"So what happens in these nightmares?" He asked curiously.

She just shook her head not really wanting to talk about it.

"Come on, love. You can tell me."

She sighed. "Mostly just memories of when I was with Damon." Caroline said yawning, as she felt him tense and his arms tighten around her.

He remembered the screams when she was sleeping, screams of terror. He made a note to himself that the Salvatore brother was going to pay for hurting his sweet Caroline like that.

-;-

Caroline woke up alone, which was a good thing. She was getting a little to comfortable with Klaus. She sighed, standing up and getting ready for the day, that didn't involve leaving this house. She reminded herself. She just threw on a pair of jeans and a white tank top with a blue grey cartigan. She walked down to the kitchen to get some coffee, and breakfast.

"Morning, Caroline." Elijah greeted her from where he sat at the dinning room table, with a cup of coffee and a newspaper in his hands.

"Morning." She said a little to cheerfully. "Where's Klaus?" She asked trying to sound indifferent, but failing miserably.

Elijah looked to the side in thought. "I don't know." He said finally. "He said he had to go take care of something."

Caroline just nodded and continued to poor herself some coffee. Well that's vague. She said to herself.

-;-

Klaus arrived at the Salvatores around noon. Stefan answered the door. "What do you want?" He hissed.

Klaus just glared. "I need to speak with Damon." He told him and when Stefan didn't move he pushed him out of the way and walked inside. "Where is he?" Klaus demanded.

"Looking for me?" A voice said from a hallway.

Klaus turned around to see Damon standing there. He frowned at the knowledge that even though he really wanted to Caroline would probably not forgive him for killing Damon. Though he doesn't understand why. "Yes." He said plainly.

Damon sauntered over to a bottle of scotch sitting on a table and refilled the glass he already had in his hand. Then he turned to face Klaus. "So what do you want?" He asked repeating Stefans question from earlier.

Klaus smirked slightly. "Well I want to kill you." He said matter-a-factly.

Damon just rolled his eyes and smirked. "That's a common one today. I leave you with the peace of mind that I also want to kill you. Right now I have things to do." He said setting down his glass. He only took one step toward the door before Klaus had him pinned to the wall with a stake in his stomach.

Damon groaned and Stefan stood back slightly shocked by the sudden turn of events. "Klaus if you kill him-"

Klaus rolled his eyes. "Oh, shut up Stefan. I'm not going to kill him no matter how much I would like to." Klaus pulled the stake out just to send it back in right below his heart.

Damon just stared at the stake in shock. "That's for Caroline." He said calmly letting Damon drop to the ground.

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