RECAP:

Mystic Falls is once again a quiet town. The situation with the council is already over. And the Originals are already leaving the town for good. But Klaus isn't done with Mystic Falls, not just yet.

Now Klaus visits Caroline in her house for a final (?) conversation with her.

(12)


"So… What's that thing you want to tell me?" Caroline continued to look at Klaus as they stand facing each other inside her bedroom.

Klaus's amused smile hadn't left his face. He raised his eyebrows and widened his grin.

"Actually love, there's something I want to give you." Klaus took something out of his pocket and held it in front of Caroline.

It's a small black velvet box. Caroline looked down at the box. This reminded her of the other gifts that Klaus had given to her before.

"What's this, another expensive jewelry from another princess?" She asked as she turns her eyes again up to Klaus's.

"Just take it sweetheart." Klaus kept on smiling. "Open it."

Caroline swallowed as she took the box from Klaus.

She opened it carefully and found a silver necklace with an intricately designed pendant. It isn't really particularly eye-catching but the pretty little sapphire gem at the middle is what had made the necklace so gorgeous and beautiful.

Caroline was stunned by the beautiful necklace. She held her breath and turned her head up to face Klaus, whose face is now serious and tender. He's closely watching Caroline's reaction.

Caroline opened her mouth to say something but no voice came out. She loves things like these and she really thinks that the necklace is too beautiful.

What is this, is he trying to buy me again? Caroline asked herself.

Klaus raised his eyebrows, waiting for what Caroline has to say but Caroline is silent.

"Lovely, isn't it?" Klaus asked her.

Caroline sighed and looked away as she gathers her thoughts. She then faced Klaus and shook her head before she finally spoke.

"Klaus, I can't take this. You know already you can't buy me with jewelries. I'm not going with you. Still." She told him matter-of-factly but gently. "I can't leave town with you, you know that."

Klaus' face remained serious. He looked down though for a little while but he looked at her again and turned the side of his lips in a small smile.

"I know that love." He said. "Actually, that's why I'm giving this to you."

Caroline saw the look on Klaus's face. She continued to gaze at him, softer now. She watched Klaus held his palm over the box.

"May I?" Klaus asked her. Caroline nodded.

Klaus took the box and held the necklace up. Caroline turned around to face the mirror, waiting for Klaus. She breathed sharply as she tries to ignore all those feelings of intimacy and closeness happening between the two of them at the moment. She knows that Klaus will be gone very very soon and she's aware of the sadness she's feeling.

Klaus walked behind her. The two of them looked at each other in the mirror, not one of them smiling. Caroline can feel his breath at the back of her head and the warmth of his body close behind her is alarmingly comforting and pleasant for her. Caroline looked down right away as the tension between the two of them became thicker because of their nearness.

Then she felt Klaus' hand touch her hair just behind her ear. She shivered a little at his touch. Realizing what Klaus is trying to do, she gathered her blond hair and placed it on one side of her neck, revealing the smoothness of her bare nape in front of him.

She tried to look at Klaus on her mirror and there, she saw him, his eyes were taking time, traveling from her nape to her bare neck and then back to the mirror where he met Caroline's eyes intensely. Caroline looked away immediately as she breathed in air.

Klaus placed his hands over Caroline's head as he tries to put on the necklace around her neck. Caroline felt the coldness of the necklace on her chest. She looked at it in the mirror and admired how it made her feel beautiful. She touched the pendant.

"It's beautiful." She whispered.

Klaus clasped the necklace behind Caroline's neck and looked at her at the mirror.

"You, sweetheart, are beautiful." He whispered back in her ears as he held Caroline's shoulders.

"So…" Caroline said next, ignoring the feel of their intimate position. "What is this necklace? A farewell gift or something?"

Klaus grinned. "It's for protection." He said as he turned Caroline around to face him, but still not releasing his hold on her shoulders. "I understand you're not going to leave town with me. I told you before, I knew you're not ready yet. But while I'm away, I want to make sure of your safety." His said with his thick accent.

Caroline's eyebrows met. "But, protection from what? I still have my daylight ring to protect me so… I don't understand." She asked him as she continues to touch the beautiful pendant on her chest.

Klaus's eyes dropped to Caroline's hand, to the ring on her finger. He reached for her hand and took it, without saying anything to Caroline. And she just let him.

Klaus gently held her hand, his thumb caressing her daylight ring. "Who gave this to you?" He asked.

"Bonnie enchanted it. Stefan gave it to me." She said, watching Klaus look at her ring.

"Stefan?" Klaus looked at her.

"Yes, he's like my vampire teacher when I became one." Caroline took her hand from him. "He's really helpful. He taught me how to hunt."

"Hunt?"

"Yes. We hunted. Uhm… we hunted bunnies."

Klaus raised his eyebrows.

"Bunnies? The Ripper taught you how to hunt bunnies." Klaus asked but he said it more like a statement than a question.

Caroline raised her eyebrows as well and nodded "Uh-huh"

Then there was silence between the two. Klaus's eyebrows are still raised.

Then Klaus started to laugh. Hard.

And Caroline just stared at him. Her arms folded in front of her chest.

Klaus saw how Caroline was just looking at him with her eyebrows raised and so he tried to stop laughing.

He opened his arms and said "I'm sorry. Really, I'm sorry love. It's just funny for me. I've heard of it but I didn't believe it."

Klaus looked down and sighed with his mouth open to end his laugh. He's still smiling though when he turned to face Caroline again.

Seeing him laugh made Caroline feel nice. She smiled actually but she didn't let him see her. Caroline put down her arms and just shook her head. "You tell that to him."

Wearing a small smile, Klaus went behind Caroline. He placed his hands on her shoulders once again and then walked her forward to face the mirror again.

"Well, you'll still be needing your ring Caroline." Klaus started, in a more serious tone now. "This necklace isn't for the sun. I had one of my most powerful witches enchant the necklace with my blood."

Klaus watched Caroline as everything became clearer for her. The necklace will protect her from a werewolf or a hybrid bite. Only Klaus' blood is the cure for it.

"But how does it work?" she asked him.

"When a werewolf or a hybrid bites you, this necklace you're wearing will turn into ashes and then vanish on your skin. It will heal you immediately." Klaus stated. "So, you see, it can only work once."

"Can I-"

"Don't think about it sweetheart." Klaus interrupted, knowing that Caroline is about to ask if she can lend the necklace to others if needed. "Only you can wear it. I choose who gets to use my blood and that necklace, and I chose you. If someone else wears it, that person, or vampire, will die."

Caroline took in everything he said and she looked down. It is hard for her now not to show Klaus how much she appreciates the concern he gives to her. She's truly convinced now that Klaus really does care for her. And she cares for him too, and she knows that already. It's just tragic that it doesn't matter that she cares for him, because he's the bad guy and she doesn't want to be at the dark side.

She looked at Klaus from the mirror. "Klaus" She said. "Thank you… For everything. Thank you for saving me, and thank you for this."

She fixed her eyes on his intensely. She wanted to show Klaus how much she truly appreciates all these. They gazed at each other for a while and then Klaus spun her around gently.

Klaus scanned her face, memorizing every corner and every inch of her features. Then his eyes went to the pendant.

"One more thing" Klaus said as he took the pendant and held it. "Just so you know, this isn't a farewell gift Caroline" He said as he met her eyes once again.

"You can't stay here for all eternity. You don't belong in this town. You should come to me in the future. And then I'll show you everything you never knew you wanted to see. I'll show you the beautiful places I've been before… the art…"

Klaus began to smile.

"I'll show you everything Caroline, the music… we can dance endlessly… I'll teach you everything, every dance I know. You will be a queen… a princess… or whatever you want to be, and you'll have everything. For all eternity, Caroline."

Caroline's eyes flickered back and forth at Klaus's as he speaks of his proposal.

"With you?" Caroline asked him in a soft voice, still not breaking the gaze.

Klaus stared at her for a while.

"With me." He said, huskily.

Caroline sighed. She's now very affected by Klaus's words, his closeness, his scent, his voice, everything about him. She looked away from Klaus and composed herself before she surrenders her sanity foolishly.

She swallowed before she begins to speak again. "Thank you again, for all that you've done. I know it's all a part of the bargain but you did your part well. Thank you Klaus."

Then she started to walk towards the door with her head down. She has to end the conversation now, before she does something stupid.

"Is there anything more you'd like to tell me? Or anything we need to know?" She asked, in a sort of business-like tone.

Klaus stared at her. This isn't how he wants to end this conversation with Caroline. He smirked. He walked towards her. "That is all I want to say."

"Well… Then I guess you better be going. Surely your brothers and sister are waiting for you." Caroline wasn't looking at him when she told him that.

Klaus stood in front of her. He placed his fingers below her chin and raised her face to him. "How about you, is there anything more you'd like to tell me? Or anything I need to know?"

His tender eyes are piercing, and they are begging. This man has received so much rejection already. And Caroline gave him many of those rejections.

Caroline had learned how to care for this man, this original hybrid, the cause of all their suffering. But also, the man who saved her, who cares for her as well, who wants to protect her, this man who wants to show her the world.

Caroline couldn't take it anymore. She cares for Klaus. She took his hand from her chin and she squeezed it.

"Klaus, I… I don't know…" And her tears began to fall down. She just shook her head as she continued to look at Klaus.

Klaus held her in an embrace and caressed her hair. "It's okay love. It's okay."

Caroline held on to him tightly and began to sob. She wants to be with him.

"I understand. You have all the time in the world sweetheart. You'll find me eventually." He held her face in front of him and he wiped the tears from her cheeks. "This is enough for now though." He smiled.

Although still with tears, Caroline smiled back at him. Klaus is leaving already. She went to him for another embrace. "I'm sorry, I still don't know what to say to you."

Klaus smirked. "Well, you can say that you want to be with me."

Caroline laughed quietly. Then she released herself from the hug.

Klaus watched her face. "I heard about Tyler. You aren't spoken for now."

Caroline gave out a small smile. "Yeah, Tyler and I can't really be together now. But that still doesn't change anything between us."

Klaus can't help but smirk. "But, that's where you are wrong sweetheart." Klaus whispered.

The smile faded from Caroline's lips as she gets trapped again in Klaus's intense gaze. The next second seemed like an hour. Klaus held her face and he slowly leaned down, watching Caroline. Caroline knew what's going to happen next and so she closed her eyes.

Their lips met. Their kiss is soft and gentle. Klaus held Caroline's waist and pulled her closer into him. Caroline opened her mouth to let Klaus enter and deepen their kiss. The playful and soft kiss now becomes tender as the two of them tasted each other's sweetness.

They've been kissing for a while and they are not stopping.

But then Caroline was surprised as she felt Klaus' kiss becomes fiercer and more intense. His gentle kisses started to become rough. Her hands went up his chest and then up around his neck, pushing herself towards him to meet his lips with the same intensity. She smiled as she heard Klaus groan at the feel of her body grinding on his own.

Klaus pulled out from the kiss and saw Caroline's flushed face. He touched her red lips with his thumb.

Caroline watched Klaus's eyes take in every bit of her face. Klaus leaned down once again and Caroline closed her eyes.

"You're beautiful." Klaus whispered as he kissed her eyes.

"You're full of light." He kissed her nose. Caroline squeezed his shirt on his chest.

"You're my princess." He kissed the side of her lips. Caroline reached for his face.

"You're mine."

He's now kissing her full on the lips. Caroline's hands went at the back of his head as they kiss, holding his curly dirty blonde hair, as Klaus carried her towards her bed.


Caroline woke up from her bed next morning. It's raining. And Klaus is gone.

Last night is one night that she can never forget. It's almost the same as her dream the other day. Only last night, she wasn't crying. They held each other and it felt real.

Klaus was so sure they are going to meet again. Caroline wonders when that would be or if they will really meet at all. A lot can happen.

But right now, Caroline Forbes, cheerleader, Miss Mystic Falls, event planner, top of the class, is back.


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