Previously on A Second Chance at Love:
Tyler: Find Someone, Caroline. Be happy. Live your life.
Gina: Silas is a plaque that must be stopped. The spirits demand my family of this.
Elena: Why you?
Gina: Because Silas is trying to find a way to see Katsia again and I fear that he may have found another way.
Caroline: And how would that work?
Josh: By sacrificing everyone from this town.
Gina: We have until 2 weeks before Silas performs the spell and destroys the veil.
Jeremy: What's in 2 weeks?
Josh: A sacred comet that passes by once every 500 years.
Elena: What comet is that?
Gina: It's a comet that was blessed by the spirits. Every 500 years, the comet passes over the Earth, giving witch's a power boost. With my family and the comet, we will have the power to imprison him permanently without a chance of him breaking from his prison again.
Stefan: Caroline is one of my friends. Keep in mind that if you hurt her then I will feel obligated to have a witch imprison you again.
Klaus: I wouldn't have it any other way.
Stefan fell to the ground in a heap with his phone still ringing in his hand. The intruder stepped closer to Stefan's body as he looked down at him. The only light in the ally was a flickering street light as the intruder stepped into the light. The intruder appeared as the spitting image of Stefan as he smiled at the real Stefan still lying on the ground.
Silas: Hello Stefan, Good to see you again. I'm back.
And now chapter 4:
Caroline woke in her bed. She rolled over to her side to face the sun shining through her window. She smiled at the morning's greeting. Then she smelled something on her bed. She sat up to look at her pillow. She looked around her room. She ran her fingers through her hair then remembered her dream and Klaus came to her. His head print still there in her pillow. She brought it up to her face to smell his scent. It still smelled of his cologne and manly scent. He didn't leave too long ago. She smelled breakfast coming from the other side of her door. Her mother must have come home in the night and woke up to make breakfast. Her mother never was one for sleeping in late. Caroline put her pillow back as a piece of paper fell on her bed. She put down her pillow to see what the note said. She turned red as she read the note.
I felt that you didn't want your mother to find you sleeping in my arms. You sleep so soundly. I hope that you will call on me for anything.
Klaus
She sniffed as she put the paper in her nightstand drawer. She coughed to herself in slight embarrassment.
"Caroline? Are you up?" Her mother asked.
Caroline grinned. Her mother was getting better at sensing vampires since her daughter is a vampire.
"Yeah, I'm up," she said getting out of bed.
She strolled in as her mother got done making scrambled eggs and toast, a simple breakfast since her mother wasn't too good in the kitchen.
"Aha! Such a breakfast," Caroline mocked playfully.
"I'm not THAT bad at cooking," her mother giggled as she poured herself a cup of coffee.
"So how was your night?" she asked.
The sheriff leaned on the bar with her coffee in hand.
"A triple crash last night, I was up making sure that everything was collected for the accident investigation."
"Ouch," Caroline said sipping her OJ.
Caroline watched her mother put down her coffee. Caroline looked at her mother as she made a face.
"Is this one of those 'we need to talk' moments?" Caroline asked her.
Her mother smiled a little.
"Caroline, I have to ask you, are you interested in Klaus?"
Caroline froze, "What?"
"Please, Caroline, I'm a sheriff and a mother. I notice things. I'm not looking to interfere, I just want to make sure of something."
"Of what?"
"That you are happy and that he is not pressuring you or compelling you to do anything you don't want to do," her mother said.
Caroline nodded. She was a little miffed that her mother would ask her that but she knew that she was only looking out for her only daughter. Caroline and her mother had been through a lot. Their bond grew when she became a vampire. Her mother deserved much more than a life of this kind of drama.
"I am happy. I mean ever since Tyler left, I felt out of place. I do think that there may be something there, but I promise that he's not pressuring me into anything. I feel safe with him."
Her mother nodded, "As long as you are happy, Caroline. At this point, after everything you've been through, that's what matters to me."
She smiled as she went over to hug her daughter.
"Thanks, mom," she said as her mother went to her room.
Josh and Jeremy were eating lunch at the Grill when Damon and Elena came in.
"Hey, guys," Jeremy said to the couple.
"Hey, have you guys seen Stefan today?" Elena asked them.
"No, not since yesterday," Josh said.
"Apparently he's MIA," Damon said.
"I can have my mother help track him," Josh offered.
"No, he's probably around here somewhere. He just didn't come in last night," Elena said.
"Maybe he's taking a quick trip to prepare for Silas," Jeremy pondered as he drank his coke.
"Without saying anything to me? Little brother and I may have issues but he at least tells me when he takes off," Damon muttered mockingly.
"Damon, I'm sure he's fine," Elena said stroking his arm.
"Something just doesn't feel right," Damon said as he looked at his love.
Klaus stood in his house as Gina and another witch walked to his study. He washed down some of his scotch. He glanced at them as he refilled his drink.
"I trust that this little family reunion was splendid, especially when the rest of you lot arrive here," he said.
Gina smiled as her cousin made her way up stairs to her room.
"Yes, Emily was just telling me that the rest are on their way. Everyone will be here in a few days."
"Yes, well you will forgive me if I don't feel the same sentiment on having a bunch of witches in my home while one of my greatest enemies is planning to destroy this town," he smiled taking a drink.
"I do realize that your mother, our ancestor, tried to kill you and the rest of your family. Please know that she wants Silas gone as much as any person."
Klaus walked over to the witch as he spoke, "I do not have to remind you of the consequences of stabbing me in the back in any way."
"I do understand that Klaus, but know that I know the kind of person you really are. I will protect my own and I am prepared to do whatever it takes to protect my family. I hope that I do not have to remind you of that," she shot back at him as he approached.
"I also hope," he said finishing his glass, placing it on a table, "That if anything should happen to anyone in my family, I will not hesitate to kill you, your family and everyone you have ever met."
She smiled, tilting her head to the side, "Does that include your young little vampire girlfriend? She has a lot of spirit. She has a good heart."
"Yes, she does."
"I know that she is special to you," Gina noted.
"Then you know that nothing is to happen to her," Klaus said.
"I understand, Klaus. Together, we can stop Silas for good," Gina said.
Caroline went to the cemetery alone. All she carried was a bouquet of flowers to place at a grave. Slowly she walked until she found her target; her father's grave. She crouched down to brush away the leaves and twigs off his stone. She replaced the dead flowers with the fresh ones.
"Daddy? There are times that I wish that I could take a clock and make time go backwards. So much has happened since you left. I bet that this was the last thing that you wanted for your daughter. God, I wish you were here. Silas is coming back and I'm already having nightmares about him. It's starting to really freak me out. I need you dad. Your little girl still needs you. I just hope that you're happy wherever you are," she said with a sigh.
She touched her father's stone before she turned around. Klaus stood near a tree close by. She didn't seem surprised at all to see him there.
"I saw that you bolted this morning," she smirked.
Klaus smiled, "Yes well, it would have been interesting if your mother walked in to see you so close to me last night."
She laughed at the thought, "She probably would have shot you."
"I don't doubt that."
"What brings you here? Do you have a previous childhood memory centuries ago or something?"
"No, I wanted to see you again," he said.
She looked back at her father's grave again.
"You miss your father," Klaus said, it wasn't a question.
"Every day," she said resting a hand on the stone, "Sometimes I look back at my life and wonder if he was truly proud of me for the person I became. Me getting turned into a vampire didn't exactly go too well with him."
"I can imagine."
"Even though I was a vampire, a thing that he was raised to hate, he still loved me. In his way, he tried to 'fix me' so he didn't have to kill me."
"And what did he mean by 'fixing you'"
Caroline shook her head, "It's a long story. I don't want to remember the bad times right now."
"Stefan told me of your transformation and how it was hard for you. I can imagine that being hard for you in the beginning."
"Yeah, I was nowhere near prepared to be smothered with a pillow in my hospital bed. I guess the only good thing about it was me getting back at Damon for the terrible things he did to me when I was still human."
"What exactly was that?"
Caroline started walking through the cemetery, knowing that Klaus would catch up.
"He was more after Elena and causing mayhem in town. He used me to get to Elena and to help get Katherine out of the tomb."
"Ah, I heard that he was obsessed with Katherine back then."
"Obsessed was an understatement. He would have burned the whole town to get Katherine out of the tomb. He was not happy when he realized that she wasn't there the whole time."
"Damon does have a way with cause drama, doesn't he?" he noted stepping over a branch.
"That he does."
"I don't know if you heard, but I talked to Gina and she tells me that the rest of her family with be here in a few days. Soon we will have everything we need to stop Silas."
She shuddered at the name, "The sooner the better. He's caused so much damage already with Jeremy and now Bonnie."
"I will keep you safe, Caroline," he said without thinking.
She smiled at him as they went. They talked and laughed for what seemed for hours as they wandered around the wilderness. Caroline never really had a full conversation with him before. He is certainly not the person he was when she had first met him. The more time she spent with him, the more attractive he seemed to her. That emptiness feeling goes away when he's near.
Klaus smelled her intoxicating scent. How lavishing she was to him. Her lovely golden curls bounced as she moved. Her lovely eyes showed intelligence and innocence. Her smile brightened the world no matter how small. She was utterly perfect to him. Tatia could not stand a chance against Caroline's beauty.
They both smelled the quickly approaching rain. The sky thundered and roared above them. They didn't react in time before the heavens cried all around them. Caroline squealed a little as the cold rain hit them. Klaus laughed as he put his coat around her head.
"I think the tomb is just up here," Caroline said as she vamp with Klaus next to her. They made it to the entrance of the tomb. The rain was just beginning to get worse with lightning and high winds picking up. They were both soaking wet as the watched the rain pour in front of them.
"That was crazy," Caroline giggled whipping the rain from her face. She set Klaus' soaking jacket on a boulder nearby to try to dry it.
Her hair was clung to her face and body. Her wet clothes emphasized her curves. Klaus cleared his throat to distract himself.
"Yes well, mother nature tends to have that affect."
They smiled at each other. Then lightning struck too close to the opening of the cave. Caroline jumped and clung to the nearest person in the room with her head hiding in his chest. Klaus had them step deeper in the tomb as he watched for other dangers with her in his arms. They froze for a moment, waiting for lightning to strike near them again. Slowly, Caroline looked up from his chest. He glanced down at her. They stared at each other for a moment until Klaus took a chance and brought his lips down to hers. Believe it or not, she kissed him back. They kissed passionately with moans and caresses. Klaus was pleased as she began removing his shirt. With his torso exposed, he vamped her to the cave wall with her grunting at the impact and the pleasure of him wanting her too. He brought his head to her neck as she panted with desire. She peeled off her coat. Klaus pushed her tank over her head, exposing her bra. She pushed him away with a mischievous grin. He grinned at her aggression as he removed his belt, watching her unzip her skirt. She came at him again in her unmentionables as they made their way deeper into the cave. At the end of the cave, Klaus had her on her back on the ground. With only a few remained pieces of clothing, they kissed with pure desire and lust. Caroline took the weight on him on her as he nudged and teased her neck. She laughed at his impatience to have her. She could feel him wanting to bite her. He pulled back from her neck as he made to pay attention to her chest. She held his face in her hands.
"Do it," she panted.
He shuddered with a growl. She pulled him closer to her neck. Not able to fight back the urge anymore, he bit her. She moaned at the feel of him on her neck. He pulled back long enough for her to roll him on his back as the kissed. She brought her mouth to his neck and bit him back. He grunted at the huge turn on he was getting with the feel of her pulling his hybrid bite cure from his body. How he loved the feel of her using him for sustenance. She pulled back with blood trailing down her chin. He sat up with her in his lap. He licked his own blood off her lips. She stroked his cheeks with her thumbs as they made out once more. He rolled her over as they made love in the quiet tomb with the sound of lightning and rain still pounding from outside.
