Title: Fire and Ice

Author: ShadowsDaughter

Summary: He promised he'd never return. She thought it'd be enough. But once you've tasted true love... true desire... can you really let it go? Klaroline fanfic.

Rating: T

The old Caroline would have scoffed and rolled her eyes while making some smart remark. The old Caroline would have stalked off, trying to get away while secretly wishing he'd chase after her. The old Caroline would have done anything to hurt Klaus. But the old Caroline wouldn't have slept with Klaus. The old Caroline wouldn't have called him and told him to come to her.

The present Caroline grinned and ran to him, wrapping her arms around his neck, throwing her weight into him, making him stumble back a bit as his arms wrapped around her.

"You came back!" Caroline exclaimed, her eyes closing as his grip tightened and he crushed her to him.

"Of course I did, love. You told me to. I'll always come when you call." Klaus said and Caroline pulled back so she could look at his face.

Their blue eyes met and she couldn't stop smiling. He returned the smile, one arm leaving her waist so his hand could gently cup her cheek.

"I have to admit, I was surprised by your phone call, love."

Caroline glanced away for a second before looking back at him.

"I almost didn't, and I was drunk." Caroline admitted, scrunching her face a bit and Klaus' eyebrows rose a bit. "But if anything, it's a good thing I was, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten the courage to call you."

"Why were you drinking? Celebrating something?" He asked, a guarded look on his face.

"No," she shook her head and stepped back, out of his arms. Though she really didn't want to. "I was really upset about... some stuff," she stared at the ground, "and so Elena and Bonnie decided I needed a girls night out and so we went to The Grill and I got really drunk."

"Why were you so upset? Who upset you?" Klaus asked, frowning.

Caroline glanced around the sidewalk and shook her head.

"We shouldn't talk about this here." She decided. When he found out about Tyler, he probably would blow a gasket. And want to hurt someone. Namely Tyler.

"Alright, where do you want to go?" Klaus asked and she bit her lip as she thought about it.

"We can just go to my house? I mean, I don't know where you're staying..." Caroline trailed off. Was he even staying? It was like he could read her mind because he closed the gap between them and held her face in his hands, bringing his face close to hers.

"I'm here for you, love. I'm not leaving until you tell me to, or you come with me." He whispered and her shoulders drooped a bit as relief sang through her veins. She smiled at him.

"Good." She said. "I'm really glad you're here."

"As am I, love. As am I." He said and brushed his lips against hers gently, as if unsure of what her reaction would be. Caroline kissed him back, grabbing at his jacket. After a moment they both pulled back and smiled at each other.

"I have some stuff at my old house, but I know you'd be more comfortable at your home." He said as he let her go.

"My house it is," she said and led the way to her car. "Hey... how did you know where to find me?" She asked over her shoulder as she unlocked her car.

"I may... or may not have asked my favorite Ripper." Klaus smirked and Caroline gaped at him as she opened her door.

"You saw Stefan?" She asked.

"No, love. I called him." He said and got into the car. She followed suit and got into the car.

"Huh... why did you call him?" She asked.

"Because I wanted to appear magically to you instead going all over town looking for you," he shrugged.

"How did Stefan know where I was?" She asked as she started the car.

"Apparently you're not as smooth as you think, love." Klaus smirked at her. She rolled her eyes.

"I was only pretending because I was pining after you," Caroling grumbled and Klaus froze for a moment before a grin spread across his face. "Me being upset makes you happy?" Caroline asked as she pulled into traffic.

"No, you missing me makes me happy." Klaus said. "You have to know I missed you, too. It hurt to promise to never come back, love. More than you know." He quietly said.

Caroline sighed and tightened her grip on the wheel.

"I'm sorry about that." She said.

"I'm not." Klaus shook his head.

"Why?" She asked, glancing at him.

"Because it made you realize your feelings and it's brought us together." She melted a bit inside and though she didn't want to admit it, she sighed a little, too.

"O-oh." She said and ignored his slight smirk and focused on the road. It didn't take long to get to her house and then finally they were making their way to the front door. She went to put the key in but realized the door was already unlocked.

"What the hell?"

"What is it?" Klaus asked, coming up next to her.

"The door, it's..." She trailed off when she met a pair of dark brown eyes that were glaring at her from inside the house.

"Tyler." Klaus spat, his arm curling around her waist and pulling her closer to him.

Caroline was wide-eyed and totally unsure of what was going to happen but as Tyler's eyes went from a dark brown to a golden color, she knew it wasn't going to be good.

To be continued...

Authors Note: Hey everyone! I hope you all have a great Valentine's day. Unfortunately I'm dateless so I'm going to be watchings Klaus filled TVD, so I don't think that's so bad! I hope you guys liked this update. Let me know what you think of it!

Facts to know:

-Katherine actually did die, okay? Because I can't see Caroline leaving her friends when something huge is going on, despite any inner turmoil.

-I will be going off on my own plot, so some things will be AU.

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