Hello everyone! Chapter 4 is here! A lot of people want to know what will happen in the grocery adn I guess it will not be what you were expecting, or what you imagined, hahahaha.
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Chapter 4:
Caroline and Klaus both started to walk toward the front door. Klaus didn't say anything after announcing that he would ignore her in the grocery store, well, he said that once in the grocery he would act as if he didn't know her. That was not really nice of him, not nice at all actually. But Caroline couldn't help but smile when he said it, for some unknown reason she found it amusing. She really appreciated his presence, he was a breath of fresh air. She also cherished the fact that he didn't treat her any differently, even though he thought she was mute.
"Wait!" They both heard Katherine yell at the other end of the hall as Klaus already had his hand on the handle of the door.
"What now, Katherine?" Klaus sighed annoyed.
"First of all, good morning, and if you are wondering, yes I'm fine thank you." Katherine exclaimed before turning toward Caroline and hugging her, leaving a small peck on her cheek and then letting go of her to turn back toward Klaus. Klaus smirked when he saw Caroline rolling her eyes at Katherine's behavior but he didn't say anything about it.
"Did Caroline give you her medication?" Katherine asked Klaus perfectly knowing Caroline hadn't, since she had them in her hands right now.
"No, what medication?" Klaus frowned not knowing what Katherine was talking about at all. He looked toward Caroline, who had an emotionless expression plastered on her face once more.
"Here, these are Caroline's pills." Katherine extended them to Klaus who took them from her hands and put them in his back pocket but still as confused as ever, "She can't go anywhere without her pills. It's just a precaution though. Just in case." Katherine continued and Caroline felt her anger rise. She knew that Katherine was doing this for her but she didn't want Klaus to treat her like a baby. She didn't need it.
"And what do I do with it exactly?" Klaus wondered.
"If she is having a panic attack you have to give it to her to calm her down..." Katherine started but Klaus cut her off.
"She can take them on her own, Katherine. She had a panic attack the first time I saw her and she went to her room and took them on her own. She is old enough to take care of herself." Klaus pointed out which tamed Caroline's anger knowing that he thought the same way she was thinking.
"What? I was not aware of that? Caroline?" Katherine exclaimed turning toward Caroline, "We'll have to mention it to the doctor." Caroline shook her head begging Katherine but she wouldn't hear it, "Your mother trusts me and the doctor said that if you had panic attacks we had to warn him." Caroline looked at Klaus angrily, she didn't want to tell the doctor. He would just give her more drugs that she didn't need and didn't want, and he would want to see her more often.
Katherine turned back toward Klaus, "Next time she has a panic attack you have to tell me. And it's because you were lucky that she was able to handle it on her own, Klaus. This is a serious matter, so now you listen to me." Katherine continued a little angry that he didn't think it was something serious, "Her panic attacks can be more intense or less intense, it depends. But if she has a panic attack you give her the pills and if she doesn't calm down even with the pills then you have to call an ambulance and explain that she is having a severe crisis and that her drugs are not working." Caroline not wanting Katherine to say anything more about her case to Klaus grabbed his arm and started to drag him out of the house which angered Katherine to say the least. She was just worried about Caroline, nothing more, nothing less.
"Caroline!" Katherine exclaimed angrily, "You know these are serious matters stop acting like a child."
– Then stop treating me like a child – Caroline wanted to yell but nothing left her mouth and she stopped on her track perfectly knowing that Katherine was right and that it was important. She just didn't want all of this anymore, she just couldn't take all of this anymore, she had enough being treated like a child, it was just too much, it was too much to hold all her emotions inside and for a split second Katherine could have swore that she saw Caroline's eyes filling with tears for the first time since the incident but she quickly swallowed them and her face turned back to her usual emotionless expression.
It was just all starting to be overwhelming for Caroline. And she knew that if she let go it would just be too much. It was Klaus, before he arrived in her life Caroline would never have reacted that way. She was not saying that it was Klaus' fault, far from it. It was just that Klaus had been the first to make her show her emotions since the first time she saw him. He had triggered something in her, he had made a small crack on the walls that were protecting her heart and now they weren't as strong as they used to. And the more she was around him, the more she felt like it was impossible to hold her walls in place, he just made her emotions resurface and she couldn't do anything about it.
And now even with Katherine it was starting to be difficult to keep it inside of her, and she wanted to keep it for herself. She needed it to feel safe.
"Klaus, Caroline's case is far more complicated than you think it is and I'll have to explain it to you if you are living in the same house as her." Katherine stated and Caroline once more dragged Klaus away from her rather forcefully. Klaus was just staring at Caroline intrigued by her behavior and by what Katherine had said. He didn't even understand why Caroline seemed that mad. He was confused as to why Caroline was having panic attacks. He had a lot of questions without answers but he didn't say anything seeing that the situation didn't seem good. He opened the door on the driver's side and entered the car as Caroline did the same on the passenger side.
Once in the car he turned on the engine and drove away from the house as Caroline put some music on and then looked outside her window not saying a word, well, obviously. Klaus kept looking at her every now and then trying to figure out the mystery that she was.
"You know, Katherine is just looking out for you." Klaus spoke after a few minutes of silence. Caroline turned toward him and looked at him with a hard look, "But I get it, you are tired of being treated like a child."
Caroline's gaze softened realizing that he understood her and she simply nodded before once more looking out the window. The rest of the ride was silent and Caroline enjoyed it, she reached the same conclusion she had come to already, she felt comfortable around him because he seemed to feel comfortable around her.
Once they arrived Klaus quickly parked his car in the parking lot, before turning off the engine and climbing out of the car. Caroline climbed out of the car as well and started to follow after Klaus. They both entered the grocery side by side but as soon as they were inside Klaus turned toward her and looked her up and down before stopping at her face looking at her in the eyes, god she had stunning eyes, so deep and full of emotions.
"I don't know you, remember?" He announced before turning away from her and starting to walk deeper in the grocery. Once he had his back turned to her Klaus let the smirk appear on his lips at her annoyed look.
Caroline mentally scoffed at his behavior. She thought he hadn't been serious back home when he had said he would act as if he didn't know her in the store but it seemed he was serious. He was acting like a child and it was annoying to say the least. She started to follow after him, she didn't talk anyway so he wouldn't have to talk to her either and people wouldn't know they knew each other. After a few seconds Klaus stopped walking and turned back toward her.
"Can you, please stay at a few feet of distance from me." He politely asked and the fact that he was polite enraged Caroline even more. God, if she was still talking she would gladly give him a piece of her mind. But of course she ignored his wish and continued to follow him staying close to him, she was not some piece of shit and she would not let him treat her like one.
"Listen, Caroline. You are beautiful." Klaus said and when he saw the blush reaching her cheeks he added, "Just not today." And with that he started to walk once more his smirk still on his lips. To be honest, he didn't care that he was seen in public with her even dressed like this because she truly was ravishing no matter what she put on her back. Let's just say that he liked to annoy her a lot. The look on her face was priceless as she walked away from him and he could tell that she was a little hurt but well, she was going to get over it.
"Me saying that you are beautiful is even more than a compliment, because I never say to a woman she is beautiful unless she really is." Klaus said almost yelling so Caroline could hear him and she didn't turn around and just showed him her middle finger which earned a huge smile on Klaus' lips. He turned back toward the task at hand as soon as she disappeared from his view. Only once she disappeared because, of course, he couldn't stop himself from admiring the way her hips were moving as she walked away from him. She certainly had class walking away from him. Once she was gone he realized that he had his head tilted to the side and his mouth slightly open, he licked his lips before shaking his head and walking deeper in the grocery.
Caroline walked aimlessly and upset through the alleys of the store. She stopped when she noticed Matt's favorite candies, she walked toward it and smiled when she remembered how he used to forbid her from eating any. She would always take some and eat them just to bother him. He would be upset and run to their mother. It was the beautiful years when they were still kids and everything was good. But her smile soon disappeared when she heard the perky and annoying voice she had always hated.
"Oh Gosh! Look who is here, it's crazy pants." A brown haired girl exclaimed with her mouth opened in false chock. And if Caroline might add, she had a really big mouth, she was sure she could put her fist inside it without troubles.
"Oh yeah, what is creepy-Cari doing here? I thought she didn't go out of her room anymore." A blond haired one continued looking Caroline up and down, "Did you escape the center for crazy people?" She asked looking back up at Caroline's face.
Caroline had always, as far as she could remember, hated Hayley and Camille. They had always been jealous because she was cheer captain, Miss Mystic Falls, and a lot of other things that they were not. She turned around to face them and Hayley gasped.
"My, my, you look awful, Caroline. Not that you were pretty before but well..." Hayley trailed off with a bitchy smile on her lips, big smile since her mouth was so huge, Caroline would never get over it.
"Hayley, how was your date with Tyler last night?" Camille asked not leaving Caroline's face from her sight one second. Caroline didn't let any emotion show, she didn't really care anyway, she was upset that Camille was trying to make her jealous but she didn't really care that Tyler had been on a date with Hayley.
"Oh, yeah. My date with Tyler. It was awesome. Everything went well, he even brought me home." Hayley said making sure Caroline heard the part about Tyler driving her back home, as if she cared, Tyler could shag who ever the hell he wanted.
"You don't say? He brought you home." Camille repeated, were they really stupid or did they do it purposefully? "Creepy-Cari, you seem jealous, it doesn't look good on you." She continued with an amused smile on her face. Oh, how much Caroline wanted to slap that face.
"I'd say she looks more angry than jealous." Klaus' voice interrupted them. Caroline noticed the way Camille's demeanor changed as soon as she turned toward Klaus and now Caroline could feel the jealousy coursing through her veins. She had no reason to be jealous though, Klaus was nothing to her, but she couldn't help it. Camille straightened up, pushing her shoulders backward so her breasts came out, her nonexistent breasts, might she add. "And if you want my opinion, creepy-Cari doesn't suit her at all."
"I told you crazy pants was better, Cami." Hayley interfered looking at Camille.
"Come on, Klaus" Camille started, and Caroline's blood boiled when she realized that they knew each other, One more word leaving Camille's mouth and Caroline was done, she would jump on her, "You don't want people to see you with her, especially dressed like this. Maybe we could have a drink..." And Caroline slapped her. Camille looked at Caroline in shock and Hayley pushed Caroline's shoulders forcefully and Caroline felt a sharp pain on the shoulder Klaus had bumped into last night.
Caroline was about to jump on her and make her head square but a strong arm enveloped her waist keeping her from doing so. She tried to fight Klaus' hold on her but seeing that he was much stronger than her she gave up after a few seconds. Caroline was even more upset at the fact that Klaus didn't let her hit Hayley, was he protecting her or something?
"Well, I actually prefer to be in Caroline's company rather than yours, Camille. I thought you had understood a long time ago that I don't like you and that for me you were just a shag, a one time thing, not even that good anyway." Klaus stated. What? Klaus had slept with Camille? Caroline couldn't believe it, she just couldn't. Klaus had slept with this whore? Well, that was none of her business anyway, Caroline tried to convince herself that she was not jealous at all, well, she was not jealous of Camille, because obviously Klaus had seen her and used her for what she was, a whore.
"Shut up!" Camille yelled hurt by Klaus' words but all Klaus did was smile as he kept an arm around Caroline's waist.
Caroline on the other hand started to feel dizzy. Camille's words echoed in her head and she kept hearing them, shut up, shut up, shut up, until the voice changed and it became a manly voice that said those words, shut up, I said shut up, if you don't shut up you'll regret it. The voice was yelling it now and Caroline brought her hands to her head gripping her hair forcefully as the voice continued to ask her, yelling and order her to shut up. Caroline started to shake frantically, her breathing became heavy. She tried to let herself drop on the floor but Klaus' strong arm kept her up as small groans started to leave her mouth. She could hear Klaus talking to her but she couldn't hear what he was saying because she still heard this horrible voice, the voice she didn't want to remember, just telling her to shut up over and over again.
Then she felt Klaus' hand forcing her mouth open and putting her pills inside of it before tilting her head backward hoping Caroline would swallow them. Katherine had been right, he didn't know anything about Caroline's situation and it clearly seemed worse than what he had thought. She was in his arms shaking, pulling at her hair, breathing heavily, groaning. Her eyes were tightly closed and Klaus didn't know what to do now that he gave her, her drugs. So he just held her closer to him hoping she would calm down. He was holding all of her weight, if he let go she would fall on the floor.
"Ssh, it's okay, Caroline, it's me. You're safe. Calm down, love. Please calm down I don't want to call an ambulance." Klaus whispered near her ear as she stopped groaning and he felt her hands grabbing his shirt as she was trying to calm down. The voice started to fade and was replaced by Klaus' soothing whispers.
"Caroline, love, open your eyes." Klaus ordered as her breathing became normal again. She could now stand by herself and Klaus let go of her waist to cup her face between his hands, "Open your eyes, its okay."
Caroline opened her eyes and Klaus was met by an ocean of emotions in her big blue orbs. He wanted to know everything about her. He wanted to know what was making her react that way, he needed to know everything about Caroline. She was beautiful and intriguing; she was fierce, but also weak, even though she was trying to hide it. The fact that she was holding it all in meant that she couldn't handle it and she preferred to bury it as deep as she could. But Klaus wouldn't let that happen, he had to find out what was the situation.
"Oh, I understand why you don't like Camille, you prefer the crazy, creepy kinda girl, well, you found the right person." Hayley snapped.
At Caroline's biggest surprise Klaus placed a gentle kiss on her forehead, her skin was burning where his lips were, she wanted him to stay like this, and he stayed longer than he should have if he hoped that she would believe he didn't want to stay like this. But then he took a step back and turned toward Hayley and Camille.
"I don't even want to see you near Caroline. I don't even want to hear you talking to her the way you did. And now I want you to get out of my sight before I lose my temper and do something I'll regret." Klaus growled angrily and Caroline was taken aback by the anger she saw in him and heard in his voice. It was the first time she saw him that angry, oh no, there was last night, but even though he had seemed angry at her he still hadn't talked to her that harshly.
After that, Camille and Hayley both left, Klaus went and finished his task, and then paid before going out of the grocery, he looked toward Caroline, a smirk back on his lips, "What are you waiting for. Maybe you want me to walk away so you can admire my royal ass, sweetheart" Klaus provoked her and he smiled when he saw Caroline smile as well before following him and giving him a small tap on the arm when she walked past him.
She was glad that even after seeing her like this he still treated her like he had before. She had been scared about it, but now she was relieved. They walked toward the car and Caroline climbed into it on the passenger's side. Klaus followed after her and climbed on the driver's side before starting the engine and driving away from the grocery. The whole ride back home was silent. Once they arrived and Klaus turned the engine off he turned toward Caroline instead of climbing out of the car.
"You know that I'll have to tell Katherine what happened in the grocery." Klaus said seriously. Caroline didn't look at him, disappointed, she didn't need all the drugs the doctors would give her, she didn't need to see him more often, she just needed to be left alone, nothing more, nothing less.
"Caroline, look at me, do you want me to say it?" Klaus wondered and Caroline looked at him shaking her head to say 'no' and Klaus sighed, "But Caroline, it's for your own good and I have to tell her about it." Klaus explained and Caroline opened her door and walked out of the car and inside the house not looking back at Klaus. Why was he asking her if she wanted him to tell Katherine if he would do it anyway? She quickly climbed the stairs and went into her room before she would cross paths with someone.
Klaus sighed once more when Caroline left the car and entered the house. He quickly did the same taking with him Katherine's new dishes. He walked toward the kitchen and put them there on the counter top before walking toward the stairs but as he did so he heard noises in the living room. He walked toward it to see who was inside and found Katherine seated on the couch alone and watching the TV. But it was not some movie or TV show or anything, it was a home video.
Katherine didn't notice that Klaus was here. Since Caroline and Klaus had left the house she had wanted to see all of her good memories with Caroline. She would have loved to watch them with Caroline instead of alone but she didn't want to, it's like she didn't want to hear her own voice.
On the screen was Katherine and Caroline's 'wedding'. Katherine was playing the boy and she was waiting for Caroline to walk through the aisle. Then, little Caroline appeared on the screen with a big smile on her lips and Matt's arms locked with hers. Caroline whispered something in his ear and Matt laughed. Then he brought her to Katherine and they both giggled happily.
"Who is it?" Klaus asked making Katherine jump.
"Oh God! You scared the hell out of me." Katherine exclaimed turning toward Klaus, "It's me, Caroline and Matt."
Klaus approached the couch and sat next to Katherine, "Caroline had better tastes in clothes when she was a kid than now." He pointed out which earned him a punch in the arm from Katherine.
Then the video changed and on the screen was Caroline dressed in a beautiful ball gown. She was glowing, gorgeous; Klaus couldn't take his eyes off of the screen. But what took him back was when she took the microphone and started to speak. She had such a beautiful voice, a true angel. Klaus frowned though, Caroline was mute, and yet he was hearing her saying her thank you for being elected Miss Mystic Falls.
"Care to explain what this shit is?" Klaus snapped not leaving the screen with his eyes.
"What are you talking about, Klaus?" Katherine wondered annoyed and Klaus turned toward her.
"Caroline, she is mute. She can't talk." Klaus said waving his hand toward the screen that was saying the contrary.
"Caroline is not mute." Katherine announced to a perplexed Klaus.
"Well, she seems mute to me, I never heard her talk." Klaus continued not understanding.
"That's because she hasn't talked in three months now." Katherine explained and when she saw Klaus was still confused she changed the video to put one from her marriage, it was the most recent video of Caroline talking, the last video of Caroline talking.
Klaus turned toward the screen to see the wedding he had missed because he had been out of the country. The first thing he saw was Katherine and Elijah seated at their table with a happy smile on their lips and looking at something straight in front of them, Klaus could even see tears in Katherine's eyes. Then the camera turned toward a small stage and Caroline was on it, she looked ravishing of course. She looked nervous and Klaus smiled seeing her like this. It changed from her emotionless self.
"Hi everyone. Like you all know I'm Katherine's best friend." Caroline giggled nervously, "So, like you can see I am nervous, which is not a normal thing coming from me, it's not like I'm not used to speaking in front of a lot of people, you know, Miss Mystic Falls and all that." She continued as everyone laughed in the room.
"But today I'm nervous. I'm nervous because I had the wonderful idea to replace my speech for a song, well, now that I'm here in front of you it doesn't seem that wonderful to me anymore." Everyone laughed once more, "Anyway, I wanted to do something special for you Katherine, and a speech, especially coming from me, wouldn't have been special enough. So here I am and I am going to sing something for you. I'm gonna sing All of me by John Legend." Caroline took a deep breath and looked behind her to say that she was ready. She then turned back toward the newlywed couple and smiled.
What would I do without your smart mouth?
Drawing me in, and you kicking me out
You've got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down
What's going on in that beautiful mind
I'm on your magical mystery ride
And I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me, but I'll be alright
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, ohoh
How many times do I have to tell you
Even when you're crying you're beautiful too
The world is beating you down, I'm around through every mood
You're my downfall, you're my muse
My worst distraction, my rhythm and blues
I can't stop singing, it's ringing, in my head for you
My head's under water
But I'm breathing fine
You're crazy and I'm out of my mind
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, ohoh
Give me all of you
Cards on the table, we're both showing hearts
Risking it all, though it's hard
'Cause all of me
Loves all of you
Love your curves and all your edges
All your perfect imperfections
Give your all to me
I'll give my all to you
You're my end and my beginning
Even when I lose I'm winning
'Cause I give you all of me
And you give me all of you
I give you all of me
And you give me all of you, ohoh
The whole song Caroline had kept this huge smile adorning her lips, she was so magnificent. Klaus couldn't get over how beautiful her voice was. And now all he wanted was to hear this voice, but not through a video, he wanted to hear it coming out of Caroline's pink lips. He wanted to see her beautiful blue eyes shine like they were on the video, he wanted to see her nervous like she was on the video.
Katherine stopped the video exactly when it was zoomed on Caroline's face as she was smiling happily, "Caroline stopped talking three months ago." Katherine stated again.
"Why would she stop talking?" Klaus wondered frowning.
"Something happened, one night she didn't come home but her mom didn't think anything about it at first. And her brother, Matt, he didn't come home either. In the morning Caroline's mother started to panic. They searched for them without stopping once but they found them only six days later." Katherine explained.
"They were kidnapped?" Klaus asked, "Where is her brother, he was not at the dinner."
"Yes they were kidnapped. No one knows what happened during those six days save from Caroline. They found Matt dead and Caroline curled up in a small ball in the corner of a small cage. It was disgusting, they caged her like an animal, she didn't even have room to stand up. But the Caroline they found was not the Caroline that we all knew; she didn't speak once since that day, she didn't even cry." Katherine continued, "But she is gonna be fine. She is far better than when they found her. She couldn't look at people; she just looked at the walls, no smile, no reaction at all, the doctors even made some testes to see if she was deaf, because she was not reacting when we talked or anything."
"That's why she has panic attacks." Klaus pointed out more to himself than to Katherine.
"Yes, and she has to see a doctor often. That's why you have to tell me if she has panic attacks Klaus. I have to know so I can tell the doctor." Katherine said seriously and Klaus nodded.
"And what happens if you say to the doctor that she still has panic attacks?" Klaus asked.
"Well, I guess he will want to see her more often, give her more medicine to keep her calm." Katherine answered, "Anyway, how was the grocery with Caroline?"
"About that," Klaus started and then paused, he looked at Katherine seriously and continued, "We crossed Hayley and Camille's path there and Caroline doesn't seem to like them much."
"She hates them! Just like I hate them!" Katherine exclaimed, "And how did Caroline react?"
"Well, not really well. She slapped Camille and tried to attack Hayley as well but I held her back, and then..." Klaus started but Katherine cut him off.
"Oh, that's my girl; you should have let her rip Hayley to shreds." She almost yelled, "Sorry, and then?"
"And then we came home." Klaus lied before standing up and walking away. He had her pleading eyes engraved in his head and he just couldn't tell Katherine. Drugging Caroline wouldn't be the solution to make her talk and free her emotions. He climbed the stairs and stopped in front of her room. He looked at the door for a few seconds and then knocked.
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