Hi! I'm back with chapter 5!
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Chapter 5:
Caroline entered her room angrily and slammed the door. One minute she was starting to appreciate Klaus and the minute after she just hated him. Well, at least she was trying to hate him. He had no right to tell Katherine about her panic attack, it was none of his business, he had nothing to do with it.
And yet again she just couldn't hate him. He had been so sweet, kind and caring with her in the grocery. She couldn't forget the way he had been holding her, not letting her go and fall on the floor. How he had cupped her face between his strong manly hands that she loved to feel on her skin, and how he had tenderly kissed her forehead.
Wait, what was she doing? She shouldn't think that. He was nothing but an ass to her. True he had been kind in the grocery and true he made her walls crumble like no one before but, she could also remember how he had treated her the day before. How he had said that he was not interested in talking with her, how he had said that he didn't want to read her stupid papers and he didn't want to talk with someone who couldn't speak.
She walked toward her bed and dropped dead on it and she just stayed like this. She let the thoughts consume her until she started to think about something she had never thought about before, well, since the accident. Maybe she could try to talk, just once, just to see how it would be to hear her voice. Would she even still be able to talk? She opened her mouth but nothing came out. Come on, she just had to say something small, like 'Hi' or something. She opened her mouth once more and an image of Matt appeared in her mind and she just closed her mouth at the same time.
What had she been thinking? She couldn't talk, it was not that she didn't want to, she just couldn't. It was like her subconscious was forbidding it, like she didn't deserve to talk, like it was forbidding all of her emotions as well. Like it was forbidding her from crying even during those times when all she wanted to do was cry until she had no tears left in her. Her thoughts were suddenly broken when she heard a knock on her door. She didn't say anything, well, obviously...
Klaus entered the room only a second after knocking; it was not like she was going to answer anyway. He didn't even know what to say now. What had he been thinking about, to knock at her door? He just had felt the urge to see her. He thought he would see her differently now that he knew what had happened to her, but he didn't.
Well, he did, in some way, because now when he looked at her he was not seeing a mute girl anymore but a broken woman, a woman who couldn't even show her emotions, a woman who had been through a horrible situation and had lost her brother. He felt the anger rising in him when he thought about what Katherine had said, they had found her caged like an animal with her dead brother in display for her to see.
Caroline straightened up when she heard the door being opened, she was seriously waiting to see Katherine appear to talk to her about her panic attack at the grocery, because Klaus had ran to her and told her the second he passed the threshold. But instead it was Klaus entering her room. He walked inside making himself feel at home, he really didn't care, did he? Caroline crossed her arms in front of her chest watching him take a look around her room.
After a minute Klaus stopped looking around her room and turned toward Caroline looking straight at her. She was still wearing her ugly clothes and in his head he could still see her with the beautiful dress she had been wearing at the wedding, he could remember her voice as he was greeted by nothing but silence right now. He could remember her smile full of light and her eyes shining in happiness, but he was met by an emotionless face even though her eyes always held all those deep emotions. Right now, only looking at her stance he could tell she was angry though.
"I just had a conversation with Katherine." He announced breaking the silence.
Caroline sighed disappointed. Deep inside of her she had hoped he hadn't told Katherine about her panic attack. She had thought she wouldn't have to take more pills and see the doctor more often, but of course it was all just hope, of course he had told Katherine.
"I told her we crossed paths with Hayley and Camille but I didn't say anything about your panic attack." He continued and at his words he couldn't help but notice how her face lightened up when she realized Katherine didn't know about her panic attack and he smirked.
He took her pills out of his pocket and walked toward Caroline to give it to her. He approached her bed and sat next to her on the edge of it. He extended his hand with the drugs in it for her to take and as she grabbed the pills Klaus closed his fist around the pills and her hand wrapping his fingers around her small hand. Caroline looked up frowning and confused. He was looking at her seriously now and she started to feel the fear rising in her. She didn't like when people grabbed her like this.
"I know what happened. I know you are not mute, you stopped talking three months ago; you stopped showing your emotions." Klaus admitted. Caroline tried to pull her hand away from his grip but he kept her hand in his firmly.
"I know they found you in a small cage, like an animal." He continued and Caroline noticed how angry he seemed as he was saying this. She wanted to cry as the memory came back in her head, she wanted to cry so badly, but she couldn't.
"I know they killed your brother in front of you and that you are doing everything in your power not to show how you feel about it, how you feel in general. But I can see it, like I can see that you want to cry right now, like I can see that you are terrified." Klaus brought his other hand to her other hand and took it as well.
"You can't stay like this; this is ruining your life. I won't let you ruin your life. I've seen soldiers ruining their lives with guilt, because somehow I know that what you really feel is guilt, and I don't know why you feel guilty but I will find out." Klaus looked at her straight in the eyes.
"You must be wondering why I care." Klaus continued slightly chuckling, "I don't know why I care but I do. I don't know why I want you to be okay. I don't know why I want to find everyone who ever hurt you and rip them apart. I don't even know why I find you so intriguing, how you can be so beautiful even when you dress like a potato."
Caroline was shocked, she didn't know she affected him that much. She felt her heartbeat fastening in her chest with each word he was saying. The skin he was touching on her hands was burning. She had no idea how he was able to read her like this but he was able to in some way.
"I never get interested in anyone, but when I do I do it completely." Klaus admitted before sweetly kissing her cheek and leaving the room leaving a shocked Caroline behind him. She brought her hand to her cheek where he had kissed her and slightly touched it with her fingers looking at the closed door of her room.
Klaus went back downstairs and walked toward the front door ready to leave. He had something important to do. When he said that he never was interested in people it was true, and when he said that if he was ever interested in someone it would be completely, it was also true. And he was interested in Caroline and he would find out everything about her. He put his hand on the handle of the door but a very recognizable voice stopped him.
"Where do you think you are going?" Klaus turned around to find Katherine looking at him her hands on her hips in a defiant way.
"I'm going out." Klaus simply answered and started to turn back toward the door.
"No, you are not going out now. Right now we are going to have lunch that I just prepared while you were in Caroline's room. But before that you'll tell me what you were doing in her room." Katherine said not giving him any choice as she turned around and walked in the kitchen perfectly knowing that he would follow her, unless he wanted her to kick him out of the house, forever, when he hadn't found his own place yet. And living 24/7 with Kol was not an option.
So Klaus followed Katherine and entered the kitchen after her.
"What do you want?" He asked crossing his arms over his chest.
"What were you doing in Caroline's room?" Katherine asked crossing her arms over her chest as well.
"I was just talking to her." Klaus said raising an eyebrow.
"Don't you dare do your little number on her." Katherine exclaimed angrily all at once.
"My little number?" Klaus asked confused.
"Yes, don't you dare be your charming self, even though I don't think you are charming at all, quite disgusting actually, and seduce her just to put her in your bed and then once you have what you wanted acting like it never happened." Katherine explained.
"I wasn't trying to seduce her I was just telling her I knew she wasn't mute." Klaus said not liking what Katherine was implying.
"She doesn't deserve it, Klaus. She was engaged to Tyler and after the incident he left her. He said she was not the woman he had fallen in love with anymore. He gave up on her. And Caroline, she has a fickle heart, she cares too easily, she loves too easily. So please don't do this to her, don't make her fall for you, don't break her heart." Katherine said calmly this time.
"I know she doesn't deserve it. I would never do this to her." Klaus affirmed. He hated that Katherine thought he could ever break Caroline's heart that easily.
"Then why did you tell her all the things you told her in her room? I went upstairs a few minutes after you and I heard you when you told her you cared and that she is beautiful." Katherine raised her tone once more, "Don't tell her things you don't really think."
Klaus felt the anger rising in his system at her words. She thought he didn't believe what he had said to Caroline and it was understandable. He had always been nothing but an ass to women but not with Caroline. Of course he wouldn't admit it in front of Katherine so he didn't say anything else. Katherine wasn't supposed to hear what he said to Caroline. And he wouldn't admit in front of her that he had meant every single word.
"Let's have lunch now. Elijah is already waiting for us at the table you can go, I'll call Caroline." Katherine announced before leaving the kitchen and walking toward the stairs.
Klaus left the kitchen as well to join Elijah in the living room. When he entered it his brother was already seated at the table waiting for everyone. Klaus greeted him and sat in front of him.
"Hello Niklaus, what was that about?" Elijah wondered.
"What?" Klaus asked looking up at his brother not knowing what he was referring to.
"I heard Katherine yell. She seemed quite angry." Elijah explained not leaving his brother from his sight.
"Oh nothing important. Something about me wanting to seduce Caroline just to put her in my bed." Klaus said nonchalantly.
Elijah raised an eyebrow, "And of course that was not true."
"No I don't want to put Caroline in my bed; you and Katherine are annoying with this. I don't care about Caroline and I don't find her attractive at all. If I want to put someone in my bed I'll go to a bar and take a random girl. You know what? I might do that tonight actually." Klaus answered indifferently even though he didn't mean any of it.
Elijah could see right through Niklaus. He perfectly knew that he was lying through his teeth and he was about to say something about it when someone cleared their throat. The two brothers turned their head to see Katherine and Caroline at the entrance of the room. Katherine looked at Klaus in a way that made it clear they had heard everything and Klaus didn't even bother to look at Caroline, he didn't want to see how she would feel after hearing him say that.
Both women walked toward the table and Katherine took the seat next to Elijah which left, as her only choice, for Caroline to sit next to Klaus. Caroline was hurt to say the least. She sat not looking at Klaus, not wanting to see his arrogant face, his amused smirk that she was sure he had on his face. But at some point she turned toward him and he was looking at her as well. She perfectly knew from their conversation earlier that he could see how hurt she was through her eyes. But at her surprise she could also see in his eyes that he was sorry and he hadn't meant what he had said a few seconds ago. She could see it in the way he was looking at her.
Klaus saw how hurt she was but he also saw how it faded away as she looked into his eyes and he understood she knew he hadn't meant what he had said to Elijah. He was mesmerized by how they were able to have a conversation just staring at each other. They didn't need words. Klaus looked back toward the table and smirked. Caroline smiled as well and they started eating not saying anything. Katherine and Elijah hadn't noticed the exchange, happily.
When lunch was over Klaus left the house and took his car without telling anyone where he was going. A few minutes later he was in front of the police station. He stopped the engine and entered it. Thanks to the military he had connections and he was counting on using them. He entered an office he knew very well not even knocking and sat at the chair in front of the desk facing the man that was on the other end of it. He lifted his feet off the ground and put them on the desk making himself at home.
"Klaus Mikaelson, long time no see, what can I do for you?" The man asked not smiling.
"Marcel, I need to have a look at one of the files." Klaus said nonchalantly looking at the man defiantly. They both looked at each other like this for a few more seconds and then they both started to laugh.
"It's good to see you, Klaus." Marcel said happily and Klaus smiled as well. Marcel used to be in the military as well but about a year ago he had stopped to become a cop instead.
"I see you are doing well." Klaus smiled.
"Yes, I am." Marcel confirmed, "So, what is this file you need to see?"
"Caroline Forbes, three months ago." Klaus simply replied and Marcel's smile dropped.
"Listen, mate, I can't give you that file. It's the sheriff's daughter." Marcel announced but Klaus didn't lose his smile.
"I just want to take a look at it, nothing more. The sheriff won't know about it." Klaus affirmed.
"Alright, be quick about it. And if you have questions you can ask me, I was there when we found her." Marcel opened a drawer and took a file out of it before placing it in front of Klaus, "We are still on the case, we didn't find who did this yet."
Klaus took the file in his hands, dropped his feet from the desk and opened it looking at it seriously.
"That was really nasty." Marcel commented pointing at the file.
Klaus turned the first page that was teaching him nothing more than he already knew thanks to Katherine. He found pictures of a dead body that was hanging. The man had his wrist attached to the ceiling with chains and his feet barely touched the ground.
"That's Matt Forbes, the brother." Marcel explained.
Klaus put the picture aside not wanting to look at Caroline's brother the way she had seen him for the last time in her life, he couldn't imagine being at her place. The next picture was one of a small cage and his jaw tightened understanding it was the cage Katherine had been talking about. There was blood inside the cage and one of Caroline's shoes.
"We found the girl in there." Marcel said pointing at the cage, "I'm the one who took her out of it. She was not in a good state; if you want there is a copy of her medical file at the end of the file."
Klaus didn't say anything and turned the pages until he found a picture of Caroline only wearing her bra and underwear. The doctors must have asked her to take her clothes off to take pictures. She had bruises almost everywhere on her body, her hands were bloodied, she had blood in her hair, a split lip, a black eye, and bruises on her neck and on her wrists.
"We found her blood on the chains from which her brother was hanging which means they hanged her there as well at some point." Marcel continued to explain.
She had small cuts on some parts of her body and all he could see in her eyes was sadness and guilt. Why was she feeling guilty? There was also this emptiness about her; it was like she was dead inside.
"This girl really broke my heart, I mean, I've seen a lot of horrible things being in the military and all but this really broke my heart. I was glad when I learnt that at least she was not raped." Marcel explained and Klaus felt an immense relief when he heard it.
Klaus closed the file not wanting to see more of this. If one day he found out who did this he would kill those monsters slowly and painfully.
"I heard that she tried to kill herself once or twice after this but I also learnt that she is better now, slowly she is doing better." Marcel took the file and put it back in his drawer, "Anyway, why are you interested in this case?"
"She lives with Katherine and Elijah, my brother. I also live there, which means I live with her." Klaus explained trying not to show how angry he felt inside.
"Listen Klaus, I have to work right now so maybe we can talk over a drink tonight or something." Marcel proposed and Klaus agreed before leaving the police station.
Klaus immediately drove to the Mystic Grill. He needed a drink before going home. He couldn't go home right now and face Caroline after seeing the pictures. He wouldn't be able to. He was starting to care too much for her anyway and it was wrong, it was all wrong.
It was a few hours later that Marcel entered the Grill to find an already wasted Klaus at the bar. He had a glass of bourbon in his hand and was drinking it greedily. When he turned and he saw Marcel he smiled and opened his arms in a welcoming manner.
"Marcel, there you are. You'll have to excuse me I started without you. I needed a drink." Klaus said stumbling while trying to stand up from his stool. Marcel chose not to say anything scolding or mean perfectly remembering that Klaus became really mean and aggressive while being drunk, not that he was not mean and aggressive while sober.
"I can see that." Marcel chuckled, "Maybe I should take you home."
"No, not yet. Let's have one drink together and then we'll go home." Klaus said enthusiastically.
"Alright, one more drink then." Marcel agreed.
Two hours later and they were still at the Grill, Klaus was still drunk but a little less than earlier as he was now drinking a coffee before going home. Because he had finally accepted that Marcel brought him home and he had also accepted that it would be a better idea to drink a coffee before doing so. He didn't want to cross paths with someone in the state he had been minutes ago, even though they were surely already asleep.
Klaus finished his coffee and stood up. He walked toward the entrance of the grill when he saw Tyler entering it and he felt his blood boiling in his veins remembering Katherine saying he broke Caroline's heart. He also remembered telling Caroline he wanted to rip apart anyone who had ever hurt her. Marcel must have noticed the change in Klaus' stance because he grabbed his arm and started to drag him toward the entrance.
"Come on mate." Marcel continued to drag Klaus out but he pushed Marcel aside and started to walk menacingly toward Tyler.
He reached him in a second and threw a punch at Tyler's jaw. Tyler taken aback dropped on the floor and looked up at Klaus confused.
"That's for breaking her heart." Klaus growled before trying to hit Tyler once more but he was yanked away by a few other men who dragged him outside.
Once outside they let go of him and walked back inside not saying anything. Marcel appeared outside a few seconds later.
"You've lost your touch, man." He said amused as he started to walk toward the car.
"I'm drunk, I don't have all of my abilities." Klaus defended himself.
"I know. I'm glad you are drunk right now, if not I'm scared those men wouldn't have been able to tear you apart from the other guy and you would've killed the moron." Marcel entered the car and so did Klaus.
Klaus looked at his hand and sighed, "Katherine is going to kill me."
"Why?" Marcel asked starting the engine and driving away.
"She'll see I fought. I have scratches on my knuckles." Klaus explained and Marcel started to laugh.
"You are not scared of men but you are scared of this woman." Marcel laughed.
"You haven't seen her, she is scary." Klaus said sounding like a child.
"I hope Caroline won't care that you fought." Marcel continued.
"Why?" Klaus asked confused.
"She can punch. When I took her out of the cage she was scared and she tried to fight me. I had a black eye for a week." Marcel stopped the car as they arrived in front of the house.
Klaus smirked, "That's my girl."
"Your girl? Let's pretend you said that only because you're drunk." Marcel opened the door to walk toward the entrance of the house perfectly knowing Klaus wouldn't be able to unlock the door with the keys in his state, "Although, she would be perfect for you, you do need a girl who can punch to put you back in your place sometimes."
"Ha ha ha, very funny, Marcel." Klaus said sarcastically.
After that they said their goodbyes and Klaus walked in the house trying not to make a sound. He took off his shoes and threw them on the side not really caring where they landed as he started to walk toward the stairs.
He walked toward his room but stopped in front of Caroline's room. He approached it and listened to see if he could hear any noise inside and he couldn't so he quietly opened the door. He walked inside and approached the bed where Caroline was fast asleep. He looked at her for a few minutes and admired how peaceful she looked while being asleep. He brought his hand to her face and brushed her hair away from her face before slowly caressing her cheeks with the back of his fingers and that was when he saw his knuckles once more and he smiled.
"You are worth it, you are worth everything." He whispered.
And with that he left the room. Once the door was closed Caroline opened her eyes letting go of the breath she had been holding. A small smile appeared on her lips and for the first time in months this smile reached her eyes.
The day after that Klaus was strangely nice to Caroline, no remark about how she was dressed or what she was doing or anything of that sort. He was just oddly nice. Of course Caroline didn't know that it was because every time he looked at her he was seeing her with bruises everywhere and caged in a small cage.
But a week later and it was back to normal which reassured Caroline, she didn't want him to pity her. And at first he had pitied her in some way and she knew it, but now he was not anymore. Maybe sometimes she actually preferred when he pitied her, like right now for example.
Caroline opened the fridge and took chocolate out of it with a small smile adorning her lips; she smiled a lot more than she used to now and even though the others had noticed they didn't say anything about it too scared that Caroline would stop. Anyway, she took the chocolate out of the fridge and was about to eat it when it was snapped out of her hands.
Caroline turned around to see Klaus standing behind her and starting to eat HER chocolate. She tried to grab it back but Klaus walked on the other side of the counter so they were separated by it. Caroline crossed her arms in front of her chest and made it clear that she was angry and that she wanted her chocolate.
"Don't be angry, love." Klaus chuckled continuing to eat her chocolate. He then sighed in defeat and handed her, her chocolate. Caroline tried to grab it but he yanked it away just before she grabbed it.
"No tongue, no chocolate." Klaus laughed and was taken aback when Caroline started to circle the counter top running.
He started to run as well and Caroline continued to run after him through the whole house. They passed in front of Elijah who was reading the newspaper and he didn't even look up as if he was used to it. Oh yeah, right, he grew up with Klaus, Rebekah and Kol, he was clearly used to it.
Then they passed in front of Katherine who yelled something they both didn't understand. Then Klaus ran upstairs and Caroline followed. For someone who hadn't practiced sports in a long time she was doing well. Klaus slowed down not knowing where to go now and he opened his door, but he had thought for too long and as soon as he entered the room and turned around to close the door, Caroline jumped on him and he fell to the floor with Caroline on top of him, who was still trying to grab the chocolate.
Klaus chuckled and turned them both so he was the one on top keeping Caroline from grabbing the chocolate. But as soon as he was in this position Klaus noticed how sexual it really was. Caroline had her legs opened and Klaus was between them. Caroline stopped moving as well when her eyes met Klaus'. They both looked at each other not saying a word. Klaus wanted to kiss her; he wanted to kiss her so badly. That was all he could think about. Her eyes were so intense staring at his.
Slowly he brought his hand closer to hers not leaving her beautiful face from his sight and came even closer. Caroline licked her lips and Klaus looked down at the pink lips he wanted to kiss, to capture so badly. And then Caroline brought the chocolate to her mouth and bit into it eating it happily.
She was smart, gosh she was smart. He hadn't even realized she had taken the chocolate from him. He had underestimated her that was for sure. But he didn't care that he hadn't kissed her because that was also the first time he heard a sound leaving Caroline's mouth. It was the first time he heard her laugh and that sound was music to his ears. That sound was the most beautiful sound he had ever heard.
And he loved the vision he had in front of him, Caroline laughing with a giant smile on her lips, her eyes shining in happiness and her body shaking from her laughter. Once her laugh faded away Klaus stood up helping Caroline stand up as well and he just couldn't look away, his eyes were transfixed on her.
They both walked downstairs quietly. Caroline only realized then that she had laughed and the guilt took over her. She didn't deserve to laugh; she didn't deserve to be happy. She noticed Klaus looking at her frowning at her sudden change of mood.
She didn't deserve it, she couldn't be happy. Her breath started to quicken and she started to tremble. It was wrong.
Klaus immediately noticed it and cupped her face in his strong manly hands. It was not a panic attack yet, he could try to calm her down before it was too late and she would have to take her pills.
"Caroline look at me." Klaus whispered not wanting Katherine to hear and Caroline looked into his eyes still trembling and it was while looking in her eyes that Klaus understood something important , something he should have guessed earlier. He had been trained for this.
"Caroline, ssh, calm down. It's okay to feel, it's okay to be happy, it's okay to laugh." Klaus started whispering, "It's not your fault Matt died, you can continue to live. I know you feel like you don't deserve to be happy because he died and not you. But it's okay to be happy, and it's okay to talk as well." Caroline started to shake her head and Klaus took her in his arms letting go of her head.
"Matt would have wanted you to be happy." Klaus whispered and with that Caroline stopped shaking her head because she knew inside of her that Klaus was right. She just stayed in his arms, gripping his shirt forcefully, not wanting to let go.
After a few minutes Klaus broke the silence, "What do you think about watching some movies in your room?" He proposed and Caroline nodded before taking a step away from him.
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