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The second month

Klaus had been seeing Caroline for a month now and he wanted to take things a little further. He hadn't wanted to push her before, because he could feel how resentful she was to have to spend her time with him. He had been very careful to let her some space to keep seeing her friends, including Tyler. He hated the idea but he knew that Caroline would despise him even more if she wasn't able to see Tyler. He had decided to be patient, and just managed that Caroline get used to his presence next to her. But now, Klaus really wanted that she would open up to him and let him open up to her. He was firmly decided to take advantage of the deal as much as he could.

The first Friday evening, Klaus picked Caroline up at her house and took her for a ride. He didn't want to tell her where they were going and Caroline started to freak out when she saw the "you are now leaving Mystic Falls" board.

"Don't worry love" he reassured her "I'm not kidnapping you, promise"

Caroline didn't seem convinced but she kept quiet.

After more than one hour of driving, Caroline started to smell something different in the air. Something salty. She straightened up on her seat, suddenly excited.

"We are near the ocean!" she exclaimed.

Klaus chuckled.

"Correct, love. You told me you love the water so I thought you could enjoy an evening near the ocean" he explained.

After parking his car, Klaus guided Caroline on a beautiful beach. She took off her shoes as soon as they reached the sand, and Klaus smiled at her enthusiasm. The place was beautiful. A big expanse of white sand. The peaceful sound of the undertow. The moon reflecting on the water. Actually the place was extremely romantic noticed suddenly Caroline. The thought made her nervous and she anxiously looked at Klaus who was settling a blanket on the sand. He invited Caroline to sit and he started to empty the basket he was carrying. A bottle of champagne. Two glasses. Strawberries. French pastries. Caroline shifted, more and more uncomfortable. She was suddenly very aware that she was alone on a very romantic place with someone who likes her a lot. A murderer who likes her a lot. Things suddenly became crystal clear. The sea, the moon, the champagne. Klaus had decided to stop the chit chat and was doing his next move. He wanted to take things further and he had got under way the seduction phase. Caroline bit nervously her lips and as usual, Klaus felt her uneasiness.

"Don't worry Caroline. I promised you I won't do anything you don't want to, remember? You are safe, I promise" he said gently.

Caroline nodded, slightly relaxing. After all, until now he didn't give her any reasons to doubt his word. She accepted a glass of champagne with a smile, and lay down on her elbows, enjoying the view.

"It's really beautiful" she whispered.

"Agreed" Klaus answered but he wasn't looking at the view, neither he was referring to. Slightly blushing, Caroline straightened up and cleared her throat.

"So how did you find out this place?" she asked, trying to come back on a safest subject.

Klaus smiled and they started a light conversation. As usual, Caroline was genuinely surprise to see how easy it was to talk to him. He was really an interesting man. He could talk about everything. Art, literature, cinema, economy, politic. His knowledge was endless and talking with him was actually fascinating. And that's why he was so dangerous thought Caroline. He could be so nice, sweet even, that he made extremely difficult to remember why she should hate him. It was so easy to forget everything he had done while he was talking about constellations, a genuine smile on his face. Every time he was looking at her, his dimples were showing off and his eyes were bright with contentment. It softened so much his entire feature than he looked very innocent. Vey human. And very hot. Caroline shook her head to clear her thoughts. She was there because she had to, not because she wanted to. She was there for Tyler. She suddenly felt a pang of culpability thinking about Tyler. What would he think if he could see her right now, clearly enjoying her evening?

Klaus' voice suddenly snapped her out of her thoughts.

"Caroline? Are you still with me?" he asked.

Caroline forced a smile.

"Yes I'm here. Sorry. I'm just a little tired" she lied.

"No problem, love. I'll drive you home if you want to."

Caroline nodded and they left the beautiful beach in a comfortable silence.

But Klaus had no intention to give her any breathing space. Two days later, he was in her bedroom at five on the morning, trying to wake her up. Caroline growled, then moaned before putting her pillow on her head. Her body was screaming to her that it was way too early to wake up and she refused to open her eyes. But Klaus kept mercilessly shaking her until she finally fluttered her eyes open. She gasped in surprise when she saw him and suddenly straightened up on her bed.

"What are you doing here?" she asked, pulling protectively the covers in front of her.

"Finally" sighed Klaus. "Are you always that difficult to wake up?"

Caroline looked at her alarm clock and growled at the hour.

"Five o clock? Seriously? You have nothing better to do at five o clock on the morning?" she complained on a sleepy voice.

Klaus chuckled.

"Come on, love. Dress up, we are leaving."

"Where are we leaving at this time?" Caroline muttered.

"You'll see. Hurry up or I'll drag you out of the bed myself."

Knowing that he would do it, Caroline headed for the bathroom and put the first clothes she could find, still muttering.

She crashed on the passenger seat of his car, obviously pouting.

"I didn't know that our deal implied to be dragged out of my bed in the middle of the night" she complained. "Five o clock, seriously? Have you ever heard of having a lie in?"

"Is this an invitation?" asked teasingly Klaus.

Caroline grumbled, not even bothering to answer. Klaus couldn't help but laugh. She was absolutely adorable. Her eyes all sleepy, her mouth pouting, her eyebrows frowning. Yes, she was adorable and there was nothing he wanted more than brings her back to her bed and have a lie in with her. A lie in spent to ravish her rather than to sleep, if he had anything to say about it. But he couldn't do that. Not now.

"Are you always that grumpy on the morning?" he asked, trying to clear his mind from his lustful thoughts.

"Everybody would be grumpy at this time of the morning" retorted Caroline still pouting. "You are evil, you know that?"

Klaus laughed again and handed her a big bag.

"I hope it will help you to feel better" he said.

Caroline dug in the bag and found a bunch of cookies, some pastries and a big thermos of hot chocolate.

A light smile finally appeared on her lips while she was opening the thermos. She glared at Klaus with the corner of her eyes.

"Ok, maybe you are not one hundred per cent evil after all" she admitted reluctantly.

Klaus smiled, keeping his eyes on the road. He took her on the highest cliff of the town, which was overhanging Mystic Falls. Caroline remembered Elena telling her that Stefan brought her here once, but she had never come herself. The view was breathtaking. The whole town was spread out in front of her, while the Falls were roaring besides her.

"Ok, it's stunning" admitted Caroline "but why do we have to be here at this time of the morning?"

"A little patience, sweetheart. Sit down, keep looking at the Falls, and wait."

Caroline complied, genuinely intrigued now. And suddenly she understood. The sun was rising over the Falls. The waterfall slowly turned pink, then orange and finally red as the sun was progressing in the sky. The cascade seemed finally as it was blazing up and kept glowing during a few moments. The water suddenly went back to its initial color as the sun ended his ascension, and Caroline closed her mouth.

"Wow, it was beautiful" she whispered mesmerized. "I never came here before" she added, turning to look at Klaus.

"I was hoping that it would be a first" he admitted. "I'm glad you liked it."

He smiled. "And now, to reward you for bravely left your bed at five on the morning, I'm going to offer you a real breakfast" he said, a teasing grin on his face.

Caroline hit playfully his arm. "You know, it's really mean to make fun of people" she said, faking a frown.

Klaus smiled but his mind was focused on the fact that even if it was to hit him, it was actually the first time she was touching him on purpose.

The following day, he was on her bedroom again, but at night this time. Caroline found him lie down on her bed when she came out from the bathroom on her pajamas. This time she didn't jumped and Klaus noticed it.

"I took off my boots this time" Klaus said grinning and showing her his socks.

Caroline put her hands on her hips.

"Well, that's not because you took off your boots that you are allowed in my bed. Remember our deal? It does not include that I have to get in your bed" she quoted.

Klaus raised his arms in surrender.

"Ok love, no problem". He propped himself on his feet and sat on Caroline's armchair.

"Is it better now?"

Caroline shrugged. Ha was making fun of her and she knew it.

"Are we going somewhere?" she asked instead of answering.

"Nope. Not tonight. I was thinking about you so I decided to come" Klaus explained simply, smiling at her.

Caroline couldn't think of anything to answer to that and she stood in the middle of the room, not sure of what to do. Klaus felt her hesitation.

"You can go to bed love, I promise I'll behave. I'm just here to talk".

Caroline didn't feel comfortable about going to bed with Klaus on the same room but she had to admit that he had always kept his word to behave. She hesitantly buried herself under the covers and looked at him.

"So, what do you want to talk about?" she asked.

"You, of course. Tell me something, anything about you that I don't already know."

Once again, Caroline lost track of time while she was talking with him. He was a good listener and seemed so genuinely interested in whatever she could say that it was really hard not to keep going on and on about her life. She noticed that it was very late only when a yawn escaped her. Klaus smiled.

"I'll let you sleep now, sweetheart, but don't worry I'll be back tomorrow."

And he was. Every night during the following weeks, he was waiting for her when she was ready to go to bed. And every night she talked to him. He kept asking questions about her, her hopes, her dreams, what she expected about life and she kept answering him. Nobody had ever listened to her like this. Actually, nobody had ever bothered to ask her that kind of questions. She could talk to him about anything, and especially her worries about being a vampire. As a vampire himself and being way older than her, he had answers for any of her interrogation. Sometimes, she couldn't help but think that Klaus could understand her better than anyone. Caroline knew she was on a very dangerous ground here. She was getting more and more used to his presence, and worse, she was getting more and more addicted to it. After a few weeks, she realized that she was actually expecting him. One night, her room was empty when she came out from the bathroom. She couldn't help the disappointment washing all over her, nor she couldn't help the overwhelming feeling of relief when Klaus finally showed up. It scared her but it was too late to back down and Caroline knew it. She didn't know where she was going but she knew their conversations had become a really important thing in her life.

It was about the third week she stopped ask him to sit on her armchair. She just lay down next to him, careful of leaving a safe distance between them. Klaus didn't move an inch, knowing that it would ruin anything. He had put so many efforts on trying to make her trust him, he couldn't ruin it now. And yet, God knows how much he was craving her. Seeing her every night in her tiny pajamas was a torture. And now feeling her body so close to his was even worse. But he couldn't afford to push her. He knew that if anything would happen between them, it would be her call.

Caroline's voice snapped him out of his daydream about her naked body rolled all over his. And her question made Klaus flinch.

"Why your hybrids are so important to you?" she asked hesitantly, as she feared his reaction.

Klaus was taken aback by the question. She had asked him some personal things over the past weeks and he had gladly answered, but this one was complicated. Klaus took a moment to think. Caroline had confided him some pretty personal things lately. So, obviously she was trying to know if she had been right to talk to him and if he was able to return the favor. He couldn't disappoint her. Not when she did trust him enough to lie next to him.

"Because my family never loved me and with the hybrids I was hoping I could create a new one" he stated simply.

Caroline thought about it and chose her words extremely carefully.

"But you do realize that if people stay with you because they are sired to you, it's got nothing to do with love, don't you?"

"I do" confessed softly Klaus "but I don't know how to do otherwise."

"Well, you could do what you do with me" replied Caroline. "Listening to people, asking them about their life, connecting with them. If you can do it with me you can do it with anybody."

"It's different with you sweetheart. I genuinely care about you and I genuinely want you to care about me. Your trust is one of the most important things to me right now. Actually that's the first time in my life that I want so bad than someone trust me." Klaus had wanted to sound confident but he failed to hide the hint of vulnerability in his voice. Caroline heard it perfectly and she swallowed hard. She had found out during the past few weeks that she hated see him vulnerable. Impulsively, she closed the gap between them and put her head on his chest. Klaus froze, not sure about what to do.

"I want to trust you" whispered Caroline. "I do. But I can't forget everything you have done and I don't know if I ever could."

Extremely slowly, Klaus wrapped his arms around Caroline's body. He was terrified that she could push him away but she actually snuggled into him.

"I know you can't forget what I have done. And I don't blame you. All I want is a chance to prove you that from now, you can trust me. I will never do anything to hurt you Caroline, I just hope you know it." Caroline didn't miss the pleading tone in Klaus' voice and she smiled.

"I know" she answered softly.

Klaus instinctively tightened his grip around her and Caroline fell asleep wrapped in his arms. When she woke up on the morning he was gone, and Caroline realized that she was already missing his touch.

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