Hi everyone! First of all I would like to say a special thank you to the people who took the time to send me a private message in order to review the last chapter. I didn't think about the fact that by replacing the second version of the lemon by the real chapter 6 people wouldn't be able to review anymore so I really appreciated the kindness of the private messages.

This new chapter is pretty long so I hope you won't mind.

Please notice that this chapter is not beta reading because my beta wasn't available. Please be nice with any mistakes you could find and remember that English is not my first language.

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The big day had finally came and Caroline was beyond nervous. Today was the day she was telling her friends about Klaus and her. There was another meeting at the boarding house to talk about a new plan to counter Alaric and Caroline had decided to take advantage of the situation. Her friends had pestered her the previous days to know where she was and she knew she couldn't postpone the truth anymore. And she didn't want to. Caroline had taken her decision and she knew she had been right. She wanted to be with Klaus and she wanted that everyone knows about it. No matter what.

She was perfectly aware that things won't be all singing birds and fireworks with Klaus and that they were in for some serious fights. But she was also perfectly aware that he was the only one she wanted to fight with. The only one she wanted to fight for. Caroline was clinging to that thought to keep her calm while she was trying to decide the best way to tell her friends. She couldn't help but feel awfully anxious. Even if she was sure about her decision, she was devastated at the idea of losing her friends. They meant the world to her and the idea of losing them was unbearable.

Klaus was worried. He could see how much Caroline was anxious about talking to her friends and it hurt him to see her so distressed. He hated himself that she had to get through this because of him. He couldn't help but think about what would happen if Caroline's friends decided to turn their back on her. Will she stick with her choice to be with him? Klaus didn't want to imagine how things could evolve between them if Caroline had to lose her friends. Deep down, he was sure that somehow she would resent him and that it would destroy their relationship. Even if it was the hardest thing he ever had to admit, Klaus already knew that if Caroline's friends didn't accept her feelings for him, he would have to let her go. He couldn't bear that Caroline would be unhappy especially if he was the reason of her unhappiness. Her friends meant too much to her so she can be happy without them. Klaus loved Caroline enough to be selfless for once in his life and to have the strength to let her go if it was the only way for her to keep in her life the people she loved.

Klaus threw his book on the couch and left the living room, looking for Caroline. She had gone upstairs a while ago talking about changing her shirt but she didn't come back downstairs yet. Approaching his bedroom, Klaus heard Caroline mutter between her teeth. Puzzled, he slowly entered the room and noticed Caroline in the adjacent bathroom. She was looking at her in the mirror and obviously talking to herself.

"I know it's hard to believe but he is so different with me" she was mumbling. Caroline shook her head. "Too cliché" she said.

"You forgave Damon for everything he had done, why Klaus couldn't have a second chance?" Caroline mumbled again but she shook her head once more. "Too aggressive" she sighed.

"I really feel something strong for him, please don't make me choose between him and you" she tried again but she shook her head for the third time. "Too cheesy" she muttered. Caroline growled in frustration.

Klaus was astounded. She was rehearsing! She was rehearsing what she wanted to say to her friends about them. Despite of the gravity of the situation, Klaus couldn't help but chuckle. How could she be so freaking adorable in EVERYTHING she was doing? So much adorableness should be forbidden, it made him totally weak and whipped.

Caroline heard him chuckle and quickly turned over to face him.

"Nobody had ever told you that eavesdropping is rude?" she asked severely. "And this is not funny" she added a little coldly.

Klaus instantly lost his smile.

"I'm sorry, sweetheart. I am not making fun of you and even less of the situation. I know how hard it is for you. It is just… You were so adorable, my love, I couldn't help but smile, I apologize."

Caroline's frown disappeared immediately. Closing the gap between them, she slid her arms around his chest and snuggled into him with a sigh. Klaus immediately wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him.

"I'm sorry, sweetheart" he whispered again "You have no idea how much I would like you don't have to get through this."

"I know" Caroline answered against his chest "don't worry, it's gonna be ok."

Klaus hesitated but he finally loosened his embrace on her to take her face in his hands.

"Caroline, I want you to know that if you friends' reaction is really bad, I will move aside. I don't want you to be torn between them and me and I know that you can't be happy without them. So if they don't accept your decision, I will let you go, my love, I promise."

Caroline frowned, her body suddenly frozen against his. And then, without a warning, she rose her hand and slapped him on the face with all her strength. She doubted she had hurt him even a little but his astonished look was enough for now.

"HOW DARE YOU?" she yelled, positively fuming. "How dare you take that decision for me? This is MY decision to make, not yours! How dare you decide if it's better for me to have you or my friends in MY life? How dare you think that I could bear lose YOU? I forbid you to do this, do you hear me Klaus? I FORBID YOU TO DO THIS! I'm the only one to decide what do I want for MYSELF. How can you imagine only for a second that I could let you go after all we have been through together those last months? I want you Klaus, I want to be with YOU, no matter what. What do I have to do so you FINALLY believe me?"

Caroline stopped to catch her breath as every inch of her was boiling with rage. To say that Klaus was dumbfounded was an understatement. He had thought about a lot of reactions to his previous declaration but certainly not this one. She had slapped him. Slapped him. This baby vampire had slapped him, the Original Hybrid straight on his face. And she had yelled at him. Because she didn't want to lose him. Because she was ready to lose her friends for him. For the first time, Klaus truly realized how much Caroline cared about him.

Without a second thought, he flashed toward Caroline and crushed her body against his. Crashing his lips on hers, he kissed her like his life depended on it. Still fuming, Caroline tried to push him away but her strength was no match against his. And anyway, after three seconds of his kiss she felt already dizzy so she gave up and kissed him back passionately.

Klaus eventually broke the kiss to look at her deadly serious.

"I'm sorry, my love" he said sincerely. "You are right, I'm not allowed to take any decision for you. I wanted to do the right thing so you would be happy but I have no right to do it. No more decision for you. I promise."

Caroline nodded. "I'm glad we cleared things out" she answered coldly. "I couldn't bear to be with someone who thinks he knows better than me what is good or not for me."

Klaus humbly nodded.

"Duly noted, sweetheart" he mumbled.

Caroline suddenly smiled.

"Perfect. Now shut up and kiss me" she ordered.

Klaus complied immediately.

Everyone was gathered in the living room of the boarding house and the ambiance was pretty tense. They had all noticed that Caroline and Klaus had come together in the same car and they were worriedly waiting for an explanation. Especially Tyler seemed ready to burst. Caroline had broken up with him only a few days ago and he hadn't expected to see her here with Klaus. A part of him was still hoping that Caroline will eventually realize that she had been wrong and that's the reason why he didn't tell anything about Caroline and Klaus to the rest of the group.

Caroline nervously cleared her throat. "Well, I would like to tell you something while we are all here" she started a little awkwardly. Since nobody uttered a word she bravely continued.

"As you know, a few months ago Klaus saved me from Ric. I became kind of emotional after this because it reminded me of the werewolves things and what my father did to me."

Caroline's voice shook a little at the end of her sentence and Klaus instinctively put an arm around her waist to comfort her. Everybody froze at his gesture and the silence became even tenser. Caroline took a deep breath and she continued.

"Well, to sum up, Klaus had been there to help me get through this and we had grown closer to each other and now we are together."

Caroline dropped her bomb in a steady voice but her eyes were betraying how worried she was.

The silence was deafening during a few more seconds and then everybody exploded at the same time.

"How can you do that to me?" Elena

"Are you out of your mind?" Matt

"Are you compelled?" Bonnie

"Is it a joke?" Jeremy

"What the hell is wrong with you? " Damon

"You are not serious?" Stefan

Tyler was the only one not to tell anything but his clenched jaw was screaming what he was thinking about all of this.

"Please guys, calm down" Caroline asked desperately and Klaus tightened his grip around her. He was craving to intervene but Caroline had asked him not to so he gritted his teeth.

"I know it's hard to believe but Klaus is really different with me" Caroline tried to explain but Damon cut her off.

"Different? he scoffed "Are you kidding me? He's a mass murderer who put your best friend in the worst miseries for the past year. How can you feel anything for him?" He was looking at Caroline with such disgust that she suddenly blew up.

"How dare you judge me?" she spat. "YOU, between everyone! You, who killed Jeremy. You, who forced Elena to drink your blood before the sacrifice. You, who turned Bonnie's mother into a vampire. How dare you? You are no better than him!"

Elena chose this moment to jump into the conversation.

"Caroline, Klaus hurt me personally! He killed Jenna, he is using my blood to make his hybrids, how can you forgive him after he hurt me that way?"

Caroline clenched his jaw.

"You have short memory Elena" she said a little coldly. "Have you already forgotten what Damon did to me when I was human? The way he used me? The way he compelled me? The way he abused me? And still, you had forgiven him. Where is the difference? Why would you be allowed to forgive Damon for what he did to me and I wouldn't be allowed to forgive Klaus for what he did to you?"

Elena found nothing to answer but Klaus growled extremely dangerously next to Caroline.

"Damon did WHAT to you?" he hissed, his jaw so clenched that he would have broken his teeth if he had been human.

Caroline quickly put a soothing hand on his chest.

"Please, not now" she mouthed to him. "Please."

Klaus gave in to her begging eyes but he threw a glare to Damon meaning crystal clear "this is not over."

Caroline turned to face all her friends.

"Listen. I know Klaus did awful things to all of us and believe me I don't forget it. But what I'm saying is that Stefan and Damon also did pretty bad stuff in their life and everybody seems to forget it. They both killed and tortured and then you trust them. Why could they have a second chance and Klaus couldn't?"

This time, it's was Bonnie's turn to intervene.

"Because they did things to redeem themselves, Caroline. What did Klaus do to prove that he can be trusted as Stefan and Damon can be?"

"I'm going to stop making hybrids" Klaus announced calmly.

Everyone turned to look at him, the same skepticism on their face.

"You give up on your hybrids?" Jeremy asked incredulously. "Why?"

"Because I don't need hybrids when I have Caroline" Klaus simply answered. "I don't need anything but her and I will do anything in my power to make her happy. So I give up on the hybrids and I gave you my word that I won't do anything again against any of you."

"And we are supposed to believe you just like this?" Matt asked, totally unconvinced.

Klaus shrugged.

"I couldn't care less about what you think" he said honestly. "The only thing that I want is Caroline to be happy and she needs all of you so she can be so I'm asking you to give her a chance."

Klaus hesitated and approached Tyler who immediately tensed.

"And I'm going to give this to Tyler" Klaus said, pulling out a little object from his pocket and handing it to Tyler. "It's a talisman. As long as you will have this on you, you won't be sired to me anymore."

Tyler looked at the talisman and instinctively turned to look at Caroline who seemed as astonished as everybody. Klaus noticed her look and smiled to her.

"I have consulted a witch while you were sleeping the other night" he admitted. "In a proof of my good intentions."

Caroline smiled to him and impulsively walked to Tyler to hug him.

"I'm sorry for all I put you through" she said sincerely. "I never had any intentions to hurt you, I hope you know it."

Tyler hesitantly wrapped his arms around Caroline and Klaus gritted his teeth at the view of Tyler's hands on Caroline's body.

"I know" Tyler whispered. "I know, Caroline."

Caroline smiled shyly at him and went back next to Klaus who immediately wrapped an arm around her waist to pull her close to him. The move was as much a gesture of possessiveness as a desire to feel Caroline against him.

Caroline sighed. "We are going to go now" she said a little hesitantly. "All I ask for is, please, give me a chance with my choice. Klaus makes me happy so please think about it before cutting me out of your life. I love you, each one of you and you mean the world to me. I just hope you love me enough to accept my decision."

With a last shy smile, Caroline turned around and exited the living room, Klaus still holding her tightly against him.

Caroline and Klaus were both silent in the first moments of their ride home. Caroline seemed upset and Klaus was worried about her.

"Are you ok?" he eventually asked gently.

Caroline shrugged.

"I don't know" she admitted "I guess it could have been worse, they could have staked me right away couldn't they? she continued sarcastically.

Klaus made a poor smile. "I'm sorry" he said sincerely.

Caroline smiled sadly to him. "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. I hope they will understand eventually."

Klaus nodded. "I hope too" he answered.

"Now I have to tell my mum" Caroline sighed. "I think I'm gonna wait tomorrow, what do you think?"

"I think it's a good idea" Klaus approved. "Let's go back to the mansion."

"Could we cuddle on the couch in front of the fireplace?" Caroline asked hopefully.

Klaus grinned. "We can do whatever you want, my love."

Caroline leant to kiss his cheek and went back to look pensively through the window. Klaus noticed that she was deeply lost in her thoughts.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked curiously.

Caroline looked at him and he observed she was blushing a little.

"Well, I was wondering how should I call you in front of my mum" she answered obviously embarrassed.

Klaus frowned.

"What do you mean?"

Caroline cleared her throat.

"My mum is going to ask if we are…in a relationship you know, if we are…exclusive and that kind of stuff. But you are definitely not boyfriend material so I don't know how to tell her about you" Caroline explained, her cheeks redder and redder.

Klaus looked at her, dumbfounded. He would have never expected something like this.

"Why am I not boyfriend material?" he asked a little staggered.

Caroline looked at him incredulously.

"Come on Klaus, you are the all mighty one thousand year old Original Hybrid! You can't be…a boyfriend!" Caroline exclaimed.

"And why is that?" Klaus asked, upset this time.

Caroline sighed in frustration and struggled to find her words.

"Do you really see yourself like someone who can be a boyfriend and have a girlfriend?" she asked.

Klaus took a moment to think about it. Truth to be told, he didn't care about having a label on their relationship. As long as he could be with Caroline, he didn't see the matter to put a name on it. But obviously it was important to Caroline. She needed a word to define them and even if he didn't need it, he could understand it and he had no intention on disappointing her.

"I do" he answered resolutely "No need to torture yourself to find the right word. You are my girlfriend and I am your boyfriend. End of story."

"And of course we are exclusive" he added firmly. "I will tear apart limb by limb any man who will try to put a hand on you."

Caroline looked at him astounded.

"Are you serious?" she squealed in her surprise.

Klaus chuckled at her reaction.

"Deadly, my love. I love you and you are my girlfriend."

Caroline suddenly missed a breath.

"Stop the car" she asked on a strangle voice.

"What?" Klaus frowned.

"Stop the car. Now" Caroline repeated urgently.

Klaus obeyed, suddenly concerned and stopped the car in the side of the road. As he was about to turn to Caroline she rushed from her seat and the next thing he knew she was on his laps, straddling him and hungrily attacking his lips with hers. Klaus made a strangle noise of surprise but Klaus being Klaus, he quickly recovered and wrapped his arms around Caroline's hips, kissing her back feverishly.

"To what do I owe the pleasure?" he finally breathed when Caroline pulled away for some air.

"You told you love me" she mused in amazement.

Klaus smiled with a little uncertainty. "I did" he said almost shyly. "I hope you don't mind". Caroline looked at him like he had lost his mind.

"Mind? Didn't you notice that I just made you stop the car in the middle of nowhere to kiss you?"

Klaus grinned and Caroline cradled his face in her hands.

"I love you too, Klaus" she said softly.

Klaus briefly closed his eyes.

"You do?" he asked in a breath.

"I do" Caroline confirmed.

He was about to talk but she resumed kissing him and he decided that focusing on that was a smartest thing to do. She devoured passionately his mouth before lowering her lips in his neck and lingering here.

"Have you ever tried the backseat of this car?" Caroline asked huskily against his neck.

Klaus couldn't help but gasp.

"We are at ten minutes from the mansion, love" he answered hoarsely.

"There is absolutely no way I can wait for ten minutes" Caroline retorted. "Actually, I don't think I can wait for ten seconds. I want you, now."

The second after, Klaus had lay her down on the backseat of the car.

He had always known that he couldn't deny her anything.

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