A/N:I know I said I would update within two days of my last update, but I can be really lazy sometimes, and for that I'm sorry. :/
But here's chapter 3 for you, I made it a little longer this time. :) And I didn't actually realise I wasn't supposed to be writing in Caroline's perspective until I was about halfway done, I'd just been writing my other klaroline fic which is in first person, so I guess I was still in that mode. But I thought it sounded ok, and I needed to get more into Caroline's head in this chapter any way. Agree or disagree? Should I keep it this way or go back to third person?
This Feeling Inside ~ Ellie Goulding.
More reviews I get, quicker I will update.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Vampire Diaries belongs to the CW/L.J Smith/Kevin Williamson&Julie Plec or whoever legally owns it these days.
-Caroline's P.O.V-
I opened my eyes. The curtains were wide open and the morning sunshine was shining brightly on my face, almost blinding me. I quickly turned my head out of the sun to see Klaus's face lying on the pillow behind me. A chill went down my spine as I recalled what we had done last night.
He stirred slightly so I put my head back down on the pillow and shut my eyes. I wasn't ready to face him yet. A small, sleepy grunt came out of his mouth and I couldn't help but smile at it. He was adorable when he was sleeping.
It was at this point that I noticed how we were lying. We were both on our left sides, his smooth chest was pushed up against the bare skin of my back, and his strong arms were wrapped around my waist. His left arm was curled under and around me with his hand placed on the right ride of my hips, and his right arm was loosely draped over the exposed side of my waist with his hand resting on my stomach.
I didn't dare open my eyes. I didn't know if he was actually awake or not, until his fingers started lightly stroking across my stomach. I didn't move a muscle.
He stopped moving. I lay still for a few minutes before finally building up the confidence to turn and look at him. His eyes were shut and his breathing was slow and deep.
He must have gone back to sleep.
A wave of nervousness swept over me, I needed a few minutes away form him to sort out all the crazy and messy thoughts going through my head right now.
Being as quiet as I could, and taking extra care to make as little movement as possible, I removed myself from his embrace and climbed off the bed. I found my underwear from the floor and headed to the bathroom and put it back on.
I rested my hands on the edge of the sink and stared at myself in the large mirror on the wall. God my hair is a mess, I thought.
Do you regret it?This voiced in my head asked me.
I had to think about this for a moment.
No I don't regret it.
Don't you feel guilty about Tyler?
I have nothing to feel guilty for. Tyler is an ass and I'm never going back to him.
I thought about what Klaus said to me. About how there's a whole world out there waiting for me, that I can have a fuller life with him. And that a small town life and small town boy won't be enough for me. He'd said that I'm young, beautiful, strong and full of light. I don't think Tyler had ever said anything like that to me before.
Klaus acts like a gentleman to me. He's truly nice and kind to me. He saved my life, twice... He cares about me.
But your friends won't be happy about this.
If they knew it wouldn't work, they don't need to know. Then no harm will come to anyone.
I took a deep breath and turned the cold tap on, holding my hands under the cool water.
I splashed the water on my face and allowed it to drip down into the sink.
I grabbed the black towel from the towel rack and pressed it to my face, then used my hands to rearrange my hair.
I looked into my own eyes in the reflection of the mirror and gave myself an ultimatum.
You can either walk back out there and get back into bed with him, or you can find some clothes and get the hell out of here.
I knew I had to make this decision now. My head and my heart were jumping all over the place trying to choose. So I eventually just went with what my heart wanted to do, and my gut instinct was telling me to go for it.
I turned around and took another deep breath in and opened the bathroom door.
I held my breath as I walked silently across the room. I stopped when I stood on something soft. It was Klaus's shirt from last night. I picked it up and felt the soft material, it reminded me of him. I put it on, and it felt nice, the soft black material against my skin. And it smelled nice, just like him.
I tiptoed the rest of the way back to the bed.
Klaus hadn't moved, he must be asleep. I carefully got back into the bed and pulled the covers over me. I noticed how the sheets only covered Klaus's body up to the bottom of his waist, and I swallowed hard knowing he was still naked under it.
I felt a tingle run through my body as I watched him. He really was the sexiest guy I've ever seen. I slowly moved my hand up to touch his face and just as my fingers were about to meet the skin on his defined cheekbones his eyes suddenly opened.
I jumped and gasped.
Klaus laughed at the shock he had caused.
"Sorry, love. didn't mean to scare you." He said sleepily with a smile.
"I'm fine." I gigged.
The smile slowly faded from his face and he looked into my eyes.
"Do you regret anything?" He whispered, asking me the same question I had just been asking myself minutes ago.
I said nothing for a long, awkward moment although I already knew the answer.
"No." I replied.
"That's good to know." He smiled at me and I couldn't help but grin back.
I shuffled over to him and rested my head on his chest. He put his hand on my head and played with my hair while we lay silently for a few minutes.
My stomach rumbled loudly, reminding me how hungry I was - for both types of food.
"Someone's hungry. Breakfast time, Sweetheart?" He said as we both laughed.
As we were getting out of bed, just before Klaus pulled the covers off him I remembered about his lack of clothing. So not wanting him to see the bright red color that was emerging onto my face I turned away from him and pretended to look out the window. I noticed how beautiful the garden was. The grass was so green and there were pretty flowers and plants everywhere, and there was a fountain in the middle of the garden and there was a swimming pool, and a hot tub. Klaus must have compelled one of the best gardeners in the state to do a job as good as this.
"Coming love?" Klaus's words broke my thoughts. I turned around warily to see that he had put his pants back on. Thank god. If he had still been naked, I think I may have lost control of myself and jumped him right there and then.
He looked at me from head to toe, his eyes lingering a little longer on my legs. "You're wearing my shirt." He stated with a smile.
"Yeah...You mind?" I asked him, feeling the blush rise on my face again.
"Not at all. Looks good on you." His eyes fell from my face to my chest, where the V-neck of his shirt dropped down very low. He smiled to himself as he looked back up to my face again.
Klaus walked over to me and gently swept my hair out of my face, he placed a kiss on my cheek, lingering there for a long moment, then he took my hand and led me downstairs.
Five minutes later I was sat at the round kitchen table eating cereal with strawberries, while Klaus made us coffee. Klaus wouldn't eat anything. He claimed his hunger had already been satisfied.
"So where's the rest of your family at the moment?" I asked, trying to break the silence between us.
"Rebekah's...somewhere; she's pissed off with me at moment. I think Elijah's in New York, and Kol's in Chicago somewhere. Why do you ask?" He questioned before taking a mouthful of coffee.
"I'm just curious." I replied.
Klaus walked over to the fridge, still without his shirt on.
Oh my gosh...he is just...I really want to...I can't even...
I almost started drooling before mentally slapping myself to keep it together. He pulled out two blood bags and slid one of them across the table to me.
"You know, not eating at breakfast can have a very negative impact on your health." I joked cleverly, finishing up the last of my breakfast.
"I'm a vampire, sweetheart, I'm sure it won't hurt me. Besides, I already told you, I'm not hungry anymore." He grinned mischievously at me and narrowed his eyes.
"Oh really." I picked up my spoon and, in a very suggestive way, licked the yoghurt off the back of it, whilst keeping Klaus's eyes locked with mine. The smirk crept back onto his lips, and I was very pleased with myself.
"Well maybe I am hungry actually." I could see the lust in his eyes as he said this.
Food hunger was not what we were talking about.
We sat in silence for a few minutes until Klaus came out of his deep thoughts.
"I'd like to take you somewhere today, if that's okay with you?" He asked me, eyebrows raised.
"Yeah, sure. Where are we going?"
"You'll see." He smiled happily at me. "Why don't you go and get dressed? Or you could just remove my shirt and stay like that. I certainly wouldn't mind."
I giggled and winked at him as I got up off the chair.
I smiled to myself as I walked out of the kitchen, feeling Klaus's gaze on the back of me. I knew exactly which part of me he was looking at.
I came back into the room about 50 seconds later holding the remains of my dress.
"Getting dressed today may be a bit of a challenge!" I said loudly as I threw the material at him, folding my arms. "Seeing as you destroyed my dress last night." Klaus burst out laughing at the mess and almost choked on the blood he was drinking.
"I'm terribly sorry love. I'll buy you a new one. Promise." I could tell he way trying to keep a straight face and hold back a smirk but he failed miserably, and I couldn't help but laugh with him.
"But I must admit, I don't feel too sorry for it, as it was just getting in the way of you."
"Oh shut up! This isn't funny! Now I have no wearable clothes with me!" I whined. I attempted to hold back my giggle as in truth, it was actually rather funny.
"You could borrow some of Rebekah's clothes." Klaus suggested, at least he was trying to be helpful.
"I suppose I could...but I'm going home after to get my own stuff. I think Rebekah would tear my head off if she knew I was using her stuff...not that she doesn't want to already."
I went into Rebekah's room and headed straight into her walk-in closet. I wanted to be as quick as possible in here, even though I knew Rebekah was out of state, just the thought of her knowing I'm in her bedroom scared me. So I was in no mood to be fussy over clothes. I quickly picked out a pair of black skinny jeans and a white tank top and got dressed.
I headed back downstairs and Klaus gave me his car keys, before stopping in my path by stepping out in front of the door way. He put his hands on my waist and pulled me close to him, he then took both of my hands in his and held them to his chest.
"I'll see you in a while." I placed a light kiss on his lips.
"I hope so." He said quietly, looking very deeply into my eyes with a sad look in his.
"What?" My eyebrows furrowed together to form a look of confusion on my face.
"Please come back." Klaus for once actually looked vulnerable. And it saddened me that he thought there was a possibility that I would suddenly change my mind about him and may decide to not come back. Klaus was so desperate to be loved, and when he did get it, he was terrified that it would all run away from him just as quick as it came to him.
I took his face in my hands and his hands went back onto my waist.
"Don't think like that. Of course I'm coming back!" I kissed him passionately and one of his hands went up my back and pulled me even closer. The grip he had on me was so tight and possessive. It was like he never wanted to let me go.
He eventually did let go of me and allowed me to go and get my stuff, very reluctantly though.
I drove down the street towards my house and stopped when I saw my mom's car in the driveway.
Shit.
She was home, and she was going to want answers about where I was last night, and why I didn't come home.
I pulled into the second space in our driveway and got out of the car. I could hear my mom in the kitchen and wandered if I could possibly get into and out of the house without her noticing me.
I opened the front door as quietly as I could but my plan was ruined when the door made the loud click it always makes when I shut it. Damn it, I forgot about that.
"Caroline, is that you?" My mom shouted from the kitchen.
I sighed. Looks like I'm going to have to come up with an excuse for where I was.
"Yeah it's me."
My mom walked out into the hallway wearing her sheriff uniform.
"Where've you been? You didn't come home last night. I tried calling you several times but you weren't answering, I was getting worried." My mom actually looked concerned about me for once. But I suppose it was understandable, I hadn't taken my phone with me and I hadn't given her any warning that I may not come back, although I hadn't planned on not coming back last night. But I never would have seen the events from last night coming...
"Um, I was at Elena's. I went round there and ended up falling asleep, she said she didn't want to wake me. I'm sorry, I really should have called, but I only originally planned on a quick walk so I didn't bother to take my phone with me." I cast an apologetic look at my mother, hoping she would fall for it. And why wouldn't she? It was a believable enough story.
"Oh." My mom looked at the clothes I was wearing.
" Where'd those clothes come from? Could have sworn you were wearing that dress last night."
Shit! I thought. Think Caroline!
"I spilt coffee down it, these are Elena's." I just hoped she would believe this one, it wasn't like me to be clumsy. Much less was clumsy a common trait of vampires.
My mom looked at me with a "that's not like you" expression, so I cleverly decided to extend my answer.
"Well, Jeremy tripped and spilt it on me actually." Well done Caroline.
"Right. Are you back now or are you heading out again?"
"I'm off again. Just came to get some stuff. We're going shopping out of town, then back to Bonnie's to stay over for the night, just to warn you now." I was pleased with how well I was coming up with all this believable stuff on the spot, and my mom was actually buying it!
"Okay. I'm going out of town for a business thing in North Carolina for two weeks. I'm leaving this afternoon; will you be okay by yourself here?"
"Oh yeah! I'll be fine!" I smiled at her brightly as I headed up the stairs, secretly happy that I wouldn't have to worry about letting her know where I am all the time now.
I shut my bedroom door behind me and pulled a bag out of the closet. I dug through my draws and found something to wear today. I had no idea where Klaus was taking me, so I thought I'd better wear something that would be suitable for everything. I laid the clothes out on my bed and removed Rebekah's.
Forty five minutes later I'd showered, dried my hair and curled it, done all my make up and was dressed.
I'd decided on a low cut pinky-red top and my black leather jacket with my own pair of black skinny jeans and my black high heels. I stuffed a few extra clothing items in my bag, although I was going to make Klaus promise to not rip anything else off me, but these were for just in case we got a little bit carried away.
I opened my underwear draw and chose the lacy black set and added that to my bag with a cheeky smile on my face.
I gathered up my makeup and other necessities along with a pair of flat shoes in case today involved walking and put those into the bag.
"Phone." I said reminding myself out loud. I picked up the Blackberry from my nightstand and turned it on. No new messages, I read before slipping it into my back pocket.
After shutting my bedroom door, I headed downstairs and gave my mom a quick kiss on the cheek, and tried to ignore the awkwardness that lingered in the room after that. I said goodbye to her and left the house, I was glad to be outside in the cool morning air again. I got into Klaus's car and turned on the radio, singing along to Never Let Me Go by Florence and the Machine. I loved this song, it's so beautiful. As I was driving I actually felt truly happy for once and found myself grinning like mad.
"Klaus! I'm back!" I yelled, although there was really no need to yell, he would have heard me anyway even if I had whispered. I left my bag on the bottom step of the stairs and called him again.
"Klaus?" There was no reply, but then I felt a strong presence behind me. I turned around to see him and smiled.
"I told you I would come back." I smiled at him with a pout and he smiled back.
"And I'm very glad you did, Caroline." I loved the way my name sounded in his voice, they way he always seemed to put emphasis on the 'I'.
I put my hands on his chest and he pulled me in to kiss him.
"Are you ready to go now love?"
"Yes, let's go." I grabbed his hand and let him lead me back out the front door.
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