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CHAPTER 2
Caroline spent the next five days actively avoiding her neighbor. On a scale of one to ten, in terms of biggest WTF moments, this was a one hundred. It was her luck to find herself in a situation like this. For a girl who grew up with it all..around some of the most known faces in the world, her luck was crap. She had an unbelievable way of making Murphy's Law a living display. All the while pulling it off with grace, but hey, give a girl a nice pair of Jimmy Choo's and watch her conquer the world.
So here she sat conquering the world in her apartment building's bar, nursing a strong drink and trying to figure out how she was going to bring herself to fulfill her mother's most recent request. It didn't really come as a huge shock to her that Niklaus' bar took off in a big way. It became the place to be in New York. Celebrities would come from across the country or around the world in some cases to check it out and mingle with other power people. The most amazing part of it is that Niklaus didn't shut it off to the public. He made sure that there was an understanding with the patrons that they would only be told once to respect the privacy of other customers, having to prove his point a few times before people got it. If you wanted to party with the celebs, you had to act like they weren't there.
So, what did come as a huge shock to Caroline was when her mother emailed her requesting a lengthy interview on the new club mogul. She wanted to know everything there was to know about him and she wanted no one but her daughter doing the article. So not only did Caroline have to have a long interview with the man she was trying to avoid, but also had to be present for his photo shoot. She wanted to dig a hole and hide in it.
"Shot of tequila mate, and not the cheap bottle" came from next to her
Caroline briefly glanced up at the man next to her. He was very good looking. Mischievous glint in his eyes. Slight dimples….British accent….wait a minute…
"Well hello darling" the he said when he noticed Caroline looking at him "What's a girl like you doing in a place like this?"
"How original" Caroline said with a smirk, taking a sip of her drink.
"I'm Kol" he said holding out his hand, waiting patiently as Caroline looked from his hand to his eyes and back again.
"Caroline" she said finally after a second, shaking his hand with a small smile. "And I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you're my new neighbor's family?"
"NO SHIT!" Kol shouted nearly choking on his new shot "You're the neighbor?! Like THE neighbor"
"What do you mean THE neighbor?" Caroline asked tapping her nails on the bar counter and finishing her drink off before motioning for one more
"Nik's been talking about you a lot lately" Kol said with a smirk, entertained by her curiosity.
"I could imagine" Caroline said with a short laugh "We didn't exactly get off to a good start"
"He told me" Kol said "Believe me when I say I relished in it. Not many women are strong enough to turn Nik away like you did. He is rude though" he chuckled
"He really was" Caroline said defending herself unnecessarily, she didn't know it yet but Kol encouraged the torment of his brother. He considers it a form of payback for all the 'brother fights' they had in the past. "And what, just because he is kind of attractive and has an accent and dimples..im supposed to suddenly rip off my panties and throw them at him? I don't think so. I'm not that girl"
"yea he got that feeling the night he met you" Kol said "You wouldn't happen to want to let me upstairs would you? I don't have one of the cool elevator cards you and Nik have. But I do have a copy of his house key and I don't want to go to my place."
"Sure why not" Caroline said finishing her drink. Before she could argue, Kol paid both of their tabs. "Thank you but you know you don't have to pay my bill"
"I figured as much judging by where you live, but I'm a gentleman darling." Kol said holding his arm out to allow her to lead the way to the elevator, appreciating the view of her walking in front. No wonder his brother was so flustered over this one. "So how did you manage to get in to this place?"
"You never asked my last name you know.." Caroline said with a sly smirk, edging him on.
"Well do tell then" Kol said biting as they road the elevator up
Caroline dug into her bag and passed him her ID and watched his face fall.
"You're a freaking Forbes?" Kol said looking at her wildly "You guys have more money than the world population combined. No wonder you're on the top floor"
"I worked for everything I have sunshine so don't get it twisted" Caroline said as she walked out of the elevator and toward her door before turning to Kol "Well this was an enlightening experience"
"Absolutely, we must do it again." Kol said smiling "And don't worry, my family is loaded too. I'm not out for your money"
"I can see a friendship forming here" Caroline said with the same smile
"Splendid" Kol said "Talk to you soon darling"
Caroline smiled before she went in her apartment. Before she could tell herself it was a bad idea being his friend, she took a shot and stripped her clothes off heading for her shower. She needed to wash the day away and figure out how she was going to keep her pride in tact and get this interview done. Maybe her new friendship will come in handy after all.
Two days later and Katherine was getting irritated she hadn't heard from her best friend. Normally they would talk or see each other at least once a day. Something was up, and Katherine was intent on finding out what that something was. Her determination radiated off of her aura as her high heels clicked against the marble floor, heading straight to the young man at the front desk in the lobby of Caroline's building. He slightly cringed as he saw her coming knowing good and well she was a force like Caroline.
"Hello Miss Petrova" the young man said timidly "How are you today madam?"
"Let's cut the bullshit Monty" Katherine said flipping her hair over her shoulder
"It's Marcus madam" he said shaking his head slightly at the gorgeous woman in front of him
"Ok Marty I need to get upstairs like yesterday. I know you have the main key to the elevator, so instead of me sitting here and threatening you to let me up like last time…I suggest you take that little key out of your cute little boy pocket and take me where I want to go." Katherine said in one breath with a vicious look in her eye "What do you say?" she finished with a sweet smile.
Poor Marcus got whiplash from her mood swings, but they paid him very well here to deal with the rich snobs and Katherine Petrova's of the world. Speaking of he say a resident approaching. "Mr. Mikaelson, good day sir"
"Mikaelson?"Katherine asked turning around and spotting the bartender from the club who turned out to be Caroline's new neighbor. Perfect opportunity. She put on her best bullshit sweet face as she made her move.
"That would be me" Niklaus said holding out his hand "I'm Niklaus, you can call me Klaus to save a mouth full"
"That's usually not an issue for me" Katherine said winking at him and laughing at his reaction "Kidding!"
"You don't happen to be friends with my brother, Kol, huh?" Klaus asked with a small smirk
"Not yet but I am a people person so who knows" Katherine said "Any way, I need to get upstairs to see my best friend in her time of need and Matthew over here wont lend me his spare key. Something about against policies, I don't know. Some bullshit excuse. Can you help a sister out?"
"Sure, I was just going up to meet my brother and go out for lunch so you can ride up with me" Klaus said walking with her to the elevator
"The infamous Kol?" Katherine asked stepping in and leaning back as the elevator began to move up
"No another brother" Klaus said with a chuckle
"I am getting a whole Brady bunch vibe off of you" Katherine said cringing, she loved being the only child.
"Your senses haven't failed you" Klaus said smiling and looking out the window " I have three brothers and two sisters"
"Jesus what's wrong with your parents" Katherine screeched unapologetically
"We don't have enough time" Klaus said as the bell sounded and doors opened, there stood Klaus' brother.
"Well hello Mr. GQ" Katherine said strutting over to him "Look at you in all your designer suit glory"
"Miss Katherine Petrova, what a pleasure" he said lifting her hand and kissing her knuckles causing butterflies to float around her stomach before she wacked them away "I am Elijah Mikaelson"
"Elijah" Katherine repeated "I like the way that sounds on my tongue" she inched a bit closer to him seeing if she could make him squirm. He didn't budge. He moved an inch closer.
"As do I" He said in his husky english accent making Katherine's knees weak
"Ooooookay" Katherine said getting herself together and pulling a key to what they assumed was Caroline's apartment out of her bag and walking toward the door "It was a pleasure meeting you both. Especially you Elijah" she almost moaned out the last part
"Believe me Miss Petrova, the pleasure was entirely mine. Till we meet again" Elijah said staring at her intensely
"Ok down boy" Klaus said pulling Elijah toward the elevator
Katherine slipped into the apartment and slammed the door closed, leaning against it. Caroline appeared from around the corner looking suspiciously at her best friend who seemed out of breath.
"Where the fuck did that family come from?" Katherine said "They are too gorgeous to be human. That Elijah is going to kill me"
"He does look good in those power suits huh" Caroline said smiling. "I like the younger brother, Kol"
"I heard about him from Klaus" Katherine said watching the blush form over her friend she nodded her head "and I assume he is the reason you're held up in here like a bum?"
"I'm a weak, weak woman" Caroline said with a shameful look on her face "I can't even face him because I'm so embarrassed, and now my freaking mother wants me to write and article on him since his club is doing so good. Full interview and all. I just don't know how to approach it. I'm stuck, so I'm hiding."
"No, no, no." Katherine said pulling her friend into her living room and grabbing the bottle of champagne Caroline was already nursing "You just have a little case of Stockholm Syndrome. Nothing a little icebreaker cant fix."
"What do you have in mind?" Caroline asked looking nervously at Katherine
"Well, since tonight is Friday" Katherine said with a smile "I figured I can dress you up like a classy little slut and go to his club. He seems like a pretty reasonable and extremely sexy man. Don't stress. This isn't up for discussion either. We are going"
"I hate you" Caroline said leaning her head on Katherine's shoulder
"Love you too bitch" Katherine said swigging off the bottle and leaning her head on Caroline's.
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