Hey guys! I am being super quick because, as you all know, I am going to have exams. I have nearly completed the next chapter also, but will only update it around Tuesday or something, because I do not want to run out of ideas and keep you waiting! And I have started a new story- Daggers and Roses... Enjoy!
Klaus chuckled. She was one fiery little cat! He supported Rebekah and carried his baby sister to his mansion. He left that 'bitch' doppelganger fend for herself and her boyfriend. And Klaus couldn't care more about that Lockwood boy. Caroline has always chosen that 'boy' over him and Klaus had been only too happy to see that Caroline had focused on saving him than that Lockwood boy. She had flashed off with Stefan without even giving that boy a second look. He liked that.
He chuckled to himself as he laid Rebekah in her bed, and threw the covers over her legs. He kept a few blood bags which he had reserved for Caroline on her bedside table just in case she woke up and was thirsty. He thought about how Caroline was about feed her blood to that boy. Of course, he just felt immensely happy and satisfied when he saw her ready to feed him without a second thought in her head and not even a hint of distrust in her eyes. She trusted him enough to offer her blood to heal him. But when he saw her offer her wrist to that Lockwood boy, he felt unexplainable rage. He could not bear to see that Lockwood boy drink from her when he had just placed his own lips on her soft skin to drink from her. No! He could not bear to see that! Did she rank that boy to equal him? But he had seen one thing that had given him immense satisfaction. When he had needed blood, she had immediately allowed him to feed on her in a heartbeat, no question or hesitation in her. She hadn't even remembered that she had blood bags. She was so worried. But when it came to saving that sorry excuse of a hybrid, she had hesitated. She had looked around for a blood bag. She had hesitated! And for some reason, that gave him immense satisfaction.
He left his house and headed straight to Caroline's home. His mansion was protected by magic, so no one could get in without his permission. He sensed the Bennet witch along with Stefan and Caroline in the house. Good. Now he would be able to thank her for helping them today. He knew that it was a very hard and complicated spell to perform. The witch's mother herself had nearly lost all her powers desiccating Mikeal. He had already secured Kol's body inside a coffin which was safely resting in one of his room-sized locked vaults in his mansion's basement. Of course, even though the witch had done the spell, it was Caroline who had saved them all. If not for Caroline, all of them would have been dead by now. He needed to speak to her, he thought, as he knocked lightly on the front door.
The Bennet witch opened the door. She seemed surprised to see Klaus there."Don't you have to be at your ridiculously beautiful huge manor taking care of Rebekah? "she asked. "Well, you don't need to worry love. I have done my brotherly duties very well before coming here to check on Caroline. And of course, to thank you for the very important service you have performed" She stuck up her chin and said with a hint of steel in her voice 'I did it for my friends, not for you." "Wait, did you just say Caroline?" She seemed confused. Why would he want to check on Caroline?
"Yes love, or is there another Forbes house around here that I don't know of?"he mocked. "Well," she stuck her chin up defiantly."I'm NOT going to invite you in. I can't anyway. This is not my house. Caroline cannot either and she would not even if she could. And Sheriff Forbes is not here. She is the only one who can invite you in."
He just looked at her amused. He watched her face becomes horror-struck as he easily crossed the threshold and entered the house."Well, it looks like I have already been invited in, love." he said and headed for the guest room where he could hear Caroline and Stefan.
Caroline looked up, worried when she heard someone enter the room. For some reason, she relaxed when she saw Klaus. There was something wrong with Stefan. He wasn't alright."Klaus." she breathed a sigh a relief."There is something wrong with Stefan. He is not his usual self. He is getting somewhat broody. Please see what has happened to him."
Klaus said, "Don't worry, love. I shall enter his head. I promise not to interfere with his thoughts, I'll just witness them."
Caroline just nodded. She watched as Klaus sat down at the end of Stefan's bed and closed his eyes, his brows scrunching in concentration. Inspite of all her worries, she couldn't help noticing that Klaus looked so cute and peaceful when he was thinking, or entering someone's mind in this case. Minutes passed and he didn't move a muscle. She slowly moved near him. She knelt down and leaned into his face slowly, taking in all his features- his sexy stubble, his full luscious pink lips, his scrunched eyebrows, his curly blondish brown hair that fell across his forehead. She had leaned into his face so much she didn't even realize it. She was in KISSING distance. She just had to move a centimetre and her lips would meet his. His eyes suddenly snapped open. She jumped back.
"Ahem..." She cleared her throat and moved to the other end of the room, straightening her clothes and running her hands through her free-falling blonde locks. She leaned against the wall on the other side of the room, crossed her arms. He seemed dumbfounded. There was shock written all across his face. She glared at him "Well! What is wrong with him?" Klaus seemed to shake himself out of his daze.
"Stefan is in a shock, "he said."It's like his humanity switch is half off and half on. He felt so much pain that his body reflexively reacted and switched off the humanity but his mind refused to, and he is now not on either side of the humanity bridge. He is stuck in the middle of it. In other words, we can say he is going mad. His mind might even play tricks on him. He may have hallucinations. I don't know...I don't have much experience with this..."
"You said you don't have 'much' experience with it..."She pointed out."So you do have some experience, don't you?"
Klaus whispered, his eyes soft,"Yes, I do. But it is a long process and it might even take years."
"Just tell me what to do." She snapped."I'll do it for him."
"Do you love him Caroline?" he asked, not meeting her gaze. Klaus was afraid of her answer.
"Yes! Obviously!"Caroline said.
"No, Caroline. Are you IN love with him?"
Caroline looked surprised, "No." she said finally."I love him, but like a brother and a friend and he loves me like a sister too. He considers me a friend."
"Then there is nothing you can do." he said softly.
"What! Just Shut UP Klaus!"she shouted."You're lying!I mean, what kind of a thing is that? 'Oh sorry, Caroline, you are not in love with him, so you can't do anything. I give you my condolences and hope that you will not feel too bad when you see the only man who has ever cared for you and has NEVER hurt you die'! Emphasis on NEVER! I mean, what kind of a sick advice is that? Who in the hell gives such crappy advice? Oh yes! I forgot! The Great One and Only Original Hybrid does!" she shouted at him. He flinched at her words. "What do you mean by you can't help him if you're not in love with him? What is that supposed to mean, huh? He is my BEST friend! I won't let him die! I WON'T! Do you understand me Klaus? I WILL NOT LET HIM DIE! You cannot tell me what I can and cannot do, Mr.I-know-everything-and-I'm-never-wrong-cause-I'm-the-most superior-in the food-chain!" Saying this, she firmly turned her back on him!
Klaus felt sorry for Stefan. He was once upon a time his friend too. He knew Caroline's anger was justified, though he was irritated at her for venting at him to take out her still considered him a friend even if Stefan did not. He remembered Stefan in the '20s, dancing with Rebekah, his unrestrained laugh, his smirk as he they both taunted Rebekah... How carefree he had been back then! Not a single worry in the world...And now, because of this stupid doppelganger who had chosen his brother over him, he was dying. He remembered how he and Elijah had fought over Tatia, the first Petrova doppelganger. And to think that Stefan had to go through the doppelganger heartbreak not once, but twice. First with that Katerina and now Elena. He knew how it felt. He had been through the same thing when Tatia had played with him and felt anger surge through him. He got up stiffly, his fists clenched. He turned his back on Stefan and proceeded to storm out of the door and to that doppelganger bitch's house and rip her heart out of her chest. Suddenly, Caroline was in his way blocking the doorway. "Klaus?" she whispered.
Caroline knew that Klaus feeling bad as well as Stefan was his friend too. But the look on his face was outrageously MURDEROUS! He looked like he could feed on the whole town without feeling an ounce of guilt. She steeped in front of him, blocking his way as he proceeded to storm out of the room."Klaus?" she asked, nervous. She had never seen him so livid and murderous..."Klaus, where are you going?"
His face remained impassive as her stubbornly refused to answer her."Klaus!" she snapped."You owe me that much. Tell me where you are going!"
"I am going to RIP that doppelganger's heart out of her chest!" He spat out the words through his teeth as he tried to control his temper.
"Klaus!" she accused him."You can't do that! She's my FRIEND!"
"And so is STEFAN, Caroline...One of your friends broke another of your friend's heart! And you very well know that Elena is WRONG! She acts like a martyr but she is nothing but a SELFISH, PSYCHOTIC, MANIPULATIVE BITCH! And you know that! Why does she get to live when Stefan dies? How in the hell is that FAIR?"
"All is not fair in life, Klaus..."she said softly, looking into his eyes.
"But not if we can help it Caroline! Not if I can help it!"he said stonily.
And with that, he flashed off to Elena's home.
I'm so sorry for the cliffhanger... But I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Until next time...
