AN: Hi (bows head in shame). I am so sorry for the incredible delay in updating this fic, the past month has been so crazy you have no idea, but still that's no excuse. Anyway, I think you guys will enjoy this one, I made it extra long as an apology! Ok I won't delay any longer! Read, review, and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own TVD

Day 10 of Filming

ACTION

(Setting- Small coffee shop in the middle of the town square. Elizabeth enters from the right, her head down rifling through a folder of papers in her hands, when she accidentally bumps into an unknown person, spilling their coffee, and dropping all of her papers. Still without looking at the person she bends down to retrieve all of her papers, the person bends down with her apologizing profusely.)

Lizzy: It's fine don't worry about it…

(her words fade out as she looks up and realizes who it is)

Eric: Hi

Lizzy: Hi

(the two characters stand there for a while smiling at each other before Eric looks down at the papers in his hands)

Eric: Shakespeare huh? Are you taking British Literature?

Lizzy: Attempting, but not really succeeding, I have a D in the class and we have a big test next week that I really need to ace.

Eric: "Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, Did my heart fly at your service."

Lizzy: (blushing while raising her eyebrows) Excuse me?

Eric: (grinning) That's Shakespeare, the Tempest…

Lizzy: (scoffing with embarrassment) Of course it is who knew that Eric Brady was such a Shakespeare connoisseur?

Eric: Ahh...maybe there's more to me than meets the eye?

Lizzy: Yeah? Mind if I have a look?

(Eric raises his eyebrows in surprise at her remark, Lizzy realizing how it sounded immediately attempted to amend her statement)

Lizzy: Oh God, that's not what I meant…obviously I don't actually want to look at you…not that you're not nice to look at… but… what I meant to say was you know I wish I had all the knowledge about Shakespeare you do! There that's all!

(Eric chuckles at Lizzy's obvious discomfort)

Eric: Maybe you can, I'll tutor you, help you study for the test.

(Lizzy shakes her head no)

Lizzy: Look Eric, you don't have to do that, I wasn't asking you to-

Eric: I know

(Lizzy looks at Eric shocked)

Lizzy: Really it's fine, I-

Eric: Great! Friday, 6 o'clock, it's a date!

(Eric smiled and walked away, leaving Lizzy dumbfounded, watching his retreating figure)

CUT

XXXXXX

Klaus sighed as he walked off set; it had been a long day. Caroline was constantly badgering him about the movie, "what did he think of this scene", and "did he want to rehearse this", and then there was his least favorite "you should really work on…" Damn it, he was an actor too! He knew what he was doing! He didn't need little Ms. Perfect, parading around in her $2,000 dollar heals, telling him how to live his life. However, despite his annoyance with her behavior, and general presence, he couldn't seem to get her out of his head. No matter what he was doing he couldn't seem to escape her, she was everywhere, like an airborne disease. And he was afraid he had caught the infection.

That had been there last shot for the day, and Klaus just wanted to go home, pour a glass of bourbon, order some Chinese food, and watch some football (the real kind, not that American rubbish). Hopefully football could distract him from his thoughts on Caroline. That and vodka, a lot of vodka. He was just walking to his car, reflecting upon his evening plans when he heard a familiar frustrated shriek coming from across the lot. He would recognize that voice so heavily laced with disappointment anywhere. Caroline.

He looked up and sure enough, on the other side of the parking lot was Caroline standing by her car, with her head in her hands. He really should just let her suffer; after all, this was karma for all of her neurotic attempts to control his life. That's right; he would not let Caroline Forbes ruin his plans, no matter how confused she appeared to be while looking under the hood of the car. He chuckled as he watched her attempt to fix the problem. She was kind of cute when she was flustered. Alright fine, he would help her.

Caroline was still looking under the hood when Klaus pulled up next to her.

"What's got you all hot and bothered, sweetheart? He joked

Caroline looked up from the car, to glare at him, "This is so not the time to be messing with me, Klaus."

He grinned, "oh come on love, you know I would never mess with you, I merely wanted to see if you require some assistance?"

"Not from you, that's for damn sure." She snapped at him while whipping out her phone. Great. It was dead. Could this day get any worse?

"Oh come on Caroline would you just get in the car, I'm just trying to be polite here!" Klaus exclaimed.

She narrowed her eyes at him. Klaus…polite? Not in this lifetime.

"You are trying to be polite?" she skeptically questioned.

"Yes" he said gritting his teeth, "I am, so I will politely ask again for you to hurry up and get your damn ass in the car!"

He could see her mentally debating between her two options, before finally relenting, and getting in with a huff. Klaus looked over at her smirking. Caroline could feel his gaze on her face, but she refused to look at him, instead stubbornly looking out the window.

"I'm waitinggg" Klaus said in a singsongy voice, his arms crossed over his chest.

"For what" Caroline snapped, "Because I could have already walked home by now."

Klaus smiled, clearly enjoying Caroline's evident annoyance with the situation.

"Aren't you going to thank me, love?"

Caroline rolled her eyes, and then in a fake perky voice said, "Oh that's right Klaus! I did notice you didn't pour a vat of that hideous cologne on today, so thank you! It was a welcome relief to my senses!"

"You can joke all you want, but this car isn't going anywhere until I get my proper thanks for being your knight in shining armor," Klaus said, putting the car in park.

Slowly, Caroline turned in her seat to face him, their blue eyes finally meeting, his twinkling with enjoyment, hers steely with defiance. They were locked in a silent battle for minutes, neither of them saying a word, neither of them looking away until finally, with her teeth gritted and jaw clenched, Caroline said, "fine Klaus, you win thank you."

"For…?" he taunted, his mouth curling up into that signature grin.

She stared at him again, fury written all over her face, before letting out an exasperated gasp and saying, "for being my knight in shining armor."

Grinning, he shifted the car into drive and started to pull away, "It's really no problem sweetheart, what can I say, I can't help but save a damsel in distress."

"You are so full of yourself, you know that right?" she said whilst slapping him on the shoulder.

"Hey!" Klaus yelled, laughing while dodging her blows, "I wouldn't be so rude to the man who saved you from a life on the streets!"

"Oh my god! My car broke down Klaus it's not like I just broke out of jail or something!"

"How do I know that? You do have a pretty mean right hook…"

Caroline let out a small laugh, "yeah, well what can I say, you inspire me."

Klaus grinned as he gazed at her out of the corner of his eye. Maybe it was just an illusion of the light but he could swear that he saw a glimpse of a smile on her face. He looked back at the road, grinning even more.

They sat in an enjoyable silence for a while longer, until the twangy voice of a certain country singer filled the car.

I knew you were trouble when you walked in

So shame on me now

Flew me to places I'd never been

Now I'm lying on the cold hard ground

Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble

Oh, oh, trouble, trouble, trouble

Caroline burst out laughing while Klaus hastily attempted to answer the blasted phone.

"Taylor Swift?" Caroline said through her hysterical laugher, "Taylor Swift is your ringtone?!"

"She has a lovely voice and she is a beautiful lyricist!" he replied defensively as he finally managed to answer the phone and shut off the song.

Caroline tried to stifle her laughter as Klaus began talking, but she stopped laughing all together once she heard what Klaus was saying.

"Look whatever you do, don't move okay, I'm on my way."

Klaus hung up the phone and immediately pulled a U-turn, heading back in the previous direction.

"Klaus what's going on?" Caroline quietly asked as she studied his expression. His eyes were no longer twinkling, and for the first time since she knew him that cocky smirk was no longer present on his face. In fact instead he looked very worried and a little scared. He didn't answer her question though, so she carefully asked another one, "Klaus is everything ok?"

"Everything's fine, there's just something I need to take care of." he coldly replied, without looking at her.

Caroline turned forward in her seat and stared out the windshield. She didn't know what was going on but she had never seen Klaus this worried before. She didn't like seeing him like this. No matter how much he irritated her with his arrogant jokes and sexual innuendos, she would take that behavior over this any day of the week.

XXXXXX

Twenty minutes later they pulled up to a hotel. Klaus hopped out of the car, and threw the keys at a valet. Unsure of what to do exactly Caroline got out too, and followed him inside. They walked up to the front desk where two men were working. Klaus leaned forward and whispered something in one of the men's ear. The man, seeming to understand, nodded his head and handed Klaus a key card. Klaus then turned away, grabbed Caroline's arm, and walked over to the elevator. They waited, his hand still on her arm, and then when the elevator came he hastily pulled her in after her, and pressed the button for the 15th floor.

They stood in silence as they passed each floor. Caroline was so confused her head hurt, but she recognized the seriousness of the situation so she didn't want to get in Klaus's way. When they finally got to their floor, Klaus stormed out of the elevator and walked over to a door. He put the key in the door, and burst his way into the room, Caroline timidly following.

The room was smoky, and Caroline recognized the smell of marijuana. There were bottles lying everywhere and there were a couple people passed out in the living room. Caroline gawked at them in shock and horror as Klaus just walked past them and entered the bedroom. Again, Caroline followed. She was totally shocked when she saw what was in the bedroom. There was a man with tattoos covering his body, snorting something on the bed, and next to him laid a young twenty something girl.

Immediately, Klaus sprang into action grabbing the guy by the shirt and punching him in the face repeatedly, Caroline screamed in shock, "Klaus what are you doing your gonna kill him!" She ran over and pulled Klaus off the coke head.

"Klaus, what's going on?" Caroline yelled

But again Klaus ignored her; instead his attention was now on the young girl lying on the bed, her skin pale. Caroline looked on with confusion as Klaus walked over to the girl, and put his hands on her face. His eyes were full of dread, and a sad acceptance, as if he wasn't surprised at all at what was going on, as if this wasn't the first time.

"Rebekah" he whispered in the girl's ear.

Slowly her eyes began to open, they were bloodshot and hazy, but she managed to look at Klaus.

"Klauss" she murmured, her throat dry and scratchy, "thank you for coming."

A small bittersweet smile graced Klaus's face, "anytime Beks, anytime."

Then he carefully picked her up, and nodding for Caroline to follow him, he walked out of the room. Caroline followed him out of the hotel room, and back into the elevator, where Klaus continued to hold the girl to his chest, like a mother bear. She expected him to press the lobby button when they got back in the elevator but instead he pressed the button for the top floor. Caroline just stood back and waited, as the elevator rose.

When they got to the top floor, Klaus walked out of the elevator and over to one of two doors on the floor, this time producing an actual key, he unlocked the door and stepped inside. Looking around Caroline could see that this room was actually lived in by someone full time, there were clothes, and possessions strewn over some of the tables and countertops. Caroline watched as Klaus carried Rebekah into a bedroom and placed her on a bed, he got her a washcloth and put it on her forehead, as he tucked her into the covers.

"You gotta stop doing this, Rebekah; I can't go on without you too." Klaus whispered to her, just loud enough so that Caroline could hear. Caroline's heart broke a little as she watched. She couldn't help but focus on the fact that Klaus had said "too".

Finally, Klaus emerged from the room, and greeted a waiting Caroline in the living room. Their eyes met across the room, all the hostility from their earlier car ride was gone. Instead there was a strange new feeling of understanding that seemed to be passing between the two of them. Klaus walked over to the couch and sat down next to Caroline.

"Ermm that is my baby sister, Rebekah. She's… well she's not in a great place, ever since the death of our parents a few years back she's mixed herself up in the wrong crowd, you know drugs, alcohol, all that. I try to look after her the best I can and umm... I'm sorry I had to drag you here to see all this."

Caroline looked at Klaus, as he rubbed his eyes with his hands, he looked exhausted. She felt like she was really seeing him for the first time. It was like he was a different person. He had morphed from an arrogant asshole to a protective brother all in a couple of hours.

"You were really great in there with her." Caroline said truthfully

Klaus looked at Caroline clearly doubting her words.

"No I mean it," Caroline said grabbing his hand with hers, "you're a good brother, you're doing the best you can, and when she needs you you're there for her…that's all anyone can ask of you, Nik."

Klaus looked down at their intertwined hands, his eyes a little misty. They sat there in silence for a few minutes, until Klaus finally looked back up at Caroline, meeting her big blue eyes.

"You called me 'Nik'", he smiled down at her, and not one of his cocky smiles, a real honest to goodness smile.

Caroline felt a strange feeling in her stomach as he smiled at her like that, and a blush crept up on her cheeks. She knew she should probably look away right now, or let go of his hand, but she couldn't. It was like a magnetic pull was pulling her towards him.

"Yeah…I guess I did." she whispered, her eyes flicking from his eyes, down to his lips for a second, then back up.

"I like it", he whispered back, "it makes me feel…different." His eyes bore into hers, and then slowly started drifting down.

"Yeah…me too" Caroline said weakly

She didn't know what was happening but they were so close she could feel his breath on her face. And suddenly, without her even realizing it, they were leaning closer to each other. All pretense of looking into each other's eyes was given up; their sole focus was each other's lips. She was so close now, less than an inch from his face, her lips tingled in anticipation, she was gonna do it, she was gonna kiss him, and-

"Klaus!" Rebekah shouted from the other room.

They both froze in their spots. Her eyes came up to meet his, and she took a shaky break.

"I umm… I should go, I have to go" she said quickly getting up, she tried to let go of his hand but he help on.

"Caroline," he said standing up, "What was about-"

"I know" she said cutting him off, "look I'm sorry but I really have to go."

Dropping his hand she started to walk to the door, she opened it and was about to leave when she heard his voice behind her,

"Caroline"

She turned to look at him, his eyes a strange mixture of emotion she couldn't decode, but was sure hers mirrored.

"I really did want to be your knight in shining armor" he said quietly, she could hear the honesty in his voice.

A small smile crept up her face, "I know," she said, and then she turned around, and left.

XXXXXX

When she got home she closed the door behind her, and collapsed on the couch. What had just happened? Had she really almost kissed Klaus? And had she really wanted to? Subconsciously her hand went up to her lips.

"Care?" Tyler's voice came from their bedroom, as he walked out and saw her on the couch.

"Did you just get home?" he asked, groggy from his sleep.

"Yeah… sorry babe, shooting ran really late," she said getting up and walking over to him.

"Oh, okay," he said, easily accepting her excuse.

"Come on let's go to bed," she said, grabbing his hand and pulling him after her. She couldn't help but compare the way his hand felt in hers, to a certain someone else's. And she couldn't help but feel guilty about the fact she would rather be holding that someone else's right that second.

AN: Wow. I know a lot of shit just went down lol. Okay you guys asked and I tried to provide! Extra long chapter (check), Klaus' perspective (check), drama (check)! Okay so we have started to get deeper into their relationship, and they are sort of starting to see behind each others skin. But let me know what you guys think about everything! Also, did you guys like the scene at the beginning? I've been trying to decide if I want to keep them in, and if so if that format was okay... so let me know! Okay I'll see you guys soon! R&R

P.S. Also sorry if there's a lot of grammar/spelling errors I didn't have time to thoroughly edit as I just wanted to get this out as quickly as possible!