Hello, thank you to all those who decided that my story had a good enough beginning to read the second chapter. I really appreciate you taking the time to read my story and give me a chance as a first time author. :) I've been trying to keep the chapters generally pretty short so they don't take forever to read, so I hope you guys don't mind that I'm doing that. As always I would love some feedback on how I did and how you guys are enjoying the story so far. Alright, so here it is. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Chapter 2 Small Talk

When they got to Starbucks Klaus pulled the door open for Caroline and they stepped inside. When they got up to the register Klaus ordered himself a vanilla late and pumpkin spice bread, and Caroline ordered herself a caramel frappuccino with coffee cake. Caroline moved forward to pay for herself, but Klaus insisted on letting him pay. She didn't argue;and thought to herself he is rich after all. They sat down at a table while waiting for their drinks to be made. They kind of sat a little awkwardly at first, but then it became a bit less awkward when Klaus decided to try and start some small talk.

"Soo," he said, " I know almost nothing about you other than that your name is Caroline Forbes and you are a semi-new vampire, and I'm quite interested to know more."

He knew that this was a straight out lie because of course he knows more about her than that. He basically could be almost considered her supernatural stalker

"Well, do you want to know the simple things like my favorite color and hobbies when I'm not dealing with the supernatural drama that is the everyday life of this town or more like in detail things like when I was born and such?"

Klaus chuckled and said "How about the first option, with the more simple things."

"Alright, well, my favorite color is pink, and when I'm not dealing with supernatural drama I like to attend High School football games, plan school dances, and pretend I'm a normal high school teenager even though that is virtually impossible for me to be." she finished just as the barista called out their names signaling that their drinks were ready.

Klaus jumped up before Caroline could even react to the fact that their names had been called. He brought back their two drinks with the pastries, and sat back down again; He passed Caroline her drink and food and they began eating, in silence again. Before things could get awkward again with the silence Caroline decided to take a risk and ask him a question.

" Ok, now it's my turn to get to learn more about you. When you're not off being a psychopath killer what do you do in your spare time?" She chanced asking.

Klaus chuckled at being called a psychopath and replied "Well I do enjoy drawing and painting, I always have."

"Oh, that's nice, I really wish I had artistic abilities, but whenever I try to draw anything it just turns into a demented blob." She sighed, thinking back to all of her horrible failed attempts at drawing or doing anything that could be considered genuinely artistic.

Klaus realized he had just learned something about Caroline that he had never known before. She really wanted to be an artist; that was certainly something he could help with. Then he came up with an idea that would get him some more time with her, and do something she enjoyed doing.

"You know I could always teach you a few things about art. Maybe you could come over after we're done here and we can start."

Caroline smiled to herself at his offer thinking of how awesome that would be to start learning drawing techniques. She desperately wanted to learn, but then she thought about how she would be treading in uncharted territory if she accepted his offer. Who cares, I'm saying yes, she thought to herself.

" Sure I'd love to." She replied trying to at least hide some of her excitement, but she failed miserably, letting almost all of it show through.

Klaus grinned inwardly at her reply and enthusiasm and thought to himself, I am just one step closer to getting her to like me and hopefully make her agree to give me a chance to make up for my past actions.

They then finished up their pastries and left the now very busy coffee shop to go back to Caroline's house so she could grab a few things before heading to Klaus' house.

As they were walking back out of Caroline's house she turned to him and asked, "Do I need any art supplies or anything, I don't have many, but I have a few."

"You don't need to bring anything but your imagination; I have the rest" he said in a sparkling tone

Caroline grinned and punched him lightly on the arm."You know just how cheesy that sounded right? Because I'm here to say right now, it did."

He chuckled and said, " It was intended in that way, love. Are we ready then?"

Caroline nodded, and before she could even turn to face him he grabbed her arm and he used his vampire speed to get them to the front door of his house.

"Woah, I was not expecting that!" She exclaimed clearly shocked that he had done that.

He opened up the door and gestured for her to go inside. She walked in, and as she did, she marveled at the massive size of the house. She sensed him come in beside her, and waited for him to direct her on where to go. Once he closed the door, he took her hand and led her upstairs to the room where he kept his art supplies. They walked into a rather large room that had its walls decorated with various paintings that looked as if they were good enough to be done by a professional.

One in particular caught Caroline's eye; she went over to it to get a closer look.

The painting was of a grey wolf in a forest with sparkling orange yellow eyes that almost glowed despite being just a painting. The moon was shining bright in the picture, and the greyish blue of the wolf's pelt shimmered in the moonlight.

Caroline was pretty amazed by this piece of art, and she couldn't believe that he had actually painted it himself. She was surprised by the fact that it looked so realistic and seemed to be popping out of the page at her. He'd been alive for enough years to actually perfect his art skills, but she wasn't exactly expecting them to be THAT good. After examining the painting for a few more seconds, she walked back over to where Klaus was standing by the door just watching for her reaction to all of his paintings.

After a minute or so she finally said something, "Wow Klaus I figured you were a good artist, but to be honest I wasn't exactly expecting all of this. I mean, yeah you've been alive for so long, and have had many years to work on developing your art skills, but damn these are GOOD."

Klaus smiled at her positive feedback on his art and replied back, "Thank you love, that's one of my favorites too, really catches the eye."

Caroline had enjoyed looking at his art, but she really was eager to start her first drawing lesson so she said, not even trying to contain her excitement this time, " Are we ready to start?"

Klaus realized the anticipation was killing Caroline so he signaled her over to the desk that was in the center of the room. He pulled out a chair for her to sit in, and another for himself. Caroline was just sitting down when Klaus was pulling out a sketch pencil and a few sheets of paper. She only then realized how close their seats were placed together and wondered if he had done it on purpose.