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Chapter 5 Trouble In Paradise

When Caroline got back into her house she went to get her college applications off her desk to work on them on her kitchen table. She glanced over them, they were all out of state in California. She was applying for Pepperdine, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and UCSD. She sat down and begin to fill them out. She worked on them until it was time to get ready for her date with Klaus, and she managed to finish all of them in time.

She set down the papers and went into her room to pick out her outfit for that night. Caroline scanned her collection of dresses, and decided that her golden colored one would be be best for the occasion because it was fancy yes, but it also wasn't prom dress fancy. Alright one thing down, three to go. Hmm, jewelry she thought, she went through her jewelry box and sighed, finding nothing she wanted to wear that night. She flopped onto her bed with a sigh, her weight on the comforter having launched a small lightweight blue box off her bed and making it come down on her floor with a small thunk. She got up and walked over to retrieve it, not remembering it being there before.

She undid the thin silver bow around the box and opened it revealing a beautiful silver necklace with a note attached. It read: for you my gorgeous Caroline, though never will it shine as beautiful as your smile. She grinned at his simple poetic flattery, and turned the note over. On the back was a drawing of a beautiful sunset with a beach below, the blue waves rolling in towards the shore. The sunset was shaded a pretty pink, purple and indigo color that made the sky stand out most in the picture. She admired it a moment longer before sliding it onto her bulletin board above her bed where she kept some of her other favorite pictures.

On that note she finished getting ready and put the necklace on. By that time, it was 7:20, and she had a few minutes before Klaus picked her up. Using this time to get her finished college applications ready to be sent, she put them in envelopes, addressed them, and put a stamp on each of the corners. She planned sending them tomorrow because she really wanted to know as soon as possible if she got accepted by any of them.

Soon enough there was a knock on her door announcing Klaus's arrival. She hurriedly grabbed her purse, excited to know where he was taking her for dinner, and opened the door. When she opened it she was very surprised to not only see him in the whitest suit she'd ever seen, but to also hear her mom come in through the garage door.

"Caroline I'm home! I got off early tonight, so I thought that maybe we could do something together since I barely ever get to see you anymore."

Caroline looked at Klaus in the doorway with a shocked expression, and motioned for him to get out of sight so her mom wouldn't see him. She quietly closed the front door again just as her mom came into view.

"Honey why are you doing all dressed up, and why are you standing by the front door?" She asked curiously.

She walked over to where Caroline was standing, and glanced out the window to see if there could be anything out there that she could be looking at.

"Hey, who's car is that out there? I've never seen that one around here before."

Caroline didn't answer, she just stood there next to her mom all silent, avoiding eye contact.

Her mom knew there was something going on, and she wasn't going to take silence for an answer.

"Caroline? What's going on? Who's car is outside?"

Caroline suddenly unfroze and panicked, so much for standing up for herself and not caring what her mom thought about who she is dating. In her panic she threw open the door, and bolted outside as fast as she could go in her fancy footwear.

Yelling back towards the door she said " Bye! Love you, my ride is here, can't hang out tonight, going out with my friends, bye!"

She got to Klaus's car and as soon as she reached the passenger side door he was behind her, at her shoulder.

In her moment of adrenaline she felt someone behind her and jumped a little. Turning around she realized it was just him, and relaxed, sighing.

"Well that went smoothly." He commented.

"Oh stop it, let's just go." She sighed out

He opened the door for her and closed it after she got in. Glancing back to the front door of her house he saw Caroline's mom standing in the doorway looking back at him with a glare. He turned back around and started walking to the driver's side, pretending not to see her standing at the door giving him the evil eye. He got in the car, put the keys in the ignition, and started driving away from her house.

Once a comfortable distance away, he turned to Caroline said "You know she's going to be furious at you when you get back. Did you see that look she gave me? I swear, if I was a normal human, that glare would have melted me."

Caroline laughed "She does that to all my dates at first, she'll warm up to you eventually."

"Yeah, she may warm up to your usual dates, but they haven't done half as many horrible things as I have to make your mom hate me. I doubt she will EVER accept me as your boyfriend." He stated.

"Awe, don't say that. I forgave you for the things you've done didn't I? And anyway, even if she never accepts you, it doesn't matter to me. I love you, and nothing she could ever say could change that." She nudged his arm playfully. " How about we forget about this for now, and we talk about more pressing matters like... where we're going to eat tonight perhaps?"

He smiled at her response and laughed. " It's a surprise where we're going, you'll see soon enough."

They continued driving like this, talking casually until they got where he was taking them.