Chapter 6

A/N: This is an AU story for the vampire diaries. I do not own the vampire dairies.

After drinking a blood bag, Caroline let Klaus take her out to lunch. Caroline had kept repeating to herself that it wasn't like she was dating Klaus or anything. She was just trying to help Rebekah escaped. Caroline was still curious at what Rebekah had done, especially to make Klaus want to kill her permanently. A blonde bartender had walked over. Klaus smirked and looked at her. Caroline raised an eyebrow looking at the pretty human.

"Hello Camille," Klaus said. Camille looked at him and raised an eyebrow.

"Klaus, what a wonderful surprise." Caroline could hear some sarcasm in her voice.

"Caroline, this is Camille she is umm…a friend." Camille glared at him.

"Were not friends Klaus." Caroline watched her for a moment before giving her a small smile.

"Caroline Forbes," Caroline introduced herself.

"Camille O'Connell." They shook hands.

"So do tell me what he did to make you hate him? Unless your like everyone else and just hate him naturally." Caroline smirked. Klaus rolled his eyes.

"Not everyone hates me love. And I thought we got along well since the last time we saw one another." Caroline felt heat in her cheeks and looked away fighting the feelings that he was bringing out of her. Klaus smirked.

"Well the ass here compelled me, fortunately for him, I had a friend that was a powerful witch who reversed the compulsion and now I am on vervein." Caroline gave him a look. Klaus just shrugged and took a sip of his drink. They ordered their food. Klaus was still thinking about Rebekah's betrayal, lucky for him he had Josh try and convince the witch Martha to cast a tracker spell. Soon he would know of the location of where Rebekah and Marcel had run off to. In the meantime though he could enjoy his time with Caroline. He had always hoped that she would come to New Orleans. Just not in the one that he had hoped really. He didn't expect the witches to go after her. How did they even know about her? It didn't even make sense, and what had they planned on doing by bringing Caroline here. He would find out once he finished with his sister. He didn't want Caroline to get hurt. He wanted her here, but he also knew now might not be the time seeing how there was a war starting once again this time with the witches.

"So you compelled her? For what reason?" She asked. Klaus looked at her.

"I was trying to win back my kingdom and she was a pawn that I had used against my old friend Marcel. Since he had stolen the city from my family." He said.

"Should have known, you like being in control and having power." Klaus rolled his eyes.

"You know that love."

"Always have to prove to be the alpha male, don't you?" Caroline said. Klaus scoffed.

"I don't have to prove anything I am the alpha male." Caroline rolled her eyes remembering the night he had said that. Back when she was with Tyler, she shook her head. Tyler and her were done, she had wanted to believe that he would never hurt her even when they were friends. So she may have slept with Klaus but that was her business. She knew that she also should probably feel guilty. But she didn't, why did she always feel like this with him. For once complete and first choice. She looked at him, she always found his blue eyes quite beautiful actually. Original hybrid, murdered and harmed friends. He is bad, bad stop thinking about him like that. She scolded herself. Stop thinking these things Caroline. So she would admit that she was attracted to him. But that's all, she thought. Her mind screamed at her to run constantly while her heart wanted to give him that chance. Klaus watched her bite her lip and took a sip of her drink. Klaus noticed that she was somewhat different. She hadn't completely changed since the last he saw her. But it seemed when she was around him at some moments she would seem somewhat nervous. But it would only be a second before she would have her spunky attitude back. He loved that about her, remembering her words. 'Just to be clear, I am too smart to be seduced by you.' And when he had answered her, it had been true. That is why he liked her. He still remembered the first time he saw her in Mystic Falls. Mystic Falls. Klaus swallowed hard, she would probably wish to leave soon. "How is the college life? I hope it is everything that you have dreamed it would be." He remembered her talking about it in the woods on the day that she had confessed her feelings. She had said that she had plans and none of those things had anything to do with him. She may have admitted that she liked him or had feelings for him. But she never wanted him in her future. Klaus still was holding onto some hope. It was actually strange of him to hope for something. But he would hope for her. He would hope that one day she would come to him. He did still plan on him being her last love and only one for the rest of eternity. Caroline looked up at him.

"Oh it's great…" She said absentmindedly playing with her hair. Remembering what college was really like. She groaned. "Oh forget it, it's been the worse. I really thought that things would be fun and I would be happy. But all that has happened is more supernatural drama. Dealing with psycho doctors who experiment on vampires, to doppelganger drama, and then to Traveler drama. And well things haven't been any better since before I was kidnapped." She sighed. Klaus looked at her.

"Doctors?" She sighed.

"There was this secret society at my school called Augustine. They experimented on vampires. They had captured Damon for five years back in the fifties. They deal with dissecting vampires like dead frogs." She said in disgust. She had been grossed out when she had found Dr. Wes's notes for studying vampires and experimenting on them. She had never been so sickened in her entire life.

"That town never ceases to amuse me."

"So…how is it here in New Orleans?" She asked. He shrugged.

"Well I did win back the Quarter. But now it seems I have witches I have to deal with as well." He muttered.

"You're not the only one. The Travelers are an ancient coven of witches. Silas had been a part of them two thousand years ago. Although he was expelled from the group for the Immortality spell. And then there have been strange rumors going around about some leader of the Travelers. I swear I should have picked Dartmouth university, perhaps it would have been somewhat normal there." Klaus glanced at her.

"Well I don't know about that, there is some of the supernatural there as well." She sighed. "But New Orleans does have some nice colleges with no secret Augustine vampire societies or doppelgangers." Caroline rolled her eyes.

"Nice try," She said.

"Well it was worth it, but still you should check them out such as Tulane, I know is a good school."

"Right," She wouldn't be giving in to another school. And she wasn't stay, only until Rebekah was safe from Klaus. Then she would have to return to Mystic Falls. Why did Caroline not seem so happy about going back though? She shook her head. Her mom, Stefan, Matt everyone was there. Even if they were mad at her for seeing the good in Klaus. What could she say? She was drawn to the dark but not in the sense allure. The truth was she just saw Klaus as not someone truly dark but as someone who was broken. Caroline was a fixer after all.

Klaus and Caroline had finished their meal, and were starting back to the mansion. Caroline was starting to wonder if she had distracted Klaus or just calmed him down. She would have thought by now he would have said something. It was night now and the lights of the city lit the place up. Caroline hadn't ever really been anywhere, like she had said to Klaus. The only place that she had been was Savannah Georgia where her aunt and uncle lived. Not that she visited a lot really. Klaus stopped at a shop, Caroline looked in through the window to sit what he was looking at. There she found a landscape of the woods at night. She noticed the artist's name. She sighed.

"I didn't realize you had some free time." Klaus glanced at her.

"As I told you it has always been a passion of mine. It's something that helps me." She nodded.

"You show your emotions and feelings through painting." She said. That was another thing that Klaus loved about her, she knew him and understood him like no other. It was true that he showed his feelings and emotions in a painting. But it was also a way for him to deal with his feelings as well as his demons. It was his way of expressing himself. She looked at the painting once again. "This one seems, like something dark at first but yet sad. Believing that darkness can never a way out." She noted to the faded moon in the background. As if the moon was the only light left in the darkness.

"I will take that as a compliment." They both remembered her complimenting on his painting of the snow flake. And the same words he had answered with. "Do you think that you will need that glass of champagne in order to be nice to me?" She chuckled. "As I recall I thought that had been our thing." She looked at him. This is the part where she would scoff at him or even repeat the same words that she had said that night. 'We don't have a thing,' but Caroline couldn't get herself to say those words. It seems that tonight she was willing to let her walls drop and allow herself to enjoy a little time with Klaus. Without the plotting or the scheming. Caroline had noticed that he was looking at her the way he always did. But she never understood the way he looked at her. It was different from how he looked at everyone else. She still wasn't sure if she should feel flattered or creped out really. There breathing had stopped as they looked at one another. She found herself glancing down at his lips for a second and then back up to his eyes. He didn't miss it either. Caroline knew she wanted to kiss him. Klaus seemed to want the same thing. Before either of them could react Klaus's phone rang breaking them out of the trance. Caroline shook her head and tried to gain her focus back taking a deep breath, composing herself. Klaus wanted to kill whoever dared called him.

"Hello?"

"She's back in the city, near the cities of the dead." Caroline raised an eyebrow wondering who he was talking to and about what. Klaus nodded before hanging up the phone without another word.

"What's going on?" She asked.

"Forgive me Caroline, this has been a lovely evening. You can go back to the plantation house and stay there. I have some business that I need to attend." Before she could protest he was gone leaving Caroline confused. Could the person on the phone meant Rebekah was back. She was supposed to be on a run, last time she checked running meant away from the killer. She had to find Klaus, she couldn't let him kill his sister. Caroline didn't know where he had gone but got a place over the phone. Cities of the Dead.

Notes: So here is another chapter. Klaus and Caroline catch up and almost kiss. Caroline meets Camille. Camille isn't very fond of Klaus that much since he compelled her. I have been thinking of bringing in Marcel and Camille as a couple perhaps. Next chapter: Caroline goes to find Klaus. Klaus wants to kill Rebekah. Caroline, Klaus, Rebekah, and Elijah end up stuck in the cemetery together. Caroline gets to learn of the originals past. Caroline and Rebekah talk about what happened. Caroline tries to calm Klaus down. Elijah fights for Rebekah. Caroline consoles Klaus and tries to help Klaus and Rebekah stop the feud. Can she? Review thanks.

A/N end of first chapter 6