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Chapter 7

Caroline stopped crying right away before Tyler could see. It wasn't like she was self-conscious around him, but for some reason she just wasn't comfortable with him seeing her like this.

"What are you doing here?" She couldn't decide whether she was happier to see him or just shocked.

"Klaus set me free." With his words, Caroline froze.

"…What?" She had pulled away from their hug and now was hardly touching him.

"He found me and told me not to do what he said anymore. He said I could do whatever I wanted, I could avoid him, and he told me I could come home to be with you, because he wouldn't bother me anymore." He held her arms and looked at her with love, but when she looked at him all she could think of was Klaus. She had stopped crying by now, and she was wondering about what Kol had said about Klaus "having" her. Was that was this was all about? Klaus let Tyler go because he wanted to be on Caroline's good graces? But Tyler was too valuable as his hybrid; Klaus wouldn't give him up just because he wanted to play games with Caroline.

"Are you okay?" Tyler was looking at her like she was crazy and she probably looked like it, too. She was still holding his hands, but she had a very confused look on her face and her eyes had glazed over.

"Yeah! Yeah, Tyler" she kissed his cheek and held his face in her hands, "I'm so happy you're here."

Caroline went to the Grill with Tyler and he told her all about what happened while he was gone. She found out pretty fast that he must have not seen her crying, so she didn't tell him about Kol. She was strong, and she could handle it herself, anyway. They talked for a long time until Tyler left to find his mom. Caroline had a couple drinks at the bar and then decided that she'd never get any sleep unless she found out what exactly it was that she was in the middle of.

She hurried home and got changed, trying to look decent and out of her mangled clothes. When Caroline got to Klaus' house, she was weirdly calm; she just wanted to talk to him because things had gone too far. She could still feel the anger in her, but she didn't know whether that was for Klaus or Kol. She knocked on the door, but it was already open. It seemed like no one was home when she hesitantly walked inside.

"Hello?" She could feel like someone had been there, but she couldn't imagine anyone who would dare to try bother the Originals by breaking in. "Geese, this is definitely like a murder movie."

"Well I'm sorry to hear that, I just finished renovating," Caroline jumped back and let out a small shriek as she turned back to see Klaus behind her, flashing her one of his sexy smirks. Wait, why was she thinking like that?

"Klaus you have GOT to stop scaring me," she said, standing there in aftershock as Klaus walked closer and closer to her.

"Well I'll try, love," He was standing just a few feet in front of her, and she looked up at him, close enough so that he could notice there was something different about her…

"I was just- I was wondering-"

"You're here about Tyler, I presume?" He said, turning from her and pouring himself a drink, Caroline could recognize an annoyed change in his voice. He stopped to wonder why she was here at midnight, especially after he noticed the state she was in…

"Yeah," she said, remembering why she was there and turning into Caroline mode again with that spunk that Klaus just couldn't get seem to enough of.

"Well I knew that we'd never be able to get over this little speed bump in our relationship if he didn't come back. Besides, how would we ever have any fun with his constant distractions?" He had started to walk to her, but she was backing up from him.

"Then why didn't you just tell him to leave me alone for the rest of our lives and then compel me to fall in love with you?" She was hoping that he would say something that would make her hate him again, but she got the opposite. He continued to slowly back her up, making her more and more nervous, but at this he stopped.

"Because I want you for who you are, not who I can turn you into; and although I'd love to tell Tyler to end things with you, I want you to be content with your past when you fall in love with me," He had set his glass down on the table beside him and broke the seriousness with one of his beautiful smiles.

"When I fall in love with you? There is no you and me, Klaus," Caroline was up against the wall at this point, and Klaus became so close that any closer and they would be touching. Even as Caroline said this, she could feel herself falling under his little spell.

"Well there should be," They stood there looking at each other for a few moments, Caroline's face was so close to his that she was almost crossing her eyes looking into his. She could feel whenever he was using his charm to try to seduce her, and she always pulled away, but this time it was taking her a while. That's not to say that she wasn't on her game, because she broke the silence as quickly as she could. His hand was blocking her, so the slid underneath it and out of his reach, leaving him leaning against the wall.

"Well there won't be!" S was tired of letting him confuse her, and she walked away from him trying to get to the door, but he flashed in front of her before she got too far.

"And why is that? Why won't you let me prove myself to you, Caroline?" They were both getting angrier by the minute.

"Because I'm tired of being collateral damage, Klaus!" She blurted it out before she could think about what she said. She was standing still in front of Klaus but she couldn't look at him. She remembered being with Kol at the restaurant and felt herself on the brink of tears again. Klaus looked at her and knew there was something wrong, and this time he had to mention it.

"What happened, Caroline? Why were you crying when you got here? Something is wrong, you need to tell me." She looked up at him, surprised that he could tell that she had been crying, and seeing her face again, he saw the tears forming in the brim of his favorite eyes. He hated seeing her like this; all he wanted to do was make her smile again. He cupped her face in his hands, and she didn't pull away from him, making him encouraged to let himself open up to her. "Caroline, please, tell me what's going on. I know something's wrong and perhaps I'm not the first person you'd like to share your stories with, but I- I can't see you like this. I don't know why, but I need you to be happy, I need you to smile. Please, I can help, I'll prove it to you if you let me in, just once, Caroline, let me in," Caroline was crying now, and Klaus moved one of his hands from her hair to her face, gently brushing away her tear. She still didn't pull away, and she felt closer to him in the sense that she didn't understand what was going on either, but she wanted to let him in. She didn't know why she didn't let herself cry in front of Tyler but she did in front of Klaus. She didn't know why she was even there. Her heart was battling her head, and even though she hadn't really talked to him many times, she felt like he had the right to know about what happened.

"Kol," she whispered quietly and he got a feeling in his gut like he already knew.

"What did he do, Caroline? Did he hurt you?" He moved his hands from her temples and took her hands in his. He could feel the fury that his brother often caused rising up in him.

"He…He took me to a restaurant and then…then he kissed me, and…" Klaus would rip his head off. He knew that he should've re-daggered Kol as soon as he had the chance. "I tried to stop him, but he was too strong, and he said he wanted revenge on you. He said that you would never have me," Caroline was breaking down, and Klaus couldn't hear any more.

"Caroline, it's okay. He's never going to hurt you again, I swear to you. I'm so sorry, Caroline, I- I'm so sorry." Klaus couldn't hold it in anymore. "Stay here, Caroline. Please, please just stay," He raced out of the house, knowing where Kol would be.

Klaus found Kol at the top of the hill where they used to go when they lived in Mystic Falls as a family so many years ago. As soon as Kol was in sight, Klaus ran up to him and pushed him so hard that Kol flew against a tree half a mile away. Klaus ran after him and pinned him by the throat against the rough bark.

"What do you think you're doing, Kol?" Klaus' eyes had grown yellow and he was so infuriated that he could have turned if he wanted to. His strength was growing as Kol laughed and pushed Klaus away.

"So I see you've spoken to my dear friend Caroline, have you?" Klaus was not about to let Kol get any power, and he attacked him to the ground.

"You will never hurt her again, Kol. You will not speak to her, you will not go near her, you won't even think about her or I will rip you apart piece by piece." Klaus' voice was so monstrous, and he looked like a hulk. Kol actually looked frightened, but he wasn't about to give up, either.

"Well that's what you get, brother! She's just a little vampire, you are an original hybrid. What do you think that she'll love you? You're evil, Klaus, you killed our own mother and father! I wanted revenge and that's exactly what I got. Who cares if some petty little girl got hurt" Klaus was tired of hearing Kol, he broke his neck, knowing that he would wake up again later, and he threw him into a nearby ditch.

When Klaus got back to his mansion, he felt miserable. His family was against him, and he was fairly positive so was Caroline, who was probably gone by now. He walked inside and finished of the drink that he'd left behind. His eyes were red with sadness and exhaustion. He was still so angry at Kol, causing him to throw his glass against the opposite wall.

"Klaus," He turned around fast to see Caroline looking at him. She must have been in the living room, because he hadn't seen her before.

"Caroline," he sighed, so happy that she stayed, but sad because he felt that Kol was right. "You should go, Caroline," He looked at her with his sad, vulnerable eyes and he could see that she was really looking at him. Now it was his turn to be battling his heart and his head. She walked up to him and looked at his hand.

"You're bleeding," she said looking at him, moving to grab a napkin from the bar and starting to dab the blood away before he stopped her.

"No, I've already healed, Caroline. I just got a little irritated, that's all." She said nothing, but she kissed his hand. He watched her as she tried to take care of him, knowing that she didn't have to, but something must have changed while he was gone. He pulled his hand away and turned his back to her. "I think it's time for you to leave now." Caroline was annoyed.

"Okay so what, first you're all sweet and romantic and now you're kicking me out?" He wanted to turn around and hold her, but he couldn't do this. Not with her.

"Caroline, we can't be doing this. I had a small lapse of judgment, and it won't happen again."

"Oh, it won't? Okay, well that's good because I can't handle this anymore. You're so freaking confusing! Why is it that you keep doing this? You're bad then you're good, then you're bad, I can't deal with that." She was getting angry now. He was leading her on and getting her to like him and making her finally want to give him a chance and then he just threw it all away without a word of an explanation? Screw that.

"Well I'm sorry, but you'd never want to waste your time with me anyway," He turned back to her and let her know what he was thinking, "Caroline, I'm angry a hell of a lot of the time, I'm evil, I'm dangerous- I'm completely wrong for you, so you might as well just keep pushing me away because I certainly won't stop you." He wanted the best for her, but he didn't realize that she was still Caroline, and she was not that easy to get rid of.

"Well I'm stopping you." She walked up to him and grabbed his hands.

Just then, Rebekah burst the door open and started yelling at Klaus.

"What in the hell did you do, Nik?" She opened the door and stood in the doorway. She didn't seem to notice Caroline or their hidden entangled hands. "I hope you know that Kol has run off. Next time you lose your temper try not to take it out on him because now I've got to go deal with it while Finn is out with mum," Caroline went as fast as she came and even though Caroline turned to watch Rebekah, Klaus never broke his gaze from Caroline. When she tried to pull her hands away, he held on to them, and she turned back to look at him while Rebekah ran off.

"Did you…?" Caroline knew what had happened before any of them needed to say it, and in that moment she looked in his eyes and saw how broken and sad that he was. She was still confused, and she was very aware of the evil things that he'd done, but seeing him so concerned about her and knowing how he hurt Kol because he was so upset made something change in her perspective of him. Everybody had a dark side, and sure his was a little more developed than others, but now that she had that encounter with Kol, she realized that there were people worse than him.

She saw right through his tough guy act when she looked at his still-red eyes, he was rejected by the people he loved for his entire life, and she knew that he was sacrificing a lot by letting her in. Sure he couldn't just win her over, but she wanted to give him a he said, maybe he could prove himself to her, maybe he could redeem the wrongs he'd done and earn her forgiveness, because she almost already thought that he deserved it.

Her head lost that battle with her heart, and she kissed him. He was sitting on a stool at the counter, looking down at her hands that he held when she lowered her face to his and brought it level to hers with her lips. It was a short kiss, and he didn't respond much. He let some of the pressure off of her hands that he was holding and he looked at her, surprised and having no clue why she just did that. She let go of his hands and pulled away, and automatically thought she made a mistake. Why did she just do that? She probably read way too much into his actions, and he probably just wanted her to leave. Like he said, he had a temporary shift in judgment and she was just part of that. None of them knew what they were doing, she was being ridiculous and now she couldn't go back. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that- I don't even know why, wow, okay I'm just gonna go now," she was backing up, trying to keep her cool and watching as his look of shock turned into a look of wonder. "You know, I shouldn't have come here, I mean I should've, but this just happened, we can pretend it didn't, that's okay-"

Klaus was in front of her in a split second, kissing her again. This time, he was definitely responding. He moved one hand to her waist and the other to the small of her back, and she stood there for a second with her hands at her sides until she let body sink into his touch and she glided her hands up to his neck, pulling him closer. When she sighed and melted into him, he smiled, and she could feel it through his lips on hers. She closed her eyes and opened her mouth, letting his tongue in to deepen the kiss. She knew what he meant by this; he didn't want to pretend it never happened, he didn't want her to go, he just wanted her. And she wanted him too. Klaus was the first guy in her life to want her first and to go after her with such passion.

And speaking of passion, there was a lot of it in his kiss. He was moving slow, but each touch of his soft lips was like an addiction for her, she just wanted more and more of him. It seemed like he wanted more of her, too, because he started to guide her up the stairs to his room, never breaking their kiss.

When they got into the room, Klaus picked Caroline up, literally sweeping her off her feet and holding her in his arms with her legs wrapped around his waist. She laughed and saw a smile on his face, but went back in for a kiss as he sat down on the side of the bed with her. They kissed for a while, just there in each others' arms when Klaus starting to slowly bring his kisses down her neck. Her arms were swung around his neck and she brought her hands up to feel his healthy and fantastic hair as he placed pleasurable kisses all over her. She was still sitting with her legs around him when he broke the kiss and looked at her. None of them needed to say a word, and Caroline loved the fact that he was moving slow with her. He didn't just want to take advantage of her, he wanted to worship her.

He took his shirt off and slipped off his shoes. Caroline's heels were already thrown off from him picking her up. She unbuttoned her shirt and dropped it to the ground, revealing a black lace bra. Klaus smiled at her and turned to the side, moving her from his lap to the grand, warms blankets on his bed. He never stopped touching her doing this; one hand was feeling her bare skin while the other was on the bed holding his body up. His hand moved to her waist and then to her hips, and finally stopped at the button of her jeans which accentuated every one of her curves so perfectly. It was as if he was waiting for permission. She lifted up enough to kiss him and his hands started to undo her jeans. They undressed each other until all that he had on was his boxers and she was lying there in her bra and matching underwear. He pulled the covers over them and went back to kissing her. She loved the feeling of his lips on her skin; he was gentle and knew exactly how to make her want more. They were giggling like little kids, but there was this special intimacy between them. Even though they each had their complicated past and things were more than complicated between them, this was simple. This was them taking a chance on each other.

He kissed her face all over, making her smile and giggle, and then he moved to her chest, kissing the soft skin of her breasts, then moving to her stomach, kissing her from every angle. He distracted her with his kisses and he slipped his finger between her skin and the fabric of her underwear, pulling it down and creating a very personal and intimate moment. He took off his boxers and she undid her bra, and he gave her one deep, passionate kiss before entering her. They didn't break their kiss, and Caroline let out a moan when he positioned himself just right. She could feel his toned muscles and his strong hands feel her as he slowly thrust into her. He felt her soft skin moved against his, and they could sense each other loving every moment. He brought her so much pleasure; it was nothing like being with Tyler or Matt. They were both young and inexperienced, but Klaus was a sweet, considerate, passionate and definitely experienced man. They were moaning and sighing and touching as they made love, getting more pleasure out of each movement. Klaus felt every part of her body, kissing her chest while her hands were tangled in his hair. She said his name, making him more turned on every time, and she encouraged him by pulling him closer to her.

"Please, Klaus, more…" Her words made him harder and he couldn't believe that she wanted him. "You're so good, Klaus," she kept urging him on and they both got closer to breaking. He was moving faster now, and they were getting louder, happy that no one else was home to hear or interrupt them. She brought his face to hers and kissed him, and then she pulled away and almost yelled his name as they came together. He buried his face in her neck and kissed her, sending shivers down her spine. He turned onto his back and rested next to her, and she turned on her side and set her head on his chest. Even though he didn't have a heartbeat, she could feel his breathing as his chest moved up and down.

Caroline always saw Klaus as a moderately build man, but his stomach was lean with muscle and soft skin. His arms were strong, holding her close to him, and he started to laugh. Caroline's smile grew big on her lips, she couldn't help laugh when he laughed, too. "What?" she asked, and he just pulled the blankets over his head and turned over back on top of her. He smiled big as he kissed her face; her eyes, her temples, her nose, her mouth, he was making her laugh, being so cute. "What is it?" she said right before he kissed her lips. His lips covered hers and he moaned, making her feel like he loved nothing more than being with her in that moment.

"Caroline, my love," It was the first time he called her that, moving her hair from her face, "you're so perfectly beautiful," She felt home in his arms. Even though she knew that things would get even more complicated in the morning, she let all of that go that night. They kissed for what seemed like all night just holding each other and playing around in bed, and she loved it. She knew that her judgment of him was wrong, and she was so glad that she gave him a chance, because he was wonderful. The way he treated her was like she was a princess, he gave her beautiful jewelry, he protected her, he showered her with kisses, and he called her such beautiful things. No one would approve, and maybe he would go back to being conniving Klaus tomorrow, but for now, she enjoyed him as she fell asleep in his arms.

Wow! Ahaha so yeah, lots going on... I hope you guys liked it, there's more coming! Look out for another chapter tonight or tomorrow and please review! Thanks for everything, I love you guys!