Trust Tryst Part 2
Morning light peered into the rumpled sheathed curtain that hangs elegantly in Caroline's window. She gently rubbed her eyes as she bare herself from the warm soft cottony blanket that snuggles tightly around her. She spread both her arms out and let out a cryptic smile as her eyes slowly motioned towards her bedside table. Her bewilderment was just an obscure and rather tacit strategy to refute last night's encounter with Klaus when deep down she knew that the gift quiescently mocking her on her nightstand was from him. She bawled her eyes yet her smile is telling otherwise.
"What now?" like a crazy person yapping to herself she mirthlessly opened the tightly sealed envelope with vintage façade and slightly rough texture, she derisively snorted tilted her head and read the inscription printed on the lower right corner of the breathtaking sketch that she forcefully struggled to loathe but failed : To the best view of Mystic Falls, Klaus.
She inserted the letter back and arched her eyebrows and pursed her lips, a profound thought gauged her mind that Klaus the murderous original vampire is capable of real feelings but she dared not to entertain that perplexity of that outrageous idea.
She compelled herself to parry her thoughts of Klaus and went downstairs.
A plethora of distressing and melancholic voices welcomed her as Elena, Bonnie and Damon dashed towards the foot of the stairs. Elena and Bonnie fervently gave her a warm hug.
With effused bewilderment Caroline stared with widening eyes "what's happening now?"
"We thought you got hurt! What did he do to you?" replied Bonnie
"Who did what to me now?" Caroline still dumbfounded keenly eyeing her three friends.
"Come one Barbie Vamp, tell us what happened?" snicker the debonair Damon, who's obnoxious and ostentatious aura never cease to amaze yet annoy people. "Did he compel you to forget?"
"Elena said she saw you with Klaus and he dragged you away from the school"
Elena nodded nostalgically recalling every intricate detail of their encounter.
"Guys, I'm fine. He didn't do anything and if he did I can take it. You know I can look after myself."
"Good. Crisis averted." Damon blurted insensitively. The three squinted at him. "What? Ok we're just happy to know you're safe."
"So is there any reason we should worry about Klaus' abduction?" Elena questioned Caroline.
"No." she brusquely shook her head. "Absolutely nothing to be worried about, if you guys are worried about me under his compulsion; That's-That's ridiculous! I mean he's evil and all but I don't think he would do that to me."
"It's Klaus!" the three answered in unison.
"Do you like him or something Barbie? You told us you weren't compelled? What kind of Klaus juice did he force you to drink? Suddenly you're defending him! He's the bad guy, CAROLINE!" nearly shouting Damon crossed his arms against his chest and glared at her viciously.
"What? I told you I can handle everything! And you accused me of defending him, he's just misunderstood and you're no better! Correct me if I'm wrong but what makes you different from him? What makes Stefan different from? What makes me different from him? Huh? We have killed people too. A someone else's Aunt Jenna, probably tortured someone else's Elena. He is evil because he tries to hurt Elena's beloved ones and Elena for that matter is the Salvatores' beloved one. Maybe that's the reason we hate him so much, it's because he tries to hurt Elena. Now, tell me this, if we never knew Elena how are we ever different from any other murderous vampire or hybrid?"
The stillness of silence filled the room everyone was in a state of shock no inkling on what words they're going to say next.
"You know what," Caroline finally said in exasperation. "You can leave, I don't need this aggravation especially coming from you guys."
"Care, we are just concerned…" Elena mellifluously gestured towards her and gently placed her hand on her shoulder but she cut her off "I'm sorry for that sudden burst of confounded misery. It's just I am so sick of people treating me like a fragile little sapling incapable of making the right choices."
"We trust you Caroline, believe us." Bonnie motioned towards Elena and Caroline and passionately hugged one another.
"Thanks guys, you have to trust me that I can take care of myself."
"We know, we know, I know. Tyler trusted you during his transition and I trusted you with my mom's. I'm sorry if we ever doubted you."
As tears rolled in Caroline's cheek she surreptitiously swept it off and laughingly blurted "I'm starving. Let's go get something to eat." They headed towards the door in boisterous gaiety and left the house for Mystic Grill.
The laughter instantly abated as they saw Klaus at the pool table with Kol. Kol glinted at them in ridicule and forestalled his attention to his brother who is in deep speculation over Caroline, wobbled his head in mockery and lightly tapped his shoulder while holding the glass filled with bourbon.
"That tasty little thing has really gotten you bad hasn't she?'
"Don't be ridiculous Kol." Klaus snorted derisively. "I'm just looking for a good time."
"You're being ridiculous, I saw how madly in love you were with Tatia and it seems like a déjà vu with her."
"What are they doing here?" Bonnie said in disgust and abruptly diverted her attention to Caroline. "Caroline, Caroline" she was preoccupied and apparently eavesdropping the conversation between Klaus and Kol.
Caroline perturbed from her espionage mission "Pffft.. Oh yeah what are they doing here?
"Are you okay? Were you listening?"
"No. I have better things to do than listen to those two, they're probably talking about taking over the world or whatever. Ugh. I need a drink."
"I don't recall you ever treating a lady just for pleasure. You love them just as much as you love staking a dagger through our hearts and stashing us in dreary boxes." Klaus flouted Kol's insolence and continued pouring his concentration in shooting the 8th ball into the pocket.
Caroline still obtrusively listening, dole out a small smile evidently oblivious to Elena and Bonnie's inquisitive stares.
"Why are you smiling?" Elena asked lifting her left eyebrow above the other while scrutinizing her and trailing her gaze.
"What me? Nothing, these tacos are so delicious." Caroline immediately rebutted in her defense and obstreperously nibbling the object of her lie. "mmmmmm… Delicious," she said with her mouth full and amplified eyes. Elena gave a cryptic smile and notice that Bonnie was looking at her in disbelief, to emphasize her gesticulation that she understood her countenance she remorsefully smiled back at her.
"Who wants a refill?" Caroline chirpily asked and rose from her seat and waved the glass mug in the air.
"I'm good." Replied Bonnie and took another taco. "Me too."
"Ok you guys are major buzz kill." She sighed heavily and headed towards the bar. Klaus saw her from across the pool table and grabbed the opportunity to talk to her despite the imminent precarious circumstance he's certainly aware of. He knocked back the two maybe three shots of whiskey and hastily went after Caroline.
"Thanks Matt." Caroline beamed gleefully at him as he placed her order on top of the dark brown mahogany counter. She turned around and accidentally bumped to a mysterious guy infront of her. "Oh I am so sorry sir," while putting down her drink onto the counter and with alacrity grabbed the tissue paper and gently patted the beer drenched area of the man's shirt.
"No worries love"
"Oh no, that voice, that voice that haunts me and taunts me. No it couldn't be him, could it?" Caroline felt a tingling ominous sensation as those words churned in her mind. She slowly elevated her head and quite the nuisance she emanated as she saw Klaus cocked his head down and mischievously smiled at her.
"What now?" she burst like a steaming geyser and pouted at Klaus.
"You were the one who spilled beer all over me, love." Klaus retorted cantankerously at her and with a toadying laugh inched a little closer to her. Caroline gave him a slight nudge away from her.
"Will you stop doing that!" she strongly commanded.
"Doing what love?"
"That ambiguous charming attitude, it's not working!"
"Oh is it love? If it's not working why are you quavering from where you are standing?" he insidiously implied.
"Oh my God, am I really giving that kind of mixed signal?" ever so playfully and sexy she pirouetted to get the beers and with a vixen laugh "Oh Klaus, you know me so well you have a certain effect on me," she paused and belligerently poured the entire glass over his shirt "A repulsive one at that! Hmpf!" She rolled her eyes and stormed out of Mystic Grill.
Elena and Bonnie were aghast by the commotion and hurtled over to Caroline. While the ever ostentatious and obnoxious Kol loving the whole spectacle of perspicacity went over to his brother, "Tsk. Tsk. Come on now chap, she's just some girl I don't know why you waste your time on her. You're an original hybrid let it go. Another round for my brother over here." Kol signaled Matt.
"That's just it she's not some girl."
"Will you move on from the tramp already? She just some girl you'll kill and pilfer love letters from her past boyfriends and display them in your room. I mean what kind of twisted mind does that?" He scoffed and sipped on his Jameson 1780 whiskey petulantly. Klaus with audacious fury grabbed his shirt and choked him and dragged him outside.
"Caroline may be a lot of things to some people but she's not a tramp! For me she's an amazing girl who will change the face of the earth. So you better choose your next words carefully next time brother or I'll rip your heart out."
He let him go from his grip, Kol soothed his throat and coughed. He sinisterly laughed at his older brother "Tell me something brother, will you still call her amazing if she and her friends try to kill you? In whatever conversation you had with her it was just a measly uncanny plot to kill you. It was never sincere and she will never like you nor forgive. So why don't you just give it up."
"I didn't want her just for her to like me or forgive but to realize how great and wonderful she'll be. I know that how hard she put on a good face she resented what she had turned into. I'm letting her see the beauty in immortality."
Unbeknownst to the Mikaelson brother Caroline heard everything and is flabbergasted about how Klaus defended her and how sincerely he truly adored her.
"This doesn't change a thing" Caroline astutely convincing herself. And it was somehow one of the biggest lie she had to live with.