Klaus awoke the next morning with a slight smirk on his face. It took him a while to remember why, but that was before he noticed the limp figure on the bed next to him. Panic rushed through him for an instant, wondering if she was okay but then he noticed her chest moving up and down peacefully. He swiftly got off the floor and wrapped up his sleeping bag.

He realised there was one other body on the bed and four others on the floor. Ugh, so much for having shared a room with her. God, these people are irritating.
They'd returned to the hotel room they'd booked and had instantly gone to bed, postponing discussions till next morning. Stefan, Damon and Jeremy and Matt were still sprawled on the floor and Caroline and Elena were both curled up on the bed. It was 6:30, the alarm clock said. Another hour and a half before the rest of the posse awakes.

Klaus walked over to the bathroom, carefully dodging and trying not to step on any fingers or faces. As he brushed his teeth, he recalled the previous night's encounters. And achievements. He smiled.

She was jealous. That is something I didn't think would happen for another thousand years… Klaus was positively beaming and hence didn't notice the presence of a certain blonde inside the bathroom. She could sense what was happening and scowled

"Ugh, get over yourself Klaus."

"Oh wow, I can't believe I have you so enamored that you decided to walk in on me in the bathroom. Hoping I was naked, were you?" He snickered.

"Like I said, get over yourself Klaus. I came to take my toothbrush."

"Come on, Caroline. You saw I wasn't on the floor, didn't you? Yet you still came. A little, teeny, tiny hope was there somewhere, wasn't it?" Caroline was slowly walking towards the door and Klaus suddenly blocked it. He bolted it from inside and didn't let her leave.

Caroline looked flustered and Klaus knew, half the job was done. "Let me go, Klaus." At that he moved even closer, both his arms at her sides. She was pressed between the door and him and tried hard to control her expressions, and, perhaps, feelings.

"Come on, Caroline. You're breaking my heart."

"Maybe that's what I want to do."

Klaus quickly retreated, placing a hand over his heart as if she'd actually hurt him. "Take that back, Caroline…"

"Why?" She had to admit, she was enjoying it a little. Just a little, though. "Are you going to cry?" She chuckled.

Klaus eyed her suspiciously, smiled, and spoke. "Sob…?"

"Oh God Klaus, you're so full of crap!" She laughed. Neither had noticed that even though he wasn't blocking her way out, she wasn't leaving.

Klaus walked across to the sink. He peered at himself for a while and then finally spoke. "What do you think, Caroline, cute and clean-shaven or sexy and stubbly?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Did Klaus, THE Niklaus Mikaelson, just call himself cute?" Caroline slowly marched towards him, raising an eyebrow.

"What? No. No!" he looked positively stunned.

"I think you did! This definitely needs to get out in the open! Klaus! I mean, sexy I can understand but—"

"—whoooa! Sexy? Did you just call me sexy?" Klaus, who had previously turned red, broadened yet again. Caroline reproached herself for giving him an opportunity to do so.

"No. No I didn't. Klaus, I think all the fighting has affected you adversely, I suggest we get you looked at, at once." Caroline was yet again backing away towards the door.

"You JUST said it! Aha! I finally have something! Sexy you can understand? That clearly means, you think I'm sexy!"

"No and I really need to leave-!" With that, Caroline rushed towards the door. As usual, Klaus was the faster of the two and stopped her again. "Let me go!" she begged, but with a hint of enjoyment. She liked this attention.

"You don't need to be anywhere, love. Fact is, you want to be here."

"I'm going to start crying, Klaus, I swear…"

"Go on."

"So what, you don't care if I cry because of you?"

"No, love, I don't. What makes you think I care at all?" he said with a wink. Caroline squirmed under his grip, only making him hold on to her hand, which was held in front of her chest, tightly.

"Klaus, you're hurting me."

"Because I don't care?"

"Klaus, ouch! Your grip is too tight! Aah, my wound! Klaus!" Caroline had shut her eyes as if wincing in pain. Klaus immediately let go. She flopped to the ground.

"Oh God, Caroline! I'm so sorry!" Caroline promptly buried her head in the hands, and pretended to cry.

"It's hurting so much." She put a hand over her wound and squealed. "Why did you do that?!"

"I swear, I didn't know! I would never hurt you! Not on purpose! Let me see! Let me look!" Klaus was in full panic mode. Caroline dug into his arms gripped his hand. She began hyperventilating. "Caroline, relax! Please, you'll pass out if you hyperventilate too much! It still hurts? I'm so sorry." Caroline hugged him tightly. Soon though, he felt her relax. Worried she may have fainted he quickly broke apart. "Caroline?"

Coming as a shock to him, she had a knowing grin on her face. With a wink and a quick kiss upon his cheek, she whispered in his ear: "Of course you care, love." She stood up and waltzed out of the room, leaving Klaus dumbfounded, relieved and of course, having thoroughly enjoyed himself.

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Everyone soon awoke to find Caroline and Klaus seated on the single sofa in the outer room. Klaus had offered to book a luxury suite but Damon had insisted against it, partly because he knew who'd be enjoying the 'luxury' part. As the bathroom wars began with Elena claiming priority on the account of being a girl, they both heard arguments float out of the bedroom. They both snickered, glad they'd awakened earlier.

Once everyone was ready, which seemed like an eternity later, they all walked down to the restaurant looking for breakfast.

"Guys, Bonnie is still missing. I mean, unless she's still at the warlock's." Everyone groaned but they knew this was a topic they couldn't put away. It had to be finished with.

"I say we look around where we left her, otherwise scan for other possibilities where she may be. Chances are she's still there though." Matt said.

"We need to find her. Soon. I think we should start looking." Elena said.

"That won't be necessary." A voice called out from behind them all. There Bonnie stood, looking tired but satisfied. Perhaps things had gone well. She walked towards them. "I'm going to get a shower. Meet me at the park two blocks away at 9:30. Needless to say, don't get followed." She grabbed the keys to the room and started making her way towards the staircase. She paused. "It went well, but this is serious stuff, guys."

"Greeeeeat. As if our lives weren't doomed enough." Damon retorted, leaning back in his chair.

"Oh come on, mate. It's not all bad. I have a feeling we'll survive." Klaus said. Everyone looked shocked at this previously unheard of and unseen optimism while Caroline just looked at her plate and blushed, not going unnoticed by a hybrid in the vicinity.