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Destined Chapter 7
Klaus could feel it, he could feel the nerves and stress and worry from his soul mate, he knew what was happening. He knew Caroline was with her friends tonight, after a few complaints and grumbles and many pacifying kisses, he left her house before the girls arrived, but he didn't expect this to happen. His body was vibrating, humming, itching to get up from behind his desk and go to her, but would it help? Probably, most likely not.
The hardest part for him was the guilt he could feel, she felt guilty right now with her friends, was it because if him? Why does he even care, is the bond, is she really changing him like he promised he wouldn't. He allowed his thoughts to run wild, as he felt the pressure in his veins grow stronger. How will this work? Can I do this, for her? For me? Can I be who she needs?...what is happening to me? Klaus, the almighty, unbeatable original Hybrid is allowing himself to be re-shaped by a soul mate, or is it just her, his Caroline, is it all really so terrible?
A growl builds low and quiet in his chest as his fingers dig into the wooden arms of desk chair, he closes his eyes and focuses on deep steady breaths.
Meanwhile…
"Ok let me get this straight, your mark, his name appeared on Saturday, almost one week ago, and you had no intention of telling us?.."
"You didn't even tell us you felt your mark growing in the first place, we assumed you hadn't met your soul mate yet.."
"What are you going to do?.."
"Does he know?.."
"Oh my god, he has one too doesn't he?.."
"Where's his?.."
Caroline had been sitting on the sofa, hunched forward, face in hands and elbows resting on her knees. Her shirt was back on and buttoned all the way up, in the grand scheme of things it seemed like a little stain wasn't such a big deal, the shirt could be replaced, a quick fix, if only it was that easy for the more important issues at hand here.
She had been here for 15 minutes straight, in silence, whilst Bonnie and Elena stood before her, brows furrowed, arms folded over their chests, like parents scolding a child for missing curfew or skipping school. Their firing questions were starting to slow down, and they were starting to shuffle slightly on their feet, eventually Bonnie sat down in the arm chair and turned to Caroline expectantly, Elena however stayed where she was, her gaze boring into Caroline's hands. Caroline peeked up through her hands after a few moments of awkward silence and made eye contact with both girls, they were expecting her answers now.
With a big sigh, she slumped back into the cushions on the sofa and looked up to the ceiling, silently thanking whoever needed to be thanked that her mom was away.
"You, you weren't supposed to find out like this, I promise I was going to tell you, soon, I-I just thought he, he should be with me whe…
"Woah woah hold up, what? We? You're actually acting on this?"
Caroline closed her eyes, trying to will the stinging tears behind her eye lids to back off, the one person she thought would understand, the person who has her own soul mate drama was the person who's words were now currently cutting into Caroline's head and heart like glass. Her eyes still closed she shakily tried to respond, her voice hoarse and quiet, defeated.
"Elena, I, I just, come on you must understa…"
"Caroline it's Klaus!" Her voice was raising, her posture tense. "I know it's destiny and it sucks and it won't change but you CAN be with somebody who's not your soul mate, sure it'll be hard but.."
"And would you choose to be with someone who's not Damon or Stefan?"
Caroline's eyes flicked open and she sat up wordlessly, slowly turning to look at Bonnie who was sitting up straight in her chair and looking at Elena with curiosity and determination sparkling in her mossy coloured eyes.
"Oh come on Bon that is so not fair, that is diff.."
"Yeah? How? How Is this different or fair? Nobody chooses their soul mate Elena, there is no choice in this, if your mark clearly read one of the Salvatore's names would you like them to be treated how you're treating your best friend right now? Would you be ok with them being ridiculed and made to feel awful over something they cant do anything about?"
A silent tear fell from Caroline's eyes and rolled down her cheeks, she didn't move or speak, she was in complete shock, Bonnie was not judging her, Bonnie was on her, against Elena. She risked a glance over at Elena who's posture was softening, just one arm was wrapped around her torso now, and one hand was pushing up through her long brown hair, her foot was tapping restlessly against the hard word floor. Caroline moved forward slightly in her sitting position her head bowed, ready to plead her case, but Bonnie was not finished.
"You and I both know how it feels Elena, yes you could choose to Ignore the bond and the feelings but it's god damned hard and not half as easy as you've just made it sound, and if there are feelings and emotional attachments already in place before the bond, which we know on his behalf there is, he's worshipped Caroline since he first laid eyes on her, give or take a few typical bad guy Klaus moments, then it makes it even more harder to ignore." Caroline's heart skipped a beat at what Bonnie had just said, he has always and will always be there, how can you choose to ignore that?
Elena let a shaky breath escape from her lungs and sank down to the floor boards, tucking her knees in to her chest and wrapping her arms around them. Her gaze turned from Bonnie's to Caroline's, silently imploring her to lift her head.
"I know what you're saying Bonnie, really I Do..a-and Caroline I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that, or snapped and got angry, you can't help it I know, but-but still It's Klaus we're talking about, how can you just forget.."
"I'm not forgetting Elena" Caroline's head snapped up, her gaze serious, hands balled into fists on her knees. "I know who he is, what he's done, what he's capable of, but I'm also well aware of who has saved my life multiple times, who has in turn done something to help most of us at some point, yes he was an asshole and done some awful unforgivable things, I'm not forgiving him, I'm not accepting the monstrous side to his personality, but I'm not writing him off, I can't. Where would you be now if you paid closer attention to all the crazy stuff Damon and Stefan has done in the past huh?"
Bonnie got up off the chair and came to sit next to Caroline, mirroring her posture and looking expectantly at Elena sitting on the floor before them. Elena was sitting deathly still, her face soft and concerned and guilty, just staring at Caroline, contemplating the words that were just spoken.
"Elena I think the most important thing for us to deal with as best friends is that Caroline should have told us straight away" She turned to face her blonde friend and then spoke again. "I can see why you were worried about telling us, Elena is right that Klaus is impossible, but you know that too and you're also right in what you're saying. But you still should have told us, if only for the reason of having something like this on your shoulders and nobody to talk about it with. It breaks my heart that you felt you had to hide it from us." Bonnie shoulder bumps with Caroline causing a weak giggle to escape the vampire's lips.
"I didn't have, well, S-Stefan knew.."
Elena's body jolted up at the sound of the name she knew all too well.
"Stefan? Stefan knew and didn't say anyth.."
"He didn't even tell me he knew Elena, he saw Klaus's mark before I knew the whole bond thing was even a thing and kept quiet." Caroline kept her eyes on Elena still unsure of her friend in this moment but carried on talking.
" Um o-obviously we, Klaus and I have talked about it a little, well actually we haven't really talked that much but, but um.."
"Caroline are you happy?" The question coming from her quiet yet smiling friend beside her made her throat go dry, words falling silently, and tears pricking at her eyes, she just stared at Bonnie silently and shakily started to slowly nod.
"Good, because all this mess, all the other stuff, we can work on, you and he can work on, people will just have to deal if you want to make it work." She looked at Elena pointedly who was listening intently to every word but her face still expressionless and still no words, like her voice had up and left. "Now I'm not saying I'm going to throw myself into a bridesmaid dress yet but.."
"Bonnie how are you making jokes about this? Aren't you at all worried for her, he's dangerous, he's.."
"He would never hurt me and you're a fool if you think he ever would Elena, even if we weren't bonded he has been there for when he wasn't expected to, he has always shown to me the compassionate, moral side that nobody knows about and that's what this bond is about, finding each other, helping, saving, like two pieces gravitating together, it's I-it's destiny, and Klaus is not destined to hurt me." Caroline stood up, fists at her sides, willing the tears to stop flowing, but her features schooled into a kick-ass expression.
"There is obviously something that is keeping you in the middle of those two boys Elena, and you're working on finding the right thing to do, and that's what I'm doing, concentrating on what's right here, at least I can at least be honest with myself and with Klaus."
That did it.
The Mikaelson Mansion…
He was pacing, he was downstairs in front of the grand stair case, a mere few feet from the front door. He'd been here the past few minutes, trying to gain calm and control of himself. Up in his study moments before when he felt Caroline's emotions spike, and could almost feel his own eyes releasing tears he was up and out of the chair in a flash, his fingers bleeding slightly from the fierce grip he had on the wood. He pinned himself to a bookshelf, books flying and falling, his breaths ragged and out of time, fingers itching, reaching for his phone in his pocket, his skin felt like it was covered with both fire and ice.
When he felt her tears a second time and more prominent he all but flew down the stair case, but stopped himself at the door, his hands firm against the steel of the door frame deferring his body from moving over the threshold. When he felt the sudden anger and deep routed heat pouring though his blood, he started to settle slightly, his Caroline was feisty and her mouth and wit was sharp, she was fighting back, fighting for him. He could feel the cold layer he had fixed around his heart slowly start to melt away at the thought of her taking control, standing up and protecting their bond.
You won't help, you'll make it worse, stay here, wait for her. The most moral voice in his head kept repeating over and over, he himself not knowing where such patience and rational advice was coming from. But as the spine tingling sensation of fear and shock flew threw his skin, causing his veins to almost hurt, and the pounding in his ears grew stronger and more muffled until everything else around him was just white noise, he was out the door, by passing his car and taking off, his form nothing but blurred figure out in the black night.