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Destined Chapter 11

"Caroline are you trying to tell me that you have your super natural soul mark and that your soul mate, who you're bonded to for eternity, destined to be with is Klaus? As in Klaus Mikaelson? As in the extremely old and sinful original hybrid? That Klaus?"

It was Sunday afternoon, Sheriff, Elizabeth Forbes had been home from her work trip for about a half hour and now found herself sitting in front of her visibly distressed daughter at the dining table. The sheriff had returned to a perfectly quiet, tidy house, no signs of breakages or rule breaking, no hidden persons under the stairs or the bed. Caroline had always been a very reliable, trust-worthy daughter but that would never stop a parent's typical worrying over leaving their teenager home alone, add vampire teenager with many supernatural friends to the mix and the worry becomes tenfold.

Elizabeth had found her daughter curled up on the couch with a movie playing quietly to itself on the TV but Caroline's eyes were focused on nothing, blankly staring into the middle of the room and only realising her mom was home when she stood right in front of her, looking down. Call it a mothers intuition but Elizabeth immediately pulled her daughter up from the couch into a swift hug then pulled her into the next room, dropped her into a chair at the dining table, disappeared into the kitchen and returned promptly with a large tub of cookie dough ice cream and two desert spoons.

Caroline sat staring into the already half empty tub of cold creamy calorific goodness, spoon hanging out of her mouth, eyes screwed shut and reluctantly began to nod her head slowly. Caroline and her mom's had been rocky in the past to the say the least, her mom was always the busy work type and Caroline the independent, stubborn teen. It's also no secret that Elizabeth did not take the news of finding out her only child had been turned into a Vampire too kindly. Elizabeth spent a lot of her time, both professionally and personally dedicated to hunting and chasing Vampires out of Mystic Falls, she worked closely with allies and hidden identities to ensure the safety of the towns folk. What she didn't know was that some of her most trusted friends and colleagues were of a supernatural nature themselves, Elizabeth had simply misconstrued who to judge and who to trust.

Eventually everything had worked itself out for the better, and Caroline and her mom had grown stronger, learning to live and work together in unison, Elizabeth had learned who to turn her trust to and Caroline was able to keep her mom in the loop with the supernatural escapades of the town. But that did not make Caroline feel any better or comfortable about explaining this supernatural issue to her mom.

Klaus had become bearable to most, there wasn't an urge to kill him and rid him of the town and he had controlled his desire somewhat of killing or at least attempting to kill whoever stood in his path at any given moment. There was still an issue of trust and misunderstanding with him, he nearly always had an ulterior motive and an annoying habit of making everything to do with himself and his own needs. Some people still would not accept to be around him, or tolerate him but he didn't care about that, why would he. Then of course there was Caroline, even the people such as Elena who did trust nor tolerate him couldn't deny the unmistakable softer side he had always shown towards the blonde vampire, and Caroline's mom being one of them. Elizabeth had always been good friends with the Salvatore brothers give or take a couple rough patches and in time had slowly started to include Klaus in her need for information or just straight up vampire muscle.

Caroline genuinely had no idea how this was going to go, unlike her friends, her mom is older, wiser, more mature and although she is not a supernatural herself and has no personal experience of the soul bond and all of its problems, she has had her fair share of dealings with those that have. Caroline wanted to believe that she and her mom were past the uncomfortable, misunderstanding stage, she wanted to believe that her mom could offer her help and support and advice the way her friends couldn't, even though Bonnie had tried and Stefan offered his support in a guy sort of way.

After a small nod Caroline braved a quick glance and tilted her chin up slightly to the woman in front of her, if Caroline was feeling up to it she probably would have laughed at the sight that met her. Elizabeth's spoon was half way to her mouth, her hand suspended in mid air, the ice cream starting to drip gently from the edge of the silverware. Her mouth was agape, eyes wide and brows raised, Caroline scrambled to put her spoon down and wipe her mouth with the back of her hand.

"Mom I-I…"

"So what you're telling me is that whilst I've been away for the best part of 5 days, my 18 year old daughter has developed her soul mark and bonded with her soul mate, and in that time made no attempt to tell me about it? A-and not only that she has actually bonded with the one and only treacherous Klaus.."

"Yeah b-but mom he's.."

"He's the same Klaus that I have become aware has…saved my daughter's life on multiple occasions, the same Klaus that has gifted my daughter with some very special, unique things, the same Klaus that has made my daughter offers and promises that nobody else can, and although she has previously refused them I had a feeling she couldn't refuse him forever, that man promised to follow you everywhere, wait for you and I have faith that he is a man of his word." Elizabeth smirked at her daughter and lifted the spoon up to her mouth, finishing the mouthful.

Caroline was dumbfounded, she hoped and prayed for this reaction, but couldn't quite believe it was actually happening, she didn't even expect something as positive as this from her friends, even Tyler fled the house without putting up a fight for the love of god, what was happening, not that she was complaining, it was just all a bit strange, like a calm before the storm moment.

"U-um m-mom you're, you…"

"Caroline am I happy that you never told me about it until now? No, I'm not at all, I'm disappointed and frankly feeling a little upset and guilty myself that I wasn't here for you, this is a big thing for a young girl, finding out who her heart belongs to when she may or may not be ready to give it over, but at the same time I understand why you didn't, I know you honey, you didn't want me to worry or come home or cause a fuss…"

Elizabeth laughs and Caroline giggles with her, she puts down her spoon and moves the melting ice-cream tub out of the way and takes her daughters hand protectively in hers across the table.

"Am I ecstatic, relieved, overcome with joy that it's him? No, and I think you expected that answer, but am I surprised that's it him and that you have acted upon it so quickly and easily? No I'm not surprised one bit."

Caroline focus's completely on her mom, not allowing herself to get too caught up in the current tornado of emotions she's feeling, and she knows he will be feeling it also back in his mansion or wherever he retreated to when she reluctantly pushed him out of the door a little before noon and he grudgingly left with a sulk. She hopes to god he can keep away this time, her mom has a gun and plenty access to wooden bullets and stakes, whether they will kill him or not is out of the question, her mom would attempt a hundred times over just to exert some authority in 'The 8 simples rules to dating my teenage daughter' game.

"Caroline, this bond, the whole Destiny thing, I believe everything happens for a reason, fate would not allow for two souls to be together who are incompatible, it's called Soul-Mates for a reason hon.." She emphasises the words soul mates rather carefully with a tilt of her head and continues and rubs a thumb over the back of Caroline's hand.

"You're bound together by marks because you should be, you'll make each other whole eventually if not already, you're not designed to hate or hurt or kill each other or be a reason for any of that happening, yes you'll argue and maybe one day you'll make him sleep on the couch or throw him out.." Caroline giggles and Elizabeth bends forward to swipe a stray tear from her daughters eye that was rolling down her slightly flushed cheek.

"It's not always going to be perfect but what normal relationship is? There always has to be compromises and team work and the occasional fabulous dramatic storm out, Caroline the point I'm trying to make is, as a parent yes I should be awfully worried and scandalised that your soul mate is him, but in a weird way the soul bond is actually a hidden treasure in a disguise, yes nobody else may feel safe around him, or able to trust him, but he is bonded to YOU Caroline, he will not, cannot, betray you like that, and personally I don't think he ever would if the bond wasn't there."

Before she could control her actions Caroline was up and out of the chair, running around the table and into her moms waiting arms, tears flowing freely and happily down her cheeks as she half sobbed/half giggled into her mom's shoulder. Her mom laughed with her and soothingly rubbed her back.

"I just want you to be happy honey, and if proving everybody wrong by being with him, being happy with him is the next best thing to do, then that's what I want you to do, you'll have my support all the way, but the only advice that I urge you to take from me Caroline is that, you must learn to differentiate all that I've said to you and a simple mistake. He will make mistakes Caroline, and so might you, it doesn't mean he's not staying true to his word, or you or the bond, Rome wasn't built in a day honey and you have yourself a very challenging mate there, but a mate who will worship you none the less, just bare that in mind." Caroline sniffed and nodded.

They spent the rest of the afternoon swapping stories and catching up, asking questions and giving advice. Elizabeth chastised her daughter for her antics with Klaus in the house whilst she was away but couldn't exactly blame her, she was 18 once and when given an empty house a for a long period of time, it's only rude to not use it to it's full capacity. Caroline is a bonded soul mate now, a young woman, and though she is currently still in school there wasn't much time left until graduation and Elizabeth wouldn't be surprised if her daughter was swept up and away soon enough after that by the hybrid and into his humble abode, she would cross that bridge when they came to it. Caroline showed her mom her mark rather proudly and explained where Klaus's was on his body, Elizabeth rolled her eyes and scoffed with a smirk explaining how obnoxious and proud the mark sounded, much like it's owner. Caroline also wanted to ask advice on how to get sticky red stains out of cream silk shirts, but because of the nature of the accident and the fact that the substance in question is alcoholic she gave up hope and made sure the shirt was crumpled at the bottom of the trash can out by the garage.

Caroline explained what happened with her friends and Elizabeth simply told her daughter to be patient with Elena and anyone else she holds dear to her heart. They cleared the ice cream away eventually and huddled up together on the couch, allowing cheesy movies to play away in the background while they continued talking about everything and nothing. Caroline cherished these rare moments with her mom and although she was missing her friends a little and a certain someone else, a lot, she was very grateful for this opportunity. She was starting to feel more normal and optimistic about everything since 7 days ago when she thought her life could possibly be over, how wrong she was. A little later they ordered take out and whilst they split their chicken chow Mein Caroline proceeded to tell her mom about what happened yesterday with Tyler.

As it happened they didn't meet up at the Grill later that day as planned, a few hours after he'd left and Klaus was done listing all of the things he would happily do to Tyler should he see him again, she detangled herself from Klaus ignoring his protests and called Bonnie for some advice about the whole thing. Bonnie was just good old Bonnie and told her not to worry too much, Tyler would have to get over it, she asked Caroline to go over for pizza but she knew her mom was coming home the next day and would find it extremely hard to rid her house of a certain hybrid. So they agreed to talk before school on Monday and hung up, Caroline then automatically speed dialled her second agony aunt, or should she say uncle.

Stefan had calmly explained that conflict between Tyler and Klaus was something he was prepared for and she should be too, he offered his and Damon's services for diffusing any confrontation if needed, he'd also kindly offered to keep an eye on Tyler, like a one step a head scenario. He also explained not to worry too much about Klaus's maybe not so empty threats towards Tyler, after all who better to distract him from such malice thoughts than her. Because of the bond whether Klaus felt like it or not, he would not intentionally do anything that would hurt Caroline both physically and emotionally in the long run.

Caroline made sure to keep quiet about Tyler's mark when seeking advice from Bonnie and Stefan and now her mom. It had nothing to do with her and so it wasn't her place to talk about, she couldn't deny that she wanted to talk to Tyler though, find out his angle, what was he trying to achieve yesterday, did he actually know about the bond? How did he know?

Elizabeth was fairly quiet on the subject, which Caroline found a little disappointing after-all she'd been so supportive on the other matters.

"Caroline that boy has also strived for your affections just as much as Klaus has, I know that you never really knew where you stood with him and the fact that he up and left didn't help but you can't blame him for being hurt that you're with somebody else now, Klaus of all people too." All Caroline could do was nod in agreement as she ate her noodles, only time and the next few days, weeks even would be able to tell how things would pan out with him. An hour or so later she decided to retire for an early night and went up to bed, the sudden tiredness she felt in her body and bones weighing down on her, the stress and worry from the past week starting to dissipate as more of her personal issues started to come out of the wash a fade in to nothing.

She climbed into bed and let out a contented sigh as she got comfy in her sheets, she rolled over to unplug her cell phone from the bedside that she'd left up here all afternoon charging and swiped the screen to reveal dozens of notifications. She smiled as she settled further into her pillows, allowing herself to feel the tingle in her skin that felt like home. She noticed that as she was starting to accept the bond more, going with it freely rather than try to hide it, and the more people that knew, the delicious pull in her veins wasn't as prominent, she was realising she could try to switch off from it a little, like what Bonnie was trying to explain to her.

She smiled as she scrolled through the messages she had missed throughout the afternoon, shaking her head slightly.

Klaus;

12.00; Can I Come Back now? : ( x

12.15; Come over here, leave your mother a note like she so kindly did for you… ; ) x

12.16; Please x

12.20; Ok I'm coming over…

12.30; Maybe I'll go and pay our favourite werewolf a visit… ; )

12.32; Kidding ; ) but seriously come over now.. x

13.01; Is she home? You're heart rate is increasing, calm down love x

13.40; Are you laughing? You're happy, am I invited over for dinner, should I bring flowers? ; ) xx

14.10; Is that it? Should I cancel my army of Hybrids with burning pitch forks?

14.20; Are you coming now?

14.40; Send me your mother's number…

Caroline couldn't hold back her laugh as she giggled freely, revelling in the sickly sweet side she was seeing from her mate, she made a mental note to keep these messages for safe keeping, you never know when a little bit of light black mailing may come in handy. She also knew that Klaus had known exactly what he was doing by sending those messages, he was trying to calm and reassure, to humour her since he couldn't be there himself.

She continued scrolling through the messages, more of the same, typing out some of her own replies and explaining that she was going to sleep now when she reached the end and realised she had an unopened message from another sender. She went back to her mailbox and stiffened at what she saw, furiously tapping at the screen to open the message.

Elena; So what did Tyler say?

The phone slipped from her fingers in shock as sudden realisation, fury and hurt flooded her body, sending gooseflesh cool and pale through her skin. Her phone immediately buzzed in that instant on the mattress, vibrating against her leg as the message popped up on the open screen for to read.

Klaus; What happened? I'm on my way!