Caroline slept most of the trip. She was tired and drank too much champagne, so she was feeling sleepy. Klaus was too excited to sleep. He was happy to get back to Europe specially with such special company. Sometimes he just glanced or stared at Caroline sleeping. She looked so peaceful, just like in his imagination when he described his fake proposal. Klaus always admired the fact that Caroline didn't see how bright she was. For Klaus, Caroline had a glow that he hadn't seen in any vampire in his many years of existence. She was strong, smart and beautiful. Then suddenly she started to wake up.
"What time is it?" She said, struggling to wake up, with her eyes closed.
"It's almost time love." He passed his hand trough her hair, "You need to wake up." He smiled. Caroline opened her eyes slowly and she looked at Klaus, seriously. While she was moving her hand she realized that Klaus' jacket was covering her. She thought it was a dream, but know that she was awake she saw that he really had dressed her with his jacket to protect her from the cold. It was a little unnecessary, she was a vampire, she wouldn't feel cold. But she was really glad he did it anyway. "Thank you", she whispered.
"I order a coffee for you… Thought you might needed after drank the hole bottle of champagne" He laughed. Then the plane started landing.
They took off the plane and there was a sort of driver waiting for them. He took Klaus and Caroline to this luxury hotel in Madrid. Caroline seemed a little uncomfortable with all that, but she just assumed it was the way that Klaus was used to live.
"So when is Dara coming?" She asked, trying to break the silence.
"Tomorrow, in the afternoon." He opened the door of the room. In the front there was this huge bed and very luxury furniture. Klaus looked at Caroline at first, to see her reaction but she just stood there, staring at the room. "This is your room for today. As for tomorrow, we'll have to figure something out. Dara would suspect if we slept in separated rooms. But, you're tired, we'll talk about this later." He smiled at her, "I'll go to my room. Good night Caroline."
Caroline got into that room amazed. It was all so beautiful. She tries to call Tyler but he did not answered. Then she left Stefan a message, informing what was going on and then Klaus knocked at her door. He was really dressed and opened a shy smile when she answered.
"Good night.", he said.
"Good night.", she gave him a little smile.
"I was thinking about going for a walk… Eat… Unless you feel tired, would you like to join me?" He said, trying to look as charming as possible. Caroline thought for a second. She smiled gently and although she felt tired, she was not willing to stay locked at some hotel with whole Madrid waiting for her. She looked at him, from his feet to his eyes and finally said, "Fine, just give me a second."; she put her best dress and then, when she went out of her room and met Klaus at the lobby she could say that he was a little speechless. She was almost as beautiful as she was at the Original ball, earlier that year.
"You look beautiful." He said, with hesitation.
"Thanks."
The night in Madrid was sensational. The sky was clean and full of stars. The weather was great and it was just an amazing place. Caroline kept herself quit, feeling guilty for enjoying everything too much. Klaus took her to the mainly tourist spots, telling her stories about how things were created. After all, he was part of that entire history; he was there. Then he took her to dinner in very fancy restaurant. It had this beautiful view, ordered some wine and had this great food.
"I think I understand now…" Klaus' got surprised by her sentence and waited her to completed it, "I mean… Seeing all this, living this way… I'm not saying that I think it's right, your actions, but I do relate to that know." Although Caroline couldn't express herself very well, Klaus understood what she meant. He knew that sooner or later Caroline would see that this "monster" was not what everybody saw. He was more than that. He was a guy, like her, who did not want to be alone. He smiled at her.
"All I ever wanted for you Caroline was for you to take a chance. I insist because I do think you are an amazing woman, you're not just ordinary. There's nothing ordinary about you. You're extraordinary, love." She did not thank him this time. She just smiled at her, sincerely. Caroline was also surprised by the fact that he treated her as a woman, not as the girl she was used to be called.
They went back to the hotel and Klaus followed her until her room. "I talked to the boy in the reception", he started to say, "and the situation of the room is solved. He will give us a room with two beds. I know that's not ideal, but it was the only thing he could do." Caroline was surprised by the fact that he really tried to make an effort to not bother her.
"It's fine"
"Well, I see you tomorrow then.", he kissed her hand and with that he left to his own room, leaving a dreamy, mature and new Caroline Forbes behind.