Hey guys chapter five. I already planned out how this story is gonna go and its gonna have ten chapters. I have to say that im sooo excited to write the next half of the story. The timeline is alittle messed up but just bear with me.
Caroline could not sleep. Shes been tossing and turning for hours. Her mind could not succumb to sleep. She kept reliving and replaying memories in her mind. After another half hour, she decided to go downstairs. She opened the freezer and pulled out a pint of chocolate ice cream.
She turned around and found Klaus sitting on a stool by the counter top, staring at her. His hands were joined on top of the table. "How long have you just been sitting there? Its kinda creepy."
Klaus smirked at her. "Its not creepy. Its endearing." Caroline scoffed and rolled her eyes. "So what are you doing up this late?" she asked. He shrugged. "I couldn't sleep. What about you?" Caroline walked over to sit next Klaus. She put down ice cream in front of her and crossed her ankles on the bottom of the stool. "Me neither."
"So whats troubling your mind?" he asked. His voice was soft. It was a side of him that he had showed her in Mystic Falls. His humanity.
"Memories..." her voice drifted off. Klaus looked away from her. "I'm sorry." Caroline frowned at him. Not because he was apologizing -which was something he never did- but because he felt like he had to. "It's not your fault." Klaus turned to face her. "Yes it is. Genevieve only went after you because she knew that I felt something towards you. If I had never-" Klaus was cut off by Caroline.
"No don't you dare apologize for your feelings, Klaus. When you started caring about me, you became a better person. You changed. You changed into someone that can be a father. You've come so far. You just needed a little push." She stated firmly. Klaus nodded his head. Caroline may not blame him but a part of him always would.
There was a tension in the air that wasn't there before. They were both silent for a while. Klaus' gaze shifted to the table in front of them. He smirked slightly before
he motioned towards the pint of icecream that now had little drops of condensation all around it. "Your ice cream melted." His voice held a faint trait of amusement.
Caroline shrugged her shoulders. "Doesn't matter. I got something better here." She smiled at Klaus before she got up and put the ice cream back in the freezer. "Goodnight Klaus." She turned and walked out of the kitchen. "Good night love." He replied before she disappeared leaving him alone once again.
Caroline was bored. It was one in the afternoon and she had nothing to do. Klaus wouldn't let her out if the house. He said something about "putting yourself in dangers hands if you leave without protection." She didn't have her phone or her laptop there wasnt much she could do. She wandered around the compound. Klaus told her that Elijah and his long lost sister Freya lived with him to but they weren't in the city at the moment.
Hayley lived with Hope and her husband Jackson in an apartment across the street. Klaus also told her that Hayley was coming by later in the afternoon with Hope to leave her with Klaus for a bit.
At around three Caroline had walked around the entire house approximately 27 times. She was sitting on a couch in the living room when the door opened. "Caroline?" Caroline turned to face Hayley and the baby she had in her arms.
"Hayley." Caroline looked at Hayley's surprised face before she turned her attention away to the baby. Hope had brown hair like her mother but piercing blue-grey eyes like her father. She was the perfect combination of both her parents.
"What are you doing here?" She asked. Hayley walked forward until she was standing in front of Caroline. She placed the bag that she was holding on the couch and adjusted Hope. "Klaus convinced me to stay in New Orleans for awhile." Hayley nodded her head and sat down next to Caroline. "So how's motherhood treating you?" She asked. Caroline knew that she cans Hayley were never really friends because she betrayed Tyler but she moved on from that. They could at least try to make amends. "Oh it's amazing." She smiled widely at Caroline. She seemed so happy talking about her daughter. "I wasn't sure I would be a great mother at first but I love it, an I love Hope." She looked down at the any and placed a kiss on her cheek. "Do you wanna hold her?" She asked Caroline. Caroline nodded her head and Hayley passed Hope to Caroline. Caroline carefully held hope. She was a year and a few months old but Caroline didn't want to accidentally hurt her. "Hi Hope. I'm Caroline. Im a friend of your dad. Got some great genes there? Let's just hope you didn't inherit your fathers anger issues." Caroline smiled at Hope.
Hope giggled almost as if she was laughing at Caroline joke and played with the necklace Caroline had around her neck. Hayley smiled at Caroline. "She likes you. She doesn't really like people when she first meets them." Hope let go of Caroline's necklace and stared playing with her curls instead. "She's beautiful Hayley. You have a great baby." Caroline smiled at Hayley. It was a true genuine smile. One that Hayley returned.
Back in Mystic Falls Caroline never saw Hayley smile. But now she was. A lot. She seemed happier here. Maybe Caroline could be happier here too.
Caroline and Hayley talked for awhile. The more they talked, the more Caroline liked talking to Hayley. She was actually a pretty decent person when she wasn't snapping her neck. "Oh by the way I'm sorry I snapped your neck." Caroline shook her head and smiled at Hayley softly. "It's ok." Hayley nodded her head.
Then her phone started ringing. "Sorry let me just answer this real quick. Can you watch hope for me for a second." Caroline nodded and motioned for Hayley to answer her call. So Hope how are you?" Hope giggled and smiled at Caroline. "Really that's great. I'm ok too. Just a little bored cause I'm all alone but your great company." Hope made a small gurgling noise and looked at Caroline with her big blue eyes. "I know I'm pretty great too." Caroline winked at Hope.
Hayley came bursting in the room again a few seconds later. "Uh Caroline something's happened. I need to go to the bayou immediately but I can't take hope. Can you watch her? Klaus will be here soon I'm sure just please I really have to go."Hayley Sounded breathless and a little panicked. Caroline nodded. "Yeah sure don't worry. We'll be fine." Hayley thanked her and left.
"So for now it's just you and me." Hope smiled at Caroline. "Omg you are so cute. I could eat you up." Caroline played with Hope for a while after Hayley left. "So can you see how I was right Hope? He had no right to just leave that bracelet and expect me to fall down at hair feet right? I mean like if a guy bought you an expensive gift, would you sleep with him?" she asked Hope. She just looked at Caroline blankly.
"Absolutely not. Hope is not having any boyfriends ever." Caroline rolled her eyes. She turned to look at Klaus. "Oh no you're gonna be one of those super overprotective fathers aren't you?" Klaus chuckled softly.
"So where's Hayley?" He asked. "She left a while ago. She had to go to the bayou. She said that there was an emergency and couldn't take Hope so she left her here with me." Klaus nodded and walked toward Hope and Caroline who were sitting on the ground.
"So love what have you two been up to?" He asked her. "Well we had some serious girl talk. I told Hope all about the best places to buy heels and dresses and makeup and all that." Klaus rolled his eyes. "She's amazing isn't she." He said lovingly.
Caroline smiled. "Yeah she is." She agreed softly. "I hope she didn't behave to terribly." He said
"Oh no she was wonderful. A little angel. Unlike her father." She replied. Klaus chuckled. "Yes of course. Just wait until you hear he screams. She becomes a little devil when she doesn't get her bottle on time." Caroline laughed. Hope had fallen asleep on her arms. "Look she's sleeping." She whispered. "We we mustn't wake her." Klaus took hope from Caroline's arms and took her up to her crib.
He came downstairs a minute later to find Caroline sitting on the couch instead of the floor. He walked toward her and sat down next to her.
"How was your day?"she asked him. "Oh you know. Torture someone here. Kill someone there. Bury a body. The usual." Caroline rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Well up until Hope and Hayley came, I was bored out of my mind." Klaus pulled a phone out of his pocket and handed it to her. "Here. Take it. That way you can call your mother and your friends. I already added their numbers." Caroline took the phone from his hand. "Klaus thank you that was really thoughtful of you." she gave Klaus a soft smile. "Of course Caroline."
Unconsciously they moved closer to each other. His lips were within centimeters of hers. So close to finally kissing her for the first time.
Then the door slammed open and she pulled away quickly. Turning his head to face his intruder he saw Hayley. She was soaked in blood and had tears running down her cheeks. "Hayley oh my god what's wrong?" Caroline got up off the couch and made her way towards Hayley. Caroline pulled Hayley to her and Hayley started crying in Caroline's arms. "He's dead." Caroline frowned. "Who died Hayley." She asked. "Jackson." She said so quietly that she almost missed it. Though Caroline never meet him, she knew that he was Hayley's werewolf husband. She pulled away from Hayley and guided her up the stairs to her room, leaving Klaus alone with his thoughts.
He almost kissed Caroline. Jackson was dead. Who killed Jackson? He almost kissed Caroline. His thoughts continued on like that for awhile. He could hear water running upstairs and knew that Caroline told Hayley to clean herself up.
He then realized that he almost cheated on Camille. He didn't feel as much guilt as he should have. He knew that he should feel worse. But he couldn't bring himself too. He almost kissed Caroline. Klaus couldn't help the smile that made its way on to his lips. He almost kissed Caroline. I w