Chapter 5
[Two days later]
She made it out the house nice and early in search of the estate agent. She received a text not long after her departure asking her to attend a meeting at the solicitors to discuss the house, Caroline wouldn't have minded but Klaus was going to be there as it involved him as well as her.
She sighed, how she did love him she rolled her eyes
The woman sat at her desk in the office as Caroline approached her with a smile. She barely looked up as she spoke to her
"Name" Her voice was practically monotone and her head scraped up in a tight bun at the back of her head. It was a American firm but the woman had a distinct French accent as she chewed aggressively on her gum
"Caroline Forbes" the pointy nosed woman glared at her computer then back at Caroline, sulking as she did so. She motioned for her colleague to join her as they laughed over something funny on the computer screen
"Is something wrong?" she asked it was never a comfortable feeling when people were laughing at her expense, especially when she didn't know what was so funny
"Why are you here?" rude thought Caroline but she answered politely regardless
"I was told I have a meeting with a Miss, Kevas-"
"Chavas?"
"Yes, I'll go with that" the woman scoffed at her as she typed away on her computer, still chewing her gum like she was a cow
"Sorry Miss Forbes but you aren't on the list" she gawped at the woman who continued to give a false smile like she give told her some great news. Caroline was convinced that she heard it wrong
"Come again?" she gave a weak half hearted apologetic look as Caroline's eyes squinted at her "But I was told that I had a meeting today concerning the Lockwood Property?" she motioned in some random direction to give the woman some sense of where the house was. Her arms were flying in all sorts of directions at this point as the woman continued to stare
"I understand Miss but we can't accept you, there is no appointment in the computer" she rummaged for her phone in her purse and presented it to her. There was definitely a text and it definitely said there was an appointment for today.
She smiled as she showed the screen to her. The woman squinted trying to ready the writing
"I'm sorry Miss, no appointment, no deal"
"Are you kidding me!? Surely you can pull a few strings and let me in" the woman didn't even look at her computer this time, she just shook her head.
"Sorry, you are not registered on the list"
"Fuck the list" she yelled now, it was about time her anger was released. There is only so long that a girl can be nice. She was trying very hard to keep it under wraps but she was already tired and frustrated and in a country she wasn't familiar. The odds weren't in her favour
"Miss, please contain your voice and your language" she took a deep breath; shouting at people never got anyone anywhere.
A hand appeared on her shoulder as the voice soon followed in her ear
"Watch and learn sweetheart" he walked over to the desk with a charming smile on his face that Caroline had not seen before "Hello, Anita" she blushed at his voice
"Oh Mr. Mikaelson" she spat out her gum as she licked her lips seductively. Caroline rolled her eyes, well this was typical all he had to do was flicker his eyelids and he had her wrapped around his little finger
"You see, Miss Caroline here and myself have a meeting" he looked at his watch "round about now" Anita looked at Caroline round Klaus and scoffed again as if to say she's with you?
"Let me check" she fluttered her eye lashes as typed away on the computer, she looked up every so often taking a glimpse at Klaus as she smiled "Well you're still not on the list but I'm sure Miss Chavas isn't busy, I'll see what I can do" she got up twirling as she almost glided away
"Thank you Anita" he called after her as she seductively turned and waved over her shoulder before she was out of sight.
Klaus turned round with his elbows resting behind him on the counter as he looked at Caroline, head to toe before smirking
"Alright, I get it. No need to act so cocky!" she groaned as she stood by the door with his legs crossed over each other. She stared down at her phone as he attempted to speak to her
"You look nice today, I missed you at breakfast" He was taking the piss wasn't he? She just stared blankly at him. She felt like poking his dimples with her fingertips to get rid of that sly smirk on his face
"Well I didn't miss you"
"Hey, I just complimented you and all you can do is insult me, love. I'm offended" he held a hand to his chest as he pretended his heart was breaking. To any other girl, they may have swooned, he wasn't ugly but Caroline deserved much better.
She ignored his comment as she focused her eyes on Anita as she emerged from the doorway
"Miss Chavas will see you now" she giggled as Klaus walked over as he kissed her hand to thank her. Caroline rolled her eyes following closing behind Klaus.
They entered a small office with a blonde haired woman sitting at the table in the centre of the room. She had black rimmed glasses on and her hair in a bun. She was quite attractive with a body to match and Caroline was surprised Klaus didn't react like she thought he would. The woman shook their hands in turn as they sat down opposite her
"I believe you are here in concern of the Lockwood house?" she had an angelic voice as she stared straight at Klaus and completely ignored Caroline.
She really didn't see the appeal, the way these girls were acting was like they had never seen a guy before in their lives
"No, love. I just want you to prove to her" his head motioned to Caroline sitting next to him "that it is mine"
"Call me Coral, please" was she flirting? It didn't surprise Caroline, nothing surprised her anymore. Being with Klaus was like being with a famous stripper
"Well, Coral. What I want to know is why my name is by the house, does this mean I have some kind of rights to the property?" for the first time Coral looked at Caroline, all flirt vanished from her face
"You don't get to call me that. But yes, you do. As far as I have been briefed, Mr. Lockwood was undecided when he wrote the will in concern of who he wanted to have his house. If he didn't make any further changes, it would legally go to Mr. Mikaelson but last minute he called up and decided that he wanted you two to share it" Klaus smiled thinking that he won before he gawped staring at Coral then at Caroline than back at Coral. Caroline was thinking the exact same thing as they both spoke in unison
"What together!?"
"Yes, you both have joint decision in what happens to the property. Nothing can be done without the other's consent" Caroline's eyes widened, this was not happening
"But we hate each other"
"What she said" he copied, their eyes never leaving Coral's face
"We can barely communicate normally, never mind make decisions together" Coral just smiled at the obvious tension between them. It meant Klaus wasn't involved with this girl and she liked that
"Well, you will just have to work it out together, unless one of you decides to give full ownership to the other person?" Coral looked from Klaus to Caroline, loving the horror on their faces
"Go on Caroline, you know what you have to do, love" She turned her head to face him. There was no way that she was giving Klaus full ownership of the house. She had to admit initially she didn't want the damn house but looking at it and its potential she felt like she had to look after it for Tyler's sake
"I don't think so!" she crossed her legs as she leaned forward in the chair "Are you sure there is no loop hole in this?" Coral shook her head, all hope was lost.
She would have to suck it up and deal with Klaus as they both had no intention for giving up the house.
They signed a few documents to say that they had the talk and they agreed to the terms – which they didn't but they had to agree for legal sakes – Coral took finger prints of them both before showing them to the door
"Good luck" she winked as she shut the door behind them.
They were truly alone now.
They stood facing the door before they both turned and faced each other as they scoffed and went their separate ways.
Sooner or later they had to face reality but they would face that when the time came.
Which was sooner than they could have both imagined
Two people that completely hate each other's guts, have to get a lot? My, My, My, I don't see this going at all well do you? ;)
© Ms Zola, Oct 2012