A/N- Wow, VD Season 6 promo came out today. I get Stefan telling Elena to move on but come on, she lost the guy she loved, give her a year to bounce back completely.
Also, some of you might be disappointed by this chapter, if so I apologise.
Rated M!
It took her two days to reach New Orleans.
It was a fourteen hour drive from Whitmore through the South along Route 85 but Caroline had turned down Klaus' offer to buy her a first class plane ticket.
She'd felt more comfortable getting there on her own funds and been excited by the opportunity to explore her own country, stopping off for breaks in major cities and seeing some of the sights before moving on.
Caught up in a moment of romanticism she'd decided to throw her motel reservation to the wind and spend the first night sleeping in a green paddock under the starry blanket of the black velvet sky.
She wouldn't make that mistake again soon.
The natural world was incredibly loud. The creatures moving through the paddock, the bugs crawling on the grass, the night birds who stopped singing just in time for the day birds to take over.
And the light.
Sunrise is beautiful but not when you've had a sleepless night fighting the onslaught of ants.
The second night- after a quick round of compulsion on the adulterous couple next door to her- she slept wonderfully until midnight but she woke up restless with the urge to be back on the road.
She was so close to her destination now and the anticipation was driving her crazy.
It was strange but she could almost feel Klaus waiting for her.
But when she checked her phone she saw nothing after the text he'd sent her around ten pm.
'Goodnight sweetheart, see you soon'
Romantic yet simple. Obviously he wasn't trying to pressure her but now that she allowed herself to think about it…
Maybe it wasn't romantic, maybe it was absent-minded? Klaus wasn't one for subtlety, when he wanted something he was vocal about it and when he wasn't one to wait.
God, what if he was sick of waiting for her?
He's your first love. I intend to be your last, however long it takes.
But they'd already had sex, what if he didn't want her anymore?
Not that the sex hadn't been amazing, really amazing…but what if the sex hadn't been so great for him?
She was only nineteen, she didn't have the same level of experience or range as him.
Although he had really seemed to enjoy it, especially when she'd gone down on him after their shower together.
No, Klaus wasn't one for politeness, if he didn't want her in New Orleans he would have told her not to come.
But what if six months was too long an absence? Maybe he moved on?
What if they didn't have any chemistry anymore?
She is in her car, pulling out of the motel on the edges of Monroeville and waiting impatiently for the GPS to load on her phone.
She arrives in New Orleans shortly before six am, having chased the sunrise right into the French Quarter, she finds parking near Esplanade Ave and wanders down Decatur St until she comes across Café Du Monde just as it's beginning to open and takes an outside seat.
Waiting patiently for the waiter to come out she orders the famous café au lait and beignet in such a bubbly manner that the poor guy is stuttering and falling over himself to try and flirt with her.
He's desperately asking her basic questions about her college experience and Mystic Falls when her voice trails off and her gaze focuses on something behind him.
The waiter turns to see a blonde, blue eyed guy with a light tan striding down the road, he hops onto the sidewalk and sweeps into the café, he's beaming and Caroline is so radiant the waiter pretty quickly figures he's stepping on toes and excuses himself just as Klaus reaches the table.
"Hello sweetheart" he grins as she gets to her feet, reaching a hand out to steady the chair after she nearly knocks it over in her eagerness.
"Hi" she breathes before she's in his embrace, her head on his shoulder with his arms tight around her.
It feels good, it feels right, they linger as their hands feel the bodies underneath them, assuring themselves that they are here, on that beautiful summer morning with the scent of the Mississippi in the air as the sun slowly lit up the world and the cool breeze danced across their skin.
He kisses her cheek when he pulls back but his eyes are so bright with happiness that Caroline impulsively stretches up and steals a kiss, her lips quickly brushing against his and breaking away again before he can react with anything more than pleasant surprise,
"You got my text?" she asked as he pushed her chair out for her and repositioned his own so that he's sitting next to her rather than with a table between them,
"I did" he confirmed, "And you're lucky I enjoy painting at the golden hour, otherwise you might have been abandoned, wandering the city on your lonesome"
She snickers, "Right, like you wouldn't have known thirty seconds after I parked my car anyways"
"Forty love, there was a party last night, all my flying monkeys are still sleeping it off"
They're giggling when her food is brought out and he gives the waiter his order before stealing a beignet, she squeals in feigned outrage and pushes the plate out of his reach,
"Did you enjoy your roadtrip?" he asks, trying to distract her while she tries to figure out how to snatch her pastry back from him.
"I did, I had lots of fun visiting all those towns" she tells him, sipping her coffee as her eyes flicker briefly to the street where signs of life are beginning to show but her gaze goes straight back to him, like a moth to the flame, unable to bare not drinking in the sight of him, he seems to be having the same trouble, not even noticing the waitress who puts his coffee on the table.
"And how many souvenirs do you need to ship back home to have breathing room in your car?" he teases knowingly,
"I…" she tries to defend herself before breaking into self-depreciative laughter, "Okay, admittedly two…maybe four boxes"
"Caroline" he draws out her name and she kicks his chair, "Shut up…okay five, but I have a lot of people to buy for!"
He laughs and there's powdered sugar on his lips so really she can't be held responsible for grabbing a fistful of his shirt and stealing another kiss.
However he's better prepared this time, he cups her cheek in his hand and draws her back when she breaks away,
"There's…a…fed…ex…up…on…Royal…St" he tells her between kisses, "I checked the opening times last night"
She smiles, of course he did.
She gives him a final kiss and nips at his bottom lip seductively before pulling away and feigning innocence as she nibbles on their breakfast.
He's clearly hot and bothered but grins and pushes his chair closer into the table, "Tell me how college life is treating you sweetheart"
She sips her coffee, "Good, it's been so much fun pretending to be normal but some of the students on campus…it's like they're not even trying you know. Seriously, I went to a charity dance where they had balloons as the only decoration and a couple of pizzas as food, I mean I could throw a better party in my…oh"
He'd rested a hand on her knee when she'd begun talking and it had been steadily climbing her thigh until it slipped under her dress, she gasps as his fingers start tracing the outline of her panties,
"Something wrong love?" he asks innocently as his middle finger slips under the elastic and rubs against her skin,
"Klaus!" she squeals, kicking him in the shin as his index finger joins in,
"We're in public!" she protests,
"No-one is watching" he assures her, looking about the reasonably empty street. Even such an attractive couple as they aren't going to garner much attention this early in the morning.
"Someone might see!" she points out but he shakes his head,
"You know I would never let them do that"
"I've missed you" he murmurs against her ear as his fingers run along her folds,
"Hmmm" she swallows and whimpers as he pinches her clit.
"Keep talking Caroline" he tells her, "Tell me every good thing you've experienced since we last kissed"
"I…" she squirms closer to his fingers as they slip close to her entrance, "I've told you"
"You texted me and I enjoyed those messages but I want to hear your voice, the way you light up with happiness, the lilt in your tone when you recall fond memories" his breath is hot on her neck and her eyes flutter closed before she forces them open and turns her face to his.
"Arriving at college was one of the best experiences of my life" she murmurs as her arousal makes her warm and wet, "I felt like such a grown up and everyone was so happy, there was such an excited air on campus, like everyone really wanted to be there"
His fingers penetrated her and she moaned, "Keep talking Caroline" he encouraged as he delved into her, "Tell me more"
"Uh huh…um" she blinked, "Moving in was so much fun, Elena, Bonnie and I have a large dorm to ourselves in the coolest building, there are so many exchange students on our floor and our R.A lets us get away with so much because he has a thing for Elena, even though she told him the first day that she has a boyfriend"
"Boyfriend?" Klaus clarified, noting the singular,
Caroline nodded, "Yeah, she uh…didn't want to be known as the polygamy girl and Damon stayed home to raise Jeremy so…anyway it is so much fun to unpack and decorate, there was music blasting and people kept coming by to say hi, which was difficult because the mini-fridge you gave me was top of the line and people kept wanting to take a look which meant Stefan had to hide all our blood in his room. But that night we had floor parties to meet everyone and it was so much fun, around two in the morning the power went out…Elena, Stefan and I could see fine of course but no one wanted the party to end so we just sat around in the common rooms talking in the dark. We were in bed by four and up by eight for our classes, the three of us have our own bathroom which is the greatest thing ever and since Elena's cut her hair she doesn't take an hour and a half to get ready anymore. My first day of classes I got lost twice and ended up in the wrong classroom once but a lot of students had the same problem, it's so confusing you know. Thankfully the first week is admin stuff, how to use the subject portals, what assignments we have…Klaus…oh my god"
He leaned over and kissed her, swallowing her squeal as she enjoyed her orgasm, pulling the napkin off the table and wiping his fingers clean.
"You're as resplendent as ever sweetheart" he whispers as she recovers, fixing her summer dress and throwing him a playful glare,
"And you have no patience" she accuses but he chuckles,
"Au contraire love, if I had as little patience as you suspected we would be coupling on this table right now",
Caroline clears her throat and reaches down for her handbag, "Then maybe we should…?"
He catches her meaning and his eyes go dark with lust, "Right now?"
She nods and he throws some notes down on the table before taking her hand and leading her quickly up the street.
Seeing his table has gone the waiter runs out in the hope of stopping them, fearing a dine and dash only to spot the greenbacks under the coffee cup.
One hundred dollars' worth of them.
His eyebrows shoot up as he heads to the register to sort out the bill.
The whole leave the money on the table cliché was a movie and tv trope that was really irritating for the service industry, especially if the money was stolen by other customers.
However, he supposed that when you were young and as gorgeous as that couple had been you could probably get away with murder.
Caroline gasped as Klaus sped her into a courtyard and pushed her up against a wall, they kissed hungrily as their hands roamed over each other's bodies.
He reached down and yanked his belt free of the loops and she grinned with anticipation, kissing him again as he guided her through the wide doors to a study, walking her backwards until she felt the back of her knees hit something and sat down on a couch.
She leant back against the cushions, throwing her dress off and ridding herself of her bra and panties before turning so that she was lying down and after Klaus rid himself of his shirt she pulled him down on top of her.
"Wait" she hummed as he nibbled and sucked her neck, "Ummm...no-one is going to walk in on us right?"
Klaus shook his head, as much as he was able to while his lips were moving down from her neck to her chest, "House is empty. Son, siblings' et al at mansion"
She sighed in relief and ran her fingers through his hair, stroking his golden curls as he lavished kisses on her breasts.
When she was panting and rolling her hips in want he got to his knees and unbuttoned his jeans, freeing his sizeable erection, however the denim barely got past his ass before she wrapped her legs around his back and drew him towards her.
They kissed once more before he slid in with a smooth thrust and she orgasmed.
"Oh…god…Klaus!"
He chuckled and kissed her cheek, "Sweetheart, I'm flattered but you really don't have to…bloody hell"
Her muscles had clenched around his cock and his eyes went wide as he propped himself up on his elbows to stare at her,
"Seriously!" he exclaims in disbelief, stealing her catchphrase,
"You actually had an orgasm!"
Caroline smirks, "Duh! Wait…you thought I was faking?"
He gapes, "How?"
She props herself up, ignoring his hard length still inside her, he was staying as still as possible to avoid losing his erection as her body continued to tremble around him,
"What do you mean how? It's an orgasm Klaus"
"On first penetration love, I'm good but I'm not that good"
She shrugs, "Well, I've had an entire semester full of mediocre, I guess my body just got excited by actual skill"
The aftershock has her moaning and he winces, slowly pulling out of her before she locks her legs tighter around him, "Where do you think you're going?"
"Tactical retreat" he deadpans, "I don't escape now it's going to be the shortest surrender in the history of…Caroline, if you don't release me now I'm going to release in less than two seconds"
She rolls her eyes, using her hand and legs to pull him back in, "Klaus, I'm equal opportunity and this is a fabric couch, do you know how hard they are to clean? Besides you've got a thousand years' experience, surely you can hold on for another minute…oh God!"
She'd climaxed again, from their tilted position when he'd re-entered her and he finishes seconds after her, resting his forehead on hers with a growl,
"You've ruined me" he accuses gently, kissing her, "Utterly ruined me my love, one thousand years developing this magnificent skill and stamina and even when I was human I lasted longer than this"
Caroline giggles at the absurdity of the situation. She was lying on a couch in a mansion in Bourbon St, early in the morning, wrapped in the arms of the Immortal Hybrid who'd she'd managed to bring to pieces in less than thirty seconds.
"Aw…poor baby" she teases, rubbing his shoulders, "Want me to fetch you some Viagra from a drug store?"
With another growl he picks her up, her legs wrapped around his waist and his hands on her bottom,
"Where are you taking me?" she squealed as he carried her through the house, up a flight of stairs,
"Bedroom" he tells her simply, "And I'm not releasing you until I've assured myself that you aren't a threat to my sexual stamina"
She throws her head back and laughs, looking so beautiful that he can't resist kissing her neck before kicking the door firmly shut.
Three hours later Caroline is clinging to the headboard for dear life as Klaus takes her from behind, another in the endless supply of orgasms tears through her and she cries out as he continues the demanding pace,
"Say it" he orders her, nipping at her sweaty shoulder blade as he pulls out all the way to slam back inside,
"I can do this all day sweetheart, you'll wear out before I do"
She sobs and rides the orgasm out, trying to figure if she can stand another one,
"Fine" she relents, "Klaus you are the greatest lover in the world and I love having sex with you…happy?"
His hands are on her waist, stroking her gently even as he loves her mercilessly, "Yes…now, say that American football is greatly overrated and European football is better"
She turns her head to stare at him in disbelief, "What?! Why?"
"Because American football is greatly overrated, why play a sport if you're going to have that much body armour on?"
"Oh for fucks sake" Caroline can feel another orgasm coming on and honestly, her body is beginning to ache from the sheer level of enjoyment she's experienced as her lover spent the morning proving his stamina in an endless regimen of intercourse,
"Klaus, just finish already!"
He gives her a devilishly evil grin before his hands snake up to her breasts and pinch her nipples,
"Now what are these? Oh look they seem calibrated to your…"
With a loud curse Caroline loses her grip on the headboard and falls against the mattress as Klaus continues pounding,
"Fine," she surrenders, "American football is greatly overrated and European football is better"
"Yes it is" he agrees with false amiability before three quick thrusts and he explodes inside her with long spurts, he drops on top of her, careful not to hurt her before sliding beside her, cuddling her so that her back is against his chest, their legs intertwined.
He kisses her neck and wraps his arms around her, she grins and plays with his fingers before the door opens and an intruder barges in the room. She shrieks and with vampire speed pulls the blankets up from the floor where they had fallen while Klaus glares at the uninvited guest,
"Elijah"
The eldest Original has a polite smile on his face and absolutely no trace of the mirth he is feeling as Caroline ensures that she and his brother are modestly covered,
"Hello Niklaus, Caroline dear it is a pleasure to see you again"
She would offer him her hand but he wouldn't like where she'd had it over the last few hours,
"Brother, one of these days you'll have to learn the concept of privacy"
Elijah smiles, "Perhaps you and I could take a class together Niklaus, after all, it is not something you yourself excel at, besides there was no sock on the door. According to Katerina, in modern American culture that means that I am free to enter"
Klaus throws an arm out expressively, "There is clothing strewn all throughout the bloody house!"
"But no sock on the door" Elijah counters as Caroline busies herself tying her hair up,
"Do you have a sock handy?" she asks her lover quietly but he doesn't answer,
"Big brother, now that we have established that Caroline and I are in search of privacy…"
"Actually dear little brother, I have come to ensure that Caroline is aware of her options regarding accommodation for the next two weeks"
Caroline flushed and tucked her hair behind her ears nervously, "I thought I'd be staying with you guys" she said, "But I can totally stay in a hotel"
Klaus shook his head, "Nonsense we have plenty of room…"
"We have several rooms here" Elijah interrupted, "An entire house on Conti St and I am more than happy to book you a suite at a hotel"
"At the Garden District" Klaus finished grumpily, his brother nodding sagely, "That we do brother, guest bedrooms, all the way at the other end of the house…completely opposite…"
Klaus growled and Caroline jumped at the noise but can immediately tell that this isn't a forewarning of his werewolf side coming out to kill, it's a growl of frustration,
"Big brother, please leave before I indulge in the overwhelming urge to kill you and your loved ones"
Elijah snickered, "You are my loved one"
"Then leave before I kill myself"
The eldest Original retreated to the door before turning back, "Oh and Caroline? There's a Food and Fashion festival tonight, I'll have Katerina come fetch you at sev-"
His speech is cut short by Klaus hurling a book with lightning speed and great force at the bedroom door which cracked under the impact. He flops back onto the bed, exhaling loudly as he visibly resists the urge to chase after his brother and beat him senseless.
Caroline is biting her cheek to stop herself from giggling. Once she realised that she wasn't in fact the cause of the argument-that Elijah had intruded for the sole purpose of outraging his brother she had sat back and watched the display with amusement.
And maybe it's the fact that she's exhausted and emotional from so many orgasms or tired from the long drive, but the bickering between the two brothers had been so laced with familial love and understanding that she hadn't thought Klaus would ever find.
The man in question is currently caressing her thigh with her fingers, she looks down at him with a tender smile which he readily matches.
"Welcome to New Orleans love"
A/N- My productivity is directly related to reviews- just saying...