Chapter 4: Where the werewolves cry
Caroline's POV
I'll admit that I dozed off a little. When I woke up, Klaus was watching me with a satisfied grin. I was worried. You see, I talk... A lot in my sleep... Now I was scared to ask what that grin was for. He looked so content it was almost scary.
My, my... I must have confessed my deepest desires, I don't know. He was so pleased. Yikes! What if my hands have wandered where it should'nt have? Because I do that too. Yes, I'm a freak when I'm asleep... Ask Bonnie why she never sleep in the same bed as I when she comes for a sleep over!
" So much nice things are popping out of that beautiful mouth of yours while you sleep my angel... " he told me, his grin still on.
" What did I say? " I asked, scared.
" Well, that's a secret I'll never tell. " he teased.
" Excuse me? When did your name changed to Gossip Girl? "
" I did'nt! And love, I'm no girl... " he said, pressing his body to mine so I could clearly feel what he was implying. Dear God... I swallowed hard and tried to move away from him, not trusting myself right now. Besides, we needed to speak to Hayley and Tyler, so no time for a repeat of what we did in the woods back in Mystic Falls. It just could'nt be a quicky. He was too damn tempting.
" Just... Tell me what I said... "
" You said and I quote ... " he paused and kissed me tenderly.
" I love you...Nik. And then, you made some really interesting noises that I heard before. You know... When we were naked... "
" Seriously? I called you Nik? Did I... Like... do something inappropriate or I just talked? "
" Hum... You grabbed my behind and called me your Viking warrior... And yes, you called me Nik. I really like it. In fact, I can't wait to watch you sleep again... " he replied, smiling smugly. Well, the Berserker was back to bite me in the arse... I knew I should've not daydream about that. Damn!
" Oh yeah? Grabbed your behind huh? " I smiled, a little shy now.
" Do you... Still have some of your old human Viking outfits? " I could'nt stop myself from asking. I'm pathetic like that and that's when the bastard started to laugh! I never heard him laugh that hard before. Even if I was offended, I really enjoy him laughing, like he's so carefree for a change. He's always so serious. A good laugh could'nt hurt.
" Stop it! You're laughing at me! " I pouted.
" Oh, sweetheart. I would'nt dare. You're just too adorable. Don't pout my love... " he said, nibbling on my lower lip.
" And I'm sorry, but I don't have any Viking clothing but! I think I still have my old sword, though it's quite rusty. I can buy a costume if you're into role play. " he half-joked.
" Now you're just being mean. " I pouted again but smiled as he came back to gently bite my lower lip.
" You know, it's interesting that you asked if you really called me Nik but did'nt feel like you had to ask if it was true that you told me you love me. " His smile was so bright now. He had a point and I bet that he just wanted to hear it while I'm awake, to be sure it was true. He was so eager to be loved. He yearned it, deep down, I know. Even if he never shows it to other people. I know he does and it pains me to think that maybe no one has ever told him those three little words.
" That's because I do. I love you. " Now that smile got even bigger! Wow... How could he look even more handsome?
" As I love you, my angel. You would'nt believe how much I do. " he looked so emotional. It was breathtaking. I knew I would probably be the only one to witness it. Him, so openly showing how he felt. I knew I was glowing again. Brightly.
That's when the door opened to a very irritated Rebekah.
" Nik! Why is that traitor of a hybrid of yours here and why is Hayley tied to a chair too? " and then she paused, realizing I was there with her brother.
" What the bloody hell is going on? "
" Rebekah, please come down of your high horse... "
Klaus sat on the bed and told everything to his sister, including my death and my 'resurrection' as a hybrid. She now knew that Hayley lied to them and let me tell you that she was'nt very happy about it!
" That bitch! How dare she! And Nik, there is too much hybrids here. One needs to leave. No offense Caroline, I'm talking about that rat in the living room. He smells and I don't want any bugs on the carpet. "
I have to admit that I was starting to like her colorful way of speaking. She was right. We needed to deal with all this. Now. I got up but started to feel dizzy again. Klaus noticed and took me in his arms to the living room, where Hayley, Tyler and Elijah were. Rebekah has followed us and was now getting comfortable on a light grey sofa near the fireplace.
Klaus sat down on an armchair, placing me on his lap, looking all cozy. I placed my head on one of his elbows, trying to stop the dizziness so I could participate in the not so pleasant meeting. Rebekah smiled slightly and ordered some vampire I did'nt recognized to bring me a cup of blood. She told Klaus that I probably did'nt have enough blood since I came back. I was a little bit shocked by her concern but did'nt say anything and gratefully accepted the mug, even though I did'nt feel like I needed it. I thought maybe it could ease the discomfort. I still was'nt used to all that power. Isaquiel told me it could take a couple of days before I get used to it.
" Now, Hayley, I would suggest that you start to tell us the truth. Tyler spilled the beans and told us who the father of your baby is and apparently, I'm not so go ahead and talk before your baby looses his father before it's birth.
By the time I was finished with the blood, I was looking intently in Hayley's eyes and a weird feeling came to me. I felt like she had another secret and heard words inside my head telling me exactly what that secret was. A huge one as I must say... I frowned as she shifted uncomfortably in her chair. Well, as much as she could considering the ropes.
" Wow. Katherine werewolf style. " I said, disgusted.
" She plotted against all of you! She's not even pregnant! "
Klaus was trying his best to stay calm, as I was sitting on his lap but he was shocked, I could tell. He motioned for me to go on as Elijah and Rebekah did'nt look pleased at all.
" How do you know, miss Forbes?" Elijah asked me, wonder in his eyes. He was the only Original who did'nt know that I came back a little different than what I was before I died. Just the look on his face when we came in the room was priceless, but not as much as Tyler's.
" I'm... Different now. " I barely had time to say before Rebekah told him everything she knew. Then I explained one of my new power. I can see the truth by looking in people's eyes. That's how I connect with their souls and know what they are not telling. Cool, I know. All this without compelling.
" Do tell the story my love. " asked Klaus after Elijah's questions were answered.
" She made a deal with a witch, who was working for someone else. A tall dark man whose name is... Dutty Boukman. He told her that he would be able to get rid of you all and give her back her family. He said her family was like royalty for the werewolves. She only had to pretend to be pregnant with your baby. He placed a spell on her. Dark magic. It gave the illusion of the pregnancy. " I explained, scrutinizing Hayley's eyes.
" She knew the werewolf who was with Tyler when he kidnapped her. Pure luck though. That's how she acted like the 'baby' could produce hybrids. But she could'nt risk this to happen again so she told Tyler that the baby was his so that he would'nt try to hurt her anymore. Then she tried to seduce Elijah, to ensure her safety. She had a spell renewed every two weeks to ensure that she could'nt be compelled. Tonight was time to renew it but she missed the rendez-vous because of obvious reasons. " Yes, in fact, being caught by Elijah was the reason why she missed her rendez-vous with mister Boukman.
Elijah then went to Hayley and compelled her to know if what I said was the truth and in fact, it was. He looked so betrayed again. Not only has she lied about being pregnant, she also lied about her supposed feelings for him. That's when Elijah left the living room.
" What's Dutty Boukman's plan? " asked Klaus, looking at me with an unreadable expression on his face.
" Hayley does'nt know the details. She only knows that he promised to get rid of you and your family and that she was supposed to bring something here in about a month. An object to ensure his success. Do you know him? "
" The death bracelet... That's what he wanted her to bring here. Yes, I knew him. I thought I killed him in the 1700's. Apparently, that did'nt work. He was a slave in Africa. He was into dark magic but we thought voodoo was rubbish back then. He tried to kill us all in a ceremony to become immortal. Apparently, he did'nt need us for that as we thought. He must want us dead because somehow he thinks we're a threat to his greatest desire. You see... He always craved power and he never liked to share... The death bracelet, as he called the hideous thing, was there at that time. It needed to be neer us. "
" But you can't die and really? A bracelet? I mean... It's does'nt look like a weapon. " I stated.
" Well he claimed otherwise and I did'nt want to see if he was right so I killed him or so I thought, just before he was supposed to take our blood. As for the bracelet, well... The object does'nt really matter. It is the spell that was put on it that's deadly, as he said. Now I don't know what the spell is or how it works. "
" But how were you there with him, I mean... "
" There was a spell cast on us so we could not move but I had a witch who was working for me. She broke the spell and I was able to save my family before we could witness if Dutty Boukman was telling the truth or not. He said he made a pact with the Baron La Croix to never die. It's all I know. "
" Who's the Baron La Croix? "
" Kind of a deity or something... For those who are practicing voodoo. I heard from Marcel once. Apparently, he is known as the spirit of the dead and sexuality along with Baron Samedi and Baron Cimetière. He offers the reminder of delighting in life's pleasures. He's influencing people to live in sins, as I concluded with Marcel's explanation." Rebekah told us. " Now, let me get rid of that pathetic creature and I'll let you the honor of dealing with Tyler. "
Tyler, who has just woken up from having his neck broken by Elijah right before we came in the living room, have'nt heard the truth about Hayley.
" I have a better idea. Let's compel them to kill each other slowly and viciously. What do you think my love? " Klaus asked me nonchalantly.
" I don't care what happens to them. Do what you want. " I answered,. Klaus nodded and let Rebekah have her fun. Tyler looked terrified, still thinking that Hayley was pregnant with his child, not knowing that she played him. I was quite disgusted with both of them and very disappointed with Tyler.
Even if I did not care about Tyler and Hayley's death did'nt mean that I wanted to see them kill each other in front of me. I did'nt have to say it though because after they were compelled, they've been brought back to the cellars so that they would not destroy the mansion. We could hear them scream and vaguely heard that one of them had their eyeballs removed. Or was it both? Anyway, an hour later, it was all over and I saw a glimpse of vampires moving body parts outside to burn them. Not pretty.
I needed a distraction. There was no way I could go to sleep right now. I was a little emotional, thinking of Tyler when he used to be my friend and thinking that he just slept with Hayley while we were together and seeing how he did'nt care at all about me for the last couple of months and then had no remorse while killing me... It was too much. It was all too much. My friend killing me and then his screams and the horrible images of body parts being removed from the house... I was grateful that Klaus was'nt the one to kill Tyler though. There would not be images of him killing Tyler in my head.
He looked concerned while studying my face as we were heading to his bedroom.
" Are you alright, sweetheart? "
" I... It's just all of this... It's so much drama, I mean... The kidnapping, the feeling of betrayal, knowing that once again, I was second best and then dying and all of what followed... I just can't go to sleep right now. I can't! "
I swallowed a sob, looking down at my feet. Klaus lifted my chin with two fingers while looking intensely at me.
" Oh my love... I cannot understand how someone could ever not put you first. You are a treasure! The most beautiful being I have ever met, inside and out! I will be eternally grateful to the universe to have granted me the honour of meeting you and even more to let me share a life with you. My precious jewel, you are enchanting! Don't ever doubt yourself because every person who had the audacity of treating you less than how they should treat a goddess, does not deserve to live. Because you are a goddess my love. "
How could such beautiful words come from the big bad hybrid's mouth? I was in awe of how much he was adoring me and I could not restrain myself from crashing my lips on his and hold him tight in my arms.
" God! I love you so much Nik! " I confessed, caressing the nap of his hair before looking into his eyes again. He looked at me in wonder, his lips slightly parted. Then he smiled so brightly, showing his dimples that I could'nt stop myself from smiling at him in return.
" Say it again, please. "
" Wha.. What? " I mumbled, realizing what I just said. I was'nt surprised, I mean. I really do love him and I've said it once before but a week ago I would've never have said that and I just called him Nik while I was awake, not while sleeping like the first time. What was happening between us was so intense and sudden. But I was fully assuming those new feelings, I decided. So I looked at him again, a little shy but still confident, blushing like crazy.
" I love you Nik! "
He then surprised me by taking me bridal style to his room at vampire speed, depositing me on his bed and peppering me with feather kisses all over my face as I giggled,
" I love you from the moon and back my angel... " he confessed, caressing my hair.
After a long while of looking and smiling at each other like lovesick teenagers, I suggested to watch a movie to get my mind off of all the recent events, even though he made quite the distraction by being so cute to me. He made me choose from his vast collection as I laughed while pointing a specific one.
" Who would have known that you have 'What's your number?' in your movie collection? "
" Well, I like to laugh too, you know. " he grinned.
" No one would believe me if I ever tell a soul about this... Besides, you were not laughing much in Mystic Falls. I hope that will change, now that I'm here to stay... " I said smugly.
" Because it's so beautiful to hear! It makes my heart melt. "
That's when he took me back into his arms and put the movie on. Then we settled ourselves on his bed, him behind my back, his arm encircling my waist as the movie started.
Here it is! I was supposed to add some smut in this chapter but I felt like this was where I needed to stop the chap and take all the hot stuff to the fifth chapter instead, because I have the feeling that it's going to be quite long. :P Hope you enjoyed this chapter, with all its fluffyness :P. I will update much sooner then with this one, I promise. It took time because I was still wondering if I was going to put the smut part in it or not and then I just could'nt let you wait any longer for the chap to come! ;)
Have you seen the latest TVD episode? I yelled so hard when Caroline destroyed Klaus's drawing :(. I was like... WHAT THE HELL? NOOOOOOOOOO! :P