Blazing passion. Intense, firery passion. The way his hands felt against her skin. Burning little tingling trails down her back, sides, and face. Then there was his lips… oh my god. Highly skilled lips that had sent her entire being into pure bliss. With every kiss my heart soared… soared?! Snap out of it Caroline. It was lust and pent up sexual tension. Nothing. More. Caroline snapped at herself. Get it together Caroline! You shouldn't even be thinking about, let alone getting totally and completely distracted by the thought on his lips on yours. It was just a one night stand. She thought, shaking her head and groaning. A one night stand with the evil, asshole, hybrid Klaus Mikealson…. An incredibly hot, in the middle of the forest, sex scandal. Huh, ironic how earlier that same day she had been complaining about not having a sex scandal of her own. What's the matter with me!

Caroline gave one last final smoothing out to her bed spread, and sighed. She still didn't want to admit it to herself, even though she had admitted it to him. Just as he had asked.

"Yes, I do cover our connection with hostility because, yes I hate myself for the truth. So if you promise to walk away like you said, and never come back , then yes, I will be honest with you. I will be honest with you about what I want."

Wow, now to shove that confession to the back of her mind. Considering shorty ensuing that confession she had basically jumped his bones, and him too with equal enthusiasm. No matter how relevant the whole confession still was… what she wanted hadn't changed. In fact, the want had only increased… drastically. Unknown to her friends she had packed and unpacked a bag three times all because she was deliberating whether or not to get in her car and drive straight to New Orleans. But since she was so good at playing devil's advocate for herself, she was completely torn over the idea. Which was completely wrong to do of course, she would never abandon her friends especially when they needed her. And yet…

She was tired of everything, all of this drama. Most of it didn't even concern her… then there was her and Tyler. She winced physically, the mere thought of him causing her pain. She just needed to get away, and find out who she really was. College wasn't helping her, and Caroline was quickly coming to the realization that the small town life she had dreamed of all her life, was gone. So that's why she was so ferociously considering leaving, because of how badly she needed it for her mental health. Hell, she didn't even know what sort of trouble Klaus had gotten himself into since he has been down South, but she was almost willing to take it all on because she so badly needed a change. She would even deal with the bitchy original sister. Maybe she would even try to get along with her.

But, could she? After everything he had done to her friends, and their families? He had caused them so much pain, and yet… even though all of that was true, she could still see it in there. The person he really was, and is meant to be. But living a thousand years can really screw over someone's personality.

No she couldn't, Caroline couldn't leave them. She would just have to get over them. Get over both of them! That's why she had shredded Klaus's drawing of her, and the picture of Tyler and her? Because she didn't really need a change of scenery she just needed to completely get rid of crazy hybrid guys for a while! All of this supernatural bull shit is just ruining us all!

Caroline shook herself from her deep thoughts, and back to reality at the sound of her phone beeping twice to indicate a text message. She sighed again, and turned away from the bed and out of her bedroom to fetch her phone from its place on the kitchen counter. The LED screen was lit up, as she picked it up to reveal the text from her mother.

Working late again. Have a nice night, and don't wait up for me. -Mom

Caroline smiled and her concern, glad that her mom still let her know where she was, ever since she was nearly killed by Silas, Caroline had made her promise to stay in contact with her. She wasn't about to lose her mom when she had already lost her dad and she didn't want to join her group of friends in the orphan category. That club was already depressing in quantity as it was.

After grabbing a banana off the counter, and splitting it open to snack on, she promptly decided it was time to check in on Stefan and Elena. With that, she tried her best to shove all worrying thoughts out the door and of her mind as she went through the front door and then dashed off to the Salvatore boarding house. Hoping that her two friends would be enough to keep her distracted from looming thoughts of Klaus. At least for a few hours…

*T*V*D*

It was on his way back to New Orleans from Mystic Falls that Nikalus Mikealson did something he had never done before.

He walked.

He walked the whole damn way back to his now home in Louisiana from Virginia. And what a beautiful thing it was.

Klaus thought thoroughly over everything that had transpired between him and Caroline, and rejoiced mentally. To even for a second believe that she would cave that soon? Well, I near as soon thought that Mikeal was alive and right behind me, prepared to stab. Bloody hell, how godly I am. Cocky and arrogant were positive traits to Klaus. So, none of it really mattered to him, what anyone thought of his attitude. If it really bothered them, he would simply snap their neck.

But no, he didn't care. All he cared about was Caroline, and those devilishly delicious noises she had made as he stole her breath away. He chuckled inwardly and looked around, taking in his surroundings with an impassive glance, while his vision swam with thoughts of her. Caroline Forbes, an absolutely ravishing small town vampire, that had an impeccable hold on his heart and…. well if he even had one…. soul.

She made him feel whole again, she made him feel like he had a soul. That's why he could just say that he was slowly being consumed by her, but he would never let anyone really know how much of a captivation she was to him. It would put her into serious danger, and he could never forgive himself if anything happened to her. His gaze darkened, and suddenly he didn't feel like walking anymore.

Klaus had to move on and wait for Caroline to eventually make her choice to follow him to New Orleans. He wasn't allowed to go back since he had promised. A promise he was completely happy about considering what he had gotten in return for it. But if he prolonged his return any longer, his siblings suspicions would catch up to him, and potentially Marcellus too. Can't have that now can we? Considering I still can't fully trust Marcell, its better to keep this tryst to myself. Klaus just smirked, and picked up speed, deciding he was still going to travel by foot, after all he only had a few hundred miles left. And plenty delicious memories of Caroline to keep him entertained.

*T*V*D*

It was pure bliss, the way they remembered being together. Nothing would ever change it. Sure, there hadn't been any declaration of love before they had both dove in head first. But what did that matter? This was modern society, they were two immortal creatures with all the time in the world and no consequences if they didn't want any. There was a connection, as equally passionate on both sides, and for once… not completely denied on her part.

Klaus had seen that fire in her multiple times, but he had no idea how she would make him feel, and how he was so easily ravished by her simplest touches. She was the one who initiated the kiss, that was so tender and sweet. Before that you could feel the sexual tension cracking in the air like the calm before the storm. First a light rain then a full on downpour, until they were both soaking wet. There wasn't an establishment of commitment, no real connections, nothing that would keep them tied together, for which she had been grateful. But the mere reminder of their embrace brought them both back to the memory again and again.

"I will walk away, and I will never come back. I promise." Klaus said in a more hushed tone than her previous one of yelling. He looked at her with wide eyes, more vulnerable than she had ever seen. But at the same time he was calculating. Watching her every move, as she took a few small gradual steps forward closing the gap between them. She couldn't lie to him like this, not when she was looking into his dark blue eyes that spoke so much of the life he had lived. Neither could she turn away from him, she was drawn to him now, more than ever, and it scared and excited her all at once.

Klaus on the other hand was worried, that just maybe he was wrong about everything. Maybe she really did hate him, and believed he was the monster all of her friends feared. How could he have been so foolish? All he had wanted was for her to quit denying he was right all along, about their connection, about this tension between them he knew he wasn't allowed to break. No, she would have to be the one to do it. He would never be able to explain what he felt in that small space of time, but he had never wanted her approval more. And if she didn't tell him now, she never would. She would never come in search of him, and he would never have her as his, which is where she rightfully belonged.

Caroline couldn't take it, as if the sexual tension wasn't enough, the way he was looking at her right now was melting her stone hard resolve against him like a block of ice on a summer day. She fought for her composure as she took that last daunting step towards him, and he didn't move. He didn't even flinch, let alone breathe. So that Caroline would forever remember that she did this completely on her own, he didn't force her into it. It was all her. It was all her as she leaned closer to his face breaking eye contact to look at his lips for a few seconds before reconnecting there gaze.

"You." She said, in almost a murmured tone. But it was final, and decisive as she leaned in a took two passion filled kisses from him, as she cupped the back of his neck with her right hand. Together their minds exploded in a giant sigh, of relief, happiness, and something real that had finally been ignited between them. He had been calm in the kiss, but no words could have described the way they looked at each other when Caroline pulled away long enough to see what truth laid there. Her hand stroked down his cheek in a reassuring manner, because this was what she wanted. HE, was what she wanted. Klaus smiled at her, a knowing smile, because all of his worries had been washed away with that kiss, and he knew exactly what came next. He was happy, a happiness he hadn't known for so long… He swore his un-beating heart fluttered in his chest with the way she looked at him, and that delicate hand on his cheek was enough to keep him going on for another century. Caroline smiled back at him, and her mind rushed with the possibilities of what would come of this. But she ignored it all, and threw cares to the wind as he sped them over to a near by tree and pushed her up against it. Then he ravaged her lips like she never would have believed possible and pressed his stone chiseled figure up against her. It was like a man stranded in the desert had finally found water… and she had never felt something so raw and powerful before. It scared her, and shook her to the core. Klaus felt it too, and he reveled in it knowing all too well that she would be unable to stay away from him for long after this.

And he was right. No matter how hard Caroline tried to push him out of her mind, her knees would quiver at the mere thought of the passion she knew, he held for her.

She was completely fucked. Literally.