Chapter 5

I need a man that makes me alright

Klaus was the only one in this messed up world that I could talk to. Now my mum had just told me that I had to cast him aside. I was sitting in the room when I got a text from Elena saying her and Bonnie were having a slumber party and I needed to get my butt of their to make the party complete. I sighed but I missed girl time with those two I packed some stuff and made my way to Elena's I was greeted by the smell of freshly made cookies and the sound of laughter drifting from the front room. I walked into the front room and was greeted by squeals of delighting and hugging. We all changed into our pj's and ate cookies till we felt like we were about to burst. Elena left the room to get something and she returned before I had a time to blink, I couldn't believe I missed all the signs before, she moved quickly and as I tried to open up the face mask jar she took it from me and opened it up with ease.

"God Elena, when did you get so strong?" I saw her eyes flicker towards Bonnie before she answered

"I was a cheerleader care I needed to be strong to lift those girls" she finished with the smile that could only belong to her

"I guess so"

Bonnie grabbed the jar from her and started to smoother my face with the green clay, by the time she had finished we all looked like Shrek we all began to giggle but had to stop because we could feel it begin to crack which made us giggle even more. It was beginning to feel like old times and I was relaxed and happy. After hours of gossip and memories we drifted off to sleep. Something woke me I wasn't sure what it was until something vibrated on my pillow, I looked at my phone screen and notice who was calling me, Klaus I answered the phone with a sleep laced voice.

"Did I wake you?"

"It doesn't matter, what has you calling at 2 in the morning?"

"Come outside I'm waiting"

The phone went dead and I climbed out of my make shift bed and climbed over Bonnie and Elena making sure I didn't wake them up. I went out into Elena's front yard and found Klaus standing there waiting.

"What do you need?"

"I need you to keep a check on what they (he gestured towards the house) are doing for me"

"Why"

"I may have underestimated them"

"I'll try anything else?"

"Just one more thing"

"What?"

"This"

Before I could respond his lips found mine and he kissed me and I kissed him back, I could hear angels sing somewhere in the distance and pretty sure I saw Disney lands firework display in my head. He pulled away and smiled at me.

"I've been told to stay away from you"

"And…"

"And it seems I'm unable to"

He kissed me again and this time with some much passion that I yarned for it to never stop, I felt like we stayed like that for hours but it must have been minutes he pulled away and told me to go back inside I did as he said and got back under the covers and fell into a peaceful sleep.

I woke up the next day and found that I had missed two calls for Tyler. I'd forgotten all about Tyler which clearly said something about our relationship. I got dressed and made my way home before Elena or Bonnie had woken up I left them a note saying that I had, had a great time and that I needed to leave because my mum wanted me, as lie but what they don't know won't hurt them. When I got home I jumped in the shower and just let the water hit me, thought flooded my brain, there's something going on between me and Klaus for sure and I can't seem to stay away from him, secondly I have an issue with the whole Tyler thing I knew deep down in my heart that I didn't love him when he kissed me it felt forced with Klaus it feels like a promise for more. It that small space of time I needed to break up with Tyler. I sighed and climbed out of the shower I chose an outfit and text him to meet me in the Mystic Grill.

He was sitting at a booth when I entered I walked over and sat down opposite him. I looked up into his eyes and I knew in that instance why people dumped their boyfriends or girlfriends over text, I could sense that he knew something was wrong because he had a deep crease set between his eyes,

"Hey Tyler" I had no idea how I was going to do this

"Hey Caroline is there something you wanted to say to me?"

I took a deep breath and began to tell him what I needed to say, but something stopped me in my tracks Klaus was standing a few paces behind Tyler and motioned me to follow him,

"I just need to go to the restroom can you order me a drink?"

"Sure"

I followed Klaus into a hallway just past the bar

"Listen love I know what you are about to do, and I need you not to do it"

"What"

"Well I think the best way to keep an eye on your friends is to still go out with Tyler"

"I can't do that I don't feel anything for him"

"I know but it will be easier on you"

In a few short days Klaus already knew me, better than Tyler did. I looked at him and his blue eyes just raw me in and made me catch his breath, he placed a smug look on his face as he kissed me on the forehead and left me alone in the hallway. I made my way back to the booth and found Klaus sitting in my seat. Tyler looked up at me and looked towards Klaus before grabbing my hand and leading me out towards the parking lot.

"Where are we going?" I asked him

"Somewhere else it was getting too crowded in there, come on I'll take you to the movies" We got in his car and drove silently to the movies we got out and Tyler bought tickets to whatever was showing he asked me if I wanted to share popcorn with him but I said I wasn't hungry, I was curious about what Klaus had said to Tyler to act like this. We found our seats and waited for the movie to start, I looked over at Tyler and noticed he kept glancing towards the door as if he was expecting someone to walk through the door. For the whole film I couldn't relax I kept expecting Tyler to jump up any minute and run out of the theatre. Once the credits started to role I glanced towards Tyler who was staring at his phone I read the text he was staring at

Tyler

We have a new lead on the cure

Need you right away

Stefan

That had a new lead on the cure, I wonder what it is. We walked out of the theatre when Tyler turned towards me

"Caroline I need to do something in town, can you make your own way home?"

No "Sure"

"Great, I'll see you tomorrow" he kissed me and climbed into his car when he was gone I called Klaus to see if he could pick me up

"I'll be right there"

Thank god someone cared enough to make sure I got back safe. Klaus pulled up on the curb and I climbed into the passenger seat

"They've found out something new about the cure"

He looked at me and sighed

"I was afraid of that, do you mind if we take a detour?"

"Nope, where are we going?"

"Just somewhere I have hidden something I just need to check that it's still there"

"Ok then"

Klaus turned up the radio and I settled in for a peaceful ride.