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After the night on In & Out, Klaus was still very angry about the whole thing with Nolan, but I did my best to convince him that I was fine and I forgot everything. It was a lie. I hadn't forgotten and still felt a tremor every time I remembered what might have happened if Klaus hadn't shown up. Unfortunately we couldn't figure out who was the source of information of Nolan, but I hadn't given up. I was going to find out.

Klaus always tried to have lunch with me when I was in the magazine. He told me he liked my company, but Rebekah stated that he was marking his territory in front of my colleagues.

All I knew was that he was with me, whenever it was possible, meaning that it was enough for me. And that doesn't bother me.

Actually, I missed him when he was leaving. Our deal wasn't coming out the way I expected, in fact all the arrangement fell apart completely. And somewhere along the way, I stopped worrying about it.

But that doesn't meant I could stay with him no doubt frightening about the future. We were in my room, Klaus seeing the designs that Damon made for a new design and they were scattered all over my bed, I was on my computer working on my article. I increasingly brought more work to home, this is where I felt protected. But I have not spoken about this to Klaus. I wasn't talking about my fears ...

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't even realize that Klaus was watching me, so I jumped, startled when he spoke, my heart lodged in my throat with his words. 'Mason's wedding is next week, and the deadline of our arrangement'.

I froze.

I already knew that. I was fearing that he would bring this subject up.

…..

I turned slowly to face him. 'Yes, I know'.

Klaus pushed the role of his lap and gave me full attention.

'How do you feel about that?'

'How do you feel about that?'

His eyes narrowed. 'I asked first'.

I sighed, ants of uncertainty swarming in my stomach. 'What? Now we are like teens?'

'Well, are we?'

I looked at his eyes stubborn. 'Klaus' I couldn't even go out with any argument, but he responded. His obstinate expression.

'I could answer, it's easy, Caroline. But I'm not. I want you to tell me what you feel'.

'What do you mean?' I shot 'You got me more than most people'.

He gave me a quick, arrogant, and attractive smile. 'I know love, but tonight I want more'.

He wanted more. So, with some confidence, I shrugged casually and turned back to my computer 'I don't care if it ends the agreement'.

He was silent after me and I waited. 'What would you think if I suggested we stop pretending that we are ' fuck buddies'?'.

A slow smile on my lips and I was glad that he could not see him. 'Yes' I replied with a good amount of boredom. 'I could accept that'. Did I mention how Klaus could move fast?

Documents came out flying when he threw himself on the bed to grab me by the waist and throw me out of my chair to the mattress. Scared, I laughed at him when he pressed his body into mine. 'When will you stop doing this game of rag doll, throwing myself back and forth?'

Her smile was obstinate. 'Never'.

'What happened to your love for long-legged brunette?'

'He was replaced by my love for sex and a smart mouth'. He kissed me deeply, his tongue screwing with my deliciously.

I spent my arms around his neck I deepened the kiss as usual, but for the first time, my mind was not focused only on the kiss ... This had been a declaration of love?

I choked on the idea, but fortunately clocked a sigh at the same time.

….

A few days later, I was in the kitchen, sipping coffee while checked my email when Rebekah went through me.

She smiled slyly at me while glided into the bank in front of me.

I archer an eyebrow in suspicion. 'What's wrong?'

'I just got off the phone with my brother'.

'And?'

Rebekah grimaced. 'He told me you are going to the wedding together'.

'And?'

'Caroline' she threw a tea biscuit for me and I dodged. 'When were you going to tell me?'

I looked at the cookies thrown violently, now broken on our floor. 'Tell what?'

'The agreement between you and Nik changed? He's right? Are you dating now?'

Dating? That word was a bit complicated. I refused to be labelled.

Rebekah screamed and I cringed back. 'Oh, that's fantastic! I knew it, I knew it!'

'I'd like to know what you knew' I replied with wide eyes in amazement.

'Oh, come on. I knew from the beginning that Nik was acting differently with you'.

She sighed in contentment. 'Life is good. Will be even better with a cup of tea'.

'You need to fill the kettle'. She nodded and headed up to her and when I noticed it I thought of Damon. 'Damon has an date. You also have?'

Her shoulders tightened a bit when she took the pot in the sink.

'I'm going with Jack'.

'Ooh it's going to be fun' muttered, thinking about the possible drama since Damon found out that.

….

Alaric and Esther took Henrik to St. Andrews to spend the day with Rebekah and Klaus. Damon, Mason and his bride were there too. It was the first time that Klaus and I were in a social situation with other people since the beginning of our arrangement. I knew that as soon as Mason entered the favorite pub for lunch at the Royal Mile, which everyone was now aware of our relationship. The pictures were out in magazines and probably Rebekah had already told the family. Esther looked at us like Christmas morning and Alaric had a stupid smile in the face. Damon actually winked at me. I swear to God that I would have fled the scene if Klaus hadn't seen this coming and grabbed my arm to pull me forward.

Once they realized that nothing had really changed. We weren't one of those couples that do not drop in public, always tight, there were caresses or kisses, and our chairs were, in fact, far away-the guys began acting normally. We had a great lunch, a few beers, and after we went to see a movie together. Klaus sat beside me at the cinema, and that's fine ... There may have been cuddling in the dark.

….

I decided to call the Elena during this week. She answered on the first ring and I was very happy to talk with my friend. After I told her about what happened with Nolan and about my relationship with Klaus. Elena asked me what I was afraid of. 'And the panic attacks?'

'I have been having a little'.

'When they occurred?'

I told her and when I finished, she told worried 'You told Klaus that you're scared?'

'No'. Oh hell, I wonder if it was the wrong thing to do?

'I think you better tell him. To feel safer'.

Wait. What? 'You think?'

'Yes'.

'Why?'

'He needs to know'.

I made a face and changed the subject. 'And Stefan. How is he?'.

…..

Tuesday after receiving a unpleasant call from my mom telling me she would see me soon, I went on my first official business dinner as Klaus's girlfriend...well sort off. What I didn't know was that Klaus was selling his French restaurant and keeping only the exquisite contemporary seafood restaurant, which he possessed near the coast. It was a private sale to a business partner. The sale was private, but the media had discovered and turned the local restaurant news La Soho be changing hands and what are the reasons for Klaus to sell it.

'They always exaggerate' Klaus had explained after asking me to accompany him to dinner, it was really just a celebration between him and the man he had purchased. 'The bar had a lot more success than I was expecting, and the real estate agency is always giving me a glitch or two. La Soho belongs to my father. There's nothing about it that has my stamp. So I sold it'.

We find Wesley Brandbury and his wife Evelyn in Thai Cinnamon. I wore a new dress and tried to be as charming as possible. Well, lovely as I can.

Wesley was older than Klaus and more staid, but he was friendly and Klaus clearly respected him. Evelyn was like her husband, calm, quiet, but friendly. Friendly enough to ask personal questions. Personal issues that Klaus helped me move.

Overall, dinner was good. Klaus seemed more relaxed now that he didn't have the responsibility of Her Soho resting on his shoulders, and for some reason I figured out that if he was relaxed, I would relax too. We went to his apartment on Wednesday night, mainly because Rebekah was in our apartment and we couldn't make a lot of noise. So we had sex on the couch, on the floor and on her bed.

Satisfied, I was tangled in the sheets of his bed, staring at the ceiling.

His room was as contemporary as the rest of the duplex. Japanese low bed, built-in cabinets on the walls, so that they do not occupy space. An armchair in the corner of the window. Two servants and dumb.

Nothing more. He needed some pictures at least.

'Why don't you talk about your dad?'

My whole body was tense, my breath was noisy with the question that was completely unprepared to hear. My head spun on the pillow to stare at him, incredulous. He was looking at me warily, as if he was waiting for a panic attack. He just looked at me.

'I simply don't like to speak about him'.

'That's not really an answer, love'.

I threw my hands in the air. 'He died. There's nothing to talk about'.

'It's not true. You could talk about who he was. How was your relationship with him. How he died ... '

I fought for a moment with my anger, trying to arrest her within. He wasn't cruel, I know that. He was just curious, he wanted to know. He was trying to be reasonable. But I thought we understood each other. I thought he understood me.

And then I realized that he could not understand. 'Klaus, I know that your life has not been easy, but you cannot understand how messy is my past. And there isn't a place I want to take you'.

He sat up, pushing the pillow against the headboard and I twisted to my side to look at him when he looked at me, a pain in your eyes that I had never seen before.

'I understand about messy, Caroline. Believe me'.

I waited, feeling that there was more to come.

And he sighed, his eyes wandering by myself and looking out the window.

Oh God.

Will I owe him somehow? He trusted me because he had already imparted his relationship with his father and he knew I wouldn't tell anyone, he knew I wouldn't judge him.

It occurred to me sitting next to him, I knew he would never tell anyone what I share with him. He never judge me. Gave a sigh and falls from my hand, my stomach twisting while I was fighting with myself. 'Elizabeth' her name just came out of my lips before I could think about it.

Klaus's body was tense with attention. 'Elizabeth'.

I nodded, my eyes in his stomach rather than in his face. Blood ran in my ears and I hit the sheets to stop shaking my fingers.

'That's my mother's name. I was angry with her. I knew she had married my father for money, and I knew she had lovers. I had discovered her last adventure. I decided to go out with Emily. She was my best friend. We grew up together, she was the twin sister of Elena. My other best friend'.

I swallowed dry about the memories. 'I was a mess. I dragged Emily, we were too young, Elena didn't want to come with us. I went with the intention to pick up some guys, all they need was to give me some attention and I automatically liked them. You have to understand. Now I'm not like that'.

'I know'. It was the only answer he gave me, Klaus motioned for me to continue.

'Emily was trying to stay confident to reach William. He was a player on the team from our school' I talked without grace. 'William drove me crazy. He was always bugging me, but then ... well, with Emily, he was a funny, was the only person who sat and talked with her about everything. He was really a good guy. And I liked him' I confessed softly. 'I really liked him. But Emily had an eternal crush for him, and I was no longer the girl he used to have a crush on. She didn't want to go that night. But I convinced her that William would be there and I forced her to go along. Was in the middle of the party and I thought William was outside with Emily while I was flirting with the captain of the football team, but suddenly William was there with me, asking to speak with me. We left a little bit to talk with privacy and he started saying all these things. As I was better than what I was doing with all these guys. As my parents would be so upset if they could see me like that'. I sucked the air with tremendous breath with the confession. 'And he told me that he cared about me. He thought he really loved me. I didn't think so. I just let him kiss me, and when things started to heat up, he walked away. He stopped before it was too far and told me I didn't have to sleep with him to keep his interest. He wanted me to be his girlfriend. And I told him I couldn't be, that Emily was crazy about him, and I couldn't do that to her. We talked in circles for a while until I decided I needed to get drunk or something, to get away from all the teen drama, but when I went out to the main hall one of Emily's friends told me that I was a slut treacherous. And I realized that Emily had discovered about my out with William '.

I closed my eyes, seeing the image of her, the hate in their eyes so intense. 'I started crying and called my dad to pick me up. When I got into the car, my father wasn't even angry, he understood me and knew what I was going through. He was a good man. Unfortunately he never wanted to believe my mother had married him for interest. He loved her, very much'. I looked up at Klaus now to find sad in his eyes. 'I let myself sleep on the way home, I was very drunk. I woke up with water coming in my lungs. I don't know what happened, but our car fell into the river. I looked at my father, he quickly took my belt but failed to take his '. I took a deep breath and continued. 'He screamed for help when the current was taking our car in deeper and deeper. He pushed me out the door, I couldn't breathe and I went to the surface for air, when I returned to my father, he wouldn't budge and wasn't breathing. I tried to drop the belt but I couldn't. When I got back to the surface, William was in the water behind me, he had come behind me and it was a much stronger swimmer. Instead of letting me stay with my father, he pulled me back into the rocks. My father died. And I never spoke to William again '.

'Love' Klaus murmured, reaching out for me, but I was holding my hand at the ready for him to stay away, bobbing my head, my eyes furious.

'I killed him, Klaus. I don't deserve sympathy'.

He seemed shocked now. 'Caroline, you didn't kill him. It was a tragic accident'.

'It was a series of events caused by my actions. I'm guilty'. He opened his mouth to speak and I put my hand gently on the lips. 'I know it's not rational. I know that. But I don't know if I will get to a point where I don't blame myself. However, I'm trying to live with it. And I can tell you that it's huge. Believe me'.

Klaus dragged me over the bed and into his arms, with his hand on the back of my head. 'Thank you for trusting me'.

He pressed a hard kiss on my lips and then slid down the bed, pulling me with him.

He grabbed me and leaned over to turn off the light. 'Go to sleep, love'.

Totally shocked by the events of the night, I was standing there listening to him breathe before finally I sleep.

…..

Friday came and I woke up with the sound of the bell ringing. Rebekah hadn't slept at home and I went to open the door. My mother was on the other side of the door looking at me with four bags at his feet.

'Caroline, my dear. How are you?' She grabbed me and hugged me.

I tried to release me from her embrace, but was too tight. 'Mom, I'm fine.'

'I read a magazine on the plane that showed pictures of you with Niklaus Mikaelson. I didn't know that between you were serious. I never thought you would ever be able to walk with someone for so long. After what happened with your dad, you never clung to anything or anybody. You know ... '

I wanted my mother to shut up. Klaus had spent the night with me and I didn't want him to meet my mother.

'Caroline Forbes. This dating is very strange'. She gave me a magazine to my hands. 'You're with him because you're pregnant?'.

Suddenly, he was behind me. Fortunately he was dressed. I had never been so happy to see him with some pants! I saw the look he gave me, he probably heard my mother.

'Hello!'

'Klaus Mikaelson' my mother gave a little cry.

'I see my reputation precedes me. You're Elizabeth Forbes'. Klaus reached out and my mom grabbed him, Klaus kissed her knuckles. He was charming. But my mother didn't deserve such a delicacy. She of course melted and began to throw his charm on him.

'Just Elizabeth. No Forbes. It's a pleasure to meet you.' She grabbed his arm and walked into the living room. 'I was telling my daughter that she didn't know just how lucky she was to be dating a charm as you '.

'Your daughter is perfect. I'm the lucky one because she is with me'.

My mother laughed as a teenager. When she turned and sat on the couch, I got the excuse to get some tea for her and I ran to the kitchen. When I started to boil water, Klaus appeared in the kitchen. His gaze was on my belly.

'You're not pregnant, right?'.

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