Chapter 4
The next day Klaus found himself alone in his study. He couldn't understand why everyone wanted him to be moral. Klaus thought to himself confused. Striking fear through people is what he is good at and if he changes that, what will that make him, all this for a blonde vampire. Caroline always made him question his actions. Over the centuries he had killed people and he liked it, he had done a lot of horrible things but never had to endure the guilt. But now whenever he tried to go on a killing spree he would see her face, those judgemental blue eyes and the innocent smile. He had lost interest in killing. He was becoming soft and he didn't like it. If he didn't change then Caroline would never consider giving him a chance.
In one swift motion he got up and threw the glass against the wall. He sped over to one of his canvasses where he had been painting Caroline. He stopped in his tracks and looked at it. It was still incomplete. He really looked at it wondering if changing himself was worth it for this one vampire. After a few seconds of admiring his own painting he tore it to shreds.
"What the hell is going on?" Rebekah sped up to Klaus study. She looked around and saw the shredded canvas and the broken glass and then back to Klaus.
"Nothing to worry about" Klaus replied.
"Shredding canvasses, breaking glass and you don't want me to worry"
"Isn't that what I just said, now Rebekah if you don't mind I would appreciate it if you leave" he screamed.
"This is what I get for sticking around with you,"
"I don't recall forcing you to stay; I gave you the option to leave"
"You can be very inconsiderate sometimes, you have always wanted me to be by your side and after you got your hybrids you wanted me gone, so much for family"
"Are you done?"
"Okay fine don't come to me when you need something and why are you still in mystic falls, your hybrid plan failed and it's not like Caroline is going to have a change of heart"
"You might be surprised little sister"
"With that personality I doubt it" Rebekah turned to leave when Klaus sped over and snapped her neck.
He walked downstairs and was met with one of Elijah's unimpressed looks. "Not in the mood Elijah so whatever chit chat you want to have, save it" he walked past his brother headed for the door.
"Niklaus" Elijah called after him. "It's time we have a talk" he motioned his brother out the door and he followed behind.
"So what happened between you and Klaus after we left?" Stefan asked.
"Nothing to concern you brother"
"What did Klaus do?"
"Nothing, just the usual threats" Damon smirked "Though I did threaten him first" he twirled around his glass.
"You threatened Klaus"
"It was more of painting a picture in his mind of what would happen if he hurt Caroline"
"Klaus would never hurt Caroline, we all know that"
"Yeah but he has a hot temper and you never know what he could do next"
"And since when do you care about Caroline?"
"I don't know what you are talking about" Damon scoffed
"Oh come on, you care about her, just admit it" Stefan smiled.
"Stefan some things are better left unanswered"
"I'll take that as a yes" Stefan chuckled and walked out.
"Whatever makes you sleep at night brother" Damon chuckled and went upstairs.
"Remind me again what is the point of all this?" Klaus was getting annoyed by the minute.
"Because it's high time you and I have a talk"
"Oh goodie, let's hear what the all mighty moral Elijah has to say"
"Niklaus I'm being serious, tell me what is really going on?"
"What is that going to do? Let you in to my troubled soul, I'm sorry but it's too late to save me"
"I'm not the one who is going to save you" Elijah calmly replied.
"And I suppose you think Caroline will do it"
"I don't think she would be able to"
"Then that leaves Rebekah"
"No Niklaus, no one is going to save you, you are going to do that on your own, we could all do our part in trying but as long as you don't want to be helped nothing can be done. I know you care for the girl"
"And your point is?" Klaus asked with a questioning look.
"My point is if you really care for her why is it so hard for you to just try and befriend her? You have already admitted that you care for the girl now you need to show it through your actions"
"That's what I have been doing but it seems my actions are unappreciated"
"Showing unannounced at her house doesn't count; you have to do more than that"
Klaus looked down not wanting to meet Elijah's gaze, "I don't know how friendships work" he mumbled but Elijah was able to catch his words.
"Friendships works just like families look at the Forbes girl, she is an only child but she has friends who cares about her and she cares for them they are like family"
Klaus though for a moment, if being friends with Caroline meant creating some sort of bond like family he would have to open up to her and let her in. He was not ready to do that, at least not yet. He barely opened up to his family and he knew it would not be easy. "I hear you brother"
"Now if you'll excuse me I have business matters to attend to" Elijah left his brother standing alone.
Klaus walked around for a bit and went home. If he was going to try and befriend the Forbes girl he had to start with his family. He got home and saw Rebekah lying on the couch. "Rebekah" he said with a low tone.
"I have nothing to say to you" she replied
"Rebekah please let me explain" he walked over to the couch across the room.
"Explain what, how you think that just because you are a hybrid you have the upper hand on everyone else's life. You can't take bitter words from others yet you don't seem to hesitate to give them. This is life Nik, not everyone is going to worship you and agree with everything you say and not everyone will do as you say, we are not your puppets. We all have our own lives but you can't just let us be." Her breathing became heavy and tears were trying to escape.
"I know and I'm…" his words were cut short when Rebekah continued.
"You know? I don't think you do because if you did you would not treat me like you do, I have always stuck by your side through thick and thin and yet you don't even appreciate my efforts. All I want is to live a happy life with my brothers and make friends and just be happy but with you around I can't you threaten everyone and in return they want nothing to do with me and whenever you have a quarrel with our brothers you dagger them and take their freedom away. And don't even say it was to keep our family safe and you didn't want to be alone, you always had me but you never cared, I don't know what that makes you if not a terrible person," she stood up "and I suppose you will dagger me now that I have upset you" she walked off to her room.
"I'm sorry." Rebekah stopped and turned to her brother. He never expected him to say anything like that. Nik never apologised.
"Did you just apologise?"
"Don't tell me you are deaf because I'm not repeating myself."
"Wouldn't expect you to anyways" she scoffed and started walking off.
"Rebekah what do you want me to say, I'm sorry I have done wrong by you, by everyone including our family, I have mistreated you and I have not been the best brother, I'm sorry that I took part of your life from you and I did the same to our whole family, you want me to write an apology letter for everything I have done, is that what you want" he screamed.
"Apology accepted, now that wasn't so hard was it" Rebekah sped out of the room.
Klaus dropped back on the couch, if that was how Rebekah thought of him probably worse but she wouldn't say it then no doubt that Caroline thought even worse of him. He remembered the last time when Rebekah had said a similar speech to him and he again snapped her neck. Rebekah had been the only one to stick by his side no matter what happened. If he couldn't maintain a civil relationship with his sister befriending anyone else was a lost cause. He left the house and went to the grill.
Caroline had been wandering aimlessly around the woods. She went to the old Lockwood cellar and sat on the floor. She remembered the time Tyler had his first transformation. She had stayed by his side and helped him through it. Tears started rolling down her cheeks. After a while she got up and left. She continued her aimless walking remembering all memories between her and Tyler. Caroline had been blaming Klaus for all this but she was starting to come to the conclusion that he was at fault. He had chosen to break her heart and leave her. She cried until she could cry no more. She headed to the grill to drink up her sorrows. She had told herself not to cry over Tyler but she couldn't hold it any longer. She entered the grill and immediately spotted Klaus sitting alone looking miserable. She went and sat next to him. He looked so vulnerable and broken. He wasn't crying but he might as well have been crying invisible tears.
"Hi" she looked at him and he kept facing down.
"Hello Caroline" he mumbled.
"Is everything okay?" she asked. He looked up at her and he also noticed the gleam of sadness in her eyes.
"I should be asking you that are you okay love?" he masked his emotion from her ready to comfort her.
"Yeah you know just life and its wonders" she smiled.
"Wonders?" he asked with a questioning look.
She looked away then ordered her drink. Once she got her drink she quickly downed it.
"Caroline, would you like to accompany me on a walk"
Caroline looked at Klaus searching for his usual smirk but couldn't find it. She gave him a polite smile and nodded. Klaus got up and she followed. They started walking quietly neither of them saying anything. Klaus led Caroline deep into the woods and went to sit on a boulder next to a stream. He motioned for Caroline to take a sit next to him and she did.
"Is everything alright Klaus?" she asked
"Caroline I need to ask you something and I want you to be completely honest"
"Okay but you have to promise to not get mad"
"I'll try, what do you really think of me?" Klaus never cared what people thought of him but he wanted to see what Caroline thought. Only then would he decide to pursue her or leave mystic falls.
"When you first came to mystic falls I hated you, I wanted nothing but to see you dead, heck we all did, you wreaked havoc in this town that every day I would wake up wondering which one of my friends would be dying, that only fuelled my hatred towards you but then as horrible as you could be I started to see that you cared for me and also your family even though you have a weird way of showing it. I then understood your fear of being alone but what I don't get is for someone who is so afraid of being alone why do you keep chasing people away. My initial thoughts were that you are a horrible person that should not be allowed to live on this planet."
"And what are your thoughts now?"
"I think you are just a troubled soul who hides from everyone and is afraid to let people in"
"So if I let people in would I not seem a troubled soul?"
"You still would be but then people would have a better understanding of why you do the things you do, maybe people could sympathise and try to relate, you are not the only bad person here, Stefan was a ripper and Damon is still Damon but he is trying his best and it's easier to be friends with them because we know why they did what they did or why they do what they do but you, I just don't get it"
Klaus looked away not wanting to meet Caroline's gaze. "If I was to really try would you ever consider being my friend?"
"Maybe I would but…"
"But what" he interrupted her.
"You have a really hot temper and when you lash out people die Klaus, and one of these days it could be one of my friends or even me."
"You know I would never hurt you Caroline"
"You keep saying that but you don't know, blind rage can make you do things you would regret but if you are willing to try I don't see why I wouldn't want to be friends with you" Klaus looked away not unsure of what to say. "What is it?" she asked noticing his uneasiness
"Nothing, thank you for your honesty" he started to walk away
"Klaus wait, do you really mean you would try to be my friend." Klaus nodded. "Why, why me, why not Stefan you guys have a history together"
"Caroline i….i have to go" he sped away before she could say anything.
Well that was interesting she thought to herself. Would Klaus really try to be her friend? She brushed the thoughts away and went to Elena's.
"Hey Care" Elena hugged her friend
"Hey, what's up?"
"Nothing I was about to go to Stefan's, want to come?"
"Yeah, I don't have anything else to do" Elena went inside and grabbed her stuff and the girls walked to her car.
"What's wrong Care?" Elena looked worriedly at her friend.
"Nothing, um I ran into Klaus at the grill and he asked me to go for a walk with him, I did then he asked me what I thought of him and I did, like honestly then he asked if I would be friends with him if he was to really try, I said yes then after that he just left"
"Did he say anything?"
"No he just asked me questions then I asked why he would want to be my friend I mean him and Stefan have a history together and I figured it would be easy to be friends with him"
"He obviously likes you so that's why"
"No I know that, it's just i…"
"Oh my goodness Caroline you like Klaus"
"No, what no he is charming and he is nice and for the record he is my type and I'm just scared…"
"Scared that you'll fall for him and you don't think he will change" Caroline nodded. Elena pulled over at the Salvatore house and they got out. "I could tell you to not be friends with him but that would be horrible of me, befriend him and if you want me to try as well I will but one thing I can tell you is that once the heart choses you can't fight it"
"Thanks Elena, but the others won't like the idea of Klaus and me being friends"
"They'll come around" she smiled. They walked to the front door and walked in.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Blondie and her sidekick"
"Hey Damon" Caroline replied.
"Where's Stefan?" Elena asked
"Hi to you too miss grumpy pants" Damon smirked, "He's upstairs" Elena left Caroline with Damon and walked upstairs.
"So a little birdy told me that you want to be friends with a certain Mikaelson"
"Eavesdropping is rude Damon"
"Well I wouldn't call it eavesdropping more like you were just in my hearing range"
"Not funny Damon"
"But you smiled, no but seriously would you actually befriend him?"
"Maybe"
"He is old, like a thousand and you are eighteen, talk about a major case of paedophilia"
"You can talk"
"No I'm just saying it's gross if you really think about it but your choice Blondie"
"So you won't mind if I'm friends with him"
"No, not at all but if he hurts you then I will have a problem"
"You are the last person I thought that would actually be on board with this" she smiled.
"I'm full of surprises aren't I" he smirked, "Care for a drink"
"Yeah, please" she smiled.
A/N thank you for reading and please feel free to leave a review, I know I updated early but I just wanted to get this chapter out of the way. Thank you again for reading. And a reminder I'm not going to use any of the cure stuff but at the moment we don't really know what's going to happen and it's too complicated.