Chapter 5

The following day Caroline planned a girl's day out with Rebekah. She drove to the Mikaelson mansion and lightly knocked on the door. The door opened revealing Klaus.

"Hello Caroline"

"Hey" she smiled.

"Please come in Rebekah is still getting ready"

"Does she always take this much time to prepare"

"Well that's Rebekah being Rebekah it was worse in the twenties"

"Yeah I can imagine," Caroline smiled and sat on one of the seats. Klaus walked over and sat across from her.

"So what are you girls doing today?"

"Just having a girls day out, nothing big" Klaus looked puzzled and short of words, "oh come on Klaus don't tell me you don't know what that is" Klaus shook his head, "Well we go shopping, get many paddies, get our hair done and other crazy stuff"

"And you actually enjoy that?" he asked with a puzzled look

"Yeah, I mean there really isn't anything to do around here so we just make the best that we've got"

"What are we talking about?" Rebekah walked in the lounge room. Caroline turned to look at Rebekah and she was in awe. For the first time Rebekah was not wearing jeans, she was in a floral skater dress and open sandals. Her hair was in a messy bun and her makeup was light.

"Wow Rebekah you look pretty" Caroline exclaimed

Rebekah twirled around, "You like?"

"Next time tell me when you are going to dress up so I don't feel awkward."

"Well it won't be much fun if all the guys gawk at us, someone needs to chase them off" Rebekah looked at Caroline's outfit. She was wearing black jeans with a floral peplum top and her usual curly hair.

"Okay let's roll then, bye Klaus" they walked towards the door.

"Enjoy your day Caroline"

Caroline and Rebekah left the house and drove away. Klaus watched from the window. Today was one of the few days Caroline actually spoke to him without being snarky or rude. If he kept this up maybe he might have her under his spell in no time.

"So what were you and my brother talking about?" Rebekah asked

"I was just telling him what some girls do for fun, he seemed shocked"

"I'm not surprised" Rebekah noticed Caroline's smile falter, "What's bothering you?"

"Klaus asked me if I'd ever befriends with him, I told him if he changed maybe but I don't know if I can do it"

"Why not, I know Nik has an unusual way of doing things but he can be nice when he wants to and I don't think he would ever hurt you Caroline"

"I know that he can be charming, the problem is I've always been attracted to the bad boy who has a charming side no one can see but me, except he is not just a typical high school bad boy he is a really bad guy and I'm just scared"

"You are afraid of falling for him, Caroline you are young, stop focusing on the future and focus on now, you are going to meet people who will break your heart but being a vampire you have a lifetime to search and really settle for someone, so what if you fall for Nik, it can happen and you'll have to just focus on that and if he breaks your heart you just move on"

"I know that, but why put myself through all that if I'm going to end up with a broken heart?"

"You are starting to sound like Nik, lets juts have fun today and forget all this drama but for what it's worth, my brother really likes you and that means something considering he doesn't like anyone really."

"Okay we're here," Caroline had been driving for a while and they had gone to fells church. Rebekah looked around

"So is this all you do for fun?" Rebekah said with her less than impressed tone after they had finished all their stuff.

"What else can you do, how did you spend your time back in the days?" Caroline asked

"Well I was with Nik and Elijah for majority of the time and he just showed me around the world and all the brotherly stuff"

"And you didn't like that?" Caroline said with a questioning look.

"No, it's not that, having a sister would not have been such a bad thing, I enjoyed all the things we did and I appreciate it but Nik always confided in Elijah and the other way around, I felt left out and I really couldn't do anything"

"Didn't you have any girl friends?"

"I did but you know my brothers, it was hard to maintain a solid friendship with either and with all the travelling it just seemed useless"

"How come you didn't choose to stay on your own and start a life for yourself?"

"What is this, an interrogating session?" Caroline chuckled and Rebekah continued, "Nik wouldn't allow it especially with Mikael after us"

"But that was before Klaus broke his hybrid curse you were all equally strong so if he could protect you then you might as well have done it alone"

"Yeah but mother turned Mikael into a vampire hunter so he was stronger than us but with all of us together he wouldn't have a chance"

Caroline smiled, it was times like this that she would wish to have a brother, "You are lucky to have brothers, you may not realise it but you are lucky"

"I know that but they can be annoying at times, actually all the time anywhere I think we have walked in circles for a while now are we going back now or not?"

"Yeah I think we should go now" Caroline and Rebekah turned around and headed back for Caroline's car when Caroline spotted a familiar brunette.

"I thought I smelt dogs" Rebekah smirked.

"Don't confuse us for yourself barbie" the brunette who turned out to be Hayley replied, "Hey Caroline"

"I have nothing to say to you" she ignored her and walked past

"Well I do so listen…" Hayley was cut off when Rebekah pushed her against the car.

"She said she has nothing to say to you"

"Well if I was talking to you then maybe I would listen but stay out of it" Hayley shot back

Just when Caroline thought things couldn't get worse she saw Tyler coming from one of the shops. "We have to go now" she tried to quickly walk to the car door but Tyler blocked her path.

"Caroline I've been calling you and trying to talk to you"

"Just like Hayley I have nothing to say to you"

"Caroline wait, let me explain"

"Explain what Tyler how you just up and left without letting me know what was happening, all you left me was a letter, and now after what like a month you want to explain, please forgive my rudeness explain"

"Caroline I was just doing what was best for me,"

"So it seemed okay to hurt me instead, good to know, now please leave."

"Gladly" Hayley shot back. Rebekah slapped her hard and she stumbled backwards and Tyler bit Rebekah. Without another word Rebekah flashed away.

"Really Tyler,"

"Klaus will heal her anyways" Caroline turned to walk away, "Caroline wait, I'm sorry just let me fully explain myself to you"

"There is nothing to say" she got in her car and left. She drove straight to the Mikaelson mansion and was met by a pissed off hybrid. "I just came to check on Rebekah"

"So now you care but you didn't do anything when that rabid ex of yours attacked her"

"He didn't attack her he just…"

"So now you are defending him, please continue about what a great person he is and how this was a mistake"

"What is your problem Klaus, Tyler reflexively bit Rebekah and you know that even if I tried I couldn't possibly do anything, he is stronger than me"

"But you didn't do anything did you?"

"I already told you he was too fast, and I came here as fast as I could I just want to see if she's okay"

"Of course she is, now please if you don't mind" he motioned her out of the house and banged the door hard.

Caroline didn't know what that was about but she left Rebekah's bags outside the door and went back home.

"You can be such a dickhead you know"

"Thank you brother for saving my life, I owe you one, oh don't worry about it Bekah, it's really not that hard" Klaus snapped.

"You already know I'm thankful, now why were you being such a dick to Caroline she didn't do anything"

"You could have died"

"But I didn't, and like she said Tyler is stronger than her and she was just in shock"

"Shock from what seeing the bastard that broke her heart"

"Don't forget Caroline is just eighteen, and she handles things the way a normal teenage girl would and seeing your ex who left without a word with his new girlfriend, it's not a pretty sight"

"So, she surely must have gotten over him"

"It takes more than a month to get over someone especially being a vampire everything she feels is intensified." Rebekah opened the front door and collected her bags and went to her room.

Klaus knew that he was never going to understand the female species.

Caroline arrived home and dumped her bags on her bed and went to the forest for a walk. She walked along the same path Klaus took her before and went and sat on the same rock. For some odd reason she found the place comforting. Seeing Tyler today had brought back everything she wanted to forget. To make it worse Hayley was there and she was rubbing it all in her face. If there was a way she could just turn everything off and not feel anything, right now would have been the right time. All the mixed emotions we welling up in her ready to burst out and she let out a loud scream. Caroline fell to the ground and began crying when a pair of strong hands helped her up. She thought it would be Stefan but it was a certain blue eyed blonde hybrid. Without hesitation she buried her face in his chest and cried for what seemed like forever.

Klaus felt a tug of pain at his chest watching Caroline break down like this. He wanted to know if he could help in some way, talk to her and find out if there was anything he could do. Klaus stayed still running his hands through Caroline's hair while she cried. He didn't stop her from crying he just watched and remained silent.

After what seemed like forever she stopped crying, she wiped her tears off. Realising what had just happened she felt embarrassed for burying her face in Klaus' chest while sobbing like a baby. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to break down like that"

"That's okay love"

"Why did you follow me? I thought you were mad about the Rebekah thing"

"I am but it's not your fault and I'm sorry for taking my anger out on you, they are just brotherly instincts"

"I wouldn't know"

Klaus realised Caroline was an only child. And Caroline remembered her earlier conversation with Rebekah about how protective Klaus is of her.

"She is lucky you know, your sister, to have someone look after her like you do," Klaus smiled and Caroline continued, "I never know the feeling of having a brother, I mean I have Stefan he tries to protect me like a brother would but it's completely different to how he would treat his sister or Damon for instance, I always watch Elena and Jeremy together and sometimes I wish I could have a brother to be there for me, to warn me about the dangers of falling in love and what boys could do to you, maybe he could have beat up Tyler for breaking my heart not that he would have won but it's the thought that counts. You are all luck to have each other."

Klaus didn't know what to say at this moment. He always went on about his fear of being alone while surrounded by siblings, when there were people like Caroline who were lonely, her father was dead and her mother is barely home just working all the time. He had siblings that loved him and were devoted to him but he takes away their life for as long as he wishes. This brought back memories of his talk with Rebekah earlier. He let out a deep breath that he didn't know he was holding.

"Are you okay?" Caroline asked

Klaus quickly composed himself, "Yeah, I'm sorry Caroline about before"

"All is forgiven" she smiled

"I'll see you around" he flashed away before she could reply.

He always does that to her. They start a normal conversation and he decides to leave. Caroline wondered why he did that. She hadn't said anything to piss him off and she wondered what the problem could be.

A/N please leave a review and let me know what you think and thank you for reading.