*COUGH COUGH* I was not NOT just looking at pictures of Joseph Morgan ... ANYWAYS my exams are over! GO TO HELL EXAMS! You lovely people however who story alert and especially review this go to JoMo heaven XD Please continue to review and help my writing muse and make my story look less pathetic in its own little world in which I will have both Klaus and Niklaus...I'm a JoMo lover I know ;)
She staid awake all night, every single second of it, listening to the rise and fall of his chest as his soft breaths filled the air. Part of her wanted to put a pillow over her head to drown out the noise of him, she felt like a traitor, she had Klaus here; the one who had hurt everyone she had ever loved.
No, but that was wrong, she had Niklaus sleeping near her, not the monster who had just proclaimed his ridiculous ideas of romantic feelings for her. The man on the hard wood floor was not a monster, yet.
Her alarm clock finally filled the silence and she groaned and slammed her palm down on it, shattering it completely, sometimes even she forgot she was a vampire. She pushed her hair away from her face and almost screamed at the standing Niklaus.
His eyes were wide and he looked from the shattered alarm clock to her hand and back again, it was almost comical but his mouth was agape and his forehead was creased in worry.
Before she had time to respond he was approaching her bed cautiously, "That device is despicable," He muttered, sitting on her bed and taking her hand, trying to check for any harm but she flinched and he almost flew off of the bed, "I'm so sorry I should not have invaded your personal bedchambers."
She rose her eyebrows and put the hand he had touched under her duvet, hoping it would stop tingling from his contact, "You were sort of asleep in my bedchambers all of last night anyway," She teased him and he awkwardly laughed.
She rose from her bed and looked at his medieval clothes before sighing and leaving the room unexpectedly. She returned with a black t-shirt and jeans, Niklaus stared in shock as he took the items from her and felt them.
"Modern clothes are strange," He muttered unfolding the jeans and staring at them in disbelief.
Caroline giggled and pointed to the bathroom, "Stop complaining, they're my Dad's, now put them on and embrace this century!"
Her enthusiasm was infectious and he grinned at her before obeying and shut the door softly behind him.
Her phone buzzed and she hastened to fetch it from beneath her dirty laundry, it displayed Elena's happy face and Caroline immediately felt guilty, she wanted to ignore the call, she wanted to spend the day with Niklaus, watch his face light up at the wonders of the new world.
But it's Elena, and lately Elena's always in trouble, for all she knew it would be Elijah saying that they've eloped and that they're producing little demon offspring. She hit answer and shuddered at the mere thought of that.
"Caroline, oh thank God! Do you know where Bonnie is?" Elena said in a rushed tone and Caroline took an involuntarily step back.
"No I haven't seen her Elena, I'm sorry but-"
"There's something seriously wrong with her, she just came round the Salvatore house and did some curse thing on Damon, now he's-"
"Grown whiskers and a tail?"
"Not even remotely funny blondie," She heard Damon mutter in the background followed by Stefan's laughter, she immediately felt warmer at her best friend's joyful tone; maybe this situation wasn't so bad. Maybe Elena was over exaggerating as usual-
-"She's turned to dark magic Caroline. I think she's truly lost," She heard Elena sob then she cringed as she heard the phone drop painfully to the floor and the voices of both Salvatore brother's trying to comfort her.
She wanted to hang up but she couldn't bring herself to, she waited patiently for the phone to be picked up and she felt grateful that it was the reassuring voice of Stefan.
"Caroline she said that Klaus finally has vulnerability, we find it, we destroy it, he'll be dead. That's great Care isn't it?" His voice was so happy, so peaceful, so determined and Caroline heard Niklaus pad around in her bathroom and she clutched the phone tighter.
"Did she say what it was?" She breathed, trying to act casual but inside her, her emotions were swirling, raging; affection fighting against guilt.
"No," Damon almost roared, "She basically just singed my ass off, left with a cryptic message and vanished off of the face of the Earth."
Niklaus emerged from the bathroom, the jeans hung low off his hips and the t-shirt clung to him, he gave her a half grin and looked at her for approval but was dismayed when she turned round.
Another device was pressed to her ear and he cocked his head to look at it, she began speaking into it and he wondered if perhaps her sanity was fading, he immediately began to worry and approached her.
"We'll figure something out, we'll find her," Caroline said hurriedly, hearing Niklaus's footsteps coming closer towards her and prayed that he wouldn't speak.
"We need you to run interference cheerleader," Damon said, "Klaus is still obsessed with you, don't deny it it's boring, you need to be another distraction, but this time be much better because you were shit last time."
"Wow gee thanks Damon," She sighed and rolled her eyes but they widened when she felt Niklaus's hand on her shoulder.
"It's obvious what your job is. Don't mess it up this time."
The phone disconnected at the exact same time that Niklaus spun her around and she connected with his chest, he caught her and held her steady, she stared into his eyes which were filled with concern and she laughed, holding up her mobile, "A telecommunication device," She said and he relaxed, obviously not bothered with the true explanation behind the phone.
But his arms staid wrapped around her waist and her eyes searched his face, if this was modern day Klaus she would be classifying this as 'eye sex' but Niklaus was so pure, it was obvious in his trembling hands and his uncertain facial expression.
She coughed uncomfortably and stepped out of his embrace, he looked at anywhere but her, and she leapt towards the door quickly, commanding that he come downstairs for breakfast.
She walked down the stairs at a human pace and prayed that she would never have to tell him her true identity, after how he reacted to Bonnie she didn't know how fearful he would become of her.
She ordered him to sit in the chair and put bread in the toaster, when she turned round to tell him the wonder's of it he waved a hand at her, "I'd rather not know. This is all so very strange."
"Of course it is," She said smiling warmly at him as she grabbed the butter from the fridge, "But I'll find a way to fix it, soon you can go back to huts and horrible fashion and bad hygiene, which is weird because you actually smell rather nice-"
She gasped and clapped her hand over her mouth and he laughed, "I smell nice? This is a compliment yes?"
She turned away from him and spread the butter on his toast, "Its better then me saying that you smell like shit isn't it?"
"I suppose so," He grinned taking the plate from her, "Thank you," his hand lingered on hers for several long seconds before he set the plate down in front of him.
She sat across from him and smiled in delight as he consumed the toast hurriedly, "The girl who brought you here," She said and the last piece of toast fell to the plate, "She's…..missing…you really may be stuck here a while after all."
"I've told you before dear Caroline," He said resuming his eating, "That is no great hardship."
"But its dangerous," She enforced, putting her head in her hands, "Your going to be confined to this house, because otherwise, something terrible could happen to you."
"Would you care if it did?"
She stared at him sharply and barked, "I'm not heartless thank you."
"Then I shall stay here," He said happily.
Her phone beeped and she withdrew it from her pocket, looking at her text message:
Damon Salvatore:Have you begun yet?
She slammed the phone on the table and almost broke it, Niklaus stared at her in shock, "Where I'm from ladies don't have quite a trait for aggression"
The doorbell rang and she heard the lock open softly, she grabbed Niklaus who stared at her in horror as she forced him into the cupboard under her stairs, before she shut the door she whispered to him, "No matter what, you do not come out, if I leave, you are to not leave this house."
"But-" He protested but the door shut in his face and he was immersed in darkness, he pressed his ear against the door and listened hard.
"You? Again?" She said staring at her nail's in indifference.
"Who else would it be?" He sneered, "You're human?"
"I would have preferred if it was him," She hissed and Klaus took a step back, hurt written across his eyes but she merely crossed her arms and he took two steps towards her and she took one back.
"You deny it love, but I'm the only one you truly desire," He took another step forward. She took one back.
"You're so full of yourself."
This time when she took a step backwards her back hit against the wall and he smiled down at her, their chests were touching and her breath increased, he smirked as he realised this.
"Come on Caroline," Klaus whispered, "Just let me take you somewhere, anywhere, you can decide how you think after, but I bet you won't be so stubborn as your being now."
She considered it, her phone beeped again and she resisted from checking it, remembering her new task. Suddenly a sound came from the cupboard and Klaus roared in frustration advancing towards the door, he grasped the handle and was about to rip the door from its hinges but she raced in front of him and instead his arm touched her hip.
"That's my cat."
"You don't have a cat."
"I bought one yesterday," She said, taking a protective stance by the door and hoping that he would buy it.
"What's it called?"
"Twinkle toes," She shrugged then wanted to stake herself for thinking of something like that.
He seemed taken aback and he threw his head back in laughter, genuine laughter, it was so similar to Niklaus that she wanted to embrace him, to show that she knew who he could be.
"Why can't I see it?" His eyes searched hers desperately craving to believe her, that it wasn't a man behind that door that gave her pleasure in the night.
"Because you'll eat it," She said simply and he immediately believed her.
She almost let out a breath of relief as he stepped away and moved towards the front door, he extended his arm to her and she reconsidered, but then her phone beeped several times in a row and she moved past him, closing the door behind her and walking towards his car.
"You're being serious?" He asked, believing that he had entered a dream.
"Yep I'm seriously about to let the devil himself take me on what will probably be a perverse road trip," She said leaning against his car and he just managed to stop himself from attacking her lips, "Sometimes," She whispered gazing at him, "I worry myself."
"Your being adventurous," He said holding up his keys and pressing the unlock button, she sat in the passengers seat before she could change her mind and huffed when he entered on the other side of her.
"I'm being stupid," She corrected.
"I'm not going to hurt you Caroline," He muttered putting his arm over the back of her chair and she wiggled uncomfortably, "Give me today, today to change your mind, today for you to see what I can offer you."
"You can't show me the whole world in a day," She said staring out the window, "Even you can't do that."
"Aaahh thee of little faith," He chastised and she let a giggle escape her mouth but then shut it abruptly as his face lightened.
"So where are we going?" She asked as he reversed out of her driveway, "And are you so lazy that you can't walk from your house to mine?"
He merely chuckled in response as gazed at the road ahead of him, the car started to travel down it and Caroline turned her head towards her house and just briefly caught sight of Niklaus staring from the window, his face was plastered in sadness as he saw only her and the outline of a man travel away from him.
COMPETITION TIME! : ...Ok not really...sort of...I don't know what this is...ANYWAYS:
- I have a few Klaroine ideas for the next chapter (Klaus not Niklaus) but is there anything any of you would like to read, maybe them dancing (which they do a lot of and not enough of) or have a really romantic idea that I could write about? The person who comes up with a wonderful idea gets a piccy of Klaroine dedicated to them evolving around this. XD Hope this is a nice idea :)
Please review and help my writing muse and make my story look less pathetic in its own little world XD
Also.. Klaus or Niklaus? ...That is the question xx