Ok, here's the new update. Sorry for taking so long but man! Some of you really know how to kick a girl when she's down (regarding the last chapter). Some concerns were raised about the events in the last chapter. I added a little author's note at the end which I suggest you read if you were offended or worried by any of the events in Chapter 4.

It's one of the pitfalls of fan fiction I'm afraid, people tend to jump the gun or not read carefully. Oh well.

Hope you all enjoy this next chapter. I know it's bit short, but it's where the divide fit. I'll be quick about updating again :)

Caroline was awake bright and earlier the next morning. After a quick shower, she got dressed and went downstairs to grab a latte from the coffee shop across the street. It was a gorgeous day in Itlay. It was a rare day of the trip where Caroline actually had free time. For a vacation, there wasn't much relaxing going on. Elena was busy, so she dediced she would have a day to herself, getting pampered in the hotel spa or walking around and enjoying the city. Klaus would have been an excellent guide, but hanging out with Klaus was out of the question.

She had kissed him.

And now she was avoiding him.

She was an avoider.

As she returned to the lobby, she ran into Elena.

"Hey I just knocked on your door," Elena said giving her a hug.

"Sorry, just went out to get coffee," Caroline waved her paper cup.

"Well I'm heading out for the day," Elena said, "just had a talk with Elijah and Klaus."

"What about?"

"There are pictures of Klaus's fight with Kol last night on the internet. Elijah is really mad. He just gave Klaus an earful."

Caroline's brows furrowed. "Well what did Klaus say?"

"Nothing," Elena replied, "just glared at him the whole time and stormed out when Elijah was done. I have to do some damage control at my interview later."

Elena looked at the time on her phone and said she had to go, breezing out the door and catching a cab. Caroline said goodbye and took her coffee into the elevator, hitting the button that would take her up.

She got off the elevator and walked down the hallway, stopping in front of the fourth door on the right. She hoped it was the right one as she raised her fist and knocked three times. A few moments later she heard footsteps and then the door opened. Elijah stood there looking impeccable as ever at nine a.m. and a little surprised to see her.

"Caroline," he greeted, "what can I do for you?"

"I just saw Elena down in the lobby," Caroline said, "I was hoping I could shine a little more light on what exactly happened last night."

Elijah invited her into his room to hear her out. She walked inside and noticed that he had a work area set up at the table, his laptop was opened with a gossip website pulled up on the screen. There were the pictures Elena had mentioned of Klaus and Kol arguing in the bar. Even in the blurred background, Caroline could see others in the crowd with cellphone cameras out, snapping pictures. She hadn't noticed them last night. Her head spun at the idea of how many people had captured the episode with their phones.

"My associate Katherine is attempting to find out any news sources that may have video," Elijah explained pulling out a chair for her to sit, "but it will be impossible to catch them all."

"It wasn't Klaus's fault," Caroline said, "it just got out of hand. Kol was trying to drug me and Klaus caught him. He just got mad. Seriously, no punches were thrown, we left before it could get physical."

Caroline watched Elijah bite his lip and could have sworn he was mouthing the word "fuck" to himself. But of course, proper Elijah would never use the "f-word".

"I never did like Kol," he said to her, "are you alright?"

Caroline nodded. "Thanks to Klaus."

Elijah let out a heavy breath. "It seems I owe my brother an apology. But he could have handled the entire situation in a much better way."

"His intentions were good," Caroline said, her shoulder bobbing up and down.

"It doesn't help me fix the situation in the media though," Elijah clicked his mouse over the computer screen and the website disappeared.

"No, but at least you know."

"Very true," Elijah said, "thank you Caroline." She nodded and tapped her fingers against her cup of coffee, not moving from the chair. Elijah gave her an indulgent smile. "Was there something else?"

"Um, sort of," she bit her lip, unsure how to phrase her question. She already had asked it once, but it was still bothering her. "Look, don't tell Klaus I asked because he already said yes, but…Kol mentioned that Klaus also liked to par-take in the whole drugging thing from time to time."

"I see," Elijah said, "and Klaus admitted to this?" She nodded. "It's true that Niklaus hasn't always been the most trustworthy and respectable male when it comes to women, but I can assure you he would never do something like that. I don't know why he would say otherwise. His ego is much too great to resort to something like that."

Caroline breathed a sigh of relief, a small laugh escaping from her at Elijah's dig at Klaus. "I didn't think he would."

Klaus had been in his room long enough. After his talk with Elijah, he had spent the rest of the morning sulking and sketching. When he looked up at the clock, two hours had gone by and the morning had bled into the afternoon. The sketches on his page were mostly of Elijah, with devil horns or other not so nice things drawn on his face. He had sat there, not moving or speaking, as Elijah chastised him for his actions at the bar and Elena stared at him with her judgmental eyes. He didn't bring up why he had gotten into the fight with Kol in the first place. He didn't want to bring Caroline into it. He saw now reason that she should continue to be brought into the drama.

Klaus wanted to protect her, from his PR minded brother. He didn't want Elijah spinning the story on Caroline to use as some cover up. So Klaus would take the punishment, Elena would do what she could to soften the situation in the media and it would be done. He had been making an effort to change, there were bound to be a few bumps in the plan.

As soon as he stopped thinking about how mad he was at Elijah, he started thinking about Caroline. She had kissed him. It had been amazing. Klaus had kissed dozens of women in his life, but kissing Caroline had been something else. Kissing Caroline was like being struck by lightening. His only worry was that it wouldn't occur twice.

He had hoped she would seek him out. He didn't want to be the one to go to her. But that was probably hoping for too much. Klaus knew that if he wanted Caroline, he would have to make the move. She was too respectable for her own good. She needed to be more selfish. She needed to know that there were worse sins than cheating on her boyfriend and that Klaus could definitely make it worth her while.

He licked his lips as he thought about what that might entail.

With his decision made, he stood up from his desk, shutting his sketchbook, and headed to his door. Just as he stepped into the hall, Elijah opened his door and caught him. Klaus groaned.

"Am I allowed out or am I grounded?" He snapped.

Elijah crooked his finger at him. "I need to talk to you."

Klaus rolled his eyes, but walked across the hall and into his brother's hotel room. He didn't bother sitting down, instead he stopped and stood in the middle of the room.

"What is it Elijah? Did you forget to reprimand me about something else? Is the economic crisis now my fault too? Or maybe all the starving children in Africa?"

"Stop talking Niklaus," Elijah said walking around to face him, "I wanted to apologize."

"Apologize?" Klaus deadpanned.

"Yes. Caroline stopped by here earlier. She explained what happened last night?"

Klaus cocked his head. "Caroline? What did she say?"

"She said that you intervened on her behalf when Kol tried to drug her drink," Elijah said, "I don't know why you didn't bother to tell me this before."

"You said you were growing tired of my excuses."

"I am. But this one is valid enough. However, you could have handled it a little less dramatically."

"Did she say anything else?" Klaus inquired.

"No," Elijah shook his head, regarding Klaus's expression, "was there anything she forgot to add?"

"No," was Klaus's quick reply, "that covers it."

Elijah nodded once, moving over to his desk table and shuffling around some papers. "Well then that is all. I'll try not to jump to conclusions next time."

Klaus pursed his lips. "You do that."

Caroline was feeling relaxed and refreshed. She was just coming back from a facial, mani/pedi, at the hotel spa. It was glorious. She had been pampered and massaged for the past two hours and was now feeling worry free. But all that went to hell as soon as she stepped off the elevator and saw Klaus standing in front of her room door. He was in mid-knock and turned in her direction when the elevator dinged. She froze for a moment, locking eyes with him, before darting back into the elevator. Her escape would have been flawless if not for the damn ring of the elevator bell.

She saw Klaus speed toward her and she prayed for the doors to close faster. But no luck. Just as they were about to shut Klaus made it and stuck his hand out, the doors snapping back open and allowing him inside. Caroline gave him a nervous smile, but he looked unamused.

"I just...forgot something…downstairs. Wanted to go back and get it," she stuttered.

"I'll go with you," Klaus said as the doors slid shut behind him. He remained standing in front of her, blocking any second attempt at escape. His arms were crossed over his chest. He didn't look the slightest bit amused by her attempted escape.

"Oh you don't need to I'll just—"

"You're avoiding me," he said. Caroline gulped. It was hard to avoid when he just laid it out on the table. One thing Caroline was learning about Klaus, he didn't avoid confrontation.

"Maybe. A little."

He loomed over her, which was almost worse than him speaking. Caroline wondered for a brief moment if he was going to try to kiss her again. Her heartbeat sped up as she remembered him pressing her against the wall last night and planting his lips on hers. She imagined him doing it again, here in the elevator. That's what always happened on Grey's Anatomy.

"I talked to Elijah," she said trying to change the subject, "I heard he was mad at you and I wanted to make sure he knew last night wasn't your fault."

"No. It wasn't my fault," Klaus said, but he wasn't talking about the fight. He was telling her something. That she was the one who kissed him. Not the other way around. An important detail that Caroline wished they could just overlook.

The elevator dinged and the doors to the lobby slid open. Caroline breathed a sigh of relief as the people on the other side of the doors interrupted them to get on.

"We're busy," Klaus turned around and blocked the other hotel guests from entering. He gave them a serious glare and they backed off as he punched the button to close the doors. Caroline backed away from him and against the wall as the elevator started to move up again.

"Klaus! You can't just take over the elevator!" She protested.

"And you can't keep avoiding me," Klaus said, "come on Caroline, take a chance." He stepped closer to her, invading the space around her. The elevator was tiny and Caroline was overwhelmed by his proximity. "You know you want to."

"No," she said, starring at his chest, feeling the heat rise in her own, "I can't."

"Why?"

"Because I have a boyfriend."

"That doesn't bother me."

"It's bothers me," she countered meeting his eyes, "if you want to just screw some random girl, then go find someone else. I'm not that girl."

Klaus brought his hand up and grasped her chin between his thumb and forefinger.

"I want you," he purred.

Caroline felt her stomach flip. His nose brushed against hers, making her knees go weak. She shut her eyes, not able to think straight with him looking at her like that and his voice sounding that way. All British and sexy and dangerous.

The elevator dinged again, but neither of them seemed to have heard it. An older couple cleared their throats to in form the couple that they were no longer alone. Klaus straightened up and pulled away from her to face whoever was behind him. The couple walked into the elevator, casting judgmental gazes in their direction and muttering to one another in what sounded like French. Caroline snuck forward and darted out as fast as she could, not caring what floor she was on. She just needed to get away. She couldn't deal with another ride in that shrinking elevator. The doors shut again before Klaus could follow her.

Caroline sat in her room, panicking for almost an hour that Klaus would come knocking. But he never did. Which only made her more anxious. She tried to keep herself busy by refolding her clothes, reorganizing her suitcase, flipping through her travel books, but her mind kept slipping back to Klaus. She needed to do something. Be around someone else. She wondered if Elena was back by now and grabbed her phone to give her friend a call.

"Hey Care what's up?" She answered on the second ring.

"Nothing, just bored," Caroline said, "you wanna grab dinner or something tonight?"

"No can do," Elena replied, "I'm on girlfriend duty tonight. Elijah set us up with a photo-op/dinner. I think he's hoping that if people see us being all couple-y they'll forget about the bar fight."

"Hope so," Caroline grumbled.

"You ok?"

"Yeah. I'm good. Have fun at your dinner."

"I doubt it," Elena muttered, with a promise to stop by her hotel room when she got back.

It turned out Jenna was busy too. She was going on a date with Alaric, since he was off body guard duty that night.

Caroline flopped back on her bed, letting out a dramatic groan. Her evening was looking rather crappy but she was determined not to sit around and be bored and restless the entire night. She would take herself out to dinner. As she moved off the bed to head into the bathroom and fix her makeup, her phone rang. Her mood lifted momentarily, hoping it was either Jenna or Elena calling her with a change of plans, but then she saw Tyler's number flash on her screen. A wave of guilt passed through her. She had been neglecting him, so she answered.

"Hey Tyler," she answered, walking into the bathroom and opening up her makeup bag.

"Hey how's Prague?"

"It was good," she replied, "I'm actually in Italy now."

"Oh. Well, what have you been doing there?"

"Nothing really," Caroline said. "Klaus had a concert so we went to that and then we went out to a bar."

"Oh, it's Klaus now?"

Caroline switched her phone to her other ear, not noticing Tyler's sharp tone. "Huh?"

"What kind of bar?"

"I don't know," she said, "a normal bar."

She didn't really want to go into the whole story with Tyler. She knew how he would react. He would go all alpha male on her about Klaus stepping in to protect her. He wouldn't be able to appreciate the fact that someone had prevented his girlfriend from getting drugged and molested.

"Does that mean you're not going to tell me about the bar fight?"

Caroline stopped applying her lipstick and put her hands flat against the bathroom counter. Crap.

"It's not a big deal," she said.

"So what about the guy hanging all over you?"

This was news to her. What guy? Klaus hadn't touched her all night until they were standing in the alley and as far as she knew, no one was around to snap pictures of that.

"Tyler what are you talking about?"

"Don't play the dumb girl card with me Care okay? At least give me a little credit. My mom saw the story on some news show. How you were almost drugged, and then I looked online and saw pictures of you, Elena, Klaus, and some asshole with his hands all over you!"

So it wasn't Klaus he was talking about. It was Kol.

"Tyler it was nothing. He was one of Klaus's musician friends. He kept flirting with me but I wasn't into it," she tried to keep her voice as calm as possible.

"And what about this thing about someone drugging you?"

Caroline could feel her face turning red. Elijah must have leaked that part of the story. He was the only other person who knew other than Klaus and Elena, and neither of them had bothered to mention it earlier that morning. There was no doubt in her mind that everyone in Mystic Falls would know about the incident now, especially if Tyler of all people knew. She cringed at the thought.

"I didn't get drugged ok? I'm fine."

"I can't believe you didn't tell me," Tyler said.

"It wasn't a big deal," she ventured.

"It is a big deal Caroline. You could have gotten hurt. And I don't like it. I don't like that you're there and I'm here," he said, "I want you to come home."

"I can't come home. Elena needs me to stay here," she said.

"Elena's a grown up Caroline, she can deal without you," he said, "I think you just don't want to come back."

"Well of course I don't!" Caroline said, her tone loosing its cool, "why would I want to come back to Mystic Falls when I have all of Europe still to see?"

Tyler swore. "See I knew it," he said, "if that's how you really feel, then why don't we just let this go and see what happens?"

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying maybe we should take a break Caroline. If you want to follow Elena around Europe with a bunch of guys and act like you're so much better than me and all of you friends back here, then go and do it. But don't think I'm just going to sit around and wait for you to realize the mistake you're making."

"Tyler I—" but he cut her off and the call ended.

Caroline stared at herself in the mirror, bewildered. One minute he was mad at her because he couldn't be with her and the next he was breaking up with her? What the hell had just happened?

Ok so some of you may being saying "What the heck? Tyler just breaks up with her...that seems weird." Well dear readers, things will be explained later. And remember, even in canon Tyler tends to have a quick temper and puts his foot in his mouth on occassion. Remember how badly he freaked out when he saw the drawing Klaus gave Caroline? So yeah.

Apologies again for the shortness, but reviews will definitely encourage me to update quicker *bribe bribe*.

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