It Had to be You

Happy fluffy stuff because I was told I had to.

When he asked her out to the movies- as friends because wasn't that an activity that friends did?, and she couldn't resist because when he gave her that face, the one with the wide eyes and he looked up at her and she couldn't find it in her to say no- she had thought that it would be the traditional movie theater. But since when had anything with Klaus even been anywhere near traditional? She should have suspected that a normal movie theater trip was not in her future.

But when he pulled up to her house at seven, exactly as he said he was going to, she didn't suspect a thing as she got into the silver car, Klaus holding the door open for her, and closing it once she was in. They fought for a little while over what music to listen to, but it was light hearted, and Caroline found herself trying-unsuccessfully- to hold back her giggles, to his answering smile, before he finally let her choose a station. "So the alpha male can give up control?" She asked with a smirk, raising her brow at him.

He shot her a look, somewhere between amusement and confusion, before he answered her. "Only for you Caroline."

They rode in silence after that, but it wasn't uncomfortable- in fact it was anything but. It was a companionable silence, completely comfortable. She found her eyes drifting to his hands on the wheel, wondering what his hand would feel like in hers if she reached over and grabbed it, wondering, as she had found herself thinking about more and more, what those hands would feel like touching her all over her body. She shook herself out of her thoughts though, wondering why more and more she couldn't seem to stop those thoughts from invading her mind, when they drove straight past Mystic Movies. "Umm, that was the movie theater."

"I know." He said, eyes never leaving the road as he sped up.

"So why didn't you stop there?"

"I asked you to see a movie with me, I didn't say we were going there."

Sensing she wasn't going to get anything else out of him, she sat back in the seat with a hmph, crossing her arms in annoyance, determining not to speak to him until he told her where he was taking her... that is until several minutes later when he pulled into the old drive through movie theater, that was, for the first time in her life, crowded and busy. She turned toward him, excitement in her eyes. "Did you do this?"

Klaus smiled, apparently happy at her obvious joy. "No, but I heard that you liked old movies, and they were having a showing tonight so I figured I would see if you wanted to come with me."

She slapped his arm lightly as he maneuvered through the lot. "You could have told me."

"And missed seeing the surprise on your face? Never." He stopped the car briefly to pay for their tickets before he pulled back into the lot, finding them a spot in quick order.

"So what movie is it?" Caroline asked, her excitement at the situation still leaking into her voice. She had always wanted to come here; there was something so timeless and fascinating about going to a drive in movie.

"I think you'll enjoy it." He said with a smirk in her direction before reaching a hand into the back seat, producing a bottle of champagne. "I know we don't have a thing, but you seem to enjoy drinking champagne with me, so I figured I'd bring it anyway."

She accepted the flute he offered her without comment, though she did offer him a smile. Her general excitement grew when the film started rolling, to reveal that the film was Casablanca; she looked at him quickly upon recognizing the title music before the title appeared, but his gaze was focused on the film, and she did the same, settling in for one of her absolute favorite movies.

And she found herself identifying with the lines from the movie for the first time.

"I wonder if you know that you're trying to escape from yourself." She threw a look at Klaus at that line, but again he wasn't looking at her; she was though, she was trying to escape from herself, from her feelings for the man beside her. And was that fair to either of them?

"I wish I didn't love you so much." She didn't love him-yet- but she liked him, she was attracted to him, and sometimes she wished she wasn't. It was easy to forget everything he had done... but she forgave everyone else so easily, her father, Alaric, Tyler, even Elena and Damon to a certain extent, why shouldn't she forgive him too? Were any of them really better than Klaus?

"Oh I don't know what's right any longer." That line struck a chord in her. She didn't know what was right or wrong anymore; who the bad guys and who the good guys were; if her feelings for Klaus were wrong or not.

"Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life." And that reminded her of what Klaus had said at the 20's dance, "Smalltown boy, small town life, it won't be enough for you". Would she regret not giving Klaus a chance; would she come to regret denying her feelings.

And as Renault and Rick walked into the fog, she turned to Klaus a final time, put this time she raised a hand to his neck, bringing his head around to meet her, before she pressed her lips softly against his. His hands rose to rest on the sides of her face, and he deepened the kiss briefly before they both pulled away.

They spent the ride back to her house in silence once more, but this time she gave into her previous desire, and she gripped one of his hands in hers. He walked her to her door, turning to walk away, but she pulled him back to her, placing another lingering kiss on his lips. "We should do this again sometime." She whispered with a small smile before walking into her house, watching him through the window as he got into his car, the biggest smile she had ever seen fixed firmly on his face.