10. A walk to remember

Caroline woke up the next morning, and she, actually felt good. I tell you it was the strangest thing but for some crazy inexplicable reason this house was doing her good, and she was sleeping like a baby. She woke up, got up, and decided she wouldn't let anyone ruin this magnificent day. And this glorious moment lasted for exactly five second. Until she got her stupid phone and saw another missed call from him … It was like the fifth one already. And Caroline had a tendency to be a masochist from time to time, so this time she actually decided to play his stupid voice mail.

" Care, it's Tyler." please, why the hell did he have the urge to emphasise it was him. What did he think, she already forgot his voice? Maybe everybody was right, she married an idiot. An idiot that broke her heart.

"Could you please just call me? I am so sorry that I didn't tell you about the baby by myself. I really wanted to, but … I didn't know how you would react."

So, yeah, he was pretty much being a coward as always.

"About your marriage … Caroline I really worry about you. I know we ended things on a bad term, but I really want us to be friends. The three of us."

What? Did that jerk actually say that? He wanted her to be friends with the woman he was cheating her with? Seriously? Seeeriously?

" I know you're probably upset, and a bit instable."

Omg, what gives him the right to call her unstable after what he did to her?

"I'm sure that is the only reason you married Klaus Mikaelson. I know how much you despised him, and probably still do. When I get back from Thailand I'm going to help you …"

Delete, delete, delete … She didn't have to listen to this. And she won't. She could have married Klaus to have obscene animalistic rituals in the middle of Hollywood Boulevard for all he cared, it wasn't his business anymore. She was no longer his business, and she was sick and tired of all man in her life treating her like she was mentally instable. Stupid guys, stuuupid guys, the rage in her grew and she just had to throw something, the first thing that came into her hands, her cell phone made a really nice noise smashing against the wall.

" Wow, someone is apparently not a morning person."

" Bekah …"

"Maybe I've misjudged you. Maybe you're not as vanilla as I thought."

" I've always been more of a chocolate type of person."

" Yeah, actually me too. But you know what I mean, but I guess miss perfect has a lot of pent up anger flying about. Nice hit btw."

" Thank you"

"So who made you ruin your expensive cell phone? My brother? Troubles in paradise start already? Although I don't understand what kind of a marriage is this exactly, he's not spilling the beans on me, but you are sleeping in separate bedrooms. It makes one wonder …"

Caroline had to think quick, but nothing really original came to her mind.

" He snores. And we both like our space. So it's just more convenient this way."

" Convenient? Wow, that truly sounds like a couple madly in love wanting to spend every second together. But fine … I promised Nik I wouldn't meddle …"

" I thought you didn't believe in love to begin with."

" I don't. But I do believe in lust. In some much lust that your body aches to be touched by that person, every inch of it. And hours after your little rendezvous has past, you can still feel his hands all over you. And all you can think about is the moment he'll place them on you again. And again and again …"

" Ok, I get it. No need to set the room on fire girl." Caroline started to blush from Bekah's explicit description, but not even that. She was blushing because of the look an her face when she was talking about it, and more than anything else she was blushing because she knew she had never felt that way. She always thought her and Tyler had a good sex life, but the truth was … It was a sex life that demanded a lot of work. Work on her part to make him happy. Her always dolling herself up for him, buying sexy lingerie, reading the Kama sutra trying to figure out how to do that pose and that pose, and for what? She worked really hard, and yes, it felt like fucking work most of the time, and in the end she still wasn't good enough, and he left her for the sex goodness Hayley Gentry. Man … She really hated them sometimes; she really should just go gay. Except, she really did miss sex, with a guy, and being around Klaus, him always touching her and making it very clear what he wanted from her, wasn't making matters any easier. She was sexually frustrated, there, she had finally admitted to herself. She just wasn't sure what she was going to do about it yet.

"Sorry sister –in – law. I thought we were sharing bed stories. Come to think of it, yeah that would be a little sick, since you're married to my brother. Damn, I guess that cute blonde guy downstairs did really distract me, and set my room on fire, if you know what I mean."

" I think I have a clue. Wait, what blonde guy?"

" Oh yeah, that is why I came to find you. There's a guy downstairs, he's name is Matt and he's really hot, and he says he's your assistant and that you need to go through some schedule together. I know what schedule I'd gladly go through with him. "

"Rebekah … You really are crazy."

"Just assertive when I see something I like. That's a good quality, you know?"

"I'm sure it is. Now if you'll excuse me, Matt and I really do have a lot of work to do."

" Fine, fine, but all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy."

"You know I'm truly starting to see a resemblance between your brother and you."

" You mean we're both amazing, gorgeous, relaxed, and dynamite in bed? Be sure to mention that to your little eye candy downstairs."

Caroline was really starting to like Rebekah, even against her will and better judgement. But there was something about that girl, maybe Caroline would have been that relaxed and carefree if her life wasn't always so on schedule. But one thing is wishing, and something completely other her everyday reality. Waiting for her in the living room with a schedule in hand.

" Matt it's so good to see you. Good, why does it feel like ages, and it's only been two weeks? Btw. how was your vacation, did you have fun? Did you manage to stop thinking about work for at least a second?"

"You know me too well boss. Workaholic walking, guilty as charged."

" Well if you weren't one, I feel my life would fall apart without you. And please, what did we say a billion times already, Caroline. Call me Caroline. Boss makes me sound like I'm seventy and smoking a pipe."

" Ok Caroline. Let's get to business, shall we? You still plan to go through with your six month pause? I know Mr. Forbes sent you some scripts to see …"

" And I don't feel like it. So yes, you can tell the press my pause is still on. Now at least I have a good excuse for it, I'm happily married and want to spend all my time with my gorgeous husband." Caroline managed to utter all of it without a hint of sarcasm in her voice; Klaus and this marriage were doing wonders for her acting abilities.

" Yes, your marriage … " Matt said suspiciously.

"Well it caught us all off guard." Matt was always being the epiphany of politeness.

"But we did manage to push it into your schedule."

"My schedule? I thought I was on a break and didn't have a schedule."

Matt signed. "You know it doesn't work that way boss. You may not be filming but you still have your obligations. Dinners to attend to, openings, film premiers. Enough to make the public interested.

" I think the public's been more then a bit interested in me lately. But yeah, I do know what you're talking about. But I doubt Klaus would agree to this. He's very possessive and he wants me all to himself." ok, so she barely uttered the last part without choking herself on her own tongue. And she was making Matt uncomfortable. She could tell he still had no idea what to think about this marriage of hers. But was professional enough to keep his opinion to himself, one of the reasons why she respected him so much.

" Ok, am … I'm sure we'll adjust somehow. I'll leave the schedule here for this week and you can see what you and your, am, husband like and just call me if you feel like going to some of these events so that we can arrange everything, ok?"

" You're the best Matt. You truly are gold. Am I paying you enough?"

She was waiting for him to make one of his usual jokes that she was not paying him nearly enough, and when he sells one of his inventions she'll be his assistant, but something distracted him. Something leggy and blonde.

" Oh, I hope I'm not interrupting you?" she said in her sweetest voice.

" I'm just going to have a swim, God I'm just so tense, it always relaxes me." she said and started stretching out, in her little white bikini that was not leaving anything to the imaginations. Matt was turning fifty shades of red but he just couldn't keep his eyes away from her. Damn, the girl really did know her moves.

" No Rebekah, you're not interrupting us, thank you for asking. We're just about done. Thank you so much for everything Matt. Now, if you'll excuse me I'm going to go and find that no good husband of mine. You kids have fun." and from Rebekah's look she could tell that was exactly what was on her mind. Poor Matt, he never stood a chance.

So Caroline task was to find Klaus and go through the schedule with him. Damn, she should have just sent Matt to do it, instead of leaving him to drool all over Rebekah, not that Bekah would mind one bit. But that would be a cowardly thing to do. And Caroline had to grow a pair again, whatever life threw at her she needed to learn how to fight back again, and fight her own battles. Even if they were with a very handsome actor that once broke her heart and was trying to get her into his bed, because of boredom. She was running around the house looking for him but he was nowhere to be found. Interesting. Since she didn't hear his car drive off anywhere, and it was still a paparazzi jungle out there. She went outside and heard some commotion in the guesthouse, so she followed a gravel path towards the guesthouse. She saw a small light from one of the windows. As she entered the guesthouse she saw movie posters framed on the wall. Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Humphrey Bogart … Who knew Klaus would be a fan of anything else than a threesome porn, but then again ... She did know so little of the real him, if there was something behind the surface of a pretty bad boy. She remembered Stefan's words, be careful because he is not the same person anymore. Be careful … She opened a door without knocking, and saw him sitting in front of the desk, talking on the phone. He practically hung up the very second she walked in, what was he up to? This was getting more and more suspicious …

" Please do come in and interrupt. Mi casa es su casa."

" Well that technically is true since we are married dear husband." She looked around at a room that looked like an office. It was very nicely decorated – wooden desk, bookcases. It all looked very business like, and very not like Klaus. She didn't see one Penthouse lying around. Of course there was a drink on his desk. He really did have a problem there.

" You have an office?" she asked in disbelief.

" And this?" she pointed at the bookcases.

" Who are we kidding? We all know you can't read." She had to admit she was enjoying this little game of theirs more than she would every admit to anyone, even herself. She kind of loved she could be herself around him, not always loving and caring and sweet, like she was with Tyler, a girl just feels like being a bitch sometimes, and there is nothing wrong with that.

"My decorator put it there. He thought they'd make a nice touch."

" But why do you have an office? It's not like you, hm, I don't know, work."

"The previous owner built it. I haven't gotten around into turning it into a sauna yet."

" That sound more like my husband. Anyways, don't think I'm here because I actually missed you or something." she said and rolled her eyes at him putting him into his place right from the start. He made a funny gesture pointing at his heart and making a crying face. Yes, he was truly heartbroken.

" But we have to talk business …"

" You talk business. I'm on my honeymoon. Not a really good one so far, but still …"

" Klaus be serious for a second. I mean I know you probably don't feel like it any more than I do, trust me on that one, but we should appear in public together. So here's the list of events …" he didn't even let he finish before showing his enthusiasm, and no, she wasn't being sarcastic, an actual enthusiasm.

" We should definitely do that. The sooner the better."

" Ok Klaus, I know it's 11 in the morning but may I ask what are you on? What are you up to?"

" Were you this suspicious in your first marriage as well? Can't you just believe I want to take my beautiful wife out and show her around?"

" No." Caroline was loud and clear on that one. Oh, he was up to something alright. He took the schedule out of her hands and observed it carefully.

" This dinner at The Chateau Marmont raising money for art school sounds classy enough. Hook us up. And wear something pretty sweetheart." he grabbed her and kissed her hair before she could punch him. But she was going to this event today, with him, because she was determined to find out what exactly was he up to this time.

She dressed low key but she did think she looked beautiful. Simple, yet flattering on the curves, white dress and matching stilettos while leaving her hair down putting just a little diamond bow in it, the one Bonnie bought her for her birthday two years back. Two years ago … They had a big surprise party for her, Tyler was there … No, she wouldn't think about it. That part of her life was over, done, buried. She didn't know what the future had to bring, but she was damn sure it wasn't in anyways connected with her past, not Tyler, and not Klaus.

Klaus waiting for her downstairs in a black tux. Damn did he know how to clean up nicely. She always had a thing for men that looked crazy good in suits. And this one looked crazy good plus one.

" I like white on you. It makes you look very angelic like." he surprisingly started their evening with a compliment.

" I didn't think you were the type of guy that liked girls that were in any way angelic."

" Oh, but I do." he approached her closer and took her hand while staring intensely into her eyes: " It only makes it more fun when I discover their devilish side." he kissed her hand gently.

" Pig. Let's just go and get this over with."

The dinner/ party wasn't actually all that bad. After the intro outside taking pictures together and answering stupid questions about their grand love affair they split up for a bit and she was enjoying herself talking to her acquaintances, for the first time feeling like they weren't looking at her with pity but curiosity. But they were too polite, or rather pretended to be too polite, to actually ask her anything about her new marriage. It was a win-win situation. Until she ran into April Young, a young actress that was working on set with Tyler and Hayley, the set where their larger than life love was born, and where Tyler's love for her apparently died.

" Caroline hiiii, it's so good to see you, gosh you like amazing." Oh no, she knew she wouldn't get rid of the little pest so easy now. She was desperate for attention and hungry for fame.

" April, it's nice to see you too. You look very nice as well." Caroline was trying to be polite, but point out she was in a hurry to get back to her table and Klaus.

" I was so happy to read about your new marriage. I just wanted to say that I think you're a very nice person and you deserve to be happy."

" Thank you. I really should go…"

" And I just wanted to say that we all thought what Tyler did to you was very low of him. I know him and Hayley tried to sell the story that they got together after he left you, but we all knew what was happening on set between the two of them. I mean, everyone knew."

" Ok, thank you April. I really have to, have to go to the bathroom." She rushed towards the ladies room while the "everyone knew" was buzzing in her ears. I mean it was old news to her, although Tyler wasn't man enough to admit it to her, but to hear it like this, she just remembered all over again how humiliated she felt. This party was clearly over for her, so she was about to sneak out and leave Klaus a note, she actually didn't want him to see her like this, her weaknesses were her thing and her thing alone. But tough like tonight … As she was leaving the ladies room the very person she bumped into was him.

"Hey, are you ok?" he asked her and he actually looked concerned and was actually behaving like a human being.

"I'm fine. Fine. This is just a bit too much for me."

" Want to get out of here?"

" Yes please. Just take me somewhere." She couldn't believe she said that but her walls were a bit rocky tonight.

"I'm just going to get our coats and then we'll leave in the back, they have a secret entrance even the media doesn't know about."

" Klaus?"

" Yes?"

" Thank you." it was the first genuine thing she told him since this little story part two of theirs began.

" Are you mad? You know this is breaking and entering right?"

" It's a beach sweetheart."

" Yes, but it's a private beach. Hence the fence and the private beach sign and all. God, I knew you actually couldn't read."

" Hey, I thought you wanted privacy. Hence the private part. Now don't be a sissy and give me a hand so I can give you a boost."

" Did you just call me a sissy?"

" Would you prefer daddy's little princess?"

" Ok, that's it. I'm taking these off." She took her stilettos off.

" And you're going to give be a boost. And no peaking under my dress."

" I would never." Klaus acted offended.

"Why would I when I already know what you're packing under it?"

" You're beyond disgusting. But less talking and more boosting."

With heals in one hand and Klaus's help Caroline managed to go over the fence. Yeah, she'd gone over the fence alright, breaking the law like this, he was such a bad influence on her, and she kind of loved it. Not that she'd ever admit to that.

Caroline stopped for a second and enjoyed the view. The beach, the ocean, it wasn't half bad to live in this city sometimes.

" How did you know about this place?"

"Actually, a friend of mine lives here. See that house on the left? That's his house."

" What? So we couldn't enter like normal people?"

" Where would be the fun in that?" Klaus smirked at her.

" You're such a boy. When will you start to act according to your age?"

" You mean start acting like I'm seventy five? The way you're acting? Life isn't so complicated Caroline. Stop complicating it. Give me your hand and let me take you for a walk, and clear your mind. No thoughts whatsoever. Just two people taking a walk …"

Caroline was about to say something clever but gave up at the last minute. Clearing her mind of thoughts was exactly what the doctor proscribed, even if it was in a shady company. So she actually took his hand and let him lead the way. For a few minutes they were just walking like that, in blissful silence. She was feeling the sand between her toes, the silent breeze in her hair and the smell of the ocean at night. And she wondered, why didn't she do this more often? Maybe Klaus wasn't all that wrong when he said life isn't so complicated, maybe she was complicating it for no good reason, no good reason at all.

" I see you thinking again."

" I am not."

" Yes you are. You just can't shut it off, can you?"

" You know Klaus, you don't know me as well as you think you do."

" Is that so? So tell me something about you no one knows."

" To you? So you can sell it to the tabloids when you ran out money to buy cocaine?"

"Oh come on chicken, even you know I don't do drugs anymore. Tell me, I dare you Caroline."

" Oh, what are we five, so you think I'm going to fall for that?"

" I dare you, I dare you, I dare you …" he almost started singing and she had to laugh at that. He was fun to be around, when he wasn't his usual jerky self.

" Ooook, I'll tell you. Just to shut you up."

" Yes, I win."

" You do not win …"

" Tell me something bad you've done. If there is such a thing. And ok, it doesn't have to be a sex story."

" And it won't be a sex story. Something bad?" Caroline was thinking.

" Ok, you now that episode of Glee I was in? You probably don't, but never mind. Afterwards I was doing an interview with Lea Michele and she was being such a bitch. She was yelling at everyone, her make up artist, the lighting guy. And when she was finally done and everything was perfect my assistant brought me a soda. And I was just so upset with her behaviour I couldn't help myself. I accidently spilled some on her."

"You're lying. I don't believe the goody good Caroline Forbes would ever do that."

" I couldn't believe either. My father was furious at me, although I tried to explain it was an accident, someone kicked my chair and the drink just spilled. He didn't buy it … I think it's safe to say I won't be in any Glee episodes any time soon, or becoming BFF's with Lea. She hates my guts. But it was worth it."

" I still think you made it up."

" Did not. Now quid pro quo. Tell me something about yourself. And no, please let it not involve any Hollywood threesomes or higher numbers in bed."

"You're so touchy when it comes to threesomes. We can try one if you like …"

" Only if it involves you being tied down and me and the other person torturing you with hot wax and those long needles."

"Whatever floats your boat sweetheart."

"Now stop changing the subject and tell me something personal about yourself."

" First time Rebekah called me and introduced herself as my sister I hung up on her."

" What?"

" I panicked. I heard in her voice she was serious, she wasn't another phony trying to get to me. It was real. And I didn't want to have anything to do with anything real at the time. It took me a month to call her back."

" I bet she was pissed."

" Pissed doesn't begin to describe it. She wanted to chop my balls off and feed it to the seagulls. Luckily they are still here, functioning … "

Caroline rolled her eyes. "So your expand of being serious lasts exactly five seconds before returning to sex talk. Sex addict."

She was waiting for him to say something clever as always to that when his head came up and he muttered: "Shit."

"What's going on?" Caroline asked confused. But she didn't get her answer. Instead he pulled her hard against him and gave her a fiery kiss. One hand slipped around her waist, while the other one was sliding close to her core.

" Cameras. I think they found us." he whispered in between kisses, like she hadn't figured it out on her own by now.

So she did the only thing she could do. Kept the scene going. She wrapped her hands around his neck and kissed him back. Their kisses grow hotter. Deeper. Her breasts pressed against his chest. She could feel him growing hard and it turned her on even more. He started running his hands down her spine, finding that delicate spot of hers. She heard herself moan, or at least she thought she did. It was hard to tell, everything was so hazy. He forced his thigh between her legs.

" I'm going to feel you up a bit. Ok?"

She said nothing. This didn't matter, right? It was all a show for the paparazzi. As long as it was insignificant and a show it was fine by her. Oh, more then fine, when he slid a hand down her dress and caressed her through her bra. Arousal swirled all over her body. It has been so long, and it was safe because it was phony. She couldn't get hurt from this.

His fingers were touching her nipples with great expertise.

Suddenly the other hand went under her dress and started massaging her behind. Again, with great expertise.

He leaned in closer and whispered while making circles on her ear with his hot breath: "When we stop playing these little games of ours Caroline, I'm going to take you so hard and deep you'll want it to last forever."

Although his little sentence almost made her go over the edge, it somehow also made her get back to reality.

" I'm bored." She said and pushed him away.

" I can tell." He was teasing her, so cocky and confident in himself.

"Let's just go back. I'm getting cold."

" Ok, fine. But for your information there weren't any cameras. I just wanted to have some fun."

She hadn't known this, but she had suspected it, so she had to find a comeback to this.

"For your information I knew there weren't any cameras. I wanted to have some fun as well." She lifted her head as high as she could, but then it hit her like a ton of bricks: " Klaaaus, don't be such a party pooper. Come on, don't leave me here. I want to have some fun as well." It was a Vegas flashback.

Thaaank you guys so much for your sweet reviews and kind wishes for my new job ;). The situation there got even more complicated, I'll work more hours than I thought, and I'm looking for an apartment which is turning out horrible, since most are dumps that I really don't want to live in, and of course I won't have internet for a while :( ... But despite all of that I decided to post a new chapter today, and it's one of my favorites so far, so I hope you'll do me a favour and REVIEW, I think it would totally made my day, and it was a really, really hard day ;)

P.S. Last night episode? I'm heartbroken because of Kol and Klaus :(((

P.S.S. Spoiler alert - a treat for you my lovely readers, the next chapter will be a Vegas flashback and it will mostly be in Klaus's POV ;). It should be intereeesting ...