A/N - Glad all of you enjoyed the smut. I was totally inspired by heystrippah so if you ever want some good Klaroline sexy time read her stories because hello nurse! Yeah.

Thank you all for the reviews I appreciate them as well as the follows and favorites. Glad you also like the Kol and Damon interactions as well, they are fun to write. I know a ton of you love Kat and her relationship with Elijah. I have great hopes for those two depending how this story runs its course.

Anyway – enough blabbering - onward!

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Caroline was glowing, absolutely glowing. At least that is what the girls at the office said. And it was true, Caroline was radiating happiness. She was in love. And not only was she in love she was in love with a total hoty who was amazing in bed, which only made her grin. How did she get so lucky?

Thinking of her boyfriend she was disappointed she had yet to hear from him. Caroline bounced on her toes as she waited for the train, her eyes falling from the empty tracks to her phone, frowning once again failed text message. It had only been a few days, since she last saw or heard from Klaus and she was starting to get a little worried.

Her mind started listing scenarios as to why she had not yet heard from Klaus. Maybe he broke his phone and that was why she couldn't get any text or phone calls to actually go through without failing. No, that didn't make any sense. It wouldn't fail just because a phone was off. Maybe he lost his phone and had to get a new number which made a little more sense at explaining the failed messages.

If he did have a new number why hadn't he contacted her yet? Did he not know her number? If he did bust or lose his phone and didn't get the chance to transfer the contacts it would explain why he hasn't called or texted. After all she couldn't even begin to guess what Katherine's phone number was just off the top of her head.

Then again he could always ask Stefan for it. The wheels in her mind started turning but before she could start to work herself up into full blown neurosis she remembered her promise to Katherine to back off the crazy with him. She didn't want to mess this up by getting all Single White Female on him. It was only a few days since she had heard from him and it didn't mean anything. They had gone a few days without talking before and just because they slept together didn't mean she had to hear from him right away. She was not going to have crazy card stamped today and ruin her relationship with Klaus just because he didn't call her yet.

It made Caroline smile that she was able to stop that crazy train before it started to fall off the cliff. Perhaps maturity did come with age because if she had been in high school and this happened it would have been a whole other story.

A few days managed to turn into a full week since Caroline had heard from Klaus. Her calls and texts were all still failing and she had yet to get any messages or calls from an unknown number. She felt a little anxious about not hearing from him. What if he was hurt? For that matter she had not heard from Stephan in a while either. Given their professions it was a real possibility that they could actually be hurt, and she worried over the two men she loved.

Opening up her phone she fired off a quick text to Stefan.

Hey – are you and Nik ok? – C

Her phone dinged a few minutes later with a reply.

Yeah we're fine. Why? – S

I haven't heard from you or Nik in a while. Did Nik get a new phone number? – C

No. It's the same one. – S

And you don't have any issues calling or texting him? – C

No. Why do you ask? – S

Every time I try and call or text it comes back as failed. – C

Odd. – S

Odd indeed. Caroline chewed on her bottom lip as she read over the text messages from Stefan again. Klaus still had the same phone number and Stefan had no issue contacting him. So what the hell was going on with her phone? She knew it wasn't a technical issue because she had no problem calling Katherine and just now confirmed there was nothing wrong with her texting ability. So that left only one reason that she was unable to contact him and that reason was he was ignoring her by blocking her number, which was highly confusing to say the least.

Why the hell would he block her number? She tried to wrack her brain over what he could be upset about enough to ignore her like this. She knew it wasn't the sex, he had enjoyed that as much as she had given the evidence between her thighs once the night was over. Perhaps he was still upset at her about going out with Marcel and Kol? He had been so angry that night; she could almost feel the jealousy roll off of him in waves. However she thought his jealousy had been sated given they spend most of the night having sex. Not to mention he left little love bites all over her body as if marking his territory. She wanted to tease him for it by calling him a love sick teenager as she had not had this many love bites since high school.

But why block her number? It was one thing to ignore her calls and text's but quite another to actually block her number. Of course if he was childish enough to be mad at her for going out with his friend and brother she could believe that he was childish enough to block her number so he wouldn't have to deal with her until he got over his little jealous ego trip.

Yet something nagged at her. He was more likely to lash out rather than ignore. He should be yelling at her, not acting like a petulant child and ignoring her. Something was wrong and she wasn't just going to sit back and hope that he worked it out by himself or wait to realize that he was acting like a child. She was going to see him and straighten this out like an adult.

Looking down at her phone she noted the time. Now would be a good time to visit him as he should be at home, it was too early in the day for the bar to be open yet and she assumed most of his dealings with his work happened in the evening. Plus it was actually sunny out today and she knew he wouldn't miss an opportunity to take advantage of the light knowing him and his artistic little heart that she adored.

It brought a smile to her face when she thought of Klaus and his love of art. He was so passionate about it and his skill was amazing. She had been beyond thrilled when he had given her a few drawings which were currently holding a place of prominence on her tact board at home. He had drawn her pictures of herself, one that was the two of them together and a picture of a horse. The horse picture was a nice surprise because it meant he had actually been listening to her when she would ramble as she had confessed her love of horses over dinner on one of their dates. It was the sweetest gift anyone had ever given her. An instrumental gesture that had him creeping that much further into her heart.

It was these thoughts that kept her occupied as she made her way over to his place. It was probably a good thing she was distracted by her thoughts of how sweet he could be because his actions so far had her on the very edge of going all The Real Housewives of New Jersey on his ass for acting like a complete child and blocking her number just because he was jealous.

Once she made it to his place she paused just outside the lobby doors and took a deep breath before walking into the building, giving herself a silent reminder to keep her temper in check. Going housewife on him was going to Plan B if he didn't respond to talking things out like an adult which was Plan A.

Caroline made her way up to the front desk, which was really just a glorified guard desk and gave a bright smile to the man who sat behind the desk who was wearing a suit that was pressed to perfection which reminded her of the suits that Elijah wore. She knew he lived in the building as well, and she wouldn't put it past him to make sure that the employee's of his family business were dressed impeccably and appropriately.

"How can I help you?" He was a big man, bouncer type if you will with blonde hair, green eyes and a soft Scottish burr.

"Good Morning." She chirped. "I'm here to see Ni – Niklaus Mikaelson." She stuttered on his first name for a moment as she and Klaus's family were the only ones that he allowed to call him Nik. He preferred everyone else to call him Klaus which reminded her that she was going to have to tell Katherine to start calling him Klaus when she came to visit again.

"And your name lass?"

"Caroline Forbes." She replied with a smile, her hands folded together as she rocked back and forth nervously on her heels, wanting to get this confrontation done and over with.

The man down looked at his paperwork for a moment, shuffling through it before he looked back up at her; there was a fleeting look of emotion that was too quick for her to catch before his face returned to impassive.

"Mr. Mikaelson has sent specific instructions that he has no wish to see you."

Caroline stopped moving as she took a moment to process what he just said to her and asked him once more to repeat it.

"Mr. Mikaelson has no wish to see you."

Caroline was stunned for a moment and then her anger took over and unfortunately the man in front of her was going to bear the brunt of it until she could bestow it on its rightful recipient.

"I don't really care if he doesn't want to see me. Call him and tell him to get his ass down here right now and face me. There is no way I am going to put up with him acting like a freaking little child because he is upset with me. The fact that he even has the audacity to even pull something like this is ridiculous and I thought the blocked number was bad enough."

Caroline was fuming at that point and didn't care if she was rambling and making a scene at the same time. And here this whole time she was trying so hard to work this out like an adult and now she had to go straight housewife on his ass. God, she almost wished she was from New Jersey so she could make it that much worse for him.

The guard frowned and glanced around the lobby and noticed a few looks their way. He had watched her reaction with concern as some of the women got out of control when he gave them the same message but this one was taking it in a completely different way. It was only after she was done with her outburst that he realized that she didn't really understand the message as those who came before her had and it caused a knot in his stomach knowing that he was going to have to explain it to her.

"Ms. Forbes if you will please?" He said as he rounded the desk and led her to the edge of the lobby away from the prying ears of those people who were watching the two of them with curiosity. Once they were far enough away he turned to face her with a look of pity in his green eyes that she did not understand.

"Look lass, I hate to be the one to tell you this but Mr. Mikaelson doesn't want to see you at all because he deems your relationship to be over. I usually don't have to be so blunt but apparently whatever relationship you two had was more than his usual one night stand. I apologize that you took it the wrong way, but he no longer wants to see you."

Caroline felt the anger drain out of her body as the blood quickly drained from her face at his words. Just like that Klaus was saying it was over and this was how he was doing it. A building lobby guard was the one telling her that the man that she loved wanted nothing to do with her any longer. The news caused her chest to tighten; it was as if her heart had been replaced by a lead weight.

A shaking hand came up to press against her mouth as her other hand went across her stomach, turning blindly away from the guard. No. No. This was not happening. This was a joke, some cruel joke that was being played on her and yet she looked at the guard standing next to her once more and all she saw was pity. And it was the guard's look of pity that the truth of his words sank home.

Through her shock and sadness of his words she felt angry that Klaus would humiliate her like this. She wanted to ask the guard to call him down here and dare him to say it was over to her face so at least she could have the satisfaction of slapping him. But she knew he would not do that, the whole point of having a stranger telling her it was over so he wouldn't have to face her.

She could feel the pin prick of tears of humiliation and shock and sadness and a plethora of emotions start to bubble up to the surface, her hand pressing harder against her mouth to stifle a sob that threatened to escape her lips. Unwilling to humiliate herself in front of the guard by turning into a crying mess in front of him she turned and fled. By the time she hit the door she was running, tears blurring her vision as she moved through the crowded sidewalks. She wasn't sure how she got there but she somehow made it to Stefan's front door.

She was sobbing at that point, as her fist pounded against the door, praying he would be home. When the door never opened she just turned to rest her back against the door and slid down to the floor, pulling up her knees and hugging them to her chest.

How could he do this to her? She could have sworn that he cared about her. That he truly cared. He was always so protective of her and she always felt that she was seeing a side of him that he didn't show to anyone else. As if he took off the mask that was crime lord Klaus and was just Nik with her. Was none of that real? Why would he end it like that? It made no sense. Was he unhappy? Did he not feel they were working out as a couple? Did…..and then it hit her. The last part of what the guard had said finally clicking in her head 'not his usual one night stand.'

He left her right after he slept with her. Technically what they had was a one night stand. They had only slept together once. Klaus left her after he slept with her. Was that all he wanted from her? Was just to sleep with her? Was their whole relationship one giant game just so he could sleep with her? It was what he wanted when she had first met him. But…. he had accepted her terms that they were in a relationship. They were in an honest to goodness relationship. Would Klaus have faked the whole thing just to sleep with her?

Yes.

The answer was staring her in the face and all Caroline could feel was sick. He played her and left her and her heart in pieces. She loved him and it was all a lie. Humiliation, anger, sadness, betrayal and heartbreak were all pushing down on her chest making it hard to breath between her sobs.

It was in the midst of all that emotion she suddenly she felt a pair of arms around her, lifting her from the ground and into a tight hug. Caroline looked up for a moment and only started to cry harder seeing that it was her best friend who holding her.

"Caroline, what happened? What's wrong?" Stefan asked worriedly as he held her against his chest, his hands moving up and down her back to ease her sobs and provide what comfort he could. Caroline made no answer, her face buried against his chest as she could do nothing by cry at the moment unable to pull herself together.

She wasn't sure how long they stood there, but eventually she was able to stop the sobbing but not stop the tears. It was all too fresh for her but she was able to be somewhat coherent again. Stefan pulled back to look at her, his jaw ticking with worry but he looked somewhat relieved that she had calmed down. Keeping her tucked safely at his side he opened his door and led her inside. Closing the door quickly he guided her to the couch where he sat her down and then moved to fill two glasses with healthy dosage of scotch.

He set both glasses on the table in front of Caroline and went to grab a box of tissues. When he came back, both glasses were empty. Handing her the tissue box he turned and brought the bottle over from the sideboard to the coffee table, filling both glasses once more.

Caroline slammed down the third glass of scotch in one gulp before using the tissues to blow her nose and wipe away her fresh tears as best as she could as they still flowed freely down her face. Stefan took a large swallow of his drink as he sat down next to her, his brows pulled together in concern he watched her carefully.

Taking a big breath Caroline told him everything that had happened. From her night out with Kol, to sleeping with Klaus to her conversation with the guard and her conclusions about her relationship with Klaus and that it was all just a sham. Caroline only broke down a few times as she told him everything, allowing herself to sob before pulling herself back together and continuing the tale. Stefan's face remained stoic throughout the telling, his arm resting supportively around her shoulders as he listened to each and every word. It was only his eyes that truly told of his feelings. He was beyond angry, he was almost seething at what she was telling him.

Seeing his friend so heartbroken and betrayed because Klaus had no intention of committing to a real relationship because all he wanted to do was sleep with her had brought every emotion he had experienced with Katherine and Damon to the forefront. Everything she was feeling now was what he had felt then. The parallels of finding out that his girlfriend had never loved him and left him to be with his brother and what Caroline was going through was almost laughable if it wasn't so gut wrenching.

The heartbreak he had experienced had eaten at him until he could do nothing but engage in violence, debauchery and drink until he couldn't feel anything at all. To see his best friend now going through the same heartache, the same friend who had helped pull him from the abyss not only broke his heart but set his anger on fire.

His thoughts were pulled back to the present as Caroline took another shot of scotch, her tears seeming to have ceased as she allowed the numbness of the liquor to take over. Stefan let out a big sigh and gathered her into his arms, pressing a kiss against the top of her head.

"You are going to get through this Caroline. Klaus is a bastard for doing this to you, but you cannot allow it to break you. Do you understand?"

"How?" Her voice was barely above a whisper and it was filled with such a sadness it made his heart ache.

"Because you are a strong and if I was able to make it through Kat and Damon you will be able to make it through Klaus. And I know that doesn't sound encouraging given what I did to cope with those feelings, but you are so different from me Caroline. There is such a goodness in you that you could never fall like I did."

He felt her nod and Stefan gave her a tight squeeze with his arms in response before he kissed the top of her head once more. Pulling back from the hug he lifted her chin so he could meet her eyes which were bloodshot and puffy, the look in them holding such sadness and anger it caused his heart to clench once more for her pain.

"Caroline, none of this is your fault. If you are right, he planned from the start to leave you once he slept with you. There is nothing you could have done differently that would have made him stay." Caroline looked as if she wanted to argue and for a moment he thought she would take his words to heart but then she spoke.

"Except maybe to have never had gone out with him in the first place. I should have listened to you." She murmured softy, as she felt maybe her pride was at fault here. "I knew he was a womanizer and I thought maybe I would be worth for him to change his ways. I thought he did, I thought he cared for me. That is the worse part I think, that he had me completely fooled in thinking he cared for me."

"If it means anything to you, I thought he cared for you as well. I have never seen him like that with anyone else as he was with you." Stefan said quietly as he pulled her back into another hug.

"You are going to get through this Care. I promise you."

Caroline just gave a slight nod, not sure if she believed him or not.

"That jack ass! I will fucking kill him Caroline. He is dead. I cannot believe he did that to you. That mother fucking ass hole." Katherine raged "If you want I think my mom knows a guy who knows a guy in Bulgaria who can take care of Nik for you if you want it done sooner. I probably won't be able to catch a flight until next week so I can ring that douche bag's neck."

Caroline smiled wearily at her friends offer, she would never let Katherine to do anything like that but it warmed her heart that she cared enough that she would actually do it. It had been a week now since Klaus had "broken up" with her. She had been staying at Stefan's who was doing everything he could to comfort her. He even went so far as to watch cheesy romantic comedies with her and eat gallons of ice cream all the while complaining that it was not only going to ruin his girlish figure but ruin his real life expectations for romantic relationships which only made Caroline laugh.

She was now finally back in her own place again, as she had been unwilling to face it with the memories of Klaus that were still so fresh. First on the list of cleansing her apartment of that jerk face was to sanitize her sheets in bleach and hot water and then possibly burn the couch.

She had held off telling Katherine about what had happened because she knew Katherine would respond with violence and she wasn't sure she would be able to say no to her . Now that Caroline had calmed down some with the help of Stefan she was ready to talk Katherine, well at least talk her down from whatever she was planning on doing to Klaus in retaliation for hurting Caroline, which was funny in itself as Katherine was supposed to be talking Caroline down not the other way around.

"It's fine Kat. I don't want to give him any more thought then he deserves. I just want to move on."

"And we move on by kicking his ass. I have seen Hostel. Lots of torture techniques we could find very useful against that former cum guzzling monkey whore of an ex- boyfriend."

"Do sailors visit your bar Kat?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Just wondering where this colorful vocabulary is coming from. Cum guzzling monkey whore?"

Caroline said with a faint smile, as she could almost hear Katherine shrugging.

"Lot's more where that came from. And all perfect for describing that cunt bubble of an ex-boyfriend of yours."

Caroline chuckled softy as she shook her head.

"I love you Kat. But honestly, I just want to forget about him. Hopefully karma is going to come around and bite him in the ass."

"I think us biting him in the ass with some hedge clippers would be more satisfying. First thing to clip off would be his needle dick. Do you still have his number? I bet he hasn't blocked my number. I'd like to call that low life piece of shit and give him a piece of my mind if you are not going to let me at least maim him."

"No Kat. Like I said, I just want to move on. But thank you for the offer."

"Well just know I am here for you. Anytime you need to talk, even in the middle of the night. You know I love you bitch."

"I love you too Kat. You and Stefan are the two best friends a girl could ever have."

"And don't you forget it."

After a moment of silence.

"And I totally mean it about my mom knowing a guy who knows a guy. It is Eastern Europe after all."

Caroline just laughed, feeling the tiniest bit better. Stefan was right, she was going to get through this after all, one way or another.

"Stefan mate. How are ya?" Klaus asked as he got up from his table, standing to offer Stefan a friendly slap on the shoulder.

"You son of a bitch." Stefan growled as he landed a right hook into Klaus's face sending him reeling back onto the floor.

Stefan had done nothing but seethe the week he had spent with Caroline. Seeing her so hurt and broken had done nothing but fuel his anger. He wanted to go after Klaus the moment she was finished telling him everything but he knew she needed him with her more than he needed to beat the ever living hell out of Klaus. So he stayed and gave comfort as much as he could.

It was only a week later when she felt like she could go home and stay at her flat by herself. He felt that she was in a good enough place that he could leave her alone and know that she wouldn't spiral like he had. She was strong enough to hold onto her goodness and that was all that mattered.

Once he was sure she would be ok he went after Klaus. He wanted to make him pay for hurting his friend. He would not let him get away with the pain he had caused her.

Once the punch was delivered Stefan didn't give him a chance to get up off the floor. He was on top of him within moments, his fists flying as he landed a few more punches before Klaus finally started to fight back.

Pushing his hands against his chest, Klaus threw Stefan off of him sending him flying back before rolling to his feet, ready to face his enforcer.

"What the bloody hell do you think you're doing Stefan?" Klaus growled as he stood up, his thumb coming up to catch a drop of blood from his split lip and wiping it away.

"What the fuck do you think I am doing Klaus? Did you really think you could hurt Caroline like that without there being any consequences? I warned you to be careful with her and you hurt her anyway." Stefan hissed as he moved forward, both men landing punches with ease. They were sparring partners they knew each other's weak spots and took the advantage where they could.

"How could you do that to her you bastard?"Stefan asked between blows.

"Maybe I'm just pure evil. Maybe I was just bored." Klaus answered with a sneer, before doubling over in pain as Stefan landed a vicious punch into his stomach.

Before either of them could attack again they were pulled apart, Elijah holding Klaus back while Kol barely held onto Stefan, both men struggling to get free to finish what Stefan had started.

"You're done Salvatore. You are fucking done. Do you think you could really attack me and get away with it?" Klaus growled as he fought against Elijah's grip. "You have an hour to get out of town before I come after you. I will hunt you down and then make sure to tear out your organs one by one." Klaus promised quietly.

"I think you should be more afraid of what I'm going to do to you Klaus. I'm The Ripper for a reason. You catch up with me and I think you are the one that is going to be in pain." Stefan pulled out of Kol's arms and stalked to the front door, leaving the three brothers alone.

Elijah released Klaus stepping back from him looking from his brother to the front door watching Stefan's retreating back for a moment. "What was that Niklaus?"

"None of your concern brother." Klaus growled at Elijah.

"I think this has something to do with sweet Caroline." Kol smirked as he looked between Klaus and Elijah.

"Shut it Kol or the next thing to come out of your mouth will be your teeth." Klaus threatened before stalking off towards the back rooms of the bar ready to start in motion the man hunt for Stefan Salvatore.

He slammed into the back office and shut the door hard enough to rattle the glass. It was the same office that he had dragged Caroline into the night he had told her he would accept her terms and would 'date' her. He closed his eyes for a moment as he remembered how beautiful she looked that night. She was a siren and he would have willingly gone to his death just to have one taste of her cupids bow lips.

She was haunting him, even here and all he wanted to do was move on from her, but he couldn't stop thinking about her, her laughter, her smile and the brightness of eyes. Her light was what drew him in and he could not escape it, his darkness wanted her light so badly and he couldn't move on. It had only been two weeks since he shared her bed and his need had increased rather than decreased as he had hoped it would have once he had slept with her.

He fell into the chair at the desk, looking at the phone he knew he should call in his order to hunt Salvatore down, yet he hesitated. He had promised Stefan a head start without any intention of keeping it yet he couldn't bring himself to actually pick up the phone. Deep inside he felt he deserved the beating he had taken at his enforcer's hand. His guard at the front desk had described the devastation Caroline had suffered at his words and it killed him.

He hated that he was the cause of her suffering but he couldn't bring himself to make amends. Mikael's voice was so strong in his head about how weak it was to love, he couldn't go back to her. It wasn't like she loved him anyway; no one would ever love him. He was worthless. Nothing. And no one would willingly stay by his side, Stefan had proved as much today. It was better not to care to not form attachments.

Yet, he made good on his hour before he called in reinforcements to hunt Salvatore, a mercy for Caroline even though he would never admit it.

"Caroline?"

"Stef? What's wrong?" She frowned as she could hear the urgency in his voice.

"I can't talk long, but I have to go away for a while."

"WHAT? Why?" Shock and pain evident in her voice, it had barely been a week since everything that had happened with Klaus and she couldn't imagine her best friend leaving her at a time like this.

"I went after Klaus and now he is after me."

"Oh my God Stefan! Why did you do that?"

"I couldn't let get him away with what he did to you Care."

Caroline just groaned and covered her eyes. No, this was not happening. How was everything going from bad to not so bad to worse?

"Stef I can't do this without you."

"Yes you can. You are strong and you know you can do this on your own. Plus you have Kat to rely on. She will be there for you."

"Are you going to be ok? Can you make it on your own?"

"I'll be fine Care. I will contact you when I can."

"Be safe."

"I promise."

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Ok so that was totally intense chapter. I hope that Stefan wasn't too OOC. Since it was his heartbreak that had originally sent him over the edge I didn't think it was too hard buy the fact that Caroline getting hurt as she did would push him to violence once more. I also decided to throw in the Tyler story line of being run out of town, but have it with Stefan instead. It shouldn't be a surprise that Klaus would threaten him like that and make him run. He is hurt and confused and lashing out as per his usual m.o.

I also want to reiterate that the chapter that started this whole story will be completely torn apart. I promise you Caroline will not go back to him that easily – he is going to work to get her back and work hard. Plus he has a lot of growing to do emotionally.

So tell me what your thoughts are on this chapter. I am curious to know how you felt about it. Especially Caroline's reactions.