AN: I don't own this, please don't sue me :)
I loved the scene in 3x20. It conveyed Klaus is age, he is one of the oldest beings on earth. If he wants something he will wait for it. He has all the time in the world. I love feed back so please review.
I plan on making this a story of their relationship over the years. Any ideas are welcome
Mark My Words
We explore the United States. I prefer staying in places for a couple months at a time. Taking the time to go beyond the tourist attractions, to find the hidden jems and local dives. Small towns. Big cities. It didn't really matter to me.
This drives Tyler insane. He prefers going as fast as he can. Seeing without really appreciating anything. Sometimes I can't help what Klaus would say about Tyler's restlessness.
"He is like child that finds wrapping paper more amusing then the gift."
I push the traitorous thoughts from my head and focus on Tyler. We are celebrating my 23rd birthday at a bar near L.A.
He lifts his drink "Happy Birthday Caroline" I smile at him as the entire bar joins in on the toast. Tyler and I drink and dance the night away like any young couple in love. Somehow it feels like we are putting on a show for a crowd.
I am going to the Grand Canyon tomorrow, by myself. Tyler wants to go to a cage fight of some kind. I wasn't really listening when he told me about it.
We have learned that it is much easier to do what we want without dragging the other around.
Now that I think about it, it has been more than a year since I went somewhere simply because Tyler would enjoy going.
The Grand Canyon dose not disappoint. It is marvelous and intimidating. I take every tour and get strangers to take my photo.
As the day winds down I can't help thinking about the nature time now that I am a vampire. Will I be alive when the walls of this canyon finally crumble? Will there come a time when I am the only one that remembers this awe-inspiring sight.
In the back of my mind a voice reminds me; no matter how much time passes, there will always be someone else that remembers with me.
It is late when I get back to the hotel room. A executive suite that Tyler compelled the poor desk girl to give us. He isn't back yet. I can't fool myself in to caring where he is. Or who he is with.
I take a shower to get the dirt and grime off. As I come out the bathroom drying my hair, I see an envelope on the night stand. The hair on my neck raises and I tense, excepting an attack. I reach out with me senses but find nothing. Not a scent in the air or a thing out of place.
At first I thought it was some little gift form Tyler. He hasn't done something cute like that for quite some time. But as soon as a see the writing I know it is not from Tyler.
Caroline
My hands shake as I open the envelope.
Happy Birthday my dearest and sweetest. May the world lay down at your feet.
Klaus
Inside there are two folded pieces of paper. Two drawings. My stomach flutters with anticipation as I open them.
The first of the Grand Canyon at the turn of the century. Covered wagons, horses and taverns. Everything from an old western movie. Except it was real, as if seeing through the eyes of someone who was there.
The second drawing was a breathtaking portrayal of the Grand Canyon as I saw it today. I could see an image of a woman looking out at the Canyon without really seeing it. It was a drawing of me.
My breath caught. He was there. He had been watching me the whole time. The last time I saw Klaus was five years ago at the decade dance. Looking back I had acted horribly. I shouldn't have been so cold. Regardless of what he had done.
I should be freaked out, maybe even scared, but I wasn't. Without even talking to me he knew what I had been thinking when I looked at the Canyon. He understood.
I went over to the closet. I rummaged through my bags and pulled out my copy of Alice in Wonderland. Except it wasn't really a book. I had hollowed out the pages and glued them together to create a box. It's plain cover made it look boring and dull. Something I knew Tyler would never open
I open the lid and looked at the contents. My dirty little secrets. Inside was everything related to Klaus. The invitation to the ball, one of the gloves that came with the dress he gave me. The drawing and the bracelet. The bracelet that had mysteriously appeared in my room the day after Klaus left.
I stare at the items. I don't know why I keep them. I couldn't even begin to articulate what made me drag them around the country.
Maybe it was because I needed proof. Proof that someone had pursued me relentlessly; wanted me; had chosen me before anyone else. Seen something inside of me that I never could. I still can't.
"Your strong, your beautiful, full of light. I enjoy you."
I closed my eyes as his words made there way out of my memories. I hear Tyler in the hallway fumbling with the key and quickly add the drawings to my collection. I hide the box in the closet and sped over to the bed before Tyler can get in the door.
"Hey" I call casually.
"Hey" he answers as he makes his way into the bathroom.
He starts the shower and I turn on the television trying distract myself from scent of cheap perfume.