Hey Guys! Hope you like this next chapter. I know there's a huge difference between lengths in chapters. I'm actually trying to experiment with different lengths. See how it goes. Thanks for reading! Please leave reviews! Constructive criticism is welcomed!
If you have another story arc, maybe another pairing you had in mind that you me want to add in to the fanfic let me know!
At this point I'm thinking Kelijah? Thoughts?
Caroline sat alone in her room, slowly flipping through an album of photos from her senior prom, 3 months ago. One page after another she saw photos of herself, Elena, Bonnie, Matt, Stefan and Damon and smiled remembering how long they had all known each other, except of course for Stefan and Damon. She smirks as she sees a photo of Elena, Bonnie and herself all laughing at a table and despite all the history and issues that had arisen between their friendships, she loved them all so much. Caroline slowly runs a finger over the edge of the photo, thinking about how things used to be with Elena and Bonnie, and how they weren't nearly as close as they used to be now, but then something in the corner of the book catches her eye… The book's page had been stuck to another page behind it. Caroline flips the page and sighs as she realizes that she had missed out on two whole pages of photos because some idiot had stuck the two together.
Dammit. She thinks to herself as she walks to the kitchen to get a pocketknife.
But as she searches her kitchen she hears a faint whistle of air and before she can even properly straighten up, Klaus is standing in front of her, with a smug smile on his lips.
"Seriously?!" Caroline breathes as she glares back at Klaus. "I know you've been around for a while, Klaus… but there's a certain thing called knocking in this century."
"Come now Caroline, we both know that if I knocked you wouldn't have let me in." Klaus smirks back at her, taking a few slow strides towards her.
"With good reason. You've ruined my best friends life, Klaus!" Caroline reacts by taking a few steps back but hitting herself against the kitchen bench, cornering herself in her own home.
Shit Caroline. Stop making yourself look weak in front of him. Caroline tells herself and takes a step towards Klaus and crosses her arms across her chest.
"What do you want?" Caroline says, perhaps with more irritation than she had planned.
"I just came to say goodbye, Caroline." Klaus subtly clenches his fists as he says the words. "I'll be gone for a while and I thought I should at least give you a goodbye."
"You don't need to say goodbye. I knew you were leaving…" Caroline says, dropping her eyes from his to stare at her hand because he was gazing at her so intensely. She wasn't scared, no, it was something different. She felt… nervous?
"I have enjoyed your company the last two years I have been in Mystic Falls, Caroline. You are quite an extraordinary vampire." Klaus honestly says. He watches Caroline as she squirms uncomfortably at his compliments.
Once Caroline's eyes find his once more she can't think straight, let alone think of a reply. They were only a step apart from one another and the closeness of Klaus to her own body made her feel strange. She didn't hate it… and she was so confused as to why not.
"Well." Klaus stifles a sigh. "Goodbye… Caroline."
Caroline gasps and quickly looks up to see Klaus staring back at her, a hint of sadness gleaming in his eyes. He slightly cocks his head to one side puzzled at her gasp, but before Caroline could explain herself, Klaus was gone.
The way he said my name. That was so familiar. I reacted like that before I even thought about it. It's like my body suddenly remembered something, something bad. The graveness, the coldness… Where is that from? The way he said my name was from a vivid memory… but… I can't remember it…
Caroline rests her hand on the kitchen bench and absentmindedly runs her other hand gently across her lips, down her neck and to the side of her neck. Gently rubbing her palm slowly against her skin and searching her memory for the answer she knew she couldn't find.
Klaus sped away in his black Audi, tapping his forefingers on the steering wheel and seething over his last encounter. She had reacted in the exact way he had thought she would, and even though he tried to prepare himself for her taciturnity, he still couldn't bear it. The way Caroline called him 'Klaus' set his teeth on edge. The name Klaus was the name that had always been infamous throughout his life. 'Klaus' was the man that killed thousands of people and had been simply a legend, a myth, even a fairytale throughout the world. But the man who he was with Caroline, was Nik; the man who would do anything to protect his own and the man who could love and be happy.
But despite all he thought about her coolness towards him, he couldn't help but be interested in the last few seconds of her company. She looked so shocked when he had said her name for the last time. Her eyes were glazed over, almost like madness in her eyes. But even more than that… she looked so worried. Like she had just heard somebody she loved was in danger.
Klaus remembered where he had seen her face like that before…
He was telling her that he was sorry, right before he compelled her to forget about him.
Shit.
Surely his compulsion had worked perfectly. He was the most powerful being in the world, so how is it even remotely possible that she remembered something?
Klaus slams on his car brakes and veers off to the dirt side of the road.
This was the first time Klaus was ever completely confused as to what to do. He was supposed to be meeting Elijah and Rebekah in an hour, and yet he didn't know if he had the willpower to leave Caroline.
"Where is he?!" Rebekah sighs, glaring at Elijah's turned back for answers.
"Calm Rebekah, I am sure Niklaus is on his way. It is harder for him to leave than the two of us…" Elijah replies, turning around to meet Rebekah's eyes.
"He's late. How long does he expect us to wait in this filthy place?" Rebekah demands, looking around Niklaus's meeting place, an abandoned dusty car park.
"Patience is a virtue." Elijah purrs while he walks across the large floor, his Italian leather shoes tapping gently on the ground, creating echo's throughout the building.
Only a frustrated sigh is Rebekah's reply and Elijah continues to walk further away from her, curious to look around the area.
But as he walks further away, he knows something isn't right…
Rebekah and himself were not the only ones in the building, and just as he thinks it, he hears something crash into the concrete floor back where Rebekah was standing.
Elijah speeds back to the scene to find Tyler Lockwood lying on his back on the ground, a shocked look on his face and Rebekah's leg resting on his chest, her high heel digging into his skin and her seething down at him.
"What the bloody hell are you doing here?!" Rebekah looms over him, pushing her heel further into his skin.
Tyler winces from her heel but only squirms under her incredible strength, refusing to reply to her question. Elijah simply watches idly by, staring at the scene before him with an amused trail of a smirk across his lips.
"You should know better than to sneak up on a vampire," Rebekah threatens, once again pushing harder. "Now, I asked a question."
Rebekah moves her heel from the middle of his chest to just above his heart.
"I couldn't care less about you Tyler, answer my question or never see the light of day again."
"I'm looking for Klaus." Tyler spits back at Rebekah, still trying to maneuver himself out of Rebekah's strong hold.
Rebekah pushes harder against Tyler's heart and it's obvious that the explanation he gave wasn't detailed enough.
"I'm not the only one who wants Klaus gone." Tyler tries to say, but finds it hard under the pain of the pressure on his heart. "I came to find out if you're leaving for good, and whether you three will leave our town in peace."
"Peace?!" Rebekah scoffs. "Good luck with that. As for my brother, you try to kill him and you will have hell to pay, and when I say hell, I mean hell."
Rebekah pushes her heel even harder and nearly pierces his skin before Elijah steps in.
"I think Tyler does not realize how deep he has gotten into the affairs of the originals, sister. If I were you, Tyler, I'd leave now, and never bother Klaus or us again. You don't seem to realize that my sister could have killed you the second you snuck up on her. My brother's actions or whereabouts don't concern you anymore, so leave." Elijah calmly states, sternly glaring at Tyler's pained, but stubborn face.
Rebekah loosens her hold on Tyler just enough for him to scramble up and stand a few meters away from the siblings.
"I swear to you, boy, meddle in our business again and you will receive a much harder punishment than a heel in your chest." Rebekah yells at Tyler, as he starts to slowly back away.
"I'm not done yet. When you see Klaus, tell him thanks for giving me what I've desired for so long. Tell him that I'll greatly enjoy it, or should I say her." Tyler smirks as he backs away, hands up in front of his body.
A few minutes after Tyler's departure, Klaus drives into the car park and steps out to see two very angry originals.
"Sorry I'm late. Something came up." Klaus lies as he walks up to them. Smirking at the same old Rebekah who always looks as if she's ready to strangle somebody.
"You missed the show, Niklaus." Elijah says as he put his hand up against his back. "Tyler Lockwood just tried to sneak up on us to kill you. He wanted me to tell you that he will greatly enjoy what you've left him. Any ideas on what that means?"
Klaus's face drops as he hears what Elijah has to say.
"Naturally we threatened him, but I am worried something is coming after you Nik, just be careful in your future dealings." Elijah warns Klaus, but as he's talking Klaus's mind is back with Caroline.
He hadn't gone back to her.
He didn't know what he was going to say.
He was only late because he had sat in his car for so long trying to decide what to do. He finally came to the decision that he was past the point of no return for leaving Mystic Falls and Elijah and Rebekah would simply not allow him to abandon all their plans now.
But now Klaus couldn't stop thinking about Tyler.
Tyler knew about Caroline and Klaus and their relationship, and now he knows that Klaus is leaving for a long time.
Klaus hadn't even thought about the aspect of Tyler now going for Caroline and now he hated himself for not thinking about it sooner.
Tyler always had a thing for Caroline, but Tyler didn't deserve her. Nobody deserved her.
Oh God. What am I going to do? Tyler could hurt her.
But I might hurt her more.
Caroline walks back to her room after calming herself down from Klaus's interaction. She picks up the scrapbook and starts to slowly cut away the joints of the pages that had been stuck together. A few minutes later she was standing beside her bed, prying open the two pages when they finally come apart.
"What!?" Caroline gasps and drops the book on her bed and she takes a few steps back with one hand on her mouth and another grasping her stomach.
Those two pages. The two pages she had missed out on. They were all pictures of Klaus and herself dancing and laughing together at the prom. There were at least 15 or so pictures. They weren't set out like the rest of the book; they just looked like somebody had stuffed all the pictures in there together.
What is going on? She thought to herself as she tried to search her mind for the night in which she found the ability to not completely despise Klaus.
She couldn't remember this at all, no matter how hard she tried.
After coming down from the first shock of seeing those pictures, she found the courage to look at the pictures hiding behind others in the book.
A few minutes later, after looking at more and more pictures of the two of them together and Caroline pondering over how drunk she must have been, she found a picture that made her feel sick to her stomach.
Klaus and her were dancing together outside in private, their bodies were so close… but… the two of them they were, they were kissing.
A tiny shriek escaped her mouth as she stared at the picture.
Oh my god. What have I done? Klaus?! Out of all people, Klaus!? HE had to be the guy that my drunk self was drawn to?
I remember every single moment of prom besides all the moments that I spent with Klaus.
Why cant I remember?