Chapter 7

Mystic Falls, VA

-2012-

After her run-in with Kol, Bonnie went back to her house. She had originally planned to relax and take a break from the whole time-travel thing, but when she sat down to read a book, all she could think about was Caroline. Just last night Caroline had been safe in her bed, but now she was 1000 years in the past. Realizing now that she wouldn't be relaxing, she pulled a few grimoires from the shelf, and began searching for anything about time-travel.

'Knock, knock, knock' Bonnie put down the third grimoire and went to answer the door. She opened the door and came face-to-face with Kol. Again.

"What do I have to do to get you to leave me alone?! Nothing has changed since earlier Kol, I'm still not in the mood," she said moving to close the door in his face, but his hand stopped her.

"That's not true, something has changed. I now know about the Caroline situation. I'm getting the new memories, same as Nik. Now, may I come in?" He said expectantly.

She knew that inviting one of the most dangerous vampires in town into her house was not the best idea, but having someone to help her look through the grimoires who didn't secretly blame everything on her would be nice.

"Fine. You can come in." She moved aside to let him pass, hoping that she hadn't just made a terrible decision.

"So, what are we doing?" asked Kol as he made his way to the living room and saw the open books on the floor.

"I was just looking through some old grimoires trying to find out anything I can about time-travel. I just want to have a better understanding of what's going on," she said, returning to her place on the floor. "Are you coming?" He smirked at her annoyed expression and sat down across from her.

"Here, I found something. It says that time-travel can be dangerous," he said, looking for more interesting information.

"No duh, Kol. Anything helpful?" asked Bonnie, nearly regretting asking for his help. They had already been at this for two hours and had nothing to show for it.

"Wait! Here's something. "When dealing in time-travel, time can pass at different speeds. For example, a week in the present may be a year in the past. One can never know the exact correlation, but time almost always passes more slowly in the past." That's interesting…" He said, looking up at her.

"Interesting? That's awful! She's only been gone a day here, but she could've already been with your family for months!" She said, standing up and starting to pace.

"Come on, darling, my family and I, we're really not all that bad. Especially not as humans. I'm sure Caroline is having a lovely time," he said, the amused smile on his face falling away as he looked into Bonnie's worried eyes.

-992-

"Rebekah, I'm going for a walk," said Caroline, waiting for the other blonde to respond.

"Again? You must really love walking. You've gone nearly every day for three months!" said Rebekah, pulling a brush through her long hair.

"Yeah, yeah. I will be back soon," she said, leaving the house and heading for the pond.

As she was walking, her mind wandered to Klaus. She couldn't believe that she had already been with the Mikaelson's for three months. In the beginning she would spend hours a day thinking about her friends and family in the future, but she had found something else to occupy her time.

She gasped as a pair of strong arms wrapped around her from behind.

"Nik!" She whirled around, her hands clasping behind his neck as he leaned in to kiss her on the cheek. At first, taking it slow with Nik had been difficult. She was so used to fast-paced, very physical relationships that she had to remind herself where, and when, she was. He hadn't even really kissed her yet, although she was pleasantly surprised the first time that he kissed her cheek.

"What are you doing here, Nik? I thought you were meant to be out hunting all day?" She asked, still smiling from his surprising arrival.

"I went for a while, but told them to finish without me. I had a pressing matter to attend to," he said, fighting a smile as her head tilted to the side, her face full of confusion.

"Pressing matter?" She asked, obviously oblivious.

"Yes. You see, I have been courting a beautiful young lady for exactly three months today, and I wanted to take her on a walk," he said, letting her see his dimpled grin before taking her hand and pulling her farther away from the house.

"I didn't think you would remember. Where are we going?" She said, and he could hear the smile in her voice as she followed him to his mystery location.

"Almost there, love," he said, and just as she was about to question him further, he pulled her around a bank of trees to reveal a small clearing full of wildflowers.

She gasped, her eyes widening as she took in her surroundings.

"This is beautiful! Why haven't you taken me here before?!" She asked, letting go of his hand to explore further.

"Because I was waiting for a special occasion. Now come and sit with me," he said, and as she turned around to respond, she couldn't. On the ground behind Nik was a blanket and a full spread of food, complete with a bouquet of flowers in the middle.

"Nik! This is gorgeous, and so romantic!" She said, nearly jumping up and down. She had never had a really romantic boyfriend, and let's just say that she never expected Klaus to be the first. She ran to him, throwing her arms around him as he braced himself for the impact.

He was grinning, glad that he had pleased her. He had never imagined doing anything like this for a girl, but as soon as he had gotten to know Caroline, he realized that she deserved nothing less.

"Happy three month anniversary, Caroline," he said as his eyes met hers. He brushed a strand of hair out of her face and she could feel her heart stop as he began to lean in, his eyes coming to rest on her glistening lips. She closed her eyes, almost smiling as his lips met hers. She had imagined her first kiss with Klaus many times in these three months, but nothing could have prepared her for the real thing. The electricity that she felt was incomparable. He moved his hand from her face and used it to pull her closer as her arms wound around his neck, her hands combing through his blond curls.

After what felt like centuries, his lips pulled away from hers, leaving her with a longing that she had never experienced. His forehead leaned against hers; both pairs of eyes closed as their breathing slowed. When she finally opened her eyes, she saw Niklaus's mouth form a crooked smile, that she was sure mirrored her own as she brought her hands to cup his face. He brought a hand up to meet hers and pulled it down so that their hands were clasped as he pulled her to sit next to him on the blanket.

"I have something for you," he said, pulling a small box from underneath the blanket.

"You got me a present? I thought that kiss…" She trailed off as he grinned at her excited face.

"Yes, well I would gladly accept that present any day, I still needed to do this. I saw it and thought of you," he said, turning his head as a reflex for fear of that she would not like it.

She opened the box and froze. Inside the box was a ring with a blue jewel. It was her daylight ring! She didn't know exactly what this meant, or where he had gotten it, but she was elated nonetheless. A ring that had previously held no sentimental value would now remind her of Nik. Her eyes filled up with tears. She looked up at him, noticing that he looked worried. She put the ring on its usual finger, and reached for his hand.

"Nik, I love it. It is the most beautiful piece of jewelry that I have ever been given. Thank you." She smiled at him as a satisfied smile spread across his face. She leaned into him, pressing her lips to his, meaning just to reassure him, but he had other plans. He pulled her onto his lap so that she was straddling him, her hands making their way back into his hair as his arms wrapped around her. As a moan escaped her lips, he slid his tongue into her mouth. As she locked her feet behind his back, he leaned forward so that she was lying on the blanket with her hair spread out behind her head.

Just when Caroline thought that they might go farther, he broke away from her, helping her sit back up.

"I think that we had better eat this food before it goes to waste," he said, his cheeks unusually flushed as she grinned at him, smoothing out her dress and running a hand through her rumpled curls.

"Good idea," she said, pushing a grape into his mouth and nearly bursting out laughing at his expression.

"So that's how you want to play it," he said, a mischievous smile playing at the corners of his mouth. He stared at her for a few seconds and then lunged, tickling her sides, and ignoring her pleas to stop as he smiled. Finally, he stopped, placing a sweet kiss on her lips as he helped her up once again, wondering how in the world he had gotten so lucky.

This was my favorite chapter to write so far. I love the advancing of Konnie/Kennett (Which one is real?) and the cute scenes with Klaroline. Just a friendly reminder that I have four recent Klaroline videos on my YouTube page, Malfoyslover, that would love to be seen by all of you :) Thank you so much for reading and reviewing and favoriting and follwing this story! I am so happy to be getting such great feedback! Until next time ~