Hello again! I'm so glad that there are people that want to see where this story is headed and I want to thank you all for reading and following this story and especially for reviewing.

Thing is…I wanted to take the time and write a long chapter, but I think I'm gonna do shorter chapters and update faster so that I don't get too discouraged if I get stuck on writing something…

Also…have you guys seen 4x17? I have to say that it left me heartbroken a bit and I wanted Caroline to stay there with him in the woods…right? I can't wait for next episode!

I hope you'll keep R&R-ing! Enjoy!

There was light smoke and the scent of sex surrounding us and Klaus still had that smug grin on his face as we lay there on the sofa, basking in the glorious feeling of post orgasmic haze. It felt so damn good to have his strong arms wrapped around me, to feel the smooth, yet hard surface of his chest under my fingertips.

I liked running my hands all over his gorgeous body, tracing random patterns on his skin, sometimes admiring his tattoos. I loved how his muscles tightened deliciously under my soft touch and I smiled at the thought of how perfectly our bodies fit together, how good we were when we were like this…

"Nik?" I whispered, not knowing if he was asleep or not, but not wanting to compromise the nice feeling of quietness and warmth that had enveloped both of us.

"Hmm?" I heard the low rumble under my skin as he gently ran his fingers down the side of my waist. I loved the way that his touch always had that softness that made me want to curl up against him forever.

"I love you…" I looked up at him, smiling as his whole face lit up and he grinned at me, knowing that he had managed not only to fuck me into oblivion, but to make me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside. His fingers caressed my jaw line gently, stopping at my chin and bringing my face closer to his as he placed a soft kiss on my lips.

"I love you, too, sweetheart." Nik whispered against my lips, his irresistible lips brushing against mine as he spoke, making my blood rush faster. I loved that even though Klaus was known as the big bad wolf, he still had this soft side that made my heart melt with unadulterated love.

I was exquisitely worn out and my eyelids were fluttering as I cuddled closer into Nik's side, burying my head in the crook of his neck and breathing in his masculine scent. The tips of his fingers had gone back to drawing lazy circles over my hip and I felt myself drift to sleep, but suddenly we both heard the annoying sound of a message arriving on Nik's laptop and we both groaned at the unpleasant interruption.

"Leave it, Nik…" I whispered as I wrapped my arms around his neck, wishing that we'd only stay there for the rest of the day, savouring each other's touch.

Unfortunately, it was the middle of the day still and Nik knew that it might be news from Stefan so he chuckled a bit and kissed my forehead before sliding off of the couch and putting on his shorts.

Nik looked back at me and I pouted, sticking my tongue out at him like a small child, making him chuckle some more as he headed up the stairs to check his laptop. The room upstairs had an open layout so that I could see him and he could see me, but as soon as he sat down on the chair I noticed that his whole composure had changed and that he was frowning at what was on the screen.

Curiosity got the best of me so I slid off the couch too, grabbing Nik's shirt and putting it on before climbing the stairs and stopping right behind him. I slid my hands onto his shoulders, placing a gentle kiss on the side of his neck as his own hands covered mine.

"What could possibly be so important that you left me all alone and naked, Nik?" I asked, sensing the way that his muscles were tense, and I finally looked up at the screen, instantly horrified at the gory scenes.

"What is that? Is that Iraq?" I asked him, my voice already wavering as I watched the dark scene that was unravelling before our eyes, which involved so much blood and decapitated people and there was a man with some kind of a mask on... it was terrible. Fear, pure horror and disgust took over my body at the sick scene.

"No...Mexico." Nik answered, his eyes glued to the screen and I knew that he was more intrigued by that than horrified, but still I had to focus on not giving in to the sudden need to gag.

As the video ended, we got a closer look at the sick man with a mask, the sight of the weird mask that covered only the lower half of his face made me gasp as another message appeared on the screen. It was clearly meant to be a threat...

"THESE GUYS WERE STUPID. BE SMARTER. DON'T MAKE US GO LIVE . WE NEED TO TALK. TIME AND PLACE COMING...!"

My heart was racing with the fear that the message had sent through me, but I wanted to at least seen like I have it all under control. I didn't want to freak out, but I didn't want Nik to go out and meet people that did those horrible things. Also...I remembered that Stefan was out of town so I wouldn't let Nik go alone...

"Where's Stefan? Isn't he still in Burma?" I knew that I shouldn't worry so much, but the text had unsettled me and made me more skittish.

"No, Africa...someplace saving...Africans..." Nik replied, still looking at the message and I couldn't shake the feeling that something was horribly wrong with those people.

"He said he was gonna be gone three weeks..." Stefan had been gone for 2 weeks now, helping people through his foundation and I had to admit that he was always the nice one, using the money for good.

"That's changing now." Nik told me, drawing my attention back to him and the problem at hand. I didn't want to think that Stefan would have to be back so that they could meet with these too freaking dangerous men.

As if realizing my fear he looked up at me and, knowing the fact that I have never been a part of their business even though I knew about things, Nik suddenly snapped his head back at me, closing the laptop as he stood up and gently took my hand.

"Let's get some air...come on." His voice was soft and his touch was comforting, the protective hold of his hand around my waist had a calming effect on my nerves and I sighed, knowing that some fresh air would do us both good.

Nik lead me outside on the terrace and I was actually surprised to feel the warmth of the sun and see that it was still early. With all that had been going on today I had lost the notion of time apparently. Nik's arms wrapped around me as he stood behind me and we both stared out at the ocean, revelling in the soothing rays of sun and the soft breeze.

"I'm sorry you had to see that, love..." Nik whispered in my ear, the sound of his low voice making me shiver in pleasure. His English accent had always had something that made me lose all sense and fall that much more for him. The fact that he was apologizing for this actually made me smile because it wasn't actually his fault that I had seen that, too, but he wanted to make me feel better and he was actually succeeding.

His lips were lightly caressing the sensitive skin of my neck, placing hot kisses down to my shoulder and back up again till he reached that spot behind my ear that made me moan. I loved that he always knew what to do and when to do it to make me forget all about the problems in the world.

"Nik..." I whispered his name as one of his hands slid lower over my stomach and slowly slid under the shirt I was wearing - his shirt. I bit my lip, sensing the level of my arousal rise to the point that I was about to beg him to just take me already - right then, right there!

"Please..." Nik's fingers brushed over the hot flesh of my throbbing core and I gasped at the touch, my hips desperately bucking forward in search of that delicious friction. His finger circled my clit expertly, avoiding direct contact and I turned my head so that I could capture his lips in a scorching kiss, but before I had the chance to, we both heard a car pull up and honk and we knew that Stefan was home.

"Talk about bad timing..." Nik murmured in my ear, smirking as he probably sensed my agreement to his words. I didn't really want to give him the satisfaction of actually saying that I was thinking the exact same thing as him so I simply turned around and placed a soft kiss on the corner of his mouth, teasingly.

"Come on...you know you missed him, too!" I grinned up at him as he pulled me back against his chest and crashed his lips against mine, clearly not happy about my teasing behaviour. There was no denying the fact that I wanted to kiss him and to stay here and let Nik have his way with me, but that was no way to welcome Stefan home.

I pulled back from his tempting lips and grabbed his hand, dragging him out to greet Stefan.

As soon as we got out of the front door, we saw Stefan walking towards us, carrying a small bag. I didn't even give him time to react as I ran at him and jumped into his open arms.

"Stefan! You're home!" I yelled, smiling as he held onto me and caressed the bare skin of my thighs.

"Oh, my sweet lotus!" He hugged me even closer and the comforting embrace was very welcomed. I had missed Stefan...

"My sweet Stefan" I grinned at him as I pulled back a little and brought both my hands to cup his face, pressing my lips to his in a sweet kiss.

"How was Africa?" I asked him, looking back to see that Nik wasn't at the door anymore.

"Well...I started in Burma and then I took a left and ended up in Congo..." Stefan trailed off and I couldn't help but giggle a bit at his explanation.

Meanwhile...

Klaus saw Caroline run out to jump into Stefan's arms just as he heard the incessant ring of the ringtone, alerting him that he had a new message. He walked up the stairs and opened the laptop, seeing that there was another one of those texts.

"WELCOME BACK, STEFAN. ROOM 512. BELLE VUE HOTEL. TOMORROW - 2.00."

He stared at the screen for a few seconds, his mind already working on finding out who the hell was sending them these messages and how did they know exactly what was going on.

Klaus knew that he couldn't stay there for long so he decided to head back out to greet Stefan, too and leave this matter for later. So he went out and smirked as he saw that Caroline and Stefan were heading inside.

I saw Nik appear at the front door and I couldn't contain the stupid grin that was plastered on my face as he smiled genuinely and hugged Stefan, welcoming him properly.

"Nik, brother! Good to see you!" Stefan told him and I made an 'aww' sound, seeing that the reunion was going as well as I had wanted it to be. Nik and Stefan had been friends way before they met me and I always liked to see how well they got along.

"Good to see you, too..." Nik answered, smirking as they entered the house and I followed behind, overhearing their conversation.

"Hey, look...you got any..." Stefan asked in a low voice and I had to hold in a chuckle at his antics, knowing that we were all more than aware of the drug use going on in the house.

"Yeah...I already put some in your bedroom. You look like shit, mate..." Nik rolled his eyes and I smirked at that. I have to give it to Nik...he always knew how to handle things.

"The place looks good, though...Thank you, Caroline." Stefan said, his eyes scanning the living room and I felt a sense of pride at the compliment, knowing that I was the one that had taken care of the place.

"Thank you..." I grinned at him, seeing that he was still looking around.

"You're welcome" Nik said and I smacked him over the head for taking credit for my work.

"Shut up! You're a jerk...he didn't do anything!" I declared loud and proud, giggling as Stefan simply relied 'I know...I know'. I liked that we all knew each other so well that I could talk to them freely and they'd get me...

"Hey...you've been taking care of my babies?" Stefan asked as he eyes the plants that were hanging from the ceiling. When neither of us answered him, he turned around and narrowed his eyes at both me and Nik.

"Too busy making some of your own?" His tone was playful and I knew that he was only trying to get on Nik's nerves, but I rolled my eyes nonetheless.

"Listen, I need to go get some things in order...we'll talk business later, ok?" Nik said and I was a bit wary about letting him leave because I didn't want him to go meet those people alone, but I knew he wasn't that reckless.

Besides...we all knew that he was actually leaving so that Stefan could enjoy him homecoming with me alone...

"I really missed you, Stef..." I smiled as I kissed him sweetly before taking his hand and leading him up the stairs. I filled his bathtub and smirked as he undressed and got into it and held out his hand for me, too.

By the time we got out of it, there was water everywhere and I giggled as he carried me back to bed, staying true to his gentle side and making love to me.

At least that got my mind off of that horrible message and all the things that were about to happen. Even though I had Stefan back home, too I couldn't shake the feeling that something bad was going to happen...

There you have it! I hope you guys enjoyed the Klaroline scenes and another glimpse at their complicated lives.

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