Hey! I'd really want to thank those of you that reviewed and I hope to be receiving more of your awesome reviews! And I can't wait to hear what you think about this one, too. For those of you that have seen the movie…there will be some pretty major changes, but I hope it will only get better with more plot…

Anyhow…this chapter will be a general POV, not Caroline's…so I hope you'll still like it!

Klaus was sitting on one of the lounges on the terrace, completely lost in thought as he sipped bourbon from a tumbler, eyeing the ocean that was stretched out in front of him. His mind was reeling because of those stupid videos and messages he had been receiving. He wanted nothing more than to simply make them understand that they couldn't mess with them and send those kinds of videos.

Caroline wasn't really involved in their business and he didn't want her to see those gory videos because it wasn't something that he would want her to be a part of. He knew that sometimes he seemed over protective, but he only wanted her to stay safe and far away from the dangerous people that they dealt with.

Fortunately, he and Stefan were on the same page there, doing their best to keep Caroline out of danger and not taking any unnecessary risks. Nik knew that both he and Stefan would definitely do anything to make her feel at home, knowing how her family had treated her.

Thinking back to their 'beginnings', Klaus smirked, knowing that as much as they claimed that they had given Caroline a family and a home, she was the one to give them a home, a family and had brought them together. She was like the sun- bright, radiant and full of light and they were the planets that revolved around her.

Caroline was and always would be their home and they would be hers. That was what they could summarize of their relationship and that they all loved each other. It might be strange to the outsiders to see it, but they were all so happy and wouldn't change a thing about their lives. Not many people knew about them, though, only the ones that they knew they could trust, but they weren't actually hiding either…

Now, he knew that most likely Caroline was with Stefan, giving him a 'warm' welcome and even though he still had that basic instinct of possessiveness, that urge to proclaim her as his and his only he accepted that she loved Stefan, too. Their dynamics were very complicated, but it worked out great for all three of them so it was actually a good thing.

Klaus was so lost in his own thoughts that he didn't hear Stefan come up behind him until he felt his hand on his shoulder and he turned to meet his friend.

"Good swim?" Stefan asked and Klaus smirked, knowing that he was referring to their 'deals'. Stefan sat down on the other lounge, propping his feet on the table in front of them.

"Exhilarating…" Klaus replied.

"Any sharks?" Stefan asked again and they both looked back towards the house to see if Caroline was anywhere in sight before Klaus answered him.

"Not in the ocean…" He told Stefan and he saw him pour himself a drink, sliding back into the chair as Klaus continued.

"They knew you were coming…they wanna meet…tomorrow" Klaus said, his eyes still not focusing on Stefan as he kept staring out at the ocean. They were both silent for a few moments, knowing that it was getting a bit more dangerous than ever and they were both thinking about ways how to settle this thing.

"Let's make a deal…" Stefan finally said, making Klaus snap his eyes at him, taken aback by his idea. Usually Klaus liked to use everything that he had to make his enemies tremble in fear and to let everyone know that they were not to be messed with.

"Big mistake…" He argued, still pondering on other ideas, but seeing the determination in Stefan's eyes.

"Are we really going to get caught up in this shit, Nik? We can get out of a business we want to get out of anyway…" Stefan pointed out, but Klaus looked away.

"What if I don't want to walk away?" Klaus muttered, knowing full well that someone like Stefan wouldn't understand why he didn't want to get out.

"Then you run it." Stefan huffed at his words and smirked as he replied.

"It's not what I do…"

"Then let me do what I do best…alright?"

"We built this…it's ours! Why the fuck do you wanna give it away?" Klaus was beginning to think that this was all they had got and he didn't want to give it away Moreover, he didn't want everyone to see the big Niklaus Mikaelson afraid of someone because he really didn't want people to see him as weak.

"Did you see that video?" Stefan asked a moment later, remembering the horrifying images.

"I've seen worse and I'd do worse to them." Klaus replied without much thought, because it was the truth. He was a killer when needed and he wasn't afraid to kill in order to keep Caroline, himself and Stefan safe.

"Yeah…and I wouldn't!" Stefan insisted, both of them knowing full well that there was no way that Stefan would do something like that.

"They're gonna think we're afraid of them." Klaus concluded, his voice low, but his tone calm. He knew that Stefan wouldn't want to do it, but he was certain that if they showed weakness then everyone would be screwing them over.

"I am afraid of them…" Stefan told him, trying to make his point of view clear.

"I'm not!" Klaus answered immediately, feeling his blood boil at Stefan's easiness to walk away.

"We're not all you, Klaus…I didn't get into this thing to kill people." There was nothing worse than being constantly reminded of the bad things you did and Klaus didn't like it one bit. He was not in the best mood to discuss this, but he decided to try and explain this to Stefan as best as he could.

"You don't get it, do you? It's a jungle thing, Stefan…when they smell your fear, they like it, they will attack us - they're fucking savages! "He spit out the last word, feeling his anger flare as he thought of what horrible things could happen if they let their guard down.

"Surrender is not defeat, Nik…you're resisting change. Just let it go…" Stefan spoke slowly, trying to reach out to Nik, but he knew that it was probably hard for him to accept that Stefan's idea was better.

They had been so caught up in their discussion that they hadn't noticed when Caroline stepped out and approached. Fortunately, she had heard only the last part of Stefan's sentence, but she could still feel the tension on the air.

"Uh oh, testosterone…" She mocked as she stepped in between them and sat down on the table that was in front of them, pulling her legs up. Caroline raised an eyebrow as she noticed they were both having drinks and that they weren't looking her in the eye.

"Lower your legs, it's showing…" Nik said, making Caroline look at him questioningly, but she quickly lowered her legs, not really having given that much thought that she was giving them quite a view, even though she was confused as to why it was such a bad thing…

"Ah…sorry…" Caroline apologized warily.

"I was talking to him." Nik replied, smirking as he saw Stefan roll his eyes and Caroline bit her lip as she held in her laugh. He liked toying with them a bit, but he saw that Caroline was looking at him with those big blue eyes of hers and he already knew that she wanted to ask them for something.

"Hey…can you boys take me out somewhere nice? Come on…we can drink a little, relax…it's been a while." There it was…the thing that she wanted to ask…Nik smirked, knowing that he had been right about her intention.

Caroline looked at Nik hopefully, her eyes sparkling and lips curving into a knowing grin as Nik's eyes roamed over her perfect features. He was enthralled by her delicate traits, admiring her as the wind blew her golden hair and her sun-kissed skin glowed as she smiled at him. He knew he was a goner and she knew it, too- he'd do anything for her and he was never going to say no to her when she looked at him like that.

Stefan was also putty in her hands and she knew she had won them over the minute that she saw their lingering gazes, the soft smiles that had taken over both their faces. She liked to have that much control over them, at least to convince them to go out and have dinner together.

"Of course, love…dinner sounds great." Nik finally spoke up, knowing that they had to go to that meeting at 2 pm, but they would go to dinner with Caroline afterwards.

"But now we need to get going…" Stefan jumped in, knowing that he and Nik had one pretty important meeting to attend and that Caroline would surely be too busy being excited about their dinner to notice the slightly nervous tone in Stefan's voice.

"Why don't you call Dennis now, Stefan?" Nik suggested, knowing that before they headed to that meeting they needed to have a little chit chat with their friend.

"Sure…Bye, Care" Stefan said, standing up and placing a soft kiss on Caroline's cheek as he entered the house already with his phone in hand.

"What's that all about?" Caroline asked as she stood up from the table and went to sit into Nik's lap, getting comfortable as she felt his arms wrap around her protectively.

"Just…business, sweetheart" Nik replied before pressing his lips to the soft skin of her shoulder, smirking as he felt her breath hitch. He liked having her like this, cuddled up in his arms and so responsive to his touches.

Even though he knew that she was not fully satisfied with his plain answer, Caroline turned her head back to face him and captured his plump lips with hers. Her hands had sneaked behind his neck and now her fingers were tugging at his sandy blonde hair, pulling him closer.

"Caroline…" He whispered against her lips, making her smile at the breathy sound of her name being called by his husky voice. She loved to hear Nik say her name like that, with his English accent and all…

She moved a bit, trying to face him as she deepened their kiss, feeling his hands on her hips. The evidence of his arousal was rubbing deliciously against her suddenly aching core and she let out a loud moan as she felt Nik's hands grab her ass, his hips bucking up against her.

"I don't want you to leave now, Nik…" Caroline sighed as she felt his lips make their way down the side of her neck, leaving a scorching hot trail behind. She rolled her hips against the obvious bulge in his pants, but she felt Nik pull back and whimpered in protest.

"But I have to go, love…" Nik tried to reason with her, but with their close proximity, he was almost as resilient as she was to leave. Caroline smirked, seeing the slight flicker of doubt and she took advantage of that, running her fingers up and down his arms as her lips began their descent on the side of his neck.

Caroline's lips were caressing his sensitive skin, her tongue slipping over his skin ever so often between kisses and Nik let out a breathless moan. He didn't really want her to know exactly how much she affected him, but she probably knew already judging by the expertly placed kisses. Her teeth closed over his smooth skin and she heard him groan as she closed her lips over the spot, her tongue coming out to soothe the bite before she sucked at his skin, knowing that it would probably leave a mark.

She rather enjoyed the idea of marking him with her love bites. Oddly enough, Nik secretly loved it, too, and when he felt her lips and teeth working on marking him as hers, he groaned, pleasure coursing through him. His pants were already painfully tight around his aching member and feeling what Caroline was doing to him and knowing that she wanted to leave a mark on his skin made his control waver.

Nik felt a surge of utter delight course through him at the thought that Caroline wanted to imprint her mark on his skin. He had to admit that he was totally enamoured with Caroline and that he'd love to have a mark on his skin to prove that he was hers.

"Nik!" They both heard Stefan call his name from inside the house, the sound of his voice startling them out of their heated moment. Caroline looked up at him, still perched up in his lap and panting, smirking as she eyed the purplish mark that she had managed to leave on Nik's skin.

Neither of them could utter a word, still trying to steady their breaths as they stared at each other. Before Nik could make a move or at least tell Stefan that he was on his way, Stefan appeared behind them, rolling his eyes at the sight, but with a smirk in place. He, too, knew that neither Nik nor Caroline was able to keep their hands to themselves and he wasn't actually surprised to find them in such a compromising position.

"Sorry to interrupt, but this has to wait till dinner because we really have to go, Nik..." Stefan added, seeing as they weren't moving.

Caroline smirked as she heard Stefan and nodded reluctantly and started pulling away, but she decided to tease Nik just a little bit more so she leaned in to whisper seductively in his ear.

"I guess this makes you mine, Nik..." Caroline smirked as she felt Nik's hot breath on her neck becoming ragged again. He had heard her soft whisper and felt her lips graze his ear ever so slightly and that was enough to make his body tense under her delicious touch.

Before Nik had the time to actually come back with a witty remark of his own, Caroline was off of him and smirking down triumphantly as she winked at him and walked quickly inside the house. She gave Stefan a kiss on the cheek and he shook his head at the way that she had played Nik.

"Come on...we're meeting Dennis in 20..." Stefan watched as Nik stood up and walked towards him, noticing the mark that was peeking out from under Klaus' shirt. Stefan chuckled as he raised an eyebrow at his friend, not being able to resist taunting him.

"Pretty impressive...but you might want to button up you shirt a bit more..." Nik glared at him before simply smirking and buttoning up his shirt and secretly revelling in the fact that she had left him a reminder, a promise for things that were to happen in the night...

"Oh, shut it, Stef...you're just jealous!" Nik taunted him, seeing that familiar eye roll as Stefan practically dragged him down the hall and outside of the house to his car. Personally, Nik thought that Stefan's car was a classic, but quite the small little thing and he chuckled remembering that he had once even called it a clown car.

"Why do we have to go in your car?" Nik asked, making Stefan glare at him.

"Because I just came home and you are so happy to see me that you won't complain about it, right?" Stefan smirked, leaving Klaus with no option but to roll his eyes and nod. He really was glad to have Stefan back, not only for the business, but also because he had truly missed his friend. Stefan was like a brother to Nik and he was happy to see him home and well. He just hoped that that wouldn't change anytime soon for neither of them three...

So...what do you think?

I just couldn't resist throwing in some mildly hot Klaroline scenes...so just let me know if you want more!

Thank you for reading!