A/N: As you may have noticed I changed the story rating to M. This is still preventive at this moment but that is going to change. Still, it's getting hot in here.

Caroline may not have brought a lot of warm clothes but she definitely brought a dress to party. It was like a second nature to her to make sure that she always had the possibility to dress up. Suddenly she remembered that the witch had said the party was going to be in a park. That would definitely rule out her favorite red dress. Or was the park a club? She sighed; obviously she had to ask Klaus.

She walked out of the bathroom in her bathrobe not bothering to put her clothes back on. He was sitting in the living room in front of a computer. It could have been an absolute normal scene if she hadn't known that he was already over a thousand years old.

"I always thought that old people don't like computers and technology." She said laughing.

Without looking up he said: "Well, and some of us elderly noticed that the modern technology can be of a lot of use. It gives you information very quickly. Not only about object but also about people even without meeting them. The things that modern people publish online about themselves are astonishing! I mean, who cares about some strangers cupcake tumblr?" She tried to think really quickly what he could find about her on the web. She should really google herself to find out. While she was still mulling over her online past he had looked up and was now starring at her in her bathrobe. Knowing what was hidden underneath it didn't make it any easier. He hoped that she would hurry up with trusting him so they could go back to where they were before. He had started shifting in his seat and hoped she would not come nearer. There was something to see in his lap that she would not approve of right now.

"Ehm, I just wanted to know what kind of party we are going to, so I can dress accordingly." She said not noticing the shift in his thoughts.

"The park is a rather high class club. Wear that pretty red dress that you brought. It makes you look absolutely stunning." She wasn't sure if she liked the thought that he knew exactly what she had in her small bag. "Ok, I mean I just packed that dress accidently. I didn't think I would need it with you, you know?" She said quickly. "Sure, love!" He answered her with his naturaly annoying confidence.

She turned around and went back into the bathroom. She decided to take a shower, wash her hair and blow dry it straight down. After that she put on the strapless red dress that he had already seen and turned to do her make-up. She didn't know how heavy the usual make-up for a club night was in this city so she tuned it down a little and only used some eye make-up and her favorite lipstick in blood red. Finally she decided to put her hair up after all to give herself an older and more sophisticated look.

She walked out of the bathroom towards her bedroom to get her purse and her shoes. She passed Klaus room. He had left the door a crack open and she could see into his room. She didn't mean to pry but she threw an unintentional glimpse into his bedroom. He was standing in front of his closet with his back to the door. He had obviously just stepped out of the shower as well, since his hair was still wet and he was only wearing a towel around his hips. She could not but notice the muscles in his back that moved when he stretched to get something out of the closet. The muscles on the lower half of his back worked visibly and she could see the deepening of his spine. She found herself wondering about the rest of his body especially what was hidden beneath the towel. This thought brought her back to reality and the danger that he might turn around any second. She swiftly moved away from the door and into her room.

He smiled to himself. He had known that she was standing in front of the door taking a sharp breath. He had thought about turning around and confronting her but had rather stretched a little to show her what she was missing. At least he was sure now, that she was physically attracted to him. He took a light shirt and black pants out of the closet and put them on. He never took his necklaces of so they were already in place. He wandered into the living room to wait for Caroline to be ready.

Caroline closed her bedroom door behind her and leaned against it. For a few seconds she just inhaled the air around her to stabilize herself. She had really wanted to enter his room and just let her hands roam over his back and then maybe in the front. She didn't know what was happening to her. Her body was acting without the consent of her mind. She was seriously concerned that she would not be able to keep her hands off him the rest of the night. Alcohol was an absolute no-go for her tonight, otherwise she could not guarantee for anything. The day had been weird enough between them with her unexpected moments of jealousy and the kiss on the cheek. He probably already thought she was absolutely insane by now.

She walked out of her room some ten minutes later and found Klaus in the living room with a whiskey glass in his hands. He looked at her and then smiled.

"May I say that you look absolutely breathtaking?"

"You have already seen that dress, so don't act so surprised."

"Yes, but not on you in some time." He paused for a moment and looked at her approvingly again. "Are you ready? I have already called a taxi that is waiting downstairs." She nodded and left the room with him following close behind her.

They rode the elevator in silence. Reaching the basement he offered her his arm for the way to the cab. She took it and they walked to the car that was waiting outside. He held open the door for her and got in on the other side. He gave the driver instruction and they drove silently through the night. In front of the club she waited patiently until he had circled the car in human speed and opened her door. Taking his hand she got out of the car and felt people's gazes on them. Looking at Klaus who was smiling at her she had to admit that they probably made a very handsome and intriguing couple. They passed the line outside of the club but nobody seemed to expect them to wait. The bouncer let them in without asking for an ID.

"Do you know the people that own this club?" She asked Klaus in a low voice.

"No, love! But you look so absolutely breathtaking that there is no need for me to know them. You would be able to enter any club like this." She felt herself blush slightly and heard him chuckle at her side.

The club was not too crowded yet but the people inside where a group of the most beautiful human beings and supernaturals that Caroline had ever seen. Klaus took her to the bar and ordered drinks for them. Caroline was far too fascinated to complain or think about her resolution not to drink. They stayed for a while at the bar just taking in the atmosphere. A fast song started and Caroline began to whip her foot to the beat.

"Would you like to dance?" Klaus asked her.

She really wanted but wasn't sure if she should dance with him. As if he could read her thoughts he added: "I promise I'll behave." Although the wink he shot her did nothing to calm her storming thoughts. She finally nodded and he took her to the dance floor. As soon as they reached a more or less empty spot he let go of her hand. She had the urge to grab it again but ignored it. Instead she began moving to the beat and had soon forgotten all about her inhibitions with him. Klaus didn't really dance like Caroline but he moved to the music in some way. She thought he looked a little bit lost without a dancing partner and realized that at the time he learned to dance there was no solo dancing. Before she could take his hands there was a movement in front of her and Klaus was on the floor on top of someone that seemed to struggle. Only after a short look at the legs sticking out in her direction she noticed that it was a woman.

"Clarissa." Klaus said to the woman on the floor. "That is not a nice way to great a friend. I thought you had acquired better manners over the year." He held a small stake in his hands that had obviously belonged to her.

"And where should I have learned them? From you?" She spat.

He got up and took her up with him. She was still struggling but could not get out of his iron grip. He looked at Caroline over Clasrissa's head and gave her a nod towards the private booths on the right side of the dance floor. She followed him and the got into the booth with the still struggling Clarissa. Caroline instinctively closed the curtain behind them. Turning around she got her first good look at Clarissa. She looked incredibly young maybe even younger than Caroline when she was turned. She had a heartshaped face and a bob haircut with spiked ends. Her hair was dyed a dark crimson. She was as pale as any of them but in her small face and with her petite figure she seemed to be an almost sickly color. She had stopped struggling and was now glaring at Klaus her expression filled with hate.

"What are you doing here? You haven't been seen in this part of the world for a while and everybody was happy about it." She spat at him angrily.

"Well, I was in the neighborhood and thought I should check up on you. See if you have still survived over the years." He grinned down at her. She was at least two heads smaller than him but she didn't seem to be scared only furious.

"You never do anything just because you want to check-up on somebody. What are you doing here?" She noticed Caroline for the first time and gave her a hard look. "And who is the darling? Did you bring her to make me like you again? She is my type, a bit tall though." Caroline gasped but Klaus only laughed.

"Have I really ruined you for any other man? I had heard that your preferences have changed." He was serious again. "She is with me and anyone who touches her will face fucking consequences."

"Alright, but if you ever feel like sharing just tell me." Before she could look at Caroline again Klaus had her pinned to the table holding her by her throat. "She will not be shared! Now, I want you to tell me something and please don't lie to me."

"Or what?" She said in a choked voice. "Outside there are so many of my friends that even you could not survive it and even less your girl." Klaus starred at her and his face started changing into his werewolf side. He growled at the vampire beneath him. "Are you sure that you want to challenge me? One bite and you will die and all your friends will die with you." She starred at him now clearly frightened. "So, it is true? You have broken the curse. I had heard rumors but I didn't believe them."

"You should believe them now. I won't hesitate to bite you if you don't give me the answers I need. Did you talk to a Professor Shane?" In Clarissa face her fear mixed with surprise. "How do you know that name?" He shook her. "Did you talk to him? Remember one wrong answer and you will suffer terribly before you die." She closed her eyes in resignation. "Yes, I talked to him. He wanted to know if there was a way stopping you. I didn't ask why. I supported his cause. He seemed to have some kind of personal vendetta against you. He never mentioned why he wanted to kill you so badly. I assumed you had turned his daughter or wife or something." Klaus snorted. "I haven't turned any human in over two hundred years. I never had much luck with my turnings anyway. They turned out to be rather revengeful." Clarissa laughed drily. "What did he want from you? What did you tell him?" Clarissa thought for a moment. "He wanted to know how the ancient cultures dealt with the supernatural. I told him that there are no older vampires than the Mikaelson family. He said he wasn't looking for older vampires just for older supernaturals. He was looking for something that is so old and powerful that it can overthrow you even in your hybrid state. He researched in the old expedition papers and from one day to the other he was gone. I swear I did not tell him more. I don't know more." She added. Klaus frowned. "Do you know what he is looking for? Why does he want to put me down?" Clarissa took a deep breath after Klaus had let go of her throat. "Like I said it seemed like a personal vendetta. And I don't blame him. If I could I would kill you immediately but you're just too strong." Caroline opened her mouth for the first time in the conversation: "That would be a very stupid move." Clarissa turned to her: "And why would that be stupid? Because that would leave you alone and unprotected. How sad!" Caroline was seriously annoyed at her snide comment. "No, because if he turned you then you will die with him. Your blood is connected. I've seen it happening to other vampires when his brother died. If Klaus dies your whole family of vampires will die." Clarissa looked at her in shock then turned to look at Klaus. "Is that true? And you never felt like telling me?"

Klaus shook his head in amusement: "Honestly I didn't know. Until this young lady and her weirdo friends came around nobody was ever a match for one of us. Just like you were never a real threat. Now that we have established that and the fact that you don't want to die, I need you to tell me everything Shane found." Clarissa nodded resigned: "I need to go into the archives. I need some time. There is no daylight down there so I can work during the day. Meet me there tomorrow night at eleven. I hope I will have found something by then." She looked at Klaus who still held her against the table. "You have to let me go so I can start my research." He waited for a moment and starred at her. Then he took his hands of her. She got up and stretched. She gave Caroline another contemptuous look and made her way towards the curtain. Suddenly Klaus jumped at her and bit her in her left shoulder. She shrieked and turned around to scream at him. "This is a reminder to cooperate. I am the only one who can heal this. If you don't do what I told you to I'll let you die without thinking about it." She looked at him suspiciously. Caroline confirmed his words: "It is true. I was bitten by a werewolf but Klaus healed me. Just do what he tells you." Clarissa looked at them once more with hate and then vanished.

Klaus turned to Caroline: "Why did you do that? Why did you get involved?" Caroline was taken aback. "Are you mad at me for that? I convinced her to help you. You would have just killed her." She said. "I was not criticizing you. I am very grateful for what you said. You made it sound more convincing than I could have ever done. I am just wondering why did you do it?" Caroline shrugged. "I have the feeling that I am deeper involved in this than I really care to admit. You are the only one here that I know and that I trust up to some point. Also she was simply really rude to me." She noticed how he had gotten closer to her. "Thank you for standing up to me. I appreciate your trust." He was only inches away from her. "Yeah, don't worry about it." Caroline said and instinctively tried to back away a little bit. He looked her in the face and their eyes met. "Caroline!" He said in a husky voice. And suddenly she was in his arms and pressing her lips against his. Only after a moment he noticed that it wasn't him who had moved but her. He only needed a few heartbeats to respond. Although she had initiated the action he was the one taking control. He moved his lips against hers. She returned the kiss without hesitation. Her mouth seemed to move out of its own accord. He pulled her closer so their bodies touched. His hands were on her back holding her to him. She pulled her arms out of his embrace and slung them over his neck. He felt her slightly opening her mouth granting him entrance. Their kiss got heated and she buried her hands in the blonde curls on his neck. He pushed her even closer to him so she was pressed against his body. She noticed that he was a brilliant kisser who moved his tongue skillfully and invited her to play with him. She thought she wasn't so bad herself and reciprocated his efforts. Without warning he walked backwards taking her with him. He let himself fall on the comfortable sofa behind him and let her fall into his lap. Their mouths had never left each other through the whole move. He was now moving his hands up and down the back of her dress. Sitting on his lap made her already short dress hitch up even more but she couldn't care less.

All of the sudden his mouth left hers and started kissing down her throat. He immediately found the sensitive spot right behind her ear and starting sucking lightly. He was careful not to bruise her not wanting to destroy her pearl white skin. She moved one of her hands from his hair inside the back collar of his shirt. But she didn't reach very deep and was in a relatively uncomfortable position. She took the hand out of his shirt and felt him hesitating slightly. She snuck her hand down in between them and wrapped it around his lower back. She felt him gain confidence again and he started putting kisses on the other side of her head. Her hand slowly moved under his shirt and she could feel the muscles that she had seen earlier during the day. When he kissed an especially sensitive point she let out a small moan that made him chuckle before he started the assault on her lips again. Meanwhile she was using both hands to explore his back muscles under his shirt. He stopped kissing her for a second and took of his shirt in a swift move. As if nothing had happened he pulled her closer and continued kissing her. She roamed freely along his back trying to concentrate on his kisses as well as on the feeling of his skin under her hands.

Suddenly they heard someone cleaning his throat behind them. "I am sorry to interrupt but I forgot my purse in here. It has my keys and without them I can't access the archives." Clarissa said behind Caroline's back who suddenly realized how compromising their position must look. She was sitting on Klaus lap with her dress hitched up while he was not even wearing his shirt anymore. She started panicking. Klaus growled at Clarissa: "Take it and then leave. Immediately! Before I reconsider leaving you alive." Clarissa gave him a smirk grabbed her pursue that was on the floor under the table and disappeared. Caroline looked embarrassed to the side and tried to get of Klaus lap. "Caroline!" He said clearly still affected by their heated make-out session. She didn't look at him but only shook her head and he let go of her. She got up and straightened her dress. "I would really like to go home. If you have more business contacts to meet then you can of course stay." She said to him. "Of course I will not let you go home alone. I am done here for tonight."

He offered her his arm as they left the club but she ignored the gesture. He wondered if they had taken a step back with their step forward. They took the next available cab back to the apartment. Caroline did not look at him in the cab but kept starring out the window. He calmed down a little bit when he saw her reflection in the car window. There was a small smile on her face and she occasionally licked her lips. Maybe they had been making progress after all.

A/N: I am not sure if anyone of you has ever seen the German movie: We are the night. It is about a group of female vampires in Berlin. I really liked it. The look of the character Nora in the movie was my inspiration for Clarissa's look. If you ever want to look it up. But apart from the look they are quite different. If you have time: Watch the movie! It is not your romantic slightly cheesy vampire story but actually based on a pretty interesting story of a all female vampire society. Love, Santavica