A/N: I am finally back with another chapter of my story. It is only a small part but I had to get it f my chest before contnuing with the real action. I hope you like it.

This time they were traveling again first class. Klaus had insisted on making their trip as comfortable as possible. The stewardess was very attentive to them and offered Klaus an extra smile. Caroline was not sure anymore whether she cared or not. Klaus had been given her the much needed space in the past few hours since they had returned to his apartment. After he had revealed that they were going back to Mystic Falls Caroline had felt a small moment of happiness before she started to worry. She had not been back in Mystic Falls for a few months and had not told anybody except Stefan about her involvement with Klaus. How was she supposed to explain that she was arriving with him at her hometown if she had no idea herself?

Caroline tried to sleep on the airplane but her head was full of questions and issues that she could not solve. She knew she should talk to Klaus about this stuff but she felt that she should still be mad at him for what he had done to her. He ripped her out of her thoughts when he addressed her shortly. "Caroline, we need to talk."

She contemplated ignoring him but given the small space on the airplane and the fact that they had still more than seven hours of trip ahead of them she decided not to. She looked at him and said: "I am not sure I know what to talk about with you. It seems that you always say something but in the end you end up doing the exact opposite."

"That is not true." Klaus started saying but then saw her doubtful look. "I admit that compelling you was not the best decision I ever made."

"Not the best decision you have ever made?" Caroline hissed. "More like the worst thing you could have done! I spent so much time with you out of my free will. Hell, I slept with you and the first thing you can do when something doesn't go your way is compelling me! And you don't even seem to see the problem."

Klaus was hurt. "Of course I see the problem. I am sorry that I compelled you Caroline. I really am. But I needed to find out what was happening."

"You needed to find out? What is in it for you? Why are you so desperate to figure this out? Why are you willing to sacrifice everything for this?" Caroline's voice had reached a dangerously loud level which would have made the other passengers look at them if Klaus hadn't compelled them not to.

"What do you think why I need to figure this out?" He was raising his voice as well. "As long as I have not figured out who did this to you, you will never be safe. You are in danger just because someone has associated you with me."

Caroline snorted. "As if, I know there is something else. You never do anything without having a selfish reason. I know you, Klaus."

"Of course this is selfish, Caroline. Maybe the most selfish thing I have done in a very long time. I am not going to lose you! I am selfish because I want you at my side again no matter what the costs are." He basically screamed in her face.

Caroline just stared at him. She took a deep breath and calmed down her voice. "And you think that compelling me is the right solution?"

He shook his head in frustration. "I don't think that. I knew you were going to be mad at me. Not exactly visiting a werewolf hide-out mad but still I knew you were going to be furious. Yet I had to know what was hidden and I had no other choice."

"There is always another choice, Klaus." Caroline said seriously.

"But sometimes one choice is the only one that makes sense. I am sorry that I hurt you Caroline. I have never been as devastated as I was when you just did not open your eyes. I have never felt so helpless. I have killed thousands of people and watched ten thousands die at the hands of others but I have never felt this kind of desperation to keep somebody alive. Waiting at your bed for you to wake up I have tormented myself. Knowing that it was me who put you in that state has kept me awake and I don't know what I would have done if you hadn't woken up or if my blood hadn't kept you alive." He kept ranting.

"Wait, wait, wait," Caroline interrupted him. "All this blood that I have been drinking was yours? You have been feeding me your blood all this time?"

"Only since that night. The first time you had human blood again was the blood bag last night." He affirmed.

"But I drank a lot of blood. How can that be all yours? You said you stayed with me the whole time when the hell did you feed?"

Klaus smiled a little bit. "Sweetheart, I may not like to nurture myself with blood bags but I am absolutely able to feed of them for a while. I never left your side."

"Wait, if you gave me so much of your blood, are we not supposed to have this crazy connection now? Oh my god, are we like Elena and Damon now with the whole weird sire bond?"

Klaus actually chuckled a little bit. "Sweetheart, you have read too many bad romances about our kind written by people who have no idea what they are talking about." When she looked at him frowning he added. "Love, I didn't turn you. So there is no possibility of forming a sire bond. Blood sharing is very personal that is true but simply because we are more vulnerable when giving blood. We are predators, Caroline; when we give ourselves to someone and let them take our blood we give up a part of our dominance. It is a sign of trust. And it does make the sex more intimate, indeed."

Caroline hit his arm lightly. "You are in no position to make comments about sex. Especially not towards me after the stunt you pulled." Klaus noticed that her tone was already lighter than it had been at the beginning of their conversation. He looked at her and caught her gaze. As always he was transfixed by her blue eyes that showed so much compassion for a vampire.

"Caroline, please forgive me for what I have done. I understand that I hurt you and I swear that I will never do it again. But I need you to understand that I never meant to hurt you. That you are the only person that I never want to hurt. I just want to be able to protect you!"

Caroline looked back into his eyes and saw no lie. She was aware that he was over one thousand years old and could lie without anybody noticing but something told her that this was not the time. She waited a few seconds and when his look became fleeing she finally said: "I cannot forgive you this easily. You misused my trust. But I understand your reasoning and I know that you would never intentionally hurt you. But when all this is over I am not sure I am still going to want to stay with you. And I need you to promise me to let me go if I ask you to."

He paused for a moment and then took a deep breath. "Caroline, how can I do that? How can I keep you safe when I have to let you go?"

"It won't be your responsibility anymore to protect me. I can protect myself and not being with you will maybe already keep me safe from many possibilities. Can you promise me this one thing? Please!"

He closed his eyes in frustration. "I promise you that if you ever tell me honestly that you never want to see me again after all this is over that I will not look for you. I will not track you down and try to make you change your mind. I will not try to protect from the evil in this world. But" he added opening his eyes again "I will wait for you for the rest of eternity. If you ever change your mind, I will be there. I will welcome you with open arms and will never let you go again. I promise you that."

Caroline nodded and noticed that her eyes were watery. How was it possible that this man who was so dangerous and evil to so many people had chosen her to stay at his side. How could he have chosen her to be his only weakness? How was she supposed to understand the width of his commitment to her? Suddenly she had the urge to kiss him and to stay in his arms forever. She knew he was waiting for her to do something and was not going to move unless she did.

She raised her hand and touched his face lightly. He closed his eyes and leant against her hand. He had waited so long to feel her touch again. It felt like decades since she had granted him her willing hand. He breathed in her scent that seemed to become stronger every second until he realized that her face was coming closer to his. He could feel her breath on his lips and hoped that she would take the last step to make contact with his lips. He wanted so badly to close the space between them but he kept still holding out until she made her decision. Suddenly he noticed her moving away again form his face and her hand left his cheek. He opened his eyes and looked at her wanting.

Caroline had never seen Klaus as vulnerable as at that moment. She wanted to kiss him and drink in his scent with all her body but she was afraid of the consequences. She knew that he had felt her being close. Being creatures with incredible high senses there was no way of hiding anything from the other one. When he opened her eyes his look was deafeningly intense. She felt like she saw his world reflected in his eyes and everything she could see was herself. Without thinking she crashed her lips onto his.

Her kiss came to him as a surprise. He thought he had lost the battle and he would never feel her close to him again. But all of sudden her lips pressed against his and began to move. His hands moved up to cup her face and to pull her closer to him. His lips started moving with her and he felt an unknown bliss at the thought that he hadn't completely lost her yet.

Their kiss got more intense as she opened her lips to touch his mouth lightly with her tongue. He let her lead the way not wanting to overcome her re-found attraction to him. One of his hands left her face and pulled her behind her back closer to him. Without hesitation she climbed on his lap and kissed him with even more passion. She had no idea where she was going with this or even why she was doing it but for once she didn't feel like thinking about the consequences of her actions. She just wanted to feel him close and to show that she still trusted him. No matter what he had done he was convinced that it was for the best for her and although she didn't agree with him she still saw what had driven him to these crazy actions. Her hands rested now on his shoulders and where slowly wandering to his neck and down the collar of his shirt. She pulled him even closer to her and he started stroking the small of her back with his hands. While one hand crawled into his hair the other went down to his back and snuck under his shirt caressing the muscles that were clearly forming on his back. Suddenly he chuckled against her lips. She broke the kiss and looked at him to see what had caused his amusement.

"Love," he said smiling "I hate to remind you that we are not alone but on an airplane. I just don't want to risk you being mad at me again for not warning you. I think we are going down a way you are not going to be comfortable with afterwards."

"But you would be?" She grinned lightly.

He laughed. "Love, I stopped caring about people's opinion nine hundred years ago but the stewardess is still judging us."

Caroline turned around a little bit and saw a stewardess staring at them. She knew that the woman was compelled not to talk to them unless they asked for her but that didn't keep her from staring and frowning. Caroline could not help but blush. "I see what you mean. Maybe you are right."

He caught her lips in another short and sweet kiss. "If you want we can continue this after arriving in New York." She just smiled and tried to climb in a ladylike way from his lap and failed miserably. He laughed and helped her quickly. She was agitated by the intense kiss but her insides felt so much calmer now. Yes, Klaus was difficult and this was probably not going to be the last fight they had and may not even be the worst but she knew that he would do anything to keep her safe. She could worry about the situation in Mystic Falls later now she was just going to sleep. She took his hand and leaned against his shoulders to rest a little bit. The last thing she noticed before she fell asleep was the light touch of his lips against her forehead.

A/N: Yes, I realize this was terribly fluffy but I just wanted them in a better place for when they arrive in Mystic Falls. I have already started the next chapter, so I hope I will have it only soon but I can't promise anything. Maybe a review would make me update faster. Love, Santavica