A/N: Sorry guys, it took twice as long to update a new chapter. I was just obsessed with my other stories that I had to just time out to finish one and post a first chapter for the next one.

Now I'm back to update a new chapter for all of you, hope you will love it too.

Caroline woke up a few hours later to an empty bed a little disappointed. As she got up she noticed a note containing her name and a box of what looked like a phone on top of the side table.

"Caroline,

I have instructed Kol to pick-up your friend from your café by 11. I have also made arrangement for lunch to be prepared for your guest so you are welcome to lounged around in the garden or by the pool, your choice.

Your new phone has also arrived I hope it is to your liking.

I have enjoyed this morning and hope that I will have the pleasure of you again soon. As you might have guessed, you are important to me. I am but a man who has fallen for all of you.

Yours always,

Klaus

Kol was waiting in the foyer of the mansion as Caroline descended. "Where do you think you're going all dressed up, my brother's lady?" Kol tried a little mischievous humor with Caroline.

Frowning, Caroline turned to Kol and said "aren't we suppose to pick up my friend in a few minutes?"

Kol raised a finger then moved it repeatedly from left to right at Caroline "I…" pointing to himself," had been instructed, very specifically may I add, to fetch your friend at 11. You are supposed to prettily wait for me to arrive from my fetching duties with your friend. Besides, mother is out visiting a friend, you have to supervise the staff or something. Practice your future duties…." Kol continued raising his eyebrows repeatedly. And with that, Kol bowed to Caroline and left.

Back at the hospital, both Damon and Elena's father where both in the room of Elena, both trying to keep as much distance from each other as much as possible. When suddenly Elena's father threw a cup against the wall that was thankfully empty then turned to Damon "you know, every since you came into her life, you put her in danger"

Damon felt the need to defend himself "it was an accident, this was clearly confirmed by the investigators at the scene. Why blame me!" Damon whispered in a angry voice, unwilling for Elena, if she could even hear them, to hear the conversation he was having with her father"

Elena's Dad scoffed "accident or not, it was only a matter of time. Just being near you gets them killed or injured. Believe me if my daughter doesn't pull through from this, I am blaming you and I will do everything in my power to bring you down, I swear to God!" with that Elena's Dad left the room.

Kol arrived promptly at 11 at the coffee shop. Stepping out of the car he took a moment to glance around his surroundings and at the façade of the shop silently amused at the quirky name "Devil's Café", as if it was named after him. Telling his driver to keep the car running he stepped inside the café looking for what Caroline described as a 'dark beauty'.

Glancing around the interior of the Café, Kol spotted the 'dark beauty' immediately, working in concentration at a quiet corner of the Café oblivious to the noise of the early lunch crowd, surrounded by bills and papers. Taking his time to walk toward the beauty to take in her physical appearance and taking note of the fact that Caroline had a 'very nice looking friend'. Clearing his throat "You must be the Caroline's friend, I must say, your beauty lights up this place" Kol takes the last step to stand in front of Bonnie, takes her hand to kiss it lingeringly then introduces himself "I am Kol Mikaelson, at your service"

Not used to exaggerated banter, Bonnie grabbed her hand back and just folded her arms around herself. "you must be, Caroline said that someone was to pick me up as she apparently was too busy to bother with the task herself."

Kol raised an eyebrow "I think it was your incredible luck that I was tasked to pick you up today, I'm sure my breathtaking looks made your day," Kol smiled at the incredible look Bonnie was giving him "we have to go, Caroline is expecting you"

Taking a deep breath, Bonnie proceeded to gather her things and brought them to the back office noticing that Kol was following her. "Can you give me a minute, I have to get my bag"

Kol pointed to his watch "tic toc, times a wasted"

Bonnie was beginning to feel uncomfortable in the car she shared with Kol. She was sure he was deliberately trying to unbalance her with his pointed stare. Deciding she wouldn't take Kol's antics she turned to him and said "what!"

Kol, amused by the outburst replied "what, what?"

Bonnie rolled her eyes and said "stop whatever you're doing!"

Kol just humored Bonnie, "I'm not doing anything." Looking at Bonnie, "ok maybe we should get to know one another, after all you will be seeing a lot of me'

Bonne once again look at Kol as if she was crazy "what the hell for?"

Kol continued his logic "My brother and your friend are short of together, so it seems natural that since I'm constantly with my brother and Caroline says you are a closest friend that we would frequently see each other. Besides, I did notice that you like to stare at me, you're attracted to me."

Bonnie blushed, "Hell No! You are the most pigheaded man I have every encountered!"

Kol changed his stance to try to get further rise from Bonnie "Love, you should be careful when talking to me, my family are not just a typical family, you will know this soon enough."

Bonnie frowned once again at Kol's statement. If the car and the obvious superior attitude of Kol were her indication to the kind of family Caroline had been mixed up with, then she should be intimidated. But being who she is, she persisted her insolent stance "my name is not Love, its Bonnie!"

Kol, who was not used to being talked back to, finally "I will call you whatever I want to call you….Love."

Meanwhile back at the Café, Katherine was once again entertaining her 'guest', "Mr. Salvatore, I have prepared a table in the back for us, a little more private as we usually have a rather loud lunch crowd" and escorted Stefan to the table. "I have taken the liberty to select a few courses for the tasting, two appetizers, two main courses and two dessert plates? These would be our best sellers, the rest of the house favorites will be available during your next visit two days from now as our Senior Chef, my partner and part-owner of this Café is indisposed and will be back by that time. She created most of the best-seller and house favorite dishes"

Stefan had made himself comfortable during Katherine's speech, taking out his notebook and scribbling a few notes, "I remember you telling me that you have partners who co-own this Café with you?"

Katherine smiled "Yes, my two best friends, who I have known since we were five. We all had the same dream to own a Café someday. Caroline Forbes studied Culinary Arts, hence the Chef. Bonnie Bennett is the finance whiz, hence our accountant and I studied Marketing in college, hence, the reason I am talking to you. Unfortunately, Bonnie isn't here right now, she is visiting Caroline who is staying with some friends" suddenly frowning "while she recovers, you will get to might them next time"

"Your face lights up when you talk about your friends" Stefan commented.

"I can't help it. I have the best friends in the world. You know we've been though a lot together, sharing this experience with them, they are my family!' Katherine happily told Stefan.

"I definitely look forward to meeting them. I'm sure they are as beautiful, smart and charming as you" Stefan quietly told her while we looked into her eyes.

Katherine felt goosebumps creeping in her arms at Stefan's statement and felt a little embarrassed by the blush she was sure was showing in her cheeks. All she could do was smile back at Stefan for a moment before bringing his attention back to the dishes for his tasting.

Stepping out of the car, Bonnie was further daunted by the structure of the place Caroline was staying in. She never mentioned it was as Mansion, complete with the circular drive fountain and gardens all around. Thinking to herself, 'these Mikaelson's really are powerful people. She was both excited and afraid not only for her friend but for herself too, if she was really honest with herself, she actually liked the banter she had going on with Kol. She was cut from her thoughts by the man in question.

"Bonnie Love, this is where I live. Do you like it" Kol waiting for an answer.

Trying not to sound awed "It's ok, I've seen better."

Kol raised an eyebrow as if to say 'really!', then just placed his hand on the small of he back to guide her inside. "Caroline should be somewhere inside, she is very much at home here. Dare say, she has made this her home?"

Whatever Bonnie would have said was dropped as soon as she heard the voice she had missed "Bonnie Bennett! I missed you!" she and Caroline almost ran to one another and locked themselves in a long embrace.

"Well as much as this turns me on, I have to go meet with my brother for some business. Caroline I trust you will keep Bonnie Love entertained until dinner, my brother has informed me that we are to have dinner together here then I will drive back Bonnie Love myself tonight" with one last naughty look at Bonnie, Kol left.

Caroline raised an eyebrow "Bonnie Love? What was that about?"

After what sounded like a strangled laugh "nothing! How can you stand him? Anyway, I'm here because of you, what happened to you."

Caroline beamed "let's talk about it over lunch"

The doctors and the nurses were scattered around the form of Elena trying desperately to revive her. The alarm button had gone off over three minutes ago signaling Elena's flat line. Both Damon and Elena's Father, Jonathan, had stood helplessly in the sidelines while this was happening.

Looking at the commotion, Damon felt like he was in a dream, he had after all seen it before with his own Father, unfortunately that had ended tragically. He had blocked out all the noise except for the screaming of Jonathan Gilbert who could only articulate "No!" repeatedly.

Damon saw the Doctor nod to the Nurse, then the nurses all turn away. He saw the doctor start to walk toward both him and Jonathan Gilbert. In the corner of his eye, he saw Jonathan fall to the floor, understanding what the Doctor was about to tell them. When the Doctor finally stopped in from of them, all the Doctor could say was "I'm sorry, we did all we could do. There were just a lot of complications." Unable to control himself, Damon run out of the ICU and the hospital, in no particular direction.

Caroline and Bonnie were having a blast of a time finally noticing that it was almost 6 in the evening. Bonnie remarked "Oh my God! Six hours we've been talking."

"Well, it's been kind of awhile, anyway according to Kol" Caroline looked at Bonnie, teasing her "you are staying for dinner anyway, Klaus wants to meet you"

"Caroline Forbes, really introducing me to your 'boyfriend'? Showing me around his house, which is spectacular by the way." Caroline laughed at that comment." You know in all the time we were talking, you never mentioned what your relationship with Klaus really was, I know you said, he was your savior and you talked about his family, his mother. But really, now that you have your memories back, don't you want to get your old life back?"

Caroline looked away from Bonnie for a few seconds to gather herself then looked back "I'm falling for him. I know everything will change soon, I will be going back to my routine, but I don't want to let go of what I think I have with him. We just haven't really had the time to talk about our relationship, or lack of it. I know he feels something to, he told me as much. I'm a little afraid to ask him, I mean we are so different, he's obviously rich and powerful, and I'm…well, Caroline Forbes, we're world's apart."

Bonnie felt her friends apprehension and insecurity "Caroline, don't sell yourself short. Judging by the evident effort this Klaus guy has been making for you, there's something there. I've known you almost all my life, the Caroline Forbes I know is not a push-over" Caroline was tearing up as Bonnie went on to embrace her.

"What do you want?" Elijah said annoyed at the interruption

"Elijah, you should treat me better than that, after all we have history" Haley responded with a smirk.

"What we had was a short fling, before you left me for my brother and now that he has unceremoniously dumped you, here you are running back to me" Elijah rejoined.

"Klaus did not dump me. We had a mutual understanding that has interest in him was purely business, in you however, my interest is more personal, which is why I am here now" as Haley seductively walked to Elijah.

"I don't really have the time for whatever game you are attempting play," Elijah started to say and was silenced with the kiss by Haley.

Caroline was looking out of the window of the foyer as both Klaus and Kol alighted from the vehicle turning to Bonnie "they're here". When the door opened, Klaus looked around and quickly spotted Caroline in his sight, "Caroline," enveloping her in a warm embrace before stepping back to look at her "I hope you have not been over exerting yourself" Caroline shook her head and directed Klaus toward Bonnie "No, I have been with my oldest friend and we have been lounging in the sitting room the whole afternoon as you instructed. Bonnie, this is Klaus, Klaus, this is Bonnie Bonnett, one of my two oldest best friends"

Klaus moved forward to grab Bonnie's extended hand and brought it to his lips earning him an embarassed blush from Bonnie and a frown from Kol.

"That's enough brother, wouldn't want you to be hogging all the beautiful ladies, I think this one is mine." Then proceeded toward Bonnie, "miss me Bonnie Love?"

Klaus looked from Kol to Bonnie, then to Caroline with a raised eyebrow. Caroline just shrugged at his silent question. She tucked her arm under Klaus and said "So how was your day?" leading him toward the dining hall leaving Kol and Bonnie to follow.

Stefan woke up to the incessant buzzing of his doorbell, groggily exasperated he padded toward his front door surprised by who he saw on the otherside "Damon, its 1 o'clock in the morning, what the hell's wrong with you, coming here after choosing to ignore my existence for three years."

Damon looked at Stefan like a broken man "I need you brother" and that was all it took for Stefan to embrace his brother and escort him inside.

Caroline had just changed for bed and once again proceeded to Klaus' bedroom with a knock. Klaus who had hoped that Caroline would again come to him tonight immediately opened the door as if he was standing on the other side holding the door knob. Without saying a word, Klaus proceeded to lift Caroline in his arms, closing the door with a kick and lowered her to his bed.

"Thank you for today Klaus. I had a nice time with Bonnie," and kissed Klaus.

Klaus broke the kiss "I don't think you were the only one who enjoyed Bonnie's company today, I've never seen Kol so taken with anyone this much. He was practically useless in our meetings this afternoon."

Caroline giggled "really, it think the feeling was a bit mutual. I missed you today…"

Klaus positioned himself on top of Caroline "really? Wouldn't want that would we," and ensued to make love to his Caroline.

Elijah in the meantime was in his apartment staring at Haley who was sleeping soundly in his bed. He was intrigued by the proposal Haley had made, she was after all from a known family, once a powerful family, not the Marshalls were clinging to their former glory, at the edge of oblivion. Haley had come to him with a proposal to unify their alliance with marriage unlocking a trust fund in the millions that had remained untouched by her parents, she proposed that some of the millions be used to alliance with common enemies of the Mikaelson with the intent to power play.

Elijah, who deep inside him still could not accept that he was second and sometimes third fiddle in the Mikaelson empire after his brother Klaus, who was younger than him and found the offer of Haley tempting. However, he also knew that this were to happen it could go either way for would eventually topple his brother and earn his rightful place as Mikaelson "King" or be betrayed by his alliances and suffer a painful death either by his new alliance or by his brothers, Klaus he knew did not take betrayal lightly. If he even heard of the existence of this possible alliance, his head was going to be in a platter.

Haley had given him a few days to mull over the proposal and he would take all of those days to think about it.

That's it for Chapter 7. Watch out for the next Chapter in the next two weeks.

Love and Kisses All Around the World!

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