A/N: I need more encourage please, more reviews and comments on how I am doing? I love writing about Klaroline, unfortunately I don't own any of the characters.
Chapter 11
The persistent ringing of the phone brought Bonnie out of her dream state as she searched for her phone on top of the side table while her eyes were still closed. "Hello," she answered drowsily.
"Bonnie love, miss me?"
Bonnie groaned, "seriously Kol, it's not even sunrise. What the hell is wrong with you!"
Kol just laughed, "first of all its seven in the morning, it's a beautiful day and it's time for your wake up coffee."
Bonnie sat up from her bed, "are you really doing this, putting me in a bad mood so early in the morning," walking toward her bathroom to splash water on her face.
"Come on love, you know I just made your day, now wouldn't it just make your year if you actually woke up next to me, the first face you see in the morning." Kol persisted to tease.
"Ugh Kol, I swear I'll cut this call if you don't shut up," she was still feeling her way out of the bathroom when the doorbell rang, "what now. I have to go someone's at the door," and cut the call before opening her front door.
"That would be me love," and there indeed was Kol putting on his most charming smile looking Bonnie from toe to head just loving her 'just got out of bed' look, "well aren't you just a sight for sore eyes," handing Bonnie a cup of coffee.
"Is there something seriously wrong with you! What the hell are you doing here?" Bonnie fumed.
"Hey, don't shoot the messenger," nudging Bonnie to get inside her apartment, "and today I am literally the messenger, I come bearing a top-secret for your ears only message." In a sing-song female voice Kol proceeded to deliver the message, "tell Bonnie to she has one hour tops to shower, get dressed and get her butt to the airport."
"Wait, what?" Bonnie asked Kol confused.
Kol shrugged, "It's Saturday, the lovebirds decided to take a day trip to New York to shop and you are holding up the plane," looking at his watch, "we have exactly fifty minutes to get you to the airport, so you can skip the shower and change part if you want, but we need at least thirty minutes to get to the airport from here."
Bonnie suspiciously looked at Kol, "why didn't she call or tell me herself, why send you here."
Kol smirked, "would you believe she actually insisted that I pick you up and surprise you. Now, twenty minutes to change, tick tock."
Bonnie glared at Kol then stomped away while Kol just followed Bonnie's progress with his eyes, "I can join you in the shower if you want!" As Bonnie banged the bathroom door she could still hear Kol laughing heartily.
"Daughter, you didn't even invite your own father to your wedding." Silas pointedly told his daughter as he spotted her entering his study at the family home.
Haley leered at her father, "well father, I don't think you would have given us your best wishes anyway."
Silas stood up to refill his drink, "A Mikaelson, I have to hand it to you daughter, you take after me with your sneaky ways."
Haley scoffed at her father, "ah but you see, hard to believe but what Elijah and I have is true love."
"I know you well enough Haley Marshall to know that's not true at all. You are planning something. If this is your way of getting back at me for that deal with Salvatore, you of all people should understand that that was just business, with the Salvatore interests we Marshalls have finally something we have not had in the last twenty years, respect."
"We, suddenly theirs a we? There has not been a 'we' since mother died, I carry the Mikaelson name now, so respect? I have that too. I also have the trust money from my inheritance." Haley eyed her father.
"What do you want Haley?" Silas asked his daughter.
"I don't want anything from you. Not since the day you killed mother. You're the one responsible for mother's death, not me, not your own men who you cold-bloodedly shot in the head because they didn't do their jobs. It was your job to protect your family, your job to protect mother. You might as well have pulled the trigger to the gun that killed her," Haley shouted at her father.
Silas threw a bottle across the room, "enough! You are no daughter of mine."
"and you are no father of mine! You lost me when Mom died. All you care about is power and money. From this day on I have no father, I swear to do everything in me to take away everything that you care about, your power, since you took away from me the one thing that I cared about, my mother."
"Look at you, Caroline Forbes shopping in Manhattan, from small town girl to shopaholic socialite," Bonnie chuckled while both Caroline and her strutted down Madison Street carrying bags and bags of clothes, shoes and accessories.
"Look who's talking Bonnie Bennett, I count the same number of bags on your arms, I think we need a break my legs are killing me, I haven't done this kind of shopping in…..never," as she giggled with Bonnie joining in.
Abruptly stopping and pointing at a restaurant, "this seems like a good place." Bonnie told Caroline.
Caroline grimaced, "well actually we are suppose to meet our men, and I do mean our men Bonnie Bennett in a few minutes I just have to tell Alaric that we are done shopping so we could meet up again," waving a hand to attract Alaric's attention who was walking a few meters away from them.
"I see you ladies enjoyed yourselves?" Klaus eyed the bags of Caroline and Bonnie all hidden under the restaurant table.
Caroline stood up from the table to greet Klaus with a kiss before responding, "yes we did, thanks to you," further leaning in to whisper in Klaus' ear, "I love you."
Klaus' eyes softened at Caroline's whispered words, normally not a man prone to public displays of affection, he unconsciously leaned forward to capture Caroline's lips for a passionate kiss until he heard several throats clear and his brother Kol taunt him with a mocking whistle.
Pretending to feel faint and fanning herself, Caroline made light of the display of affection of Klaus knowing he was probably feeling self conscious of his gesture, "come on let's sit down, so I think between the four of us, Bonnie and I got the better end of the deal with just shopping on the agenda for the day."
Kol laughed at Caroline's comment, "you got that right, he kept calling and texting Alaric the whole time to check where you where and what you were doing we practically accomplished nothing," looking at his brother he pretended to cough then quietly said, "whipped!" which got him a nudge on the neck from his brother.
"Well I for one appreciate that Klaus was concerned for Caroline and me, it's our first time in New York. If I had a boyfriend I would want him to be anxious enough to check on me from time to time," Bonnie mentioned while winking at Caroline.
Upon hearing Bonnie's words, Kol backtracked, "well Klaus was calling for both of us, if you really want to know. In fact, I had to persuade him to constantly check on you girls."
Bonnie just lifted an eyebrow at Kol and looked at Klaus and Caroline as if saying 'do you believe this guy?'
Klaus looked at Caroline again brushing a stray strand of hair, "let's have something to eat then plan where you ladies want to go the rest of the afternoon, Kol and I will be glad to show you around then we head back nighttime."
"You want me to what?" Damon screamed at Silas.
"I want you to kill my daughter, she's proving to be an irritation." Silas said calmly.
"She's your daughter, what the hell is wrong with you!" Damon threw back at Silas.
"She is no daughter of mine, she just threatened to take down the empire, screw up what we built. No one will threaten or intimidate me. We shouldn't appear weak, our adversaries will perceive us as vulnerable if I let her get away with this. You, I have let you just lounge around so far, not get your hands dirty. This stops now, you will personally dispose of Haley, do it quietly but quickly." Silas pointed at Damon.
Damon scoffed, "I will not kill your daughter, she is your problem not mine."
Silas approached Damon menacingly, "I tell you what, either you get rid of her, or I get rid of you, your choice. Two days, either way someone dies."
"You seem distracted, is anything wrong?" Katherine asked Stefan. They were together again today, the day before the issue containing the feature on the Café was scheduled to come out.
Stefan heaved a sigh, "nothing you need to worry about, it's just my brother."
Katherine frowned, "I didn't know you had a brother?"
Stefan shrugged, "we were never close. We have just reconnected recently. He wanted to meet up later for dinner."
Katherine touched Stefan hand, "that's good right."
Stefan gave Katherine a faint smile, "yeh it is, something seems to be bothering him. Anyway, let's talk about the magazine, are you excited? The issue is due out tomorrow."
"Very, we are all looking forward to it. The café has its share of loyal customers so we are actually doing okay but we have been talking about expanding branches recently, so this feature is a good jumping point for that, to test some waters," Katherine shared with Stefan.
Stefan rubbed the hand Katherine still had tucked to him pulling her forward to a tentative embrace, "I for one am sure you will be successful in anything you choose to do. You have my support, anything you need," Stefan timidly lowered his lips to Katherine all the time giving her the opportunity to back out from the kiss but what she did was meet him halfway.
Silas was being rushed to the hospital just after midnight. He was supposed to meet with Damon Salvatore almost two hours ago but Damon never showed. Instead Silas had left in a huff by midnight fuming at being stood up by Damon and he had almost stepped into his SUV had he not accepted a call from a business associate preventing him from entering his SUV immediately so when it exploded he was about twelve feet away, far enough not to had died instantly but near enough to be seriously injured.
Drifting in and out of consciousness, Silas was being rushed by emergency units to the hospital. Any normal human being would be disoriented and confused, Silas on the other hand during his lucid moments channeled all his energy on replaying the early events trying to find a cogent conclusion on who was or were responsible for his near demise. Damon seemed the logical one with his mysterious no-show, but he couldn't discount Haley or some of his enemies as being responsible for this. If they had succeeded, all he had worked for would have been for nothing. He remembered the words his daughter had thrown at him just a few days ago and again the obvious disenchantment of Salvatore about their arrangement. Silas was always a paranoid man but this attempt on his life has put his paranoia into overdrive. He would do to his enemies what they tried to do to them, but he would be successful were they had failed. He would make sure they were six feet under the ground, starting with Salvatore. With this thought, Silas arrived at the Emergency area of the hospital and passed out.
"Elijah where are you!" Haley screamed as she banged the front door of the apartment.
Elijah stepped to the top of the staircase and slowly made his way down while scowling at Haley then frowning as he saw her panic face, "keep your voice down, what is wrong with you."
Haley grabbed Elijah's hand, "you have to help me, you have to help me."
Elijah grabbed Haley, "what did you do!"
"I did something, but it didn't work. He's in the hospital I still don't know if he will pull through but I need this to be over, I need him to die."
Elijah shook Haley, "stop talking in riddles, what did you do!"
Haley pushed Elijah away from her, "I tried to kill him, Silas. But he didn't get in the car when the car exploded, he was still outside. He's in the hospital, they're trying to save him."
Elijah shook his head, "your ambition equals your desperation, things like that need careful planning, it just shows what a complete amateur in this game you really are. If I know your father, he is planning your demise even as he is fighting for his life. You made a calculated gamble unfortunately you lost. In this game, if you lose the penalty is your life."
Haley was sweating and disoriented, "No! You have to help me, I am your wife. My father will never believe you weren't in on this, he will know you had a hand in this. He will think we planned this together."
Elijah just shook his head, "he knows me well enough to know this is not my work, this is all you."
Haley grabbed widely at Elijah, "you will regret this. I will make you regret this."
Klaus had a very long day, not only was there a problem with a missing accountant along with millions of unaccounted disbursements, Elijah has been bothering him about the Haley problem and possible repercussions of her actions to the Mikaelson empire. The one thing he was looking forward to was for this day to end as he made his way up to stairs to the bedroom he was massaging his neck in exhaustion.
As he opened the bedroom door he noticed three things, the first the lights was out and it was only a few lighted candles that guided his way, second he saw champagne and strawberries and the third thing that struck him speechless and almost gave him a heart attack was Caroline sprawled in their bed with the tiniest of a laced up lingerie. Caroline was currently kneeling on the bed biting her lip, "Hey, come here. You look like you are about to fall down."
Klaus smiled lightly and followed Caroline's instructions as she tapped the space on the bed in front of her, with his back pressed to her scantily clad body she whispered to his ear, "how about a back massage, get this" referring to his coat and inner shirt, she helped him take them off, "off you. Isn't this what girlfriends are suppose to do to their boyfriends?
Caroline was kissing a line from Klaus' neck to his back while her hands were unbuckling his belt when Klaus placed his hands on top of Caroline's to as he finished the task of undressing himself until he was naked facing Caroline and pressing her down on the bed. With his right hand he caressed Caroline's cheek while his left hand slowly slid down from her neck to the valley of her breasts before his lips followed the path his left hand had previously been in, "I love coming home to you, I love that you're waiting for me in bed wearing what you are wearing just for me," slowly removing her thin clothing.
Fully naked Caroline straddled him pushing him down on the bed in his back just tracing his chest with the tip of her fingers earning hissing sounds from him. He attempted to sit down intent on capturing her lips again but she just palmed him back down and looking at him with a mischievous smile sliding her fingers to his sides before capturing his most prized possession with her hands.
"Whatever kind of day you had today, I want you to forget all that and just let me pleasure you," taking his tip into her mouth and slowly taking all of him into her mouth letting her teeth graze his vein. Hearing the moans she was eliciting from Klaus she gained more confidence quickening her pace as she cupped his ass to bring him even closer to her.
"Caroline, oh sweethe…ump," grabbing her hair with more force as he pumped into her mouth one last time and releasing into her mouth, "yes sweetheart," Klaus hissed this time grabbing her head to lift her up to him as he kissed her thoroughly tasting himself in the process. Reversing their positions he looked deeply into her eyes and smiled at her tenderly, "I love you Caroline."
Caroline clutched Klaus face again then kissed him slowly biting his lower lip before inserting is tongue inside his as their tongues fought for dominance as they continued to deepened their kiss until they had to part to breath. Klaus took the opportunity to line himself up and enter Caroline catching her by surprise wrapping her legs around his upper back he set a steady pace quickening his thrusts only when Caroline called out to him, "harder, oh god, faster," capturing Klaus lips once again for a searing kiss before Klaus broke the kiss to lock eyes with Caroline again, "come for me, love."
Klaus watched as Caroline bit her lower lip again as she came for him and while she was still reveling in the aftershocks of her orgasm she whispered quietly, "I love you too Klaus," this was all it took for Klaus to lose control as he spilled his seed inside Caroline.
Next day, Bonnie, Katherine and Caroline where stepping into the curb about to get inside the SUV after closing up the Café when they were ambushed by four men with high powered guns who stepped out another SUV that blocked theirs shooting their driver and shouting at them to get on the floor.
All three girl awkwardly got on the ground when two men grabbed Caroline and dragged her inside the SUV then took off so fast they left skid marks. "Kat, Caroline, you okay," Bonnie asked as she tried to get into a sitting position. A few seconds later two men run toward them, one proceeded to help her and Katherine up the other checked the status of the driver of the SUV.
"Get your hands off me, who are you!" Bonnie screamed at the men. "Calm down maam, we work for Mr. Mikaelson, we were hired to protect you and Ms. Forbes," the man who helped her up answered her.
"Well someone took her, what do they want with her?" Bonnie screamed at the man before turning to Katherine, "you alright Kat?"
Katherine exhaled nervously, "what happened, who took Care. Who are you guys?"
The man who answered Bonnie earlier looked to his partner who shook his head to signal that the driver was dead. The man nodded once then took out his phone to dial a number which was answered after two rings, "Mr. Mikaelson, we have a situation….," whatever the man had planned to say was halted as Bonnie grabbed the phone from the man.
"Klaus is that you? This is Bonnie…" Bonnie screamed to the phone.
"Bonnie? What happened?" Kol asked Bonnie in a panicked voice.
"Kol, oh my god, someone took Caroline. The driver of the SUV is dead, why would anyone want to take her," Bonnie narrated to Kol in tears.
"Calm down Bonnie, where are you, I'll go to you right now."
"In front of the Café, there are police here now and a crowd of people," Bonnie told Kol.
"Okay, hand back the phone to Freddie, the man infront of you I need to talk to him. Please go inside the Café and wait for me there, got it? If Katherine with you too, get her inside the Café too," Bonnie handed the phone back to Freddie and pulled Katherine back toward the Café as instructed.
Kol rushed into the study where Klaus was about to pour a glass of scotch but turned around abruptly at Kol frowning, "slow down brother, is the house on fire?"
Kol shook his head at his brother, "no time for pleasantries now, we have to go now. Caroline has been taken. I just talked to Bonnie and Freddy. The driver is dead."
Klaus suddenly felt lightheaded and almost feel to the floor, "what are you saying!"
Kol went to his brother to shake him, "no time for a breakdown now, we have to leave now, Alaric already has the car out front."
Kol tried his best to inform his brother about all the details he knew which wasn't really much at this point. He could understand what his brother was going through right now after weeks of observing the changes happening. He knew his brother loved Caroline and if anything happened to her, whoever did this would die a thousand deaths. He himself felt relief knowing Bonnie was safe but at the same time he felt fear knowing that what happened to Caroline could have happened and could still happen to Bonnie.
"How many people where guarding them tonight? How could this happen, am I missing something? Klaus' questions where now going a mile a moment, impatiently telling his driver to break the speed limit.
"You what!" Elijah shouted at whoever he was talking to on the phone.
"You have no choice but to help me now, or I swear I will kill her!" The voice answered back, "you have two hours, you know I am not bluffing."
Elijah threw his phone across the room thinking how simple his life was a month ago, before he got married, before Haley, when all he had to deal with was his insecurities with his brothers. He tried to gauge his brothers' reaction and deep down despite what he had known about his brother his whole life, this Caroline was a game changer. If anything happened to her, Klaus would be lost to him forever. He debated whether to call Klaus immediately or take action by himself. After a moment, his decision was made.
Klaus heard his phone ring glancing at the caller ID debated if he should ignore it before deciding to answer the call, "not a good time brother."
"On the contrary this may be the most important phone call you may receive right now. I know who has Caroline." Elijah told his brother calmly.
Klaus yelled to his brother, "don't mess with me Elijah, what the hell are you playing at, what did you do to Caroline?" Hearing Klaus, Kol turned to his brother mouthing 'Elijah?'
Elijah continued calmly, "I didn't do anything to her. I just got a call from Haley. She had Caroline kidnapped to use as leverage for us to bail her out of trouble for attempting to kill her father. She needed Caroline as insurance."
Klaus continued to yell at Elijah, "I don't care if she's your wife, I will kill her myself for what she did! Where the hell did she take Caroline!"
Elijah exhaled, "now brother we have less than two hours, which is what she gave me. They are at warehouse 50, she knew it was empty. She said specifically she wanted me to come alone or she kills Caroline."
"I don't care what she says, Kol and I are on our way there!"
an hour later….
"Haley, I'm here!"
"In here, I knew you would come." Haley ushered Elijah in with relief.
"Haley I didn't come alone, my brothers are with me," Elijah told Haley calmly.
Relief was seen on Haley's face, "I knew you would pull through for me, I knew you would help me. Where are they?" Haley searched past Elijah.
"They are behind me, don't worry you will see them soon. Now where is Caroline? What have you done with her. You know my brother is none too happy with what you did." Elijah shook his head at Haley.
Haley shrieked, "it needed to be done to get your attention. You were never going to help me!"
Elijah walked toward Haley then looked her in the eye, "where is Caroline. Answer me now, my patience with you is running thin."
Haley looked closely at Elijah and knew he was serious, "she's here okay. I told the boys the guard the perimeter, she's sedated but alright. I wouldn't harm her, at least not yet."
Elijah, "where? Now!"
Haley exhaled, "fine,, follow me." Haley led him into a hidden room which had a small cot. Caroline was sleeping but he noticed her face a swollen and she had some bruises. Elijah pointed to the bruises.
Haley shrugged, "well it couldn't be helped, she resisted."
"That's absolutely the most wrong thing to say at this time sister-in-law." Klaus entered the small room eying Caroline then glaring at Haley. He was followed in by Kol.
Not noticing the deadly tone of Klaus, Haley was ready to embrace Elijah thinking the brothers where all there for her. to protect her, so far gone she was in her mind feeling nothing but pure terror during the last two days. Elijah stopped Haley from moving anywhere with a hand while Klaus went to pick-up Caroline in his arms signaling to Elijah with a subtle nod.
Haley was confused by what was happening, "wait, what. Where is he taking the girl?"
Elijah and Kol signaled to one another while putting on gloves. As Klaus approached his black SUV with Alaric quickly opening the backdoor to help Klaus tuck Caroline, a lone gunshot was echoed coming from inside the warehouse.
As the SUV started to drive away, Klaus positioned Caroline into lap with his hand stroking her hair dreading what questions she would have for him when she regained consciousness.
That's it. So, the gunshot in the end meant someone died again and yes, it was Haley. The Mikaelsons don't take betrayal and blackmail lightly. Elijah is now a widow and Silas is still alive but not fully recovered yet.
Sorry to Stefarine and Kennett shippers, not much interaction this chapter. More of Elijah and Haley.
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