A few more days passed before Caroline found herself at a party thrown by one of the girls on the cheerleading team.

Klaus had also been invited and had decided to come only since he knew that people would just assume the worst if he avoided being in public.

He hated the amount of attention that he had been getting since people had found out about Henrik, especially since it was clear that people pitied him. The idea of being seen as vulnerable was awful enough when it was with someone that he was comfortable around, but it was even worse when it was a bunch of strangers feeling sorry for him.

Rebekah hadn't been planning on attending the party, but had changed her mind when she discovered that Klaus and Kol were both going. She wasn't going to stay home from a high school party to avoid people while her older brothers were going. Besides, Stefan was going to be there.

Caroline scanned the crowded room in search of Klaus and Tyler, but couldn't catch sight of either of them. She did, however, spot Damon Salvatore making his way towards them.

Caroline quickly nudged Elena's arm before turning to Bonnie and saying, "Dance with me."

When Bonnie took Caroline's outstretched hand, the girls began to dance to a fast-paced song as they moved away from Damon and Elena to give them a little privacy.

The Mikaelsons had barely made it through the doorway before Rebekah spotted Stefan and ran off towards him, leaving Kol and Klaus to fend for themselves. They didn't seem to mind though as Kol led his older brother towards where he thought that the source of the alcohol was.

When Klaus spotted Caroline on the other side of the room, he smiled a little to himself and decided not to interrupt her. She seemed like she was a little occupied at the moment as she and Bonnie sang and danced, occasionally bumping into those around them.

As Caroline noticed someone standing on the other side of the room, she immediately stopped dancing.

"I'll be back," She told Bonnie before walking off in the direction of where she had caught a glimpse of the side of Tyler's head, walking past Jeremy on her way there.

As she reached Tyler, Caroline discovered that he was standing with a group of guys from the football team, including Matt.

"Ty, can I talk to you for a second?" She asked nervously. He hadn't spoken to her since the incident at the Mystic Grill.

"Yeah," Tyler said before leaving his group and leading her to a less crowded area.

When they stopped there was a seemingly long silence before they both began to speak up at once.

"Look I'm sorry-" She began as he admitted, "I overreacted."

Caroline felt relief wash over her as she told him, "I really am sorry… And I shouldn't have said that thing about you being like a brother to me."

A slight smile tugged at the corner of Tyler's lips as he commented, "You know, I can't really blame him for liking you."

"I already told you-" Caroline began before she was cut off.

"I know, you told me that there's nothing going on with him," He finished for her, despite the fact that he still didn't believe her, "which you don't have to say just for my benefit."

"I'm not," She assured him. "…So did this mean that we're okay?"

"Yeah," He told her with a smile. "We're okay."

Caroline returned the smile with her own bright one as she pulled him in for a hug. "Good."

Klaus was glad to find that, for the most part, people weren't swarming around him. It seemed that Kol had managed to use his status as Klaus Morgan's brother to grab the attention of a group of girls that he was sitting in the middle of and flirting with.

That suited Klaus just fine. He was perfectly happy sitting with Stefan and Rebekah, who had come back with her friend a few minutes after running off, and listening to the youngest Salvatore tell stories about some of the ridiculous things that his older brother had done.

By the time that Caroline returned to where Jeremy and Bonnie were chatting, Jeremy had already become hyperaware of Kol and the group of girls that he was flirting with.

Although Kol and Jeremy had hung out since that night in Jeremy's room, neither of them had discussed their kissing and there had been no repeat of the incident.

Jeremy had originally been relieved by that since he hadn't known how he felt. But now, as he watched the girls all laughing at something that Kol had said while he sported his flirty little smirk, Jeremy knew that there was no denying that it was bothering him.

He didn't want to watch Kol flirting with those girls anymore, so he walked towards the other man hoping that Kol would instead choose to hang out with him.

When Kol looked up to see his friend, he happily exclaimed, "Jer!"

Caroline had been dancing with Elena when she finally noticed Klaus standing across the room.

As she made her way towards him through the crowds, she heard a few different groups of people talking about the fact that Klaus was there and a few other's talking about his dead brother. At least they seemed to be keeping it to themselves instead of bothering Klaus with questions though.

When Caroline got close, Stefan and Rebekah left to go dance as Klaus walked over to her.

"How have you been?" She asked him. "I feel like I haven't seen you in forever."

She had become so used to seeing him that a week without him was like a month in Klaus years.

"I'm alright," He responded with a shrug, causing her to raise a questioning eyebrow at him. "Although it's a little irritating having strangers looking at me like I'm a broken toy. And it's even worse when they start trying to ask questions about it, which people surprisingly haven't been doing tonight."

"Well I guess that's one good thing," She said with a smile, deciding against mentioning all of the people that she had overheard talking about him on her way over.

"And the fact that you're here is another one," He replied. Her smile brightened at that, causing him to grin. "Can I get you something to drink?"

"Sure."

As he came back a minute or two later carrying a drink in each hand, they heard some guy ask one of his friends, "Didn't that guy like kill his brother or something?"

"Shut up, man!" The guy's friend responded angrily as he punched the first guy roughly in the arm.

Caroline stared concernedly at Klaus for a second before impulse took over. She grabbed the drinks out of his hands and set them down on the edge of the table before turning back to face him.

"People just need something else to talk about, right?" She asked before stepping on top of the table and pulling Klaus with her by the front of his shirt.

"What are you-" Klaus began to ask before she cut him off by pressing her lips against his.

By the time that he even realized what was happening, she had one hand buried in his hair and her other arm wrapped tightly around his neck. As he began to kiss her back, she opened her mouth to grant him further access.

Klaus didn't know if this was supposed to be all for show or not, but it sure felt convincing to him. And if this was just her trying to convince their audience, then Caroline was clearly a much better actor than he was.

A/N: Please read and review! Sorry for taking so long with the update, but I am still going to finish this story. :) I hope that you guys liked the chapter and thanks for reading. I'll try to have the next update up soon if I can.

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