"Okay, so I know that I said that I wasn't going to talk to you guys about the Klaus thing today, but I changed my mind," Caroline said as she sat on the floor of her room with her two best friends, who both began to grin at her words. "Because I really need to talk to you guys about this."

Elena and Bonnie glanced at each other with matching grins.

"When I kissed him on Friday, I told myself that it was because I was trying to give people something else to talk about other than his dead brother," Caroline told them. "And I guess in a way it was because impulse just took over after hearing people talking shit. But the truth is that I kissed him because I wanted to, okay? I like Klaus. I really like him, even though I've tried so hard to keep myself from feeling this way about him and have tried so hard to deny it."

"You said that you needed our help, but it seems like you already have everything figured out," Bonnie commented.

"No, I don't," Caroline responded. "The whole reason that I've been resisting him so much is because I don't want to get involved with someone who is just going to leave. I'm already messed up enough from my dad leaving. And Klaus has known that since before I even agreed to be friends with him, but of course I had to go and screw that up… But I guess that what I'm asking is if you guys think that I should give him a chance or keep trying to keep myself from getting hurt?"

Caroline picked at the carpet absentmindedly as she waited to hear their responses.

"It sounds like you're already a little too emotionally invested," Elena pointed out. "If he left tomorrow, you'd be hurt either way. I say go for it instead of torturing yourself."

"I agree with Elena," Bonnie told her. "If you give him a real chance, you might end up regretting it. But if you don't give him a chance and he leaves, you'll end up regretting it for sure."

"You guys are right," Caroline admitted. "Which means that I have somewhere to go before I lose my nerve and start over-thinking everything yet again."

"I wasn't aware you were capable of not over-thinking things," Bonnie teased with a laugh.

"Hey!" Caroline complained. She tried to look offended, but she couldn't help a smile from forming on her lips.

"She does have a point," Elena told her.

"I was starting to think that you were avoiding me," Klaus commented with a smirk when Caroline entered the Mystic Grill and instantly headed over to where he was already standing.

Kol, who had been standing with his brother next to the pool table, walked away to go sit with Jeremy instead.

"That's probably because I was," Caroline admitted. "I was avoiding everyone so that I wouldn't have to talk about what happened on Friday with anyone until after I'd over-thought about everything like a million times."

Klaus's lip twitched up in amusement as he commented, "It didn't seem that complicated to me." He took a step closer to her, purposely invading her personal space as he lowered his voice slightly and told her, "You kissed me because you desperately wanted to."

"You're right," She admitted.

As a look of surprise crossed Klaus's face, an amused smirk tugged at the corners of Caroline's lips. Her smirk grew into a teasing grin as she reached with her right hand to grab onto the collar of the front of his shirt and pulled him in for a kiss.

As soon as their lips were touching, her other hand found its way to the side of Klaus's head. He grinned into the kiss and moved his hands to grasp each of her hips while she ran her hand through the silkiness of his hair.

She had definitely been lying to herself when she had actually thought that she would be able to resist Klaus indefinitely, no matter how hard she tried.

When Caroline slowly pulled her lips away long enough afterwards that most, if not all, eyes in the Mystic Grill were focused on them, she kept as straight of a face as she could manage. Her poker face was certainly a change from the shocked reaction that she'd had the last time that she had kissed him.

Once their lips had parted, most of the people in the Grill went back to what they had been doing before, not paying any more mind to the pair. Only a few people glanced subtly back over at them.

Just as Klaus opened his mouth to speak, Caroline calmly removed her arms from him and took a step back and out of his grasp before turning around to walk towards the exit. She didn't make it more than two steps before her poker face cracked, but she was still walking away from him, so he had no way of telling.

"Walking off again?" He questioned in a mildly amused tone. "Really?"

Caroline slowed her pace, but didn't stop walking, as a wry grin formed on her lips.

"Oh, I see. So everything has to be on your terms then," he commented.

She had to bite down on her bottom lip to keep from laughing as she stopped walking.

"Well, I am a control freak," She commented as she turned back around so that he could see her wide smile.

"Hmm, that might be a problem," he pointed out.

She arched her brow at him. "Really?"

"Yes, see. I'm a bit of a control freak myself," Klaus confessed. "That might make for a difficult relationship."

"You're right," she taunted. "I should just change my mind about you, right?"

Klaus looked surprised as he questioned, "So you came here looking for a relationship?"

"Yeah and I didn't think you of all people would be trying to talk me out of it," she told him.

"Oh, believe me. I am not trying to talk you out of this," Klaus assured her. "I knew you couldn't resist me."

A/N: Please read and review! So, I know that it's been A LONG TIME (like more than three years) since I last updated this and I'm sorry, but sometimes that's how life goes. So I hope some of you are still interested in the story and if you are please leave a review to let me know.

And a super giant thanks goes out to all of the amazing reviewers of last chapter: ferrylis, jessnicole, TheGreenKnightOfTheForest, MyloveforKlaroline, Draco-Harry-Lover-1, redbudrose, oceanofoswald, Twinkers, gooddame, edwardsoneandonlylove, oneindigorose, April420, klaroline4everlove, Klaroline-Deprived, CB4389, Klarolefan, AnnaTom23, Emberpapineau, paarusha, and the 3 anonymous guest reviewers! :)

REVIEW ANSWERS:

edwardsoneandonlylove: Yeah, her original intention with the kiss was to give people something to talk about other than Klaus and Henrik, but she wasn't expecting to let the kiss go that far and she certainly wasn't expecting to end up feeling something so strong for him while they were kissing.

YoursMfTruly: Sorry, but this is my story and I'm not going to change the ships to match up with what you want just because you told me to. Besides the fact that this is my story that I have planned out and that has established ships that you want me to change, even if I was willing to accommodate whatever ships people ask me to include it would be impossible to make everyone who reviews requesting certain ships happy.

AnnaTom23: Thank you so much! I'm really glad that you like the storyline and contact names. Your review meant a lot to me! :)