Klaus P.O.V,
I had walked around the waiting room for over and hour and a half and my mind was still running over the events that led me here,
i watch as Kol struts towards me extremely happy "what took you so long" i grumble "i just helped perform a triple heart bypass on a 2 year old that had a 1 in 5 chance of succeeding and now that that little girl is on her way to having a full recovery and soon will be a bouncing baby, so it was safe to say im delightful, so are you going to tell me what's got you in such a tizzy" he says with a cheerful smirk.
"how do you know caroline" good straight to the point i think to myself "she was my patient, why the interest" "why was she your patient what was it that happened to her" he pulled me aside and into a nearby office because of people staring at us "you know i cant tell you about my patients" "is she still your patient, seeing how your a surgeon and unless she still needs surgery, oh god she does doesn't she, thats why she freaked out" it starts to make sense until he speaks "no she's still not my patient, she was officially signed of today" "so then tell me what happened, its not like you've not done it before, so whats the big deal" i ask "you tell me brother"
i look at him like hes crazy "what" "well brother, before you didnt really care, but you've stormed in here demanding to know something when i have no clue why its so important to you" "i'm training her but i saw her bruise and im merely curious so now tell me" i say mixing some truth into the lie knowing he'll buy it.
"fine, but you owe me drinks" i nod doing what ever it takes to figure it out "i dont know what happened but i can gather some things" i stop and look at him giving him the look that always works "i came in when they needed a surgical consult, she was beaten so bad, that i honestly didnt know whether she was going to even make it, she had intense internal bleeding, 2 fractured ribs that from the looks of her scan has already had a few ribs broken before that had healed, a fractured collar bone, we managed to stop the bleeding, it turns out that it looked worse then it was, but all i can figure is that it wasnt the first time that she had been beaten up good and proper, but she bounced back pretty quick" my gut sunk guilt and remorse and even anger a lot of anger at how some one could do something to caroline,
"you said you saw her today" i asked "yeah she still has a fractured rib the other one has healed but it will take a few more weeks before that one will heal completely, and the same goes for her collar bone but her face has healed completely and the bruises on the stomach will heal soon what ever is going on in her mind i have no idea" i nod and im still trying to figure out how to make it up to her for my actions earlier.
" so now tell me how you know dear sweet caroline" i sigh "i met her and her friend bonnie, a month or so ago, her friend seemed to be extra worried about her surgery or something, and i gave her lip but she stuck to it and even after 15 minutes of her trying but she kept touching her side i didnt think anything of it, but her friend did and stopped her, she wouldnt take sunglasses off, so me being me took them off her face saw the bruises made the connections to the constant reference to surgery and the bruises that to me said nose job" he burst out laughing causing me to send an evil glare his way.
"at the end she demanded the sunglasses i thought she wasnt going to come back but she did show up the week later and after that and has been proving me wrong this whole time, and then i saw the bruises today and i might have messed up, i tried talking to her but some guy came and picked her up" something clicks and i look at him.
"do you think that the guy who picked her up did this to her" i ask to which he shrugs "but he looked like he could of been her father, if he had her when he was 15, but she didnt seem the type to have a daddy fetish" i say that causes him to laugh and me to smirk at the thought,
"do you know the name of this mystery guy because i only ever saw one guy come to the hospital for her" he says "leric or laric" i think trying to remember when kol says it "Alaric" i nod "no that my dear brother is a freind that shes apparently known since she was 9 theres nothing there between them" that squashes any jealousy i have of the thought of him being able to see her in private and be able to touch her.
katherine p.o.v,
i rolled away from the toliet bowl leaning against the bath tub, wiping my mouth with the back off my hand with a groan my stomach steel feeling twisty and unsettled, the girls were out, caroline at work and bonnie having an interview, things had been going really well lately and i was starting to consider these girls my family, not elena or jenna they werent my family, jenna stopped being my family when she believed elena over me after everything we went through together she didnt believe me, and well elena our relationship died years ago but still to think i would be able to do something like she thinks i did still hurt, but caroline and bonnie they were my family now, i placed my hand over my stomach "that means you two now" i whispered,
i managed to sit up after 5 minutes and brushed my teeth wetting my face with a damp cloth before pulling my hair into a pony tail and going to the living room choosing to forgo my job search for the day, its not like they'll hire a pregnant female especially with out me having any references that i can give, so i sat down and grabbed the remote of the table i was just about to hit play on greys anatomy when the door bell rang "oh for the love of" i said going to the door and opening to see a face i was not expecting to see,
"what do you want" i snapped anger seeping into my voice i looked sheepish and nervously shifted from foot to foot "im here to speak to you in the hopes of forgiveness" i looked at him still hurt from his words and accusations of me "no" "no" he repeated "did i stutter or something, i said no," i said "are you not willing to hear what i have to say" he asked his voice sad that sent an unwanted twinge to my heart, which fuelled my anger how is it possible that even after everything he said he still has a way to make me feel guilty about something made me mad, "no im not, because your here to clear your concience and no words that you could possible say could make up for what you said, so no i will not clear your conscience, as much as people like to believe im not easy" i said crossing my arms over my chest
he sighed and looked down to the ground before meeting my eyes "i did come here today in the hopes of forgiveness, and even though i will never be able to forgive myself for what i said to you, i would just like you to know, that i am truly sorry for the things i said and the way i acted, i was not in my right mind i was a mere fool and allowed jealousy to over take my common sense and also common decency , and for the hurt i bestowed on you i will for ever be sorry, it was never my attention to hurt you, i never wanted to see you hurt like that" i held my breath as he wiped a stray tear from my cheek, as i looked at him seeing the sincerity in his eyes the contact sent shivers down my spine forcing my to close my eyes as more tears fell from my eyes "what made it worse was the knowledge that it was I who caused that pain, for that i will forever hate myself" i forced my eyes closed and took a shaky step back closing the door and sinking to the floor, all my anger for him diminished just by those words, which made me cry even more knowing that with out the anger i knew i wouldnt be able to hold my up defensive walls to him,
Bonnie p.o.v ,
It had been 3 weeks since katherines run in with Elijah and i had started my new job, as a call in house keeper, i didnt love my job but i didnt hate it either it helped pay the bills, i was just thinking about what caroline was going to be cooking with dinner tonight knowing we were almost out of everything, i was interrupted by his voice i knew who it was the accent making me involuntarily shiver "hello darling fancy seeing you here" i turned from looking out of the window to see him sliding into the seat infront of me "I didnt know you came to this coffee shop" he said with a smirk his gorgeous brown eyes twinkling
"cut the crap Kol what do you want" i asked getting annoyed at his constant run ins with me for the last 3 weeks "fine" he huffed "truth" i nodded "you" he said it so matter of a fact that it had me laughing "your serious" "of course i am darling" "why, you should know by now that im not like the girls thats just going to jump into bed with you so give up already" he seemed to consider something for a moment as i went back to staring out the window looking at the toy shop across the street my mind drifting to katherine,
"maybe i want different this time" he said snapping me out of my revere "please you just want to have sex with me just prove you can thats all i am to you a nother notch, a roll in the sheets" "no" he said it so forcefully that it shocked me, he leans across the table maintaining eye contact with me and my throat goes dry as i breathe in his scent,
"you wouldnt be just a roll in the sheets, yes i would love to see you writhing under me from the pleasure i would be sure to bring you, but you are different i also have the urge to get to know you, you seem to bewitch me," he leans back and whispers lowly that i can hardly hear "my little witch" i breathe out and shake my head "why" i ask myself more then him before turning "what else could you possibly want from me" i ask "how about a conversation, over coffee maybe" nerves rage in my stomach and my head is telling me to run but i stay and and agree, i start to get up "where are you going" "what" "you just agreed to have coffee with me and a conversation, oh and here i am and you and look whats this i have here a coffee you have a coffee, so now lets get on with the conversation then shall we" he smirks his cheeky grin at me that i cant help but let out a small laugh, "well observed Mr Mikealson, so apart from your observational skills what else should i know about you" he shrugs "what would you like to know" "why did you want to be a surgeon"
"i didnt" "then why are you" i ask "because i blew my Achilles during my freshmen year of college and, baseball was off the table, so one night i was drinking and some one bet me i wouldnt be able to pass college and be excepted to med school within my second year of college" he smirked at the memory "what was the prize" if he won, i had to give him a grand and be his house pet for a year, if i won i'd get his car and his girl" "so what did you do" i asked really interested in his story "i studied every day for the rest of the year and come my second year i graduated, and was accepted into med school , and my graduation date was his girlfriend" i laughed with him really enjoying his laugh,
"so why stick it out" i asked "because one of my professors who was there at my interview, found out my reasons for the whole thing and bet me to stick it out and if i quit i had to give him the car, I made the bet instantly the deal being i couldnt know what i would win at the end, so i stuck it out and found it interesting, so i studied and partied hard half way through the end my Mikeal told me i didnt have what it takes, so i also made a bet with him that if i passed and got my doctorate he'd pay for my college fees all my student fees and donate the money my brother nik needed to start his own gym, i won of course" "so what happened" i asked leaning forward in my seat,
"i passed top of my class, kept the car, got nik his gym and when i was on stage graduating i stood there infront of silas i asked what i had won he stood on front stage halted the ceromony and started to collect money from people, proffessors and even the janitior i think started to pass him money" "why were people passing him money" i asked confused "apparently they had heard about the bet and started a pool on wether i would be able to do it or not and he was the only one who bet that i would be able to do it, after he informed every one there of what was going on telling them the whole crowd of people about the bet, i asked what i had won then and he passed me an envelope, and in the middle of the stage infront of every one he said it i had won the oppertunitity to look the people who had bet against me in the eyes and know they were wrong"
i looked at him and let out a small laugh "that must of been the best feeling" i said "it was" after a while of just looking at each other i had to ask "so what was in the envelope" he chuckled at my enthusiasm "oh that i thought i told you" "no you havent and i really want to know" he quirked his eyebrow at me as i bounced in my seat a little "it was an offer to join his surgical programme here at the hospital"
"its good isnt it" "whats good?" "having someone believe in you" "even better then sex, so what about you bonnie bennett" "what about me" "whas your story" "ah well that you dont really want to know its not that interesting, believe me" i said taking a sip of my cold coffee "i dont believe that" he said
"well theres not really much to know, my mom left when i was 12, came back for a while around the age of 18 but was gone again after a couple of weeks, my dad wasnt really that bothered left me to my own devices really i moved to new York for college came back about 6 months ago met caroline and katherine and thats about it really" i said "why did you leave new York" "i didnt want to be there any more, coffee" i ask but get up any way ignoring the feeling of needing to be sick,
the waitress hands me my order and i with slightly shaky hands i walk back to my seat quickly passing him his cup and taking a sip of mine needing the burn in my throat "careful, there bonnie you'll burn yourself" i nod and place my cup back down "sorry" i mutter and glance out of the window "its fine with me, your throat should be the one you apolagise to, for burning the poor bugger to death" some how that eases the knot in my stomach and i laugh
"its not a person kol, it doesnt have feelings" i say "oh really it has nerves and can feel things, the poor little bastard what do you think his name is" "what, theres not a man in my throat" "well if you wont give him a name i think i'll have to , hmm lemme think, henry" i laugh at the idea of there being a henry in my throat "i thought you were a doctor, surely your medical books didnt have a little man drawn in side the throat on you diagrams" i say laughing "I am and i have a certain connection with your little friend in there," "so everybody has a little human inside there throat" i ask laughing "no, like i said your special darling" he says and he's so serious that i stop laughing and my butterflies kick back up,