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"I can't believe this." Caroline said as she turned away from Klaus, Elijah, and Tamara. She walked over to the couch and collapsed onto it.

"I'm sure there is a way around it Caroline. Is there a way around this whole mate thing?" Klaus asked as he looked at Tamara.

"I'm afraid not Klaus. You are each other's mates. It is meant to be." Tamara answered.

"Oh god," Caroline said as she looked down at the floor.

"How does this whole mate thing work anyway?" Klaus asked because he didn't know that this actually happened to real werewolves.

"It just happens, Klaus. You're in love with her." Tamara said.

"I knew it," Caroline said under her breath.

Klaus looked over at Caroline with raised eyebrows and looked back at Tamara. "I don't love." He stated.

"Yes you do." Tamara said.

"That's impossible," Klaus said still denying the truth. "I've been around for over 1000 years. I'm pretty sure if I knew how to love I would have found love all of those centuries ago." Klaus said to Tamara.

"You didn't find love all of those centuries ago because there wasn't a woman on the planet that was to be your mate. Caroline is your mate, Klaus. It took 1000 years but you found her and she found you." Tamara said with a smile.

"She can't stand me though." Klaus said as he looked over at Caroline with sad eyes.

"That isn't true Klaus." Caroline said softly.

"Yes it is I don't think there was ever a time where you genuinely wanted to hang out with me. You only ever did it to be a distraction." Klaus said looking at the floor upset.

"Niklaus, I'm sure that isn't all true." Elijah said.

"Yes it is," Klaus said and walked to the other end of the living room with his hands behind his back.

"Okay fine! I admit! All those times that I hung out with you was because I had a hidden agenda but at the end of those nights I felt bad about what I was doing." Caroline admitted.

Klaus looked over at Caroline and then look away from her.

"That first time at your family's ball, I went there because I wanted to make sure that Matt was fine but then we danced and talked and you showed me your art and I saw a new side to you and I liked it." Caroline said.

"You showed her your art?" Elijah asked his brother shocked.

"Yes he did, why are you so shocked?" Caroline asked Elijah.

"It's just Niklaus has never shown his art to anybody else. I mean sure he has art around the world but nobody that he personally knew would see them except our family." Elijah said to Caroline.

"I've shown other people my art…" Klaus defended himself immediately.

"No you didn't," Elijah said.

"Whatever…" Klaus said.

Caroline walked over to Klaus and stood in front of him. Klaus kept on looking anywhere but at Caroline.

"The next time was outside of the bar. My friend's needed to distract you because they wanted to kill Kol because you guys were linked. I knew it was wrong to do that but I still distracted you."

"If you knew it was wrong, why did you do it? I thought you were the one that cared for people even when you didn't really like them." Klaus said narrowing his dark blue-green eyes at her.

"Maybe I just wanted to have an excuse to see you again." Caroline said.

"Sure you did…" Klaus replied not believing what Caroline was telling him.

"Niklaus, just listen to her. Stop interrupting her." Elijah said getting frustrated with his brother's childish replies.

Klaus glared at Elijah and walked around Caroline. He went to the couch and sat down with his arms crossed over his chest.

"Elijah, perhaps we should go upstairs and talk about what we need in order to bring your brother back." Tamara whispered to Elijah.

Elijah nodded and put his arm around her. He led her up the stairs and they went into the empty bedroom.

"What will you need in order to bring Kol back?" Elijah asked.

"Not much, I need to be in an empty field, I need his body, and I need some of yours and Klaus' blood in order to complete the ritual."

"You don't need Rebekah's blood?" Elijah asked.

"No, the two of you will be fine."

"Very well then," Elijah said with a nod.

"Would you like me to do the ritual tonight, or do you want to wait until Klaus is able to get out of that barrier?" Tamara wondered.

"I need to talk it over with Niklaus. If he will not mind, we will do it tonight. The sooner we get back our brother the better." Elijah stated.

"Okay," Tamara said.

Elijah turned away from her and was about to walk towards the door when she put her hand on his arm.

"What is it Tamara?" Elijah asked confused.

"Do not go downstairs, Klaus and Caroline need to have a private discussion."

"Oh, um, yes of course." Elijah said as he cleared his throat.

"He's in love with her, you know."

"I know,"

Meanwhile Klaus and Caroline were in the living room and there was an awkward silence filling the room.

"Klaus, listen to me, please!" She pleaded.

Klaus looked up at her and she looked back at him.

"I'm sorry about all of the things I did. I know I hurt you and I am really sorry for that."

"I wasn't hurt." Klaus said trying to remain under his don't-care façade.

"Yes you were,"

"How could you possibly think that?" Klaus asked looking over at her questioningly.

"Because I know you, the real you. I know that you're hiding under a façade." She said.

"You don't know anything about me." Klaus said harshly than he meant to.

Caroline squirmed back because she hated when he acted like a first class jerk. Caroline huffed in annoyance and walked over to him. She put her hand on his lap and he looked down at her hand. It was as if his lap was on fire.

He tried to remove her soft hand from his lap but she wasn't allowing him to.

"You need to listen to me," Caroline pleaded as she looked in Klaus blue-green eyes.

"What else do you want to say Caroline?" Klaus asked in a throaty voice.

"I want to say I'm sorry I ever hurt your feelings. I thought I was doing the right thing because I wanted to protect my friends from the big bad original hybrid. I hate to admit it to myself but these past few days have been pretty fun with you around. I really wish you could just forgive me, but I know you don't forgive easily." Caroline ranted.

Klaus looked into Caroline's warm blue eyes and he put his hand on her cheek. Klaus hated that he couldn't get mad at Caroline. It made him feel weak, but at this point he didn't really care. Caroline stiffened when she felt his hand begin to caress her cheek and she looked at him confused.

"I forgive you," Klaus whispered before he leaned in. He kissed Caroline on the lips and she didn't pull away.

Caroline put her arms on Klaus' chest and she took ahold of his shirt. She pulled him closer to herself. They continued to kiss one another until they heard somebody clearing their throat. Klaus and Caroline looked over at the intruder annoyed and the intruder was Elijah. Tamara stood next to him with a smirk on her face. Finally they kissed, she thought to herself.

Klaus didn't even hear how his brother came down the stairs. He really felt like daggering him at this moment because he ruined their first genuine moment.

"What is it now?" Klaus growled out.

"Uh… I didn't mean to interrupt but we need to talk about Kol." Elijah said.

"Talk," Klaus said.

"Tamara can bring Kol back tonight but we need your permission to do so." Elijah said.

"Of course! Do it tonight. I have to talk to Kol, I have to let him know that I didn't even know that they were planning on staking him." Klaus said feeling a twinge of regret go through him. He hated how their last conversation went and he wanted to make things right with his annoying little brother because at the end of the day he loved him and he would do anything for him or for any of his siblings'.

"Okay," Elijah said.

"I need your blood Klaus." Tamara stated.

"For what?" Klaus asked looking at Tamara confused.

"In order to bring back Kol I need his family's blood. I need yours and Elijah's blood." Tamara said.

"Oh, okay. Sure." Klaus said. "Hand me a bowl, will you Elijah?"

Elijah nodded and walked into the kitchen. He began to rummage through the cabinets but he couldn't find the damn bowls.

"The bowls are in the bottom right shelf." Caroline said over Klaus' shoulder.

Elijah looked over at her and nodded. He went to the bottom right shelf and finally spotted those godforsaken bowls. He walked over to Klaus and Klaus bit into his wrist. The blood began to fall into the bowl.

"That's enough." Tamara said.

Klaus pulled down his sweater over the already healing wound and looked at Elijah with a smile on his face. "We're going to get our brother back." He said excitedly.

Elijah smiled at this and nodded.

There you have it.

Klaus and Caroline finally kissed!

Hopefully Kol will be coming back in the next chapter :)

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