Chapter 13

Damon being Damon had been successful in scaring the shit out of Klaus which led him to flee Mystic Falls. He left without Elena but Stefan, without his humanity, had been left behind to guard Elena because of her blood and Rebekah had been left to keep a close eye on Tyler and Caroline. Caroline understood Klaus' creepy way of looking over Tyler but why her? She wasn't one of his projects like Tyler or Stefan then why did he want to keep tabs on her? She still kept on having dreams and weird hallucination things about Klaus while she was with Tyler and it was beginning to annoy her. Bonnie was gone with Katherine and Damon did not expose his mission to anyone. He just shrugged when the questions about Bonnie's whereabouts were raised.

Caroline's life had been hell since Klaus went away. Rebekah was always looming over Tyler and he too seemed different. It was like he had changed completely. It annoyed Caroline to her limits. Then Rebekah was so busy throwing herself over Tyler and it didn't help Caroline's relationship with him that she couldn't even make-out with him without thinking of the original devil hybrid. She couldn't even express her feelings to her best friends. Bonnie was God-knows-where, Elena was having her usual doppelganger problems and Stefan was a dick without his humanity. He was like a mini-Damon and the worst thing was he tried to get into her pants at every chance he got.

She just couldn't take it anymore so she took matters into her own hands and decided to deal with the devil herself.

"Klaus" she said in a stern voice, holding the phone as tightly as possible.

"Hello love" he replied with a hint of amusement in his voice.

"What the hell did you do to me?" She asked getting straight to the point. She knew that whatever she was imagining must have something to do with the potion-thing Gloria gave her. It sure did leave some nasty side effects that Klaus forgot to mention before he shoved it down her throat.

"Aah! I see the effects have started to take place. Well you know, witch business is really nasty and sorts" he replied indigenously.

"Fix this!" She ordered not caring about his remarks.

He wished if only he could see her begging for his help. The thought made him smirk like the devil he was. "I'm currently away love but no worries. I'll be coming back soon enough" he replied.

"When are you coming back?" She asked.

She could feel his smirk grow as he replied her. "Missing me already love? Is my hybrid not satisfying your needs but who can blame him? He is busy flirting with my sister."

"Just shut up and come back so you can fix this!" she spoke as she ended the phone call. How did he know everything going on in MF in just a blink but then again his sister was here?

One week had passed after that and still there was no sign of Klaus wanting to undo the stupid spell. Why would he do it now? The Mystic gang had again made yet another plan to kill him and it turned out to be an epic failure. They were relying on Mikael, well he was dead and now they had nothing to go against him and somehow Klaus, with his hybrid army around, wanted to stay in MF with the rest of his family. This was going to be a disaster.

Caroline pushed all these thoughts away and pulled over in the Mikaelson Manor' driveway. She couldn't believe she was once again going to Klaus for help. It was bad enough she had to ask him already and now she had to practically beg him in person. Ugh! She hated this.

With a sigh, she walked knocked on the front door, which was answered by another pet hybrid, Mindy. She led her to the living room without any hesitation or questioning as if she was expected to be there. Of course! Klaus knew everything.

She looked around as she waited for him. The house was being renovated and soon the whole original family would live here forever. She was so consumed in her thoughts she didn't hear Klaus enter until he finally spoke.

"I see you're eager to get rid of our bond" he stated as he leaned against the doorframe.

Caroline rolled her eyes and forced a smile. "There is no 'our bond'" she gestured with air quotation, "Just get your witch to break it or undo it or whatever" she stated annoyed by his presence.

"I will do this for you in return for one small thing" he said as he moved closer to her and then smirked and moved his finger to his lips, "Actually two small things" he added while grinning like an idiot.

Caroline scoffed, "And what will those two small things be?" she asked as she mimicked a small part of his sentence.

He looked her straight into her eyes, moved closer and then tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "I want you to admit whatever happened that caused you to know of this bond" he whispered temptingly.

Caroline knew exactly what he was getting at. She bit her tongue from making any infuriating comments resulting in another list of long demands in return for Klaus' help so she quietly answered his question. "I was … I was…" She hesitated for a moment. One because of the topic she was discussing and second because of the close proximity between them.

"You were what love?" he purred seductively. She could feel his breath on the nape of her neck. His lips only momentarily brushed against her flawless, smooth skin and then he looked straight into her eyes waiting for her to answer.

"I was kissing Tyler and I saw …" she hesitated again and Klaus moved even closer, resting his one hand of her neck while the other tightly on her waist. He had immobilized her against the wall.

"What did you see love?" he asked as he broke their staring fiesta and brushed his lips along her collar bone. He left butterfly kisses up to her throat. He noticed she was breathing hard and her body was betraying her feelings.

Caroline gathered all her courage and all her strength to shove him away and regain her own posture. She stood there confidently, "I kissed Tyler and I imagined our kiss. There you go. I said it when I was kissing Tyler I saw your face and all I could think of was you kissing me!" she exclaimed in one breath.

Klaus smirked as if he had a hidden agenda and held up his hands marking surrender. He clasped his hands behind his back and leaned in just to convey his message to her, "The second thing I want from you is your forgiveness Caroline." He stated and his expression turned serious.

Caroline was shocked at his words. She thought she heard wrong so she asked again, "I'm sorry did you say you want my forgiveness?" she inquired wanting to him to clarify what exactly he was talking about.

He nodded and looked to the floor and just for the briefest moment, among all the other mixed emotions of rage, anger, sorrow, loneliness and sadness, she saw regret flash across his face. "I forced your hand into many things I shouldn't have and I treated you improperly and I am truly sorry for that. I hope that one day you can forgive me and I will try to win you over fairly even if I have to wait a century or even a decade. We are immortal after all" He stated and a half-smile spread across his face, highlighting his dimples.

He looked so innocent and vulnerable. All he wanted was forgiveness and acceptance. The glint in his eyes could tell that he was telling the truth. He just wanted to be let off and start over.

Caroline pondered for a minute then answered, "You're lucky I'm high on second chances. I'll try to get past everything you've done if you finish this bond or whatever" she held her chin high and smiled a little.

"I already did love. I called a witch friend about an hour ago. She unlinked us. You're free" he announced with a light smile playing across his face.

Caroline beamed generously but then frowned slightly. Why was Klaus being so nice to her? He was Klaus and he didn't allow anyone to be happy. This couldn't be one of his games could it? Even if it was she felt happy and it all felt right for the first time.

She leaned in closer and pecked at his cheek, feeling his stubble rub against her smooth, porcelain skin. "Thank you" she whispered and with that she began to walk away leaving Klaus wondering how this young blonde spitfire could cause such a turmoil of his emotions. He had spent years building up a wall to hinder every emotion and now she seemed to have found a loose brick and she was shattering the wall and crumbling his defenses. Her such small gestures of kindness shook his heart.

He had never intended to go so slow and easy with her from the start. Whenever she defied him, his first thought was to take her right there and make her scream and then taunt her throughout eternity about it. But he couldn't bring himself to do such a thing to her after his conversation with Tyler.

A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO:

"Caroline is a very different person than she used to be when she was human. She's changed… for the better I guess. As humans we didn't get along at all. She was controlling and she was a mean bitch, sometimes but she had a good heart much like now." Tyler stated. Klaus had summoned him to have a few drinks with him and 'hang out' but actually he just wanted to get Tyler drunk enough to make him spill secrets about Caroline and her past. He specifically wanted to know who compelled her. She thought that she might've made him forget but he didn't. He would take a great amount of joy in torturing any monster who even blinked in the wrong way in front of Caroline. His possessiveness had reached its peak.

Klaus waved his hand in the air, motioning him to continue. "She's been through a lot in life and she really doesn't open up to everybody about it. She keeps this bubbly, cheerful appearance so she can help the people around her and so they don't realize how hurt she is. I mean just a few months back she told me about Damon. How he compelled her and used her as his puppet, making her do his dirty work and he used her for sex and fed off her… And after he dumped her, he called her shallow, useless and pathetic and she said she felt like a broken toy. I mean then, she was tortured by the werewolves because of Damon and Stefan and then your witches took her so yeah she's been collateral damage in a lot of places" he completed and gulped another drink with his new 'Sire'.

Klaus felt the rage boiling inside him. He never liked the older Salvatore and now he had an even bigger reason to wipe his existence off of Earth. What surprised him was that Elena and Stefan claimed to be Caroline's best friends and if they knew about this they certainly wouldn't have forgiven Damon. He ignored Tyler's jabbering about his thirst and everything and cut him off with a new question.

"Do Stefan and Elena know about this?" Klaus asked as he clenched his jaw and fists tightly quashing his anger. Tyler's laugh amused him. "Do they know about this? Everybody in freaking Mystic Falls knows this but she isn't Elena. Everyone just expects her to move on and be okay with it and she does. She pretends to be okay with it. Sometimes at nights she cries. I can hear her thrashing in her sleep. She's just never been anyone's priority" Tyler stated bitterly.

"Well then mate it's our responsibility to make sure that doesn't happen anymore. Isn't it?" Klaus asked hiding any hint of anger and rage. Tyler gave him a confused look but the drunk nodded anyway.

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Author's Note:

Hi everyone! Sorry for the irregular updates. I am actually working on two other stories side by side which I will post very soon. So hopefully you'll check them out too.

Now firstly thank you so much for following, marking as favorite and reviewing. Reviews mean a lot to me and basically I'm adding this author's note only to address the issue at hand. Some people thought that the story was going too dark and Klaus was becoming a major ass and how'd he end up with Caroline and then they were looking to other ships. Don't worry, Klaroline will be the end game I promise. Actually I intended for the story to go this way because I wanted to try and keep the characters as close to reality as possible. Klaus has always been bad at relationships. It's only his siblings that forgive him and everything so he doesn't know that everyone won't forgive him and bend to his will. Initially yes, Klaus only wanted Caroline to warm his bed but now he feels the need to have her loyalty, friendship and love. I was going to go darker but I don't think you guys will take it anymore so the story isn't exactly going to be fluff but it's going to tone down and I cut down most of the other scenes which couldn't fit Klaroline because otherwise the story would become too long. Before I blab out the whole story I'll shut up and leave you to enjoy.

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