Chapter 18
Klaus POV
A few minutes later, I heard the bedroom door open and I see Caroline without her coat and bag approach me.
- " Are you cry ? " she asks softly.
- " I thought you had left ? " I replied, ignoring her previous question.
- " I was, but at the last moment I decided to stay because it's already midnight and Bonnie send me a message and say that she would spend the night with Kol, so I close the door and turn off the lights. "
- " Oh ..." that's all I respond.
She lies down next to me in bed. She passes her hand on my cheek and dry my tears.
I hate that she sees me as weak, but with alcohol and tiredness, I do not care anymore.
Because she's close to me that night.
She turn offthe light on the bedside table and I pass the arm around her waist to approach her. She buried her head in my neck and we fall asleep directly.
When I wake up in the morning, I took my time because Caroline had to leave the apartment and I'm alone.
Then I feel a presence behind me move a little. I turned around, hoping it's not another girl that I do not know !
But no, it's Caroline, she's staying with me all night, she slept next to me !
- " Hi Klaus ! " she told me, and I notice that her eyes are fixed on my face.
- " Hello sweetheart ! "
- " You are pensive this morning ! There is a problem ? "
- " No, I just think you'd be gone in the morning ... and that I would wake up alone ..."
- " What ? No, I do not get up early enough for that ! " she laughs.
I smiled.
- " And I'm really grateful you're not ! "
- " So you planned something this morning ? "
- " Not yet and you ? "
- " No. "
- "Okay, so let me spend a few phone calls and I come back ! "
- " What ? Where are you going ? "
I'll pick up the phone and prepare everything we needed. I heard Caroline go in the bathroom.
- " Take some stuff ! "
- " Where are we going ? "
- " Trust me ! " I said.
- " But I need to work on my paper ..."
- " I thought you did not know what to do ! "
- " Yes, I meant not immediately ! "
- " You must give it back when ? "
- " Next tuesday will be fine but but i don't really have- ..."
- " Do not worry we will be back by then ! "
- " Returned from where ? "
- " Trust me ! But first we need to go in Kol's appartemen for take his car ! "
- " What ? "
- " He know, do not worry, he just not will be there this morning so he put the keys on the table and leave the door open ! "
So we take a taxi to the Kol's apartment. Then I go take the keys for the car and we settled for about two hours drive towards Philadelphia for a weekend, sort of, because we get back sunday !
During the trip, Caroline asks me many questions, which are quite understandable but I hope she will really appreciate what we will do !
A bit later, there a sign who said we will soon get to Philadelphia.
- " Wait, we're going to Philadelphia ? " request Caroline surprise.
- " Exactly ! "
- " But why ? "
- " For a weekend ! "
- " Why today, I mean, this morning you did not know what to do ! "
- " I wanted we move away from New York for a few days to clear our head a bit ... Do you not like it ? "I ask her disappointed.
- " Yes I do, of course, it's just that you had never done this before, and I'm just surprised ..."
- " We will get soon at our hotel ! "
- " Wow, I still can not believe we are in Philadelphia ..." Caroline replied, without too much listening to what I had said.
- " You sure you like it ? "
- " Yeah ... I really love it ! It's really great that you've decided that ! But you must not work or something ? "
- " No, I have called and have informed of what to do during my absence, and my assistant knew very well what to do when I was in a coma ! "
We arrive at our hotel, the Sheraton Society Hill Hotel Philadelphia about noon and a half because of traffic. Then asked our room to put our suitcase before eating at the hotel.
Caroline POV
Walking into the hotel room, we directly see the window leading to a balcony overlooking trees and building. Then, right there, is the bathroom and when we advance still left the bed and you can see a round table, black at the right.
I always can't really believing it's real, I just thought we was going to go to a park or at a restaurent.
We depositing our luggage to the bed and going down to eat.
Around fourteen hours, we go back to install our stuff. An hour later, I asked to Klaus :
- " What are we going to do here ? "
- " I expected some things but if you do not like we can always change " he replied, a little nervous.
I never thought to see Nik nervous one day !
- " No, I'm sure it will please me, I am already so excited to be here !" I smile at him.
- " It would tell you that we walking in neighborhoods around the hotel ? As it's almost four hours of the afternoon and all ... "
- " Yes ! With pleasure ! "
We first went to Philadelphia Urban Adventures and then to the First Bank of the United States, then walked by the Todd House and the Physick House. We walk to the Korean War Memorial Park and back to the hotel.
When we returned two hours later, we go to the hotel room and we talk a little. Then we eat at the restaurent and we go to bed early.