Chapter 6
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Taking Caroline out of the nightclub had been easy but the harder task had been getting her into his car and then towards her house. The real problem only started when she started throwing herself at him, kissing his cheeks then his throat and her torture on him began that way.
He gripped the steering while so tight that he was sure it might snap if his white knuckles were anything to go by.
He sighed loudly as Caroline kissed and nipped her way down the column of his throat. "Caroline, sweetheart…" he groaned as she bit on his skin lightly, leaving a red mark over the surface.
"Niiik! You were always my favorite" she sung loudly, humming to herself as she placed sloppy kisses over his neck and face, nibbling at the mole on his neck. He sighed loudly before taking a sharp turn and pulling the car over to the side of the road.
"That's it" he said, ticking his jaw. He completely removed her hands from his neck and pulled in a deep breath as he controlled the urge to let her continue. As much as he wanted to, he knew that she was absolutely wasted and would come to regret it the next morning. Besides when they finally got together for the first time, he was going to make sure she remembered it her whole life.
So them having sex when she was almost out of her senses was a big no-no.
Carefully untangling her hands and arms from around his neck, he held them together in his hands while Caroline continued to look up at him with her big, blue eyes full of innocence and childish confusion.
Taking another deep breath, he gave her a small indulgent smile. "Sweetheart, you're drunk" he stated as soothingly as he could.
Caroline nodded before bursting into a fit of giggles. "I know!" she said with a wide smile stretched across her face. "It's so fun" she added before wiggling around trying to get her hands free from Klaus who had them in his iron grip.
When she continued trying to struggle, Klaus sighed losing his patience and let go of her hands only to untie his tie from his neck and pull it loose before using it to tie her hands together.
"Nik! I didn't know you were into this stuff" Caroline said mischievously with a shy smirk on her face.
Klaus' eyes widened and his mouth dropped open at her innuendo and he gaped like a fish out of water before shutting his mouth and putting the car into gear. "I'll untie you once we reach home" he said shortly, trying to keep his mind at peace.
"Yes officer" Caroline mocked him back, in a sensual low voice.
He tightened his grip on the steering wheel and instead of driving to her apartment; he wanted to go over to his own penthouse. One reason being that it was closer and secondly he'd be able to make sure she was alright there.
But that wouldn't have gone well with her. So, testing his patience, he drove to her apartment and reached there in record time, all the while as Caroline hummed incoherent thoughts out loud.
With the blessing of some higher power, he made it to her apartment door and opened it easily with her in his arms, swinging her legs around. Walking inside, he went straight towards her bedroom and braced himself before stepping inside.
It was the one part of her apartment he had never once seen and he never wanted to see. Solely because it was the very room she had shared with Enzo so many times while he had rotted away in his life.
But for her, he not only stepped inside but settled her in bed and tucked her in properly before checking the drawers for a painkiller for her. When he was unsuccessful in finding one, he gently shook her.
"Sweetheart, where do you keep your medicines?" he asked gently, tucking her hair behind her ear lovingly.
Caroline smiled and mumbled something incoherent in her sleep. Her words resembled kitchen so with a sigh, he went to the kitchen and started his search of the medicines. Soon enough he found some Advil and took it to the room with a bottle of water.
Placing them both on the bedside table, he was about to head out of the room when Caroline started wiggling around in bed, groaning. "Take this off or I will rip it!" she grumbled in her sleep, pulling at her skintight dress.
Gulping Klaus walked over to her and gently pulled her into a sitting position. "Sweetheart, I'll unzip this for you but after that you have to change for yourself" he told her and she swayed around before nodding.
Running his fingers down to the base of her neck, he found the zipper of the dress and swept her hair to one side before pulling the zip down slowly revealing inch by inch her beautiful smooth skin. It took all of his self control not to drag his lips at the bare skin but he managed.
Stopping at the end of her back, right above her tail bone, he placed a kiss on top of her head to inhale her scent. "There" he breathed out.
"My pjs are in the washing machine" Caroline giggled in reply before flopping back down on the bed, on her stomach, giving her back – naked back – to him.
Taking another deep breath Klaus pulled his own shirt over his head before tossing it on the bed. "Come on, up you get Caroline" he said with seriousness in his tone. He slowly went forward and removed her dress. First from her arms and then pulled it down to her chest. He was grateful that her chest faced away from him because he wasn't sure if he would've been able to resist otherwise.
Pulling the dress free from her legs though seemed the hardest but he managed to get it done. But not before running his hands down her smooth, lean legs. After all, he was in no way a saint.
Once she was out of the dress, he quickly got her into his own white, button down shirt and closed it up before tucking her back in bed.
"It smells nice. Like… you, Nik" Caroline commented, sniffing the collar of the shirt with a dreamy smile on her face. "You smell so nice Nik. I could smell you all day" she blurted out, drunk beyond belief.
Only for a second, Klaus let the confusion of her statement appear on his face before he shook his head and cleared all those thoughts. He sat down next to her on the edge of the bed.
"Why do you actually not want to marry me, Caroline?" he asked, quietly. "Am I truly so despicable to you?" he added, desperately.
Caroline stiffened at that. "Because I'm a failure Nik and everyone with me falls and sinks to the bottom" she said, slurring through most of her words. "I would say yes to you a million times but I could never be that selfish with you" she said letting out an adorable giggle. "You can get a model or an actress or someone famous to be with you. I'm just me. The worthless, shallow Caroline…" she hiccupped and stopped her rambling before blindly turning to him.
"Am I Forbes now that my husband is dead?" she asked, frowning. "I killed Enzooo!" she wailed flopping down on the bed forcefully.
Blown away by her confession, he shook his head and quickly chose to bring her back to the subject. "I'd like you to become a Mikaelson" he said, peering at her through his thick lashes.
"I'd ruin everything. Your life, our friendship and maybe I'd even get you bankrupt. You know how unlucky I am" she garbled waving her hands around for effect. "Don't waste your time on me, Nikkkk. I'm a hopeless case. Nothing can f-fix me" she said, laughing but he could clearly notice the tears running down her face.
Unable to resist, he pulled her to him and let her bury her face into his chest. "Enzo's dead" she muttered as more tears wet his under shirt and her nimble fingers wrapped around the base of his neck. "Nik, why can't I be happy? Is it too much to ask for?" she questioned, hurt by her own luck.
At that moment, Klaus wanted nothing more than to bring her all the happiness in the world at her feet but if there was one thing even he couldn't deny, it was that money couldn't buy happiness. Especially not for Caroline Forbes.
"Shh! Sweetheart, it'll be alright" he murmured, soothingly knowing he would do everything in his power to make sure that everything in Caroline's life did indeed turn out alright. There was no way she would be allowed to remain like this all her life.
"Everything's done for" she said, settling against him. "I'm losing everything. I lost Enzo, my happiness, my job, my parents, my friends and now my house too" she complained childishly and let out a hollow, drunk laugh.
Running his hands through her hair, he tried to calm her down but it didn't work so he kissed the top of her head.
"This house was all I had left of him" she murmured sadly gesturing wildly with her hands until they fell limply at her sides and she stared at Klaus, poking one dimple at his face. "You're all I have left now" she said giving him a lazy, intoxicated smile before dozing off in his arms.
Her reasons to not marry him brought tears to his eyes. Did she care so much about him that she would let herself suffer and keep him happy? No one cared that much about him. Not even his own family.
Her drunk rambling didn't deter him from going after her. If anything, it only confirmed his earlier thoughts and made him fall in love with her a little more, if even possible.
"I'm sure she's okay, Katherine" Bonnie said, trying to calm the curly brunette who was pacing angrily.
She snorted at that. "Of course you're going to say that now that Saint Elena has let her go off with that … that douche bag" she hissed spitefully, thinking of 101 ways to kill Elena and Klaus both with one stone.
"It's Klaus. He's her best friend" Elena pointed out, sullenly. "If she's safe with anyone it's him" she commented, knowingly.
Katherine whipped so fast that Bonnie almost feared for the brunette's neck. "The same best friend who is pushing her in a corner to marry him" she pointed out, angrily. "The same best friend she rejected" she sneered.
"Guys!" Bonnie said, coming between them. "Break it. Fighting isn't going to do us any good right now" she said, calmly.
"Tell her to stop interfering in Caroline's life" Elena jabbed, snidely.
Katherine narrowed her accusatory glare at Elena. "Excuse me?" she asked, affronted by the blame.
"You heard me" Elena said, crossing her arms over her chest. "I get that you're worried for Caroline. We all are" she started, fervently. "But you should know that pulling her away from Klaus will only leave her stranded. Klaus loves her more than anyone in the world- she was cut off by Katherine who glared at her.
"Her husband just died! He should have more class than to force her into marriage!" she all but yelled at the straight haired girl in front of her.
Elena rolled her eyes at that. "He should but maybe he just doesn't want to see her break. Maybe he wants her to focus every emotion she is feeling into anger and project it on him" she guessed, shaking her head. "Anger is better than confusion, Kat" she said, softly, remembering her own past. "We all know that and he does too. Maybe he can't bear to watch her fall apart and he thinks that marriage will make her stable" she reasoned, soundly.
Katherine scoffed but generally kept silent which meant that she agreed with Elena.
"You know, Caroline just told me that she's going to be homeless in a couple of days" she admitted watching the surprise and shock evident on everyone's face. "She rambled in her drunken haze actually" she joked with a little, sad laugh.
"What?" Katherine spluttered in shock. "Sh- She didn't tell me anything" she admitted hurt and shocked.
"Why would she? She's Caroline" Bonnie commented, lowly. "She deals with all her problems herself"
Katherine sunk down in the barstool next to her and ran a shaky hand through her curls. Elena placed a hand on her shoulder, reassuringly. "Katherine, I know you care about her but have you ever considered that Klaus might actually be the best option for her?" she asked, carefully.
Sure they all didn't like Klaus but Caroline did. And he wasn't an ass to her, either. To be honest, he cared about her far more than anyone ever had. His affection sometimes even was rivaling that of Enzo's.
"I'm going to call her at eight in the morning and not one second later and if she's anywhere near his bed, I will kill him with my bare heads" Katherine swore, colorfully, clenching her fists tightly, hating how right Elena sounded.
Not wanting to dwell on it any longer, she grabbed the nearest shot glass and downed it without a second thought.
If Klaus thought Katherine would let him win like this, he had another thing coming his way.
Elijah knew that asking Katherine to move in with him was a… tough decision. He wouldn't call it bad because he wanted to do it at some point in their relationship but he'd only acted on his impulse earlier for his brother. For Niklaus and against Caroline.
He'd felt guilt over his actions but his love for his brother always won over.
Right now, however, Katherine's antics were driving him crazy. He'd received four prank calls from her in the past hour and he wasn't sure why she was trying to pretend to be J.K Rowling when she was clearly calling from her own number.
His unasked question was answered when he received the next call on his phone from a miserable Bonnie who was clearly struggling to handle the two clearly intoxicated sisters. When he'd insisted that she drive the three of them to the manor where they could all stay for the night, he'd been assigned another duty.
"I don't think I can drive, Elijah. I had a couple of drinks with Caroline before Klaus took her home" she'd replied and Elijah wasn't surprised to be informed that his younger brother had already swept Caroline away.
So that pushed him to his current predicament where he called his darling baby sister and Kol for some needed help. He knew that he couldn't leave his study now. Not when he had so much office work already.
"This is unbelievable!" Rebekah snapped as she sat in Kol's car while he drove. "Those girls chose Caroline over me and now I'm stuck being their bloody chauffer because Elijah wants me to safely deliver his whore and her posse to his doorstep" she growled, rolling her eyes.
Kol smirked. "I can smell something burning" he sang along, teasingly.
"And I can see your teeth knocked out of your mouth in the next two minutes if you don't shut it!" she warned, threateningly but Kol remained unfazed.
"Green isn't your color, Bekah" Kol cooed, jokingly. "Maybe you should be a bit more careful in choosing your side. If you can't beat them, join them Rebekah" he said, mysteriously.
She considered his words for a moment before turning to face him. "Are you asking me to choose between our brother and Caroline?" she asked with barely concealed disdain. "Do you really feel no sympathy for Nik?" she wondered out loud, confused by her younger brother's behavior.
Kol raised an eyebrow at that. "Sympathy? For Nik?" he asked, surprised.
"The whole bloody world knows he's been in love with that girl since he was sixteen and even after all the attention and affection he doted on her, she chose Enzo. Now even after Enzo's death, he has stayed by her side against everyone and again she rejects him" she snapped, feeling anger, frustration and sadness all at once.
"Your world really does revolve around Nik, doesn't it?" Kol said with a mocking laugh. "Rebekah, Caroline's husband died. Her husband. Whom she loved for years. He just died." He said, unbelievingly. "Her whole world has been turned upside down and the only thing everyone's worried about is her marriage, her life. But what about her happiness?" he questioned, turning the tables on his sister. "Nik chose not to act over his feelings when she chose Enzo. You know as well as I do that there was a time when Caroline would've swooned at even the slightest attention from Nik" he reminisced, referring to their early teenage years when Caroline did in fact harbor a crush on their brother. But Klaus being himself never paid her any attention. "He was late. Too late" he commented, dryly. "But now when he has the opportunity, he's rushing it and he will muck things up" Kol grumbled, annoyed that he had to explain everything. "This time, if he does, he'll lose her friendship too"
Hearing the end of his rant, Rebekah stayed quiet and looked down at her hands.
"Well, we're here" he said, cutting the engine of the car.
Quickly getting out of the car, Kol helped the two drunken girls first in the backseat and then Bonnie who seemed both sheepish and utterly exhausted.
"Thanks for coming to pick us up, guys" she said, sighing as she clicked Elena and Katherine's seatbelt.
Kol smirked at Bonnie. "Anytime, darling. Although I'm hurt you went out alone without me" he fake-pouted at which Rebekah and Bonnie rolled their eyes.
"Yes. But being uninvited hurts more. Trust me on that one, Kol" Rebekah retorted bitterly, making Bonnie wince slightly. "And who are we to deny you free rides. Of course, whatever Elijah says we have to do and Elijah says whatever his strumpet tells him to" she muttered sullenly.
"Yeah keep treating your friends like shit and that's going to happen" Bonnie snapped back, hurt by Rebekah's remark about Katherine.
Rebekah glared hard but pressed her lips together, tightly.
"Now now girls! No fighting in the car. Or else you'll be given a time out" he admonished playfully.
Bonnie sat back and crossed her arms over her chest. "You can drop us all off at my apartment" she said, petulantly.
Kol casted a sideways look towards Rebekah, urging her to apologize. "I'm sorry" Rebekah said with a long suffering sigh.
Bonnie took a moment to respond. "It's okay" she said, just as shortly.
Kol smiled cheekily at that and thrummed the steering wheel. "Now that everything's settled, let's get back to the manor" he said, not hearing anymore arguments.
What all of them didn't know was that they were all going to have a very interesting morning the next day.