Chapter Four: Moving In

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of The Vampire Diaries/The Originals, neither do I own the plot as it is based on the 2013 movie: One Small Hitch. Other scenes used in this story will be referenced at the bottom as I do not take any credit for it whatsoever.

The sun seemed to be in a hurry to rise as the next morning came quickly. It was a beautiful day for August it was not too hot – around eighty degrees and no humidity. Lexi walked into the kitchen yawning slightly as she tried to rub the sleep from her eyes. It looks like she had been the last to get up that morning seeing as Stefan and baby Liam were already sitting at the counter having their breakfast. She hardly ever slept in but prior to last night's earful of venting she got from Stefan courtesy of Caroline and Klaus' surprise engagement, she was tired.

"Good morning my handsome men." She grinned kissing Liam and then Stefan. He still had a very serious expression on his face and she knew that he was no way near being over the news of the surprise engagement. Deciding that he was just not going to let this go, Lexi indulged him. "So what makes you think that she's pregnant?" she asked peering into the fridge.

Stefan was in the process of feeding Liam but with a frown on his face, one would think that the amount of concentration he put in was as if he was about to diffuse a bomb. Lexi knew he was highly annoyed and based on the fact that they he had immediately arrived at the fact that Caroline was pregnant, pissed him off even more.

Lexi hands Stefan a tub of Liam's sweetened potato baby food.

"Because I know Klaus okay – the only way his getting married is if he – you know." He said gesturing to his son in the high chair "Had to." He tries to open the jar but it would not budge at all. It's like nothing was going his way this morning. This was most definitely not his day.

"What?" Lexi deadpans and takes the jar from him. Opening the jar effortlessly.

"I mean that's – how did you even do that?" Stefan shakes his head as Lexi hands him the opened jar of baby food. "Caroline is not even his type!"

"No. No, see because people can change. Maybe his grown very tired of dating these airheads with fabulous tits... Oh my god she's totally pregnant." Lexi chuckled

"Son of a bitch!"

"Look before you go all kill bill on him. Know that there are other possibilities" Lexi says shaking a bottle of warmed milk for Liam

"Like what? Love? Come on you've been around them they're always ragging on each other. Stefan scoffed

"It's foreplay." Lexi wiggles her eyebrows suggestively

"Okay. So let's say they are in love. Why didn't he call me, why didn't she call me?"

"Well Gee I don't know maybe they didn't think that you'd approve. You're not exactly jumping for joy here."

"Well can you blame me?!" He shrieked. The idea that Klaus had gotten Caroline pregnant made him livid. He for one had a front row seat to Klaus' escapades over the years and the belittling and whoring around - it was just not his sister. Caroline was incapable of having a no strings attached because she fell too hard and too quick and that is exactly why she and Klaus could not ever work.

"Honey.."

"What?"

Lexi pointed down to his hands and he looked down noticing that he had unknowingly been holding his sons' teddy bear in a choke hold position.

Stefan sighed putting the bear down. The glum look on his face made Lexi feel a little bad. Stefan had been more hurt about being kept in the dark rather than the fact that Klaus was marrying his sister.

"Look... Why don't you call him?"

"If he wants to talk to me. He can call me."|

The news of Caroline and Klaus' engagement spread with amazing speed. Distant relatives from all over were capered around the large living room embracing the Aunts whose faces shone with relief and joy. A happy party was soon assembled and to the hushed remarks of the fact that Caroline might be pregnant with Niklaus' child, dynasties were cemented and wedding plains laid.

It came as no surprise that the entire Mikaelson clan showed up. Most likely to witness the shocking fact that the family's most renowned bachelor had finally decided to tie the knot - and to a young girl that had been close to the family for many years. Despite the fact that there were many pregnant rumors flying about, they couldn't be more pleased. Heck, they were more pleased that Klaus would finally put a stop to his whorish ways and putting the family name in the eyes.

"Lexi!" Klaus sighs relieved to see his best mates wife as he descends the grand staircase. Truth be told he was glad to see her arriving alone rather than with Stefan. He had yet to speak to his best friend and knowing that Stefan had to find out by his mother that Klaus was marrying his kid-sister was definitely a low blow. Klaus was almost certain that Stefan wanted to kick his entitled arse right now. It was a good thing Lexi came alone. Klaus didn't need to make a scene in front of all these people.

Lexi mouthed a 'you are in so much trouble.' after pointing an accusatory finger at him.

"I know. I know." Klaus sighed pulling her into a hug. "Where is Stefan, I have to talk to him."

"You mean to let him know that you're engaged to his little sister? Yeah –" Lexi giggled "He knows."

"I can explain everything-" Klaus explained and then looks to his left. Caroline had been cornered by a little girl he was sure was a distant cousin and an older man with a dark black beard. His uncle Tom. A man very proud of his Jewish religion who he was sure, had gone over to interrogate Caroline on how she planned on becoming a dotting Jewish wife. Caroline was catholic. And although most of his family already loved her, the older aunts and uncles had a little bit of a hard time in accepting this fact. He blamed it on their old school rigid upbringing.

"Just a second Lex." Klaus excused himself knowing he had to go and rescue Caroline. Before he had almost made it to his destination, Bill – Caroline's almost step-father had him cornered

"Klaus! Listen uh – cousin Phil was suppose to walk with Caroline down the aisle tomorrow. But in light of what's happened I think that maybe you could?" Bill smiled. "It would make for good practice you know."

"Excellent idea Bill. Excuse me for just a second," Klaus walked off but not before he heard Bill yell an excited "Welcome to the family!" over at him.

It really was astounding as to how happy the little lie had made not only Klaus' father but almost everyone else as well. And on that note, he realized that when this whole thing blew up in their faces, it wouldn't just be Mikael that would be devastated but their entire families as well. Klaus decided to push the thought to the back of his mind for now and focus on the positive. So far everyone had believed their little act so he really was worrying over nothing.

Caroline stared curiously at the two figures in front of her. They clearly wanted to say something but much to her discomfort had only been staring at her in dead silence for the last 15 minutes. She got that alot of people thought she was pregnant and perhaps a little stare off was suppose to intimidate her to some end. But she had been keeping up this little charade for hours now and to say the least, Caroline was exhausted. She was even more irked that Klaus had left her here alone to deal with his family and all their lousy questions.

The little girl kept staring at her and so did Klaus' uncle and Caroline kept waiting for them to say something until eventually she just sighed and mustered out an annoying "what?"

"How are you going to raise the kids?" The little girl asked and Caroline stared at her incredulously. She couldn't be more older than 8 years old.

'How do you mean?" Caroline asked

The little girl sighed at her answer and looked up to Klaus' uncle to clarify. "Niklaus was raised in a Jewish home." He said eyeing Caroline from head to toe as if calculating her value and ability to birth and raise Klaus' kids.

Caroline was about to retort when Klaus appeared in her peripheral view. He smiled nervously at Caroline already noticing how annoyed she was. He placed a comforting hand on his uncle "Uncle Tom. It's a little early too be talking about kids, isn't it.." Klaus laughed nervously.

"Actually.." Caroline trailed off. A stroke of evil genius having struck at that moment. "Klaus and I were just discussing baby names on the way over here."

"What... Caroline-"

"What do you think about the name Luke?" She asked the question directed at the little girl who's mouth had dropped to the floor with Caroline's choice in names

"Er – can I speak to you for a moment sweetheart." Klaus pulled on Caroline's arm

"Oh yeah baby sure." She smiled at the girl and man – obviously having been peeved off by Caroline she before walked off with Klaus

He pulled her into the foyer which had had been empty since all of the guests had been in the main hall drinking and congratulating each other with the latest engagement news.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

"Oh I'm just winging it." She replied sarcastically

"Oh yeah? Well try winging it someplace else because making jokes about naming our child after one of the ten Apos-"

"There are twelve, genius."

"Yeah whatever. It isn't helpful." Klaus' voice was now raised

Esther had brought out her cream damask tablecloths that she saved only for the most special occasions and had it spread across the table, which had been set with her collection of fine china, silver and crystal that enhanced the room to sparkle like sun-kissed snow. The long oval table was decked with roses accompanying the delicious filet mignon, chicken cordon bleu and roasted duck with raspberry glaze served with the casual elegance of a special diner en famille. Esther was beside herself with joy that she lived to see the day Niklaus settle down and get married and to a woman she knew would suit him well.

Liz who after her second glass of champagne had become very talkative and gushed over the impending plans of Caroline and Klaus' wedding alongside Esther who threw in her ideas at any given turn. "Caroline hasn't said anything yet but I'm sure she has her heart set on the Congress Plaza Hotel."

"Nonsense. They could have it right here at the estate and it wouldn't even cost them a fortune." Mikael added

"The important thing is, is that they are together and we're going to be a family."

They are in the midst of planning their children's wedding, the conversation reached a point to where Bill felt that since Caroline is Catholic perhaps they should go for a more traditional church wedding which didn't bode that well with Esther. bout planning the wedding for their children and who will marry the children. Eventually both Bill, Liz and Esther and Mikael got into an intense discussion on the traditions of the wedding, whether it would be in a church, all catholic like for Caroline or with the rightful Jewish traditions for Klaus.

"Well actually we haven't given any thought to what's going to officiate it.." Esther replied

"Oh..." Bill trailed off "So Father Kieran is doing the honors for me and my lovely bride to be tomorrow." After a long halt of awkward silence stretched between the two pairs, Bill asked "You're not worried about Caroline being Catholic are you?"

"No! – Absolutely not."

"Not at all." Mikael and Esther replied almost immediately

"And you're not worried about Niklaus being Jewish are you?" Mikael asked

"Of course not." Liz and Bill giggled as if it were the most silliest thing they'd ever heard. Although both couples secretly wondered if the other one were being honest.

"The important thing is that they're in love." Liz said

"Exactly!" Everyone else answered.

His breathing rasped every bit as fast as hers as they stared at each other. The air in the room was thick with tension and emotion. He could see the exhaustion and annoyance behind her anger. It was cute at first but then he just became exasperated as she opened her mouth to yell again

"I know this may be difficult for you to understand, but look at it from my perspective – I came here to go to my Mom's wedding... not to sit around eating rug'o'lots –"

"Rug lots" Klaus said

"Whatever! With the entire tribe of Israel!" Caroline shrieked

The heated debate got only more intense when both Klaus and Caroline took their exhaustion at the whole fake-pretending out at each to their spots they could not move. Given their frame of minds and in the over excitement of arguing, they failed to notice the sound of footsteps that drew nearer to them on the hardwood floor

"Oh wow! Wow! You got a problem with my people?" He asked nearly shrieking

Caroline grunts an unladylike sound.

"Because let me tell you something love. You're people are just peachy 'Oh I'm Irish let me do a little jig for you, where's the whiskey? I love lucky charms. I won a pot of gold where's my pot of gold?" He imitates and fails miserably at an Irish impression

"Okay – now you're just embarrassing yourself." Caroline rolls her eyes

"You're embarrassing yourself."

"You're a child!"

"You're a child!"

At a little sound of a throat being cleared, they both turn to notice Esther, Mikael, Liz and Bill standing in the foyer watching the entire scene unfold before them with knowing smiles on their faces. "Oh.." Klaus mutters and realizes the jig is up. They might as well just come clean right here and now. He only hoped they could understand their reasons behind doing what they were doing and they never meant for anyone to get hurt.

"Okay – I guess its about that time." He says edging closer, with Caroline right behind him – a nervous smile on her face when she realizes his about to come clean and explain this whole mess. She's relieved. " Mother, Father – thank you so much for everything but the thing is-"

"Where are you going? We still have more desserts coming?"

"More desserts?" Caroline stares at them completely dumbstruck

"My only daughter is getting married and you don't think we're going to throw her and her fiance the greatest welcome home/ congratulations party?" Liz chastised with her hands on her hips

A brief look passed between Klaus and Caroline who realized that they're parents were still convinced they were honestly and literally engaged to be married. Klaus didn't know whether he should be relieved or really concerned.

"Ah – well you know we're just really.." Klaus looks at Caroline who nods "Really exhausted from the flight and-"

"Well alright. You two get some rest, the guest room's all made up." Esther smiled

Caroline's eyebrows shot to her hairline and she looks at Klaus expectantly with a 'fix it right now' look. Playing fiance for a few days was one thing but sleeping in the same bed was a totally different thing entirely.

"Well uhm – We were actually thinking that we'd go to a hotel." Klaus mumbles out sheepishly, scratching the back of his neck "Yep." Caroline agreed popping the 'p' sound and nearly turn around to run out of there if it were not for Klaus' hand on her elbow holding her steady.

By the look on both their parents faces they were clearly appalled by the idea of them staying at a hotel. Of course - why did Caroline think it could honestly be that easy. Nothing was ever easy when it came to their family.

"A hotel?!"

"No way. Caroline you're staying with us."

"There is plenty of room here sweetheart."

Esther and Liz answered repeatedly in addition to stating reasons why staying at a hotel was the worst idea in the world. Klaus sighed incredulous. He literally had no idea what to do or say next but gave his mother an exasperated look which she eventually picked on "If it's privacy you want, you're more than welcome to the store's apartment." His mother eventually said

"Don't you keep storage in there and-"

"So there's some inventory so what? It's got everything you need. And its only five minutes from here." Esther smiled

"It's close to us." Liz smiled in turn

Klaus and Caroline stared at each other. He gave her a tight-lipped smile and she knew there was no other option but the stores apartment. Caroline had no desire to be pretending to be all giddily in love with Klaus 24/7 and they would surely have to do that if they stayed at either one of their parents houses so that was a definite no-no. When she arrived at JFK that morning to board a plane to Chicago for her mom's wedding, never in a million years did she think this is what could've happened.

It seemed fate had other plans in store.

A slight wind blew through the streets making Caroline's dress wave all along her legs as they walked down Edgewater in Lincoln Park. Chicago wasn't called a windy city for nothing. Her surroundings - strangely familiar although the last time she'd walked down any street in Chicago she still had braces and acne and thought she was going to end up being a famous pop star singer. Looking back she couldn't help but smile sheepishly at the thought of her immature teen self. As she walked, Caroline was getting an earful of activities happening over the next few days that required both her and Klaus' attendance. They also hinted at how attending all these prenuptial gatherings would make for good practice for them for which Caroline just hummed in agreement but mentally threw up in her head like a dozen times

Esther led her, keeping her arm hooked in Caroline's with Liz hooked into her other while they made their way to Edgewater street and turned right. It was equally strange and comforting as to how normal she felt walking arm in arm with Esther with Klaus, Mikael and Bill tugging behind them with her luggage. Not too long after had they reached their destination. The antique styled store could not be described as anything other than classy. With large french windows, dark wood mahogany doors and window frames, it had Esther Mikaelson written all over it.

One of Esther's little hobbies that eventually just became a thing. The unique part of the building was that it came with an upstairs open floor apartment with everything someone living there would need. And since Caroline flat out refused to stay over at either Klaus' family home nor her own, Esther insisted they make use of the apartment. Both Klaus and Caroline knew why though – it was sort of an in between spot between their families making it rather obvious that they wanted to keep them close.

"Here we are!" Esther jiggled the keys looking like Christmas just came early as she handed them to her son totally ignoring the way Klaus openly rolled his eyes. She led them to a side entrance of the store where they found a staircase leading them to the store's apartment which was on the second floor. "Okay so if you need anything and I mean anything at all, you call okay? We are just five minutes away after all." Esther pulls Caroline into a warm embrace and kisses both her cheeks making her giggle.

After thanking all of their parents Klaus kisses his mother and Liz's cheek, she even cracks a joke that he would be calling her 'mom' very soon and he just chuckles nervously while Caroline rolls her eyes. She knew deep down that Liz was over thrilled that Caroline was so called ending up with someone who had money well enough money to look after her daughter because let's face it – she still didn't see Caroline as an adult capable of making her own decisions. Another reason why is because she would have hated to see Caroline with a band member – God forbid.

"There are fresh linens in the cupboard in the living room oh and Caroline- Rebekah is flying in tomorrow and since I know you haven't broken the news to her yet I set up a little girl's lunch in after she lands so you two could catch up!" Esther gushes and Caroline goes pale

"Er thanks Mom. We'll see you tomorrow." Klaus nervously chuckles at the mere though of Rebekah reigning an absolute terror on him and Caroline for keeping this from her when in fact 'this' was but a big charade. As Caroline and Klaus walk up the stairs, they stare out the glass window on the door as their parents stand and wave rather enthusiastically at them and way too over excited,

"My god they're like orcs from Jewish middle earth." Klaus says as he stares at them. Caroline just breathes a sigh in relief to finally be able to relax and not pretend, Caroline makes a star wars reference about going into war and Klaus just shakes his head – he doesn't know about Star Wars. He stands for a while actually thinking that there was much more to Caroline than meets the eye and she wasn't just your ordinary girl next door. When he watches her tread up the stairs he realizes that she's left him with all of their bags and luggage and he sighs

"It's cool though love. I could probably get all of these bags up there by myself."

"Here we go," He says when he reaches the top, unlocks the door to push it open and Caroline is greeted bu the sight of her new home for the next week.

Klaus takes a moment, allowing his eyes to roam around the open plan apartment. He had spent a great deal of his childhood in this place. He remembered bringing his first ever girlfriend up here to have his first kiss, the first time he had gotten into a really heated fight with his parents and he ran away to this little safe haven. It was always a place of peace and serenity for Klaus – How ironic that he would now be sharing it with Caroline for an entire week.

"Here we go."

"Wow."

"Yeah – it's not bad huh?"

"Yeah – its, gorgeous." Caroline says in awe. When Esther mentioned the stores apartment she honestly pictured a dusty old room with a bedroom, bathroom and kitchen all crammed into a single space but then again the Mikaelson's were loaded and she should know by now that they never did anything half-way.

"Its actually better than I remember." Klaus said

"Oh look, all those pictures are so cool."

The hardwood floor was complete with elongated pillars that stemmed from the ground to the high Victorian styled ceilings. The entire living space was open plan with a huge wall of pictures and frames separating the main bedroom from the living room. It was completely unique and very creative. There were large windows all around and Caroline figured that lighting played a huge part in adding the charm to this place. With all the paintings, vast colors of furniture and bursts of antique charm – the studio apartment was nothing if not profoundly stylish and tasteful.

"The bathroom is right here."

"Hmm."

"So uhm – if you need that.. And everything else is pretty much self-explanatory." Klaus frowned when he could no longer hear Caroline's heels clicking on the hardwood floor. He turned to find her staring at the master bedroom or more specifically the queen size bed made up with array of scatter cushions and draped in various textures of Egyptian cottoned sheets. The headboard itself looked as if it had been carved from a very special sort of wood. She made a mental note to ask about that later. The only thought that seemed to have festered in her mind right now was the fact that there were two of them and only one bed.

Klaus leaned against the pillar as he too – followed her gaze to the bed. He couldn't help but smirk as he already knew what she was thinking about.

"Er you know what – why don't you take the bed." Caroline said

"No Caroline you take the bed I will sleep on the – "

"No I really don't mind sleeping on the –"

"Caroline you're sleeping on the bed. I will take the couch."

"Alright I'll take the bed."

"Yeah." He sighed in relief. She was a weird creature. One minute she was arguing about the bed and the next she was glued to the large window beside the bedroom that overlooked a beautiful view of the city.

"Wow. It's beautiful."

Klaus came beside her and joined in on the adoration of the beautiful view of the city. He had to agree of course. This view had gotten many girls all hot and bothered and into his bed within the blink of an eye.

"Hey Caroline – I'm sorry I got all testy earlier."

"A little bit testy?"

"Yeah.. I uh- I don't really think that you sound like a Lepricon"

Caroline sighed. "I'm sorry too. I mean, it's not like this trip is going exactly as planned, you know."

"No it's not," He agreed and for the first time actually felt guilty for putting her through this. "But you really pulled it off. You did."

"Well." Caroline shrugged. "If I ever actually get engaged at least I'll know how to act right" She snickered and then sighed thinking to her bad luck with guys and relationships and then Tyler and his lying cheating ass.

"You made my father really happy today Caroline. Thank You." He said – sincerely grateful for her being here and doing this for him.

The sincere look on Klaus' face was hard to come by and indeed a rare sight for most. The way his eyes had glassed over – which she knew could only be a result of thinking about his father's illness and the little time he had left – Caroline felt sad too.

"Stop. You're going to make me cry." Caroline said.

"Come here." He smirked and pulled her into his arms enveloping her in a warm embrace. Caroline sighed against his chest. For the first time since arriving in Chicago she felt herself relax.

Meanwhile...

As Esther, Mikael, Liz and Bill walked casually outside departing from the building, Liz looks over her shoulder and gasps "Oh – look!" Once everyone has turned around to follow her gaze they all gasp as well.

They look up to the large window on the side of the building where they see Caroline in Klaus' arms. "We're going to be a family." Esther exclaimed and pulls a beaming Liz into her arms. Mikael and Bill watch the women hug and then look at each other. Bill shrugged but before he could do anything Mikael said "I'm not much of a hugger."

"Me neither."

They both start laughing and then pull each other into hugs as well making the women laugh

"So the good news is.." Klaus began breaking apart from Caroline, "I know everything about you, but the bad news is that you have tonight to learn all there is to know about me. So you should probably get to studying love."

"Excuse me? Have you forgotten that we grew up together? I know everything there is to know about you Niklaus Arthur Mikaelson." She retorted using his full name to emphasize her point.

"Maybe when we were like twelve years old Caroline Mary-Elizabeth Salvatore. "

"I bet you don't even remember a single thing about me." Caroline said

"Try me." He challenged

"What am I allergic to?"

"Pine nuts." He replied "What about me?"

"You are allergic to the full spectrum of human emotion." Caroline giggled "But that was a trick question, you don't have any allergies."

"Very good love."

After a long head space of thinking Caroline clapped her hands together in excitement. A question about herself, she was sure he would never know the answer to."Here's a good one.." He raised his eyebrows as a means of allowing her to go ahead.

"Do I have any scars?"

After regarding her for a minute she nearly shrieked out in laughter that he did not know the answer and just before she could do her victory dance he said "There is that one right underneath your forearm when you fell out our backyard tree because you got so angry when Kol and I said girls couldn't climb trees." He chuckled, remembering a little blonde girl with pigtails in their tree with a determined look on her face. "And I'm pretty sure you have a tattoo." He added

"Oh you're pretty sure?"

Klaus smirked

"Two years ago at Stefan and Lexi's Christmas Eve party, your dermatologist called and asked about a Q-switched laser. I googled a Q-switched laser and found that they in fact, do remove tattoos."

Caroline glared at Klaus but couldn't refrain from the red blush that took over her pale cheeks. So maybe he knew a few things but that didn't mean he knew her at all. She was so much different from the college girl Caroline that all of them had come to know. "So what is it? Tribal ink, Japanese calligraphy, Barbed wire? Don't tell me it's a tramp stamp." Klaus smirked "You're going to have to show me where it is. You know as a precaution if that question ever comes up."

"You know If I had known you were going to be such a dick about all of this I wouldn't have-"

"Oh come on Caroline you know I'm only teasing love."

"On to more mannered questions." Caroline replied as a means of asking him to drop that subject before she ended up changing her mind about the whole thing entirely. "Whose place do we stay at, yours or mine?"

"That's easy. Mine." Klaus replied

"And why wouldn't we stay at mine?" She frowned

"Because I live at Central Park West in a penthouse condo in one of the most esteemed hotels in the world. And you probably live at some squalid little studio apartment with stacks of yellowed Penguin Classics." He stated "Or am I wrong.." Klaus trailed off with a knowing smirk

"Well I am sure that my squalid little studio has ten times more character and personality than your cold, colossal and empty penthouse condo.. Or am I wrong." She fired back

"Touché." Klaus forgot how much fire Caroline had in her personality. It was one the things he had always admired about her, besides her obvious beauty, clumsiness and foot in mouth verbal diarrhea.

After a few sparring matches about who has the best of what, a dozen or so questions later and a emptied bottle of wine, Klaus and Caroline had settled onto the couch. The questions had taken a turn for a more intimate route – much to Klaus' amusement. Despite the hefty amount of alcohol himself and Caroline had ingested he felt slightly buzzed but was very amused to see Caroline had been really feeling it. She was always such a light weight.

"I love the Psychic Network." She blurted out rather randomly

"What?"

"Not in the 'ha-ha, isn't that funny she likes that trash kind of way' I actually quite enjoy it. I think Brian Dennehy is sexy, I don't like flowers in the house 'cause they remind me of funeral, I read Wuthering Heights every Christmas because it's my favorite book. I haven't had an orgasm in over a year and a half and... I went to the bathroom and cried like a baby after I found out Tyler had been married."

"And the tattoo?"

"They're swallows. Got them as some sort of way to be close to Giuseppe." Caroline replied "I'm sure there are many many other things, but that's all I can come up with right now."

It had been deadly quiet for a long time when Caroline looked up from her wine glass to check if Klaus had fallen asleep or something. His lack of snarky remarks were very shocking to say the least and she knew she had over shared but the wine had given her a little bit of liquid courage and with the eventful day they had – it came as no surprise that she was spilling her guts to Klaus.

"You there?"

"I'm here." He replied "Just processing."

"So you never had an orgasm in 18 months?"

"Oh, my God. Out of all of that, that's all you got?"

"That's a really long time Caroline. What about that douche bag Tyler? He's never satisfied you in bed? Like ever?" This had been extremely shocking to Klaus. For a male being that had been accustomed to the sexual relations with the opposite sex, he knew how important it was for the human body to receive attention and a release every now and again. And by every now and again he definitely did not mean every 18 months. He actually found himself feeling terribly sorry for Caroline.

"I am not discussing my sex life with you Klaus." Caroline groaned already having regretted the over consumption of alcohol and her dastard foot in mouth tendency to be over honest.

"You cannot possibly give me a headline and not the entire full story Caroline."

After a few minutes of prying and empty threats to tickle it out of her she eventually caved. "With Tyler – I don't know. I guess he wasn't a very giving lover. It had always been very vanilla."

"And our little Miss Caroline Salvatore is much more interested in testing the waters in other choices of a variety of ice cream flavors.." He grinned making her grimace in response as she set her glass down onto the coaster.

"That is it. This conversation is officially over."

Klaus couldn't help but chuckle at her retreating figure. He caught himself wondering how on earth a woman such as Caroline had not been sexually satisfied in eighteen months. Surely that had to be a crime against nature itself. Then he wondered what her face looked like when she was nearly on the edge of relinquishing her pleasure all around him and – He stopped right about Caroline Salvatore- his best friend's kid-sister in this way was weird and...wrong on so many levels. He blamed it on the alcohol induced buzz in his head and Caroline's change of topic to her unfulfilled sex life.

A good night's rest would surely enough rid him of those thoughts was all he could think about before kicking off his shoes and pants followed by his dress shirt before sprawling out onto the couch.

AN: Two updates in one week yaaaaaaaaaaay!

Oh btw - The ending scene was from The Proposal

Have an awesome weekend guys xx

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