"Mom, I'm fine. It's no colder here than it is back home." Caroline claimed over the phone to her mother.
"Well how am I supposed to know. I've never been to New York." Her mother said.
Caroline rolled her eyes. "Which is a problem within itself already. I've been living here for almost a year now and you still haven't even put in the effort to see the apartment."
"Sweetheart you know if I could take time off work I would and I'll visit you the first chance I get."
"I'm sure you're off for the Christmas holidays, mom." Caroline murmured while putting on her black pumps.
"You act like I don't want to see you." She huffed.
"Right, you just don't want to see who I'm living with." Caroline accurately pointed out and she could hear her mom pause.
After finishing her four years at Whitmore University and graduating with a BA in Communications, Caroline accepted Klaus's invitation to spend the summer with him in New York.
Since their departure at the airport 6 years prior, the couple still kept in touch determined to not repeat what happened last time. Surprisingly enough, long distance wasn't as much of a nightmare for them as they presumed.
They talked on the phone almost everyday even with Caroline's class hours and Klaus's hectic work schedule in the way. When they did get the opportunity, they made sure it counted and even indulged in scandalous phone sex whenever their roommates weren't around.
That was just the first year, things seemed easy but as the years went on the couple began to realize the complications of a long distance relationship.
Caroline participating in on campus clubs and Klaus attracting more business made phone and Skype calls less frequent; there was even a time they didn't speak for a week. The pressure of wanting to keep their relationship alive was becoming overwhelming and stressful for them both.
Emotional moments whether it was worth it to keep trying occurred often but they managed to override it each time. Reminding each other that they would reunite soon and their love would conquer all. Totally cheesy reassurance but it stayed effective for the last three years of Caroline's schooling. Up until the day she agreed to stay with him for that summer.
It was that summer that reminded Caroline how much she loved him and how much she missed being with him. It was the summer when she decided to take a break from school and start a new life with him.
And for the past year they have been living together in a loft of their own in New York, just like Klaus promised they would. Celebrating their second Christmas together with the bonus of Caroline meeting Klaus's family for the first time.
Caroline was already nervous about it, though she's already met Rebekah, she still had five other siblings of Klaus's to please as well as his parents. Mainly why she wanted her mother to join hem but Caroline knew that was a stretch.
Her mother, Liz, wasn't the biggest fan of their relationship especially when informed that Klaus use to be Caroline's teacher.
"It's not...look Caroline, you're my daughter and I love you but I'm not obligated to love him." Liz claimed.
Caroline scoffed. "But you haven't even tried to at least accept him. It's been long enough, and I would really appreciate it if my mom didn't discourage the possibilities of seeing me just because she doesn't like my boyfriend."
"Well I would appreciate it if my daughter wasn't dating her former high school teacher."
"Key word is 'former', mom and we're both adults now so we're not doing anything wrong." Caroline explained.
Technically that wasn't true.
Caroline, of course, didn't tell her mother the actual nature of her relationship with Klaus besides the fact that he use to be her teacher. A concept her mom was not keen on.
Liz sighed. "I know that and I trust you, Caroline but you can't blame me for having my concerns."
Caroline rolled her eyes. "Whatever, I have to finish getting ready."
"Caro-"
"I'll talk to you later, merry Christmas." Caroline concluded and quickly hanging up her phone with a huff.
"Everything alright, love?"
Caroline was slightly startled by Klaus's appearance as he walked into their bedroom but then quickly flashed him a wide grin.
"Everything's fine." She replied.
Klaus smirked walking towards her, amused watching her trying to zip up her dress.
"Allow me?" He suggested assisting her with the garment.
Caroline grinned pushing her hair to the side to grant him access. She shivered at the brief touch of his hands on her before he grabbed the small zipper and patched her up.
Klaus left a sweet kiss on her bare shoulder and rubbed his hands affectionately down her arms. "Beautiful."
She sighed into a smile turning around to face him. "Thanks."
Klaus scrunched his eyebrows observing her odd expression. "Are you sure you're alright? Is the prospect of meeting my family that frightening?" He joked.
Caroline tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and softly laughed. "No, well yes but...it's not that, it's my mom."
"And?" He pressed.
"And I don't want to talk about it." She snapped.
He lifted her chin up gently with his index finger making her look at him. Her eyes were sad though she tried to void his gaze. "Caroline..."
She sighed looking up at him. "I'm sorry, I'm not mad at you. I just don't understand why she refuses to visit me or see me."
Klaus nervously licked his lips. "You know it's not you she doesn't want to see..."
Caroline scoffed. "No excuse! How can she hate the idea of us so much that she lets it effect her seeing her own daughter, who does that?"
Klaus raised a brow.
"You're apart of my life now, Klaus and that's not changing anytime soon so my mom is going to just have to get over it."
A small grin tugged on the corner of his lips at her reassurance. He would never want Caroline to feel she needs to choose between him and her mother but her words were no less warming.
"Words can't describe how comforting it is to hear you say that." Klaus stated, brushing over her cheek lightly with his finger.
"But I don't want to come between you and your mother, Caroline."
"You're not, it's not like me and my mom were ever that close anyways. But I would want her to be here, to see my new life and how happy I am and I didn't make a mistake being with you." Caroline explained pecking him on the lips.
He kissed her back, lingering his lips over hers for a little while longer.
Klaus could feel the pressure in his chest grow, the anxiety rushing through him as he processed everything she was saying.
He wiped his sweaty palms on his black jeans and cleared his throat nervously, confusing Caroline.
"Now it's my turn to ask, are you okay?" She asked with a smirk.
Klaus sighed grabbing her hands into his. His thumb rubbed over her knuckles intimately, looking down at them.
Caroline crinkled her forehead. "Klaus?"
He sighed again.
"There's something I need to get off my chest. Something that has been on my mind for awhile now and I can't keep it in any longer, I don't want to." Klaus claimed still looking down at her hands.
Caroline raised a brow in confusion at Klaus's sudden weird behavior.
"Klaus, what's wrong?" She shakily asked.
He finally looked up at her. "Nothing. There's absolutely nothing wrong and that's what makes this even more nerve racking."
She waited for him to continue, completely clueless of whatever it was he was referring to.
Klaus nervously licked his lips, heavily sighing before looking deep into her blue eyes.
"I love you, Caroline. I love you and...it still boggles my mind that I'm with you. When I look back at our history, I can't believe how we started off. You were my pain in the arse yet incredibly intriguing student and I was your boring English teacher-"
"Yet totally sexy." Caroline added with a smirk and playful wink.
Klaus nodded with a smile before continuing.
"Anyways, I didn't move to Whitmore with the intention of finding love. I just needed a temporary job to pass the time until I could move back here. Now I'm back in my dream city, with my dream job and my dream girl."
Caroline smiled but still unsure where he was going with this.
Klaus seemed flustered and on edge.
"We've had countless amount of obstacles, countless signs telling us we shouldn't be together and there was a time we almost let those obstacles overcome us."
She bit her trembling lip.
Klaus cleared his throat still running over her knuckles lightly with his thumb.
"It's been a difficult journey for us but we made it."
Caroline slipped her hand out of his so she could place it on the side of his face, caressing his cheek intimately.
"Yeah, we did." She grinned.
"The past year we've been living together has been the best year of my life. You make me so damn happy Caroline Forbes it drives me crazy,you drive me crazy. And I've realized how empty my life was before you entered it and how I never want you to not be apart of it from here on out."
"As much as I'm loving everything you're saying, can you please get to the point? You're making me nervous." Caroline semi joked making them both laugh.
Klaus grabbed her hand and kissed the palm softly.
He chuckled nervously. "Yeah well, I'm pretty nervous myself. But I don't want to keep this in anymore and while I have the courage..." He drifted off.
Sighing one last time, Klaus let go of one of her hands and slowly bent down on one knee.
Caroline's eyes shot wide open and a small breath escaped her lips as the scene took place in front of her. Her heart began thudding rapidly in her chest she could've sworn it was going to pop out.
"Oh my god." She gasped
"Caroline Forbes." He began. "You have made me an incredibly happy man for the past six years, as I hope to have done the same for you. I use to think of love and relationships as being overrated and trivial but you changed that for me. When I'm with you I feel alive, like I'm not wasting my day. I cherish every moment I spend with you as if it were the last. When I'm not with you, I miss you and sometimes I bring you up into conversation even when there's no relevancy."
Caroline softly laughed and sniffled.
"You are the most beautiful, smart and intriguing woman I ever met and everything I could want in a partner. You see the real me as I see the real you and our undeniable connection is what has kept us strong. I feel like I'm rambling because there's so much I want to say because there's so much I love about you but, my mind is so scattered so I'll just cut to the chase..."
Klaus reached behind to his back pocket, pulling out a small blue velvet box in the process.
Both their palms were sweaty and heart beats on full speed as he brought the box in front of them.
"You've changed me, Caroline for the better as I hoped to have done for you. We've made many mistakes but we've also done a lot of growing up and still have more to go. But I want to continue making mistakes and learning from them with you."
Letting go of her hand, Klaus slowly opened it revealing a stunning 2 karat diamond ring.
Caroline opened her mouth but no words were capable of coming out. Her eyes began to burn as the tears were slowly but surely forming.
"I love you, Caroline with more than I can explain and I hope you allow me to continue loving you always. I guess what I'm trying to ask is...will you marry me?" Klaus asked nervously.
His hand shaking as he presented the box with the ring inside in front of her.
Caroline was silent from shock. She couldn't believe his was actually happening.
Klaus was really asking her to marry him. He was asking her to spend the rest of her life with him?
Her mind was spazzing, her palms are dripping sweat and her heart was profusely thudding. This was so surreal she couldn't grasp it.
They've talked about a future together in the past before and she definitely knew she wasn't ready for that kind of commitment. She's only 22 years old, her life was just beginning and there was so much she still wanted to do but she wanted to do it all with Klaus by her side.
Caroline never counted on finding the love of her life early, even when she began her fling with Klaus she never predicted it was going to turn into this. This serious, romantic and complex relationship that they shared.
Without a doubt in her mind, there was no one else she rather spend the rest of her life with than the man on bended knee in front of her with soft but nervous eyes as he waited for her response.
Klaus gulped. "I completely understand if you say no. You're still fairly young and I don't want you to feel pressured because that's not my intention. No matter your answer I'll still love you and want to be wit-"
"Klaus." Caroline softly said cutting off his rambling.
"Yes?" He gulped.
"Stop talking." She demanded with a smile before urging him to stand up and capturing his lips with hers.
Caroline wrapped her arms around his neck, bringing him closer as the kiss deepened. She slid her tongue over his bottom lip, urging him to make a pathway for her tongue which he granted.
They moaned into each other's mouth. Caroline clinged onto him while Klaus kept her close with one arm while the other still held the ring.
"Yes." Caroline whispered against his lips.
Klaus pulled away. "Yes?"
Caroline smiled as a small tear crept down her cheek. "Yes." She agreed.
"I love you and I know people think I'm too young to know what I want yet but I know without a doubt I want you, Klaus. I want a life with you."
The grin on Klaus's face widened and Caroline could've sworn she saw his eyes welling up.
"You've been my everything for the past six years, why not have a ring to go with it right?" Caroline winked.
Klaus smirked, hurriedly placing the beautiful diamond ring on her slender finger.
Caroline barely had a chance to admire the rock before Klaus leaned in kissing her passionately and lovingly.
Smiling against each other's mouths, Caroline could feel more tears dropping and she couldn't hold them back. Words couldn't describe how happy she was right now, how happy she's been.
Klaus's kisses grew more passionate as probed his tongue in her mouth, eliciting a harsh moan from the blonde girl.
He nipped her bottom lip teasingly before kissing her again, walking backwards towards their bed.
Caroline gracefully sat and laid back on the on the soft mattress as Klaus towered over her,settling between her legs. She grabbed his face and kept him close as possible, his mouth worshipping hers and his hands exploring her body.
Slightly bunching up her dress, Klaus kissed and sucked on her ivory neck whispering how beautiful she was and how he loved her. Caroline returned the favor, saying how much she loved him and how happy she was.
She bit her bottom lip harshly as Klaus pulled down the front of her dress enough for him to have access to her covered breasts. He kissed and sucked on the top of her mounds making Caroline mewl in encouragement.
His mouth claimed hers again and his hand snuck up her dress, grazing over her clothed ass.
"Klaus." She groaned.
She was loving the feel of him and his mouth all over her skin and warm hands on her body.
"Klaus." She tried saying as strictly as possible pushing him off of her.
Klaus pouted in protest looking down at her. "What's wrong?"
Caroline shook her head smiling. "Absolutely nothing is wrong, trust me."
He quirked a brow making her giggle.
"This is all perfect and I would love nothing more than for you to claim me on our bed." She said seductively biting her bottom lip.
The imagery made Klaus's cock twitch in excitement.
"But, we're still meeting your family tonight remember?"
Klaus growled at the reminder.
With he excitement and happiness clouding over him at their recent engagement, he had completely forgotten about Caroline meeting his family.
He just proposed to the girl he loves. He wanted to stay home and make love to her all night, not worry about his family's opinions on them.
"Can't we just skip it?" Klaus whined.
She scoffed. "Definitely not, especially now that we're engaged, meeting your family is very important. And we're already late enough as it is."
Klaus frustratingly sighed tracing the shape of her face with his index fingers. Poking her nose playfully making her scrunch her nose.
"You're honestly looking forward to meeting my angry father, snobby mother and judgmental siblings?"
Caroline's face softened at Klaus's description of his family.
He never really liked talking about them and when he did, made it abundantly clear that he didn't have a good relationship with his parents before quickly changing the subject.
She didn't want to press him about it but she was still curious.
Caroline caressed his stubbled cheek lightly, giggling at the feel of the hairs tickling her fingertips.
"I know you don't like spending time with your family..."
"I only agreed because I know how important it is to you." Klaus clarified.
Caroline tilted her head up to peck Klaus on the lips. "Also because deep down you care about their opinions." She added.
Klaus heavily sighed.
"I love you, if you don't want to go then we don't have to."
He smiled tugging a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Well my mother actually seemed interested in meeting you over the phone so that should be a good sign I guess."
Caroline grinned.
"However just an hour ago I was to introduce you as my girlfriend not my fiancé, so it should be fun breaking that news to her." He said making them both laugh.
"Say it again." She demanded with a lip bite.
Klaus widely grinned. "Fiancé."
"Again."
He chuckled. "Are you going to ask this of me everyday now, sweetheart?"
Caroline wrapped her arm around his neck. "I just love hearing you say I'm your fiancé."
"Wait till I start calling you my wife."
She grinned widely bringing his face down towards her, trapping him with a searing kiss. Her fingers combed through his hair as his hands grazed up and down her curves. Both aggressively smiling against each other's mouths.
They were finally happy.
After all the schooling, age gaps, long distance and the Camis, they finally made it to their happy ending. The love they had for each other was surreal, rare and them.
Smiling happily and reveling in their new beginning of the rest of their lives together, made all the tears and heartaches worth it. Klaus knew Caroline was the girl he wanted to marry, his partner and best friend. He knew she was worth waiting for and he didn't regret it and neither did Caroline.
Caroline tilted her head more to deepen the kiss. She pushed her body up, rolling over so that she was now on top straddling him without breaking the kiss.
Klaus gripped her hips, assisting her movements as she began grinding her hips into his. Her clothed center meeting his hard cock with each thrust, eliciting a deep moan from the man underneath her.
"Fuck I want you." Klaus groaned, sneaking his hands under her dress hovering over her ass with a light squeeze.
Caroline moaned with a smirk, tugging on his bottom lip with her teeth seductively.
She swiped her tongue over his bottom lip before leaving a long lingering kiss on his lips.
"You can have me in any way you want, after." Caroline clarified with a smile and peck.
Klaus reciprocated the kiss, halting Caroline's attempt at climbing off him by wrapping his arms around her waist which made her giggle against his lips.
"Klaus! We have to go!" She playfully whined trying to wiggle out his hold.
Klaus rolled them over again so he was now on top again. Caroline's laughter made his grin grow as he looked down at her beautiful face and took in the angelic tune coming from her mouth.
He pushed her hair out of her face, leaning down for a quick kiss on the lips, cheek and forehead.
"I love you so much." Klaus whispered in her ear.
Caroline smiled. "I love you."
Klaus pulled away to look at her face. "I can't wait to marry you."
"Okay you need to stop before we never leave and your family hates me before even meeting me. And since I'll be apart of it soon, I want to make a good first impression." She said pushing lightly against his chest.
Klaus chuckled slowly rising off of her. He held his hand out to help her off the bed which she gladly accepted.
When she was pulled up, they instantly got lost into each other's pleasure again. Klaus's strong arms wrapped tightly around her waist and Caroline's around his neck. They kissed passionately and hotly.
She was so insanely happy she couldn't keep herself off of him.
Marriage. Klaus wanted to marry her, he chose her to spend the rest of his life with and her emotions were off the charts. She almost didn't know how to react, one minute she would be smiling and the other she would cry tears of joy.
Caroline was almost tempted to say 'screw it' and just stay in with Klaus letting him do whatever he wanted to her, but Klaus's phone vibrating interrupted her thoughts.
Klaus groaned reaching in his back pocket for the device with one arm still around Caroline.
"Everything okay?"
"Just Rebekah nagging me about where we are. She annoyingly appreciates punctuality as much as you." Klaus joked.
Caroline playfully rolled her eyes. "Ha ha! Can we go now?"
Klaus laughed. "Gladly. Are you okay?"
"The man I love just asked me to marry him and I'm meeting his family for the first time, I'm slightly nervous but am more than okay." She reassured him.
"But I hope you know, us telling your parents about our engagement is a battle. Telling my mom will be a full on war, are you ready for that?" Caroline asked with a nervous smile.
Klaus smirked pulling her in for a last kiss. Caroline sighed into it, practically melting in his arms.
He pulled away with another smile. "I'm ready for forever with you, Caroline Forbes."
And there it is! The Student is officially a completed story and my very first completed multi chapter story! So I'm excited but also sad because I really loved writing this story ad quickly fell in love with it. Klaus and Caroline went through a lot but they finally got there deserved happy ending! My loyal and beautiful readers/reviewers made the experience even better. It was fun reading you reactions especially during the angsty chapters lol When I started writing this I only meant for it to be a three part smut drabble and it turned into a full on love story. I'm so proud of this story and hope you all enjoyed reading it. I will be starting new stories and I hope you guys fall in love with those as well.
Their marriage is near but how do you think these two's lives will be as newlyweds? You think they would stay in New York? Start a family soon? I left it open ended to see what you guys think the future holds for our favorite love birds. Thanks again guys, see you in the next story!