AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello my lovelies! How are you? I hope you are all well and enjoying your summer. Thank you for being patient with me, I hope the part is worth it.

Thanks to my wonderful friends, klarolineepiclove, a-little-blonde-distraction, jomosfamilyjewels, and approvesomuch for their help and cecevolume for betaing for me.

P.S. To the guest who asked me if my name really is Miranda, yes it is. Nice to meet another one!

Part 35

As she reached the front stoop of the house, Caroline ended her run and headed up the stairs. It might still be winter outside but she had worked up quite a sweat on the run. She felt good, and knew that a shower would make her feel even better. Since she knew she was alone in the house, she stripped out of her outerwear as soon as she shut the door before she overheated more.

"Well if this is the welcome I can come to expect, I believe I will start coming home early every day." She heard Klaus' familiar voice saying from behind her. She whirled around at the sound and saw that he had a smug smile on his lips that matched the tone in his voice.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Caroline asked, a large smile blossoming on her face. She wanted to move forward to hug him but she was pretty gross at the moment and didn't want to mess up his button down shirt and slacks.

"I came to surprise you by taking you out to lunch, but it looks as if the surprise is on me and you are otherwise occupied." Klaus answered; a smile of his own on his face. "I guess I should have called you, though that would have ruined the surprise."

Caroline felt her heart sink in disappointment. She tried to get her runs in while the kids were in school and she was alone in the house, because it had worked best in the past. She never would have thought that Klaus would come home to surprise her in the middle of the day. "I don't know what you had planned for lunch, but we can still probably make it after I grab a quick shower."

"Considering I happen to be the boss and one of the owners, I don't think it would be a problem to take an extended lunch hour especially considering that I so rarely take a lunch outside of the office." Klaus replied. "Go shower, I'll wait for you."

She moved forward, planted a quick kiss on his lips before rushing up the stairs to her room. Spurred on by the excitement of going out on a semi-date with him, she quickly turned on the shower. It took her a few minutes to pick out something to wear, something casual but attractive, before jumping into the warm water.

Klaus watched her hurry up the stairs and couldn't help but chuckle at her enthusiasm. He was delighted to see the smile on her face when he had told her that he had come home to surprise her with lunch out and was thankful that his poor timing had not ruined his plans. A quick shower and they would be on their way.

However, that train of thought inevitably brought his brain around to imagine what Caroline was currently doing upstairs. She was more than likely already in the shower, and the image of her naked wet body filled his mind. It had been a couple of days since they had been together and while he had always had excellent self-control, he found that being near her constantly without being able to touch her was agony. True, he had been experiencing similar torment for months already but after knowing what it felt like to touch her, to be inside her, the agony had increased tenfold. Before he gave it a second thought, he started climbing the stairs; perhaps she might enjoy some company.

The first thing he was pleased to notice when he entered her room was that the water was still running. He didn't think she would have finished that quickly but it was possible considering her eagerness for them to go out. He also noticed that she had music playing in the background and he smiled devilishly. If he was lucky, he would be able to sneak in without her noticing.

He quickly stripped out of his clothes and shoes, laying them carelessly on the foot of her bed before slipping into the bathroom. The air was warm and steamy with a hint of the fruity scent fragrance he had smelled on her skin lingering in the air. The shower curtain was translucent and because of it, he could make out the shapely form of her body on the other side, causing his cock to twitch slightly in anticipation. She was washing her hair and thankfully, either her eyes were closed or she had not spotted him yet so he used it to his advantage to move forward.

Whatever small amount of noise his feet might have made against the tile, as well as the rustling of the shower curtain was drowned out by the music. The temperature in the shower stall was several degrees warmer than the outer room but it wasn't the temperature that heated up his body. Caroline looked like Aphrodite made flesh.

The front of her body was facing him, allowing his eyes to rake over every bit of her. The water from the shower rained down over her body, causing all of her glorious soft creamy skin to glisten invitingly. All he could think about was how slick she would feel as he ran his hands over that skin, familiarizing himself again with it before following it with his tongue.

He felt his mouth go dry as he watched the small streams of water run down her breasts that were jutted out due to the arc of her back, her nipples rosy and begging for attention from him. Her head was still thrown back as her fingers worked through her long hair, eyes shut and her mouth open slightly as if she was giving herself pleasure just by the act of washing her hair. She turned away from him then, displaying her back as well as her firm ass for him. He knew that she would be finishing soon and he had completely different plans for how he wanted her to end her shower.

Caroline about jumped out of her skin when she felt a large warm pair of hands lightly caress then rest on her hips. She would have screamed had they not been accompanied by a pair of familiar soft lips on her shoulder. He pressed them against the smooth skin of her shoulder before tracing circles on it with his tongue and lightly grazing it with his teeth. Caroline's eyes fluttered shut as he moved up to her neck, sucking gently at first, but then with increased pressure.

As his mouth continued its assault and his hands caressed her hips, the tension from the fright left her and she relaxed. "I don't remember you saying you were going to join me."

"I hadn't planned to, but the thought of you in here alone inspired me." He replied, his warm breath on her wet skin causing shivers to race through her.

"Ah, so you thought I might welcome some company?" She asked. "I think that this is going to defeat the purpose of a quick shower don't you?"

"I can be quick if the situation calls for it." Klaus replied. He knew that the water would cool eventually but he knew that the heat between them would fend off any chill.

"Well considering the water bill will be decreasing substantially now that I have you to alleviate my tension instead of the showerhead, I guess a long shower wouldn't be bad." Caroline stated. She felt his lips pause as he absorbed what she had said.

"Will it now?" He asked as his mind was filled with images of Caroline alone in this same shower, hopefully with thoughts of him in her mind as she used the showerhead to ease the needs of her body. He moved his hands up from her waist, caressing her stomach before moving higher to cup her breasts. "So tell me, just how often were you taking these showers?"

Caroline smiled at the husky tone to his voice. She knew he was imagining what she had said and that was exactly what she wanted. She could tell it was turning him on even more than he already was by the way he pulled her closer to him. His body was hot and firm behind her. She could feel the wet muscular planes of his chest against her, his hips nestling his erection against her backside. His mouth continued to leave warm moist kisses on her shoulder and up her throat as his hands moved over her breasts. He roughly massaged her chest, while his fingers pinched and twisted her nipples. Fire shot straight down to her core as he played with the sensitive tips and she couldn't stop herself from rocking her hips back into him.

"Caroline, you didn't answer me." Klaus said his lips curved into a knowing smirk. He knew what he was doing to her, if only by the way she was trying to rub against him. He had to bite back a groan of his own when her warm wet skin encountered his hardness but it was worth it to tease her. And he had only just begun.

"What?" She asked as she tried to concentrate on what he was saying. His mouth was pressed against her neck, kissing, nipping, the feel of his scruff brushing against her neck sending shivers through her.

"I asked how often were these showers?" He repeated.

"I don't know." She stuttered. "Whenever being around you became too much and cold showers didn't do it."

"So you were thinking of me while you were in here?" He murmured against her skin. The confirmation that she had been thinking about him while she had been taking care of her needs made his ego and other parts of him swell more and it took all of his willpower not to bend her over right then. Instead, he moved his right hand away from her breast, trailing his fingertips down her flat stomach before reaching his destination.

Caroline jumped when she felt him press his thumb against her clit. She moaned softly, she pushed against his hand as he started to rub gently. She could feel her eyes wanting to roll back in her head from the pleasure of his thumb sweeping back and forth across her bundle of nerves, all while his other hand continued his attention on her breast but she needed more. She needed to touch him in some way. Finally remembering that she had hands as well, she brought one up to his head, threading her fingers through his wet curls, and using them to pull his face away from her neck and up to her mouth.

Her lips crashed against his hungrily, as she tried to convey to him the desire she felt for him. He seemed to read her thoughts as his lips pressed against hers greedily, before she nipped at his bottom lip with her teeth. His lips parted automatically and their tongues intertwined.

The water continued to pour over them as they devoured each other and his hand stroked between her legs. His other hand left her breast, slithering down her torso to the inside of her thigh. His fingers pressed against the flesh there, pushing slightly before lifting the leg up and spreading her legs apart. When her foot landed on the tub ledge, Klaus moved his fingers to her opening, sliding one in just a little before drawing it back out and circling her sensitive folds.

All of the teasing movements sent Caroline into such a state that when his fingers pushed inside of her in a deep thrust, she arched back against his shoulder in pleasure. She broke away from his lips and cried out. "Klaus!"

"Let go Caroline…" He whispered, as he picked up the pace of his fingers. Every thrust of them brought her closer to the edge until she honestly believed she might be going insane from it. She felt him push into her one more time before she finally did shatter, shuddering, the waves of pleasure radiating up through her body.

Klaus watched her orgasm take her over as he continued to pump his fingers inside of her, working her down from her high. He kissed her tenderly as he removed his hand from inside her. His fingertips ran back up her body, stopping briefly to caress her heaving breasts. He brought one hand down to grip the arm that had had been resting at her side and the other moved up to the one threaded in his hair. He laced his fingers through hers and brought her hands up to rest against the wall in front of them.

Though her body was buzzing, aching and shuddering in the last tremors of her orgasm, Caroline felt herself heat up quickly when she felt Klaus positioning her hands on the tile in front of them. He hadn't taken her like this before and she couldn't wait for him to be deep inside of her. Her belly quivered, she craved the feel of him inside of her. She rolled her hips back against him, rubbing herself against his throbbing erection.

Klaus growled against her neck at her teasing. Not being able to wait another second, he took his length in his hand guided it between her legs towards her entrance.

"Klaus…" Caroline gasped, as she felt the swollen, slick head of his cock probing her flesh. She bit her lip when he found her opening. Klaus held her hips and she swallowed a moan when he pushed into her. As soon as he was completely sheathed inside of her, he stopped and she knew he was letting let her get used to the feeling of him. She felt impossibly full, as if he had never been this deep before, but she needed more. She flexed her thighs, sliding up and down on him to signal that she wanted him to move.

He bit back a moan, as he felt her beginning to move on him. She felt tight around him, her inner walls contracting every time she moved. His hands gripped her hips to stop her, taking control as he pulled out of her until only his tip was still inside her. She whimpered at the loss of him, but the whimper turned into a loud moan when he thrust back in. Again, Klaus moved slowly out of her, until just the tip was inside, and then back in fully. He repeated the action a few more times, making Caroline moan.

Her thighs trembled, while her body jerked as he rammed into her, the swollen head of his cock pushing and hitting her deep inside. His hips started moving, pumping into her at a demanding, hungry pace. One of his hands left her hip to stroke up her side, before cupping her breast to knead the full mound. She closed her eyes and let sensations engulf her.

Klaus watched her eyes drift shut, and mouth open slightly as a moan escaped her when the friction inside of her was too much, or the head of his cock pushed on a sensitive spot. He gripped her hip harder, moving faster into her, the feel of her around him pushing him further, wanting to go deeper into her. Her face twisted more and more in pleasure as he felt her starting to flutter around him.

She felt him grip her hips tighter as his thrusts became faster and more erratic. Her walls clamped down around his cock, as her orgasm rolled over her. He held her tight when he kept moving against her for his own impending release.

He relished the feel of her muscles flexing tightly around his cock. His orgasm coursed through his body as he continued to pump into her. Klaus finished with a groan, his face buried in her neck.

Caroline felt warm puffs of air on her neck as he tried to catch his breath, just as she was doing. She brought one of her hands down to reach behind her torun her fingers through his wet hair. "I hope you are still planning on taking me out to lunch after that, I need all the sustenance I can get if you plan on me being conscious today."

Klaus chuckled against her neck at her words. "I wouldn't dream of leaving you hungry for anything you desire."

She smiled at his response before turning and giving him a soft kiss. "We should get out of here."

"Hmmm…" He agreed though he made no effort to actually move, instead placing his fingers under her chin to pull her back into another kiss. It was slow and tender, nothing like the kisses they had shared just moments before. When she felt a shiver run over her that had nothing to do with desire, she broke away from him. "Okay, we really need to get out of here now before we freeze."

This time he nodded as he disentangled himself from her. She turned off the water as Klaus reached over to retrieve her towel. He shook it out before wrapping it around her, rubbing his hands over the terrycloth to warm her up before grabbing the extra towel on the rack.

As the two of them dried off, Caroline couldn't get over how intimate the situation felt, almost as intimate as the sex that just taken place. It didn't feel weird at all, quite the opposite she felt comfortable with it and that was something new to her. Sure, in the past, she had shared a bathroom with her boyfriend but this felt different.

After Klaus left the room with a towel wrapped around his waist, she quickly threw her hair up in a ponytail, and put on some make up. She had left her clothes out on her bed, which meant she would have to dress out there. A devilish smile appeared on her face when she was struck with an idea to get back at Klaus for surprising her in the shower, even if it was unbelievably orgasmic.

Klaus had just finished buttoning the last button on his shirt when Caroline came out of the bathroom, wearing absolutely nothing. She walked by him confidently, winking a little before reaching her bed where her clothes lay. Despite the fact that he had just had her, he could feel the stirrings of desire for her again. Not that they were ever truly quenched. "You're playing with fire, love."

"Am I?" She asked coyly as she slipped on her undergarments.

The small pieces of material hardly did anything to cover her, therefore doing nothing to quench his libido. "Yes, you are."

"You're insatiable." She retorted.

"For you? Absolutely." Klaus replied as he moved towards her flirtatiously. "After months of wanting you, do you really think I wouldn't be? It's like giving a man dying of thirst one drop of water and expecting him to be sated."

"Then it's a good thing that you already said you wouldn't dream of keeping me away from, what was it you said? Anything I desire?" Caroline asked. When he nodded, his eyes dark as he looked at her, she smiled. "Well right now I desire food so no funny business."

"Oh believe me, if I got my hands on you right now, you would be doing anything but laughing."

Now it was Caroline's turn to feel a rush of lust shoot through her body. If her phone hadn't chosen that moment to go off, they might have not have made it to lunch. When she saw the name that popped up on her caller id, she couldn't but blush. This was not a call that she should be taking when she was half naked after having hot shower sex with Klaus but she knew she should still answer it. She slid her thumb over the screen before bringing the phone to her ear. "Hi Dad."

"Hi sweetheart, I'm not interrupting anything am I?" Her dad asked.

"No, you're not interrupting anything." Caroline replied, looking over at Klaus. He was doing his best to give her an innocent look as if he hadn't just been pursuing her across her bedroom and she rolled her eyes. "I was just about to grab some lunch. What's up?"

"I got some news at work today, they want to send me on a trip to Boston next week so what do you say about a visit from your old dad?"

"That sounds wonderful." Caroline exclaimed. She hadn't seen her dad since Christmas so any time she would get to spend with him was wonderful. She looked over at Klaus only to see him holding up one of her nightgowns; a very small, very sheer one that she didn't wear for sleeping. He looked at her with a smirk on his face, his eyebrow raised in silent question. Her eyes widen in surprise before she reached over to snatch it away from him. She tried to keep her voice even as she continued talking to her dad. "Um, is Stephen coming too?"

"Do you think I could come up there to see you and he not come?" Bill asked. "Or that you would let me get away with not bringing him?"

Caroline smiled at her dad's playfulness, it was an old joke between the three of them, her dad always liked to pretend that he was worried that she loved Stephen more than him. "Not a chance."

Klaus watched her as she talked to her father. Her face was glowing with a smile. It was different than the one she gave him or even her friends. Now that he thought about it, he was positive he had only ever really seen her give the twins. Before he had a chance to think more on it, Caroline ended her call.

After hanging up with her dad, Caroline looked over to see Klaus studying her. "What?"

"Nothing." He replied before nodding towards the nightgown that was still in her hand. He had spotted it peeking out of one of her drawers a moment ago and couldn't resist investigating what it was. "Why haven't I seen you in that before?"

Caroline shook her head at him, slightly amused at his teasing. "Considering I normally don't parade around in front of my employer and his children wearing something that revealing? That nightgown hides absolutely nothing."

"All the more reason I would love to see you in it." Klaus stated. "Perhaps we can arrange a private viewing?"

"Maybe." Caroline answered coquettishly. Truth be told, she liked the idea of modeling lingerie in front of him, maybe she needed to go shopping.

Despite the fact that he would like the private viewing right now, Klaus held back as she finished dressing. "So I can assume from what I overheard that your father is planning a trip to visit?"

"Yeah, he's got a business thing so he and Stephen are coming for a couple of days next week. This means I'll be spending a few of my evenings with the other men in my life." She answered with a smile as she finished putting on her shoes.

"Feel free to bring them here one evening."

"Are you sure?" Caroline asked.

"Of course, I'm sure your father and Stephen would fancy seeing where you are living and working." Klaus acknowledged asserted. He could see the uneasiness in her eyes and had a feeling he knew what it stemmed from. "Caroline, really there is no need to be worried about it, you would want to bring them by even if we were not together, true?"

"Yes."

"Then you should have no issues bringing them here." He declared. "Okay?"

Caroline looked into his eyes and could see he was being honest with her. He didn't mind her dad and his partner coming over there, and possibly meeting them. She hadn't been sure what he might think about that, considering they had been together such a short time. In most situations it was too early for that, but their situation as always was different. "Okay."

He nodded at her answer before reaching for her hand. "Now that that's settled, let's go so I can take you out on a proper lunch date."

Her face split into a large smile as he escorted her out of her bedroom and out to lunch.

So that was the promised Shower smut that I talked about on Tumblr. I hope I didn't build it up too much. Let me know what you think.

And a big thank you to idiot-wind for her help with the showerhead idea, we were talking about it awhile back and I just now managed to slip it in.

Bill and Stephen are coming to see their little girl! After seeing so much Mikaelson family scenes, I thought you guys might like seeing some Forbes ones.