A Time to Play

Caroline felt very warm and comfortable. Unusually warm and comfortable. That should have tipped her off.
She shifted but continued dozing peacefully. Caroline felt movement underneath her as her bed readjusted in response to her shift.
There. Caroline breathed deeply as she sank deeper into sleep. She felt things were very right in the world. Everything was how it should be. This was the feeling she always strived for. What her friends labeled as her perfectionism.
However, certain thoughts nagged at her preventing her from completely drifting off. Did the lights seem dimmer? She hadn't recalled turning her lights off. More shifting underneath her. Beds didn't move…

Caroline opened her eyes. She became conscious of arms wrapped around her and a lean muscular body under her.

"You know love, for a vampire, you ought to be more attentive."

Caroline stiffened, her muscles locking in place as fear flooded her body. Klaus.

Klaus's arms tightened around her.

"SSSHHH, love." "You know you don't have anything to fear from me." This last bit was mocking.

"Klaus, what are you doing?" More things became aware to Caroline. They were lying on a couch in what looked to be the Mikaelson manor. But knowing Klaus they could just as well be in China. Caroline then became painstakingly aware of the fact she was still lying on Klaus and he wasn't letting her go. Caroline felt tingles race across her skin. She felt blood rising to color her cheeks. Mortified by the effect he was having on her, Caroline struggled to detangle herself but his strength had no match.

"What's the matter, love? You looked so peaceful a moment ago. In fact, you were making some serious happy sounds in your sleep."

"Let go of me!"

"All right well now that you're awake, the fun can begin." Klaus flashed a devilish grin.

"What are you talking about? What do you want?"

"You of course." Klaus suddenly changed his position. Caroline was now trapped underneath him looking up helplessly at him. His eyes had a mischievous and playful light in them.

The way a cat plays with its food, thought Caroline.

"All right, here's the game, Caroline. We are going to play a simple game of hide and seek with higher stakes. You can hide anywhere in the house. Try to leave and you trip the spell I have had placed on this house. You hide, I seek. If I can't find you in the next hour, you win. However, If I do find you"-and at this point Klaus gave that same devilish grin-"I will drag you to my bedroom where we will play more games all evening."

Caroline's eyes widened. He couldn't mean, surely not-

"Don't worry I have all sorts of toys to play with and costumes for you to wear."

Caroline's mouth opened in disbelief while her heart raced.

Klaus dropped lower and whispered in her ear, "Unless of course, you would rather skip the whole hide and seek and just get right to the part where I tie you down to my bed."

"No." It was all she could manage to say but it came out sounding more like a whisper.

Klaus's lips dropped down to her collarbone.

Caroline's breathing spiked and she felt blush creeping up her cheeks. Klaus chuckled lowly. He could tell the effect he was having on her; it was so obvious. As if this wasn't humiliating enough.

"Well your hour starts now. Best of luck to you and because I am ever so generous, I'm giving you a 10 second head start."

"10."

Caroline was released and she immediately sprang to her feet.

"Nine."

Klaus watched her with a smirk on his face, he was already so confident he was going to win.

"Eight." Crap. It looked like she was going to have to play along with his sick game if she was going to make it out of this.