I know everyone is freaking out about this spin-off and the future of Klaroline, but no matter what happens I will go down with this ship! Sorry for the late update, some personal crap was happening :( Hope you enjoy! Set after last chapter. Post 3x11.

Everything will change

Nothing stays the same

Nobody is perfect

Oh, but everyone is to blame

All that you rely on

And all that you can save

Will leave you in the morning

Will find you in the day

The annoyingly bright sunshine filtering in through her pale sheer curtains was not the sole reason for Caroline's untimely release from pleasant dreams. If she had to be perfectly honest, it was because of the beast lying next to her. Not only was he hogging the most of the bed, limbs sprawled out, but the covers as well and though she was a vampire, Caroline could still feel a chill in the brisk fall air. She turned over in the bed and glared menacingly at the still slumbering creature, trying to wake him telepathically to convey her annoyance. When that didn't work she huffed and grabbed what little covers she had on her body and yanked furiously, hoping it would make him fall off the bed. It didn't work and she was still chilly despite the body heat he was giving off next to her. She was disturbed from her plotting by the chime of her cell phone on the nightstand. She contemplated ignoring it, but the caller had a specified ring tone allowing her to make a decision on whether or not she would pick up. She grabbed it and without a hello went straight into her "grilling" mode."Can I compel our dog?" She whined into the device as she looked over at Monkey, who was still stretched out across her bed, unmoving but clearly awake and purposefully tormenting her. "No, I'm afraid not, love," came Klaus's lilting reply. She huffed and threw the covers off of her legs with a fury and got out of her bed, silently admitting defeat to the giant grey wolfhound that had stolen her heart over the past few days he had stayed with her.

"Not fair," she grumbled lowly to him, making her way to the kitchen, hungry for a breakfast of B+ and something else.

"What did he do now that has you so cross, sweetheart?" For some reason he sounded closer than just through the phone and she whirled around to see him still holding his phone a grin on his face as he took in her rumpled attire and bed-head.

"He stole the covers," she said, un-phased by his intrusion into her kitchen at nine in the morning. After their afternoon at the mansion with Monkey they had been spending more time together in the following days, slowly letting each other into their lives and allowing Monkey to be the catalyst for this change.

"That's all?" He asked amusedly, sitting down at the breakfast bar with familiar ease like he had been doing it for years, instead of only days.

"That and he stole my dinner last night right off the table when I turned my back for a second. Honestly, he's a menace," she said laughing, pulling out different ingredients for pancakes.

They continued to banter lightly while she made them breakfast, a newly formed ritual, until Monkey finally decided to grace them with his presence. He trotted merrily over to Klaus and whined happily to see his other master. Klaus petted him and snuck him some of his breakfast that Caroline had just set in front of him. He did it stealthily a couple times while Caroline was distracted as she served herself. When she finally caught him he got a swift whack on the hand with her spatula and a threatening glare. He gave her his best puppy eyes, which caused her to roll her eyes at his childish antics.

Since they were sharing ownership of Monkey, he had become more at ease with her, showing her sides to his personality that she believed were long gone when she first knew him. As he helped her finish clean up they were both brought out of their conversation by Monkey who was growling near the front door. A knock shortly followed causing Klaus and Caroline to share a look of uncertainty.

After Klaus's little display with Damon at the animal shelter event over the weekend, Caroline had been avoiding both him and Elena as much as she was able to. Fearing that it was the more dreadful Salvatore brother, Klaus was the one to move in front of Caroline to open the door. Monkey was even moving in front of his masters, ready to scare off this most likely unwelcome intruder. To both of their surprise it was not a Salvatore, but a Lockwood at the door interrupting their breakfast.

"Klaus!?"

Tyler glared with fury at Klaus who just chuckled and leaned against the doorway in nonchalance to his presence, and patted Monkey's head who was growling lowly at the interloper obviously picking up on his master's dislike of the hybrid.

"How can I help this morning?" Klaus said with thinly veiled distaste, eyeing up his creation with an unimpressed frown.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Tyler said dropping the bag he was carrying on his shoulder onto the porch with a solid thump. Klaus recognized the gesture as a prelude to some sort of physical display, but ignored his impulse to make the first move. He already caused one scene that upset Caroline this week and he wasn't about to make that mistake again, at least not in her presence.

"Having breakfast," Klaus retorted, his tone mild as milk as Tyler's face distorted into a look of betrayal and hurt. Klaus reveled in his look of pain with just his words rather than his fists like he would usually prefer.

"What's with the mutt?" Tyler spat gesturing to Monkey, who was now sitting loyally at Klaus's feet.

"He's our dog," Caroline called angrily from inside. She moved out of Klaus's shadow to face her fuming ex-boyfriend with a glare. She took was upset by his interruption without a warning.

"Your dog?" Tyler questioned giving Caroline a suspicious look as he took in her bedraggled appearance. His eyes kept flickering between her, Klaus, and Monkey, obviously trying to put the pieces together in vain.

Klaus sighed in annoyance at Tyler's lack of understanding of the fairly simple situation. "Not her's, "ours" as in owned by Caroline and myself," Klaus explained slowly, as if to a small child.

"What the hell happened while I was gone?" Tyler exclaimed, his eyes were solely focused on Caroline.

"We broke up, you left, my dad died, Klaus has been there for me, we got a dog," Caroline summed up, looking at Klaus who nodded in agreement with her rundown of the events of the past few months. Tyler only gaped in confusion.

"Well, this has been fun catching up Tyler, but Monkey needs his daily walk and I need to get dressed, so if you wouldn't mind leaving," she said nonchalantly. Any feelings she had for Tyler disappeared long ago when he took off after attacking her father, which she correlated with the reason he had ultimately died in the end. Not waiting for a response she grabbed the door to shut it in his face. She turned to Klaus who was grinning brightly, pleased with her handling of the situation.

"Give me twenty minutes, then we'll take him to the park?" She asked brightly. When he nodded in agreement, she flitted to his side and laid a gentle kiss upon his stubbled cheek.

"Thank you for your restraint." She knew he wanted to hurt Tyler for hurting her and his self-control was a pleasant relief.

"Anything to make you smile darling," he said jauntily.

She sped to her room and took a quick shower before dressing in a simple sundress, her hair in a side braid. Joining Klaus back in the living room, she giggled at him he playing tug of war with Monkey. She smiled brightly at the two of them, glad that they were now a daily part of her life, one that was free from drama. She grabbed Monkey's extendable leash and handed it to Klaus as she put on her jacket and he hooked up Monkey to his harness. They locked the door wary of any unwanted hybrids that may still be lurking, but the neighborhood was lacking any activity besides them. The walked down the street before heading towards the large open park in the center of town.

Klaus was amusing Caroline with stories of his sibling's latest antics as they let Monkey off his leash to play fetch along the rolling grass with his favorite toy. Caroline noticed Damon and Elena watching them from across the street before they ducked into the Grill, and she felt a pang of hurt towards Elena's callous behavior. She was allowed to string along both Stefan and Damon despite both of their dark pasts. Why were they both allowed a second chance, but not Klaus? She tried not to let it get to her as she felt Klaus's hand slowly entwine with hers and squeezed it in a reassuring manner as if he could read her thoughts. She squeezed back and grabbed the stick that Monkey had just returned to them. With little effort she launched it again and just like her upset feelings, they disappeared into the sunlight and warmth that surrounded her while in Klaus and Monkey's soothing presence. Right here and now, they were the most important things to her and she wouldn't let anyone spoil their time together.

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