A/N: Thankyou so much to all of the people who read and reviewed it means a lot. Spoiler Klaroline finally meet YIKES!

Again A big Thanks to my beta Haseena MY friend klaroldivine just uploaded her fic please go and check it out. Its amazeballs. Here's the link s/11570056/1/Illuminating-Darkness

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CHAPTER 3

One Step Closer

" Elenaaaaa! Elenna where the hell are you? " Katherine yelled at the top of her lungs leaving Caroline's room and entering into the main hall.

"Im in the kitchen." Elena yelled back.

Katherine turned left and starting climbing the stairs two at a time, she entered the kitchen at the upper portion of the boarding house where the Salvatores lived.

Gesturing towards Damon who strolled into the kitchen behind her Kat exclaimed," Damon's saying he'll charge Lina $ 250 for a fortnight.I asked him to do some concession but he's being obstinate about it. I mean can't you do some discount for my best friend? I gave her my word, you know."

Elena patiently listened to Kats tirade about Damon and before Damon could say anything in response quickly said ," Honey could you go and check on Guiseppi , i think he woke up."

Damon knew Elena was just sending him out of the kitchen to avoid another one of Katherine & Damon one on one, he gave her a knowing look saying, "Sure" and left.

" So i was saying how that stingy up to no good husband of yours is hell bent on over charging my best friend, i want you to remedy that asap." Kat declared.

"First of all, what best friend? and if she is your best friend why haven't i seen her before, in the three years since you came to live with us. And second Kat what the hell is going on? you leave here at 8 in the morning today telling me you have a morning shift at the cafe and then evening classes at the academy and an hour later you bring some mysterious blonde at the boarding house claiming her to be your best friend and demanding concession for her stay here, and don't give me some crap story of long lost friends meeting after a decade or so because you and i both know; you'd rather chop off and eat your own arm then make 'friends'." Elena answered making air quotes at the word friends.

"Okay my turn. First of all do you realize your turning into a female version of Damon the scumbag extraordinaire?, second Eww i would never chop off my own arm and eat it, because let's face it I'm on a diet here, and third if i have to chop off anything ' prefer it to be Damon's head or better yet his balls." Kat replied

Elena let out a sigh, " I'm being serious here Kat. I want to know what's going on."

Kat let out a similar sigh mimicking Elena and replied, "Fine. I accidently hit her with my car."

Elena let out horrified shriek, "Katherine! Were you rash driving again? "

"Hey! I said accidently mom okay? I was driving at a safe speed limit she fell from the side walk in front of my car, fortunately I had the good sense to stop when i did. I thought maybe i could take her to a hospital but she refused. She told me she was new and alone here I...I kind of felt bad so i wanted to help her and brought her here. She says she's got money but i think we should still; maybe you know help her out." Katherine answered.

Elena smiled feeling elated that her little sister was finally of her own volition for the very first time, being gracious towards a total stranger and also realized that Katherine probably saw herself in that blonde, when she too, had first arrived here in new Orleans in an almost identical state of affairs.

"Aww you're finally making progress. You know Kat your becoming soft, the old Katherine would rather have run her over than come to her aid and bring her here." Elena professed.

"Like I said Damon's snarky attitude is rubbing off on you , but are you going to help her or not?" Kat asked

"Okay I'll talk to Damon." Elena remarked

"He's going to resist it knowing I'm the one who vouched for her." Kat replied

"Don't worry I'm going to convince Damon with my formidable talent in…"

" Eww I so don't want to know about your prowess in bedroom." Said Kat.

"Gutter brain, I was going to say kitchen and I'm going convince him with my pie." saying this Elena winked at Kat and gave a cheeky smile.

Kat wasn't convinced. "Admit it you were going to say something along the lines of you two doing the dirty. Oh my god! I just realized something, does he call your ahem... that… your pie? "Katherine asked while making a puking face and a round motion pointing at Elena's groin...

"Like I said gutter brain. But don't worry you have my word , besides I also need a favor from you. "said Elena

Kat sighed, "No I'm not babysitting Giuseppe again! What do you feed him by the way? that kid's so charged all time it's as if he eats batteries. And when in the gods name are you going to change the poor souls name he's going to get bullied in school i tell you. "

"Still hung up on the name thing huh?"

"Yep I'm never going to give up, my life is going to be a never ending struggle about getting him a new and human name. Giuseppe sounds like some rash a Japanese hooker would have. Whose idea was it again? "

Kat said feigning ignorance.

"You know who named him you were there when he was born 2 years ago. You just need a reason to bash Damon. "Elena replied.

" Duh! And of course nothing good can come out of dregs of sewer aka Damon Salvatore's Beatific mind." Kat taunted

"Okay, you've insulted Damon enough for today. And the favour is not about babysitting. We want you to take control of the boarding house for good. " Elena replied leaving the chore of wiping counters and sitting down on a stool.

"What? Why? What do you mean for good? " Katherine asked confused.

" Kat sit down, hear me out and don't interrupt me before I've finished please. We're moving to mystic falls for good. Damon's uncle Zack just passed away last week and he left the boarding house in Mystic Falls to both Damon and Stefan in his will. Stefan already left for Mystic Falls yesterday. Damon thinks it would be a nice move for our family and would be so much better to raise Giuseppe in a nice quite town, and personally I agree. Hence we want you to take control of the boarding house here. We've already drawn the papers I'm leaving my share of the boarding house and power of attorney to you because being the elder sister I wanted to do something for you… So what do you think? "Elena asked.

"What do I think?" Kat gingerly replied and got off from the stool to take out water from the fridge. She was stunned, no flabbergasted by Elena's declaration that she was moving away and she was leaving her behind. After suffering through a lifetime of horrors she had finally found a family three years ago and now that so called family did not want to have to do anything with her. She hadn't said anything about taking her along with them in fact they wanted her to stay here while they went to this place "mysterious falls" was it?

She put the bottle to her mouth and tried to swallow the lump in her throat with water. Turning away from the fridge, facing Elena and putting the water bottle on the side counter she paused for a few minutes and replied " I honestly don't know what to say. "

"Please say you'll do it Kat. I'm counting on you. "

Elena pleaded.

"What if I refuse?"

Kat asked in a low voice.

"Then we will have to put it up for sale and you'll still get my half from it." Elena replied.

"So when are you guys... uh when are you leaving?" Kat asked clearing her throat.

"Day after tomorrow." Elena sheepishly replied.

"Wow you've informed like a century before you're planning to move away. Elena Omg day after tomorrow is like forever away. What's the rush you could actually have told me the day you were moving away or better yet you could not even have informed me just called to let me know that you're now living in Mysterious Falls." Kat spat out sarcastically.

"It's Mystic Falls and I know I'm sorry its short notice." Elena said and Kat interrupted with an unladylike snort "But originally we weren't planning to move away for like a month , however due to some legal issues and court hearings about the transfer of will we're leaving early because we have to be there for the hearing on Saturday and today is Tuesday. And i know you must be thinking that why I did not ask you to come with us that's because after a rocky initial couple of years you're finally making something out of your life going to the academy and having a stable job at the cafe. And I'm sure you'll be able to handle the business of running the boarding house quite efficiently."

Kat blew air out of her lips and ran both her hands through her thick curls and sighed, "I'm a waitress at the cafe Elena and I don't know shit about running a business. Plus i hate Math, i can't even count pennies and you're asking me to run the boarding house."

"You don't have to worry about the accounting stuff, we've hired someone to do the books. You just have to make sure you keep him in line. Matt Donovan is Damon's friend, i don't how he knows him but we've already hired him to do the accounting and most of the managing stuff and i assure you it's not rocket science." Elena spoke.

"You know you asking me to run this business is like..." Kat speech was interrupted by Damon entering the kitchen and saying , " Like giving a monkey a matchbox in an oil field, it's going to be disastrous, she's going to end up on a video on YouTube named Massive fails-slash-girlsinterrupted- 2015 with warning please don't try this at home."

Kat felt offended crossing her arms, " Hey i could if i would okay and I may end up on YouTube, but jerkwad you're already on it under a video named watch dickhead who thinks he's smart, cause he can count till 2."

Elena interupted, " Okay you two, just stop. Katherine i told you it's not that difficult once you get the hang of it."

"It's easier for you because you have a lot of experience with this kind of thing." Kat said to Elena to which she replied, " You're making me sound like an old woman , I'm only 3 years older than you and you're twenty now, it's about time you should be independent."

"Hmm, so entrusting me with this business is an intervention to make a responsible adult out of me how very thoughtful of you." Kat replied testily.

" Please consider this." Elena said once again.

Damon also said the same thing to Katherine, " All jokes aside, Kat please consider this, Elena and I have worked really hard here and we want to entrust you with it , please give it a thought before you decide anything."

Kat felt conflicted, they were entrusting her with something they had built together some might say it was a huge compliment for her, but to her it felt like they were compensating for the fact that they were not taking her with them, however she was obliged to them since they had taken in a seventeen year old Katherine without reservation and judgement, she sighed ," Wow Damon saying please that's what is real progress Elena, and fine I'll do it."

Elena hugged Katherine and said, " Great thank you so much. It means a lot. "

" Welcome I guess. I'm going to go check up on Lina." She said leaving the kitchen in much filthy mood than she had entered.

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Caroline was done unpacking though she did not have much to unpack since she had literally like 5 sweatshirts, 3 pairs of jeans, a scarf, a hat and a single grey beanie cap that Mason had gifted her on last Christmas. Had she known about the money, jewellery and the bank account her aunt had kept concealed from her all those years she would have done something fruitful with her life. It made her feel crestfallen and incandescent at the same time that her aunt would do a such thing, but she was not going to ponder over any of this stuff anymore, this was her shot at a better life and she was not going to wreck it up.

She was not going to ruin this chance, although it shouldn't have happened this way but now she was at liberty to make her own decisions. True she was a bit anxious about the whole situation but she couldn't shake the feeling that she had ended up at the right place. She had enough money to last for almost a month and if she ran out of money she could always sell the jewellery she had. She had zero inkling about how much money was in the bank account but had enough sense to know rather than squander away it all she needed to save it for a rainy day and for now she needed to find a job. Maybe Katherine could help her with this predicament.

As if on cue Kat entered into the room and with a huff sat on the bed looked at Caroline and said " You changed, though not much improvement from your previous attire but at least I like the colour of your sweatshirt. " she commenting on the teal coloured sweatshirt Caroline was wearing paired with a faded skinny blue jeans and silver sandles. Her hair was still wet from the shower so she had let her long blonde hair loose to let it dry off.

Caroline turned away from the closet and quipped ." Hey really my clothes aren't that bad, you at least have to appreciate my foot wear."

Kat snarked, " Those monstrosities are not footwear darling and you should take some aspirin for that bruise if it hurts."

"No, it doesn't hurt much. "Caroline replied with a sigh and then inquired, "Anywho, how much money am I paying you guys?"

"150$ for a fortnight, meals included. Gloria our cook will make whatever you like you can call at 111 to let her know what you want to eat and when you would like to eat. " Kat answered with sad smile.

Judging by the expression on Kat's face Caroline could see something was amiss she battled with herself if she should enquire or not, her sense of compassion won and she asked her, " Is everything okay? Did they give you grief about deducting my rent? If so although i really appreciate your effort but i don't want you to get in trouble with your sister because of me. "

"It's not you. It's just something else. " Kat murmured with a smile that did not reach her eyes.

Caroline knew it was not her business or place but damn her sense of compassion "Okay. I know I shouldn't pry but do you want to talk about it? "saying this she moved closer the bed and sat on it near Katherine.

Katherine ruminated for a few minutes on whether she should share her burdens with the blonde or not, well why not she was basically a stranger who was she going to tell anyway and besides when had Katerina Petrova ever worried about what people would say? , " Actually my sister and her family are moving to another state for good but that's not the best part, the icing on the cake is they're leaving me here claiming they want to see me grow up become an upstanding citizen of the state and I'm feeling... aaaaaghhh! "she growled and continued " It really is ridiculous don't you think that I'm feeling betrayed?"

Caroline put a her hand on Kat's shoulder and gave it a reassuring squeeze and said , " It's not ridiculous when someone you trust does something that you could never have imagined, it practically makes you doubt yourself. Can I do something to make you feel better? "

Kat latched onto Caroline offer of support like a leech and enthusiastically getting up from the bed said, "As a matter of fact you could. Let's go shopping. "

Caroline asked, "What?"

Kat answered, "You can't go back on your word about helping me. Besides you really need a makeover in the clothes department. And consider this your lucky day; Kat the fashion connoisseur is going to work her magic on you" she began clapping her hands and started twerking.

Seeing her twerk Caroline laughed and thought clearly she is in a better mood now and she's right I should go shopping with her because one she had promised , second she did need new clothes.

Getting up from the bed still laughing a little and seeing the twerking Kat, she said, " Fine. And I must say you've got moves. "

Kat stopped clapped once and exclaimed, "Sweet and yeah baby I've got moves. "

They spent hours shopping going from store to store, trying all kinds of clothes, shoes, scarves, hats and glasses. Kat had bought a few tops, jeans and like five pairs of heels.

Caroline had also bought a few skinny jeans sweatshirts and tops, a sundress, two pairs of sneaks and at Kat's insistence single pair of heels.

They we're going back to the boarding house in Kat's car when she said, " Shopping really worked wonders. I told you I'll feel better after shopping, shopping is my jam. "

Caroline replied, " Glad to help. "

Kat carefully asked Caroline, "So what's your story? "

Caroline immediately tensed and asked , " What do you mean? "

"I mean where are you from? Why did you come here? Don't you have any relatives? Etc. etc. The usual questions anyone would ask. Come on you have to tell me at least a little we're practically bff's; we just shopped together. "

Caroline was still apprehensive but Kat was right she deserved to know at least a little about her so she decided to tell her, leaving out the sordid details of her past.

" I came here from Nebraska. My parents died when I was a kid. I used to live with my maternal aunt in a small town but that kind of life wasn't enough for me so I decided to see the world. Had heard a lot about Nola from a friend, so hopped on a bus and here I am "

Caroline knew she had to bend the truth a lot, because she did not come here on a whim but more for survival and one of her parents was probably still alive but this was how much she could trust somebody only after a days. She knew Kat was nicer than she let on and had helped her a lot with everything, but she could not tell anybody about her past not only because she was ashamed but also because she was a firm believer in self-preservation. She had come a long way from being a scared little girl who couldn't even share pleasantries much less talk to people thanks to Jules but she still had a long way to go in the trust department.

Kat knew Lina was being ambiguous on purpose and she had probably given her a false name but she totally got that no one trusted anybody after a day to be honest whoever did was either a super-moron or had way too much optimism. She had had trouble trusting her own sister 3 years back and to Lina she was just a stranger.

" Well I'm sorry about your parents but did you rob your aunt or something? Where did you get all that money from ? " she asked, trying to lessen the tension in the car.

Caroline smiled and said," No actually my aunt gave me some of it and rest is what my mother left me. "

" Good, I was wondering if you were wanted in Nebraska or something… "

Caroline laughed this time and replied, "Well in that case the less you know about me the better."

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It was almost two weeks now, Katherine's sister and her family had left 10 days back. Caroline was content staying at the boarding house. For the past few days she had only seen Kat at the breakfast, she was quickly becoming her friend. Kat had a knack for making her feel easy around her.

She got dressed in purple sweatshirt paired it with a grey jeans and black sneakers. Made a French braid in her hair and went down to the guest dining room in the west wing of the boarding house where she shared a breakfast with Kat. There were a few other guests living but she avoided them as often as possible.

Kat was already sitting at the table eating a toast with orange juice wearing a bright pink top and black jeans with neon blue heels. On anybody else it would probably had looked unsightly but on Kat it look amazeballs. She usually tended to keep her shiny black curls loose.

She saw Caroline approaching and grumbled a hello. Caroline asked "Everything okay? "

Kat replied, " Mmm just tired, came in late last night."

Caroline replied sitting on the chair next to her and helping herself with the toast and jam. "I need a favour."

Kat said," You know lately whenever people have asked me for a favor it has literally screwed me in the ass big time. "referring to her sister asking for one.

Caroline continued ignoring her comment, " I need a job please help me find one."

Kat thought for a moment and said," Okay let's go." emptying her glass of juice and got up.

Caroline asked, "Where?"

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Approximately 20 minutes later Caroline was standing in the kitchen of Pearls Cafe with Kat beside her and Pearl, an attractive middle aged Korean woman, the owner of the cafe eyeing her. Kat was trying to convince Pearl into giving her a job as a waitress. "I'm telling you she can do it. "

Pearl said looking at Caroline, " Okay you can join today, you're lucky we're short staffed. I'm going to pay you by the hour. Although you don't have any references, but considering I owe one to Kat I'm hiring you on her behalf. You'll have to get your own uniform , for today you can work without it." handing her the apron she then spoke to Kat, "You explain rest of the system to her okay. I'll be upstairs in my office." saying this she left the kitchen.

Caroline yelled behind her, "Thank you so much. " Then turned towards Kat and said, "Thank you again for helping me. "

Kat replied, "No biggie. And as a welcome you can cover my shift. "

" What? Katherine you have to help me here. It's my first day i don't know anybody. And I know it's not difficult but I've never had a job as a waitress before. "

"Are your hands okay? Does your cerebellum work fine? Is there anything wrong with your legs? Kat asked.

" yes, yes and no " said Caroline before she could continue Katherine said, "Good then I'm sure you'll be a model waitress. I'll pick you at 11 that's the time Pearl usually closes up. Ciao. " saying that she swiftly left the kitchen leaving Caroline behind to cover both shifts.

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11 pm came soon enough and she was alone in the cafe along with some distinguished looking guy wearing a suit sitting at the corner booth next to the entrance, she was spooked and praying for Kat to show up early. There were two more girls working at the cafe April and Sarah. Both of them were nice enough, apparently both were sisters and had to leave early due to some family emergency leaving Caroline behind to lock up the cafe.

She had agreed earlier and now was wondering that was probably the most moronic thing to do. She was literally alone in the cafe with that suit guy, what if he tried something? She had thought about calling Kat but realised she did not have her number nor did she own a cell phone, but if anything happened she could lock herself in the kitchen and call the 911 right?. She was still contemplating survival techniques when he got up and left the cafe.

Caroline let out a sigh of relief, hurried to turn off the lights except a single one and locked the main door from inside.

The music on the radio playing in the background suddenly seemed louder. There was some slow romantic song playing on it. The RJ announced that the next song was a Pakistani Coke Studio Urdu song requested by some girl named Javeria who had dedicated the song to her friend Haseenah.

The music started playing and Caroline began swaying with it. Almost as if in a trance she began dancing to compliment the melody. She started with 1st parallel then executed a couple of perfect pirouettes.

She continued swaying according to highs and lows of the melody of the song. She was in her own world dancing to the rhythm and continued fluidly moving her lithe body. Then she bends her body backwards making a bridge, did a reverse somersault stood straight again doing a pirouette and moving around cafe doing a sequence of plies, pirouettes and lunges. She then wrapped both her arms around her body twirled around and fluidly touched her back to the floor. Then she did a chest lift and sat on her knees, took her arms above her head making a C again did a reverse somersault, stood up and executed an arabesque. As the song ended she made her big finish with a very stunning split.

Caroline then stopped and gave out a delirious laugh when she heard an applause echoing from behind her. She turned and suddenly became very self-conscious seeing Katherine and the guy in the suit standing at the back entrance of the cafe.

Katherine rushed towards her and enthusiastically exclaimed, " Lina that was amazing, honest to god mind-blowing. I'm so impressed."

Caroline feeling mortified left the main room and entered the kitchen situated at the back. She sat on the floor and started taking deep breaths.

Katherine followed her leaving the suit guy standing in the front. "You okay? I'm sorry we should have let you know when we entered the cafe but you were so amazing that I didn't want to interrupt."

Almost as if someone flipped a switch Caroline became incensed and replied, "Well you should have its basic manners Kat."

Katherine sat down beside her and said, "You may be feeling indignant but I won't apologize coz I'm not sorry. I'm glad I got to witness your incredible talent Lina. You don't have to feel embarrassed about something so beautiful being a part of you. You should pursue it."

Caroline softened because the way Katherine had described, it was perfect' dance was the only beautiful and light part of her; "You really have a way with words Kat. It's the only part of my life that's pure and light. It's just that i don't dance in front of anybody ever, call it my hobby or catharsis but I don't want to share it with anybody."

Katherine murmured," Why? Why don't you want to share it with anybody?"

Caroline whispered, "Because I'm afraid that I'll somehow lose it if people knew. Maybe I'm being selfish not wanting to share it but good things don't last in my life for long. Everything worthwhile immediately turns into shit the moment I begin to cherish it."

Katherine could fathom her insecurities and reservations and suddenly was struck with a brilliant idea, "I totally get it .I won't force you to pursue it. I think we should go home."

Both of them got up and exiting the kitchen Caroline asked her,"Wait who is that guy in the suit and what is he doing with you?"

"No need to introduce me Katerina,I believe I can very well manage it on my own." the guy in the suit declared in an authoritative voice.

He was a handsome man, not roguishly good looking but more like a sophisticatedly gorgeous guy. He had black hair, brown eyes and an accent women would die for and a cultured air around him. If somebody asked Caroline she would use the word elite to describe him , she hadn't paid much attention earlier coz let's face it she thought he might be a psychotic serial killer but now she could well clearly appreciate his looks.

Approaching Caroline he extended a hand and introduced himself, "Hello, I'm Elijah Mikaelson. I was here earlier you must remember."

Elijah said extending his hand.

"It's a pleasure to you make your acquaintance miss?..." Elijah said subtly asking for Caroline's name.

Caroline looked at Kat standing beside her quietly, wondered why Kat all of a sudden seemed content with being quiet, very cautiously she put her hand in his as if she was scared as she still got jittery when a guy touched her or came too close, and replied, "It's Lina. "

Before she could fathom what was happening Elijah had carried her hand up to his lips and was kissing her knuckles, that jolted Caroline and she roughly pulled her hand back as if she had been burned.

She would have had a full blown panic attack if Kat had not interrupted her unconsciously putting her arm around Caroline.

She gestured towards Elijah and exclaimed, "Elijah is from Mikaelson and Bennett Dance Academy, his dad owns it you know..."

Not letting her finish Elijah subtly gave Katherine a stern look and declared, "I believe Katerina i told you I'll handle this on my own. Now where were we Miss Lina? Ah as i was saying it really is my fortune to have met such an exceptionally talented woman such as you and i would like to make a proposition? Not giving Caroline a chance to talk, he resumed after a short pause. "I think you should apply for our dance classes at the academy starting next week."

Caroline replied," Thanks but I think I'll pass."

"Wouldn't you want to nurture your dancing skills and strive to be absolutely the best out there. We will be fortunate to have you at the academy and help you polish your skills to the level of mastery. Katherine will vouch for our Academy she's one of our very accomplished pupils." Seeing that she was about to reject his offer yet again Elijah took out a card from his coat pocket handing it to Caroline and said, "Give it some thought before you decline" and with that he left.

Sensing Katherine was gonna try to convince her Caroline quickly announced, "No, you said you weren't going to pressure me."

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The next day Katherine had surprised Caroline with the waitress's uniform.

She was now at the cafe sitting on a stool at the ordering counter with Katherine on the other side of it and idly chatting with her since there usually weren't many people on a weekend even though it was the lunch time. They heard the ding of the doorbell and turned to look at the entering group of people. They were bunch of twenty something year olds probably, Caroline judged. All were extremely well endowed in the looks department, especially the guy in the navy blue Henley, black jeans and a jacket. He had sandy blonde hair, with intense blue eyes and a smirk on his face. He was wearing a few necklaces that looked like charms and was walking with a leopards grace. Caroline's eyes followed him till he sat at the extreme right corner table with his posse, Katherine's high pitched groan brought her out of reverie.

"Oh no they are back" Kat sighed.

"Who?" Caroline asked following the direction of Katherine's gaze which was glued on the group of supermodels

"The Originals of course" Kat replied.

Caroline repeated," Who?"

Kat sighed again, "Have you suddenly lost the ability to listen or to comprehend? I'm saying "The Originals" aka the Mikaelsons are back. And I hate them. You must've heard of them?" witnessing Caroline shaking her head she went on to say, "They are a group of most formidable dancers. They went on vacation to London for the summer, and now they are back at the academy. You see the blonde girl? that's Rebekah aka BMW aka Bitch Most Wanted. Can you believe that's her stage name and she thinks its dope. The guy with black hair is Kol aka TBH aka The Boneless Human but i call him a flirtbag because he hits on anything within his breathing distance. The one with blonde hair is Niklaus aka the Hybrid , you know he got this name because he's got a knack for amalgamating 2 or more different genres of dance and make a unique one out of it. He is the best dancer at the academy but too bad he is a complete asshole." Like Caroline had said earlier Kat really had away with words.

"What about the other three?" Caroline asked

"Oh the other black haired brawny guy that's Tyler, the dude sitting next to him is Jeremy and the girl with the brown hair is Vicky. They're just background dancers, the Mikaelsons are the real deal."

"They are Mikaelsons? Meaning they are related to Elijah? "Caroline asked.

Kat said, "Yep. They're his siblings."

Both of them saw April take orders from them and came to the counter and said, "God, they're so mean I was wishing for them to not come back, ever since they moved here 6 months ago I've wanted them to leave. Here take the order I'm not serving them." She shoved the paper at Caroline and left to go to the kitchen.

Caroline put their desired drinks on a tray and set it in front of Katherine to take it to them.

"Oh no nuh ah, I'm not going to take the orders." Kat replied, "You should take it."

Caroline tried to manipulate Katherine through reverse psychology but failed, "Are you saying you're intimidated by them?"

"No, I'd rather not go there and end up in prison for life for killing Rebekah and I know you're trying to coax me into doing it through your failed attempt at reverse psychology. Good luck with your order." She said and left to cater a couple at the other table.

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"Oh come on Klaus we want to see how you did it dude." Tyler urged.

Klaus mocked, " Little Lockwood you do not get to order me around, it's the opposite actually or did it slip your empty skull? "Tyler became silent adequately chastised.

Then Rebekah and Kol both insisted,"Oh come on big bro don't be stingy we want to see those moves or were you just bragging about those?"

Klaus got up taking his legs off the table and exclaimed, "Since you're basically dying to see an expert at work. I'll do it"

Kol played music on his phone, it was a fast paced pop number.

He then executed a couple of perfect hip hop moves which were a combination of locking popping and break dancing alternating them with ballet move then quickly did a running man and stated reverse moon walking turned and then crashed into a pretty blonde girl carrying a tray of glasses, which fell soaking both of them.

He really got pissed off and with his hair, face and henley completely soaked from Rebekah's damn strawberry shake, glared at the waitress while Kol was laughing like a loon behind him said, "You just got served mate." Klaus gave Kol a death glare but soon turned at the blondes voice. "I'm so sorry, I'm really very sorry." taking a handkerchief out of her apron pocket she started wiping at his shirt.

Klaus took a step back to get her to stop, glanced at her to see that the girl was not just pretty but she was in fact absolutely magnificent covered in beer wearing a small pink frock that reached mid-thigh of her long limbs, with a white apron and pink sneakers. He stopped himself from ogling her and asked,"Is there somewhere I can clean up?"

The blonde siren remarked, "Yeah, there's a men's room at the back but I just saw somebody go in a couple of minutes ago, if you want to; you can wash this in the kitchen." and began leading him to the kitchen.

Klaus was an admirer of beauty that's why he couldn't stop himself from admiring her a mile long legs and her pale blonde hair, it was a shade lighter than his like spun gold.

They entered the kitchen and she pointed towards the sink. Klaus went to the sink and dunked his head under the water spray, after washing the smell of strawberries form his shirt he turned back to look at her and said, "I think you should get it off of you too."

Caroline moved closer to the sink waiting for Klaus to move away but he only moved an inch so her shoulder brushed his.

Ignoring the quaint feeling she washed her face and her hair, although not being able to get it all out of her hair. She turned to find the Hybrid practically an inch away from her, she swallowed, her eyes downcast and felt his intense blue eyes on her and wondered why wasn't she panicking maybe because of the butterflies in her stomach or because he just stood there doing nothing as if content on having her near him .

Cautiously she lifted her eyelids gazed into his eyes and they both felt like they were looking into their own eyes. Each mesmerised by the other feeling, an intense jolt of attraction towards the other. Klaus could not discern what it was about her that held him in a trance, who was she that captivated him and he murmured the question whirling in his brain, "Who are you?"

His question registered in Caroline's mind and she murmured her name still spellbound by those eyes," Caroline." as if almost at the same instant she realized what she had done and ended the moment with her turning her back on him.

Klaus felt rage at her gesture, "Don't turn your back on me." saying this he moved back few steps.

Caroline looked back to realize he was angry," I think I should be the one who should be angry." glaring at him.

Klaus then smiled at her glare and said, "And why should you be angry, love?"

"Because you were crowding me back there. I felt smothered and don't call me love."

"Then what should I call you, love?"

Caroline scrunched her nose at him referring to her as 'love' and said," Lina." hoping he would not remember.

Klaus's smile grew bigger, "And why should I do that Caroline? " he inquired again coming close to her and running one lose curl between his thumb and index finger.

Caroline again felt like she was drowning and floating at the same time in his eyes.

The door to the kitchen opened and Caroline jerked back.

Both of them turned to look at a familiar voice, Are you flirting with my date Niklaus?"

Both said in unison," Elijah?"

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(This is dedicated to Javeria and Haseenah. The song to which Caroline dances is coke studios "aye dil kisi yaad mei" by Ali Zafar and Sara Haider.) Can you see Klaus dancing? I totally can!