AN: we have arrived ladies and gents, to the smut chapter lol be gentle with me, its my first time ;)

Chapter 7

Caroline POV

The next couple weeks were much the same. Time spent doing my chores, staying out of trouble with my father and secret meetings with Elijah while I went to gather fruit.

I couldn't believe how my life was going. When I first met Elijah he took my breath away with his insanely good looks and otherworldly charm. And now, ever since his break with Tatia, I've seen a whole new side of him. A playful side. He hasn't tried to kiss me again since that day, but he never fails to find some reason to leave gentle touches.

A hand secretly across the back here. A brush of an arm against mine there. A finger wrapped around my finger out of sight in a crowd full of people. I was falling. Hard and fast.

I was broken out of my daydreaming by a commotion outside our window. I looked out to see Nik on the ground with angry Mikael above him.

That was another pleasant surprise over the last couple weeks. Nik always sought me out to talk. He talked about his betrayal of his brother and his feelings about it. We talked about our parents. We even talked about the abuse. I've helped him clean split lips and bruised ribs more times than I can count over the last few weeks. We had truly bonded. I could tell him anything. He was my best friend.

So when I saw him cowering on the ground at Mikaels feet I didn't stop to think.

I had never witnessed Mikaels cruelty towards his son, only seen the aftermath. I refused to stand idly by. I ran outside as Mikael raised his hand to hit him and pushed him out of the way to stand in front of Nik. At the same time I ran in front, Elijah and Kol came running out.

"Father! Please!" Rebekah cried from the door, hands covering her mouth to muffle her sobs.

Mikael ignored her and continued to stare at me.

"Move, girl, this does not concern you," Mikael growled.

I stared back, unflinchingly. "I will not," I said softly.

Kol and Elijah looked on, prepared to step in if the need arose. Elijah looked horrified.

Nik tried to rise behind me, hands braced to push himself up. I spared a quick glance at him to see his eye swollen shut. My anger spiked.

"If you think you can stop me, you are sadly mistaken. Now move. This is family business," Mikael said.

"Caroline-" Elijah murmured.

"No," I said to Elijah. Speaking once more to Mikael I said, "Family business? This is how you treat your family? You are nothing but a bully, Mr. Mikaelson. A good for nothing Bully!" I yelled.

Mikaels face turned red in fury. "You insolent little bitch! How dare you?!" he raised his hand once more and I braced myself.

I could take a hit. I've had practice. And I refused to let Nik suffer more. For him, I would take this.

But the blow never came. Elijah had shot forward and grabbed his father's hand.

"Enough, father," he said lowly, anger written on every line of his face. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Kol had also stepped forward to place himself between his father and me.

My heart was pounding. I felt fingers brush my hand and reached to squeeze Nik's hand back.

After Elijah said something else quietly to his father, Mikael tore his hand away from him. He looked at everyone around him, scoffed and walked away.

Rebekah ran to Nik's side, checking him for more injuries than the obvious. Kol grabbed my hand, also giving it a squeeze before going to his brothers side as well.

All the adrenaline left me at once and I began to softly shake. Elijah walked towards me and pressed his hand to my cheek.

"Are you okay, Caroline?" he asked me softly.

"I-I couldn't let him do it, Elijah. I just couldn't. He's my best friend I couldn't just do nothing!" I knew i was rambling but my nerves were shot and I couldn't stop myself. "I thought he was going to hit me but, I can take it. I've had worse. But then you- thank you, Elijah," I finished in a rush.

Elijah's lips gave a slight quirk at my ramblings. He brushed his thumb across my cheek, lowering his hand, always staying aware of who could be watching. "No need to thank me, love. I would never let him hurt you. I will protect you and will continue to do so, always and forever," he murmured.

My heart took off again, this time for a whole different reason.

Elijah POV

Seeing Caroline standing so bravely in front of my father, protecting my brother was glorious. And utterly terrifying. I knew my fathers rage and having it directed at Caroline made it hard for me to breathe.

So much had changed in such a short time. I never believed in soulmates and love at first sight but Caroline was living proof that it exists. It didn't take much for me to fall for her. To realize what I thought was love with Tatia, paled in comparison. Caroline made recovering from Tatia and Niklaus's betrayal easy, because once I realized what I gained in having Caroline in my life, that heartache disappeared.

After my father walked away and it all came crashing down on her, I tried to console her as well as I could, knowing that we were in full view of anyone who chose to look.

Unfortunately Mikaels outbursts were well known and any yelling from our house was generally accepted and ignored by the village.

She took a deep breath to gain back some semblance of calm. "I really hope my father doesn't hear about this," she whispered quietly.

"My father will be too embarassed to let others know he was put in his place by a Fierce little Wildflower like you," I laughed.

My heart filled with joy hearing a small chuckle leaving her mouth.

She turned to look at Niklaus.

"Nik, are you okay?"

He walked over and kissed her on the cheek. "I'll be fine, my little warrior. Mother has a balm that will bring the swelling down. I'll be good as new when you see me in the caves tonight," he said.

You'd think after the incident with Tatia that seeing him kiss her on the cheek would have stirred up resentment and jealousy. But that was another difference about Caroline. I didn't doubt her loyalty for a minute. I knew she loved my brother as if he were her brother as well. She loved all my siblings like they were her own and the feeling was mutual for them as well. I just hoped that her love for me, if it existed, would be different.

As Niklaus walked back into our home, Caroline turned to me. "I must finish preparing for our move to the caves tonight before father returns from the market. Will I see you later?" she asked, nervously.

I looked around to see if anyone was watching and stepped a little closer, twining our fingers together out of sight. "yes you will see me later. Don't worry, Caroline. I know this is your first full moon in the caves but you have nothing to worry about. Mother will keep us safe. Ayana will keep us safe. And didn't I promise to always protect you?" I smirked at her.

She laughed. "Yes you did," she smiled softly and squeezed my hand before letting go and turning to go back to her home.

Caroline POV

Night time was soon approaching and I was getting more and more anxious. We were slowly making our way to the caves with the rest of the village.

As we approached, I saw Esther greeting everyone before waving a hand in front of the entrance for each person. There was another woman sitting just inside the cave. She was beautiful. She appeared to be in her late 20s early 30s. She had gorgeous caramel skin and long curly black hair that reach her lower back. She opened her eyes when someone spoke to her and she had the most beautiful green eyes. This must be Ayana.

"William Forbes. Welcome. Are you prepared to enter the caves for the night? Since this is your first full moon I must insist that for whatever reason you do not leave the caves," Esther spoke to my father.

"Yes of course, Esther. We understand," he grabbed my wrist and gave it a squeeze. I winced. "Don't we, Caroline?"

I nodded my head.

Esther's eyes narrowed in on where my father held my wrist. Then she looked at me and then my father.

"Mr. Forbes. The whole village will be in these caves systems so we must all work together to keep a calm cohesive environment. Keep the peace. I'm sure you understand. We don't want any problems to arise don't you agree?" she said, suddenly.

Father looked confused.

"Yes, I agree. Shall we go in now?"

"Of course. I shall invite you in," Esther said stepping aside.

Father stepped forward and Esther held out a hand to stop him.

"Caroline Forbes, please, be welcome," Esther said, smiling warmly and waving in front of the entrance.

I looked back at father who looked rather put out but who nodded his head for me to enter.

"Thank you, Mrs. Mikaelson," I said quietly.

Behind me, she then welcomed my father and mother as well.

"What a strange woman," father murmured.

Everyone was settling down for the night. I, however, could not. The eerie howls that echoed through the caves from outside had me on edge. Some of the younger adults were gathered in groups talking and I looked around for my friends. Nik was laughing with Kol and Henrik, Finn was speaking with a sweet girl with bright red hair and Rebekah was chatting with a friend. Where was Elijah?

That's when I saw him. Talking with Tatia. Well then. That flipped my jealousy switch. I stood up and walked over to where they were standing behind a stone wall, out of view.

The closer I got, the more I heard.

"Eli, I miss you," Tatia crooned, sliding her hand uo his chest.

Elijah just stood there with a bored look on his face. He looked down at her hand and back up at her. "Do you mind removing your hand?" he asked.

She didn't listen. She leaned in closer, hand sliding down.

"I miss your arms around me. I miss your hands and how well they knew my body," her hand kept sliding lower till it was at the waist of his pants. "I miss everything, don't tell me you don't too. We can disappear for a bit and I can show you how much I missed you," her hand went to drift lower and I'd had enough.

"Hi, Tatia, was it? Yes. Hi. Um, back the fuck off," I said walking between the two and smiling with a falsely sweet smile.

Behind me I could hear Elijah cough to hide a sudden burst of laughter.

"No lady speaks like that, New Girl. Now move. We were having a private conversation," Tatia sneered.

"Well two things about what you just said," I started, counting them off on my fingers. "first thing, were, you said were having a private conversation, as in past tense as in no longer having one. Am I speaking clearly enough for you to keep up? Need me to slow it down and speak slowly? No? Good. Second thing, you're damn right im the 'New Girl'. His new girl. So I repeat. Back. The fuck. Off," I growled the last part.

Tatia looked startled for a moment before letting out an incredulous laugh.

"You? You think you're good enough for Elijah? Honey he needs someone with experience on how to meet a man's needs. Not an inexperienced little girl. I got him hard just by speaking, what chance do you possibly have?" She laughed.

Elijah scoffed. "I can assure you, you did not," he said, obviously put off by the very idea.

"See? The poor thing is probably too afraid to rear it's head in fear of what's hidden in the cesspool between your legs!" I said, jovially. I quickly became serious, though. "I can handle my man. Go find your own," I said, my anger returning.

Tatia looked between myself and Elijah before scoffing and walking away.

I took some deep breaths to calm my anger.

Elijah reach for my arm to turn me around.

"Love, I-" but before he could finish I spun in his arms and crashed my lips to his. He was startled but quickly sank into it, wrapping one arm around my waist and the other in my hair. I pulled back for air but kept my lips brushing his when I spoke. "I love you, Elijah," I said breathlessly. His sharp inhale told me he heard me. "I love you and only you. Please tell me this isn't one sided? Please tell me the last month with you has not been a dream and when I wake up I will once again be alone in this world?" I asked desperately, still holding onto his face.

Elijah looked deeply into my eyes, pressing small kisses to my mouth before he spoke, his forehead against mine. "I am so utterly and completely in love with you, Caroline Forbes, my Wildflower. I am yours, as you are mine," he said, kissing me once more.

I broke the kiss and looked around. My parents were asleep, everyone else was settling for the night.

"follow me," I whispered to Elijah, taking his hand in mine and pulling him away from the main cavern.

I led him down the winding path to another smaller cavern.

Elijah stopped to look around then turned to me. "Caroline, what-" but he froze, mouth open in shock.

I stood in front of him, slowly untying my dress and slowly revealing more and more skin.

His breath hitched. "Caroline?" he whispered, questioningly.

He stepped forward and I grabbed his hand, allowing my dress to fall to the floor, only my light see through shift remaining.

"I want you to make love to me, Elijah," I said, quietly, blush growing on my cheeks.

"If this is about what Tatia said," Elijah started.

"No. No Elijah this isn't about that. Well, maybe a little. But only because seeing her trying to have you made me realize how much I want you. I love you and I want you to make me yours, always and forever," I smiled shyly at him.

I took his hand and placed it over my breast through the shift.

Apparently that was enough to snap Elijah's renowned control and with a low growl, his other arm went around my waist, crashing me into him while he kissed me desperately.

He pulled back so we could both breathe.

"Caroline are you sure? There's no going back from this," he asked, one last time, searching my eyes for any doubt.

He wouldn't find any.

"I'm sure, Elijah," I said, before stepping back to remove my shift completely.

No man had ever seen me naked. It was thrilling watching his eyes rake over my body from head to toe. I felt a little self conscious, but then reminded myself that this was Elijah.

He stepped back towards me. "God's, you're beautiful," he whispered, trailing his fingertips along my collar bone and down between my breasts, before circling around my stomach and trailing them back up and ever so gently, running over my nipple. I gasped.

"We'll go slow," he promised. "I'll show you what it's like to be loved beyond compare." He leaned in and kissed me again, tongue begging for entrance. I granted him entry and wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him closer and deepening the kiss. His hands wrapped around my waist and slid down over my bottom and to my thighs where he tightened his hold and lifted me. I wrapped my legs around his waist. Only breaking the kiss for oxygen, while he continued to place kisses down my neck and across every part of skin he could reach.

My core gently brushed the bulge in his pants and I moaned his name. "Elijah!"

"Shhhh, Wildflower. We may be on the other end of the cave but sound travels. Can you be quiet?" he asked while walking over to a spot in the cave where the grass still remained, beside a little grotto.

I nodded my head desperately.

"Good girl," he crooned.

I could feel the wetness soaking me by his words alone. He lowered me onto the grass and crawled over me. He brought me into another kiss, while his hands explored my body. They slowly crept down to my breast where he began to careful massage them. He removed his lips from mine and they followed the path his hands took u till I could feel his hit breath caress my nipple. He looked up at me, eyes blown wide with lust, to make sure I was looking before he took my nipple into his mouth, massaging it with his tongue.

My head fell back and I let out a moan. "Fuck, Elijah!"

"Such dirty language, Ms Forbes," he chuckled, moving over to the other breast to show it the same attention.

I laughed breathlessly, consumed by the amazing feeling of his lips on my breasts. His hands soon replaced his mouth while he continued to move lower, dropping kisses all over my stomach then back up my chest to my mouth. His hands, that were massaging my breasts, began to move lower. He swiped his fingertips across my stomach, then down my thigh before circling my knee and heading back up, stopping right before my core. My breath caught. He pulled back from the kiss to look into my eyes once more.

"Is this okay, my love?" he asked.

I couldn't speak, to amped up with nervous tension to get the words out, so I just nodded.

Slowly his hand rose until it brushed my outer lips gently probing further, sliding his finger up my soaked slit.

Elijah groaned and lowered his forehead to mine. "God's Caroline, you're so wet for me."

I was a panting mess as his fingers finally found my Bundle of nerves and began circling my clit. My body arched off the ground at the pleasure that shot through me.

"Oh, Elijah, don't stop," I begged.

He continued to circle my nub with his thumb while staring intently at my face. I didn't know why until I felt a finger circling my entrance. Seeing the permission in my eyes, he slowly slid one finger in. I clenched around him and he moaned. "you're so tight."

"more, Elijah. Please," I panted.

He began moving his finger slowly, in and out of my soaking pussy before adding another. Both fingers curving up ever so slightly to hit just the right spot.

"Fuck, Elijah, don't stop, don't you dare stop," I moaned.

The only sounds to be heard were my aggressive breathing and the wet sounds of Elijah's fingers slamming in and out of my drenched pussy.

All to soon I had to stop him. I reached down and grabbed his hand to stop his movements.

"Did I hurt you? Are you okay?" he asked, concern written all over his face.

I laughed, "God's no Elijah. But I was close, too close, and I want you to be inside me when I cum," I whispered in his ear.

I felt a rumble in his chest before he suddenly sat back and began to remove his clothes. And Elijah without clothes was a sight to see. Chiseled muscles, not overly so, from working the fields and all his chores covered his upper body. The lower I looked the happier I got. Finally he pulled his pants down and his cock sprang free.

My eyes widened. How the hell was that going to fit? It was long and thick and oozing from the tip.

I licked my lips in apprehension and Elijah noticed. He reach forward to grab my face. "if you want to stop, we stop. You make the decisions here. But I promise, I will try to make this as easy as possible," he said softly while rubbing his thumb across my lip.

I steeled my nerves and nodded before reaching down and running my hands over his cock. Elijah groaned. I took that as a positive reaction and wrapped my hand around his length, moving it up and over the tip, gathering the moisture at his tip to make the slide back down his shaft easier. It twitched in my hand as Elijah groaned again.

"is this okay?" I asked. "am I doing this right?"

"Youre a natural, my love, but please, stop," he asked in a strained voice.

Hurt took over my features as I removed my hand until he reached for me to push me back down, crawling over me.

"If you continued, this would be over before it even began, and I need to be inside you, feel you clenching around me when we both reach our climaxes," he said. Rubbing his member up and down my dripping wet slit.

He braced himself up on one side of my head while the other reached down for his cock. Giving it a couple of tugs before placing it at my entrance.

I wound my arms around his neck and squeezed my eyes shut, preparing myself.

"Relax, love. You need to relax," Elijah cooed.

I took a deep breath and opened my eyes, staring up into Elijah's face. Tears springing to my eyes at the look of utter love and devotion on his face.

"I love you, Caroline," he whispered.

I touched his cheek and brought his face to mine for a kiss.

"I love you too, Elijah," I said, kissing him once again.

Without warning he started to push slowly into me, careful to not hurt me too much.

I tensed up a little. The intrusion wasn't painful, just slightly uncomfortable. He looked to me for permission to keep going and I nodded.

He continued to push in before bottoming out to the hilt. I gasped.

He looked at me questioningly when he realized there was no barrier to mark the breaking of my virginity.

I gave a soft chuckle. "don't worry I'm still a virgin Elijah. I broke that on my own a couple years ago. A girl has needs and my fingers were up to the job," I shrugged, laughing.

Elijah let out a burst of laughter, the vibrations resonating down to where we were joined making us both moan.

"Elijah, move. Please," I begged.

He answered me with a kiss while he started to slide his cock back out before slamming it back in. I cried out in pleasure and wrapped my legs around his waist so he could hit deeper. That was all the invitation he needed as he started to piston in and out of my heat, his cock hitting just the right angle everytime he thrust back in.

"Fuck, Caroline, you're so tight!" he groaned. Through the haze of pleasure I was shocked by his language. But damn if it wasn't a turn on. I clenched around him and he moaned again. Dick sliding in and out of my wet core, his pelvis rubbing my clit every thrust.

"Oh God, Elijah. I'm gunna come. Please. Harder," I moaned.

Elijah unwrapped my legs from around his waist and through one leg over his shoulder, deepening his strokes. He continued to pound into me, reaching down to rub his thumb over my clit and I exploded. My heat clenching him so hard it triggered his own release.

He kissed me to muffle my scream as his thrusts became erratic and soon enough he was moaning my name while his cock swelled and pulsed in my core, filling me with his seed. He pumped into me a few more times, prolonging our climaxes before he collapsed beside me. Both of us panting to catch our breath.

He pulled me into him.

"Caroline, that was- I don't even have the words," he stuttered out, a blissed out smile on his face.

I looked up at him running my fingers over his stubble. "I didn't know that's how it would be. I'm glad it was you," I whispered.

He kissed me sweetly before I just had to open my mouth and break the moment. "but if I had known I would have been doing this ages ago! Imagine all the amazing sex I could have been having? Gods, imagine all the great sex I will be having! The possibilities are endless!" I joked, laughing loudly at the indignant look on Elijah's face.

He growled before rolling over on top of me. "Obviously I didn't do my job properly then, I need to ruin you for any other man," he whispered into my ear. I felt his member nudge my entrance, hard once again. My pussy clenched, still leaking his release from our earlier love making. He grabbed his cock, rubbing it through his cum still dripping from my core before sliding back in effortlessly with the added help of his release. We both groaned.

The rest of the night continued much the same with breaks in between bouts of love making until just before dawn.

We gathered our clothes and cleaned ourselves up as much as we could in the little grotto before sneaking back before everyone woke for the day.

Before we rounded the corner, Elijah pulled me into him once more, kissing me passionately. "Always and forever," he murmured against my lips.

I smiled back. "Always and forever," I whispered.

We separated and walked separately around the corner to lay with our respective families as if nothing had happened when in fact, my whole world had changed. A smile crept up on my face as I laid waiting for the rest to wake for the day.

AN: don't judge me to harshly okay? Lol this was my first attempt at writing smut. I read it like no one's business but writing it? Whole different experience hahaha so be kiiiiiind.