After seeing the crap that was the Originals pilot, I just feel like updating my one shot series. Thank you for the reviews so far! You guys are awesome!

4x07 AU.

Caroline was beyond pissed as she walked out of the Lockwood mansion. Did she really just witness what she thought she witnessed? Did Elena just agree with Damon on something? This wasn't right at all. Just when she thought that they had picked the perfect dress for April (a blue one), Damon had to show up and point out that Elena had lost the pageant last year in a blue dress and within the space of five minutes, he had gotten her to pick the red dress instead. What the hell? While it was understandable that Elena was a new vampire and that she had just recovered from the hallucinations she saw after killing Connor Jordan, not to mention she just broke up with Stefan, but that was no excuse to do what she did in the contestant dressing room.

As she walked through the garden, Caroline urged herself to calm down, and that everything would work itself out in the end, even though that was a bunch of bullshit right there. In fact, she doubted that anything would work itself out until after the cure was found and Elena was back to her normal self again, whatever that was.

"Something troubles you, love?"

Upon hearing that familiar British accent, Caroline turned around and saw Klaus standing, looking all dapper in the suit he was wearing. Before she could wonder what he was doing here, she remembered that she had told him to come as her guest, having promised to go out on a date with him in exchange for the sacrifice of Dean, one of his best hybrids.

"Nothing that you'd be interested in hearing."

"On the contrary, I think I would be interested," he replied. "It's obvious that you're upset about something and instead of avoiding it, I believe it would be better to talk about it."

Caroline rolled her eyes. Great, he wanted her to talk to him about what she had seen earlier. While she didn't feel much like talking to anyone, least of all Klaus, part of her told her to give it a chance. After all, it might make her feel better.

"All right, fine, you want to know what's bothering me? I'll tell you," she said. "I feel like I'm suddenly the bad guy here. I mean, when the hell did that happen?"

Klaus nodded. "Let's get you a drink. I'll tell you a little about what's it like to be the bad guy."

Caroline reluctantly nodded. "I suppose I could use a drink. It might help ease my nerves a little."

Klaus smiled as he grabbed a bottle of champagne, along with two glasses, and they walked off together. It wasn't the conversation that Klaus was interested in, of course. The thing that interested him was the little blonde vampire that invited him here, sort of a reverse of what he had done when he hosted that ball at his mansion months ago.

"Elena's taken Damon's side on everything," said Caroline. "I get that being a vampire changes you, I do, but it's turned her into something that even I can't recognize anymore." She sighed as they approached a stone bench, looking at Klaus as she sat down. "Hurry up and find the cure."

Klaus nodded as he took a seat next to her. "I'm working on it, love."

Caroline looked at him as he opened the champagne bottle and poured the liquid into the glasses. "Would you take it?"

"Why would I want to cure myself of being the most powerful creature on the planet?"

I'm guessing that's as close to a no as I'm going to get. Still, I don't see why he wouldn't leap at the chance of taking it. "Seriously? There's not a day in your entire life that you didn't want to be human?"

Klaus looked at her curiously, getting up from where he was sitting. "What about you?"

"Me?" said Caroline. "You're honestly asking me if I wanted to be human again?" Considering how much the human part of my life sucked? I don't know if I would. Of course, things weren't exactly a bed of roses when I became a vampire either, what with my mom not wanting anything to do with me, or my dad trying to "fix" me.

"Oh, come now," said Klaus. "Being human hasn't crossed your mind at all?" He took a piece of paper out of his pocket. "Surely, you've missed the days of being the Chairperson of the Mystic Falls Beautification Committee or the President of the Policeman's Charity?"

Caroline immediately recognized those words that he was reading and got up from the bench. "Shit, is that my Miss Mystic application? Where the hell did you get that? That's private information." She reached for it, but he yanked it away. "Damn it, Klaus, give it to me!"

Klaus ignored her and continued to read. "If chosen, I promise to aspire, inspire, perspire. Obviously, we found a shortage of words ending in 'spire.'"

"Oh, yeah, that's really funny," said Caroline. "It's hilarious! Now, give it back to me!"

She kept reaching for it and Klaus continued to play Keep-Away with it. The game got to the point where Caroline jumped onto his back to try and get the paper from him. They wrestled for it until they fell to the ground, laughing the entire time. Finally, Caroline gave up on trying to get her application from him, partially because it wasn't worth it. She sat up and looked at him as her vampire hearing alerted her to the music for waltz being played.

"Klaus?"

He sat up and looked at her. "Hmmm?"

"Remember when you said that you wished that you could've danced with me the day of the Miss Mystic Falls pageant last year?"

"Of course," he replied. "You were so beautiful in that green gown you were wearing and it made me wish that I was dancing with you instead of that human boy." He raised an eyebrow. "Why do you ask, love?"

Caroline stood up and extended her hand to him. "I want to dance with you. Give you the opportunity that you wish you had that day. I may not be a contestant, but I think that it would make this day memorable for both of us."

Klaus took her hand as he stood up. "It would be an honor to dance with you, Caroline."

He pulled her closer to him as they danced to the music in the background. In that moment, the bullshit with Elena seemed to be trivial and the only thing that mattered was the dance that they were sharing and that Klaus' wish was being fulfilled.

Note: Here you go, guys, an update. Enjoy and remember to review as always!