Hey guys! I know, I know... I have a bunch of unfinished fics, but this idea just wouldn't leave my head! I got this idea from an episode of Switched at Birth that I watched.

I was going to make this a one-shot, but it's too good of a fic idea to not continue, so it'll be a short story :)

Touchdown

Summary: Klaus Mikaelson is the guy that everyone wants to know with his dashing good looks and charismatic personality. Caroline Forbes is the sweetheart of Michigan State University and she happens to be harboring somewhat of a crush on the football player and when he asks her out, she accepts without much thought. What she doesn't expect to learn is that he set his sights on her with the sole intent of winning a competition. What will she do?

There is sort of a trigger warning, but I don't know what to put it down as, so please be aware as you get to the bottom!

I would like to thank Celeena for being my beta and I would like to thank Ashley for making me a cover. I would also like to thank Lia for giving me the title idea!

Enjoy!

Caroline Forbes was sitting on the bleachers with her chemistry textbook in hand. She had a chemistry exam coming up soon and she knew that she had to pass it with a good grade if she wanted her final grade to be an A.

It was a beautiful day out and she had her earphones in her ears. A classic melody was currently on replay and she hummed along as she read the information in the textbook.

The sound of the guys on the football team cheering for one another brought her out of her relaxed state.

Her eyes snapped towards the football field and she could feel a blush creeping onto her cheeks. Caroline's eyes wandered to Klaus Mikaelson and she shook her head because she had to focus on the studying that she was trying to get done. The blonde knew that it would probably be best to study at the four story library that her University had, but the weather was beginning to get nice and she found that she was able to concentrate more with the birds chirping and the sun shining its light on her.

She stole a glance before she focused her attention on the textbook again. The blonde couldn't be thinking about some guy that would never notice her because she had to think of her future. Caroline huffed in irritation because she couldn't focus on the words that she was trying to read. She thought that maybe if she got another glimpse of the guy that everyone wanted, she'd be able to focus.

Her eyes traveled to the football field and she put her cheek in her hand as she watched him with curiosity in her eyes.

She was so lost in her thought that she almost jumped five feet in the air when they made eye contact. It was a far distance away considering that he was all the way on the football field and she was all the way at the top of the bleachers, but she could feel his eyes burning into hers before he shook his head and turned away from her.

Sighing, the blonde decided that it would be best if she just went to the library. She made enough of a fool of herself when a guy that didn't know she existed shook his head and looked away.

Klaus was on the football field with his teammates and they were running some drills because they had a big game the next week.

He ran his fingers over his dirty blonde hair and he shook his body because he had to warm up before they got to the tackling part of the drills.

"Yo, Mikaelson!" Damon Salvatore shouted as he made his way towards his Frat Brother.

"Salvatore! What's going on, man?" Klaus questioned as he gave his raven-haired friend a fist pound.

"The brothers and I came up with our next shindig." He replied as a smirk crept onto his lips.

Damon Salvatore was the bad boy of Michigan State and all the girls knew it, but they went his way anyway. Damon Salvatore was both a bad boy and a player. Most of the girls were crazy about him and he changed them as frequently as he did his v-necks.

"Oh, yeah? What is it?" The football player asked him as they walked off of the field and onto the tracks.

"It's good." He chuckled as a sadistic smirk formed on his lips. "We're having a meeting in two hours. We're going to discuss the whole thing at the house and then we'll set up a date. This shindig is going to be the shindig of the fucking century!"

"Alright, awesome. It's about damn time we threw a bash after the hectic winter we had to suffer through." Klaus retorted as he beamed at his friend.

"You're preaching to the choir, brother." Damon nodded as he punched him in the arm before he left the football field.

Once Klaus was finished with practice, he made his way back to the fraternity. When he was inside, he heard his brothers gathering in the living room area. The fraternity had twenty members in it and he quickly joined them.

"What's this shindig that Salvatore has in mind?" The Brit asked his frat brothers and waited for a response.

"We're throwing a bit of a competition." Marcel Gerard replied and the guys bumped fists and nodded in approval.

Stefan Salvatore was the only one they wasn't interested in this grand plan that his older brother had because he thought that it was inhumane and beyond disgusting. Stefan was Damon's younger brother and he had light brown hair and forest green eyes. He was more of the broody type though.

"Carry on," Klaus urged. "You have my undivided attention." He added as he rubbed his palms together and licked his full lips in anticipation.

He had a mischievous glint in his blue-gray eyes and a smirk formed on his face as he waited for them to fill him in on the details.

Klaus was usually always busy with football practice which gave him very little time to actually plan anything for the frat that he was in.

"Well, we are going to be competing against one another and whoever wins is going to get a grand total of one thousand dollars." Enzo told him. Enzo was of average height and he was on the soccer team. He had dark eyes and dark hair and a strong jaw.

"Free money? Why the bloody hell not?" He smirked.

"Now ask what the competition is, Klaus." Marcel urged as he rubbed his own palms together. Marcel was tall and he was fit. He had tanned skin and dark eyes. He had a smile that made most girls swoon and he knew it.

"What's the competition, fellas?"

"Who can score the ugliest date." Damon answered as an evil smirk crept onto his lips.

"Interesting..." Klaus began.

"So, are you in or are you going to join my darling baby brother on the sidelines?" The raven-haired bad boy questioned.

"Of course I'm joining in. And I already know who I'm going to ask." He told his frat brothers as he nodded and a smile graced his lips.

"And there is the big brother that I know and love." Kol finally spoke up as his chocolate brown eyes lit up with mischief.

"Fantastic." Damon told them before he stood up.

"You're all dicks." They heard Stefan say.

"Don't we all know it?" Klaus said to him as the memory of the girl on the bleachers flashed through his mind.

The next day approached quickly and Klaus set out to search for the girl that he saw on the bleachers. She was ugly enough with her big glasses and pale face. He was sure that she would jump at his invitation to accompany him to a 'party' because, well he was him…

As he made his way to his next class, he spotted her leaning against a tree with a textbook in hand.

She didn't have much of a fashion sense either, he realized.

Caroline felt eyes on her and she quickly looked up. Her eyes locked with the football player's and she could feel the blush creeping onto her pale cheeks. She didn't understand why he was looking over at her so intently and she decided that it was probably a mistake.

She quickly shook her head and looked down at the textbook that she was studying from.

Shortly after, a shadow fell over her, blocking her light, and she swallowed the lump that was beginning to form in her throat. After her incident with a guy back home, she completely changed and she couldn't seem to have a normal conversation with a guy that she found attractive because of it all.

Klaus cleared his throat and Caroline swallowed one more time before she looked up at him.

"Ca- can I help you?" The blonde stammered as she fixed her glasses and bit down on her bottom lip nervously.

"Actually yes, you can help me." He told her as he sat down beside her and graced her with one of his signature smiles.

"Oh? With what?" Caroline questioned as she urged herself to relax.

"I want to ask you out." He told her as he internally high-fived himself. He knew that he would come out the victor of the whole shindig that was going to take place and he couldn't wait to spend the cash on a couple of girls that he actually found attractive.

"I- I beg your pardon?"

"I want to get to know you more." He shrugged.

"But why?" Caroline asked, still not believing that the girl that all the girls wanted was conversing with her.

"Why not?"

"I don't know…"

"Oh, come on! Are you really going to reject me?" Klaus questioned as he pouted in her direction.

"No." She sighed because she knew that this was probably going to be her first and last time at having a chance with him.

"Fantastic! The party is this Saturday and I think that you'll enjoy it." He smiled. "I sure will!" He added in as he subtly smirked.

"Okay. Great," she smiled. "Where should I meet you?"

"I actually can't come and pick you up because I'm a part of the party as a whole, but do you think that you can find yourself to the fraternity by yourself?"

"Uh, yeah… Sure." She smiled. "What fraternity is this exactly?"

Klaus told her what the fraternity was called and the two soon went their separate ways. Klaus had her number down and as he made his way to his next class he couldn't help but want to dance right out in the open. He was running low on cash and so he believed that he would win the competition that his frat brothers were hosting.

After Klaus was out of sight, Caroline immediately grabbed all of her belongings and made a dash towards her dorm. She had to tell Katherine because she was practically jumping for joy even though she was sure that she looked like an idiot.

Once she was in her dorm room, she spotted Katherine applying some liquid eyeliner and she squealed. Katherine jumped in her seat, smearing her eyeliner across her face.

"What the fuck, Care!?" Katherine cried out as she turned to her best friend and roommate with a black eye.

"He asked me out!" The blonde cried out as she dropped her textbook and jumped on her bed.

The curly-haired brunette was watching her with confusion in her doe brown eyes and she grabbed a cloth of makeup remover before she dabbed it on her eye.

Once the eyeliner was gone, she walked over to Caroline's bed and pulled her down by the hand. Caroline plopped down at the bed and the whole time she had a huge smile on her face.

"Who asked you out?" Katherine questioned, her interest piqued.

"Niklaus Mikaelson!" She squealed aloud as she clapped her hands together and looked up at the ceiling with excitement in her bright blue eyes.

"As in the football player that every girl wants, but can't have because of how picky he is?" She questioned as she eyed her best friend with curiosity in her eyes.

"Mhm," Caroline nodded as she tried to get her heartbeat back to its normal rate.

"Uh… How did he ask you out?" Katherine asked her because she felt like something shady was going on.

She knew Niklaus Mikaelson because she was dating his older brother, Elijah Mikaelson. Elijah was an English Professor and since the two were basically a teacher and student, they kept their relationship on the down low.

"I was studying when he came over to me. At first I was confused because why would someone like him even want to be seen with someone like me, you know?"

"Caroline, you're beautiful." Katherine reminded her as she furrowed her eyebrows in the blonde's direction.

"Sure I am, but you know… He's more beautiful in all his accent and charming glory." She shrugged.

"Caroline, I really am happy for you, but are you sure that this is a good idea?"

"Of course it is! Why wouldn't it be?" The blonde wondered as she furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.

"Because last time you got involved with a bad boy, you got your heart broken so bad that you changed your entire look."

"Kat…" Caroline started.

"I'm serious! Back in highschool you were the most beautiful girl, but after Tyler did what he did to you, you changed. You got rid of your contacts and began to wear glasses and you were like the prima donna of Mystic Falls High School, but after everything, you started dressing like an old woman. I don't want you to get your heart broken again."

"Katherine… I tried so hard to forget what happened in Mystic Falls. Why are you bringing it up again?" Caroline asked her as she looked down at her hands sadly.

"I don't want to bring it up, but he embarrassed you so badly that you couldn't even go to school for a month. You're way too good of a person to have to experience that again and you were so strong when others would just give up. You kept smiling and you eventually returned to yourself."

"Katherine… Tyler may have told me some sweet words and I believed him, but at the end of the day he got charged and everything went away. I am trying to block those memories out for crying out loud! Let me do that."

"Okay… I'm sorry." The curly-haired brunette sighed sadly. "On a lighter note, when's your date with him?"

"It's actually a party at his fraternity." The blonde clarified as a small smile crept onto her lips.

"Ah… Of course it is…" She sighed as she remembered that the Salvatore's were in that same fraternity.

"I think that it'll be fun." Caroline told her as a small smile graced her lips.

"I'm sure it will be. Maybe we'll be dating two brothers." Katherine shrugged.

"Maybe," Caroline giggled as the brunette wrapped her arm around her best friend.

There you have it! I hope that it was okay and you guys liked this first chapter :) In the next chapter, shit goes down so stick around!

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