Author's note:
Hi, everyone! I'm re-uploading this story after a long while. Mainly because a lot of you loved it - but also from the reason that some are taking advantage of it, and are posting the story without my permission on other sites. Therefore, I decided to post it here again, where it was originally posted.
Now, I can't promise that I will ever get back to this story, but there is a small possibility for that. At this point it has 13 chapters, and hopefully those of you who will read them will also enjoy them.
Also, please note that English is not my mother language, therefore some mistakes are possible. My apologies for that in advance.
Summary
Caroline left Mystic Falls five years ago and now she is back in town to attend her best friend's, Elena, wedding to her boyfriend of three years, Elijah Mikaelson. Klaus is back in town, too. Will he succeed in wooing Caroline's heart this time? Will the wedding be a success or a disaster? What about the vacation that Elena and Elijah have planned for his siblings and her friends? Find out. – Set somewhere around 5 years after 4x09 took place. Featuring Klaroline, Elejah, Kennett and Stebekah.
Prologue
It had been 5 years since that tragic night when everything somehow went wrong, since she took the decision of leaving Mystic Falls. That night was the last straw that made Caroline Forbes realized that it was probably time to change some things in her life.
That night Klaus massacred his un-sired hybrids and killed Tyler's mom. That night Caroline broke Stefan's heart by telling him the hard truth about Elena and Damon. But he was her friend and she felt that he deserved to know, it was the right thing to do, it was right to tell him. That night Caroline had also caught Tyler cheating on her with Hayley, the she-wolf. And, needless to say, she ended the relationship on the spot.
When Caroline went to bed that awful December night, she had decided that she needed time for herself and in order to achieve that goal, she needed to leave Mystic Falls. Surprisingly, her mom and friends were very supportive of her decision.
Few days later, Caroline said goodbye to her friends on a hard note, but the hardest was to say goodbye to her mom.
Apparently the fate wanted for her to say goodbye to everyone, since she accidentally ran into Klaus, right before leaving town. The Alpha asked to accompany her, claiming that he wanted to show her the world. He listed numerous reasons why that would be a good idea, but she took time to explain to him that she needed to do this alone. She was surprised, because Klaus seemed to be very understanding and he respected her decision, but he quickly added, "I will wait for you, love… as long as it takes." This guy apparently just doesn't give up – ever, Caroline thought. But if she was honest with herself, she secretly liked his obstinacy, though; she didn't truly believe that he would really wait for her. She couldn't be that important to him, she was just a baby vampire and she didn't understand why Klaus, the Original hybrid, would be so taken by her. Honestly, and after thinking about it, no, she didn't believe he would wait for her and she didn't want him to, but was she honest with herself? She wasn't even sure at that point.
CHAPTER 1
Caroline walked down the streets of New York. She had lived here for little over five years; therefore she knew the city like the back of her hand. After a long time, she finally had a day off from her job, so she took the opportunity for once to enjoy one of her favorites free time activities – shopping. Her phone started ringing and she started fumbling with her shopping bags as she tried to find it. It was safely tucked somewhere in her purse. When she finally found it, she saw her boss ID number calling.
"Urgh… that's just great, what does the she-devil wants now?!" She mumbled to herself.
Since Caroline was not fond of the compelling people method, she had to find a job, helping her to afford the apartment rent. She was hired as an assistant to a successful event planner and she loved her job while excelling at it, but her boss was a cold hearted bitch that disliked Caroline very much. To say that they were not getting along, was saying it lightly. But, the salary was good and Caroline needed the money, so she had to suck it up and be nice to the devil herself. Caroline sighed and answered the phone promptly.
"Hello, Jules." Caroline greeted her boss, with a fake happy tone in her voice.
"Hello, Caroline. We need to talk about your job." Her boss addressed the issue; while making Caroline realized that she already knew that this conversation wouldn't bring anything good for her.
"What about my job?" Caroline asked her, carefully.
"Well, I'm sorry to inform you that I've hired a new assistant, so I won't be in need of your services anymore." Jules explained, nonchalantly and in her usual cold tone, to a mouth open Caroline.
"Oh… I guess there's nothing I could say that would change your mind then?" Caroline tried, even though she already knew the answer.
"No." Jules answered, firmly.
"Oh, okay. I'll come to pick up my stuff from the office tomorrow morning." Caroline responded to her, in a matching cold tone, before pressing the end call button. There was no point in pretending to like the woman now.
She breathed deeply and sat down on a nearby bench. What the hell was she supposed to do now? She'll have to find another job, but she already knew that in this economy and especially in New York, it would be hard to find it, just like it was the first time.
After few minutes of sitting and processing everything, Caroline decided to go back to her apartment; she was surely not in the mood for shopping anymore. Just when she got up, her phone started to ring again. She picked it up and she saw that it was Elena calling, and a huge smile instantly appeared on her face. She missed all of her friends and it was always nice to hear from one of them.
"Elena! Hi!" Caroline greeted, happily.
"Hi, Care! I have big news!" Elena exclaimed, happily.
"Really, do tell?" Caroline responded.
"I'm engaged! Elijah proposed and I said yes!" Elena shrieked, excitedly, over her own giggles of joy.
Elena and Elijah had been dating for about three years now. At first, Caroline was a little bit shocked when Elena had told her about Elijah, especially after all the drama with Damon and Stefan, but she had quickly accepted her friend's choice. Elena and Elijah had come to visit her last year and she could easily tell that they were very much in love. They seemed to be very happy together and that was all that mattered to Caroline, her friend's happiness.
"What? Really? That is so amazing, Elena! Congratulations!" Caroline beamed, while being really excited for her friend. "But, wait… are you sure you want this?" Caroline had to ask, just to make sure.
"Yes, Care, I'm sure!" Elena responded, without trace of a doubt in her voice.
"Okay, okay! I'm just checking!" Caroline smiled. "So did you already set the date?"
"Well, we were thinking of a spring wedding, so we've decided that the month of May would be perfect." Elena explained more.
"But that's like two months from now…" Caroline mumbled.
"Yeah, I know it's soon… but I'm sure we'll manage to set everything on time. Well, I'm sure it would be a lot easier if you would be here to help. You have some mad skills for planning events and stuff." Elena said before adding. "But I guess you can't come because of your job, huh?" She sighed, sadly.
"Actually… I can." Caroline smiled.
"What? How?" Elena asked, mostly confused.
"Well… let's just say that she-devil fired me a few minutes ago, before you called. So I have more than enough time now." Caroline explained to her friend.
"That's great! Well… hum… you know, not that you've lost your job, but that you can come here now, right, Care? You will come?" Elena asked, with a tone of hope in her voice.
"I know what you meant and yes, I can and I will… you need me and my amazing skills to help you plan your wedding!" Caroline grinned, widely.
"I'm so happy, Care! When can you come?" Elena couldn't even hide her excitement; she would finally see Caroline again.
"I guess I'll be there on Saturday." Caroline responded. She was so excited that she'll get to see her friends and mom after such a long time.
"Great! That's perfect! Oh and just so you'll know, you are staying with us!" Elena informed, while not leaving much space for arguing.
"What do you mean?" Caroline asked, dumbfounded.
"At the Mikaelson mansion, of course, you'll stay with all of us. Elijah's siblings are coming and I don't want to be alone with them in the house." Elena blurted out. "Please, Care!" Elena pleaded again. "And besides, your mom is renovating the house, so you won't be able to stay there." Elena pointed out. "Bonnie will probably be here too. It will be fun!" Elena added, while trying to convince Caroline.
Oh, right… Elena moved in with Elijah six months ago, Caroline remembered. And it was true, her mom had decided to renovate the whole house and she went a little bit overboard, since the house would be practically re-build. Caroline chuckled at the thought. Liz was staying at their lake house in a little near by town that was a little less than an hour away from Mystic Falls.
"What do you mean, his siblings are coming?" Caroline asked. Will Klaus be there too? She added the question to herself.
"They will behave, Elijah promised me. Please, Care!" Elena asked repeatedly.
"Oh, I'm sure, if Elijah promised that." She rolled her yes, before adding. "But, you know his siblings, he can't really control them, no one can." Caroline chuckled.
"Yeah, I know what you mean." Elena sighed, but then she started laughing too.
"Will Klaus be there too?" Caroline couldn't help but to ask, with an uncontrollable urge to know.
"I really don't know. Elijah didn't reach him yet. But I guess he'll come at some point. I mean, it is his brother's wedding after all." Elena explained and sighed, while still not feeling so comfortable around her future husband's brother.
"Oh… Okay, E., I'll be there and I'll stay at the mansion! But I'm doing this only because I love you." Caroline let it out a long breath, while smiling, even though she thought that she'd probably regret this decision.
"Really? Oh my god, thank you so much Care, you are the best!" Elena squealed with delight.
"Yeah, I know… you love me." Caroline sang out.
"We'll pick you up at the airport; just let me know when you'll have the flight." Elena informed, joyfully.
"Oh, thank you! I will let you know the details, and I'll see you on Saturday, E. Bye!"
"I simply can't wait to finally see you! Bye, Care!"
"Elijah!" Elena yelled, her voice echoing through the spacious mansion.
"Yes, dear?" Elijah answered, while walking down the stairs.
"Caroline will come here on Saturday! She'll help us plan the wedding and she'll be staying with us! Isn't that amazing?" Elena jumped childishly from happiness while running into Elijah's arms.
The Original hugged her and smiled. Elena's smile and happiness were two of the most beautiful and important things in the world to him and he couldn't help but to be touch by her candor.
"That's great news! I'm so happy to hear it, Elena." He responded, honestly, before lowering his head and giving a gentle kiss on her forehead. Elena smile became even wider and she returned a quick kiss on his lips.
"Do you have any news about your siblings?" She asked.
"Kol and Rebekah will be here on Sunday. I still don't have any idea when Niklaus will honor us with his presence." Elijah explained, while rolling his eyes.
"Maybe, you should tell Klaus that Caroline will be here. That should speed the process." Elena joked.
"Oh… Let's try that idea. I'm sure Niklaus will be here sooner after he finds out that his favorite protégé, Miss Forbes will be staying at our house." Elijah laughed.
"We are so mean! Caroline would kill us, if she could hear us right now." Elena tried to keep a serious face, but she failed miserably.
"Well, we would defend ourselves by telling her that we spoke the truth to him." Elijah laughed, while taking his phone from his blazer inside pocket, before starting to text.
"Who are you texting?" Elena asked, curiously and Elijah looked up at her with a mischievous grin. "I'm sending the new information about Caroline's arrival to Niklaus." Elijah shrugged. Elena slapped him over his arm playfully.
"We are so going to hell." She rolled her eyes, while giggling.
The truth was that Elena would never joke about Klaus' obsession with Caroline, if Elijah hadn't assured her on a numerous occasions that he was absolutely positive that his brother would never harm Caroline. And she trusted Elijah. He had told her that he believes that Klaus has genuine feelings for her friend, to what extent, that he didn't know, since his brother wasn't the type who would talk about his feelings openly.
Caroline smiled to herself, while putting her phone back in her bag, before standing up from the bench and walking toward the direction of her apartment. As much as she had reached a down mood before losing her job, as much she was optimistic and happy now, because she would finally return to Mystic Falls after five long years. She missed her mom and friends, and even though they heard from each other, from time to time but still on regular basis, that was certainly not the same thing as seeing them and being in their company.
Kol had arrived sooner than they expected him. So when Elena and Elijah told him that they were going to pick Caroline from the airport, he insisted to tag along.
"Kol, can't you just stay and wait here?" Elijah suggested, while rolling his eyes.
"I'm bored, I need entertainment." Kol whined like a five year old.
"What kind of entertainment do you think you'll find on the way to the airport?" Elena rolled her eyes herself.
"Darling, I'm sure I'll find plenty." Kol grinned, widely.
Elena and Elijah looked at each other, both sighed at the same time. There was no point in arguing with Kol, they would never win.
"Okay Kol. You can come along, but you must be on your best behavior." Elijah instructed his younger brother.
"I'm always on my best behavior." Kol replied, pretending to be offended. "Well… almost always, but that's not the point. The point is that I'm quite a charmer and a very handsome one, may I add." He added, while standing up from the armchair he'd been sitting on and proudly walked past Elena and Elijah.
"That doesn't make any sense." Elena told Elijah.
"It's Kol we are talking about; nothing ever makes sense with him." Elijah complained, while dragging his hand over his face.
"I heard that, but I'll pretend I didn't!" Kol yelled from outside, already standing by their car. "Are you coming or what?" he added.
Elena and Elijah rolled their eyes at the exact same time. "We are coming." They said in unison, before leaving the mansion.
When they arrived at airport, Elena looked at Kol as he took a whiteboard from the car, not knowing where he got it in the first place.
"What are you doing with that?" She asked him.
"Well, we need something to write Caroline's name on." Kol explained, while looking at Elena like she just had asked him the most stupid question on the world.
"Kol, we don't need a whiteboard with Caroline's name. We know her, she knows us." Elena tried to reason with him.
"Elena is right, brother. We really don't need that atrocious thing." Elijah said and pointed on the quite large whiteboard.
"Well, Caroline and I weren't formally introduced yet, you can blame Nik for that, so I can easily say that I don't know her." Kol pointed out.
"Okay, Kol… do whatever you like." Elena told him, desperately. There was really no point in fighting with Kol anyway.
They stood in the waiting area of the airport and patiently waited for Caroline's arrival. At first Elena was excitedly glancing towards the doors from where Caroline should have appeared in any moment now, but then her full attention went to Kol. Elena and Elijah were both watching him in confusion, while he was writing something on his beloved whiteboard with a black marker. They could only hope he wouldn't write something stupid on that thing. When Kol was done, he observed his whiteboard like it was some kind of prestigious piece of art.
"Let me see it. What did you write?" Elena asked him nicely, since she figured this was the best way to achieve something with him.
"Nope, it's a surprise." Kol beamed.
Elena just shook her head and looked at Elijah, who gave her an apologetic look and put his arm around her waist to bring her closer to him. He wished his younger brother had stayed at home. Maybe he should have tried the daggering approach that Niklaus was so fond of, he thought with a smirk showing on his face.
Few minutes later, they spotted Caroline who was walking toward them. She was smiling widely, looking at Elena and Elijah. Then Caroline's eyes darted to Kol, who was standing a few feet away from the newly engaged couple, with a large whiteboard in his hands and the biggest grin on his face.
Elena was watching Caroline, who suddenly went pale and then bright red. She was looking at Caroline with a worried expression on her face and she noticed that Caroline was now frowning at Kol. Actually, if look could kill, Kol would pretty much be a dead man right now – Original or not. But that didn't seem to bother Kol at all, he still had the biggest smirk on his face and he didn't seem to be bothered by Caroline's reaction.
Elena remembered Kol's whiteboard and she quickly took few steps forward while looking at the damn thing, which said, WELCOME BACK, FUTURE MRS. NIKLAUS MIKAELSON, with huge fonts. He even drew at least dozen hearts around it.
"Oh. My. God! You idiot!" Elena muttered and she started walking toward Caroline, who was still glaring daggers at Kol.
Elijah quickly stepped forward in attempt to see what his annoying brother had written on that ugly whiteboard. When Elijah saw it, he quickly strode to his brother and smacked him on the back of his head and took the whiteboard from his hands.
"Ouch! Hey! That's mine! And what the bloody hell was that for?" Kol complained.
"Elena is right; you truly are an idiot, aren't you?" Elijah said through gritted teeth.
"Excuse you? And why is that? I only wrote the truth and we all know it." Kol shrugged while flashing the biggest grin to Elijah.
"You better hope Niklaus won't find about this." Elijah retorted, while adjusting his blazer. "Or… on the other thought, maybe he should find about it. How do you feel about spending another century in a box, hmm?" He added, while raising an eyebrow. Kol's face fell instantly, but he quickly composed himself, when he saw that Caroline and Elena were approaching them.
"Hello Caroline! I'm glad you came back and that you've decided to stay at our house." Elijah greeted Caroline, politely.
"Hi, Elijah! Thank you for inviting me." Caroline smiled. "And congratulations on your engagement! I'm so happy for you two." She added, sincerely; looking warmly at both Elena and Elijah.
"Thank you, Caroline." Elijah responded, while smiling warmly. Caroline wasn't sure if she ever saw Elijah smile like that before, it made him look much younger and relaxed. It was a nice new composure and look for him, she thought and she was sure it all had to do with the presence of Elena in his life.
"Well, hello there!" Kol butted in, interrupting Caroline's thoughts, while taking her hand and kissing it.
"Kol." Caroline acknowledged him coldly, while quickly pulling her hand away from him, with a disgusted expression on her face. The young Original on the other hand didn't seem to be bothered by her reaction, he just s gave her his usual annoying sly smile.
"So, can we go home now?" Kol asked them, already getting bored by this little gathering.
"I'm sorry Care, he wanted to come along." Elena said, while shrugging her shoulders and looking apologetically at Caroline; completely ignoring Kol's question.
"That's fine. Besides he will prove himself to be handy and he'll take care of my luggage. Right, Kol? " Caroline asked him with a mischievous grin on her face. Oh, she'll get back at him for that stunt he had pulled earlier, no question about it.
"But of course, what kind of gentleman would I be, if I would let a lovely lady like yourself carrying her own luggage." Kol smiled brightly.
"Great! Then let's go pick it up and then we can leave, if that's alright." Caroline told them and all of them nodded in agreement.
Elena and Caroline walked in the direction of their parked car, while talking about everyone and everything at the same time. Elijah walked slowly behind them, to give them some space and privacy. He was watching Kol with an amused grin on his face. The younger Original was struggling with numerous suitcases and bags that were in various shapes and sizes.
"Could you help me out a little bit over here?" Kol asked Elijah.
"I'm sorry, brother, but I'm afraid I am not allowed to do that. Miss Forbes especially requested that you take care of her luggage." Elijah smirked. He knew this was some sort of payback from Caroline.
"I'm sure she did." Kol mumbled, while rolling his eyes.
Kol couldn't understand why the hell did Caroline need so many suitcases and bags. He will never understand women and their urge to pack ridiculous amounts of clothes everywhere they go. There were probably other stuffs in there too, since the bags were so damn heavy. He didn't even try to guess what was in there, he would probably never guess, anyway. It was always the same thing every time he traveled somewhere with Rebekah. And to make things even more unbearable, the damn suitcases were in different shades of pink… pink, for the love of a god. Seriously, who buys pink suitcase… that's just ridiculous, he thought to himself. Right, that would only be Caroline and his sister dearest. Those two blondes had more in common that one could think.
"Kol? Do you have problems with my luggage? Is it too heavy for you?" Caroline asked the younger Original with a mocking tone in her voice, while pulling him from his thoughts.
"No need to worry so much about me, darling. It's not heavy at all." He answered, sarcastically. The truth was that he would never carry those ridiculous suitcases and bags, if this girl didn't mean so much to Nik.
"Oh, okay then… just checking." Caroline grinned, while flipping her hair over her shoulder.
Oh, darling, you picked the wrong brother to play games with, Kol thought to himself, But that's fine with me… game on, he added with a huge grin on his face.
When they arrived back to the mansion and Caroline stepped through the front door, she was in awe. Sure, this was not the first time she was here, but the place looked much different now, than it did on the night, when the Original family hosted the ball.
Caroline took in her mind every detail and she couldn't find a thing she would change, everything was beautiful and decorated tastefully.
"It's impressive, huh?" Kol said, near her ear, while walking past her with a smirk on his face; startling her in the process. "I'm sure Nik would be very happy, if he could see you admiring his work like that." He added, while putting her suitcases by the staircase of the huge entryway.
"Yeah, right, like I would believe that. He had probably compelled innocent people to do all this." Caroline scoffed.
"Believe what you wish, but you are very wrong, my dear." Kol rolled his eyes and went back to the car to bring the rest of Caroline's suitcases and bags.
"As much as I hate to admit, but Kol is actually right. This is Klaus' work." Elena said, while walking into the mansion. "He designed the whole thing by himself." She added.
Caroline raised her eyebrows at her friend. "Really?" Caroline asked and then she looked around the entryway again. "Well, that's… impressive." Caroline said, still confused and Elena laughed at her.
"Come on; let's go upstairs, I'll show you your room." Elena smiled.
"Okay. Let's go." Caroline replied, excitedly. She was curious and she wanted to see the rest of this huge mansion.
Just when they were standing at the middle of the stairs, Elena's phone beeped. She checked the message and she saw that it was Bonnie, asking when they would pick her up.
"Oh, gosh! It's Bonnie! I completely forgot! We were supposed to pick her up at her dad's house." Elena said to Caroline, her mouth opened in shock.
"Well, then go, silly. I'll find my way around here, I'm sure." Caroline told her, reassuringly.
"Are you sure you'll be okay? Do you want to come with us?" Elena asked, with a worried tone in her voice. She was not too fond to leave Caroline alone.
"I'm tired and I could really use a shower. I'll be fine! Don't worry, Elena." Caroline said, while smiling warmly at her friend.
"Okay. I'll ask Kol to show you where's your bedroom is." Elena said. "We'll be back soon." She added, still a little bit worried.
"Stop worrying and go… I'm a big girl and Bonnie is waiting." Caroline shooed her.
"I'm really happy you are back, Care." Elena smiled.
"Me too, E." Caroline smiled back.
"Elijah!" Elena called her fiancé.
"Yes, dear?" Elijah asked, walking in the entryway from the living room.
"We need to go and pick up Bonnie." Elena told him. "Can you ask Kol to be nice and to show Caroline her bedroom." She added.
"I'm always nice, darling. And yes, I will show Caroline her room." Kol replied, while suddenly appearing behind Elijah.
"Kol, please behave." Elijah warned, but Kol just rolled his eyes at him.
"Bye, Care! See you later." Elena smiled apologetically and they left.
"So, shall we, darling?" Kol asked, while picking Caroline's luggage, before starting to walk up the stairs. Caroline sighed, picked up the rest of her bags and followed him.
Kol lead her down the long and rather spacious hallway, with a smirk plastered on his face the entire time. He stopped in front of one of the many bedrooms and said. "Here we are. This is your room." He grinned and opened the door for her. Caroline stepped into the room and looked around. The room was huge; it had a big four poster bed in the middle and on the right, near the window, was a black leather loveseat, with a small coffee table in front of it. There were few commodes on the left and a pair of French doors, which seemed to be leading toward a walk in closet. Near the walk-in closet doors there was a small hallway that leads to the bathroom. It was truly a very beautiful bedroom.
"Do you like it?" Kol asked, with a grin on his face, while he put her luggage down, near the bed.
"Yes, it's really beautiful." Caroline answered, honestly.
"Great. Well, I'm going to the Mystic Grill now, care to join me?" He asked her politely.
"No, thank you. I'll unpack my stuff now and then I'll just rest a bit." She answered.
"Okay. See you later." Kol winked and walked out of the room.
Caroline sighed and started unpacking her stuff. She opened the doors of the walk-in and furrowed her eyebrows. She found it a bit strange, when she saw that there were clothes in it, but she figured that Originals had a lot of clothes and they just had them stored all over the place. She found a few empty shelves and she neatly piled her clothes in them. Then she went to the drawers and she opened the first one, she found men underwear in it. Then she opened the second drawer and she found socks in there. "Well, that's strange." She mumbled to herself. She shrugged and rearranged the content that was in the drawers, to make space for her things. When she was done, she went to the bathroom and took a shower.
Klaus walked in the mansion and found it strange that no one was at home. Didn't Elijah say that they would be at home by now? He walked into the living room and poured himself a glass of scotch. When he finished it, he went upstairs to go to his room.
While he walked down the hallway he heard a shower running and it was coming from his bedroom. Now, that was strange. He opened the door of his room, slowly stepping inside, froze and stopped all his movements on his tracks. There was a big pile of pink suitcases near his bed. "What the…" he mumbled. Was Rebekah already home? But that wasn't making any sense; she would put her suitcases in her room, not his. He heard a bathroom door open and then he sawher, wearing nothing but a towel around her body. His mouth popped open in awe. He allowed his eyes to quickly roam over her gorgeous body.
"Klaus!?" Caroline shrieked when she saw him standing in the middle of the room. "What the hell are you doing in here?!" She yelled at him, while hugging the towel tightly around her body.
"Hello, love! It is so nice to see you too." Klaus smirked, while quickly composing himself from the shock of seeing her in his room, wearing nothing but a towel.
"What are you doing here?" Caroline asked him, repeatedly.
She couldn't believe that he was actually standing in front of her. Why didn't Elena tell her that he was coming back? God, her memory didn't serve her well, he was even more handsome than she remembered him, standing here in front of her. He was hot. Shut up Caroline, he is not hot; do not go down that road! She screamed at herself internally. Oh, but he is…
"I could ask you the same thing, not that I mind having you in my room, of course." Klaus smirked, pulling her from her little battle with herself.
"Your room?" She asked, dumbfounded. What did he meant, his room? But then she put two and two together and she threw one of her arms in the air, while still carefully holding on to the towel with the other one. "Of course… Kol." She muttered.
Klaus raised his eyebrows in a questioning way. "What about Kol?" He asked. What did his younger brother do now?
"Well… Elena and Elijah had to go to pick up Bonnie and Elena politely asked Kol, your lovely brother, to show me the room I'll be staying in and the devil incarnate brought me here!" She ranted. If she would be a cartoon character, she would have fume smoke coming out from her ears by now.
Klaus chuckled. "Oh yes, that definitely sounds like something that Kol would do." Klaus admitted to her, while smirking. He didn't appreciate the fact that Kol had been making fun of Caroline, but he did enjoy having her in his room, especially when she wore only a towel around her slim body and that did wonders for his already vivid imagination. He honestly didn't know if he should dagger his younger brother or thank him instead? He was leaning more on the second option.
"Oh, just great! You actually find this amusing! I just unpacked all my stuff and now I will have to move it all again into a different room." Caroline complained. She was tired and she really didn't feel like moving all her clothes and various accessories of all types into another room. Damn you, Kol! She thought at herself.
"Don't worry sweetheart, you will stay in my room and I'll take the one across the hallway. It's really no problem at all." Klaus told her. He really didn't mind, he loved the fact that Caroline would be sleeping in his bed. Maybe even a little too much. He promised himself, that he would make sure that he would join her soon enough.
"I can't do that." Caroline mumbled. "It's your room, Klaus; I just can't kick you out." She added.
"Would you then want me to stay here with you?" Klaus asked, smirking.
"That is so not what I meant!" Caroline exclaimed.
"I know, sweetheart and I insist that you stay in here. Like I said, it's not a problem; I will stay in the other room." He told her, leaving no space for arguing.
"Thank you." It was all that Caroline managed to articulate. Why was he being so nice with her? It was harder to hate him, when he was so nice. Did she even have a reason to hate him now? She wasn't sure.
"Now I will give you some privacy, so you can change and then we can do some catching up." Klaus smiled at her and then he suddenly left the room.
Caroline walked to the bed and sat down with a thud. She could already tell that her staying with the Mikaelsons would be anything but dull.