Hello. This story has been bugging me. And now I'm finally writing it! YAY!

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The One Mistake I Don't Regret

1: Liam

Caroline Forbes stormed down the street. Her blue eyes were filled with tears, and her rosy cheeks wore the stains of said tears. Her thoughts were nothing but a raging mess of rage and heartache. How could Tyler do that to her? She gave him no reason to. She was, and not just her saying it but many people, the perfect girlfriend.

Caroline walked through the halls of the Lockwood Estate. She was hoping to finally get some much needed time with her hybrid boyfriend.

The mansion was empty. Carol was out, but Caroline new Tyler was home. She quickly made her way to his bedroom. She was so excited to be just her and Tyler for a while. She opened the door…

A scream of horror shook the house.

There was Tyler…mounting that werewolf girl, Hayley. But of them in varying states of undress and in the throes of passion and lust when Caroline came in.

Caroline's eyes immediately began to tear. Tyler jumped off of Hayley and ran to Caroline.

"Car-" he began only to be cut off by the Forbes girl.

"Save your excuses Tyler Lockwood!" She exclaimed as a sob wracked her body. "We're done!" She stood up as best she could, leaning against the wall. "Don't speak to me! Don't call me! Don't come near me!"

"Caroline please!"

It seemed as though her tears were multiplied. "I want nothing more to do with you!" She gasped and sobbed as she turned and stormed out of his house.

Carlone walked into the Mystic grill and sat at the bar. Matt Donovan looked at her and frowned.

"Care?" He asked. "What happened?"

"Black Coffee!" She placed her head in her hands. "Now!" Matt only nodded and complied with her order, pouring her a cup of hot black coffee.

Caroline grabbed the cup shakily. She had stopped crying, but the sobs still wracked her body. She drank gulps of the scalding black liquid at a time. The burn, she felt, easing her sadness.

"Are you still heartbroken over the Lockwood boy?" A familiar, accented voice asked.

"Don't toy with me Klaus!" Caroline snarled not needing to turn around. She'd know that voice anywhere. "I'm in no mood!"

Klaus took the seat beside her. "Lockwood has been seeing the werewolf for some time." He said bluntly. "Don't you think it's time to movie on Love?" He asked.

Caroline groaned. The sadness was fading and becoming anger. She was so mad now. She hated the nickname.

"What do you mean?" Caroline asked. Tyler, Hayley, and Caroline had had a plan. Pretend for Caroline and Tyler to break up, have Caroline distract Klaus, and Tyler and Hayley could help the hybrids break their sire bonds to Klaus. But at this point, she didn't give a rat's (or a wolf's) ass about the plan.

Klaus looked at her but she answered her own question. "Tyler and I never broke up!" Klaus could her venom of bitterness infecting her tone. "It was a ploy." She turned to look at him. "They wanted me to distract you so they could break the sire bond of you hybrids. "

Klaus saw red. How dare that little whelp. And it wasn't the hybrids. Well it was. But that didn't bother him as much. No. What infuriated him was that the Lockwood would use his hand girlfriend to seduce and distract him. Really!? What sort of dick uses women like that? Klaus admitted (only to himself) that he was a dick, yes, but at least he had the decency to act like a gentleman…sometimes.

"If you're going to kill me," Caroline's voice pulled him out of his thoughts, "I'd request you make it quick."

"Now…" Klaus began, "why would I do that?" It was a serious question. Caroline Forbes intrigued him in a way no woman, save one, was ever able to in his more than 1000 years of existence…and the only other was Tatia Petrova, so he hadn't felt like this in a while.

Caroline looked at him. Skepticism etched on her face. "You're kidding right?" She answered his question with a question of her own. "You're not going to kill me for deceiving you, and aiding in destroying the one thing that kept your hybrid army loyal to you?"

Klaus grinned. "Actually, Love, you're far more interesting alive."

Caroline scoffed and downed the rest of her coffee. "Well…that's different!"

"What?"

"You showing mercy." Caroline sighed. Yes she was being hard on Klaus, but if she was honest with herself, she did always kind of hold a soft spot for the original hybrid.

"So," Klaus changed the subject, "if you and Tyler never broke up, why are you here drowning your misery in coffee."

Caroline snarled as her hand tightened on the now empty coffee cup, crack appearing in the porcerleain due to her vampiric strength. "I caught him mounting that bitch Hayley!"

Klaus' eyes widened. Now that was definitely no way to treat a lady. When he decided to punish Tyler and Hayley for freeing his hybrids, and he would punish them, he would make sure to increase their suffering because of the broken girl sitting next to him.

"Just once!" Caroline exclaimed. "I would like the ability to feel something without the risk of getting hurt. I'd like to release all my emotions onto someone and know they're not gonna have a hold on my heart."

"Love," Klaus began, "what you're describing, is a one-night stand."

Caroline immediately blushed at Klaus' statement. But…the more she thought about it, the more she liked the idea.

That settled it. Caroline was going to have a one night stand!

But with who? I mean, despite Mystic Falls being a small town, it was filled with amazingly hot men. She needed someone that she knew (preferably), and she wanted someone who Tyler would absolutely despise before and after Caroline slept with them. Two people came to mind:

Damon Salvatore. NO! Caroline shot that down. She and Damon were close. Besides, he had that thing going on with Elena.

And the other one was none other than the person consoling her. Niklaus Mikaelson. She said so herself, Klaus did have a soft spot in her heart. Tyler absolutely loathed him. And, Caroline could tell the attraction was mutual.

"Maybe you're right Klaus?" She said looking at him.

Klaus raised a confused eyebrow. "Maybe I need a one night stand."

Klaus let out his dark and incredibly sexy chuckle. "I said you were describing a one night stand love, not that you needed one."

Caroline's turn to play mind games. "Au contraire." She giggled. "I told you what I wanted. And you told me what I was describing."

Klaus leaned forward a dark smirk on his face. "Twisting my own words to bend the conversation in your favor…touché."

Caroline leaned forward. She was running purely on emotion now. She was very impulsive when running on emotion alone. "Glad you approve." She said before launching herself at Klaus, her lips attacking his in a rough lustful kiss.

A part of Klaus wanted to object, but a larger part of him *ultimately the part that won) wanted to give in and give Caroline what she was seeking. He managed to rip off Caroline. "Let's say we go back to my place?" He grinned. Caroline smirked in response and paid for her coffee before following Klaus to his house.

Once inside, all bets were off. Hands clawed at flesh, tearing shirts in the process. Bodies were pressed, pushed, and slammed into walls. Lips violently collided against each other as Klaus and Caroline rampaged through the house. By the time they reached the door to his room, Klaus' jacket was off and his shirt was ripped to shreds and Caroline was stripped of her shirt, showing her black bra. Klaus pushed Caroline against his door, kissing her with a dark passion. As their lips battled, one of Caroline's hands reached for the door knob as the other reached down to unbuckle his belt. Both hands succeeded in their tasks, and Caroline grabbed Klaus by his belt and dragged him into his room.

Klaus shut the door behind him. The two didn't leave for the rest of the day.

Caroline rubbed her eyes tiredly as she slowly regained consciousness. She had begun to stretch when she felt something heavy on/beside her. She looked to her side to Klaus' naked torso with his arm draped on her. The events of last night came flooding back. She had slept with Klaus….and for all the wrong reasons. But, she enjoyed it.

Klaus silently came to when he felt a weight shift and move beside him. His eyes were still closed. He had slept with Caroline. And as much as he enjoyed it, and he enjoyed it a lot, it had been for all the wrong reasons.

She was heartbroken.

She was cheated on.

She wanted to get back at Tyler.

Tyler hates him.

"This was a mistake." Klaus mumbled.

Caroline turned to him. "What?"

He repeated himself. "This was a mistake. We shouldn't have done this."

Caroline nodded. Not again. She thought Klaus wouldn't hurt her. She wouldn't be weak this time.

"You're right." She responded in an emotionless monotone. She stood up from the bed, Klaus' sinful red silk sheet wrapped around her just as sinful naked body. She scoured the room, getting her clothes together before vanishing into the bathroom.

Klaus hated himself. She tried to hide it, but he saw the pain. Pain he caused when he said their night was a mistake.

The door opened, and Caroline stepped out.

"Caroline." Klaus began, but didn't get the chance to finish. The vampires left his room, slamming the door shut behind her.

Caroline once again found herself storming through the streets of Mystic Falls. Again this happened to her. She never thought Klaus would hurt her.

But he did. And that was the last straw.

Caroline had always had plans to travel. See the world. Now, she felt she had no choice. She knew she couldn't stay in Mystic Falls. There were so many things that reminded her of her broken heart. And she couldn't risk running into Tyler or Klaus. The wounds would always reopen no matter how old.

Within six weeks, Caroline Forbes had completely vanished from Mystic Falls.

That was more than 17 months ago. A year and five months, but it always felt longer. Now and again, her thoughts went back to those fateful two days…but never for long. She was always too busy to stay focused on that memory.

Caroline had moved to Maine. There was just something she loved about it. A new start wasn't easy though. Caroline started by working odd jobs. She had lived in a shelter for a while. She took up three jobs back to back. A waitress to a diner. A sales lady in a retail store. And a maid for a hotel. Actually, it was a part of the hotel staff that helped her become the woman she is today.

In the short period of time that is 17 months, Caroline had established herself as the party planner. Be it weddings, birthdays, galas, etc. Caroline dropped a suggestion here and there. Her advice was popular and had gotten her promoted to head event coordinator. There was where Caroline found her calling.

She started her own company as a party planner. It actually paid really well. People came in and gave her all the details of the party and the budget they were on. Caroline, being a perfectionist and having an eye for parties got the most out of the budget, with some left over. People offered to pay her a fortune, but she was modest.

After some time, Caroline bought an out of business car lot and had a remodeled as a rental space for events. That way, she could use this space for events as she wished rather than pay to rent a space.

She stood in front of her apartment window looking out to the town and then to the sea.

There was a knock at the door. Using her vampire speed, Caroline flash stepped to the door and opened it. A set of arms enveloped her in a hug.

"Caroline!" Elena squeaked.

Shocked, Caroline managed to squeeze out of the hug and step back. "Elena! Stefan! Come in." She welcomed them. "How did you know I was here?" She asked.

Stefan looked to her. "Actually we didn't."

Elena smiled and sat on Caroline's couch. "You see, Stefan and I decided to travel the world." She said.

Caroline smiled. "That's great."

Stefan looked around her apartment. Caroline's eyes darted to the back, hoping he didn't dare go near her bedroom. Stefan looked at Caroline. "Anyway, Elena and I thought we'd start our world expedition with the states. We were traveling through, exploring Maine when we saw a billboard for your party planning service.

Caroline giggled and shook her head. That damn billboard add. She wore a black suit and a cheesy smile. She looked like a fucking realtor.

Stefan kept going. "The address on the billboard led to your office where we…well Elena actually," he got a slap on the arm from said girl, "compelled your secretary to give us your address…and here we are."

Caroline looked at Elena. "You compelled someone?"

"Don't act so shocked." Elena giggled as Stefan sat beside her.

"Sorry Lena," she said, "it's just, last time I saw you, you were more of a reluctant vampire."

"17 months is enough to change a person." Elena said bluntly.

"Point taken. So what's up?" She asked.

"Caroline," Elena began, "if there anyway we can convince you to return to Mystic Falls. Everyone misses you."

"Even Damon which is a surprise." Damon cut in, receiving a glare from Elena.

Caroline took a deep calming breath and looked to her bedroom again. "I'm sorry I can't."

"But why not?" Elena asked standing.

"If you had asked me a long time ago, I would've have come back."

"Why not now?" Elena asked.

"You said it yourself Elena." Caroline responded sternly. "17 months changes a person."

"Caroline." Stefan asked, trying to be more subtle than his girlfriend. "What could have possibly changed so much that would keep you out of Mystic Falls? Away from the people you love?"

And then they all three heard it. A high pitched wail. Caroling frowned and looked at the shocked expressions on Stefan's and Elena's faces before vanishing to her room. When she came out, Caroline was carrying a bundled up blue blanket. Inside the bundle was an infant boy with gray eyes and faint sandy/ dirty blonde hair.

"Stefan, Elena," Caroline began, really wishing that her secret wouldn't have come out this early, "this is Liam…" She paused to take a deep breath. "…Liam is my son."

Stefan and Elena were still shocked. A son? A baby? What happened?

"Caroline?"

"Yes Elena?" Caroline asked , cooing to the baby in her arms.

"Why exactly can't you go back to Mystic Falls?" She asked, stressing the word "exactly."

"Nothing gets by you Elena." Caroline replied with a defeated smile on her face. "Liam is my son…"

She turned to look at Elena and Stefan. All light vanished from her face. All happiness gone. Her expression was totally serious. More serious than either had ever seen her.

"…and Klaus is his father."

So that's the first chapter. What did you think? Review. When I was writing this, I forgot about the little snag that vampires (in the series anyway) can't have children. But I will try to make up an explanation.

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