"I can't believe you!" Violet roared, storming into the dining room.

The conversation in the room halted, and when I caught up with Violet and entered the room as well, I saw that Caitlin had gone as white as a sheet. Grace and Carmelita looked confused, while Georgia laughed awkwardly as if she had been caught up in a very poorly thought out prank.

"You're a massive liar," Violet said matter-of-factly, before gesturing towards Carmelita, "and you're probably in on this too, aren't you?"

"What's going on?" I heard Klaus whisper and I jumped slightly, not realising he had followed us and was now watching his sister go off on her sleepover guests.

Violet frowned. "Neither of you were even invited yet I let you stay anyway since I'm a nice person! And the way you show your gratitude is by taking over the whole night and then lying, saying that you snogged the face off of Klaus? Who even lies about that?!"

"Wait what?" Klaus exclaimed. His ears had turned scarlet and a blotchy redness had spread itself out over his cheeks. I wasn't quite sure if the cause was anger or embarrassment. "Why would you say that?"

Caitlin had become a blobfish, her eyes wide and her mouth opening and then closing again as if she was struggling to breath. She looked as though she was trying to come up with something witty to say or an excuse that would save her from the predicament she had got herself into. But instead, she came up dry. 

"Got nothing to say for yourself?" Violet said sassily, crossing her arms and giving Caitlin a smug look.

Then, out of nowhere, Carmelita descended into a fit of giggles. Grace, Georgia and I all exchanged looks that said: what the hell is going on? But Carmelita didn't offer much of an explanation other than her sighing and wiping a pretend tear from her eye. Then she glanced around at us all with a content smile.

 "Hilarious," she commented, "how the cakesniffers wouldn't know a joke if it hit them in the face."

"I'm not joking," Violet snapped.

Carmelita chuckled. "No, but Caitlin was. She was just joking about the whole Klaus thing, weren't you Caitlin? I mean, come on, who in their right mind would actually want to kiss him?"

My mouth hung open, unable to process how someone could say something so mean about someone standing right in front of them. Carmelita was clearly stone cold though, as she stayed smirking and looking just overall extremely amused by her own comment.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Violet snarled. Despite her tone being angry, her expression was of someone who was hurt. "You know what? G-"

"Caitlin and I are going for a walk!" Carmelita announced, completely ignoring Violet and grabbing Caitlin's hand before leading her out of the room. We were all in shock and nobody said anything until we heard the front door close.

"What the hell?" Georgia said quietly, and her and Grace shrugged at each other.

Klaus' face was unreadable as we both followed Violet into the hallway. She peered out of the window before shaking her head angrily.

"I hope they don't come back," she said, "I'm so annoyed."

"Just kick them out," Klaus suggested, his tone flat.

"How can I kick out someone who's not even here?! I'll have to do it the second they come back." Violet sighed and reached towards Klaus. "Just ignore what she said, okay?"

He batted her hand away. "It's fine, I don't care about her opinion."

Klaus ended up going back upstairs, taking his box of cold pizza with him, and Violet and I rejoined the others and ended up putting another film on. None of us could really think of anything to say to brighten the mood so we let the TV do the talking and just sat in the semi-darkness, picking at the remainder of the snacks.

By about ten, although being early by sleepover standards, we all agreed to head to bed. Carmelita and Caitlin still hadn't come back and we were all exhausted by the drama that had taken place, so Violet plopped their bags by the door and we all headed upstairs.

Despite it seeming a bit lonely without Lily, I still fell asleep almost instantly in the familiar guest bedroom. My sleep was dreamless and would've been perfect had it not been for the pair of hands softly shaking me awake only a few hours later.

I rolled over, reaching for whoever was waking me up, and then blinked into the darkness.

"Klaus?" I whispered croakily, "What's wrong?"

"Caitlin and Carmelita are back," he replied, and as my eyes adjusted to the lack of light, I noticed that his own were wide and he was breathing heavily as though he had been sprinting only moments before. "I don't know what they're planning, but it's something to do with you. I was getting a glass of water when they came back and they didn't know I was there. I couldn't hear properly but they definitely said your name."

My brain couldn't process all the new information so close to waking up so I just rubbed my eyes in response. "Huh?"

"Come on," Klaus insisted, "They'll probably come looking for you soon."

I was too tired to argue so I forced myself to get up, grabbed my phone and followed him out of the room. I quickly tried to calm my bedhead and hoped I didn't look like a complete zombie.

"My parent's room has a lock," Klaus explained quietly, leading me across the landing to a different door. He turned the handle, only for the door to stay closed. "And of course they locked it before they left." He sighed, unsure what to do next.

"It's fine," I said sleepily, "just go back to bed."

He ignored me as he thought for a second. "Actually," he said, coming to a realisation, "this makes way more sense. You can stay in my room."

That statement alone was enough to wake me up completely. "What?"

"Then I'll stay in the guest room," Klaus continued. "They won't be able to find you so then they won't be able to do their plan."

Without another word, Klaus led me to his room. Even though it was dark, I could still tell that it was basically immaculate. The only form of mess was the pizza box on his desk and the fact that his bed wasn't made.

"I know this isn't ideal," he said, "but this is the only other room with a lock."

"You don't have to do this-" I replied, but Klaus cut me off.

"Better to be safe than sorry. Just lock the door behind me."

At that, he left and hurriedly went back across the hall to the guest room. I was still slightly dazed from the whole situation but I did as I was told and locked the door. Then, I perched on the end of the bed. Klaus' bed. Just the thought made me embarrassed. The first time, other than my brothers', that I had been in a boy's room and it was Klaus Baudelaire's. 

I still wasn't sure exactly what Caitlin and Carmelita were planning but, since I didn't have anyone to ask, I tried not to think about it. Luckily, Klaus had saved me from whatever it was, just by being in the right place at the right time.

Now that I was awake, mixed with that fact that I was in an unfamiliar place, I didn't feel as sleepy. I ended up just playing on the phone in the dark and messaging Lily so she would have something interesting to read when she woke up in the morning. Even though Klaus had let me sleep in his room, I still felt awkward about laying down. Every time a wave of tiredness came over me, I was tempted to just give in, but every time I tried to get comfortable I was reminded where I was, and my cheeks flushed. So I fought myself and kept myself distracted on my phone, until I couldn't fight anymore and had to eventually give in to sleep.

A/N: Okay so I usually can't write a whole chapter in one sitting because I get distracted but I did it today! (so if there's any spelling errors or anything, that's why haha). Ever since I decided I wanted to take this story in a slightly different direction, I've had the bed swapping scene in my head, and now I finally got to write it.

You guys might find it a bit of a random scene but (as much as I love cliche stuff), I wanted to show Klaus' hidden kindness in less conventional ways. I hope it's coming across like I intended!

Anyway, I'll stop rambling now! Thank you so much for all the reads, votes and comments, and another big thank you for all the kind messages I've been receiving recently! I really appreciate it! ❤