⬆️Rebekah's Outfit⬆️

Caroline's POV-

I wake up to find myself wedged as close to Klaus as possible, like were the same person wrapped around each other like vipers.

I look up to see Klaus asleep, his eyes closed and his nose snuggled into her hair. For once he looks peaceful relaxed content, I shift slightly to get a better look at him and his eyes spring open he looks confused for a second before his face settles on me and he once again seems to relax slightly.

"Good morning sweetheart." His sleepy voice purrs

"Morning Klaus." I say sweetly.

We have a few moments then of just enjoying the morning sun, enjoying the feeling of each other's company the feeling of skin on skin, of warmth, of being content. Before we are rudely interrupted by Kol storming in Elijah hot on his heels.

"Nik Elijah won't let me come with him today because apparently I'm too reckless." Kol moans.

"I fail to see how this is my problem Kol, or why you felt the need to barge into my room to tell me about it." Klaus says angrily, as we sit up to look at his brothers.

"You can cuddle with Caroline anytime where did your shirt go by the way; this is serious why am I supposed to be left here while you an Elijah get to do all the fun stuff." he whines.

"Who said I was going?" Klaus grumbles as I blush at Elijah's amused look and I can't help but giggle, there is something funny about being found with a shirtless Klaus by the oldest brother, like being caught by your parents.

"Niklaus I would be most appreciative if you would join me, I have a feeling this business will particularly interest you." Elijah says giving Klaus a meaningful look.

They share some sort of secret conversation before Klaus gives him a sharp nod.

"See everyone is included but me!" Kol wines flopping onto the bed near our feet.

I scoot closer to him and brush the hair out of his eyes, despite his wining you can tell that Kol feels left out. He pushed his head further into my hand and so I continue to brush his hair.

"Hey Kol, i was planning on doing some hunting and shopping today you can come with me if you want and then maybe we can get some lunch at the grill; and go to the lake this afternoon. Only if your not busy of course." I say giving Kol a big smile.

Kol gives me a huge smile "Why didn't you say so darling, when do we leave?" he says giving me a wink.

"I need to grab a shower and some human food then we're all set." I say still grinning.

"Alright darling but don't take too long, I've just realised I'm quite hungry." Kol says with a salacious grin before sauntering out of the room.

Elijah looks at me then giving me a small smile "Thank you Caroline, I believe that you handled that quite nicely."

"It was no problem, I really do like hanging out with Kol and it's always nice to have a guy to hold your bags while you shop." I say with a laugh.

Elijah shares one more look with Klaus before leaving the room as well shutting the door behind him, I turn to Klaus then who is torn between looking angry and happy.

"You're spending the day with Kol?" he says tersely.

"Well you're going to be busy with Elijah and I like Kol, plus I need to hunt and shop it'll be nice." I say smiling.

He pouts and its adorable I can't help but want to kiss that pout away, so giving in I lean up and gently brush my lips against his. When I pull back I see his eyes have darkened and he is looking at me in shock.

I smile at him "Don't be upset, he's your brother."

"Sweetheart, what are you doing?" Klaus says our foreheads are touching as we whisper to each other.

"I'm not sure yet." I whisper with a smile.

I pull away and Klaus groans, I laugh and get out of bed smiling.

As I walk to the door I hear Klaus get up before the shower is turning on, I go downstairs to find Rebekah sitting by the breakfast bar.

"Morning." I greet smiling.

I grab some coffee and sit down chatting with Rebekah, who I invite to the lake later today. She accepts and then has to leave; so I'm left on my own until Klaus strolls in.

"Breakfast, love?" Klaus says going over to the fridge.

"I'd love some, what are you making?" I ask impishly.

Klaus looks around confused, before he grabs some bread. "Toast." he asks regarding the bread with a glare.

"You don't cook right?" I ask laughing getting up and taking the bread from him.

"I've never had a need to sweetheart" Klaus replies sitting down "although I do make rather good soup."

"soup." I wonder getting eggs and bacon and onion out of fridge.

"when we were human, it was Rebekah's favourite, for when we were ill or when it was winter." he says now sipping on a blood bag.

"what about as a vampire, did you ever need to cook for yourself?"

"Not really, I don't eat much human food love. If I do its good food made by top ranking chefs who have perfected it to art."  Klaus says as if it's the most normal thing in the world.

"So you don't want any then." I say gesturing to the onions frying.

"Anything you make, I'm sure will be exquisite love, I'd love some." he says grinning at me.

"KOL, ELIJAH!!" I shout

A hear two whooshes and then both are standing in front of me looking puzzled.

"Do you want some breakfast?" I ask gesturing to the array of ingrediants I have out.

Then look to me then to Klaus who is sipping his blood casually, then to me again.

"What is this?" Kol says suspiciously to Klaus.

"Its just breakfast Kol, Caroline was cooking and I believe she's asking If you want any." Klaus says innocently. A bit too innocently.

"Just sit down both of you, you're eating with us." I say with a huff waving my arms and getting more ingredients out.

They sit there awkwardly for a minute before Kol jumps in and breaks the tension.

"So Nik what exactly is happening with you and Caroline?" he says wiggling his eyebrows.

Elijah sighs and pinches his brow "Really Kol, you couldn't wait two minutes."

"It's none of your business Kol." Klaus says angrily.

This continues until breakfast is ready, Kol taunting Klaus and Elijah trying to mediate. When I set breakfast down in front of them which is bacon, onion, mushroom and cheese omelette with toast. It's not a fancy meal but it's something I do well and it tastes good.

Kol shovels it in grunting his agreement, while Klaus and Elijah eat more slowly and carefully. Everyone is silent and I can't deal with it.

"Oh gosh someone say something." I burst out

Klaus looks at me in amusement and I blush.

"It's like you guys don't know how to talk to each other, unless your plotting something. Its just breakfast you just talk." I say exasperated.

"So Niklaus how is your latest painting going?" Elijah looks at me for approval and I smile gratefully.

"It's going fine, how's chasing the doppelganger around the world going?" Klaus says spitefully.

"So Kol are you ready to go, oh and I invited Rebekah to the lake later?" I say looking at Kol who is finished and now busy playing on his phone.

"Really Bekah can be such a drag sometimes, she's probably only going to try and flirt with the bartender." Kol gripes.

"Matt won't even be there, he'll probably be working, but the rest of them will be so please play nice." I glare imploringly.

"I'm always nice darling." Kol says smarmily.

We clear up and then get ready to head out, Kol goes and puts on some swim shorts and grabs a towel to put in the car and just as we are leaving Klaus pulls me to him.

"Have a good day sweetheart, be safe." he murmurs to me.

"I'll be fine" I say grinning "let me know when your back." say getting into the car with Kol.

"so what's going on with you and my brother, I thought you were just friends but this morning looked like more than that." he says almost immediately when we are on the road.

"I don't really know what we are, we need to talk about it I suppose. But todays not about that today is about having fun!" I say excitedly and Kol lets the matter drop.

We quickly stop at my house so I can change and grab beach supplies before,

we arrive at the woods and I hunt while Kol looks on disgusted, occasionally catching things for fun before realising them.

"I don't know how you can drink that stuff; it tastes vile." Kol says disgusted.

"It's warm, which automatically makes it better than blood bags." I shrug dropping the rabbit.

"Why not just grab a human, I get your issues with it the whole 'Damon was an asshole' thing, but what about if you only took from assholes? Who would that hurt, I'm not saying kill. It's just something to think about darling, it makes you stronger." Kol shrugs noncommittally.

But I can tell there is more to it, if I'm going to spend time with the originals I can't afford to be weak, they have a whole army of enemies and I wanted to be strong enough. I didn't want to be weak and have to be protected.

"Hey Kol, remember you said name the time and the place." I say drawing his attention.

He raises an eyebrow "How about now." I say turning to him.

"Really darling." Kol says amused.

"come on I want to see how well I would do against an original, if I can beat you then I can beat anyone." I say desperately.

"Who are you looking to beat darling?" Kol asks curiously.

I quickly retell the story of me and Elena in the woods, and also me and Damon over my dad. I explain the only times I've won have been when I was really angry and I don't want to have to rely on that.

"Ahhh okay I see this is about being able to protect yourself, you don't want to be a certain hybrids weakness I'm guessing." Kol says with a wink.

"That's not it, I just don't want to be weak." I mumble

Kol gives me a sympathetic look before flying at me, I dodge his first attack and we spar with each other; but I can tell he's taking it easy on me and the thought makes me snarl. I kick out wildly hitting his shin, I'm almost surprised at myself.

Kol take that moment to once again drop me and I land on my back with an offfff .

"Well done darling, you did better than I expected." Kol says giving me a hand up.

"Let's do it again." I say determinedly.

Kol laughs and loops his arm around my neck "Another time darling."

"Kol I need to be better." I whine desperately.

"Okay I'll give you a proposition, I'll train you! We'll train in the woods every day and trust me the next time you face Elena you'll win without breaking a sweat." Kol says chirpily leading me back to the car.

"Really?!" I exclaim excitedly.

"Sure, we'll have you beating Nik by the end." Kol says amused.

"Okay let's do it!" I say excited.

We head to the mall next where Kol proceeds to buy everything, on what I later learn is Klaus's credit card. He even buys himself a new leather jacket and struts around feeling proud of himself.

We head into the grill laughing and joking we order some chicken burgers and ice tea before sitting down in a booth. It's nice to hang out with Kol, he has a wicked sense of humour.

Our food just arrives when Bonnie walks in, she looks stressed out and I wave her over she smiles at me and starts over before she realises Kol is there and starts to glare.

"Hey Bon, what are you up to?" I ask around my burger.

"Nothing im just starving and so thought I'd come get something to eat, what are you doing with him?" she says glaring at an amused looking Kol.

I offer her my food and she takes a bite of my burger and a sip of my drink before flagging down a waitress and ordering her own.

Eating Kol's chips which he slyly pushed towards her she turns to me again.

"Why are you with him?"

"We were having a chill day, we did some shopping this morning and we're going to hang out at the lake this afternoon. He's my friend." I say happily.

"Since when were you friends with the originals?" She asks curiously.

"Since about a week ago, I started hanging out with Klaus and the rest of them grew on me." I say as if that explains everything.

Her eyebrows are nearly in her hairline now and just as she's about to explode I interrupt.

"Bon they are really nice when you get to know them, a little rough around the edges what with the anger issues. But overall really nice people, please give them a chance bon for me." I say pouting.

She looks at me for a few minutes before she reluctantly agrees shooting Kol a glare.

"Bon you look so stressed out what going on?" I ask her worriedly.

"I don't want to talk about it Care." She mutters.

"Bon I trust Kol if you ask him not to tell anyone he won't ever mention it again." I implore.

"Pet I promise not to ever repeat a word you don't wish me to." Kol says to Bonnie.

"Fine, my dad is driving me crazy! He's trying to convince me to stop practising magic, he says being a witch is too dangerous." she suddenly relents angrily.

Kol looks angry now too which is surprising "Bonnie you should never give up your craft, it's a thing of majesty. It makes you powerful, you're a bennet witch unbeatable! Because of your name you'll always be in danger weather you practise or not, so why not get good so that people know not to test you." He explains begging Bonnie to realise he's telling the truth, and beseeching her to understand something I'm not sure of.

They share a moment that is broken when the waiter brings out Bonnies order, and a shocked Bonnie is very quiet. Kol is back to his normal self surprisingly fast though.

"So Bon Bon are you coming to the lake with us, I'd love to see you in a bikini." he says dirtily with a smirk.

"Ewww you pervert." Bonnie says scathingly.

"You should come Bon it'll be good for you, relaxing with a beer swimming. Rebekah is going to come by later and I'd like you to give her a chance. All the originals really they aren't who you think they are." I say honestly.

She thinks about it for a moment and something in my face must convince her because she agree's and before I know it Kol/Klaus is paying the bill and we are on our way to the lake but make a stop at her house for her to change.....

Bonnie's Swimsuit:

We get there and set up our towels, grabbing some beers we lay down to sunbathe and start talking.

Bonnie and Kol seem to be getting on well, they are discussing magic and I can tell Kol's knowledge is exciting Bonnie.

Eventually I get involved in the conversation and before I know it the conversation has been turned on me.

"So what's going on with you and Klaus?" Bonnie asks slyly and Kol shoots me a grin.

"I don't know" I groan "we're more than friends but I'm not sure what exactly...." I trail off.

"Care you know I'll support you whatever you do, you know I'm not his biggest fan. But ill try for you." She says with a jubilant smile.

I tear up a little I have the best friend in the world "Thanks Bon." I say reaching over for a hug.

"Whoop girl on girl action over here!" Kol whoops to which we both shoot him scathing glares.

I turn back to sunbathe some more when suddenly something is blocking my light. I glare up at them through my sunglasses.

"Klaus!" I shriek in surprise desperately wanting to cover my bikini suddenly.

"Hello love, enjoying the sun?" He smirks at me taking in my exposed body, his eyes going dark and heated.

"Not anymore your blocking it, come sit so you're out of the way." I say peering around him and leaning forward.

I miss the smile Klaus shoots me, or the shocked look Bonnie shoots him as I flip my shades back down and settle in between Klaus's legs my head on his chest.

"This is nice" I say dreamily "How did today go?" I ask Klaus from my very comfortable position.

"It was fine; I'll tell you about it later sweetheart." He says glancing to the other people that have settled around us.

I give him a look communicating that I understand before I wiggle a little trying to get comfortable on the dirt.

"Are you comfy enough?" I ask Klaus when I find a nice position.

"There's nowhere I would rather be sweetheart." He says sincerely placing a kiss on my forehead.

Bonnie looks like she might hyperventilate at this, while Kol looks smug and distracts her with talks about ancient herbs.

"So how was your day with Kol?" Klaus asks innocently, almost too innocently.

"It was fine, fun really Kol got some really nice clothes, Kol agreed to train me to fight, and most importantly I got a really nice ice tea." I say this quickly slipping the bit about fighting Kol into the middle.

Klaus smiles at me and for a second I think I've gotten away with it, I mean technically I did tell him; I'm smiling to myself over this victory when his next words stop me dead.

"Why would you ask Kol and not me?" Klaus asks genuinely curious.

"It just kind of happened really we were fighting and then I realised that there was no way I could ever take him and it made me sad. So to cheer me up he offered to make me as good as him." I say morosely.

"It's a god idea for you to learn to protect yourself sweetheart." Klaus surprisingly agrees.

"You're okay with this." I say hesitantly.

"I see nothing wrong with it, as long as he doesn't permanently hurt you I understand you want to learn and the benefit of you learning from an original." He shrugs it off nonchalantly.

I grin at him and he gives me a smirk back.

"Well now that we have Nik's permission this is nowhere near as interesting." Kol pouts.

"I'll still be supervising of course, and you had better watch yourself Kol." Klaus growls out to him.

I think about it and decide that laying on the beach with Klaus surrounding me, my best friends sitting around us and a compromise reached. I decide with a smile that I'm happy in a way I haven't been in a long time; I feel safe and loved and content. Klaus is willing to take time to watch me every day just to make sure I'm not hurt, Kol is willing to train me to defend myself so he doesn't lose me.

Me and Bonnie made friends with Rebekah and planned to go shopping next week, life was crazy weird but good; I think as I lean into Klaus even more.