"So... I'll ask you again. Caroline Forbes, why so interested in me getting my throne back?"

She didn't know what she was suppose to say to him. He wanted the truth and the truth was that she found out New Orleans was like a home to him and that this place actually made him happy, which she wanted for him because even if at first she didn't like him, she was now realizing he has been feeling lonely over his thousand years of existence and that he was never able to find a place to call home without worrying about having to flee because of Mikael. Caroline has been noticing that Klaus isn't the man most people see him as and she felt that this could be his way to have a life that he always wanted. She didn't know why, but she was starting to care about him.

"I don't like to repeat myself." Klaus said, growing impatient by the second.

"Why does it matter to you? Isn't this my job? To help you? To be loyal to you?"

"You were never this helpful. Why now are you being so helpful without making one of your snarky comments?"

"Oh! Now I get it. You're worried I'm messing with your head or trying to be double agent. Well, that's not it."

"I just want to know the reason." Klaus said and step closer to her, having their bodies inches away from each other.

"Whatever I tell you won't matter. You aren't used to someone helping you without second intentions. You won't believe whatever reason I tell you."

Oh, I always let you down
You're shattered on the ground
But still I find you there
Next to me

"Just tell me, love." Klaus whispered, looking now at her lips, while grabbing her by the waist, pressing her against the wall as he got closer to her.

"What do you want me to say? No matter what I'll say you won't believe so..." Caroline said frustrated, trying not to think about the way Klaus was looking at her lips and how he was holding her in a possessive way.

"I won't let you go without having my answer." Klaus whispered to her ear.

"Fine. I... I want you to get your throne back because... I've heard stories about how this place was like your home and how you enjoyed the time you've spend here. I think now that Mikael is gone, it's time for you to start over. Everyone deserves a chance to start over. You've been a thousand years afraid of getting attached to people because of Mikael. You've been afraid that once people started to care about you, they would get killed. You now don't have to worry about that."

"I am not afraid. I don't fear anything. I'm the one who causes fear." Klaus whispered, showing his hybrid face to Caroline.

"I'm not afraid of you." Caroline whispered, making Klaus get off guard.

"Like I said before. I can't tell if you are brave or just foolish." He whispered still with his hybrid face.

"And like I said before, you are afraid of getting attached to people." Caroline said firmly, making Klaus growl, so Caroline showed him her hybrid face. "Lately, we've been spending time together. You are afraid that you are starting to get attached, that's why you are with all these questions. You are afraid."

And oh, stupid things I do
I'm far from good, it's true
But still I find you
Next to me (next to me)

They both returned to their human faces, without saying a word to each other and without moving.

"I don't get attached."

"Now, Who is lying? I know you didn't use Stefan for the curse because you still felt attached to him." Caroline whispered.

"Love, you should consider yourself very lucky because when someone tries to tell me how I feel or who I care about, they end up dead."

"Then why am I not dead?"

"Like I said. You're lucky."

"No. It's because you care. You care about your siblings, you care about Stefan, you care about me and you care about Marcel."

"What makes you so sure of all that, love?" Klaus whispered to her ear, while softly caressing her waist.

"You can't stand being without your siblings that is why you dagger them. Just to make sure they won't leave you. You didn't hurt Stefan back in the 20s, you made him forget until you told him otherwise, you let him be around your sister and you didn't use him for the curse. You never made me do things I didn't want to do, even when I was sired to you, you didn't kill me when you found out I broke the sire bond and helped the other hybrids in doing the same thing, you accepted having Elena alive, giving you her blood without killing her, you stopped compelling Camille because I got upset and asked you to stop, you went to my room just to apologized. And if you didn't care about Marcel... he would be dead by now. You could easily rip his heart out but you won't do it because you still care about him."

There's something about the way that you always see the pretty view
Overlook the blooded mess, always lookin' effortless
And still you, still you want me
I got no innocence, faith ain't no privilege
I am a deck of cards, vice or a game of hearts
And still you, still you want me

"You think you have me all figure out, love?" Klaus whispered while planting small yet sweet kisses on her shoulder.

"You can say whatever you want. I know that you care." Caroline whispered to his ear.

"Or maybe all the reasons that make you think I care, are actually just details that are part of a big bad plan I have that you aren't aware of."

"You can barely stay calm with a plan that takes weeks. Are you seriously expecting me to believe that you are making a plan for years?" Caroline whispered as she felt Klaus starting to kiss her neck.

"I've waited a thousand years to break the curse." Klaus pointed out as he kissed her neck.

"You care and that is scary for you." Caroline whispered as she felt Klaus's hands under her top, caressing her waist. "You act like you don't need anyone, that you don't care about anyone or anything but you do. And that scares you because it makes you feel vulnerable."

Caroline didn't know what was going on with her but she was enjoying having him holding her in that possessive way, she was liking the way he softly caressed her, how he kissed her firm but tender, how he whispered to her ear with his sexy British accent.

"What if that is just you trying to trick yourself in seeing something good in me because you can't see that in the real world there are awful people who have no good in them." Klaus whispered, stopping kissing her neck to look at her and see her reaction.

"I know the world isn't perfect. And I know that because some people got hurt too much in their lives, they start to push away everyone. Which is what you are doing to me."

"I'm not pushing you away, love." Klaus whispered with a smirk as he pulled Caroline as close to him as possible.

"Yes, you are." Caroline whispered. "Physically you're as close to me as possible." Caroline whispered and started to kiss his neck, as she whispered. "But you are trying to make me think of you as a monster." Caroline wrapped her arms around Klaus's neck and started to grab his hair as she kissed his neck and whispered. "You've slowly shown me who you really are and now you are trying to make me think it was all part of a plan because you are scared of being vulnerable around other people. You're scared of having someone in your life that can make some kind of impact. You're scared of letting your guard down."

Klaus didn't know if he hated how well she was starting to get to know him or that he hated that fact that he hated that he enjoyed having someone who knew the real him and who saw him as redeemable man and not a heartless monster.

So thank you for taking a chance on me
I know it isn't easy
But I hope to be worth it

"What makes you so sure of all that?"

"I can be very observant. I notice the way you care about Elijah's opinion and the way your behavior changes depending if the people in the room are people close to you or not. I also know what's like to be scared of letting your guard down. It takes one to know one." Caroline whispered without breaking eye contact as his hands kept being under her top caressing her waist, pulling her as close to him as she could be and her arms wrapped around his neck as she played with his curly hair.

Next on The Pact

"Don't question my methods, Alright? The deal was to let you be safe and to not kill the ones you care about, but when we will be training for fights, I can easily, as you now say, kick your ass."
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"You know... if you keep threatening your hybrids when they question you about something, they will stop believing you're taking the deal seriously and will end up leaving..."
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"Are you thinking in leaving?"