Beauty & the Beast

Confession

"Klaus," I say. I aggressively blink multiple times. My eyes are playing tricks on me. It has to be.
"Take a seat, Caroline," Freya says.
I froze staring at the figure that looks like klaus. I walk up to him completely ignore Freya's instructions.
I gently rest my hands on his face. I trace everything just to make sure I am not hallucinating.
"It's alright love," he reassures.
"We'll explain everything."
I take his hand and sit down. They others joining us.
He's alive? How?
"But- but I saw you, you died. You were dead. I saw toy stake..." I cannot find the words to finish off my sentence. The horror is still playing in my mind.
And so they explained everything. They explain how Freya and Davina casted a spell. I spell that would help Klaus survive. He did die, temporarily.
The spell protected him from the elements from white oak stake that made it deadly to him.
He faked his own death.
A million questions buzz through my mind. I clutch onto his hand tighter.
They all take it in turns to try to explain what happened. Though, I still don't make sense of it.
Tears stream down my eyes again and Klaus gives me a hug. He doesn't let me go, and I don't let him go. I don't want to.
"It's okay. I'm okay and so are you," he whispers.
"Klaus had to die. Freya and Davina have been working on a spell to try and save him from the white oak. He need to vanish and us to go 'looking' for him. We knew you would figure our where he'd be. We knew he'd be here the whole time. He was preparing for what he had to do next," Rebekah explains. I pull away from Klaus.
I stare at them for like they are crazy.
"Was this some sort of sick prank? Because I was rude to you guys?" I ask angrily and still tot confused.
"Do you have any idea of the hell you just put me through?" I snap.
They look at my with blank faces.
"Can I have a moment to talk with Caroline?" Klaus politely asks.
They others leave and head back to New Orleans. I eye each one of them when they leave.
Okay! I need answers!
"Caroline," klaus says touching my shoulder. I flinch away and he looks puzzled.
"You were dead!" I say shakily.
"I know! I'm sorry I scared you," he replies.
"How could you do that to me. Do you hate me that much?" I reply. I know I had been awful but I just thought that...
"No- no of course not! It's the exact opposite," He says.
"Oh really! Was this suppose to be some good big April Fools joke?" I question sarcastically.
"I did it for you, Caroline," he answers. I look at him blankly. He died for me?
"What does that even mean," I question.
"You got your humanity back," he says smiling.
I frown.
"Yeah, so?" I say.
Klaus laughs at me. Okay now I'm just insulted.
"I died because I know it would trigger your humanity. I told you I'd do anything for you Caroline," he replies.
I fall silent.
I have been a fool for so long. Torturing myself over klaus and Tyler. When the choice was so obvious. It was so clear. It was klaus. It has always been Klaus.
"You- you risked your life trying to save mine?" I ask.
"Of course!" He says proudly.
I smile, but then it fails. Throughout all this, I have a question that has yet to be answered. A question I have been scared to ask but have been putting off. Maybe I didn't want to hear the answer. Maybe I'm scared.
But I do it anyway.
"Why would you do all this for me? You let me live in your mansion. You risked your life to save me! Why would you do any of it?" I ask.
Klaus looks at me. He knew my question and he knew the answer.
"Because I love you, Caroline!" He replies with a dashing smile.
And maybe it was the fact that he died for me. Or maybe the fact that he refuses to give up on me.
But in this moment, I chose to say the words that I have been to afraid to say.
"I love you too!"
And with that he kisses me. It is like one of those perfect kisses you see in movies, the kind you want to last forever!
But then I remember his harsh words.
"But the things you said earlier- about me torturing you?" I start.
"I had to make it convincing, love. You are the very best thing that has ever happened to me," he explains gazing into my eyes.
I smile so big. I give him another hug.
"Thank you, for everything!" I say finally.