Everybody Talks: A Klaroline Fanfiction

Chapter 2

"You're late," Elijah said as Klaus rushed in.

"LA traffic," Klaus replied.

"You should have been here two hours ago. I have us on another flight. It leaves at ten."

"Time for a drink then," Klaus said, brushing past his brother and heading for the terminal bar.

"It's 8 o'clock in the morning," Elijah chastised.

"I'll order something with orange juice then."

Klaus took a seat at the bar and ordered a screwdriver.

"Sir we don't serve alcohol until after ten," the bartender replied.

Klaus narrowed his eyes. "Do you know who I am?" The bartender nodded. "Fantastic. Screwdriver. Make it a double."

The bartender turned away, defeated, and prepared Klaus's drink.

"Very humble brother," Elijah said.

"No point in being famous if you can't cash in on the perks," Klaus replied, laying down a few bills for his drink. "So where is the demon in heels? I'm surprised she's not here scowling at me too."

"Katherine wasn't invited on this trip," Elijah replied.

"Trouble in paradise?"

Elijah cleared his throat uncomfortably. "You know she and I are not together anymore."

"And yet you still keep her around."

"She's good at her job. It's strictly business."

Klaus nodded, though he was still skeptical, and took a sip of his drink.

Elijah pulled his laptop out of his carry on and set it up on the bar, "I have to get some work done."

Klaus watched Elijah turn on the computer and pull up a website on the screen. The colors flashed pink and bright, loud and scandalous headlines shouting out for their attention. Klaus chuckled. "I didn't take you for a celebrity gossip junkie brother."

"I would't laugh too hard," Elijah said, turning the screen toward him. Klaus read the headline.

"Beauty and the Bad Boy, a match made in heaven," Klaus read, underneath were two candid paparazzi photos; one of himself and next to it one of Elena Gilbert.

"The two met after one of his shows in Hollywood our sources say," Caroline read from the gossip rag she purchased before boarding, "In spite of being polar opposites, the unlikely pair have seem to hit it off. Niklaus will be following his new girlfriend around Europe this summer as she promotes her new movie, due out later this month. Will Hollywood's golden girl be able to polish up music's tarnished bad boy? Only time will tell."

"God those tabloids move fast," Elena mused.

A couple hours later they landed in New York. Caroline and Elena collected their luggage and hailed a cab. They were staying in Manhattan for the evening before heading across the pond the next morning. Caroline was excited to be in the city. She had never been to New York before.

Her face was plastered to the cab window as they sailed down Broadway toward their hotel. She marveled at the buildings and stores and people. When they arrived, they met Elena's manager in the lobby.

"Hey Jenna," Elena said giving the woman a gigantic hug. Jenna Sommers had been Elena's manager since she had started acting. She wasn't that much older than them, so Jenna would come hang out in Mystic Falls from time to time when Elena visited. Elena always said she was like the older sister or cool aunt she never had.