Everybody Talks: A Klaroline Fanfiction

Chapter 16

Caroline was having a lovely dream about a French beach and a naked Klaus when the loud ring of her cell phone woke her up. She moaned and grumbled, Klaus echoing her distaste by her side. They had only fallen asleep an hour or two before dawn-Klaus eager to break-in his apartment by ravaging Caroline on a variety of surfaces. She thought that without a job, she could enjoy a nice lie in with her boyfriend for a change, but whoever was trying to rouse her at an earlier hour had other plans.

She rolled over and grabbed her phone off the nightstand, answering it with a groggy hello.

"Caroline Forbes?"

"Yes, this is she."

"You're live on the air with Eric and Kathy on XL 101.1!"

Caroline rubbed at her eyes. "Huh?"

"We just wanted to know, what's it like dating Niklaus Mikaelson? Is it true about the whole cover up with Elena Gilbert? Will you two stay together now that the secret is out?"

Caroline sputtered for a moment before she felt the phone being lifted away from her. Klaus snatched it and pressed hard on the call end button before silencing it and tossing it away. She was barely awake enough to catch on to what was happening, but apparently Klaus had over heard the snippets of conversation.

"Bloody ingrates," he grumbled, falling back on the bed.

"What was that?" Caroline asked.

Klaus sighed, dragging his palm across his face. "We're going to have to get you a new phone number."

"What? Why?"

"Because someone has let it leak," Klaus said, "no doubt you'll be hounded by incessant radio stations and gossip journalists day and night until you acquire a new one."

"Damn it," Caroline said. She wondered if maybe it was a one-time thing, and Klaus was jumping the gun on her needing to change her number. However, when her phone lit up again on silent ring two more times, she thought maybe he might know what he was talking about.

Klaus looked over a Caroline, there eyes meeting, and the moment of bother melting away. She gave him a small smile.

"Good morning," she said, placing her hand on his cheek.

He reached up, threading his fingers through hers and returned her smile. "Morning."

"You know," Caroline's eyes flicked down and then back up again, "I was having the best dream just now…"

"Oh really?" Klaus replied. "Would you like to share with the class?"

"You. Me. Beach…" Caroline leaned forward to kiss him.

"A cliché, but a classic."

"Well," she smirked. "Someone once told me 'old tricks are the best tricks'."

Klaus gave her a rakish grin and she squealed as he threw his arm around her and rolled her over, crashing his lips into hers. Yes, this had been just like the dream. She cupped his face and kissed him, as his hands slid down her body still covered by the sheet.

Just then a loud, demanding knock sounded at Klaus's door. He groaned against Caroline's lips, and rolled away from her and out of bed.

"If that's Elijah I swear I'll kill him," he grumbled as he retrieved a pair of pants from the floor and put them on before answering the knock. Caroline heard the door squeak open and Klaus ask what are you doing here. Wanting to see who it was, she grabbed a pair of Klaus's boxers and a tshirt and put them on, heading out to the living room.