Everybody Talks: A Klaroline Fanfiction

Chapter 19

"What time is your flight?"

Caroline looked up from her cheese fries at Matt. She's stopped by The Grill to grab a bite to eat and say goodbye to Matt before she headed out to Chicago.

"It's at two," she replied, "I need to get going soon if I'm going to make it on time."

"Well good luck with the interview," Matt said, "I'm sure they'll love you."

"Thanks," Caroline said, "but I doubt they were impressed with my audition video blog. It's kind of hard to be perky and engaging when you want to crawl under the covers and never get out."

Matt offered her a sympathetic smile. "Sorry about Klaus."

He had heard they broke up. Even though the rest of the world had yet to be privy to that piece of knowledge, her close friends still knew. No one knew the details, because she hadn't wanted to rehash the story to any of them, but they were well aware that Caroline and Klaus were done. It had been a week since that horrible morning. She was dreading the day the media found out and the circus over their breakup began. Dealing with it personally was bad enough, she had no desire to suffer and be humiliated publicly. Not wanting to have to accept the help of Elijah, Caroline had let Elena call in Jenna's services, free of charge just in case she needed them.

Caroline had decided that whether or not the magazine job worked out, she would stay in Chicago with her dad and Stephen. It was time to move on from Mystic Falls, time for a brand new start. She hoped in Chicago she could lay low. She hoped soon she could make people forget that she was Niklaus Mikaelon's Small Town Whirl-wind Girlfriend and just go back to being Caroline Forbes: Nobody Special.

"Excuse me," a female voice said next to Matt. Caroline saw Katherine standing there. The other woman was about to speak, but she stopped short, giving Matt a not so discreet once over. "God you're hot."

Matt blushed and chuckled. "Can I get you something?"

"Yeah," Katherine smiled, "a diet coke. Two cherries." Caroline rolled her eyes as Matt smiled and walked away. "Is this seat taken? I come in peace."

Without waiting for an answer, Katherine slid into the booth across from Caroline.

"What do you want?" Caroline asked, in no mood for Katherine or anything she had to say. She couldn't fathom the reason as to why Katherine was seeking her out. Part of her wanted to reach across the table and smack her across the face. Or better yet, hold her down and force feed the her the rest of her cheese fries and let the fatty food wreak havoc on her perfect body.

"I didn't sleep with Klaus."

Caroline scoffed. "Wow you don't beat around the bush."

"I thought you should know that," Katherine said.

"Well thanks I already figured that out," Caroline replied, "so now if you wouldn't mind...I need to catch a flight and I'm sure you have other lives to terrorize..."

"No so fast," Katherine said, "how did you figure it out?"

"I just did. I know Klaus."

Katherine cocked her head to the side. "You really do love him don't you?"

"Not that it's any of your business," Caroline said, "but yeah I do. Did." Caroline wasn't sure yet whether or not the feeling was past tense yet, even if it should be.

"I loved Elijah," Katherine said, her eyes shifting around the room in a rare moment of vulnerability. Caroline was stunned enough by the unwarranted admission to stay in her seat and wait for Katherine to continue. "Look I know you heard the whole story about me and Elijah and Klaus from the Golden Girl, and I just wanted you to know that I really did love Elijah. It's the only time I've ever been in love with anyone."