Catch My Breath

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

The melodic strains of the piano woke her up. Her head was much lighter than before. She blinked few times until she could clearly see the bronze ornamented ceiling. It was different with the one she saw at Elijah's house. Panic squeezed her chest. 'Where am I'? she asked herself, trying to recall back the memories. Caroline sat up on the sofa. Her eyes were roaming the mansion until it stopped on the figure that was playing the Piano. Caroline sighed in relief. She had seen his paintings and each of them was always represented his feeling, which she could easily guessed, but seeing Klaus playing piano was the first. She wasn't sure what was in his mind at the moment, and if she recalled back, Klaus was sad, painful when he saw Caroline tied up like that.

The tune was melodious yet broken. Caroline cleared her throat; Klaus noticed it but didn't stop playing. "Thanks." she said and Klaus instantly stopped playing the piano. He looked down at the piano for few minutes before turning at Caroline. His face was glowing under the golden light scheme. His face was perfect—he was perfect.

Klaus stood up and walked toward her. He seated himself beside her; Caroline felt a strange breeze in her veins."I'm sorry, Caroline." he began, looking at her but then dropped his gaze at her hands."I never meant to hurt you or for you to get hurt because of my fault." Sincerity was in his voice. "I promised myself that I would never hurt you, or letting yourself got hurt by someone." he sighed.

"Klaus, it wasn't your fault. You saved me." Caroline whispered. Klaus looked up at her, he took a strand of her hair and put it behind her ear and stroked her face softly. He swallowed a lump in his throat and closed his eyes in pain."I don't hate you, Klaus. I could never hate you." Caroline squeezed his hand gently. Caroline wasn't sure why those words escaped from her lips, but it was the truth. Klaus opened his eyes again as he heard her. He looked at her; his lips curved upward formed a loving smile.

"I'm sorr—"before he could finished his words, Caroline put her index finger on his lips."Shh.. I know you are, and I forgive you." Their gazes met and locked. Caroline leaned forward, she could feel his scent as she got closer to him.

Her blue eyes showed a moment of hesitation, but only for a moment until she closed the gap between them. Her lips rushed forward to his. She connected their lips in a soft kiss. He leaned forward and kissed her back, slowly, reverently, no longer quiet so surprised that this was happening. Klaus tightened his fingers in Caroline's hair, pulling her close. Her lips were smooth and sweet like the tender inside of freshly peeled orange. Caroline pressed herself into him; she sunk into the sensuousness of his soft lips, warm and yielding skin. She wrapped her arms around his neck, adding passion into their kiss.

Klaus was the first to pull away. Caroline watched him carefully; his look gave away nothing which only adding to her worry."Have I done something wrong?" she asked innocently. His look softened, he smiled ever so lightly."Take rest, love. Tomorrow is going to be a long day." he chuckled; his face was bright, happy. Klaus leaned forward and placed another soft kiss on her lips. Within a second Klaus stood up and Caroline was already in his arms. Caroline smiled softly; she rested her head in his chest as he took her upstairs. He was right, tomorrow would be a long day, but she knew that Klaus would be there for her, so would she. There was nothing else she needed to worry about. He healed her wounds.

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The next morning…

Love. The one emotion that was a vampire's greatest weakness and the one thing he thought he was never capable of doing so. For the first time in thousands years, he could feel all the emotions he had once he was human. He felt so alive, and it was because of her, because of Caroline. Klaus had watched her sleep for the past few hours; it was endearing.

He walked downstairs when the sun was about to rise. He had so many plans on how to begin the day with and all of it were involving Caroline. He wanted to show her what New Orleans has to offer and perhaps asking her to stay with him. Klaus grinned at his own thoughts. He grabbed his half filled bourbon bottle from last night and rested himself on the couch. He took a gulp and suddenly his body tensed. "Marcel." he said without even looking back at his visitor. Klaus put the bottle on the table and stood up. He turned to see his former protégé was now standing in front of his door. Even though it wasn't Marcel who tortured Caroline, but they were his boys, and whether he was aware of that, Klaus didn't care.

"I want to apologize for what my boys had done to your friend." Marcel spoke and walked toward him."It was out of my knowledge, if I knew what they were about to do. I'd kill them myself." Even though there was a hint of sincerity in his voice, Klaus refused to believe him.

"I already did that for you, so you may leave now." Klaus said.

"I came here for something else, Klaus." He stopped in front and handed him a piece of golden-colored paper. 'NIKLAUS MIKAELSON' was written on the top of it with royal blue ink.

Klaus frowned, "What is this?"

"I'm having a ball to celebrate my birthday." Marcel grinned."I'd be grateful if you can join us. Don't forget to bring your friend. I need to apologize to her too."

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13 hours ago…Deveraux's house…

"His birthday?!" Rebekah exclaimed, "Why the hell is he still celebrating birthday?

"Your brother was celebrating his birthday when we first met." Katherine rolled her eyes.

Rebekah glared her, her sight was stating if Katherine spoke one word again, she would be dead.

"Most of his guards will be there, and if we can take them down at once, Marcel will be without his guards." Sophie said.

"How can you be so sure that Marcel won't find out that you are doing magic to take his vampires down?" Elijah asked.

None of the witches answered straight away, they were glancing at each other. But Delaine was the first one to speak."Marcel has my sister, Davina, in his custody. That's why he can know who are doing magic without his permission."

"That's where we need your help." Sophie continued,"I need one of you to save Davina. She is his secret weapon. Marcel will be vulnerable without his guards and his witch." She looked at Elijah and Rebekah."If you can save Davina from him, he won't know who are doing magic, and the rest will be done by us."

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Author's Note : So who's excited for the ball? I can promise you tons of surprises, and you will be seeing someone you would never excepted to see :P Any guesses? Reviews are highly appreciated, keep them coming, Thanks for reading it