Friendship or Love (A Klaroline Fanfic)

Chapter Three

Klaus couldn't escape his thoughts. He still couldn't believe it. Caroline. She said that she loves him. She was drunk and half asleep, but she still said it. Was it true? Could she really love him? Or was it just the alcohol talking? It just wouldn't leave his mind.

'I love you'

'I love you, as a women loves a man'

He has wanted for so long to hear those words from her, that it just doesn't seem real. It feels like a dream.

Why now? Why now when he is trying so hard to move on from something he didn't think he could possibly have with Caroline? If it is true, how long has she felt this way? Or is she just jealous of him being with someone else, and thinks Tatia might take him away from her?

Klaus is so confused. He's sitting down at the kitchen table with a cold, untouched cup of tea, trying his best to understand his thoughts. It's around 2 in the morning, and he can't sleep even though he is agonizingly tired.

He needs to talk to her about it. Tomorrow. He'll ask her to explain, maybe she'll tell him she was drunk, upset and got jealous and her words didn't mean anything past friendship. That thought stung like hell, but if it happened, then at least he would know where they stand.

Ahh. He needs his sleep. Today has been such a long day. Tatia hadn't stopped rambling on about herself for the whole day, it annoyed Klaus to no end and if she was a male, he would have honestly slapped her one. He wonders to himself is this is even the right thing - Him and Tatia. That's why he took so long to get back home. He was sitting on his and Caroline's rock, down by the lake, asking himself if him and Tatia was right for each other. They make each other laugh, they have funny conversations, they get along. But he doesn't love her. He could never see himself falling in love with her and he can say that with no hesitation. He likes her - he isn't sure how much - but how long will it last? He isn't sure how serious it is. It is so serious that they would fight for each other when a rough patch comes, so they can get through it? Or is it just serious because this is his longest relationship and they haven't had an argument yet? He keeps doubting everything, and comparing Tatia to Caroline. Although there is nothing to compare. Caroline is the sun, whereas Tatia is a cloud with the sun trying to peek through be keeps failing. Tatia is self centered and bitchy, Caroline is selfless and blunt. He gets along with both great, but they are just two different people.

Caroline.

'I love you'

The words still won't leave, and he really doesn't understand what he will do when he finds out what they really mean.

Friendship or Love?

He doesn't know if he wants to find out. What if it is love, and it ruins the friendship? But what is it's friendship, and it ruins their love?

Klaus was so busy being lost in his thoughts, that he didn't even notice Elijah coming into the room to get some water, then sitting at the table next to him while staring at him curiously.

Elijah cleared his throat, snapping Klaus out of his thoughts, "What troubles you brother?"

"Nothing" Klaus denies.

"Niklaus I am your brother, you can't lie to me. Now tell me what's taking over your thoughts." Elijah replies in a father-like tone.

"Your such an old man 'Lijah." They shared a laugh.

"Yes well, someone has to be the level-headed one in the family."

"That should be Finn's job, he is a father." They both chuckled.

"Stop trying to sway the conversation away from you Nik, we're talking about you here." He gives him a look that leaves no room or arguing.

He sighs "It's Caroline. She said something to me before she fell asleep, and I don't know if she meant it or if it was just drunken gibberish. I'm not even sure if I want to know if it was real or not. But I'm not sure which would one hurt more... " He trailed off staring at nothing in particular.

Elijah smiled at his brother appearing to understand what his thoughts are about. "Well let me just state a fact for you brother. When Caroline is drunk, she says what she feels, what she thinks, she keeps nothing in. She get's so honest and sometimes so deep, that she has stopping drinking around people so they don't get offended and she don't get to be more vulnerable than she would like."

This was true, Caroline let everything slip when she got drunk. Once she told her dad how much she hated the fact that he was gay. It surprised everyone because she seemed to be fine with it since he told her, saying that she just wants her father to be happy. But it seemed that she didn't like that fact everyone talks about him, they talk about her mother, and how he acts differently towards her aswell. It was a real shocker as no-one expected it. So this got Klaus thinking.

What if she does love him? What if she always has? She said she hates him because it hurts.

'You have Tatia now'

But does he want her? Does he really want her, for her, or her for the distraction that she brings. This is another question that won't go away. Tatia took up most of his thoughts, but that was only when he was with her. When he wasn't it was back to Caroline. He still thought of her while with Tatia, so it wasn't all successful. There was one thing that Klaus knew for sure. If he had a chance with Caroline, he would take it in a heartbeat. Tatia was more like a friend - a guy friend - which alot of men want in their girl, but he isn't sure if that is what he wants. Is it serious because of his feelings, or is it serious because he's so at ease around her?

Elijah sighed thinking that his brother just needs to follow his heart. Caroline was family, so no matter what she will always be here. He patted Klaus on the back and went back upstairs to bed.

Klaus loved his family. Yes they bitched alot of the time, but they had a really strong bond. They would die for one another if need be. No body could come between the Mikaelson's. Both Caroline and Stefan were apart of this. Caroline was their sister from a different mister, and Stefan was their brother from another mother. They belong here in this family. They have all been really close. And now Stefan and Rebekah are engaged. They are all a family, and it was one of the things the he cherished most. He loved that fact that Caroline was a sister to his siblings. She has always been their for them. Her and Bekah have really long girly chats. She makes Elijah laugh - which is really amusing, and she had even had a couple of deep conversations with Kol. They didn't like Tatia. He could see it in their eyes round the dinner table, and apart of him was thankful for that.

Klaus decided he needed to clear his head - which was getting heavier by the second. He need to go to sleep. He would talk to Caroline in the morning.

We shall find out tomorrow if it's friendship or love. He told himself.

He took a sip from his tea, and spat it out as soon as it hit his tongue and pulled a face, then popped the cup in the sink and walks upstairs to bed like a zombie. As soon as his head hit the pillow he is out like a light.