Friendship or Love (A Klaroline Fanfic)

Chapter Four

Caroline awoke to the sun shining bright through the window and landing right on her face. She groaned and turned on her side, as the light was blinding her, even though her eyes hasn't opened yet. She was suddenly invaded by a beautiful smell of bacon, and bolted upright, though immediately regretted it as her head felt like it just exploded one thousand times over.

What happened last night? She thought to herself. Her memory's came back to her then.

She remembered her and Rebekah leaving the living room as Tatia was going on.. and on.. and on about herself. She remembered feeling really jealous over the fact that Klaus had actually brought her to the family house meet his family. Although it seemed no-one really liked her, he still brought her there. She recalled getting pissed off, as Klaus refused to meet her eye and she couldn't understand why. Then she remembered going to the bathroom at the end of dinner - with her brother and Rebekah following her - as she broke down.

FLASHBACK.

They were all at the dining table - though they had finished eating they haven't left yet. Everyone seemed to be talking to one another. Finn and Sage were talking about a family trip they were planning on doing within the week, the twins were talking about cars. Kol was teasing Henrik about his crush on April, then he kept shooting back his obsession with Bonnie, which Kol kept denying. Klaus and Elijah were talking about Klaus' art exhibit and Elijah's love life with Elena, and Stefan and Rebekah were discussing their wedding plans. Caroline was left thinking to herself.

Thinking about all the what if's. All of hers and Klaus' what if's: what if they had met differently.. what if she had the courage to tell him sooner.. what if she didn't know all his darkest secrets, is that why he can't look at her that way?.. what if she magically got mind reading powers so she could a least put her mind and heart to rest knowing if he felt the same way or not. She didn't know if she could stop herself from crying at the look Tatia sent Klaus' way, he smiled back at her but it didn't reach his eyes. He then went to look at Caroline but made sure not to look her in the eye. It made Caroline angry. Why was he acting like that? He's ignored her for the past four hours and now he can't even look at her?! It's not like she wanted to be here in the first place, he was the one to ask her to come! Caroline was getting really frustrated, she wanted to cry and scream and let go of all the feelings that she couldn't explain that were overwhelming her. She finally got up and quietly walked to the bathroom. Stefan and Rebekah were the only ones who seemed to notice, and followed her.

Stefan knocked on the door but Rebekah was the one who spoke, "Care? You alright?"

Instead of a reply, they heard the door unlock, she didn't come out though, so they went in. They saw her sitting on the toilet crying, and it broke their hearts to see her this unhappy 'cause Klaus can't see she loves him back. It wasn't unknown to the family that Klaus and Caroline have more than friendship going on, but it seemed that none of them realized the others love. They got them both to admit it, but couldn't get them to confess. And it definitely wasn't helping by Klaus getting with Tatia as a distraction then feeling something for her - not something strong, just something small - and bringing her home. In a way it's a good thing as they can see that Klaus is beginning to doubt that his feelings for Tatia are even real. He doesn't even look at her in the slightest bit the same way as Caroline.

"Did you see her nose? Really doesn't go with her face." Stefan joked trying to start things off lightly.

Rebekah laughed loudly, and Caroline managed to look up at her brother and sister-in-law with a sad smile.

"What's wrong with me? Am I really that bad, that he can't see me than anything more than an annoying little sister?" Caroline asked in a small voice.