One Day You'll Show Up at My Door

The Pleasure Was All Mine. As Always.

When Caroline returned to the party she made her rounds checking on everything. After everything was in place and running smoothly, she went in search of Tyler. When she found him he was leaning against one of the lion statues.

"Hey," she said approaching him.

"Hey," he said stiff-lipped.

"You wanna dance?" she asked. He nodded and took her by the hand. He led her to the floor and they began to sway in silence. "Are you ok?"

"What's he doing here?" Tyler asked his voice a husky whisper.

"What?" Caroline asked, trying to avoid the oncoming conversation.

"Klaus. I saw you dancing with him," he said angrily.

"So what, Tyler? It was just a dance," she said trying not to roll her eyes.

"How could do you do that?
"Why are you mad?"

"It's Klaus, Caroline. That's why I'm mad," he said into her ear. "You know what he's done."

"Tyler..." she sighed.

"Oh. That's right. You can apparently just forgive him all his sins since you slept with him" he said.

"Listen," she said stepping away from him. "You walked away from me, Tyler. You chose to chase after him for revenge. And what happened between me and him, was between me and him. You had no right to say anything about it, and now a million years later...you still don't." she said folding her arms across her chest.

"I came back for you and you had slept with my enemy," he said stepping closer to her. "What was I supposed to do?"

"You came back because you thought that he was going to be a pushover to beat. And when he wasn't, he let you come back to Mystic Falls, free and clear." Caroline said rolling her eyes. "And by the way, no one else ever said this to you, but that was a seriously sucky thing to do Tyler."

"What?! I wanted him dead. I still do." Tyler said trying not to raise his voice.

"Well, I don't. I like my life the way it is," she said her blue eyes shining past her mask. "I have to go. Enjoy the rest of the party," she said with a fake smile before she walked away from him.

"Caroline!" she heard him call after her. "Caroline!" he called again. She ignored him. She couldn't believe that he had wanted to fight about something that happened literally two million years ago.

The party raged on and Caroline froze in her spot when the percussion player announced the last dance.

"Caroline?" the suave voice said behind her. She felt sparks, which she tried to shake off when his hand touched her back. She took a deep breath before turning to face him.

"Klaus," she said with a small smile.

"Shall we?" he asked his hand out to her. She took it and he immediately swept her onto the floor. They danced in silence. Chest to chest.

"You don't have anything to say?" she asked softly.

"What's to say?" he said matching her tone.

"Did you see Tyler?"

"Yes."

"And you don't have anything to say?" she asked her chin on his shoulder.

"No," he said flatly.

"Klaus..." she started but she stopped when she felt him shake his head.

"Caroline; I am no longer concerned with Tyler Lockwood," he said. "I was never overly concerned with Tyler Lockwood."

"I know you heard us fighting," Caroline said.

"I did," Klaus said.

"And..."

"And...Tyler should move on." Klaus said leaning back slightly to look her in the eyes. "What you and I shared was never his business and I didn't do it in order to anger him," he said truthfully. "It was your choice to tell him..."

"I didn't. Elena via Katherine did. Sort of." she said glancing up at him. "It's complicated," she said at the confusion etched on his face.

"Well, either way. As you said, it's all in the past. A million years ago." Klaus said gently. She sighed and continued to dance with him.

The mix of the heat she felt between them and the soft melodic music had lulled Caroline into a euphoric place. Her eyes were closed as they swayed slowly. One of his hands wrapped around her waist the other holding her hand, their fingers intertwined.

Klaus adjusted his grip on her waist and her eyes flickered open and they fell on Tyler. He was standing on the side of the dance floor glaring at them. She sighed heavily.

"God," she whispered harshly. "I should..." she said trying to move away from him. "Klaus."

"Caroline, I am not overly concerned with him. Any confrontation that he and I have will be up to you," he said softly in her ear.

"What?"

"Young Tyler is poised and ready to cause a scene. I will only indulge him if you tell me too." Klaus said looking into her eyes.

"What?" Caroline asked gazing into his penetrative blue eyes.

"This party isn't about the Westfields. It is a physical manifestation of the beauty and determination you possess," he said, his warm breath driving her insane, but she couldn't help but glance at Tyler. He was growing more and more angry by the second. "I will not take away from this moment, your moment by fighting with Tyler unless you tell me to." Caroline craned her neck to look into his piercing blue eyes. "So, am I to rip his heart from his chest or are we going to finish our dance? The choice is yours, love." Caroline cut her eyes back to Tyler but he was gone. She let out the breath she was holding.

"Just dance with me," she said as he pulled her tighter. As the band played the final chords of the song, Caroline took a step back and tried to collect herself. "Thank you for the dance, and thank you for coming."

"The pleasure was all mine. As always," he said as he bowed to her. Klaus kissed her hand before he disappeared into the exiting crowd.