Fade Into Me

Remember

"Are we going to talk about last night?" Stefan asked walking through the woods carrying Luka like he was a bag of potatoes.
Klaus had been extra silent this morning and didn't show any signs of improving. "There's nothing to talk about."

Stefan smiled because he had taken over the driving part of their journey and Klaus had fallen asleep again only to mumble Caroline's name and then wake up with a gasp just like someone who pulls themselves out of a dream by force.
"It should mean something that you are having dreams about the girl you are so desperately trying to rip out of your heart." Stefan quietly said moving a branch away from his face.

Klaus licked his lips. "Well, that will be over soon enough, I won't have to worry about that anymore and neither will you. We'll be busy with other more important matters." Klaus said giving Stefan a look.
Stefan kept his smile. "Whatever you say Klaus."

Klaus ignored the smile and resumed to his destination; he couldn't get her face out of his mind, her blonde hair waving in the wind or the way she said his name in the second dream he had during the night.
Caroline was simply haunting him.

"Niklaus you will never catch me." Caroline said running through the field covered in white and red flowers, she stopped for a second watching him go to the right path to try to cut her way, she smiled, she knew this place as good as him.
Easily she moved to the left and grabbed her dress in both hands, pulling it up enough to allow her to run faster, she was half way through the meadow when he showed up smiling in front of her.

She pouted at him. "You have cheated."
Klaus' smile was contained. "I took a short cut, that can't be counted as cheating love."

She dropped her dress and folded her arms across her chest. "So you caught me good Sir, what will you do now?"
His smile became bigger and she was serious, backing up a few steps as he grew closer. "I was promised a kiss if I caught you."

She smiled taunting him. "Aren't you tired of chasing after me Niklaus? I already told you that I'm not interested in kissing you."
"You are a sweet liar Caroline..." he said amused and came closer to her.

"Maybe... but you like me." she said smugly.
"No I don't..." he said serious and pulling his eyebrows together.

She squinted and he started laughing; she clenched her teeth mad and moved to punch him in the chest mad.
Klaus caught her in his arms and she giggled when they landed on top of the flowers, his hand under her padding their fall.
She locked her loving gaze with his.

"I don't like you... I love you Caroline." he said in that sweet way Klaus only had for her.
"Then take your kiss Niklaus..." she whispered feeling his weight on her, his warm body against hers.

Klaus cupped her face, stroked her satin skin, moved to her hair, playing with the loose blonde hair and smiled.
She knew this was it; he was leaning into their first kiss. Her first kiss.

Caroline was nervous because they had played this little game for months now and still Klaus had never once forced anything, not even stolen a kiss and she was aware that he could have any girl in the village, a lot of them more experienced in the art of kissing and more willing to give in to a boy's advances but still Klaus had chosen her.
Out of all the girls far prettier than her and absolutely smitten by him, he had chosen her since their eyes first met and ignored all other girls.
Klaus asked her parents' permission to court her and had been the perfect man ever since. There was nothing she didn't love about him and nothing she wanted more than to be his. Completely.

Klaus leaned in slowly and she allowed his lips to trap hers because she wanted to be kissed by him; she felt the smoothness of his full lips on hers, brushing them slightly and she loved the warmth of it as well.
She smiled when he pulled his lips away from hers, so that's how it felt to be kissed.