Lasting Love (Klaroline)

Finn

Caroline's POV
     I woke up and put on my red dress, with my red heels. I then went downstairs to the kitchen. On the Island in the kitchen was a note.

Went out for errands with mother. Be back later.
   Freya

I looked through the cupboards for coffee, but only found tea. I just then made some eggs. I ate the eggs, and then started roaming around the house. I went into the living room, and looked at the pictures on the mantle of the fireplace. There was one of the whole Mikaelson family, one of each sibling, one with Elijah and Mikael, one with Nik and Mikael, one with Rebekah, Elijah, and Nik, one with Kol, and Nik, and then there was one with Nik and some other man. He was handsome, but his face seemed familiar somehow. I just can't picture where I've seen him before.

    I picked up the picture, and kept looking at it. Nik and this man were smiling and had their arms around each other. Then someone said, " I love that picture."

    I jumped and turned around, and I seen the man in the photo. I put the photo back in the mantle, and turned around to face the man. He said, " You must be Caroline, Niklaus's girl. Apologies, I'm Finn Mikaelson."

    Oh, he was in that file I found 2 years ago. He is the eldest Mikaelson brother. I said, " Hello."

     He said, " I must say, you are even more beautiful in person. I seen How Niklaus described you a year ago. Golden trusses, beautiful green- blue eyes, with a smile that could light up the room, as he described you."

    I said, " I didn't realize he told you about me, when he came here a year ago. I haven't heard much about you. Other than you fell in love with a enemy your family was after."

   He said, " Yep. That's me. I got too close with Sage. I thought I loved her, and she loved me, but I was wrong."

   I said, " What happened?"

   He said, " Niklaus had shot her one night. She had tried to suffocate me while I was sleeping, but thankfully Niklaus had heard the commotion, and came to my rescue. He had shot her. If he didn't kill her, then she would've came and killed the whole family. It happened 7 years ago. We have moved passed that."

   I said, " I'm sorry. It still must've hurt when she said she loved you but she didn't mean it."

   He had a given me a smile. Then someone said, " Finn?"

   He turned around and there stood Esther. She gave the groceries she was carrying to Freya. She walked over to Finn and pinched his cheeks. He said, " Mother, it hasn't been that long. It's only been a year."

   She said, " I don't care. It still been too long since I seen my eldest son."

    I walked over to Freya, and helped her carry the groceries to the kitchen. We started to our some stuff away. I pulled coffee out of the one bag. I said, " How come you don't have this here? I only seen Tea, earlier."

  Freya said, " Mother likes to drink tea. She doesn't like the coffee in the house. But today she made an exception cause of you. She figured you had a long couple of months, so she bought it. Usually, we have to go out to a coffee shop and get coffee."

   I said, " Thanks. It is nice to have a cup of coffee."

  Freya nodded and we finished putting away the groceries. Esther came into the kitchen. She said, " Caroline, dear let's go. It's time for your lesson."

    I said, " What lesson?"

   She said, " Follow me."

    I followed her. We went outside, and down a pathway, that led into a large clearing. It was a shooting range, and a training course. We stood by the shooting range. She got a gun off the table, and handed it to me.

    She said, " This is for you. That way you can defend yourself more. I trust you know how to hold and shoot a gun."

   I said, " Yeah. My mom never really taught me. Giuseppe took me hunting and taught me to shoot."

  Esther said, " Okay, well this is similar to a hunting rifle. But it is smaller. Here try shooting that target."

   I nodded, and planted my feet firmly on the ground. I then held the gun in front of me, and tensed my arms, just in case it kicks back. I then pulled the trigger, and it hit the target in the stomach. Esther nodded and said, " Keep going."

    I then kept shooting at the target, until the clip was empty. I hit the target, in the stomach twice, heart once, head twice, and the arms twice. Esther said, " Great job. Let's go back to the house. I will bring you out here once a day, to help you shoot. That way, if your in trouble you can defend yourself."

   I nodded and gave the gun back to Esther. She put the gun in a safe, and we walked back to the house. It was around 2. when we arrived back at the house. Esther went off to her office. I continued to roam the house. There was a bunch of paintings that hung on the walls.

I then heard someone say, " Caroline."

  I turned around, and Finn walked up to me. I said, " Hey, Finn."

   He said, " I wanted to show you something."

   I nodded and we walked to a door, by the stairs. He opened it and went down the stairs. It was the basement to the house. He turned on a light, and there was 2 doors. He said, " That one is my office, this one is Niklaus's studio. Have a look."

   I opened the door, And walked inside. Finn turned on the light, and it was a bunch of paintings around the room. There was a couple of the whole Mikaelson family. There was one that was covered up. I ripped the paper off, and it was a painting of me. Nik must've drew it. When he came back here 2 years ago.

    Finn seen it and said, " Niklaus, painted that one night. It was the first night, since he came back from the states. He was upset and couldn't sleep, so he came down here and painted. He thought no one was awake, but I came down that night, and seen him in his studio. He was painting this painting. He was really upset, he was even crying. It was the first time I seen Niklaus cry, since Henrik died."

    I said, " Oh. He told me about Henrik. He seemed really upset when he told me about Henrik. He puts up an act that he has no emotions, but he rarely shows his emotions to anyone."

   Finn said, " You do know that he kills people?"

   I said, " Yes. I know about what him and your family does. He told me. I love him no matter what he does. He is such a sweetheart, and such a romantic. We both told each other everything, we don't tell anyone."

   Finn said, " You seem so understanding of everything. How come?"

    I said, " I always look at the positive of things. I knew your family for 6 years. I didn't know everything till 2 years ago. I love them all. They are like family to me. I haven't had much family, because my mother died, Lily and Giuseppe had died. I don't have any family left, all I have is my friends. Damon and Stefan are like brothers to me, but others than them, I don't have anyone. But I met Bekah, Freya, Elijah, and Kol, they are family to me. Nik is someone who I fell in love with, and he fell for me. We love each other no matter what."

    Finn said, " I never figured Niklaus would love someone else beside family. He never got close to anyone. He never opens up to anyone, even his siblings. We all love him, we just don't know how to get through to him. When he came back here 2 years ago, he seemed broken, and was always getting into fights at the pub. But it seems, he was just missing you. He told me once about you, other than that he had been closed off."

    I said, " He doesn't like to open up to people. Cause he thinks that if he does, people will leave him. He just doesn't want to be alone. I try and get him to open up more to his siblings."

   Finn nodded and said, " We better get back upstairs."

   I nodded and we walked back upstairs. Finn went off somewhere else. I went back to roaming the house. Soon enough it was dinner, I went to the dining room, and we ate dinner. We then went our separate ways. I went up to Nik's room, and got a shower. I then changed into my pjs and then went to sleep.