Above It All " SEQUEL TO ABOVE ALL ELSE "

Chapter 2

Klaus was utterly stunned. As far as birthday events went, this one was by far the tamest of them all and yet he couldn't help but feel worried, "Are you sure about this Caroline? Is Steven alright with this happening under the roof of his establishment?"

"Steven took a little convincing and the coven knows absolutely nothing about this at all."

"But what of you Caroline?" He asked softly as he trailed a finger over her cheek and down her neck, "I will not have your evening spoiled for something that I could not care less was a part of the festivities."

Caroline shrugged her shoulder's, "Look, you know me and my past. Obviously, I don't view feeding as you and your family does. But," She spoke over him as he went to interrupt, "This is all part of being a vampire, right? This whole seeing you feed on people is bound to happen at some point so why not in a controlled setting?"

He knew she was uncomfortable, just as he knew she meant in a setting she could feel as if she held the control. He vowed to make it a point to have her see that him feeding on the living was not the bloodbath nor the no doubt sensual affair she had been predisposition to think it to be.

Klaus removed the now empty glass from her hands, setting both his and hers to the bar top and pulled her into his embrace. His finger lightly trailed down her cheek in the softest of touches, "You are an utterly exquisite woman Caroline Forbes. I do not know what I ever did to deserve you, but I hope that someday I can feel as though I am a man deserving of your love and loyalty."

Caroline blushed and huffed in embarrassment, "You sure are free with your praise tonight, aren't you?"

"Are you complaining?" He asked with a twinkle in his eyes as his dimples made a breathtaking appearance.

"No. Never." She licked her lips, glancing to the necklaces peeking out of his neckline and back up to his eyes with nothing but pure love and adoration, "I'm glad that you feel like you can be, especially tonight. It's all I wanted for you for your birthday. You to be happy."

Klaus pulled her in closer, whispering reverently, "I am Caroline. Thank you." His lips met hers in the softest of kisses only to be pulled apart with laughter as they heard a conversation from across the club.

"So where is Klaus? I'm here to wish him a happy birthday and share a drink or two but he isn't even here."

"Oh Stefan, my brother can't seem to tear himself away from his tasty little thing."

"Go." Caroline mouth with a giggle, giving Klaus a push.

Klaus beamed at her, pulling her in close for a swift kiss before he flashed to the other side of the club. Caroline shook her head as she ordered another drink and took a seat on a stool, tuning out of the conversation as she heard threats of livers and splines being ripped out.

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Stefan sat in the center of a U-shaped booth with Klaus and Kol flanking his sides. The older of the three vampires each with a young dazed eyed woman sitting beside them. Klaus raised the woman's arm as he continued with their conversation, casually biting his fangs into her wrist as she sat numbly, yet comfortably, to his left at the edge of the seat.

Caroline sat perched on her barstool across the club watching and contemplating all the thoughts and feelings rolling inside her at witnessing such a thing. There was a twinge of jealousy and possessiveness lurking inside, tempting her to toss the glass, letting it shatter to the floor as she flashed to the other side of the club and ripped the woman away from Klaus. But the longer she observed the more she understood things that she assumed typically only came with age and experience.