Horses, he shouldn't have mentioned the bloody horses, taking her back to that spat they had, and Klaus could kick himself. As it is, he loses the soft smile, drops his gaze for a second, then pushes off from the wall and smiles at Caroline again. His other smile, the one most people get. "As soon as you start calling it a date, love."

Because he can, and he wants to, and he wants her to.