Death and All His Friends

And then I looked up at the sun and I could see,
Oh, the way that gravity pulls on you and me,
And then I looked up at the sky and saw the sun,
And the way that gravity pushed on everyone,
On everyone
- Gravity by Coldplay

The rays of the sunlight seeped in through the curtains, tingling on Klaus's bare chest. He groaned and buried his face into the plump pillows, his curls tangling. The spicy fragrance of freshly cooked bacon hit his nose as he inhaled the fumes. Slowly opening his eyes, Klaus flinched at the brightness of the day. Sighing, he begrudgingly left the comfort of his bed before putting his shirt over his head and heading into the kitchen.

A smile crept up to his face as he heard whispers and murmurs coming from the room. Hearing his quiet footsteps, Caroline and Skarlett ceased their conversation, turning to meet his smiling face.

"Happy Birthday, Daddy!" a giggling Skarlett greeted as she made her way to hug her father's legs. Klaus smiled down at his daughter. Caroline grinned at the sight. It had always been difficult for Klaus to express himself when it came to his daughter and found it hard to reciprocate her consistent affection toward him. Not that he didn't love her with every ounce of his being; he loved her more than anything, it was just that after being alone for a thousand years, Klaus still wasn't able to lower his guard.

"Thank you, sweetheart." He looked into her big brown eyes that she'd inherited from her biological mother. Klaus almost felt guilty from time to time for not mourning for the death of the mother of his child. However, it was almost impossible when he had almost everything he'd ever wanted.

"We made you breakfast, Nik," Caroline's voice broke him out of his revere as she smiled up at him. Klaus's eyes moved to the kitchen counter that was filled with food that could fill an entire country. Raising his eyebrows he thought about commenting on how he didn't think this was necessary, but looking at Skarlett shut him up immediately.

"It's perfect, love," he said instead moving to sit on the stool and start eating, Caroline immediately starting speaking about their agenda that day.

"Okay so first we're going to go to the Art Museum, since I know you've been dying to take us there. From there, we'll go to the park and-"

Caroline was interrupted by the phone ringing. She huffed and moved to pick it up.

"Mikaelson residence," Klaus smiled at this.

"Caroline?"

"Elena?" Caroline gasped.

"Uh, yeah, hey." Elena fumbled. Caroline and Klaus exchanged a confused look.

"What's up? It's been like four years since you talked to me," Caroline said coldly. Klaus sat up from his seat to put a hand on her shoulder.

"We really need to talk. Are you busy, now?" Elena asked her voice filled with desperation.

"As a matter of fact I am, it's Nik's birthday today and we're going out." Caroline stated.

"I-please we really need to talk, I won't take much of your time," she pleaded. Caroline raised her eyebrows at Klaus who merely shrugged his shoulders.

"Fine, but hurry up. We have plans." After exchanging the time and address, Caroline hung up and collapsed on to the sofa with a sigh.

"Mommy, who was that?" Skarlett's soprano voice asked from across the room. Caroline smiled at her in response and beckoned her with a finger to come to her. Skarlett eagerly jumped onto Caroline's lap.

"We're going to meet a new person today before we can go and have fun with Daddy. She's coming right now," as if on cue, the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it," Klaus offered with a wicked smirk. Caroline rolled her eyes before placing Skarlett on her hip and walking after him. The door opened to reveal not only Elena, but with her were Stefan and Damon. Caroline gave Elena an annoyed glare to which she returned with an apologetic look.

"They wouldn't let me come on my own. They didn't trust…" she didn't finish her sentence, but she didn't have to.

"They didn't trust Nik." Caroline finished for her. Elena looked down not denying it. Just then Klaus took the opportunity to speak. Clearing his throat, he moved to stand in front of Caroline and Skarlett.

"Greetings, gentleman. I trust you're here to ask for a favour so how about we continue this conversation later," he moved to close the door on them.

"The veil is still up," Stefan interrupted. Klaus stopped momentarily before pulling the door back. He gave them an aggravated look before looking at Caroline who appeared to be afraid. She slightly nodded her head at him.

"You can come in," she reluctantly said slightly moving to let them in. Skarlett looked at the newcomers with wide eyes. She'd recognized them from pictures. Elena smiled at Skarlett as she made her way inside the home.

Damon walked towards Caroline.

"So this is the little wolf that the Big Bad Hybrid produced with his dead sperm. Isn't she a cutie?" Damon moved to push back a dirty blonde curl that had covered Skarlett's face but was stopped by Klaus who used his vampire speed to clamp his hand over Damon's just an inch before he could.

"Do not touch her," Klaus growled out. Damon struggled to free his arm from his grip, his face contorting in pain.

"Okay. I get it." He managed to get out in gritted teeth. Skarlett, sensing the tension, had hid her face in her mother's neck to avoid eye contact with these intruders.

Caroline closed her eyes in exasperation. This is going to take a while.

Howdy peeps! So decided to write a fanfiction as my exams have not started up yet.

Just letting you know, I've pretty much only established Klaroline as the ship, so let me know what other ships you guys want to see.

Also, if you haven't noticed, I'm not the biggest fan of Damon. There won't be any bashing but he's not going to get many heroic moments.

Anywho, hope you enjoyed the first chapter, I'll see you guys next time.

Oh and I just got a tumblr like the other day, I kinda suck at using it.