"Please, allow me to escort you to the door Caroline" he offered with a typical smirk.
"I'm pretty sure I remember the way" she bit back sarcastically, causing his smirk to widen.
Unsurprisingly, he ignored her protests and walked her out into the hallway of his (there was no other word for it) mansion. He paused once they had reached the door and looked at her expectantly, with eyebrows slightly raised. After a few moments he broke the silence between them,
"It was nice to see you Caroline, even if this wasn't exactly a social visit".
She hesitated a little and then reached to open the door, freezing when she saw what was waiting outside. "Oh my God" she squeaked, and with that Klaus was immediately at her side.
"What's wrong?" he demanded, searching around until finally he saw it. A small, sleeping child in a Moses basket sitting on his doorstep.
"What the hell is going on Klaus?" she demanded
"KOL!" Klaus bellowed towards the grand staircase.
"You rang?" came his sarcastic drawl as he appeared immediately beside them.
"I don't have time for your pathetic attempts at humour, just get rid of it" Klaus snapped.
"Eh, as usual brother I have no idea what you're.. " Kol drifted off mid sentence, upon catching sight of the child.
"Woah, I've been locked in a coffin for over a century so it's definitely not mine!" he said stupidly.
Klaus sighed heavily with frustration. "Are you telling me this isn't your idea of a joke?"
"Trust me brother, there is nothing funny about babies" Kol replied.
And with impeccable timing the young child woke up and began to grow restless in it's basket. All three vampires gazed warily at her.
"We can't just leave her crying" Caroline suddenly said. Her comment was met with blank stares from both men.
She sighed and leaned down to pick the baby up – who almost immediately quietened.
"She likes you" Klaus commented.
"Problem solved," Kol smiled "The kid can live with Barbie – everyone's a winner. Are we done here?"
Caroline merely glared.
Klaus called towards the stairs for Rebekah to join them.
"I know she's gone a bit mad with this new online shopping thing, but I'm pretty sure she hasn't ordered a baby" Kol smirked.
"If you're not going to be helpful then just leave" Caroline shot.
Kol shrugged.
"I'm busy Nik, what is it?" Rebekah demanded.
"I hate to interrupt your hectic schedule of pathetic teenage problems but there's been an unexpected development.." he gestured towards the baby.
"What is THAT?" she blurted out.
"Well I would have thought it was pretty obvious."
"It'..
"She!" Caroline interrupted.
"SHE," Klaus emphasised "just turned up on the doorstep."
"What did the note say?" Rebekah questioned.
"What note?" Caroline asked confused.
"The note in it's basket" she pointed.
"She must have been lying on it" Caroline exclaimed, bending down to retrieve the piece of paper in question.