Klaus stood in the middle of that bar. The same one he talked to Caroline in that night, the one where he learned why Stefan was in his home. And in the middle of that bar was Caroline. She looked more beautiful than he remembered, and barely able to suppress her emotions, same as he. Luckily they were alone. Not even a bartender or a busboy. He stared in her beautiful eyes, and grinned. And without hesitation, she did the same, and let out a chuckle of happiness.

"Has anyone told you recently how beautiful you look" He asked, walking towards her. She giggled again and looked down at herself.

"Even in old lady clothes?" She asked, looking him up and down as well. He nodded. Caroline smiled at him and looked down again, crossing her arms.

"I've been looking for you." Caroline began, giving him an expectant look. Klaus grinned and stopped before her.

"Have you?" He asked. She nodded and Klaus gave her another smile before looking at her mouth. Her eyes widened and unconsciously she licked her lips, looking away.

"Caroline-"

"Please don't kiss me." She blurted out. Klaus opened his mouth and found no end to his sentence, so he looked away as well. She couldn't do this to him. She was engaged to Alaric, even if it was just for the girls. So Caroline plowed ahead with determination.

"I came here because I need your help." Caroline said, and Klaus met her eye.

"What with?" He asked, an eyebrow raised. She pleaded with her eyes for him not to be hurt. Klaus gave her a smile of assurance and she looked behind her.

"I brought the girls with me." She said, and tried to find an answer in his eyes.

"Is Stefan in trouble and he brought the trouble to you?" He asked, danger lurking behind his eyes.

"In a matter of speaking. It wasn't his fault." She replied.

"So protecting his brother instead of you which resulted in his being hunted by Rayna Cruz, that wasn't his fault." Klaus prompted

"The girls, Klaus." Caroline replied irritably.

"Right." Klaus said, looking away and clearing his mind. He looked back at her and Caroline prepared for this trip to get far more complicated than it had been. Maybe not by Klaus letting his feelings impede on her protecting the girls, but more than likely her feelings doing that job. She'd forgotten how she could get lost in his eyes. "Where are they?" he asked.

"Come on." She replied, and turned around to lead him to the girls. There used to be a time when showing Klaus Mikaelson something precious to her or her loves ones was like asking for him to destroy it. But she knew she could trust him. Although Stefan was a jerk who couldn't be bothered to respect her at all now, Klaus kept him alive.

Klaus and Caroline walked into a bar across the street, where the bartender had been compelled to keep an eye on the girls and keep them from harm, and they were too frightened to go anywhere. Josie and Elizabeth merely held hands, staring at their mother. Klaus stood beside Caroline and looked at the twins thoughtfully.

"Which one is older?" He asked. Caroline stared back at them with a reassuring smile.

"Josie. She's a few seconds older." She replied. Klaus smiled to himself and walked towards the girls.

"Hello." He greeted warmly, the kindness in his eyes slowly starting to reflect in their eyes. He crouched before them on their stools to meet their eyes. "Did your mother tell you who I am?"

"She said you were a friend." Josie replied.

"But she didn't say what your name was." Elizabeth added. Klaus cocked his head to the side.

"That alright. I can tell you now." He said. They sat ready for the name and he smiled. "My name is Niklaus. But you can call me Klaus." Elizabeth nodded and squeezed Josie's hand, looking at her.

"Daddy's talked to his friend about you before." Josie said.

"Has he? Did the things he said make you scared of me?" Klaus asked. Caroline came closer.

"Yes. But when he sent us with Mommy he said you weren't as bad as he made you out to be." Josie replied. Klaus smiled.

"That's good to know." He said. He stood up. "I am only bad, to those who would hurt the people I want to take care of. And now, those people are you two and your mother." Klaus told them. Josie and Elizabeth smiled, looking up at him. "I'm going to take you all to my house, so you'll be extra safe." He promised.

Klaus turned away from the twins and Caroline looked at him as he stared at the door.

"We just have to be careful leaving. I have more enemies than friends in this town now." He murmured.

"How're we going to leave?" She asked. Klaus looked at her and pulled his phone from his pocket.

"I have a witch that can help." He replied. She was about to tease him about the fact that he never is nice to witches, but Josie and Lizzie looked back at her with blank faces.

Klaus went into the other room to make his phonecall and Caroline sat with her girls.

"Josie, Elizabeth, Klaus's full name, is Klaus Mikaelson. And for right now you need to call him Mr. Mikaelson, okay?" Josie and Lizzie nodded. "When we're inside Mr. Mikaelson's house, what do we do?"

"We'll be quiet and ask before we touch things." Josie piped up.

"We'll be careful and won't run." Elizabeth added

"What's the last thing we'll do?" Caroline asked

"Say please and thank you." Elizabeth replied. Caroline smiled

"Good. Alright. If anyone comes in here, get behind me. And when Mr. Mikaelson comes back, you can trust him too." She said.

"Can I get behind you, Mommy?" Josie asked.

"Yes you may." She replied.

"Can I get behind you too, Mommy?" Elizabeth asked

"Mr. Mikaelson can protect you too, Liz. You need to go behind him." Caroline replied. Lizzie nodded and Caroline heard a creaking in the back of the bar. It stopped and her heart raced, reaching out her arm to shield Lizzie. The figure came through from behind the door and Klaus looked at her with a smile.

"Boo." He said. She glared at him with a huff and stood up.

"What's going on, can we leave?" She asked.

"Not quite yet. But when the witch calls me back we will be able to."

"Who's this witch, getting to actually be nice with one?" Caroline asked. Klaus smiled again, his eyes shining.

"Jealous, love?" He asked in return. Her eyes darted to the girls, silencing him with a glare.

"She is my sister."

"You only have one sister." Caroline replied.

"As I thought too. But last year she reappeared and explained our mother had betrayed her as a child and she had not had a good life with our aunt Dahlia. Freya was the first-born, and so her magic was the most powerful. Her magic linked to Dahlia's, was able to make her immortal." Klaus replied, trying to keep the grim details out of the story. Caroline looked at him with a mixture of concern and happiness, making him wonder what she was thinking right then. But he was unable to ask her right then, as Freya called him. He pulled the phone from his pocket and held it to his ear.

"You and the others are cloaked, you can come home." Freya said. He smirked.

"Thank you, sister." He replied. A silence filled with surprise followed and Freya hung up, as he put the phone back.

"We're ready." He told her, and led Caroline and the twins to his compound, where his family was waiting.