Cami is sitting down on the couch with her laptop when the phone rings.
She looks down at the glowy screen. Klaus. Her breath catches for a second.
"Hello?" she says, trying to sound casual. Nothing. "Hello? Klaus?"
"Hi..." he says rather quietly. "It's me."
Cami chuckles softly. "I know." Silence. "Um, what's up?"
Klaus clears his throat. "Nothing. I'm sorry to disturb you. What- uh- what are you doing?"
Cami relaxes against the couch. She twists the locket he gave her earlier around her finger slowly. She had feared he wouldn't come around for at least a few days after coming to see her earlier at Rousseau's- as was his m.o. when things got weird- which was always- so she is glad he's calling.
"Just studying. What are you up to?"
She hears Hope cooing in the background. "I'm taking my sister and Hope out into the Quarter for dinner..."
Cami waits for him to say something more, but he doesn't.
"Oh... that's nice" is all she comes up with.
If Cami could see Klaus, she'd see him run his hand through his hair.
"Freya has been shuttered in the house for too long," he continues. "And I need her to start getting acclimated with being around people."
"I could see why that would be good," Cami says.
"She feels awkward being out," Klaus explains. "I'd like her to start having some sort of a normal routine."
Cami laughs lightly. "Normal? Don't take this the wrong way, but I don't think anything your family does is normal."
"True," he says with a chuckle, more at ease for a moment. "But nonetheless she has been asleep for 100 years. And I knew I need to know that she's okay around others, including my daughter. That's where I'm hoping you come in..."
Cami furrows her brow. "So you want me to come make sure she's normal?" she asks.
Klaus realizes how this sounds. "No," he answers quickly. "I want you to accompany me and my family to dinner."
Cami smiles.
"Maybe, in addition, you can talk to her a little..." Klaus adds. "Just... There will be music. Would you like that? I mean, will you come?"
Cami didn't let herself think.
"Yes," she answers. "Of course, I'll be there."
"You don't have to come anywhere," Klaus says. "We'll pick you up. Around eight?"
"Mmm-hmm." She gets up to walk to her room. "What should I wear? I mean, is it like dressy sort of thing?"
"The dress you were wearing today..." he replies, without thinking. "I liked that."
Cami blushes. "Oh..."
Klaus coughs. "I mean... I think that would be suitable."
Cami looks down at her tank top and boxers shorts. "Well lucky for you, I'm still wearing it," she teases, lying but happy. She's trying to sound casual about the whole thing.
"Well, there you are," he says. "I... I'll pick you up in about an hour."
"Okay..." Cami says. "Bye."
Klaus smiles. "Goodbye. I'll see you soon."
They both hang up.
Cami goes into her closet. The sleeveless white dress was hanging where she left it a little while ago.
"There you are," she says with a grin.
In Hope's room, Klaus lays his daughter in her crib. He looks out the window into the Quarter, a feeling of contentment washing so over him that he doesn't hear the footsteps behind him.
