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"Let's put all our worries aside for the night." He kisses her again and leads her to an empty room where he kicks the door closed and throws her onto a bed. "I missed you Caroline."

"I've missed you too." He was helping her get out of her dress and reveled in her half-nakedness. Using her vampire strength and speed, she flipped them over making her on top. Removing every piece of clothing viciously, he can tell how badly she wants this. Sitting up, Klaus grabs her and whooshes her up against the dresser. The last of the clothes and undergarments were discarded prior to Klaus entering Caroline. She sighed in relief as he kissed her, moving his hips to meet hers in rhythm.

Without meaning to, Caroline's vampire teeth came out and she gasped, covering her embarrassment. Klaus pauses and says, "No need to hide love." He picks her up and carries her – while still in her – to the bed. "Do it," he dared.

She kisses his lips, cheek and chin before making it to his throat. Her heart feels as if it will pound out of her chest; she has never vamped out during sex before. Tenderly, she kisses his neck before stabbing her teeth into his neck. He feels her grind her hips against him so he starts up again.

It wasn't long before he bites her too. Between the werewolf venom and the cure, the results were euphoric. They break free, stare deep into their vampire eyes watching them return to human once again before reaching their climax.

"Klaus…" she gasps before he kisses her once again, mixing both of their blood together.

Sweaty and spent, he sweetly kisses Caroline, wraps his arms around her and whispers, "Go to sleep Caroline."

"That was amazing, right?" she asks as she snuggles into his arms and lays a hand over his heart.

"Nothing even comes close. That was more than amazing."

"Have you ever done that before?"

"Not once in all my years." This made her smile. "I don't take blood sharing lightly."

That night they slept side by side as … equals, partners, lovers. In the morning, they wake up to laughter in the hallway, running past their closed door.

Klaus plays with a strand of her hair until her eyes flutter open. "Good morning love."

"Morning. Sounded like the girls are up."

"Ah yes, they've been up for a while but stayed in their room until Hayley went to get them."

"I should get up and go make sure my girls are being good." She rolled over to look at him, eye to eye. "Last night was amazing. It had been so long for me; since having the twins actually." He raised his eyebrows in question. "Oh, well, you know. Vampire, mother of two, lived with the father, college drop out. Not really dating material."

"You are definitely dating material. Beautiful, intelligent, kind hearted, loyal…I could go on."

There was a small silence before Caroline spoke. "Klaus, who is Camille?"

"What?" he was obviously thrown off guard.

"Marcel mentioned a woman – Camille – and you grew angry saying she was dead. What happened?"

"I didn't kill her if that's what you're asking."

"That's not what I asked Klaus."

He stared at her before saying, "Camille reminded me of you my first day in New Orleans. We connected right away, talked about art, she challenged me. Much like you." Pause. "And she was blonde, that helped." He snickered as she playfully punched him in the shoulder. "She was human. That was until she got mixed up in my world.

"She sounds nice."

"You would have liked her."

Moving up to sit on his lap, sitting on top of him, she lifts her hand to his temple and says, "Show me."

He normally would argue with anyone invading his mind but there wasn't anything he needed to spare Caroline to. She has known him at his best, and most importantly, his worst. Opening his memories up to her, he shared the history of Cami with Caroline.

"She seemed really special to you. I'm sorry Klaus."

"I've had a lot of time to think about her while Marcel had me locked up and I realized that she was just a replacement for you. Her being human was exactly like you but once she turned into a vampire, she changed too. Into something that wasn't not her."

"I changed when I became a vampire too. That's what happens."

"Yeah but she became something else. You once explained that you became a better version of yourself," she nodded, remembering the conversation. "Well, Cami didn't."

Caroline had nothing to say. So, she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, got up and pulled on a pair of jeans and shirt out of her duffle bag.

He watched her with admiration before his own question. "Why'd you come to New Orleans? Why did you come for me?"

"I needed a safe place for my girls. Stefan is still on the run from Reyna and Ric left with Damon. Like I said earlier yesterday, you were my first thought I had because I have never felt safer than when I'm with you. But I didn't want to be that girl so I went through a few options eventually making my way tothe New Orleans boarder." Once dressed, she turned around and faced him. "When that bar waitress said no one's seen you in years, I was ready to just break down on that floor and give up." Fully dressed, she sat down on the bed next to the still naked Klaus. "Deep in the bottom of my heart I knew I could count on you. Terrified me to know you were in trouble."

"I was never in trouble. I played my hand with Marcel and won."

She looked at him thoughtfully and smiled. "A thousand years old. Guess you always know how to play your cards."

There was a high-pitched scream followed by laughter as the girls ran through the halls and Hayley chasing after them saying, "I'll get you my pretties. And your little dog too." Caroline and Klaus chuckled at the horrible Wicked Witch impression and then she got up. "I'm going to go check on my girls. Try to pry them away from Hope so you can spend the day with her alone. Not that it will be easy to do so," she chuckled.

Not expecting her to do that for him, Klaus has a look of surprise on his face but Caroline is already out of the door and does not notice. Dressing quickly, he leaves to find two women and three girls playing in the garden, all running in circles.

Hayley spots Klaus and stops Hope to carry her to the front porch. "Hope, this is Klaus. Do you remember the stories of your daddy that I've told you?" Hope nodded as Hayley set her down on her feet. "Well, your daddy's name is Niklaus Mikaelson."

Klaus was terrified. There was only a handful of times he had ever felt this fear – all to be counted on one hand. However, his daughter looked up at him in awe and smiled. "You're my dad?"

He knelt down in front of her and said, "Yes. Hope, I'm your dad." Hayley smiled and left the two alone. "You've grown so much from the last time I saw you."

"Mom told me why you left."

"What did she say?"

"You were protecting your family. The people in the boxes in the attic."

"Your mom was quite right."

"Mom also told me you like painting."

"All kinds of art actually." Without another word, Hope takes his hand and leads him to her room and handed him a large binder. Each page covered in drawings and watercolor paint. "These are incredibly talented; especially, for someone so young," he beamed with pride.

The whole rest of the day, Klaus spent most of his time with Hope. She was bright and kind; something that he always desired for his daughter. At dinner, everyone came back together for Josie and Lizzie's favorite food – macaroni and cheese with hot dogs. Caroline said it was a family recipe and not from a box.

Hope finished her food first after gulping down her plate and asked to go play in her room. "What do you say to Caroline for making dinner?" asked Hayley.

"Thank you for the yummy mac and cheese."

"You're very welcome Hope. Glad you liked it." Hope then looked at Klaus for approval to leave, which he gave with a wink.

Soon all the girls were full and excused as Caroline began clearing the plates. "Let me help you love," Klaus said.

"I'll go get the girls cleaned up and ready for bed," Hayley said. "I have some of Hope's old pajamas the twins can have."

"Thank you," Caroline expressed.

Once Hayley had left, Caroline figured to wait until Klaus was ready to talk before saying anything so she just worked on hand washing the dishes while he wiped down the table and assisted on drying. Being near him made Caroline's skin on fire. Casually bumping elbows and sharing smiles. Before long, Hayley was back with three children. Lizzie and Josie ran to Caroline to kiss and hug her goodnight. Once received, they ran past Hope and Hayley giggling.

Hayley was knelt down whispering to Hope – which everyone with vampire hearing could hear – saying, "Go say goodnight to your daddy Hope. Big hug like we talked about."

Klaus walked over to Hayley and Hope, knelt down to their level saying, "That's okay Hayley." Looking at Hope, he adds, "Hope, you don't have to do anything you don't want to."

She looked as if she was considering it before saying, "Night," and running down the hallway in the opposite direction. Caroline watched Klaus' face turn into a disappointed frown.

"I'm sorry Klaus," Hayley starts before standing up. "She'll warm up to you soon." She places a hand on his shoulder and leaves.

Klaus slowly rises to his feet and stands solemnly in the hallway entrance. "When she was born, I vowed to never become my father. Someone who I feared and fled from on multiple occasions."

"She's not scared of you Klaus," answers Caroline. "She's a young girl who just met the king from her dreams, but at the same time she's never met you in person that she can remember." Closing the vast space between her and him, she slides her hands under his arms and over his stomach. "Give her time, just like you gave me. She'll come around. It's incredibly hard to resist you. Trust me."

He chuckled, placing his hands over hers, enjoying her closeness. "There was a time I gave you advice on parenting. Guess that's changed."

Hayley comes back into the kitchen ten minutes later to find the two finishing the last dish. "Caroline, if you don't mind, I have an errand to run tomorrow and wouldn't mind the help."

Klaus jumped at her saying, "I can assist."

Caroline put her hand up and said, "No, Klaus. Use tomorrow to bond with your daughter." Looking at Hayley, she asked, "What do we need to do?"

"Just some grocery shopping and a few other little things. Should be back by dark."

Caroline nodded. "I'll make sure to set an alarm so that I'm ready by nine."

"Great, night."

Klaus stared at Caroline, brow creased. He was unhappy. "You can't control me Klaus. Besides, some alone time is a good idea." At that, her phone rang in her back pocket. Looking at it, she sighed. "I have to take this. Excuse me."

She walked outside and answered her phone. "Hello." There was obvious yelling because she pulls the phone away from her ear before resuming the call. "You have no right to yell at me! Are you with Damon right now?" Pause. "Whatever, you say Ric. Damon would have been fine at the house, you know he would never let anything bad happen to the girls." Another pause. "The girls are fine and we will remain here until I feel as if I can return with them safely."

She looked back at the house to find Klaus watching her through the window intensely. "Don't threaten me Ric…" she gasps, "They are too my daughters! Call me when you are not drunk off your ass and feel like you can apologize!" She hangs up the phone and throws it on the ground, frustrated. Turning back to face the trees, she crosses her arms, not wanting to face Klaus yet.

Despite knowing she wanted to be alone to organize her thoughts, he left the kitchen door to the yard to find her whooshing into the trees after something. He rushes after her. After a moment of searching, he finds a wolf laying on the ground and Caroline sitting next to it, covered in blood.

"Caroline –"

"I saw the eyes glowing. Thought it was a werewolf."

"But –"

"It's not a full moon. Yeah, I realized that after killing it. Just a regular wolf. Suppose I'm a little too jumpy."

Pulling her up by her elbow, he says, "You used to say they weren't yours. Three times if I'm not mistaken, in our last phone call."

"But you reminded me that it's okay to love something that I can't explain. I've changed in the past few years. They're my daughters as much as they're Ric's. They may not have my DNA but I carried them, I almost died giving birth to them, I sacrificed my entire life for them. They are mine!" she yelled.

"You know that, he knows that. He will apologize eventually," he said calmly, wiping blood from her chin.

"How do you know?"

"Because I tried to keep Hope from Hayley once. I was stupid, power hungry and –"

"Being Klaus?

He smirked, "I was going to say territorial."

"And you regretted doing it?"

"Not as much as I should have but I know that Hayley is her mother. I didn't want Hope to wake up one day, hating me for keeping Hayley from her." He licked his finger that now had blood on it, his eyes getting dark. Growling, he brought her closer, catching her off guard. Licking her chin and neck free of blood, she leaned into him moaning, giving him all of herself, submitting to the hybrid.

"Klaus…" she breathed. Pushing her into a tree, recreating their first physical activity, Klaus kisses her, tasting of blood. Biting her lip with his fangs, venom entered her body, making her knees give out. Klaus caught her with ease and wrapped them around his waist, holding her up with his hands on her butt.

Quickly removing all clothes and throwing each other into trees, Caroline was soon crying out Klaus' name out into the darkness.

Klaus was still holding Caroline up, even a few minutes after climax. "I have no idea how you are still holding me right now."

"It's easy when the woman I'm holding is so breathtaking. Makes me never want to let you go." She smiled thoughtfully as he placed her on the ground softly. Her legs buckle beneath her and he catches her. "You alright love?"

"You bit me earlier."

She touched her lip when he said, "I didn't even realize; you should have bit me back."

"I know I could have but it wasn't painful, so I just gave into it." He looked at her with a look she was growing to enjoy – admiration. He puts his wrist up to her face, a few inches from her mouth. Her eyes grow dark and she closes the distance between them. Biting into his arm, she feels him cradling her head protectively. Quickly the venom is out of her system and she lets go. "Thank you."

Once dressed, they walk hand in hand, slowly back up to the house. "Um, I'm not sure if you want to share a room again tonight but, um, I would like to…" she stuttered, obviously embarrassed as she stopped to pick up her phone from the grass.

His eyes grew but he chuckled, "I would love to Caroline."