Sorry I haven't been updating. Suffering from what's commonly known as Writer's Block; but really I have fifteen other ideas in my head that are battling for attention. This chapter will be finished, I promise.
Luckily the door was closed. They didn't think about that once the kisses got heated. Klaus looked over at Caroline, who was now just staring at the ceiling peacefully, seeming to wait for him to look at her because she had a look in her eye when she turned her head to him. he smiled knowingly at her and she kissed him again, rolling over to lie on his chest. They both just laid there for a moment, their minds full of the next potential day. Their minds on Camille.
"Yeah, so...this was what I wanted." Klaus said, staring straight ahead. Caroline stared at the adjacent wall almost in the same manner; bewilderment and relief, that the situation had been handled.
"But you didn't know before." Caroline prompted. Klaus leaned his head forward and kissed her head.
"No, I didn't know." He admitted. Caroline began to think of what that meant. He'd chosen her; he was in bed, with her. The promise he'd made a century ago, he decided to keep it. He began to stroke her hair after he pushed it from her face and tucked it behind her ear. Caroline moved her head so she was staring the same place he was.
"How come you know now?" She asked. Klaus smiled to himself.
"Well, you're much better in bed, I must say." He replied, and she playfully slapped his shoulder.
"I'm being serious." She said happily. "What made you choose me?" She asked. Klaus looked at her.
"You were worried I wasn't going to pick you." Klaus realized, seeing the fright that was left in her eyes. Caroline looked away and then back at him, telling him he was right. "Well that's one reason." He told her.
"What?" She asked.
"If I were in this position with Camille, she wouldn't be frightened about losing me. She would just move on." Klaus replied. Caroline looked back to the wall to think.
"Okay. So what're you going to tell her?" Caroline asked.
"The truth." Klaus replied simply "She deserves to know why we aren't going to be together any longer, and why. Beyond that, I don't think there's much to say." Caroline nodded and rolled to lie on her back. Both of them stared at the ceiling, their minds chaotic with mostly the same thoughts.
Klaus got out of bed first, and got his clothes back on slowly, Caroline glancing at him occasionally and smiling. Klaus was fully dressed when there was a knock on the door. He looked from Caroline to the door.
"No one knocks in this house but Hope." Klaus told Caroline. "And by now, she knows you're in the house."
"You didn't tell her I was here?" Caroline asked.
"You know why I wouldn't have told her, Caroline." Klaus replied. She sped out of the bed and put her clothes on, then haphazardly tried to remake the bed. Klaus watched her and she noticed then stared back at him. "What are you doing?" He asked with a smirk
"Your young daughter didn't know I was in the house until just hours ago, and then she opens the door to this? What's she going to think?" Caroline demanded in a whisper.
"It's alright love, when I explain things to her she won't automatically think you're a...a-"
"Slut?" Caroline asked with her arms crossed
"No, not a slut, a...woman of the night."
"Yeah, a woman of the night is pretty much the same thing." Caroline snapped. Klaus gave her a look.
"She's not going to think less of you." Klaus assured her, and brought her to him. He kissed her forehead and then looked back in her eyes. She nodded and stayed where she was when Klaus went to open the door.
Hope stood in the door, one hand holding her other arm. She looked like a teenager.
"Hi." Caroline greeted and Hope smiled at her in reply.
"Hi." Hope said, and Klaus gestured her in. Hope looked to her father. "Who is this?" She asked.
"This is Caroline." Klaus said, and stood by her as Caroline stood anxious, waiting for Hope's first impression of her. Hope smiled and put a hand out.
"Nice to meet you." Hope greeted and Klaus smiled in pride at his daughter. Caroline held out a hand as well and gripped hers, shaking it.
"Nice to meet you too." Caroline replied. Hope looked to her father again.
"Mom wants to see you." Hope said. Klaus nodded and looked to Caroline.
"I'll be back." He told her, and left the room. Caroline stood awkwardly as Hope stared at her, smiling.
"How long have you known my dad?" Hope asked. Caroline smiled.
"Since before you were born." She replied. Hope scoffed.
"Everyone's known my dad since before I was born. I'm only a hundred years old." Hope said. Caroline cocked her head to the side, and when Hope noticed she quickly righted herself.
"Sorry, I was just wondering...how can you look so young and still be a hundred?" She asked. Hope shrugged.
"Mom and dad wanted to know why too. I think it's because I was born as a vampire, along with everything else that I was born as. Being a vampire slowed my aging down. At least that's what a witch doctor Uncle Elijah made Dad go to said." Hope replied. Caroline smiled again.
"Right. Did you ever find out how old you look? Like thirteen, fourteen?" She asked.
"I think I'm fifteen, actually." Hope replied. Caroline gave her a look, impressed.
Klaus came back in the room, to hear Caroline and Hope laughing with eachother. Hope looked to whoever came in the room and continued laughing. Klaus grinned and looked at Caroline.
"What's so funny?" He asked. Caroline laughed harder and looked at Hope, then walked to him.
"Okay, so-" She started laughing again and made Hope laugh even harder, stamping her foot on the ground. Klaus laughed at the sight of seeing his daughter so happy and grinned at Caroline. "You know how Harry Potter was running at the platforms between 9 and 10?" She asked, and lost it again. Klaus hadn't kept up with the movies during Caroline's lifetime and so he just put his hands on her shoulders.
"I think this is the first inside joke you have with my daughter." Klaus decided. Caroline grinned at him and hugged him hard.
"I seriously wanted that." Caroline replied, then held onto him for a second longer, her hand in his hair, then pulled away, smiling at Klaus and then Hope. When she turned back to Klaus he kissed her. Hope sped out of the room before much more happened between them. But Caroline just put her arms around his neck, his hands places on her waist, and they talked.
"So Hope's growing very slowly?" Caroline asked. Klaus shrugged and looked away slightly, her hand brushing into his hair accidentally and sending shivers up her spine.
"Well, not everything took so much time. She grew out of being disrespectful when she reached thirteen. Now we just have to help her through puberty." Klaus replied. Caroline giggled.
"How long's that gonna be, a decade, two?" She asked. Klaus tried to stop from laughing and buried his head in her shoulder when it seemed impossible. She grinned and held her head in her shoulder. Then she led him to the bed again and Klaus stopped her. Caroline looked in his eye as he pulled back.
"Remember Camille?" He asked. Caroline nodded. "We might as well get it over with so the pain will be over sooner for her." Klaus said. Caroline nodded and kissed his neck, nuzzling into him again. Klaus held her tighter impulsively, and shivered as her kisses trailed up behind his ear.
"Or" He said "we could do it a bit later." He added shakily.
"Mmm-hmm." Caroline replied, her voice vibrating against his neck. Klaus moaned and they fell back onto the bed once more.