glad you all liked the last update, hope you like this one!

this is going to be more about klaus/kelly i wanted to write more about just them being friends and their coparenting. next one will be about jackson/jade while this one is going on...

Take Me Home Tonight, part 1

"[I didn't] scare boys from coming to see you," - Klaus, Look After You, Chapter 29

It was the big day, Saturday, the night of the bonfire. Jackson felt nervous, but he wasn't sure why. Jade said she would go and her best friend told him that she obviously liked him. And, as Aiden pointed out, it was a good idea to ask her to the bonfire first because it wasn't like a date date. So, why was it as he got to the bar to pick her up he felt ridiculously nervous?

"Hey," Jade smiled at him as he came in close to the end of her shift. "I thought I was meeting you there?"

"I didn't want you driving out there and back alone so," he shrugged and that was true.

"Oh, well thanks," she smiled at the sweet gesture. "I just have to wait for Cami to get here to relieve me, so..."

"I got it, she should be here soon if you wanna tear out early," Josh assured Jade, trying not to be obvious.

"Ok," Jade shrugged, grabbing her bag. "I think I'm good then, I don't need to stop at the house or-oh my God!" she stopped abruptly, dropping her stuff and running around the side of the bar. Jackson looked at Josh in confusion, Josh just shrugging as they watched her rush to hug a woman that had come over closer to the bar, followed by a taller man with darker hair.

"It's good to see you too honey," Kelly laughed as she returned her daughter's embrace.

"What are you doing here mom?" Jade smiled as she let her mom go.

"No hug for me?" her step dad was laughing.

"Hi Theo," Jade laughed, tip toeing to give her step dad a quick peck on the cheek. "Jack, Josh, this is my mom Kelly and step dad Theo," she introduced them quickly.

"Hi," Josh nodded to greet them with Jackson saying hi as well, though getting up to shake their hands.

"So, really, mom," Jade was saying now. "What are you doing in New Orleans?"

"Well, you know how we were going away for the week," Kelly explained and Jade was aware of their vacation plans to visit Jamaica for the following week. "Our overnight layover was supposed to be out of Houston, but you're dad suggested changing it to here so we thought why not."

"Dad did that?" Jade asked.

"Mhmm," Kelly nodded and noticed Jade's concerned look. "What is it honey?"

"Well, it's just you're only here tonight," Jade explained. "But, I already," she started to motion to Jackson. And then Jackson realized why he was so nervous and was surprised it didn't hit him sooner. He didn't just have plans to hang out with a girl that he liked. The girl that he liked also happened to be Klaus Mikaelson's daughter.

"Oh, it's ok," Jackson promised.

"Well, now I feel bad," Jade went on, catching her mom's look. "...what?" she asked her mom.

"Did you dad know about your plans?" Kelly asked her.

"I mean, yeah," Jade shrugged. "But what does that..." She noticed her mom's expression. "You don't think that-"

"Honey, have you met your father?" Kelly asked sarcastically. "You go, have fun."

"Are you sure mom?" Jade asked. She really did want to go to the party with Jackson but she hadn't seen her mom in a long time.

"Jade, if your dad can change our plans so we're here, he shouldn't have any trouble changing us so we're here on our way back," she smirked at her. "Go, have fun."

"It's really ok Mrs..." Jackson started off.

"Kelly," she stopped him. "And I'm telling you, it's really ok." She smiled at him. "He only thinks he's in charge. I'll handle it."

"Thanks mom," Jade grinned, kissing her cheek as she went to leave the bar with Jackson. She ran into Cami on her way out, exchanging a quick goodbye, with Cami quietly making Jade promise to text her later.

"Hey mom," Marcel greeted Kelly as he came over to the end of the bar where she and Theo were sitting, Cami getting behind the bar for her shift now.

"Hi honey," Kelly smirked at him, hugging him quickly. She was up to date on what the lie was, that she and Jade's dad adopted Marcel before having her and that Klaus and Elijah were pretending to be Jade's cousins.

"Mom?" Cami asked in surprise. "I didn't know you were coming to town," she commented with a smile.

"Their dad set it up as a surprise," Kelly was telling her, though she wasn't overly amused with Klaus at the moment. "I'm Kelly, this is my husband Theo."

"It's so nice to meet you," Cami was telling them. "I'm Cami, I'm a friend of Jade and Marcel's. What can I get you?"

"What's your specialty?" Kelly asked.

"I make a mean hurricane," Cami smiled at her.

"Two of those then," Kelly told her.

"So, you're like a fun mom," Cami said lightly as she got two glasses out as she figured she insisted Jade go to the party as well as having her make them drinks. She's wasn't at all like Cami's mom, or any of her friends' moms she knew growing up.

"Ah, tell my two teenagers at home that," Kelly laughed and Cami laughed too. "But they're not here and I'm on vacation."

"Good deal," Cami smiled, passing her and Theo their drinks. "I'll be right back," she told Kelly, going to take care of someone else.

"Ok, so fill me in," Kelly was saying to Marcel quickly as he lead her to a nearby table, sitting across from her and Theo. "Who knows, who's what, etc?"

"Cami doesn't know anything," Marcel told her flat out. "Josh is a vampire, most of the wolves are out at the party Jade's at-"

"Which is what Jackson is?" Kelly asked and Marcel nodded to confirm; they stopped as Cami was coming over to their table to continue talking.

"You said their dad set this up, as a surprise?" Cami was asking now, having a spare moment. She was so excited to meet Jade's mom, she had heard a lot about her family but only met her brother and cousins.

"He does that," Kelly commented, sipping her drink.

"I really think it's so cool how you two still get along," Cami continued; she had told Jade this before, how her blended family was really something special.

"Oh, well we're not really getting along at the moment sweetheart," Kelly informed her, noticing Klaus coming into the bar now, saying this for his benefit as she was sure he was listening. He also seemed to be looking around for Jade, wondering where she was; Kelly couldn't wait to tell him.

"What do you mean?" Cami asked in confusion.

"Aunt Kelly," Klaus greeted her, kissing her cheek before going to sit next to Marcel, directly across from her. "I didn't know you were coming to town."

"Oh, so you don't know what your uncle did then?" Kelly asked, raising her eyebrows; he shrugged at her, playing clueless. "I guess Jade told her father about some plans that she had this evening, a date?" she emphasized. "And her dad, being her dad," she said in annoyance. "Set it up so I would be here, probably hoping that she wouldn't go."

"Doesn't sound like him," Klaus commented casually.

"Doesn't it though?" Kelly asked and he shrugged innocently.

"Where is Jade then?" Klaus asked now.

"Oh, I told her she should still go," Kelly smiled sweetly at him. She saw that flash of agitation in his eyes and she felt pretty pleased with herself given how he tried to manipulate their child.

"Really?" he questioned, keeping his cool though he was getting angry now.

"Like I said before, a fun mom," Cami laughed, taking Kelly's glass and heading back to the bar as things started to pick up more. "I'll get you another one, have fun!"

"Thank you," Kelly told Cami before turning back to Klaus. "And to answer you, she's twenty two, and earned a right to a little fun I think," Kelly replied simply.

"Kelly," he was saying quietly, his voice even but angry.

"Do you think we were born yesterday?" Kelly quipped. "What on earth were you thinking?"

"You just told her to go, without thinking I might have some legitimate reason for-" He was really going to try to argue that he didn't want Jade to go for her safety or protection.

"Other than being a complete control freak?" Kelly interrupted him; she turned to Marcel. "Is there something wrong with Jackson?"

"...no," Marcel answered; he got a look from Klaus. "I'm not gonna lie to my mom man," he said lightly as Cami was back now with Kelly's second drink.

"Let me ask you Cami," Kelly said, turning to her now.

"Ask me what?" Cami asked.

"We really don't need to," Klaus started off.

"No,no,no," Kelly stopped him. "I want a non-family member's opinion." She turned back to Cami. "What do you think about what Jade's dad did?"

"I mean, it sounds a little extreme, if that was even his intention," Cami laughed a little, not sure she bought someone's dad flying their mom in just to keep them from going on a date.

"I'm sure it wasn't-"

"It was," Kelly cut Klaus off, waiting for Cami to continue.

"Even if it was excessive," Cami went on, unaware of what she was getting pulled into. "His overall reaction to her dating is completely normal."

"Really?" Klaus asked, though he looked at Kelly when he said it.

"I mean, yeah," she shrugged. "It's basic psychology really. A lot of dads are used to being the number one man in their daughter's life, so when they date they know eventually one of the guys is gonna be the one to replace them."

"Interesting," Kelly told her with a sly grin. "Thank you so much Cami."

"Sure," Cami shrugged, heading back to the bar.

"Jade was right," Kelly was commenting to her husband. "This place is so much fun."

It wasn't too long after that Elijah joined them at the bar, already having known his brother's plan and warning him beforehand that it wasn't going to go over well with the women in his life. With an early flight the next morning Kelly suggested they all go back to the house, though she told Theo to go ahead to bed while she waited up for Jade to hear about her night.

"I'm not done with you," Kelly informed Klaus as she spotted him trying to get by to go upstairs. He had figured the passive aggressive conversation at the bar wasn't going to cut it with her. "What in the hell were you thinking?"

"What was I thinking?" Klaus countered; he was still trying to stick with having a legitimate reason for not wanting Jade out that night.

"Marcel already told me there isn't anything wrong with him," Kelly reminded him. "So, try again."

"Did it occur to you that I didn't think it was safe for her to drive out there in the middle of the night and back after everyone was drinking?" Klaus argued.

"Valid point," Kelly nodded in agreement with him. "I guess that's why Jackson came to pick her up at the bar, because he didn't want her doing that either."

Oh, Klaus thought to himself. He hadn't known that part, he thought Kelly just told Jade to go ahead and let her leave on her own. Even still...

"What is your issue with this guy?" Kelly demanded. "You've never been like this before." It was true. He had never been a fan of Jade dating but he also never tried to trick her out of going before.

"I just don't think he's good enough for her," Klaus told her now.

"Oh my God," Kelly groaned, her head falling back. "I'm sorry his family didn't found New Orleans or anything," she told him sarcastically as Jade seemed drawn to founding family members when she lived in Mystic Falls. "But if this is some status thing you've got a lot of nerve-"

"I thought Jackson was the Crescent alpha," Elijah interjected now, which he obvious knew he was just pointing out to give Kelly more of an argument against his brother.

"What does that mean?" Kelly asked in confusion.

"Werewolf royalty," Marcel translated for her and Kelly turned to look at Klaus, shaking her head again.

"All right, if you're not one of Jade's parents," Klaus emphasized. "Out."

"It doesn't matter," Kelly was arguing with him, though she waved the other two good night as they went upstairs. "Because this isn't a parental conversation, because we have no say." She motioned to the door. "Our daughter is twenty-two, she's graduated from college."

"She still lives here," Klaus said, grasping at straws.

"Hit her with that and she'll move out," Kelly informed him. "Does this have to do with what Cami said?" she asked, her tone a little more gentle. She had thought it was funny when Cami pointed out about fathers fearing being replaced, but with the way Klaus was acting she was wondering if there wasn't something serious to it.

"Kelly," Klaus shook his head at her.

"Don't Kelly me," she reasoned. "Nik, that girl adores you. She's adored you since she was five and you were our literal knight in shining armor. But if you try to control her, if you try to manipulate every aspect of her life she's going to end up resenting you."

"How are you so ok with all this?" Klaus asked her now.

"Because we already did the parenting thing with her," Kelly reminded him. "And I think she turned out pretty well," she said with a soft smile. "We just have to let her take it from here."

"I can't do that," Klaus shook his head.

"Why not?" Kelly asked in exasperation.

"Because what happened with her and Mason almost killed me," Klaus snapped at her. "I never felt so...so useless. Sitting there watching her cry on that bench last year..." He trailed off, shaking his head.

"Do you think I enjoyed that?" Kelly asked back like he was crazy. "Listening to her blast that depressing music to cover up her crying? Her asking me and Theo was was wrong with her? Or how about her deciding on an impulse that she was going to move to New Orleans?" she continued. "We're her parents Nik, we don't get to protect her from everything."

"You've yet to see me try," he informed her.

"Not normal human feelings," she told him with an eye roll. "Look, I get it. And trust me, no one wants to kill Mason Lockwood more than I do. Especially when I see him around town with that girl he's dating now, ugh," Kelly was saying through her teeth. "But we don't get to control that," she repeated, getting back to focus.

"I don't want her to see him," he said again, unable to let this go.

"Too. Bad," she told him sternly. Just then the front door was opening, indicating that Jade was home. Rather than stick around, Klaus sped out of the room, leaving Kelly groaning in annoyance.

"Mom?" Jade asked as she came into the main room. "I thought I heard dad?"

"I think he's turned in for the night honey," Kelly told her though she suspected Klaus was somewhere nearby listening.

"Is he mad?" Jade asked, biting her lip.

"More like moody," Kelly said lightly. "Like your sister." Jade snorted a laugh. "Come here, sit with me," Kelly said, nodding at the couch. Kelly sat down with Jade sitting next to her, though she turned to lay so her head was against her mother's leg. "Someone had fun tonight," Kelly teased, figuring her daughter was a little drunk as she ran her hand over her daughter's hair.

"Little bit, yeah," Jade laughed, sighing as she settled against her mother's leg.

"How were things with Jackson?" Kelly asked now.

"They were great mom," Jade gushed, sitting up again. "He's just...I really like him," she told her, feeling herself blush.

"I can see that," Kelly smiled at her. "He drove you home?" she confirmed.

"Walked me to the door too," Jade corrected her.

"Oooo, well then," Kelly teased and Jade laughed. "Kiss good night?"

"Ah, no," Jade shook her head.

"Oh," Kelly made a bit of a face. "Scared?" she asked, nodding at the stairs obviously meaning Klaus.

"No," Jade shook her head again. "Because I'm, ya know," she motioned to herself. "Drunk," she admitted.

"Oh," Kelly said again, though this time pleasantly surprised. "Well, that's very respectful," she said for Klaus's benefit because again she was sure he was listening; upstairs in the hall he was rolling his eyes at Kelly.

"He's really sweet mom," she said, laying down against her mom again. "I really like him. He's not like Eric or Mason at all. He just...mmm, I don't know," she was saying sleepily.

"He sounds great sweetie," Kelly promised, urging her to sit up now. "C'mon, time for bed."

"Ok," Jade smiled at her, accepting her mom's hand as she helped her stand. Jade went upstairs without issue, her mom behind her, heading into her room and saying good night one more time before closing the door and collapsing on her bed. Kelly went around the corner where she caught Klaus standing there.

"Figured you were around," she commented sarcastically. He went to move around her to go to his room but she stepped in his way. "You're going to repeat after me."

"Kelly," he said in annoyance, trying to step around her; she moved in his path again. "Kelly, if I wanted to go around you, you know that I-"

"After me," she said again and he rolled his eyes, motioning for her to get on with it. "I will not interfere."

"Kel-"

"I will not," she started again, motioning for him to finish.

"Interfere," he muttered.

"I will not manipulate my child," she said now.

"I will not manipulate my child," he repeated.

"Because I know she is happy," Kelly emphasized.

"Because I know she's happy," he sighed.

"And my number one job as her father is to make sure she is happy," she finished.

"My number on job as her father is to make sure she's happy," he said. "Satisfied?"

"Very much so," Kelly smirked at him, kissing his cheek. "Good night Nik."

"Good night," he muttered, moving by her to go to his room finally.

"Good morning," Jade was saying as she was the last one to breakfast that morning. "I'm glad I didn't miss you," she commented to her mom, kissing her cheek as she went by.

"Car is going to be here soon," Kelly told her of their ride to the airport.

"Morning sweet pea," Theo greeted her as she pat his shoulder walking by.

"This is the most chipper I've ever seen you with a hangover," Marcel commented with a smirk as Jade sat next to him; they sat opposite her mom and step dad, with Klaus and Elijah at the table's ends.

"Guess I'm just in a good mood," Jade smirked back at him, sitting in the seat closest to her dad. "...hey dad," she said to him, wondering if he was mad at her.

"Morning sweetheart," he greeted her warmly, passing her a plate. "Got some of your favorites."

"Mmm, beignets," she smiled, taking one and putting it on her plate. "It's not my birthday," she said, though there were plenty of other times she got a special breakfast.

"No," he laughed, watching her smile; she was really happy.

"Someone die?" she joked.

"Lord I hope not," Kelly murmured, making Elijah crack a smile. "Jade, when you're done eating, something came for you this morning," she said to her.

"What?" Jade asked in confusion; no one else had seen.

"It's out on the table, by the couch," Kelly told her and Jade got up to go. "You wanna see this," Kelly nodded for Klaus to go to. He held back, though from where he was around the corner he saw Jade light up with delight at the sight of flowers for her on the table. Just then her phone started ringing.

"Hello?" Jade answered.

"It's me!" Cami laughed. "You never texted me about last night."

"Well," Jade was grinning. "You'll never guess who woke up to a dozen roses in her living room."

"Ah, yes!" Cami said excitedly. "I am so jealous," she laughed.

"Oh my God," Jade rolled her eyes at her as she read the card, knowing obviously who they were from but still smiling anyway.

"Color?" Cami asked.

"This really pretty yellowy orange color," Jade answered.

"Oh ok, not red," Cami confirmed.

"Right, red's lame," Jade was agreeing with her, both girls laughing. "Listen, I gotta say goodbye to my mom and stepdad, but I'll talk to you at work."

"I wanna hear all about it," Cami teased, hanging up the phone. Still grinning, Jade rounded the corner to go back to the table but ran right into her dad.

"Oh, sorry dad," Jade said, still smiling ear to ear, kissing his cheek as she bounced by. Maybe Klaus didn't want her dating but there was one thing for sure.

Jade really was happy.

thanks for reading! i really hope you liked it! the next chapter is going to take place on the same day it's just going to be about jackson/jade at the party. i just wanted to show more about klaus/kelly's relationship since they didn't have much of one in the other story

let me know what you thought!