When Caroline woke up that morning, she had to look around for a few moments to realise where she was. She was in Klaus's house in New Orleans. As she remembered the events of last night, she rubbed her eyes. The soft smell of pancakes wafted into the room and Caroline got out of bed and went down to see where the smell was coming from. She found Klaus downstairs in the kitchen; he was fumbling with a recipe book over the stove. She watched him, amused.
"You okay there?" She asked, making him jump. She actually made the big bad vampire Klaus, jump about 10 feet in the air.
"Caroline..."
"I scared you"
"You did not." Klaus tried to cover the fact that he had been scared.
"Yes I did." Caroline laughed, "What are you making anyway?"
"Pancakes?" Klaus asked, "Have I done them right?"
"Yep. They're actually really good once you get over the fact that they look like a blob, not a pancake."
"I can make you something else?"
"No, I love pancakes actually."
"Oh, good."
They sat down at Klaus breakfast bar and Caroline nibbled at her pancakes. Klaus even had a few. '
"So what are we doing today, love?"
"I was actually going to visit a doctor about the baby today. You know, ultrasound and all that? You can come if you want."
"I'd love too."
"Well that's settled then. Oh, and by the way, Elijah wants to meet you properly."
"Great." Caroline mumbled under her breath.
"We could meet him tonight if you want, get it over with"
"Okay."
"It's New Orleans Festival today, so he'll probably just meet us there. I can't wait to show you around, Caroline. You're going to really like New Orleans."
They left Klaus's house at 10 even though Caroline's appointment wasn't until 10:45, as Klaus wanted to take the long way round so he could show his love all the sights of New Orleans. He was geniunlly happy, Caroline seemed to really like him now. They visited a few spots in New Orleans before heading to the doctor's office. When they arrived there was a few people there. Some people were so pregnant, Caroline thought they would pop and others looked like they were only just finding out if they were pregnant, like her. When Caroline's name was finally called, she headed into the appointment room. The doctor looked kind, at least. She had dark brown hair and grey eyes.
"Hello Caroline, I'm doctor Williams, but you can just call me by first name, which is Eleanor. It's nice to meet you."
"I'm Caroline and this is Klaus, my..." She looked at Klaus, wondering what she could call him.
Klaus filled in for her, "I'm the baby's father"
"Yes" Caroline agreed.
Eleanor gave them a warm, understanding smile and began asking Caroline questions. She asked when Caroline's last menstrual cycle was, which the blonde didn't have an answer for. She ended up telling her the date that she concieved instead.
"28th May" Caroline told the doctor firmly.
"Are you sure?" She asked.
"100%" Caroline replied. Bonnie's funeral had been exactly a month after so it wasn't hard to remember.
"Well then, Caroline, you should be due around the..." Eleanor paused, "18th February, congratulations, which means you are nearly 6 weeks pregnant"
Caroline nodded and looked over at Klaus. His face was screwed up in a look of concentration. She stifiled a laugh, he was really holding on to everything the doctor was saying.
Eleanor gave Caroline a smile that said 'he's going to be a protective dad', "We don't usually do an external ultrasound until 12 weeks. So we will, and I regret to tell you this, have to do an internal ultrasound." Caroline grimaced and Klaus looked confused.
Klaus asked, "What's an internal ultrasound?"
Caroline leaned over and whispered to him what it was. He grimanced. Eleanor pulled the curtain around Caroline gently and set too work on the ultrasound.
"That's the baby on the screen." Eleanor told them.
Both Klaus and Caroline looked over at it. It was just a little grey blob right now, but its features were prominent. It was tiny, but perfect. Caroline grabbed Klaus's hand as she felt herself tearing up. The whole thing was perfect, just perfect.
"Are you okay?" Klaus whispered to Caroline.
"Yeah." She replied.
Eleanor printed them a copy each and sent them off. The pair then arranged to visit the New Orleans festival. When they arrived, there was parade and lots a stalls lined up. At the end of the street, there was a town sqaure which was filled with rides and kids games. Klaus's phone buzzed.
Elijah: Where are you Klaus? I hope you didn't do any reckless after our talk last night.
Klaus: I'm at the town center with Caroline. And no, I didn't do anything reckless, I just went straight home.
Elijah: Can we talk?
Klaus: Fine, I'll meet you in the coffee place in the square.
Klaus looked over at Caroline, who was watching the parade in awe. It was apparent that she had never seen anything quite like this before.
"Elijah wants to speak to me, Caroline. You can join us, if you would like. But I understand if you would rather stay here and continue watching the parade."
"I'll just stay here."
"Be careful, I'll be in the coffee house around the corner."
Caroline nodded and looked back at the parade. It was truly beautiful. The girls were wearing flamboyant dresses and truly looked stunning. Caroline just sat there and watched for a little while. Suddenly, there was a tap on her shoulder. There was a girl there; she was blonde and very innocent-looking.
"Caroline Forbes?" She asked, cautiously. Caroline nodded.
"Hi, I'm Cami. I'm a bartender from a local bar."
"Hi," Caroline said.
"Anyway, I know you're pregnant and I know that it's Klaus's baby."
"How did you..."
"I know someone who knows someone else, who told me. I can't tell you names, but I can tell you that this square is not a safe place to be. Someone is after you."
"Who?"
"I'm not allowed to say, but you should go, while you can."
Caroline nodded and began to walk towards the. She didn't know this Cami girl, but she seemed like a nice person and Caroline's instinct told her that she could trust her. She began to walk toward Klaus, phoning him to tell him what was going on, when she felt a hand cover her mouth and she blanked out...