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Caroline sat on her new bed and brushed the knots out of her wet hair. She was exhausted and couldn't wait to pass out but she knew that she needed to talk to Klaus before she went to bed. She could hear him talking to Kol and Elijah in the study still and she debated on whether she should go get him or wait for him to come to her. She sighed and dropped her brush onto the bed and collapsed against the dozen or so pillows behind her. The room she was staying in was everything she could have hoped for and more. The large bay window over looked the backyard and she knew that it would look beautiful in the sun light. The room was decorated in soft blues, yellows, and white, from the furniture to the curtains and bedding. Caroline was a little disappointed that she wouldn't be sharing a room with Klaus but she knew before that happened there was a lot of things they needed to discuss. Sighing loudly she placed her hand on her stomach and rubbed the barely noticeable bump. She closed her eyes and listened to the soft thumping of her babies heart beat and allowed it to sooth her nerves. Today had been a long day and she was on pins and needles since the moment the witches took her. She had no idea that they were going to link her baby to the suicidal witch but she knew that Klaus or one of his siblings would find a way to unlink them so that they could get the hell out of dodge. The last thing she wanted was for Ester or Mikael to find out and try to kill her and the child just to get to Klaus.
"Penny for your thoughts sweetheart" Klaus said as he stood in the door way watching Caroline. Caroline opened her eyes and turned her head to look at him.
"Just thinking how were going to get the witches to unlink us from that crazy ass Sophie" Klaus smirked and shook his head.
"That is item number one on my list" he said and Caroline smiled.
"Well come on don't just stand there" she said and patted the bed next to her. Klaus hesitated for a second before stepping forward and shutting the door behind him. Caroline knew it wouldn't stop Elijah or Kol from hearing their conversation but it did give them the semblance of privacy. She watched as Klaus came over to the bed and sat on the edge and lifted his leg onto the bed so he was facing her more directly.
"What's on your mind?" Klaus asked quietly after a few minutes of silence. Caroline eyed him wondering where she wanted to start but one thing kept repeating over and over in her mind. She sat up on the bed and pulled her legs to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. She cocked her head to the side and wondered why he did it.
"You slept with Haley" she stated not asked, Klaus rolled his eyes but nodded his head in response. "Why? I don't understand how you could sleep with the girl who tricked you into killing all of your hybrids." She snapped while she glared at him.
"Not that I need to explain myself to you but I was lonely and she was there" Klaus said but his answer only pissed Caroline off more.
"You couldn't go out and find someone else. She betrayed you, she snapped my neck, and she is one of the reasons mine and Tyler's relationship broke apart." Caroline yelled throwing her arms out to the sides and dropping her legs flat against the bed.
"Caroline if I am not mistaken you tricked me time and time again, betrayed me as well and I still had sex with you" Klaus said his voice getting louder and louder towards the end of his statement. Caroline scuffed.
"You did not just compare what we had to what you had with that were slut" Caroline said with a glare, Klaus shook his head and stood from the bed with his arms out at his sides.
"What do you want from me Caroline? An apology? If so you're not going to get it. You shot down my every advance, plotted my death even when I was no longer a threat to you or your friends. Pretended that you and your beloved Tyler were no longer together so that he could unsire all of my hybrids to turn them against me. I was angry and hurt and so was she so we turned to each other in a moment of weakness. She was nothing to me and will never be anything to me" Klaus said his voice calming down and dropping his arms. He stepped closer to Caroline who had gotten off the bed when he had and placed his hands on her face. "The night I was with you was the best night of my existence and I would never compare what we had to that one night stand but you must understand I was not yours and you were not mine. You can be angry love but you cannot hold it against me." Caroline's glare dropped off her face and she closed her eyes briefly before opening them again.
"You're right" she said on a sigh and shook her head, Klaus dropped his hands but didn't back away from her personal space. "I am angry and if it had been anybody but her I probably still would be but not to this extent. I won't hold it against you but I'm still pissed" Caroline said and Klaus chuckled.
"I would assume so" he said and Caroline rolled her eyes and sat back on the bed, Klaus followed. "Now that we got that out of the way" Klaus said and eyed Caroline hoping that she would broach the subject.
"The baby?" she asked and Klaus nodded, Caroline smiled and placed a hand on her stomach.
"How far along are you?" Klaus asked and Caroline frowned with a shrug.
"I don't know. I mean this has never happened before so I don't know how this is pregnancy is going to progress, plus the baby was kind of created by magic" Klaus nodded and placed his hand onto Caroline's free hand and squeezed in gently.
"That will be the second thing on my list" Klaus said quietly, Caroline looked over at him and met his eyes. "I just want you to be safe" he whispered and Caroline nodded with a small smile.
"Nothing will happen to me, either of us" she said and Klaus' eyes darted to her stomach where he could hear the heartbeat of his child, their child. He took a deep breath and looked away.
"You don't know that" he said but Caroline wasn't having that so she reached over and grabbed his face in her hands and turned his head so he was facing her again. She knew the only reason she was able to was because he let her.
"I do know that because I know that you will protect us" she told him seriously, Klaus searched her eyes and found nothing but honesty in them.
"How are you so sure? I am the Big Bad Hybrid remember." he said with a smirk trying to down play the emotions that were swirling around inside of him.
"It's because you are the Big Bad Hybrid that I am so sure" Caroline said with a small laugh before her face became serious again. "And because I know that you love me and that you love this child already. We are your family and you protect your family." Klaus swallowed at Caroline's words, tears swimming in his eyes that he would not allow to fall. He closed his eyes and nodded his head in response and the stood from the bed. He walked towards the door but couldn't look back at her, if he did he would break and she couldn't see him weak like that.
"Get some sleep sweetheart, we'll talk more in the morning" Klaus said, Caroline bit her bottom lip and nodded her head even though he couldn't see it.
"Good night Klaus" Caroline whispered as the door shut and then after a few seconds whispered. "And because we love you too" Klaus flashed away from the door as her words hit him and into the study where his brothers were. Elijah stared at him with concern while Kol wore his trademark smirk.
"Niklaus what is it?" Elijah asked watching as his brother poured a glass of bourbon and then drank it back quickly. He repeated the process about three times before he turned and faced his brothers.
"She loves me" Klaus whispered with a bewildered look on his face. Elijah smiled and Kol rolled his eyes.
"I told you that already" Kol said but Klaus shook his head.
"How can this be?" he asked, he couldn't allow himself to believe it. Mikael had told him that he wasn't worthy of love so much that he believed it. He was a monster and she was an angel. She respected human life and he could care less. He wanted her love so bad, he wanted her light to be a part of him forever. She chased away the darkness inside of him and made him feel things he hasn't felt in a thousand years.
"Does it matter?" Kol asked and Klaus growled at him.
"Of course it does, this doesn't make sense" Klaus said loudly causing Kol to groan and slam his hands onto the desk.
"This is what you wanted Nik so don't fuck it up" Kol said and then flashed out of the room. Elijah stared at his younger brother and sighed.
"What troubles you Niklaus?" he asked and Klaus sighed and debated whether he wanted to open up to Elijah or not. He knew that he was the only one left that still believed in his redemption but he didn't want to give him anything to hold over him. "Niklaus it is just you and I. I will not hold any of your words against you. Trust me brother." Klaus looked at Elijah, studying him for any hint of deception and Elijah's heart broke a little at the notion. Had they fallen so apart as a family that they trusted no one not even each other?
"Elijah" Klaus said drawing him out of his thoughts. "Caroline is so full of light and I am nothing but darkness. She believes that I can protect her and our child but what if she is wrong? I will let her down and she will walk away taking our child with her and I will be alone once again." Klaus explained trying to keep his emotions under control.
"Firstly Niklaus darkness cannot survive without light and vice versa so I don't see that being too much of an issue. Secondly why is it that you believe that you will let her down? She knows just like I do that you will protect her and your child so why are you doubting yourself?" Elijah questioned and Klaus exploded.
"Because I have before. I let Henrik die and I couldn't bare it if it happened again. I have tried to keep this family safe and yet I let Finn and Kol both be killed as well. How am I supposed to protect Caroline and our child if I can't even protect those who do not really even need my protection?" Klaus yelled Elijah turned his head towards the doorway and Klaus followed his gaze until his eyes landed on Caroline.
"Caroline" he croaked out, he didn't want her to hear what he had said. Caroline stared at him with a look of disbelief, sorrow, and anger in her eyes.
"Niklaus Mikaelson I don't want to hear you ever again blame yourself for the death of your siblings. I know nothing about and Henrik and I hope one day you will tell me but Finn and Kol that was on us. My friends and I did everything in our power to kill you all and we succeeded with two of your brothers and if you want to be angry at someone then be angry at me not yourself" Caroline said and when Klaus went to open his mouth to speak she raised her hand to silence him. "I'm not finished" she hissed and Klaus snapped his mouth closed. "I love you" she said and watched as disbelief colored his face and eyes. She stepped closer until she was right in front of him. "I am in love with you and there is nothing you can do about it. I know you have trust issues and I will spend the rest of my life proving to you how much I am in love with you. I will tell you every day until you are tired of hearing it." Caroline said with determination, she had heard the yelling and decided to come investigate and was shocked by what she heard Klaus saying.
"Never" Klaus whispered moving closer to her so there wasn't any space between them. "Say it again" he pleaded and Caroline smiled so brightly that it made his chest ache.
"I love you" Klaus closed his eyes and let her words wash over him. This creature in front of him loved him and wanted to prove it to him. The hope that he had been trying to keep at bay flooded up inside of him and burst out.
"And I love you" he whispered so quietly that Caroline had to strain to hear it. She had never expected him to say it back, she knew he loved her and she accepted that she would probably never hear the words but now that she had she wanted to all the time. Tears filled her eyes and she stood on her tippy toes and wrapped her arms around Klaus' neck and pulled him down to her. Klaus groaned the moment her lips touched his. He sounded like he was in pain but it was the complete opposite, he had never felt these intense emotions before. Caroline opened her mouth and swiped her tongue against Klaus' lips asking for entrance. Klaus wrapped his arms around Caroline's waist and pulled her closer as he accepted her into his mouth. This kiss was slow and passionate and spoke of everything neither of them had yet to say to each other. It was the forming of an unbreakable bond between the two of them. It was them coming together as one, finally, for all eternity.
"What the bloody hell is going on here?" Rebekah yelled as she walked in to see Nik kissing Caroline. She shook her head and shot Elijah a look.
"Sister welcome home" Klaus said breaking away from Caroline but not taking his eyes off of her. He smiled wide flashing his dimples and Caroline smiled back.
"Well yes thank you for telling me we were leaving in the first place" Rebekah snapped as she glared at the other blonde in her brother's arms. "Why is she here and what is that blasted noise?" Rebekah asked causing Caroline to blush and Klaus to roll his eyes. Kol came strolling into the room with a wide smile in his face.
"That sister would be the sound of our niece or nephews heartbeat" he said as Rebekah stared at him in shock. Finn had told her that he was alive but to see him in person still shocked her. Finally his words clicked inside of her mind and her eyes shot to Caroline growing wider as she realized that the noise was coming from her.
"How is that even possible?" she asked and then Finn stepped up behind her.
"I told you sister that you had to see it to believe it" Finn said with a smile on his face as he stared at the baby vampire in his brothers arms. Klaus shook his head in disbelief at seeing his brother again, the last time they had seen each other they had not been on the best terms but he never wanted him dead. Caroline stiffened in Klaus' arms as Finn stared at her with a smile on his face. Klaus looked down at her and then back at his brother a threat ready to leave his mouth when Finn spoke first.
"I am not going to harm her Niklaus. I know what part she played in my death and I am willing to forgive her since you have" Klaus eyed him with distrust but nodded anyways. He would make sure that he didn't leave Caroline alone with him.
"Are you going to explain?" Rebekah asked bringing the attention back to her, Klaus nodded at Elijah and began to pull Caroline from the room.
"Elijah will inform you, Caroline needs her rest" Rebekah scowled but didn't comment as she watched her brother lead Caroline out of the room. Klaus and Caroline passed by Sage who smiled at the both of them but Klaus kept pulling Caroline along not trusting her or his brother at the moment. They reached his room and he opened the door. Caroline looked around in wide eyed awe, the dark greens and browns made her feel like she was in the forest and she loved it. In the center of the room a king size bed sat with wooden post on all four sides. There was a separate room which held chairs and a mini bar and was also decorated in dark greens and browns.
"This is nice" Caroline said as she climbed on the bed and laid back against the pillows. Klaus smirked and pulled his shirt over his head. Caroline watched unashamed as his lean body was presented to her. Klaus' smile widened as he felt Caroline's eyes on him as he undressed. He slide his feet from his shoes and pushed them under his bed and then threw his shirt into the laundry basket across the room. He unbuttoned his jeans and let them fall down to his ankles and stepped out of them and then threw them, along with his socks, over to the basket as well. He climbed onto the bed beside Caroline who was still staring at him.
"Just sleep tonight love" Klaus said as he pulled her into his arms, Caroline frowned and pouted but still snuggled into Klaus' chest as he pulled the covers over them both.
"Fine but tomorrow your mine" she spoke around a yawn causing Klaus to laugh out loud.
"Is that a threat sweetheart?" he asked playing along, Caroline giggled and then purred as she ran a hand down his chest only stopping when she was cupping his semi hard cock in his boxer briefs.
"No that's a promise love" she said imitating his accent to perfection, Klaus groaned when she let go and buried his face in her hair and took a deep breath.
"Sleep Caroline" he said again this time his voice coming out huskier than before. Caroline laughed again but kept her hands in appropriate places. They were both quiet and Caroline's breathing was beginning to even out.
"Klaus?" Caroline said her voice coming out coated with sleep.
"Yes sweetheart?" he asked as he rubbed his hand up and down her back.
"I love you" she whispered into his chest, Klaus sucked in a deep breath but said nothing in return. He kissed the top of her hair and pulled her closer. Yes he loved her but he couldn't bring himself to say it again. He vowed then and there that he would do everything in his power to protect her and their child because he needed them in his life, without them he would be nothing and he didn't want to give up the feeling he was finally feeling after a thousand years. He would bring hell on earth if he had to to keep them safe and no one was going to stand in his way.