Home once more

It feels a bit weird to be driving through Mystic Falls with Jesse in the passenger seat. Through the whole hour, it has taken them, she has been thinking if it hadn't been better to stay at Whitmore or if she should be going to any other place but the mansion.

As much as she wants to see Klaus and Kaiden, and she knows the risk that comes with leaving Katherine and Klaus in the same house for too long. There is also a risk in bringing Jesse into the Mikaelson home, considering the danger that always surrounds them.

Thinking about the Mikaelson's she realises that she hasn't actually told Jesse about her son. "There is something you should know." It's the first time she has to tell someone that she's a mother and she is more nervous than she thought she would be. "You will be meeting a very important person in my life."

"Are you talking about your boyfriend?" he wonders.

She shakes her head. "You will probably meet him too, but no." she takes a deep breath before she continues. "I have a son."

Jesse is looking surprised at her. "Wow." At first, that's the only thing he can get out while trying to find his words. "That's, wow, how… how old is he?" he managed to get out."

"A few months." She answers happily. "His name is Kaiden."

"Is your boyfriend the dad?" he then asks.

Caroline nods. "Yes, but please don't call him my boyfriend, there is just something with that term that sounds wrong." She really wants to figure out how they should refer to one another. "Just say Klaus, instead."

She can see that Jesse finds it a bit odd, but he doesn't comment it. With anyone but Klaus she would have referred to them as her boyfriend but calling a thousand-year-old hybrid that you're magically linked to your boyfriend, it feels like it diminishes their relationship.

When they now start to be able to see the mansion, Jesse is staring at the place she has started to call home. "This is where you live?" he looks between her and the white building.

"It's Klaus place, he had it built for his family." She explains.

"Your boy…" she looks at him crossed to remind him that she doesn't like the word he planned to use. "I'm guessing that Klaus is rich?"

Weirdly enough, she has never thought about it, it's something that has felt natural for her. Considering their age, she would have thought it weird if they didn't have that amount of money.

But for someone that doesn't know about the supernatural, it might come as a surprise that people with the amount of money that the Mikaelson's have, would happily settle down in a small town like Mystic Falls.

The life she leads is definitely not one she ever expected to have. "It's old money." She answers Jesse as an explanation, the only one she can give really since she has no idea how they make money nowadays.

It doesn't take long after they have parked and she is leading Jesse inside before Klaus comes down the stairs to meet them. "Finally, you're back." He is looking a bit irritated at Jesse. "Who is he?"

"Jesse is a friend." She says and sighs. "He is going to help me study. Jesse, this is Klaus." She introduces him.

Jesse holds out his hand in a greeting, but Klaus just ignores him. "So, you're saying that you're not going to save me from Katerina's presence?"

"Bonnie should be here soon, she will keep her occupied for a while." She offers, hoping that he won't start an argument in front of Jesse. "And if that isn't good enough, you are free to leave the house if you want to get away."

He does seem to consider it. "You will keep an eye on Kaiden, then?" she nods. "Let me know when Katerina has left, and you might want to know, Rebekah is helping Matt with something." He explains on the way out.

"You are not allowed to stay away until Katherine has left." She yells after him, without getting any response back.

Not that she actually expects him to stay out that long, and in the worst-case scenario, she will just have to seek him out. "He seems nice." She hears Jesse say next to her with a tense voice. "Is he like that to everyone or should I take it personally?"

"Don't worry, that was Klaus being nice." She says with a laugh. "He's not a people person." She starts leading him up the stairs. "Come on, we have a lot of studies to do."

Trying to find what you need in a house you've never been in before, isn't the easiest, so it does take her some time to make coffee for herself and Matt in the Lockwood house. So far, nothing of interest has happened, and the only thing they have been doing is setting up security cameras.

Or at first, it took Matt some time to decide if he should invite her in or not. The house was supposed to be a safe haven from vampires. But in the end, he did agree to let her in so that she could help him discover more about the person inside him.

When she finally has found everything, she needs and starts making her way back to the living room were Matt is waiting, she can hear his phone ring. She decides to wait outside the room and listens in on the conversation.

"Hello?" Matt answers sounding a bit uncertain, so it isn't someone he knows. "Děkuji, Kristof." he then continues after she has heard the man on the other end say something in Czech first. "Cestování bezpecné." he ends the call.

She moves away from the room Matt is coming towards and lets him get a few steps ahead before following him out of the house. No coffee for them then, she thinks. At least they are getting somewhere, and with a little luck, maybe this will result in them getting a hand on the knife that can free Matt from this.

This better not take too long, the only reason she has even agreed to help Katherine is that Caroline was the one who asked. She would also like to avoid all their supernatural problems for just a second. But since it is Katherine of all people, this might take some time.

When she gets out of her car, she is met by Elijah. "Welcome miss Bennett." He holds the door open for her and once inside starts leading her to the living room.

"Isn't Caroline here?" she asks and looks around in search of her friend.

"She is upstairs with a friend from school." He explains, even if Bonnie knew Caroline would be bringing Jesse here today. "We could let her know you're here if you would prefer her being present."

She shakes her head, it's better to just get this done, and it's not like Caroline could help with anything but support for that matter. She can handle this alone and hopefully, it will make everything go faster.

In the living room, Katherine and a woman who she assumes is Nadia is waiting for them. She greets them and goes directly to the reason she is there. "Do you have any special spell in mind, or should I look through my books?" she asks them.

Elijah puts a grimoire in front of her, opened to the page with the spell they would like her to perform. "I believe you tried to break this one yourself when my mother led your friend from one of your dances."

She looks over the spell. Kol had let her study at least parts of the book before, but there are so many spells she has never even heard about. "I need sandalwood." She says after having read through it and it is immediately put in front of her. "Okay then, can we begin?"

"I have a question?" Katherine looks her up and down. "How can we be certain that you will actually do this spell?"

Of course, this couldn't be easy. "I don't have to do it at all, you can find another witch." Why can't they just be happy that she is willing to help?

Beside her, she can here Elijah clear his throat. "We are grateful for your help," he says and looks sternly at Katherine. "Please just ignore Katerina's worry, and know that we do trust you."

Katherine rolls her eyes but does seem to agree to let her do this. "Just know that if these witches find me, I'll blame you." it would have been nice if she didn't need to get the last word in.