Katherine pushes the shopping cart tiredly as Elijah searches the aisle for the food they want. Allison in the seat begins pulling in packets of cookies, tossing them in to the back of the cart. "No, baby, we're not having that many cookies," Katherine tells her amused, walking around and putting the cookies back. "Mama, why?" she pouts, looking up at her with pleading chocolate and honey coloured eyes, the perfect blend of hers and Elijah's. "Because you'll get fat and then daddy won't be able to carry you," Katherine teases, "He'll have to roll you around like a big ball instead." Allison giggles as Katherine tickles under her chin.
"Why are there so many cookies in the trolley?" Elijah asks, returning and stacking up his gatherings. "Well,A Allison thinks that cookies are a snack that needs to be stocked up to the extreme, don't you, baby?" Katherine smiles at the blushing girl. "Mama, I just wanted to help," she mumbles with a shy smile. "And you did, just too much," Elijah offers, kissing the thick head of brown curls that take up most of his daughter. She giggles adorably and they move on to the next aisles, letting Allison order them around, though they don't get most of what she wants.
"Mama, why did you eat my brother?" Allison asks, narrowing her eyes at Katherine's stomach. "I didn't, he's growing in there to be safe," Katherine chuckles as she continues to scoop out the ice cream from the tub. "Why do you get to eat ice cream before dinner?" Alli demands, glowing furiously. "Because your brother is making me hungry for ice cream and tacos... Which we'll be having for dinner," Katherine explains. "Well, he's making me hungry for chocolate, then," Alli sasses, huffing and crossing her arms when her parents laugh at her.
"He looks like an alien," Alli grimaces, looking at the wrinkly, bald creature her mother holds in her slim arms. "He's a baby," Elijah sighs, shifting the wriggling five-year-old on his lap. "Did I look like that?" She inquires, tilting her head to find a new angle. "Worse," Kol jokes, earning a light slap from his fiancée, Bonnie. "But I'm cute now," Alli beams at him, sticking her tongue out and looking at her brother. "What's his name?" She asks, getting closer and jumping when he suddenly fist pumps the air. "Tobias," Elijah answers. "Toby for short," Katherine adds.
"MAMA! There's FOUR babies in there?" Alli gasps, placing her hand on Katherine's large stomach. "Yep," Katherine chuckles when Alli jumps at one of the many kicks she's felt. "Don't worry, you'll meet them all soon."
Tobias sits next to Alli between their Uncle Kol and Uncle Nik with their wives and their kids. Aunty Caroline comes back from feeding the twins, handing Will to Uncle Nik whilst she holds on to Lizzie. Aunt Bonnie bounces baby Sheila on her knees whilst Uncle Kol makes faces at Tobias to make him laugh. She swings her legs bored, looking at Will and Lizzie and wondering if Mystic Falls will overflow with the Mikaelson family if everyone keeps having babies.
Alli's laughter fills the room as Elijah walks around the house with the quadruplets toddling after him. "Mama, how many more babies are you and daddy going to have?" She asks, somewhat amused by the amount of celery her mother is gnawing on. She pauses and smirks at Alli as she chews. "As many as we can," Katherine answers, kissing the top of her head before going to feed the twins.
Elijah sits on the floor, his newly appointed station, and lets the four toddlers crawl all over him. "Maybe they think you're a mama duck and they're duckies," Toby offers, reading his book on animals. "Baby ducks always follow the mama duck around." Elijah sighs with a smile, closing his eye to save his sight from the on coming hand that's approaching. Thankfully, Alli reaches over and picks up James before he can punch daddy in the eye.
She's only seven, but she understands how hard it must be to have a genius daughter like herself, an animal obsessed son like Toby and four wild toddlers following him everywhere with twin girls on the way. He's going to be smothered by babies.
By the time she's ten, their family is full to the brim. There's herself, Allison, then there's Tobias, James, Julietta, Daniella, Dean, Sam (a surprise boy, not a girl) and Marianna. She's a child genius, Toby is obsessed with animals still, James loves causing trouble, Julietta is musically talented, Daniella loves to cook, Dean loves myths (especially angels), Sam loves cars and Marianna loves cuddling. (Okay, so it goes from impressive to *raise eyebrow* but to be fair, the twins are only three.)
Allison grows up to be a Neurologist, Tobias becomes a Marine Biologist, James becomes an actor, Julietta is a musician, Daniella writes mythology Young Adult novels, Sam races cars and fixes them up and Marianna is a dancer.
Katherine and Elijah couldn't be prouder of their babies.
