The door opened and footsteps quietly walked into the apartment and moments later the lights came on and in walked Veronika Petrova into her apartment. She put down her bags in the hallway and headed straight towards to her kitchen where she poured two glasses of scotch. "What are you doing here Klaus?" She asked.

Klaus smirked as he got up from the armchair that was sitting in the corner of Veronika's living room. He wasn't certain that she would spot him but then again her apartment was very open as it was a loft so he couldn't be too surprised that she had seen him not to mention the animosity she had met him with. "I came to see you Veronika, why else would I be here?"

"We had a deal Niklaus, you agreed to give me space for at least three weeks so I could get my head together before I even thought about coming back and it's only been ten days. So let me ask you again, why are you here?" Veronika wearily demanded as she turned around to face Klaus and took a small sip of the rather large scotch she had poured for herself.

"I missed you, I wanted to see you." Klaus said honestly, although he had spent a lot of time away Veronika they had always kept in touch and she had never left because she was angry with him. Which unnerved Klaus slightly although he would never admit this out loud but the idea that his Little Petrova was mad with him was something that he didn't like in the slightest. Klaus wasn't sorry for what he did, he was never sorry for anything he did especially with what happened with Veronika as he would have never found out about the doppelgänger having a child if he hadn't forced the information out of her. However he did regret hurting her because Veronika now looked at him differently, there was now doubt and weariness in her eyes whenever she looked at him and it bothered Klaus that he had done that to her.

"That doesn't change the face that you shouldn't be here Klaus, you agreed that I needed time away and accepted that I wanted at least three weeks away from you but yet here you are in my apartment." Veronika pointed out. "So what exactly do you need from me Klaus? I know your not here to see me because you missed me, you're here because you need me to do something for you. Let me guess it's something to do with my sister?"

"You make me sound so selfish Nica, you know that?"

"That's because you are Klaus, you do everything for a reason and it's all to suit you and whatever it is your planning." Veronika said as she took another sip of her drink. "Tell me something Klaus, who is the monster and who is the man?"

"Your going to have to clear things up for me Veronika, is this a riddle of some kind?" Klaus questioned, he knew Veronika was mad with him but he didn't think that she would be this mad at him.

"Evgeni never loved me, he yelled at me, put his hands on me and almost killed me, all of which you've done. In fact you've done more Klaus as you succeeded where Evgeni failed when you killed me. The two of you are quite similar despite the fact that Evgeni was supposed to be the monster so now I am confused as to who is the monster and who is the man?"

Klaus couldn't believe that Veronika was comparing him to her ex husband and it was getting increasingly harder for him not to snap and lose his temper with her because if he did it would only make things worse than they already were. "I never meant to intentionally hurt you Nica."

"But you still did Klaus." Veronika pointed out.

"I lost my temper, what do you want from me?" Klaus demanded.

Veronika sighed a she downed the rest of her drink. "An apology would nice but I know better than to expect one from you Klaus, so there's really nothing else you can do for me. Maybe it's best if you leave Klaus and we can talk once the three weeks are actually up."

Klaus wasn't going to do that, he wasn't going to leave until he fixed this issue with Veronika and he was pretty certain that she knew that. "I brought your favourite flowers, I know how much you love peonies and roses. I figure it would be better than bringing you another piece of jewellery…"

Veronika gazed over to the glass vase on her dining table that held pink peonies with an assortment of white roses and green hydrangeas. They were certainly beautiful but that really was important. "My forgiveness cannot be brought Klaus, you should know that after all these years."

"Tell me why I should try and gain your forgiveness Veronika? After all you were the one whose been lying to me for the past five hundred years causing me to waste my time trying to break the curse without the doppelgänger because I believed the Petrova line was finished. But instead it wasn't and I could have been looking for the next doppelgänger instead of wasting my time." Klaus snapped as he was getting rather annoyed with Veronika's lack of co-operation.

"You wouldn't know that if it wasn't for me just like you wouldn't know where Katerina is if it wasn't for me finding her Niklaus! You see Klaus you need to get my forgiveness because there is nothing stopping me from calling Katerina and telling her that you've found her and that you know the Petrova line lives on. She managed to stop you from breaking the curse and hide from you once, I'm pretty certain that my sister is more than capable of doing it again." Veronika threatened as she started on the second glass of scotch that she had poured for herself. "Don't think I won't do it Klaus because i will unless I'm given an incentive not to."

She drove him crazy there was no doubt about that and most of the time it wasn't in a good way. He had taught his Little Petrova perhaps a little too well and now Klaus was at the mercy of her demands, he'd find it interesting if it wasn't so damn annoying and oddly attractive. "And what exactly do you want Nica?" Klaus asked.

"The apology would be a good place to start." Veronika quickly retorted.

"Fine!" Klaus snapped in a irritated manner as he made his way closer to Veronika. "I am very sorry for what I did to you Veronika, I should have never put my hands on you like that and I promise never to do it again."

"You don't mean it." Veronika said with a slow roll of her eyes and Klaus wanted to hit something because he had done what she asked and yet Veronika was still being difficult. Although Klaus realized he should have known that seeing as she was a Petrova.

"Veronika…" Klaus began.

"Klaus I know you and I knew that even if I got you to apologize you'd never mean it but I needed to hear it because I need to know that I matter Klaus. I need to know that you haven't just kept me around all these years is because Katerina is my sister." Veronika said as her eyes began to water and once she had finished she turned her back to Klaus.

So that was what it was all about? Klaus should have known better, Veronika would eventually forgive him for what he did but this had mostly been about his feelings for her. His reaction to the whole Petrova line had convinced her that he only saw her as a Petrova and nothing else. When would Veronika ever learn? Creatures like her where very hard to come by and Klaus liked having her around. Slowly Klaus turned Veronika around so that she was facing him and ever so gently he wiped away her tears, watching as she flinched ever so slightly he hated seeing his Little Petrova so upset and being afraid of his touch. "Petrova or no Petrova, you have always been important to me Veronika ever since we met. You and your happiness mean everything to me Nica and since I met you I have not wanted another woman by my side other than you. I am lucky to have you and sometimes I forget it and take it you for granted and I promise that these next few days will be dedicated to reminding you how dedicated I am to you."

"You're staying?" Veronika asked in shock.

Klaus nodded as the stroked Veronika's cheek, she still flinched although not as much so he'd have to fix that over the course of the next few days. "Maddox and Greta can survive a few days without me breathing down their necks, I told them that I had some important business to attend to and I'd be gone for a few days."

"Niklaus, you don't have to do this…" Veronika started.

"Yes I do because you make me happy Nica and now I want to make you happy because you've been sad lately because of me and I can't have that as your happiness is important to me."

"This isn't coming out of the two days you promised me already, you know that right?" Veronika stated.

Klaus couldn't help but laugh. "Of course not."