Twelve

The door opened and Esther Mikaelson opened the door, she smiled when she saw her oldest son. "Darling," she kissed his cheek. "What a surprise, come on in."

"Mother, how are you?" Elijah asked as he stepped inside the house where he and Rebekah had growned up in. Since him and Rebekah had moved away, his parents lived alone in their small, elegant house in Westchester's which was about an hour away from the city.

His mother had never worked and his father, Mikael had retired from the company a few years ago and had left the position for him.

"Fine, fine," Esther said nearly bursting with energy, she always got excited when her children came. Elijah had a feeling that she often experience empty nest syndrome not to mention that Mikael wasn't exactly warm and fuzzy. "How's your sister?"

Esther had often mentioned that she wanted to have grandchildren soon, but Rebekah and Elijah weren't in a hurry to settle down, or at least Elijah wasn't, though he had to overnight.

"Rebekah is Rebekah." Elijah said simply. He hadn't heard from his baby sister ever since she had been pissed that Elijah hadn't mentioned Karin or Katherine. "She's been busy with her studies, so I've only seen her a few times. Where's father?"

"In the living room, he likes watching the evening news." Esther said as she led him towards the living room. Mikael was silently watching the news and drinking a glass of scotch, his favorite drink.

Mikael looked surprised to see Elijah. "Elijah, son I wasn't expecting you."

"Yes," Elijah said growing nervous as he straightened his suit. "I'm sorry for coming unannounced, it's just I have something important to tell you. Rebekah already knows, but I needed to speak to you."

Esther and Mikael exchanged glances, despite Elijah's flirtations he was usually a very good son and he had never been into a whole lot of trouble. "What is it?"

"You know the girl that Damon is marrying in a few months, Elena?"

Esther let out a small laugh. "Ah, yes the secret girlfriend, we haven't meet her, but Rebekah showed us a picture. She looks like a sweet little thing what about her?"

"Well, she has a twin named Katherine." Elijah was starting to grow nervous and he wasn't sure how he was going to explain his one night stand. "Katherine and I had a relationship over a year ago. I didn't know until a few days. . I mean . . . I have a daughter, we have a daughter a six month old daughter that she named Karin. Karin Gilbert."

Esther gaped and Mikael looked shocked and like he wanted to curl up in the floor and die or at the very least have a heart attack. An unexpected grandchild wasn't what they were expecting.

Esther squinted. "And, son are you sure that the baby is yours?"

"Mom!" Elijah said sharply.

"Your mom is asking a valuable point, son," Mikael said. "You haven't seen the woman in 15 months, are you sure that the baby is yours? And don't give me that look, I'm not stupid I know how young women are today they are . . . fast and the women that you have . . . dated, aren't exactly reliable."

Esther pounced on him. "Are you sure that she doesn't want to pin this baby on you? Does she even look like you?"

"Yes," Elijah said tiredly. "She has my eyes, and I get your concern I do, but would it really be much trouble to get to know her, they are going to be part of the family either way once Damon marries Elena."

Esther and Mikael looked at each other. "All right," he said. "When does she want to meet us?"

Elijah cleared his throat. "I haven't exactly told her yet, but I'll let her know."

Esther sighed. "I just hope that you know what you're doing Elijah."

Elijah kissed her on the cheek. "Trust me, mother I have never been surer in my life."


"Come on, Karin crawl to Mommy," Katherine cooed as she sat down in the living room floor trying to convince her baby to crawl, but Karin was just laying on her tummy wiggling her arms and legs like a little fish and besides the constant giggling, she didn't do very much. "Come on sweetie, for mommy."

Karin said some baby gibberish to her, but Katherine couldn't understand what she was saying. She heard the doorbell ring and she stood up to answer it. She opened the door and was surprise to see Elijah in a perfect three piece suit on a Sunday. Truthfully, Katherine was in her usual skinny jeans, heels, and a clingy sapphire blouse, but at least she didn't look like she was going to a wedding. "You didn't tell me that you were coming." She said flatly as she crossed her arms over her chest, she didn't appreciate that both Damon and Elijah showed up to their place as if they lived here.

"It will be quick, I promise," Elijah said. "May I come in?"

Katherine reluctantly open the door wider and let him towards the kitchen. "Do you want anything to drink?"

Elijah shook his head. "I'll just spill it Katherine, I told my parents about us."

"Us?" she squinted. "There isn't an us Elijah, we had sex for a couple of weeks, do your parents care about that?"

"They care that a baby was produced out of that relationship," Elijah said tensely, knowing that Katherine was upset. "And they want to meet you and Karin-"

"No," she shook her head. "I agreed to try and work things out for you for Karin's safe, you never mentioned your parents."

Elijah rubbed his temples. "Kat, please understand that Karin is their only grandchild, it's natural that they want to meet her. Just please give it some thought, I won't pressure you."

Katherine's sighed. "Fine, I'll think about it. But would it kill you to ask me stuff become you do it?"

"Katherine," Elijah suddenly started shaking her arm excitedly. "Look."

Katherine turned her head towards the living room and saw that for the first time Karin was crawling towards them. Her little legs and arms moving in their direction, a smile of excitement on her face.

"You did it sweetheart," Katherine squealed as she picked her up from the ground and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "You did it, Mommy is so proud!"

"And so is her Daddy," Elijah said lightly as he kissed the side of Karin's forehead. "She's growing up."

Katherine nodded. "She is."


"Miss Gilbert?" Elena opened the door and saw a tall woman wearing a purple suit with her short dark hair in a bob. "We haven't meet I'm Bonnie Bennett, may I come in?"

"Um, sure," Elena opened the door as the woman entered the room. "Who are you?"

"Mr. Salvatore didn't mention me?" Bonnie asked.

Elena shook her head. "What else is new?"

Bonnie chuckled. "You have nothing to fear, I'm an old friend of the family. I will be your party planner, I'm here to make all of your dreams come true." She opened her bag and pulled out a few thick folders. "I have a few ideas, how about we get started? We only have three months to plan a beautiful wedding."

Three months, Elena was going to be a wife is three months. She forced a smile as she walked towards Bonnie. "Let's get started."

-End of Chapter Twelve-

There will be a time jump in the next chapter, also I know most of you preferred it if I updated 2-3 short chapters per week, but with college and everything it's just easier for me to update one longer chapter each week. So chapter thirteen and onwards will be longer chapters. I hope you guys don't mind too much and thank you for understanding.