"Can I take your bags?" Bonnie asked Kol. He handed her one of them (he was bringing in two at a time) and then stepped inside. "I always thought this place was nice," he said.

"Thanks," Bonnie nodded. "And you're okay with the fact that you're moving in here? You don't think it's some insult to your humanity or think that I don't trust you?"

"No," Kol shook his head. "Why would I think that?"

Bonnie shrugged. "I don't know. I just didn't want you to be offended by the idea of moving into my place."

"Why would I be?" Kol asked. "We couldn't have moved into my place. With my brother and sister always hanging around, we wouldn't have gotten a moment's peace. I'll be ready to savor the quiet."

"Well, good," Bonnie said. "We'll have to have a get-together so you can meet some of my neighbors. I think they'll like you. Or a party with some of my friends."

"Do your friends hate me because of what happened before?" Kol asked. "I assume you told them and that your descriptions of me were not all that flattering, which is not something I blame you for."

Bonnie nodded. "They know that we broke up and that it hurt me, but I never told them why. That was not any of their business."

"Thanks," Kol said. "I appreciate it."

Bonnie nodded. "You know I'm not the type that brings others down to bring myself up. Now, I've made room for you in the closets and the chests of drawers. Take your stuff to our room and tell me if you need more space."

Kol nodded. "All right," he said. He knew that it was going to be difficult to find space, since he dressed just as well as she did, but they'd work something out. If he couldn't fit everything in now, he'd put away what he could and then just keep whatever was left in his suitcase under the bed.

"You have enough space for everything?" Bonnie asked a little while later. "Or am I gonna have to move some more of my stuff?"

"Oh, you don't have to do that," Kol said. "I'll just keep whatever I can't fit under the bed. It's your house."

Bonnie shook her head. "No," she said. "It's not my house. It's our house."

Kol grinned. He liked the sound of that. Our house.

"You know," he said, "I think this will work out a lot better than it did last time."

"Really?" Bonnie asked. "What makes you say that?"

"Well, it just shows a higher level of commitment when you move in with someone, doesn't it?" Kol asked. "I mean, we didn't exactly live together before. At least not really. You had night things and your bathroom stuff here, but other than sleeping together, we didn't do much."

"No," Bonnie shook her head. "We didn't. But being apart made me realize we should have. Don't you think so?"

Kol nodded. "Oh, yes," he agreed. "So, now that I'm officially moved in, what do we do? Didn't you say something about us having a party?"

"Nothing big," Bonnie said. "Just a little housewarming party. A few of my friends and whoever you wanted to invite. We'll eat, we'll talk, it'll be fun. What do you think? Would you be interested in doing something like that?"

"Sure," Kol nodded. "I don't see why I wouldn't. No one likes a good party more than me."

"I have some good news for you," Kol said to Klaus. "I might just have a way for you to meet Caroline. You can thank me any time."

"What is it?" Klaus asked. "Nothing too obvious, I hope?"

"No," Kol shook his head. "Bonnie and I decided we're going to have a small gathering of people over to celebrate the fact that we're now living together. She's inviting a few of her friends and I'm inviting some people, and since Caroline is her closest friend, and you're my brother, you'll be able to meet her in a way that won't seem painfully obvious."

"I'm touched you deigned to invite me to your little party," Klaus said. "In most cases, people often forsake family."

"You know I wouldn't forget about you, Nik," Kol said. "That and I don't actually have a lot of friends to invite."

"Again," Klaus repeated. "I'm touched, whatever the reason you invited me, whether it be out of desperation or because you actually care and want me to have a good time."

"It's Saturday night," Kol told him. He scribbled down his and Bonnie's address. "Here's the number of the house," he said. "Don't lose that."

Klaus rolled his eyes. "Yes, Mother," he said. "Why don't you get a pin and pin it to me so I don't misplace it, like mothers do with small children's mittens?"

"Are you gonna come?" Kol asked.

"Yes, I'm going to come," Klaus replied.

"Good," Kol said. "See you Saturday."

"I'm so glad you and Kol finally decided to move in with each other again!" Caroline said. "You know, it was killing me trying to get you to see the obvious. And you're happy, right?"

"Yeah," Bonnie nodded. "Of course I'm happy. Why wouldn't I be?"

Caroline shrugged. "I don't know. You should be. There's no reason for you not to be."

"Exactly," Bonnie nodded. "We're throwing a party, in fact," she said. "Just a little housewarming. Don't worry, you don't have to bring anything if you don't want to. It'll just be some of my friends and some of his friends. Nothing big."

Caroline nodded. "All right," she said. "Sounds good. Can't wait."

Bonnie grinned. "You know, since you worked so hard to help me and Kol, I feel like I should return the favor. You want me to set you up with one of my male model friends?"

Caroline crinkled her nose and shook her head. "We tried that, remember? It didn't end well."

"That's because you didn't exactly give him a chance," Bonnie reproved her. "He wasn't any different than Kol and you thought enough of Kol to at least pretend to date him."

"Being friends with someone because your friend is dating them, and actually liking someone enough to date them yourself are two totally different things," Caroline said. "I need a guy who's modest and sweet and considerate and cares about what I think..."

"You know, I thought I wanted a guy like that," Bonnie said. "That's why I got with Roger, and you know how that turned out."

"The difference between you and me is that I am not subconsciously trying to avoid a relationship by dating guys who are bad for me," Caroline said. "I'm not even seeing anyone at the moment."

"Do you want to be?" Bonnie asked.

"Yeah," Caroline nodded. "It's not like I can show up at your party by myself."

"Why can't you try it just this once?" Bonnie asked. "I'm sure that there'll be someone among Kol's friends who'll interest you and if you come with a date, you could miss out on that."

Caroline sighed. "I suppose it wouldn't hurt me to come alone to a party for once in my life. But you better be telling the truth about Kol having good-looking friends. I don't want the evening to be a total waste."

"Don't worry," Bonnie said. "I'm sure everything will work out just fine."

As Bonnie set out snacks on a buffet table the night of the party, she said to Kol, "So, who did you invite? Anyone interesting?"

Kol sighed. "You know I'm not so good at making friends," he said. "But I did let Nik know about the party. Why?"

"Caroline's feeling a little lonely," Bonnie said. "And I kinda promised her that if she came alone to the party tonight, you'd have some good-looking friends waiting for her."

"Well," Kol said thoughtfully, "I suppose Nik's not bad looking, though I might not be the best judge. He's certainly not as good-looking as me."

Bonnie grinned and rolled her eyes. "Well, you know I think that. How are we doing with the snacks? Do I need to go out and buy more?"

Kol looked at the table, covered with pretzels, chips, cookies and bunch of other treats. "I think you went overboard as it is," he commented. "How much will your friends eat, really?"

"Well, whatever they don't, we'll have left over and leftovers are always good," Bonnie said. "Do you really think that setting Caroline up with your brother is a good idea?"

"Well, I don't know for certain," Kol said. "But what I do know if I don't give him some way to occupy his time soon, he'll just keep poking around in our business and I'm sure neither of us want that."

"No," Bonnie shook her head. "Definitely not."

Just then, the doorbell rang. Bonnie went to open the door and found Caroline on the other side holding a bundt pan. "I made a cake," she said. "I know you've probably got food covered, but you know I never go anywhere empty-handed." She handed Bonnie the cake and cast a look around.

"You're the only one here," Kol asked after ten minutes of this. "Everyone else believes in being fashionably late. You're the only one I've met that believes in being fashionably early."

"I just come early in case I can be of help," Caroline said. She looked appealingly at Bonnie. "Can I?"

"No, I think we're good, but thanks for asking," Bonnie said. Caroline grabbed a handful of pretzels and curled up on the sofa, flipping listlessly through the TV channels and eating until a couple of Bonnie's model friends appeared. They gave Kol dirty looks and then went to stand in the corner and talk. They made no effort to socialize with Caroline or Kol.

"Sorry for them," Bonnie apologized. "They don't have the best manners."

"No, it's okay," Caroline said. "I don't mind." She grabbed the bowl of pretzels and went back to sit on the sofa. She continued eating them until there was only about a handful left and then she felt a hand on her shoulder. "Excuse me," a masculine voice said behind her. "Would you mind sharing some of those?"

Caroline looked up. "Oh, yeah," she said. "Sorry. Come sit." He came to sit next to her and recognition dawned. "I think we've met before," Caroline asked. "Haven't we?"

"Not formally," he said. "You came to talk to my brother Kol about getting back together with Bonnie?"

"Oh, yes!" Caroline nodded. "I remember you now." She handed him the pretzel bowl. "Want to start over?" She asked. "I'm Caroline."

Klaus grinned. "I'm Klaus," he said. "You'll have to excuse me if this is forward, but I think you're very pretty."

Caroline flushed. "Oh, well thanks," she said. "I'm really glad that Bonnie and Kol are back together. I think he's a good influence on her. Gets her to lighten up a bit. Sometimes, I think she's too serious."

They continued to talk, and that did not go unnoticed by Kol. "See?" He said to Bonnie. "There's Caroline talking to my brother. Should we encourage this?"

"I don't think it would hurt," Bonnie said. "If I can handle you, Caroline can definitely handle your brother."

Kol put his arms around Bonnie and pulled her to him. "I'm glad we did this again," he said. "Thank you for giving me another chance."

Bonnie gave him a little smile. "You're welcome," she replied.

Kol grinned. "What do you say we do something else for a bit?" He asked. "Do you think people would really miss us?"

"It depends," Bonnie said. "What are you thinking?"

"I'm not gonna tell you," he said. "You just have to take my hand and trust me."

Bonnie took his hand and they walked to one of the other rooms of the house and climbed out a window."What now?" Bonnie asked.

Kol held out his hand. "Let's just walk," he said. "We'll see what happens." They walked to a nearby ice cream shop that was just about to close up for the night. They each got a cone and then went to sit in the middle of the abandoned park nearby.

"You know," Bonnie said, "I'm enjoying myself much more now than I was at our party."

Kol nodded. "You know, I feel the same. I guess that means we don't need much to have a good time, do we?"

"Not me," Bonnie shook her head. "All I need is a push to do something a little risky and I'm good. Not that leaving a party and having ice cream alone in the park at night is a big risk, but..."

"Oh, it could be," Kol said. "There could be muggers or other bad people around. You're taking an incredible risk right now."

Bonnie took another lick of her strawberry cone and swallowed. "Even if something bad did happen to us, I wouldn't be scared because you're here with me. I feel perfectly safe."

Kol took her hand. "I'm glad you feel safe with me, Bonnie," he said.

Bonnie grinned. "You couldn't get me to do all the crazy things we've done if I didn't. And besides, between my powers and yours, there's not a single person we couldn't take down if we wanted to."

They finished their ice cream and then lay next to each other in the grass, staring up at the sky. Then they fell asleep in the park, not waking up until a shocked park employee found them the next morning.