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CHAPTER 25

CAROLINE'S P.O.V.

My eyes fluttered open and the room was completely dark so I knew it wasn't morning yet. I turned to see that I was alone. Klaus must have gone back to the guest room after I fell asleep. I was still wearing my jeans so I climbed out of bed and changed into one of Klaus' shirts. I made a mental note to stop and get some of my own clothes after breakfast. I bit my bottom lip and looked at the large empty bed. I let out a small sigh and quietly left Klaus' bedroom and walked down the large room to the guest room I knew he had been sleeping in. I paused for a moment before slowly pushing the door open and closing it behind me.

Klaus was a pretty deep sleeper so I was able to cross the room and climb under the blankets without waking him. Since the room was in complete darkness I couldn't see him too well but I could tell that all he was wearing was a pair of black boxer briefs. It wasn't the same as having his arms wrapped around me but at least I could feel him next to me as I slept.

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KLAUS' P.O.V.

I opened my eyes the next morning and saw Caroline lying next to me. At first I was nervous something happened but quickly realized if it had she would have woken me and told me. I laid on my side for a moment and stared at her. She was lying on her stomach with both hands under her head. Her beautiful blonde curls fell across her back and along her cheek perfectly. I smiled then slowly reached my hand out to brush the strands off her face.

I scooted a bit closer to her and leaned my head over her ear. "Caroline." I whispered as I rubbed my hand down her back. It was impossible not to be turned on by this beautiful woman who was lying next to me wearing nothing but my tee shirt. Caroline didn't budge so I tried again. "Sweetheart." I whispered. She mumbled something then turned into me; pressing her body flush against mine, before settling back down. Due to my lack of clothes it was impossible to hide my need for her.

"'Mmmmm Klaus." Caroline whispered.

I wasn't sure I heard correctly. "Caroline." I whispered. My lips were directly above her ear but she still did not budge. Was she dreaming of me? The thought was driving me even more insane. I cupped her cheek with my hand. "Caroline." I said a bit louder.

This time her eyes fluttered open; exposing her beautiful blue eyes. A small smile crossed her face when she saw me and it made me feel…alive. "Hey." She said softly. "Sorry I snuck in here last night." She said with a small giggle.

"Don't be sorry." I began to move my thumb over her cheek and gave her a small smile. "Why did you?" I asked quietly.

She shrugged her shoulders. "I missed you." She said simply.

I stared at her for a minute before slowly pressing my lips to hers. I meant it for only to me an innocent gentle kiss but as I tried to pull away she placed her hand on the back of her neck and pulled me closer to her. When we finally did break the kiss I was worried I would see regret in her face but I didn't; instead there was a smile.

Our gazes broke as the door to the room was swung open. Kol walked in with Abby.

"Oh sorry." Kol said with a slight smirk. "Abby wanted to ask if she could go outside with me and play baseball.

"That's fine, Sweetheart." Caroline said with a small giggle.

"Mommy, daddy, are you going to come watch me." Abby came running over to the foot of the bed. She looked adorable in a little baseball uniform that I am sure my brother bought for her.

"Sure baby, we will be out in a few minutes." Caroline said.

Kol put his arm around Abby's shoulder and ushered her out of the room before closing the door behind them.

"Well, I guess we should get up." Caroline said as she fidgeted with the tee shirt she was wearing. She let out a small sigh. "I need to go by my mom's and get some clothes if we are going to be staying here." She paused. "And I have to meet Elena at one."

I could tell she was a little nervous about her meeting with Elena. "Do you want me to come along when you speak with Elena?" I asked.

"Yes." She said laughing. "But I should go alone. I know she won't take it well at first but I am hoping she will come around and still want to be friends."

Klaus got dressed and I went back to his room and tossed my on my panties and jeans and then put on a bra. I decided to just leave Klaus' shirt on. We met in the hallway and walked downstairs together then out to the backyard where Kol and Abby were already playing.

Kol was showing her how to hold a bat. They looked really cute and I made another mental note to grab my camera from my house, I definitely needed to start taking pictures of Abby's childhood. After Kol got her in the right position he took a few steps in front of her and tossed the ball so she could hit it.

"Good try, Sweetheart." He said after she missed the ball. Kol ran after the ball then made sure she was standing right with the bat before throwing it again. They repeated this process a few times and she soon began to make contact with the ball. The first time she hit it she was so happy she dropped the bat and began to jump up and down.

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I gave Abby a bath after her baseball debut with Kol and got her dressed in a pair of jeans and a light green sweater. Rebekah had been dying to spend some time with Abby so I told her that I would send her by her room before I left to grab my clothes and meet Elena. After leaving Rebekah's room I went down to Klaus' den to say bye before I left.

KLAUS' P.O.V.

"I am going to come with you." I said as I stood from my chair.

She gave me a small smile. "Klaus." She said. "You know how she feels about you, its better if I see her alone at first."

"Elena is a new vampire and if you have forgotten you are human now." I paused and walked closer to her. "It is too dangerous." I placed my hands on her arms and stared into her eyes. "At least allow me wait outside for you." I said; knowing that if she said no I would just follow her and wait outside anyway. I couldn't even imagine losing her and I would take any chances.

She let out a small sigh but smiled so I knew she wasn't too aggravated with my protectiveness over her. "Fine." She said quietly. "I am going to stop at my house to pick up my clothes." She said.

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I pulled up to Caroline's house and made my way over to the passenger door to open it for her. We went inside and I followed Caroline to her room. She grabbed a large light blue duffel bag from the floor of her closet and began to grab clothes from the dresser and closet.

"Alright, I think that is everything." She said as she glanced around the room. "I am just going to change before we leave." She said as she grabbed new pair of jeans and a top from her closet.

I took a seat on her bed as I waited for her to come out of the bathroom. I let my thoughts get away from me while I waited. I was happy that she had come to me in the middle of the night, and I wondered what would have happened if Kol hadn't interrupted us this morning.

"Ready?" Caroline asked as she walked out of the bathroom.

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CAROLINE'S P.O.V.

I walked into The Grill and it was just before one. I let my eyes scan the room but didn't see Elena anywhere so I took a seat in an empty booth with a good view of the door so I could see her when she walked in.

"Hey Care. Where have you been?" Matt said as he walked over to me.

"Hey." I said with a smile. "Um, it is actually a really long story." I paused. "If you want to come back over when Elena gets here you can hear it."

He gave me a small nod. "Can I get you something?"

"Just a soda is fine."

As Matt walked away I let out a small breath. The palms of my hands were all sweaty and my heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest; I was so nervous that Elena's reaction was going to be really bad. It made me feel better to know that Klaus was not too far away and was listening to everything just in case Elena was not in complete control of her vampire nature.

A few more minutes passed before I looked up and saw Elena and Bonnie walk through the door. I sighed slightly. I knew Bonnie hated vampires; it took her forever to come around to me so I knew having her here wasn't going to help the situation…but there wasn't really anything I could do about it. They spotted me immediately and came over to sit down.

"Hi guys." I said with a small smile. They both smiled at me and said a quiet hello. "So how are you doing Elena?" I asked. I truly wanted to know how she was doing with the whole transitioning thing and let her know I was there for her.

"Where have you been, Caroline?" Bonnie asked.

Just then Matt came over and placed my soda in front of me before sliding into the booth. "I am on my break so go ahead…answer Bonnie's question."

I sucked in my lips between my teeth then looked at each of them. I took a sip of my soda and sighed. "I went to see a powerful witch in Georgia. I asked her to send me back in time to before the originals were turned."

"Why would you do that?" Elena asked as she shook her head and gave me a confused face.

"I had been having mixed feelings about Klaus and his advances towards me." I said quietly. When no one responded I continued. "I ended up falling in love with his human self and when it was time for me to return he didn't want to let me go, he promised he would find a way to bring me back to him." I paused. "I woke up and I was back in this time but when I went to sleep and woke up again I was in the sixteen hundreds and I was there for the past four years."

"I don't understand you were not gone for four years." Matt said.

"Time is different when you are time traveling." Bonnie said before I got a chance. I just nodded at her answer. "Caroline do you know how dumb it was to mess with the past. Who knows what you could have changed."

"There is more." I said not wanting to drag this conversation out too much more."The witch said it was probably a side effect from the spell but…I…I'm human now. I paused but no one said anything. "And…" I said as I took a deep breath in. "Klaus and I…we conceived a baby while he was human and I gave birth to her when I returned to him in the sixteen hundreds." I looked at each of them and they were all in shock.

"Great so now Klaus has some evil spawn." Bonnie said as she leaned back against the booth.

I hoped that Klaus wouldn't burst through the door and rip off Bonnie's head for calling Abby his evil spawn. "Bonnie." Elena said quietly in a calm voice. "Caroline what does this mean?" Elena asked. "I mean are you…with Klaus now?"

I was quiet for a moment. "We are…I am…trying to get to know him again. I was engaged to him before I left to come back home."

"This is a lot to process." Elena said as she placed her hand on her forehead and broke our eye contact.

"I know." I said immediately. "I know it is a lot." I took another sip of my soda. "I don't want to lose you guys as friends but I have a daughter and she will be in my life no matter what happens with me and Klaus."

"Caroline this is Klaus." Elena sighed. "I don't want to disregard your feelings or judgment here but we love you and don't want anything to happen to you."

I smiled. "I love you all too. Klaus would never hurt me, that I am absolutely one hundred percent positive on."

"And you're probably going to want to come up with a plan to get Damon and Stefan to stop figuring out a way to kill him and keep us all alive. I mean I can try to talk to them but there is nothing they want more than him dead."

Caroline knew that convincing Damon and Stefan would be another difficult task. "So…whose blood turned you?" I asked quietly.

"Damon's." Elena said. "Meredith had some of it on hand at the hospital."

"What's your daughter's name?" Matt asked after a few moments of silence.

"Abigail." I said with a smile. "Abigail Rebekah Mikaelson." I paused. "She is beautiful. She has blonde wavy hair, blue eyes…and she loves everyone."

They were quiet for a few seconds. "I hope we will get to meet her soon." Elena said.

My eyes filled with tears and I smiled. I ran my hand across my cheek to wipe away a few tears that had fallen. "Yea, of course." I said; my voice breaking slightly. I paused. "I should get going." Matt stood up so I could slide out. "How much do I owe for the soda?" I asked.

"Don't worry about it." Matt said. He pulled me into a hug when I stood up. "I am glad you are okay."

Elena and Bonnie both stood up and hugged me as well. I could tell Elena was still a little weary about everything but I was happy that she was at least understanding about the whole thing. And I knew Bonnie wasn't happy at all…but I kind of expected that from her.

I walked back to my car where Klaus was waiting for me. He gave me a small smile and immediately pulled me in for a hug. I took a deep breath in and relaxed immediately as his scent filled my lungs. I squeezed him tighter for a moment before letting him go and stepping away. "Let's go." I said softly.

"Good night mommy." Abby said as I kissed her on her forehead.

"Good night." I said back to her.

Klaus walked over to her bed and covered Abby with her blankets before kissing her cheek. "Good night, Love. Sweet dreams."

"Good night daddy." She said softly as she closed her eyes.

Klaus and I quietly left her room and closed the door behind us.

"Do you think you could get together some pictures you drew of Abby when she was a baby?" I asked.

"Of course, Sweetheart. Any particular reason?"

"I want to make a baby book for her and since we don't have any photographs from then…" I paused. "I figured drawings would be just as good." I gave him a small smile.

"I could show you a few now if you would like." I nodded and followed him down to his study.

I took a seat on the loveseat and waited for him to bring over his drawings. "So do you have a lot?" I asked as I brought my feet under me and made myself comfortable.

Klaus sat beside me and held about 6 sketch pads in his hands. "That is an understatement." He said with a smile. "This is just a few."

I grabbed the top one and began to flip through the beautiful drawings of Abby, Abby and me, Abby and Klaus, and the three of us together. I was still amazed at what an amazing artist he was. My favorite picture was of the night she was born. Klaus and I were sitting on the bed. Abby was in my arms and Klaus had his arm around me; we were both looking at Abby with smiles on our faces. "I love this one." I said softly as I ran my finger along the lines of the drawing.

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Klaus and I spent a couple hours in his study looking at pictures and reminiscing about the picnics and other fun family moments that we have all shared. We made our way up the grand staircase and I gently took his hand in mine and pulled him towards his bedroom.

"I am just going to change." I said as I grabbed some of my pajamas from my suitcase.

"I will order a dresser for you first thing in the morning." He said with a small smile.

I went into the bathroom and quickly changed into a pair of black shorts and a yellow tank top. It felt nice to be in my own clothes…even though I did love sleeping in Klaus' shirt. I looked down at my beautiful engagement ring and moved it back and forth with my finger. I wondered if Klaus and I would get to the point where we would get married, or if that is even something he wanted anymore. I tossed my hair in a messy bun and walked out of the bathroom.

Klaus was on the bed wearing a pair of sweatpants and a plain white v-neck tee shirt. I was a little disappointed that he wasn't in his usual pajama attire. I crawled onto the bed and slid under the blankets.

"Are you going to sneak out in the middle of the night again?" I asked as I turned on my side and looked at him with a smile.

"If you want me to stay all you have to do is say so."

"I want you to stay." I whispered.

We stared at each other for a while before I broke eye contact and looked down at the ring on my hand. Klaus reached over and with his fingers slowly fixed it so the diamond was sitting straight instead of off to the side.

I brought my eyes back up to his. "Maybe I should give it back to you." I said softly. I saw his face fall completely. "I mean I doubt marriage is something you would still want." I was trying my best to be subtle, I really wanted to know where exactly we were going if our relationship did develop into more.

"Why would you think that?" He asked as he scooted a bit closer to me. I shrugged my shoulders. "But if you want me to take it back and ask you again when the time is right…"

"No." I said cutting him off. The smile from earlier crossed his face again; letting me see his sexy dimples. I smiled back at him and scooted closer. I placed a gentle kiss at the corner of his mouth; letting my lips linger there for a little longer than necessary. I pushed my body against his and grabbed his lips with mine.

"Sweetheart." He said in a low voice against my lips. I took advantage of that and slid my tongue between his lips. I knew he was going to stop me eventually; and I guess I would be okay with that; I wanted to be comfortable saying I love you to him before we went ahead and made love. I pulled away after a few more seconds and slowly opened my eyes.

KLAUS' P.O.V.

She was definitely starting to get more used to the idea of us and I was very pleased. I missed being this close to her and was glad we were now sleeping in the same bed. I pulled her into my side and she rested her head on my chest.

So there is Chapter #25; I hope you enjoyed it! Please remember to review!

I want to touch base a little about the future of this story; I am thinking about possibly 4-6 chapters more…I am going to work on an outline for a sequel this weekend since this story does seem to get a lot of positive feedback…but I will talk more about that at the end of the story since I don't want to give anything away!