Two
"Klaus?" Caroline approached Klaus' office later that night.
As soon as they had returned from court, Klaus buried himself in work. It was nearly midnight before Caroline decided to go get him herself.
He looked up from his desk. His eyes were weary and sunken in. She could tell that these trials were draining the life out of him.
"The INS wants to meet with us in two days." He told her. "That's the day before we find out the verdict."
"You think they planned it like this?" She asked Klaus. It was weird to Caroline that the INS would randomly call during the trials and demand paperwork a day before Klaus found out if Mason was his real father.
"I know they planned it like this." He sunk his head in his hands for a moment before looking back up at her.
"I meant what I said." He started to explain to her. "I was never going to force you to get pregnant. I was never going to force you to do something I know you didn't want. I said and did a lot of things I'm not proud of. I know I hurt you. I know I can't take it back, but I want to make it better." He pushed out his chair and walked in front of Caroline.
He grabbed her face between both of his palms and looked her directly in the eyes. "I don't want to be my father, Caroline. And the only way I can do that is if I let you go. I can't even trust myself around you. I'm no good for you and in the end all I'm going to do is break your heart."
"I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions when I found you and Tyler alone the night of our welcome home party. I should have talked to you. I should have listened. He's been hung on you for years and I should have known he would pull something like that. He threatened to out us because he was so obsessed with you.
"And I treated you the same. I threatened you. I manipulated you in every way I shouldn't have. What happened the night before we got married? That shit shouldn't have happened either. I should have told you about her. I should have told you long ago about that because you deserve more than that. You deserve more than me and that's why I'm letting you go. I love you enough to do that. I love you so much that it fucking hurts right here." He placed one of his hands on his heart.
"I don't ever want to see you upset or suffer again because of something I did or said. I want you to be with someone for all the right reasons and Caroline, I'm so wrong for you in every way."
"You love me?" She asked.
"Caroline I don't think that –"
"You love me?" She asked again cutting him off.
"I love you, Caroline. I mean it, I do. I don't know how it happened, but I fell in love with you. My world was a dark lonely place and you've changed it. You brightened it to the point where I didn't even know how to handle it. You're my sunshine, Caroline. I told you that it hurts. It hurts so fucking bad that I can't sit still anymore, but you deserve better."
"Stop saying that." She told him. "I'm not going anywhere."
"I don't want to force –"
"You don't have to force me to do anything. I chose to stay. I want to stay."
"Are you –"
"Klaus." She stopped him from speaking once again. "Shut up and kiss me." But he didn't because Caroline was the first to wrap her arms around his neck and capture his lips.
He lifted her off of the ground and deepened the kiss. She opened her mouth allowing him entrance, but quickly ended it because she had other information to tell him.
He pulled back and looked at her questioningly.
"I have something else to tell you." She tried to hide the blush on her face.
"Oh yeah?" He grinned. "Good or bad?"
"Good. I think it's good." She told him. "Wait here a second." Caroline rushed out of the room and into their bedroom. She went to retrieve the pregnancy tests out of her bag.
She quickly counted them making sure they were all there and ran back into the room.
Not that someone would steal them.
Klaus looked at the contents in her hands.
He raised an eyebrow at her, but he already knew.
"You're pregnant." He said.
"I'm pregnant." She confirmed, but said nothing else. She waited for his reaction.
At first his face remained impassive. She shifted her weight and suddenly got nervous.
Maybe he didn't what this.
"Please tell me this is what you want." He said tentatively. "Because I want this so fucking bad."
"I want this." She smiled. "I want you. I want all of it."
"Have you seen the doctor yet?" He asked concerned.
"I have an appointment tomorrow morning." She told him.
He immediately flipped his phone and called his assistant. Fuck. He didn't care what time it was.
"I know it's late," His words were running at about a mile a minute. "But clear my entire schedule for the rest of the week. Make sure you call Elijah and inform him that I will not be in the office."
He snapped the phone shut, picked up Caroline, and carried them to the bedroom.
Caroline sat nervously on top of the examination table. And Klaus sat across from her as they both waited for the doctor to come in.
The doctor entered and smiled warmly at both of them.
"Hi Mr. and Mrs. Mikaelson. I'm doctor Saltzman. I hear that we may be expecting?"
"Five positive pregnancy tests." Caroline grinned.
"That's wonderful." The doctor smiled. "We're going to go ahead and get another urine and well as a blood test."
After the tests were done and the urine test came out positive, the doctor decided on to do an ultrasound.
"Your blood test won't be back until tomorrow, but after I do a vaginal exam of your cervix, I can pull up your baby on the monitor, okay?"
Caroline always hated this part at the gynecologist. She quickly undressed and placed her feet on the stirrups. After she was ready, the doctor came back and began to examine her.
"Okay, Mrs. Mikaelson. Your cervix definitely indicates at a possible pregnancy. A positive HCG test and a change in the cervix doesn't necessarily mean that you are 100% pregnant. Although I am sure you are. The ultrasound will confirm everything."
She dressed quickly and laid back down on the examination table. She lifted her shirt so only her stomach was exposed. The doctor covered her stomach with a jelly like substance and turned on the machine.
"This will also tell me how far along you might be, Mrs. Mikaelson." She began to move the Doppler around her stomach. It felt warm and tingly and almost caused Caroline to jump.
"Okay. I see one baby here…" She kept moving it around and her eyes lit up. "And a second baby here. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Mikaelson. You're expecting twins."
Caroline couldn't stop smiling. She looked over at Klaus whose mouth was opened still shocked by her words.
"We can't tell the babies sex just yet… I would say another two months based on your last menstrual period and the gestational age of the babies on the ultrasound."
They quickly cleaned up and Caroline sat once again at the end of the exam table. The doctor left the room, but quickly returned minutes later with copies of the ultrasound.
"Now you can expect a lot of trips to the bathroom in the first trimester. And you didn't complain of any nausea or vomiting, but if you do experience it… eat saltine crackers or drink a 6 ounce can of coke twenty minutes before you get out of bed each morning. If you have any questions, here is my personal line." He handed her a card with a number on it. "Feel free to call me whenever about anything. I don't care what time it is."
"Thank you, doctor."
"You're very welcome."
The doctor left the room and Caroline looked over at Klaus who still hadn't said anything since they entered the room.
"You okay?" She asked him.
"We're having twins." He said in disbelief, but then his expression changed into a happy one.
"You're giving me two babies." He stood up and took Caroline in his arms. "I can't believe you're giving me twins, love."
"We both made these babies." She grinned. "And now I believe that our families are going to want to see some proof… as well as the INS."
AN:
A lot of these interventions that I said about pregnancy are true! I learned them in school haha and now I can finally put some of my knowledge into my writing! Just thought I share that with you.
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