Chapter 36

"I have gifts for the baby but I can't bestow them until she's born," Bonnie said staunchly.

Jeremy gaped.

"Oh god." He ended up laughing. "Just wait till she's a teenager!" He was imagining Elijah with grey hair.

Klaus began laughing.

"Our poor brother's going to be crazy and paranoid by the time she reaches her teens." Klaus laughed.

"Just wait until I have your child and it turns out to be a girl." Caroline told Klaus.

"You wouldn't dare," Klaus yelped.

Caroline raised an eyebrow.

"Just wait until we have a daughter and no-I'm not pregnant." Caroline told him.

"Thanks for clarifying," Rebekah said as everyone looked at Caroline.

"For the record we can protect you from our enemies," Kol said. "No one is truly stupid enough to mess with an original."

"Have you met Damon Salvatore and Katherine Pierce?" Bonnie said, with a raised eyebrow. "I'm pretty sure that if they ever found out about Elena and Elijah...well, Damon would be after her and find a way to get rid of Elijah-even if it means getting killed in the process."

"He won't get that far." Elijah growled, holding Elena closer to him as though he were protecting her-which he was. It didn't matter if the raven haired Salvatore brother was there or not, Elijah would protect his mate and daughter with his life.

"I can handle Damon," Kol scoffed.

"And Katerina Petrova is terrified of me," Klaus replied. "Have you all forgotten how intimidating we can be when we want to?"

"Didn't he break your neck and throw you off the balcony?" Rebekah asked with a scoff. Kol blushed. "That's what I thought."

"I can still always bite them and that can kill them." Klaus told her, grinning evilly.

"Rebekah you know he was distracted," Elijah defended Kol. "Not only had he been ordered to behave but he was trying to get on a certain witch's good side and I don't mean Esther."

"Besides," Caroline said with a smirk. "Damon got really drunk and slept with someone."

"I thought it was Katherine." Elena and Stefan said at the same time.

"Could have been." Kol shrugged.

"It wasn't me," Rebekah blushed.

"I don't know where he was," Stefan said. "I was busy."

"I watched a brunette sleep all night trying to decide what her intentions were towards my brother," Kol confessed.

"Were you spying on us?" Elijah growled. No one was allowed to see Elena that way-only him.

"Yes." Kol admitted. Bonnie shook her head.

Elena was looking anywhere but at the group.