Klaus and Elijah sat on the couch opposite of the girls, watching them, calmly holding wrists with eyes closed. The candles were flickering as a light wind came in from the open doors. The sun was setting behind them and they looked so beautiful against the glow.
They were both interested in what could come of this meditation, Bonnie had been insistent on it. But she hadn't told Elijah anything about what the "news" she had for her brother and Caroline was.
Caroline opened her eyes slowly, feeling rare emotions make their way up to her eyes but not enough to fall.
Bonnie had just shown her what her fate could be, well. No, not Bonnie exactly.
Her best friend's eyes opened and were the same milky white that Caroline recognized after she killed all 12 of the witches.
"Which set of witches that you killed, you mean!" Amel's voice chided her playfully at her monsterous ness, but Caroline paid no mind. What she had just learned about herself, about Klaus, about her possible path, was too big to overshadow it.
Bonnie's arms reached further up and she spoke in a voice that wasn't her own, "You will do well, child. You can have all that." She closed her eyes and pulled the young hybrid into Bonnie's arms. "When you want it."
A silent tear finally dropped down Caroline's cheek.
Klaus was confused and a bit irritated, what could have made her cry? He stood abruptly from the couch. Anything at all that made her unhappy he wanted to murder, but he saw a smile come to her.
The witch pulled away and blinked away the milky eyes, back to her normal green ones. Tears were glistening on the edge of hers now too.
Caroline leaned forward and hugged her best friend again, tightly, but not enough to hurt her fragile frame. She heard Amel breathe deep in her, Bonnie smelt delicious, but Caroline put a stop to the thought quickly.
She stood, nodding at her and Bonnie fiddled with her bracelets, watching Caroline step over to Klaus. The waning moon was glowing through the window towards them, they meditated for almost a full hour she supposed.
He was looking at her curiously and she smiled back, her lips just curling slightly and pulled him into a hug. Elijah stood up taking a step away from the emotions spilling off the couple in front of him.
"Love, what's all this about?" Klaus tilted her chin up towards him gently.
Her eyes lit at him dark blue and he thought of the white fur around her wolf face, maybe she'd want to transform again and play.
"We can be together, forever. Nature showed me." She grabbed his hand and pulled him down to the couch, leaning very closely. He unconsciously wrapped his arm around her, it was so natural between them now, no qualms about who was around, or permission.
"It wasn't just Amel's plan, nature had it's eye on me, protecting me, trusting me. It made this all possible." She was talking wistfully, like she was drunk almost. Klaus lowered his eyes, so it wasn't just their connection then? He thought jealousy.
"Nature saw Amel was getting restless. He was causing so much ruckus and upsetting the balance."
"Like starting the murders for your expression triangle, darling." Amel giggled in her head and she continued.
"Nature gave me the weapons I needed. Your blood and your patience, Bonnie's gift, Elena's blood. It all made it possible for me to survive, turn hybrid and actually thrive when Amel merged with me."
"It's certainly had its part." Klaus was skeptical, "So what's nature get out of all this?" even though nature wasn't some tangible thing, it certainly had to have it's motives, everything did.
Caroline's eyes widened, he'd gotten to the point faster than she wanted, but exactly what she had expected of his sharp mind.
"Well…" she shied away a bit, "It's not just about us, uh… it's about our lineage?" She used the word as if she didn't know what it meant, though she just didn't know if it was the right synonym for what she was trying to express without scaring the shit out of him.
"Like vampire lineage? Coming from us Originals?" he implored and Elijah eyed the two of them.
Caroline shifted next to him, knees up on the couch facing his thigh, putting her hands on his chest, "Uh yeah, that's what you'd bring to the table." She breathed in some unneeded air, "I... We! Um. We can have a baby!" She stuttered and blurted it out. It was super early in their relationship to start talking about babies but, she needed to at least tell him it was a possibility!
Klaus wasn't sure he heard her properly, but looking to his brother's flabbergasted facial expression and the witch grinning in expectation for his reaction, he knew he hadn't heard wrong.
His mouth fell open slightly and he looked to Caroline's small hands against his chest, licked his lips absently, then up to her slightly worried eyes. He grabbed her neck to him and kissed her solidly, letting her body lean over him.
She smiled against his kiss and he nudged his nose against the tip of hers, "That's brilliant." He whisper tickled her lips and she was grateful when he kissed her again.
"How exactly is this possible?" Elijah looked to Bonnie and his brother and the blonde on his lap were numb to anything outside of their kissing.
"Well, how's anything possible?" She shrugged at him, "Nature wants Amel dispersed, the best way is to have Caroline house him now, but her child would have only a part of him and so on and so forth. Thus balance is restored."
"Energy can neither be created nor destroyed." He tapped his finger against his chin in understanding as a smile crept to his face.
Bonnie smiled back, "A little niece or nephew!" she lightly pushed his shoulder in play and he was grinning. Family meant so much to them, it'd be amazing to have descendants carry on their name.
"Don't get too caught up in it right now though!" Caroline's voice bounced over, "I'm only a kid, barely got through this last year of school and I want to go to college. I couldn't imagine having a baby like right this very second." She laid down the rules.
"And nature's cool with that." Bonnie agreed nodding at her, going to hold her hand, "When you want it." She repeated the words of nature's spirit that had inhabited her earlier.
Klaus was standing next to them, understanding and agreeing with the girls. He wouldn't rush this with her, he was just shocked it was even an option and didn't realize that it really was what he never knew he wanted. But this force of Caroline, this love he's never felt for anyone ever in his thousand years, he wanted to do everything with her forever.
He was smiling, picturing his love pregnant, lounging as he painted her. Their child would be amazing, smart as both of them, he'd be so proud.
Caroline grabbed his hand, still clasped with Bonnie's other one. Bonnie reached for Elijah's and held his too.
Who knew that two years ago when all this started, that they'd be at this place now? It was hard to come to terms with and Caroline wouldn't have wanted it any other way.
"I can't wait to tell my mom." Caroline's wide eyes met Klaus's and he chuckled at her nodding.
