He saw the flabbergasted expression on his sister-in-law's face when she did the double take and was certain that he would have seen blood spurt from her nose if they had arrived a few moments earlier.
He could understand her surprise since he was always dressed to impress. Elena would often joke that she had sold her soul to a three piece suit.
Caroline managed to close her mouth after a moment of staring.
"She finally won one." Her amused eyes found her best friend.
"I thought you would have started him off easier than that."
He figured, correctly, that Caroline had helped his fiancée with her clandestine shopping since his jacket covered all but the white pen.
"Go big or go home," Elena giggled.
"Mmhmm," Caroline raked her eyes over him and smirked. "There are no jackets at my dinner table, just FYI."
He looked between the snickering friends and sighed.
"You two have been spending entirely too much time with Niklaus."
"How rude," Caroline scoffed.
"Exactly what I was thinking," Elena agreed with her most serious expression.
"I mean, this is clearly Kol's influence," Caroline grinned.
"Precisely," Elena couldn't stop her smile.
"I'll have words with him later."