Thank you everyone for your reviews on this drabble, I had the idea a while ago; the people who wanted me to go through with me might not have even found this. I didn't want to keep doing the sequels the same way, You Found Me, You Found Me II, etc. So I changed it. 'How' used to be an exclamation back in I think the roaring twenties (1920s), so there ya go. Enjoy!

I do apologize this is so long, I honestly didn't think it would be. As this has actually gotten too long again I'm going to make this into 3 parts.


'I can feel the splinters...moving towards my heart.' Klaus groaned, his hand resting from clawing at the gaping wound in his back. 'Help me!' He roared, crouched against the armrest of his couch. Caroline stared nonchalantly at her phone in a chair across from him, situated against an armrest with one leg completely resting the seat of the chair.

'Your word first.' She droned.

'What makes you think I won't simply break my word?' Klaus growled, clawing now at his elbow. Caroline glared at him.

'Wanna be friends?' She asked mockingly, then turned to face him, pulling her leg from the seat and resting her elbows on her knees. 'Friendship, stage one: show me that I can trust you.' It was obvious, really.

'I saved your life. Twice.' Klaus groaned, spitting out the last word.

'Because you put it in danger.' Caroline replied back in a loud tone. 'Twice.' Klaus merely glared at her.

'Why can't you just do something decent for once?' Caroline asked in frustration, using her hands to emphasize her point with a humorless smile.

'Because Tyler Lockwood tried to kill me!' Klaus cried in pain, his hand shaking. His pain was overtaking his thoughts.

'We've all tried to kill you.' Caroline replied in surprise 'And you've tried to kill, most of us' She added, standing up and walking towards him 'How do you think that you deserve my friendship when you've done nothing to earn it?' Klaus pushed hard off the couch towards her. Caroline did not back away, her face of anger and frustration stayed so.

'I will not have my hand forced by you, or ANYONE ELSE!" He roared, gesturing to prove his point

'What is wrong with you?!" Caroline yelled back, surprising him into silence 'I am reaching out to you despite everything you've done and you still can't get out of your own way, GOD!' She yelled 'I feel sorry for you.' She spat at him, turning away with her eyes still on him until she turned her eyes away as well, finding Klaus was there, not shaking in the slightest, his actions firm.

'DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON ME!' He yelled.

'I should've turned my back on you ages ago!' Caroline yelled back, thrusting her face into his. She drew in a frightened breath, backing away from him. Her face twisting into sorrow, she was certainly sorry she had said what she did. Klaus did not reply. His snarl disappeared, his stare became less and less aggressive. It became confusion. His stance shifted, looking away. Caroline huffed, trying to tell herself that was truly something she should do. She didn't want to feel sorry for anything she'd said. Her fright disappeared and she waited for him to say what he was thinking.

'It's gone.' He murmured. Her face turned to confusion.

'What?' She whispered back. Klaus looked at her.

'The pain' He emphasized. She began to look frightened again. What did that mean, exactly? Klaus began to reach for his back again, feeling nothing. 'The-the pain is gone.' He clarified. Caroline shook her head slightly. He shut his eyes and waved his hands around.

'It was...it was never there.' He realized in anger, his arms dropping to his sides. 'He got in my head' He explained, pointing to his head.

'Silas...' He said in awe, looking at Caroline 'got inside my head' Klaus pushed his fingers hard against his skull in fear. The immortal witch was able to do that to everyone; the mere fact Niklaus Mikaelson had been made into a being that couldn't be compelled didn't mean he was exempt from the rest.

He sighed in relief, reaching for Caroline's hand and taking it in both of his. Caroline had watched this display of emotion, partly scared he would do something on the account of what she had said. She looked at his hands holding hers. She began to understand. Klaus stared at her in gratitude.

'You took my mind off it.' He explained. Caroline's eyes went back up to his in a habitual glare. 'You brought me back, Caroline.' Klaus said again. His eyes reflected just how grateful he had been for what she did. How scared he was that she was do as she had said and turn her back on him. Caroline's eyes went from his past him, trying to hide how affected she was by his stare. When her eyes drifted to his mouth, and traveled back to his eyes, leaning too close to his face, she turned away, slipping her hand out of his. Klaus immediately dropped his hands and Caroline brought her fingers to her forehead. With her hands over her face, He stared after her, the fear of her statement coming in waves. He was almost prepared to persuade her not to leave. When she turned back around, at least he felt he had ground to stand on. To counter whatever it was she would say.

'If Silas can make you, of all people, believe that you're dying?' Caroline began shakily. Klaus knew now she wouldn't leave. She wasn't giving up on him. That's all he needed to hear. 'What can he do to the rest of us?' Caroline asked, her face set in listening mode with a new glare.

Freya opened her eyes and so did the rest of the Mikaelsons.

"At least she knows how paranoid Niklaus can become." Elijah noted.

"It's a wonder she stayed after that, that annoyed the hell out of me." Rebekah replied, then slipped her hand out of her brother's to slap it. Kol gave her a hurt look and their hands joined again.

"I need to see all of them, just keep going." Freya instructed. Jossana nodded and she closed her eyes again.

'Yes, actually we do' Caroline cut in, her arms draped on Tyler's shoulder, his glare set on Klaus in his twenties' white suit. Klaus's eyes went from hers to his smugly. Caroline stared at Klaus.

'No, it's fine.' Tyler replied reluctantly, brushing Caroline's hands from her shoulder. She stood in contemptuous silence for a moment, staring down in defeat, the music cutting in on their love triangle. Caroline walked to Klaus.

'Why do you always have to prove you're the alpha male?' She demanded.

'I don't have to prove anything love, I am the alpha male.' Klaus replied in shock. She scoffed and crossed her arms, looking away from him.

'Come on, one dance.' Klaus urged, holding out his hand. Caroline looked back at Tyler for a moment, weighing the pros and cons of saying no. She realized he could punish Tyler if she said no, then turned back with a set frown and looked at Klaus. His look of hope turned into a smile as she took his hand with a slight smirk of her own, letting him lead her away from Tyler. He walked around her, still holding her hand, and she turned under his own arm, bowing her head, and letting him position them for dancing. His other hand went under her arm and placed just above her rear, her arm bent enough that she rested it on his. They came closer and she looked toward Tyler, getting into Klaus's rhythm of swaying quickly. Within seconds Klaus began to speak.

'You would've loved the 1920's Caroline.' The very sound of his voice seemed to annoy her. 'Girls were reckless, sexy...fun.' Klaus said, turning his head to look at her until she realized her mistake and turned away again, Klaus laughing at some memory he must have. 'They literally used to dance until they drop.' He said with a laugh in his throat, spinning her around quickly. He grinned at her as she laughed humorlessly

'I don't suppose that ever happened to their dance partners.' Caroline replied begrudgingly

'You should be nicer to me. I'm leaving town tomorrow.' Klaus replied lightly. She looked at him immediately. 'I'd invite you to come with me but we both know you're not ready to accept my offer.' He added, turning them slower this time, with Caroline's frightened stare on him. It was obvious she was scared she would lose Tyler again, but something seemed like she would miss the hybrid too. They'd only talked a few times, but he seemed more interested in her and who she was than her beloved. Still, she didn't want to give the murderer any credit. If the hybrid left the girl he was courting and became the monster that killed her village again, that was a problem. That couldn't happen.

'Perhaps one day,' Klaus began, lifting his head with his eyes cast down. 'in a year, or even in a century,' Caroline stared at Tyler, who was watching the whole scene, no doubt hearing everything Klaus was saying to her. The loyalty Jossana had seen toward Tyler clouded Caroline's face, she looked down in guilt, and toward him a few times. Klaus's eyes turned to Caroline's face again 'you'll turn up at my door. And let me show you what the world has to offer.' He said. Caroline's eyes went back to his in a glare, searching his eyes for and they stopped moving. She seemed to let his words sink in, and wondered if he truly would do that. If he would really wait for her. Klaus' dark eyes became apparent to her as he came closer to her face. She scoffed at him in mockery, and Klaus quickly dropped his eyes, bowing his head and letting her go. He looked up at her and picked his head up again.

'You mark my words.' He hissed darkly, Caroline's glare landing on his eyes again. 'Small-town boy, small-town life. It won't be enough for you.' Klaus stated. If Jossana didn't know any better, he sounded desperate. He hoped she would see the truth in his words and come running after him one day, crying 'you were right, you were right'.

As Klaus looked one last time at her face, he stormed past her, and Caroline stared after him in confusion. What had she just seen in that monster that looked so much like a lovesick man? That was the question she probably wouldn't be over until he opened himself up to her, and discover some part of him was still human, and some part of him deserved to be saved.

'If you don't give me your blood, I'll die' Caroline whispered weakly, lying on the couch in the doppelganger's house, Klaus leaning against the frame of the wall with his arms crossed and looking away from her. Kol was dead. He bit Caroline, a fistful of her blonde hair keeping her from escaping, right after she threw insult after insult at him, nothing he didn't deserve. Tyler had taken Caroline from the house, and then brought her back, a plan in motion. No doubt a plan Klaus had knowledge of, or the jist.

'Then you'll die. And Tyler will have learned his lesson the hard way.' Klaus replied simply, no emotion crossing his face as he blinked. No emotion equaled an ocean of one or multiple lurking under the surface. It was obvious he felt he needed to keep the upper hand with Tyler. Show the young hybrid who was boss and he would fall back under Klaus's thumb. But bringing Caroline into the equation, killing her, complicated the situation to say the least.

'How could you do this to him? To his mom?' Caroline murmured in anger 'to me.' She added cautiously

'I'm a thousand years old. Call it boredom.' He replied. Caroline closed her eyes and weakly shook her head.

'I don't believe you.' She said.

'Fine. Then maybe it's because I'm pure evil.' Klaus suggested, his eyelids dropping in fighting to cover his emotions. 'And I can't help myself.' He hissed harshly.

'No.' She replied confidently. 'It's because...you're hurt.' She said. Klaus's refusal to look at her was overtaken by wanting to hear more. 'Which means, there is a part of you, that is human.' Caroline explained. Confusion clouded his face and he pushed off the wall, the sound of his shoes echoing in the room as he neared her. He sat down on the table beside her, her eyes staying on him, and one small moment showed sorrow on his face that he quickly covered. Enough sorrow tears were beginning to form in his eyes. His face turned to condescension. It was odd to see it on his face towards her.

'How could you possibly think that?' He wanted to know, his whisper taking on volume.

'Because I've seen it.' Caroline replied. His hard eyes still on her, waiting for more. 'Because I've caught myself wishing I could forget all of the horrible things, you've done' She admitted, not trying to be loud any longer. She had gotten him where she wanted him.

'But you can't.' Klaus assumed, his emotionless features turning to regret. 'Can you?' He managed, trying to sound strong again.

'I know that you're in love with me.' Caroline replied. He didn't answer, just stared at her, surprise passing his face. This was it, the moment she needed. She wouldn't have let herself watch these two without some pivotal moment telling her she was doing the right thing. Jossana's mother would be proud. Love bourn from hatred, letting the hybrid live so he could become a better man out of love. That was better than revenge. 'And anybody capable of love, is capable of being saved.' Caroline explained gently.

The hybrid could not keep his tears in any longer, and looked away to keep from losing his control any more than he already had. He inhaled shakily. If Klaus Mikaelson wanted to be saved, that was just a bonus for the witch. Better to keep him on the path of staying in love with the blonde vampire. Caroline smiled in victory. Even if she were to die right then, it would be for Tyler. And inevitably the young hybrid would leave Caroline, or vis versa. That love affair couldn't last, when the love of a thousand year old hybrid wanting to be redeemed was hers as well. Tyler didn't have a hope in hell.

'You're hallucinating.' Klaus decided. Jossana nearly denied it, nearly spoke and nearly blew the cover she had had for the past year while standing before the two in their shared moments. This couldn't be taken from her so fast when she just got everything she'd wanted.

'I guess I'll never know.' Caroline replied, still smiling with her eyes closed. Her mouth relaxed, as she found it too hard to keep the smile now. Klaus kept his head down, waiting for her to say something again. He was scared of what he wanted.

A small yelp escaped Caroline's lips and she pursed them to keep herself quiet.

'Caroline?' Klaus asked, not able to help himself, his eyes wide on her in panic. No she couldn't be dying, she isn't dying.

Another yelp and Caroline twisted against the pain a few times. Fear overtook Jossana as Klaus did nothing but say her name again. His eyes still wide, he looked fearful himself.

Caroline stopped moving. A sudden small movement gave Jossana some relief it wasn't too late. Caroline kept making small, weak noises, and the witch turned to Klaus. He leaned closer to her, his face twisting in despair. He wasn't going to let her die. He sniffed and looked away, sighing in defeat. When Klaus stood to reach for the back of Caroline's neck Jossana had to keep from cheering. Klaus sat behind her on the armrest, laying her against him as he surveyed her injury. What had he done? He quickly bit into his wrist, snapping his sleeve to open his vein more to her, and held it against Caroline's lips. Within seconds her brow furrowed, and a sigh of relief escaped him as she bit into his vein herself, making a small desperate noise for more. Klaus's other hand pushed her bangs back from her face, and the look of confusion passed her eyes. But as she gripped his wrist, she seemed to let the thought go. When her other hand reached up to his and she gripped his hand gently, drinking more of his blood, Klaus continued to stroke her hair. The look on his face was so strange. Jossana couldn't quite puzzle it out, but the point was he saved the woman he loved. He saved her. He couldn't kill her. Caroline Forbes would be alive so long as Niklaus Mikaelson had anything to do with it. The plan was safe again.

Caroline dropped her graduation robe into a chair and smiled. She turned around and Klaus was walking up to her, a look of admiration and humor. Jossana herself couldn't help from smiling at the reunion. Just hours ago, he'd saved her life from vindictive witches, this being the second time he's done so. The smile Caroline had given Klaus after the deed left her no doubt that Caroline was indeed falling in love with the hybrid too.

'How'd you get here so fast?" Caroline asked softly, taking a few steps toward him

'I was already on my way.' Klaus replied, receiving an impressed look. He took an envelope from his jacket pocket. 'I received your, graduation announcement.' He explained. 'Very subtle.' He commended teasingly, and Caroline had to hide a laugh.

'I assume you're expecting cash?' Klaus asked mischeviously.

'That, or a minifridge.' Caroline joked, smiling at him.

'I had considered offering you a first class ticket to join me in New Orleans.' Klaus replied. She gave him a look and fright passed her face. 'But I knew what your answer would be.' Klaus added in understanding. 'so I opted for something I knew you would accept.' He said. Caroline raised her head with a smile, no doubt assuming it would be something like a new dress, jewelry, a minion to be her assistant. But as Klaus declined to begin again, she saw it wasn't any of those. 'Tyler is now free to return to Mystic Falls.' Klaus said at last. Letting the woman he loved be happy with another. Jossana didn't know what she thought of that. Was he letting her go, was this his last attempt and making her his own and then he'd be back to his old ways?

'What?' Caroline whispered in surprise. Klaus looked away.

'He's your first love.' Klaus offered with a smile. Caroline began to grin, not knowing what to say. 'I intend to be your last.' He said gently, letting the words sink in. Caroline's eyes stayed on his, looking as if all thoughts of Tyler disappeared from her mind. 'However, long it takes.' He added with certainty. Her smile disappeared and a new look overtook her face, it looked like yearning. As later memories show, perhaps she was right. Klaus moved in quickly, and placed a small, light kiss on her cheek. His face masked surprise that she didn't move away. In fact she'd welcomed it, her eyes closed as he'd placed a hand on her arm. When he pulled back, Caroline's face was lit up. Now they knew that Klaus had not been out for a conquest. That it was more than winning an argument the night he'd followed her across a road and almost got run over. He truly wanted her, to be with her, to love her. Klaus was very near her face but did not steal a glance at her mouth. He confidently stared into her eyes.

'Congratulations, Caroline.' He murmured to her. She grinned so widely she let out a small laugh. That truly was the happiest Jossana had ever seen the young vampire. She had only been interested in their moments together, but knew Caroline was good.

"Hang on, we were given to believe the witch was prejudice against vampires." Kol said, breaking out of the memory. Jossana rolled her eyes.

"Call it nerves, or defense, whatever. I'm not prejudice like some witches are. You should be glad I'm not, or else your brother would've died nine years ago." She replied.

"Now that we have that settled..." Elijah said. "Are there more memories Freya needs to see?" He asked

"Yes, but if she thinks they're true, I can show mere glimpses of them instead." Jossana offered.

"That would be nice, all this closing my eyes and seeing memories feels like dreaming. Far too much like lying in that coffin." Rebekah replied. Jossana looked at Freya and she nodded.

"Very well. I'll be quick, but there are some, memories that need to be played out fully." She said. Jossana closed her eyes again.

The night Caroline and Klaus first danced, his conversation with her. Where they went after the dance, her insulting him in every conversation that night.

The drawing that came after.

Klaus's phonecall to Caroline while he was in New Orleans.

Klaus, Stefan and Caroline working together to find Silas. The near moment they had, mapping out where Silas could be. Klaus burying 12 bodies Caroline killed to save her best friend.

Klaus in Tyler's body, pushing Caroline away in the cave. His rescue after. Their kisses in the woods. Klaus's words before he left.

Klaus meeting Hayley, and coming to the wrong assumption. But if Caroline could depend on his words, Tyler was not the man she trusted. The fake breakup.

Caroline coming to distract Klaus as to help free the doppelganger. The deal Klaus made with her for a hybrid.

Silas appearing as Klaus to bring out Caroline's knowledge of where the Bennett witch was; she had to stay in the shadows as Silas was more aware than the vampires were.

Klaus and Caroline's banter before his painting, 'tiny tim's crutches', 'is that our thing'

Klaus and Caroline talk about the cure. He discovers she doesn't want it.

Klaus and Caroline talk on the bench

Klaus rescues Caroline from the vampire hunter

Klaus's hummingbird story

"Why were you concerned about Hope? There isn't really anything in those memories she shouldn't see." Elijah said.

"There's two more. They're big ones." Jossana replied. "But I wanted to get the other ones passed through you for you to verify their credibility." She said. Freya looked at her and then her siblings.

"Yes, they're real."

"Can I get in?" Hayley asked, moving into the circle beside Elijah. She turned to Jossana.

"So Klaus's thing for Caroline wasn't as trivial as I thought." She realized.

"It would appear so." Elijah replied, taking her hand. She took Freya's.

"I thought Klaus was in love with Camille." Hayley questioned.

"I can show you something different. I know about the little bump in the road, but Camille was not the holder of his heart." Jossana replied. Hayley nodded and closed her eyes.

'One, these babies aren't mine, they're Rick's' Caroline began, still bouncing the newborn on her chest to keep the child from crying at her tense tone

'Yes, that's been made abundantly clear to me by your boyfriend.' Klaus replied, spitting out the last word in jealousy, having learned so much about Caroline's life in the past few minutes he hadn't had the time to accept what a complete tool Stefan Salvatore was and move on from it. She didn't want him to move on anyway, the Salvatores were notorious for loving women until something really bad or really good happened to either of them.

'Two, I didn't call you, I called Stefan. Yes, my boyfriend. Who is currently running for his life while I play worst-case-scenario. Except these babies, that aren't mine, won't stop crying and this entire diner hates me so you would refrain from gloating in the face of my misery that would be very much appreciated.' Caroline replied, inhaling deeply to keep from breaking down, as he could hear on the phone.

'Stefan will be fine.' He assured with a begrudged nod, looking away.

'How do you know?'

'Because, I will ensure it.' Klaus replied slowly. This was one thing he could do for Caroline, if nothing else, and so he took a deep breath to quell his annoyance. He had to go and save the man who threatened the safety of his family now. She believed he thought the risk was worth it. Another moment of silence followed and Jossana hoped she took the assurance well.

'So, here you are. In college.' Like her speech in the forest. He'd memorized it. 'Building a life for yourself. Plans, a future, things you want.' Klaus implied.

'Klaus, I'm not doing this with you.' Caroline laughed. Her voice turned to one of affection and she knew there was a chance the Salvatore would not win.

'I take it, children were not involved in those plans.' Klaus said.

'No, they weren't. Luckily these aren't mine.' Caroline replied with bitterness.

'So you've mentioned.' Klaus said wittily. 'You know, my family challenges the bounds of my sanity. They drive me to do unspeakable things, all the while, inventing fresh, and inventive ways to torture me.' He began. Of course she knew of his family history. That was the first thing she'd done when she went after him; looked into the lives of his siblings. The ones he had at the moment, anyway. 'But, as it turns out, my family is what makes me truly happy.' Klaus said. He looked away. 'It's not a crime to love what you cannot explain.'

He was telling Caroline to be a part of those children's lives, the babies she'd had that Stefan had talked about. He'd assumed she was done with them, her role was over. Klaus was convinced of a different idea.

'I was sorry, to hear about your mother Caroline.' Klaus said quickly. It seemed he had been keeping that to himself too long. The night they'd first danced, he offered condolences about her fathers' death, Caroline shot him down. He didn't want her to do so again, and it didn't sound like she was going to. 'I'm sure she would've loved to see you with the little ones.' He added. The emotion he held in those words, made it all way too clear. Since Jossana had been tracking him, seeing the good man Caroline had, seeing her village would be avenged, making sure Klaus stayed a good man; this was the indicator. Caroline was the good, and would bring his goodness out. It had happened with his daughter, but his promise to her when he sent her away was too gruesome for a child to hear. Camille had not made that goodness stay alive, it became twisted. Because of a fight with her, he had ripped apart and drank the blood of a art critic when his father was gone for good. Caroline's simple worry about her Salvatore boyfriend caused him to risk his family's safety for her. Although when Caroline joins him that may never happen again.

'Oh my God she's finally sleeping.' Caroline wowed. Klaus smiled at the tone of her voice. He looked away in thought quickly.

'Well, then. We mustn't wake her.' Klaus replied with another smile. It disappeared. 'Goodbye, Caroline.' He said. He didn't want to say it, but he did. And so when the long moment of silence turned into the sound of a disconnected phone, Klaus put the phone in his pocket and went out after the former friend Salvatore.

A series of grunts could be heard as Klaus neared the sound. The huntress had found Stefan, to be sure. The tip of her blade was nearly to his chest when Klaus gripped the tire iron in his hand and swung at the woman with a roar, sending her flying back a considerable distance. Klaus dropped the iron and turned to Stefan, who pulled out the arrow in his shoulder and accepted the hand Klaus offered. He stood before the hybrid who couldn't mask his annoyance.

'What're you doing here?' Stefan asked

'The right thing. I hope.' Klaus replied. Stefan turned toward Rayna Cruz' body but Klaus persuaded him from taking it before she came back.

'Do you love her?' Klaus asked, his hands on the wheel in his car, Stefan sitting beside him. He stared at him. 'Caroline'. He emphasized. They'd talked about his feelings for her before, but Stefan dodged the question time and time again.

'Why?' Stefan asked again, dodging. 'Do you still have feelings for her?' He asked suspiciously. Klaus looked down and smiled.

'I have far too many complicated women in my life already.' Klaus replied. That wasn't a no. 'Caroline's the reason the tip of Rayna Cruz' blade ended up in your flashed, isn't she? You were protecting her.' He said.

'No. I was protecting Damon.' Stefan replied. One clueless Salvatore after the other. Klaus gave Stefan the same look Jossana was, only his was visible. Annoyance, derision. Men needed to stop keeping Klaus and Caroline apart, her village needed to be avenged. She'd only planned on her preservation spell for fifty years. Tyler, Stefan, the vampire hunter, all these men were getting in the way of her plan being completed.

'Then let her go, Stefan. Let her go. Or spend an eternity sacrificing everything good you have with her for your brother. Believe me, I've spent an eternity watching Elijah do the same for me.' Klaus replied. Hearing those words, she knew regardless of any human bartender, immortal redheads or any other kind of women entering his life, Caroline was his primary concern. He wanted her to be happy for an eternity.

Klaus walked down the lines of gravestones, with his head down. He looked weak. He rounded the corner and Stefan sat against a mausoleum dedicated to several witches. Jossana couldn't risk going into the place where Klaus' sire line had been severed, knowing she would be found regardless of if the witches were concerned with her or not. It was Klaus she was hiding from. And so it was odd she felt a relief when he came from the place, still intact. Just shaky.

'So,' Stefan greeted him, Klaus' eyebrows raising 'the spell worked. We survived. I saved you, and you saved me.' He said. Klaus smiled.

Caroline had saved his life. They were almost even if one were to only count the times he hadn't put her life in danger in the first place. Then Caroline would.

'Funny how that works, isn't it?' Klaus asked. Stefan let out a peaceful sound.

'I'm happy to let this be the end.' Stefan said. 'Am I too optimistic in hoping we'll never see each other again?' He asked.

'Well that depends. Are you going to do the right thing?' Klaus asked guardedly. It was understandable, the witches of new Orleans might be dead, but their hearing never goes away. Especially in the presence of their enemies.

'By whom? I assume you don't mean my brother.' Stefan replied.

'By her' Klaus said in hesitation, searching Stefan's face. It was hard to read it, even for him sometimes. Stefan nodded in understanding.

'I love her.' He said. As it had taken this long for the Salvatore to say the words, Jossana was more than skeptical. If nothing else she'd make sure he wouldn't keep Klaus and Caroline apart somehow. 'I know you did once too.' Once? If only he knew why it was he was still alive. If only she could see the look of betrayal on his face. 'I promise I will only do right by her.' Stefan promised. Even that she didn't believe. But she knew if Stefan messed up, Klaus could possibly be the one to pick up the pieces, that was alright by her. Klaus's expression of confusion turned to heartfelt gratitude. He looked down and looked Stefan in the eye again. He looked like he had to hope Stefan would keep his word. Stefan nodded and turned to leave, picking up his backpack.

The group opened their eyes.

"I can't believe this, Nik chose Caroline over us all." Rebekah said.

"Are you so sure it wasn't uncalled for?" Elijah replied. She looked at him. "Niklaus is in love with the girl." Jossana smiled.

"So you believe." She said, relieved.

"Yes, I believe I do. But I need to see the memory that you do not want Hope to see." Elijah replied. Jossana nodded.

"Will you give my message to your brother regardless?" She asked. He nodded.

"I will." He looked at Hayley.

"That could be why Cami died." Hayley noted. "The ancestors heard 'her' and assumed Cami was it, maybe they told Lucien to bite her.

"It hardly matters now, although her death was a tragedy." Elijah replied, soothing her. She squeezed the hand he held out and let go for Jossana to hold onto. Elijah closed his eyes.