Hey guys! Sorry for how long it took to update! I started my freshman year, and I have volleyball everyday until 5, and I had my niece's birthday party last weekend, and I went shopping yesterday. Plus, my sister has had my computer all this time (I don't understand why she can't get her own computer, all she does is watch Netflix.) Anyway, enough of my rambling and you guys enjoy the chapter :)

Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries

"I know you're just trying to help, but you really shouldn't have done that," Katherine spoke up to her husband. They were sitting at the dining room table eating dinner in complete silence.

Esther had been staying with them since Saturday, and she hadn't seen any of her children except Elijah and Finn. Even though Finn wasn't too happy with her coming down, he knew he owed it to his son to meet his Grandmother. So Finn, Sage and Tate had come over and spent the day on Sunday. Esther had come to a liking of Sage, and she loved that she finally met Tate in person. Tate was nervous at first but soon warmed up to her, meanwhile Sage secretly loathed her mother-in-law.

Elijah had texted Klaus, Kol and Rebekah about their mother only to have Klaus and Rebekah never get back to him, and Kol saying "I don't want to see her." It was Monday and Esther knew her three youngest children didn't want to see her but that didn't stop her from bothering Katherine and Elijah. Katherine wanted her out of the house, as did Elijah but his motives for giving his mother the addresses of his siblings' ran a little deeper than that. He wanted his family together, his mother included. He thought it had been too long of Niklaus and Kol ignoring their mother, although he knew that this wouldn't end well.

His mother had told the couple not to wait for her to eat dinner. It was 6:30 and they had chicken and rice sitting on their plates but neither were eating. Katherine because of her 'morning' sickness, and Elijah because he was anxious of the phone calls he knew he would be receiving. Katherine noticed her husband's anxiety, and she doesn't particularly like Klaus or Kol or Rebekah but she felt bad that someone they hated was just showing up at their doorstep. She also knew how hotheaded all three of them were and how they'd blow up at Elijah, which would only make him feel absolutely horrible. And she didn't like it when Elijah felt bad about himself.

"I know," Elijah answered. "I was trying to help."

"I already said I knew that."

"She wanted to see them.. And I guess I really shouldn't have just given her their addresses and called them first, but she wouldn't stop talking-"

"Hey, you're starting to sound like me," Katherine joked.

"Katerina."

"Don't call me that."

"I'm so-" the phone ringing interrupted his apology.

"I got it!" Katherine jumped up and ran to the counter to grab Elijah's cellphone. It had read Kol on the screen. "It's Kol."

"Answer it," Elijah said. He was already standing behind her.

"Hello," Katherine asked in her most innocent voice.

"Katherine darling, put my idiotic brother on the phone."

"Uh, uh. What's the magic word?"

"Put the bastard on the damn phone!" After a moment of silence, he groaned and rolled his eyes before sweetening his tone of voice. "Please."

"It's for you," Katherine handed Elijah the phone. She whispered, "He sounds really angry. Good luck," she patted his shoulder before sitting down to eat her dinner.

"Brother-" Elijah couldn't get a word out before Kol started bombarding him with questions.

"Did you give Mother the address to my condo?"

"Yes, I did." Elijah sighed.

"What in your right mind made you do that?"

"I was only trying to help-"

"Help? You have this idea of a perfect mother and family but that's not gonna happen! Just give it a rest. We don't need her. I don't need her."

"Kol, I'm sorry."

"Yeah, whatever. I slammed the door in her face."

"Kol."

"What? I could have said 'I hope you get hit by a bus,' but I didn't. You should be proud of me!"

"You don't really want that."

"You don't know that."

"Either you hold really deep grudges or she did something to you I don't know about. I see why Klaus hates her: because of Mikael. But you didn't get it nearly as bad as Niklaus."

"I got to go," Kol hesitated before hanging up.

Elijah glanced down at his phone in shock. "He hung up on me."

"Man, that guy is stubborn," Katherine said.

Elijah sat back down at the table and nodded.

"Hey, don't worry. This had to happen at some point."

"I'm not worried about that. I just... I got this chill as I thought of my father."

Katherine looked at her husband with sympathy. She reached out and touched his hand. She knew that he was worried that he'd be like Mikael, even though he was the farthest of ever being anything similar. He was the kindest out of all his siblings (but that doesn't mean he wouldn't hurt you if you hurt someone he cared about.) He also basically took care of his siblings when their mother left the first time, as Finn had already left for college. She knew what a great big brother he was, and that's why she wasn't worried about having kids with him. "You'll be a great father."

...

Meanwhile, Esther was now standing outside her only daughter's apartment wondering whether she should knock. She didn't know why but she was most nervous about Rebekah's reaction. Her reunion with Niklaus and Kol did not go the way she planned. Finn wasn't even that happy to see her, when he was the child she had at least thought still loved her. She really did love her children, but she just wasn't that good of a mother. She was selfish. She had her reasons for leaving. And another one for returning this time.

As she went to knock on the door, the door opened and she was face to face with her daughter. She took in how beautiful she looked: long blonde hair pulled into a side braid, and a young face with bright, betrayed, blue eyes that looked shocked to see her standing there.

Rebekah had been leaving to meet Stefan at some club on Main Street. He had wanted to celebrate her engagement as he hadn't officially congratulated her, and they hadn't hung out together in a while. She was shocked when she opened the door to see her mother about to knock. She closed her door and carefully stepped out in the hallway to look face to face with her mother. She remembered her conversation with Matt: she's only your mother when it's convenient for her.

"Hey," she spoke first.

Esther looked surprise that she said that and didn't yell at her. "Hi, honey."

"What are you doing here? How did you know I lived here?"

"Elijah."

"Of course," Rebekah gave a small smile.

"So, how are you?"

Rebekah nodded, "I'm great. And you?"

"Good, good." It was the most awkward conversation any mother and daughter could have, but Esther was grateful it wasn't a screaming match or a door in her face. "Where were you headed?"

"Out to hang with my friend. He wanted to congratulate me on.." she held up her left hand. Esther noticed the diamond ring on her daughter's left hand.

"It's beautiful. Congratulations."

"Thank you."

"Who's the lucky man, again?"

"His name is Matt."

"Matt. Is he nice?"

Rebekah smiled, "One of the nicest guys I've ever met."

"Cute?"

"Very," Rebekah laughed. She was surprised at how easy it was to talk to her mom. It was awkward in the beginning, as she was dreading this moment. But, like every time, she saw her mom's efforts and caved. She's only your mom when it's convenient for her. Rebekah ignored her thoughts and reached out to hug her mother.

...

Over the week, Bonnie had been packing what was scattered across her apartment. She had called the landlord and said she was moving and he gave her until Saturday to get out. It was Friday and she was getting the last of her stuff in her car.

She couldn't believe she was moving in with Kol. She's excited yet honestly terrified. She really does love him, but she's worried something will happen. He keeps reassuring her that everything will be fine, and she knows that he's telling the truth, but she just can't help it. But everyone gets butterflies when they move in with their boyfriend, right?

"Okay, Bon. I think that's the last of it," Matt says as he put the last box in Bonnie's car.

Bonnie had Matt, Elena, and Caroline to help move her stuff. She doesn't have a lot, but she just wanted all three of them to come hang out for an hour or two.

Caroline slung her arm around Bonnie's shoulder, "Look at you: moving into your boyfriend's condo. Our little girl is all grown up."

"I have a kid, I think I'm more grown up than you," Bonnie grinned.

"No need to be sassy, Bonnie Bennett."

Elena chuckled from her space next to Matt, "So Bonnie.. When's Kol popping out the question?"

"What question?" Bonnie was genuinely confused.

"The marriage question, duh!" Caroline exclaimed. "Don't act like you don't know. He already asked you to move in with him."

"Oh really? What about Klaus? When's he going to?"

"Do I have to be here right now?" Matt interrupted.

"Yes!" All three girls chastised him.

"And, I don't even know," Bonnie explained. "I think asking me to move in is as far as Kol will take our relationship. He's not really the 'settling down' type. And frankly, I'm okay with that. I don't need a big, white wedding to know that he loves me."

"Well I do," Caroline mumbled. "But my boyfriend is so damn stubborn."

"So is mine," Bonnie said at the same time Matt said,
"My fiancé is too."

"Hey, that's the perks of dating a Mikaelson," Elena joked.

"Speaking of the Mikaelsons.." Caroline started. "Have either of you met their mom yet?" Matt, Elena and Bonnie all shook their heads. "Okay, good. Don't. She's like the devil in disguise. She just barged into our house without permission or forewarning and started judging our relationship and even called me names! And let's not even talk about the fact that we were kind of, almost about to you know, have sex on our couch when she interrupted, and oh god that's so not a good first impression, but I'm totally scared to see her again. She made Klaus break down and cry. Full out sobbing. It was heartbreaking. Don't tell him I told you that!"

"I'm sorry, Care," Bonnie said.

"Yeah, that's horrible," Elena added.

"Rebekah keeps going back and forth with how she feels about her mother, and I feel horrible for her. She was emotionally abused by both her parents, but she doesn't know how to let go of the love she has for her mom."

"Can we not talk about such a depressing topic?" Caroline asked after a moment of silence.

"Okay, lets just continue talking about random things in the middle of Bonnie's apartment building parking lot," Elena said sarcastically.

"Do you guys want to take a ride to the condo?" Bonnie suggested.

"I'd love to, but I have to get to the store. We have like nothing in our house, and I think I've already lost three pounds with all the food we don't have." Caroline apologized, "Sorry. But I'll talk to you guys later," she waved before heading over to her car and driving away.

"Well we'll come. And by the way, we'll need a ride home because Caroline was our ride," Elena said.

Bonnie laughed and said, "Okay. Come on."

...

Jeremy was in the convenience store buying a quick snack for his and Emma's trip to the park this afternoon. It was his day to watch Emma, which worked out because Bonnie was moving into Kol's today and didn't want Emma part of the commotion. Emma was sad she couldn't help move, but she was excited when Jeremy told her he'd take her to the playground. She was waiting for him on the opposite side of the store, he had to keep looking up at her to make sure she didn't run away.

"Scared of a run away?" the girl at the cash register joked. Jeremy looked back and noticed it was his turn in line. He walked up to the counter and put his stuff down.

"Yeah, my daughter doesn't like to stay in one place too long."

"My cousin did the same thing all the time," the girl, whose name tag read Anna said. "What's her name?" she asked as she started ringing the items.

"Emma," Jeremy answered.

"Cute name. Did your girlfriend pick it out?" Jeremy knew that was a not-so-subtle way of asking if he was single. He just had to laugh. The girl, Anna, was pretty and she seemed nice and easy-going, even though he only talked to her for a minute.

"No, my sister did. And actually, me and my 'girlfriend' aren't together anymore. We broke up about two years ago, I guess our love wasn't meant to last."

"Are you okay with that?"

He shrugged, "I still love her but she's moved on. We're still friends though."

"I'm sorry." She looked like she was about to say something else but then her eyes widened and she slapped her forehead, "Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I'm so bad at this."

"What?" Jeremy was confused.

"I'm prying into your personal life. That's so unprofessional of me! I need to learn the difference between polite and stalkerish. I'm sorry, I totally new to this whole job thing."

"Oh, that's okay," Jeremy chuckled. "You're definitely the nicest and prettiest cashier I've met."

"Pretty?" Anna raised an eyebrow.

Now it was Jeremy's turn to mentally slap himself, "I'm sorry. Was that too straightforward?"

Anna shook her head and smiled, "No. I think you're pretty too." Her eyes widened as she realized her mistake, "Or well, handsome. I mean."

Jeremy smiled like he hadn't in years. It was similar to how when in high school when he'd see Bonnie in the hallway or she told him she loved him.

Anna shook her head and realized she was on the job, "Oh! That'll be twenty-one, thirty-seven."

Jeremy was confused before he realized they were in a convenience store and there was someone behind him waiting in line. He handed her a twenty-dollar bill and a five. "You can keep the change."

"Thank you. Have fun with your daughter... I'm sorry, I didn't get your name."

"It's Jeremy."

She handed him his bag and they felt a shock when their hands touched.

"Bye, Jeremy," she smiled as she watched him and Emma walk out the door.

...

Let's see. I'm in the mood for burgers tonight, but that requires cooking. I want something easy. Or maybe I'll have Klaus make it. Yeah, I'll do that. Caroline was thinking of what she should buy at the grocery store.

"Oh, crap. We need beer! Why does he have to drink so much?" She asked herself.

As Caroline quickly turned the corner she walked right into another person.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" she exclaimed.

"No, I am," the other person said. She froze.

She looked up and noticed who the other person was: Tyler.

"Tyler," she acknowledged.

"Hey," he gave her a small smile. "How are you?"

"I'm good. And you?"

"Well, now; I'm great."

She nodded, as she didn't know what else to say. Which was weird because she always had something to say.

"This is awkward, isn't it?"

"Yeah," she gave a fake smile.

"Listen.. I'm sorry. For anything and everything I need to apologize for. For leaving without saying anything. For being such a horrible fiancé. A horrible human being, I know I can't make up for that. But I don't want you to hate me."

"I don't hate you," she realized.

"Oh, really? That's great, I'm so-"

"Because the truth is: I can't hate someone I don't care about." His face fell and she hated to keep going but she did anyway. "Tyler, if I'm being completely honest and you know I always am: I don't care for you anymore. I don't even feel like I know who you are, and you definitely do not know me. We're different people than we were five years ago. And that's okay. And it's also okay that I don't care about you. Because you're just somebody that I used to know."

He nodded, "Right. I got that. But I would like to try and be friends?"

"I want to, but I don't think I can. We didn't fit as lovers, I don't think we'll fit as friends. You hated me before we dated, remember?"

"But-"

"I'll see you around, Tyler." And with that, she walked away.

...

Stefan was sitting at his usual place at The Grill. He was cramming for his premed exam tomorrow. Since he was a year ahead of Caroline and Lexi, they didn't need to take the test so it was up to him to study by himself. He took a sip of his coke and listened to the music. Maybe he shouldn't have chosen such a noisy place because now he couldn't concentrate.

Suddenly, his vision went black. He heard someone whisper in his ear,
"That better not be what I think it is, Mister."

He slapped the hands over his eyes and said, "It's coca cola, geez don't you trust me?" The hands left his face and he saw his best friend, Lexi Branson, standing before him. She grinned down at him as she sat down in the seat beside him.

"Of course I don't. Not during this time of year."

"It's April."

"Yeah, well, I never liked that month," she picked up his glass and drank what was left of it. She set the glass down and picked up his book, "What are you reading? Ugh, that's right you have that exam tomorrow. Sorry, buddy. I wish you luck."

"If you'll stop judging my life," he chuckled. "I can ask you what you're doing here?"

"I just came to drink, I saw my best friend, and I just had to surprise him."

He looked her up and down. "Then why're you dressed so fancy?" She was wearing a simple white dress, but she usually doesn't wear dresses unless it's a special occasion.

"Why can't I wear a dress for no reason?"

"Because you're Lexi."

She gave him a look before sighing, "Okay fine. I have a secret life where I love wearing dresses and acting girly."

He laughed, "No. Seriously. Are you on a date or something?"

She shook her head, "Not exactly. I'm meeting my roommate here because it's her friend's birthday and I was invited for a night of 'fun' or whatever. I don't have the heart to tell her than I hate her friend. Like seriously she's so annoying. But Liv is awesome, I can't tell her that Taylor is a bitch and I hope that she chokes on her birthday cake."

Stefan laughed louder than he should have. "Why do you hate her?"

"She stole my cookie in preschool, why do you think I hate her?"

"Who's this? Taylor.. The one whose dad got your dad fired from the hospital?" All those years ago when Lexi was in high school, her dad had worked as one of the best doctors in Mystic Falls, right after Grayson Gilbert. He was the reason Lexi went into the medical field. But Taylor and her prestigious family moved here and her dad got Lexi's fired. Lexi just hated that family.

Lexi nodded, "Anyway. I'm over it. I just wish she chokes on her birthday cake. Otherwise, you know I'm up for a good party," she winked.

"Ugh, if there's going to be music and stripping, I think I'm gonna pass."

"Why? You love seeing girls half naked!"

"Not in the middle of a bar. And plus, I have to study and I can't have you and your crazy party antics distract me."

"You're so not fun."

"I'm trying to pass med school."

"But you'll graduate before me! You should fail so we'll graduate at the same time."

"Nah, I don't want another year of school," he said as he put his stuff together.

"Your loss. I'm a hell of a lot of fun."

He laughed and shook his head, "I know. I'll see you on Monday."

"Bye loser."

...

"Tate! What did you do?" Finn heard his wife cry from the upstairs bathroom. He took a deep breath and thought, What did he do now? He stood up from the couch and walked up the stairs to the bathroom. When he got there, he saw that all the white towels were covered in paint. The once all white room was spotted with blues, reds and greens.

Oh god, do I hate the terrible twos.

"Daddy! Save me from Mommy!" Tate squealed at his dad and ran behind his legs.

Sage looked up at Finn and gave him a look that said talk to him, he likes you better. Finn nodded and bent down beside is son, "Tate.. This is not a game. Do you see Mommy's face? Does she look like she's kidding?" Tate glanced at Sage, whose face was almost as red as her hair with anger. He shook his head. "She's really angry, isn't she? Why don't you apologize to Mommy for ruining her towels."

Tate slowly walked over to Sage and said, "I sowwy Mommy. I was twying to finger pwaint." He had put on his biggest pouty face, and Finn couldn't tell if he was actually sad or if Kol had taught his nephew how to get out of trouble really well.

Sage gave her son a frustrated smile, "I know you're sorry. But for next time, just tell one of us when you want to paint and we'll help you, all right?" Tate nodded and gave her a hug. Finn smiled at the sight, and Sage looked at him over their son's shoulder. They both hated how out of control he was, but they had to admit he was pretty cute while doing it.

Ring ring.

"Finn, can you get the doorbell please?" Sage asked. "And Tate, go to you room for a couple minutes so I can clean up."

Tate nodded and tromped over into his room.

"I'll be back after I answer the door to help you clean up," Finn told his wife.

"Okay," she answered.

Finn headed back down the stairs to the front door. He opened it up and saw someone he had never expected to be on his doorstep. Klaus.

"Niklaus. What are you doing here?" Finn asked his brother.

Klaus looked up at his eldest brother, "I honestly don't even know. I needed someone to talk to, I guess. May I come in?"

Wow, lots of questions! What do you think Klaus has to talk about? And why would he go to Finn? And is there a deeper reasoning behind Kol's hatred for Esther? What are Esther's reasons for leaving the first time? Returning this time? I have this scene planned out, and I wonder what you'll think. Also, will something happen between Anna and Jeremy? Those are the main questions from this chapter that should keep you guessing until my next update!

I feel kind of bad because I've been focusing this story on the Original Family but since I love them so much, I guess they are the main characters? But please, if there is any character you'd like me to write a scene about, just ask! Or if you're fine with what I've been doing, that's fine too.

And one quick question for y'all: should Klaroline have a baby now or later in the story? They will have one eventually, but when would you guys like to see it happen?

Review! :)