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Klaus walked into his eldest brother's house, following him into the living room and taking a seat on the couch. His brother took a seat across from him on the chair and shot him a worried look. Finn was completely confused about why Klaus was here. Don't get him wrong, Finn and Klaus are brothers and they love each other but they're the two Mikaelson siblings who don't always see eye to eye. It's just easier to say that they're the least close out of the five siblings. And with that said, Finn wondered why Klaus came to him for whatever problem he has going on. Rebekah is the sibling Klaus confides the most in, and when he needs experienced advice he goes to Elijah, and when he can't talk to either of them it's always Kol because he may seem intimidating but he's actually the easiest to talk to. Finn can't remember the last time him and Klaus had a heartfelt conversation, probably right after Mikael died.

"I'm sorry for just showing up," Klaus spoke up snapping Finn out of his reverie. Finn now knew that something was up because Klaus never apologizes to him.

"Oh. It's okay. Tate just made a mess in the bathroom and Sage is pissed off and I'd rather have a distraction right now."

"Ah, that little rascal. I knew there was a reason I liked him."

"Yeah, either you or Kol taught him bad behavior."

"Don't look at me," Klaus put his hands up in defense and laughed.

Finn gave a small smile before changing the subject. "So.. Why are you here?"

Klaus' smile faded. He eyebrows furrowed as he tried to figure out a way to speak the words he wanted to say. "I have a question to ask you."

"About?"

"Mother."

"Oh. Continue."

"Why didn't you want her to come back?" This question had been on Klaus' mind for the past week and a half. He knew that Finn was always the closest with their mother, and was the most heartbroken when she left. He was also the first to forgive her. He couldn't think of why he didn't want her back. It was on everyone's mind.

Finn took a deep breath and tried to piece together his response. "I-I.. When.. When she first came back and we moved out here.. I was pissed off, you remember that. I was almost done with university, and she had actually revoked my scholarship- can you even do that?- and I had to finish it here. I was angry at her for that, and for leaving us with Mikael. But she was still my mother.. I remembered her reading me stories when I was a boy, and tucking me in when I was sick. She never explained why she left, and I guess I never needed one because she came back to me. To us. But when she left the second time- it didn't matter to me that we were all above eighteen, that father was dead, that you and Kol didn't talk to her, none of that mattered because those shouldn't have been the reasons why she left. But she did anyway. I found that cowardly. She only called once a year on birthdays, communicated a few times over the internet, but barely anything. She just wasn't the same when she came back. And I feel bad for you, Kol, and Rebekah because she left when you guys were still kids and you didn't get a lot of years with her when she actually acted like our mother. I just didn't want her back this time, I can't really explain it."

Klaus nodded as if he agreed with what his brother just said, which he did. The only good memory he has about his mother is when he was seven years old and Mikael had just hit him so hard he fell through the wall and blamed him for the damage; and Esther took Klaus to bed and held him as he fell asleep and told him that he was not worthless and that his dad was a horrible person and a liar and that Klaus would prove him wrong one day and that she would be so proud; he was crying as he fell asleep but she kept telling him over and over how much she loved him no matter what and she kissed his crusty, blood covered, blonde hair. It was one of the few times she got involved with her children, especially Klaus, after Mikael hurt them. She was always too scared to stand up to her husband, but the few times she comforted them as they fell asleep are the only good memories Klaus has of her.

"Are you okay?" Finn asked as he noticed his younger brother just stare at the wall for several minutes. "Are you crying?" He asked as he saw Klaus' dark blue eyes cloud up with tears.

Klaus reached his hand up to wipe his eyes and coughed, "Yeah, I'm fine. I was thinking of... Do you remember when Mikael-" his mouth filled with bile as he thought of his abuser, "He was really drunk one night, and he pushed me through the wall?" Finn nodded but inside he didn't want to think about it because all the screaming that night was horrible. He's pretty sure Rebekah cried more than Klaus. "That was a horrible night, but it was what happened after that I like to remember. Mother.. She never did anything after Mikael's tantrums, but that night.. She picked me up from the floor and cleaned me up and brought me to bed. She tucked me in, kissed my head, held me as she told me 'Do not listen to your father. He is a liar; you are not worthless. You are a beautiful child and you will go far in life. Do not listen to him; you have plenty of people who love you. Your brothers and sister love you. Mummy loves you so very much. And she wishes that she could help more. But she wants you to know that she really does love you. And she knows that one day you will prove that horrible man wrong, and mummy will be so very proud.'" And yes, Klaus still remembers every word of a conversation that happened twenty years ago.

"Well, she was right. You are not worthless, brother. And you have proved Mikael wrong: you found Caroline and you have a new life with her and people who love you. I don't know if mother is proud of you or not, but let me tell that I am."

...

It was early Saturday morning and Elena stood in her kitchen, leaning against the counter drinking hot coffee in her pajamas. She remembers doing this when she was younger, and missed waking up on Saturday to just have a lazy day drinking coffee in her fuzzy pink slippers. She laughed to herself trying to picture her now wearing her favorite pajamas from when she was twelve.

"Morning, my lovely wife," Damon sang as he entered the kitchen. Elena looked up from her cup and shot him a big smile.

"Morning, my brooding husband," she teased.

"I think you mean 'sexy, wonderful, amazing husband.'"

"Okay, then you're a vain husband too."

He grinned, taking her cup and set it down on the counter before leaning down and capturing her lips in a lingering kiss. She smiled into the kiss, reaching her hands up to tangle them in his hair and pulling him closer. He rested his hands around her waist before pulling away to kiss her nose.

"You have a cute nose, have I ever told you that?" He asked her. She giggled and shook her head, saying,
"I lost track of all the compliments you've given me over the years."

"Well, I'll just start from scratch then."

She loves mornings like this: they get to have a few moments together, acting like complete love-sick newlywed couples. She loves that they can still act like this after so many years together, and hopes they'll have five hundred more Saturdays like this.

"Do you have the day off today, right?" She asked as she started playing with his dark hair.

"Yes, and we have plans tonight."

"We do?" She raised an eyebrow.

"I was going to hang out with Ric and Enzo tonight but then I remembered that you and me haven't had a night out together in a while-"

"I'm not being an outsider as you do shots with your buddies-"

"Will you let me finish?" He poked her sides jokingly. "So Alaric is bringing Jenna and I know you haven't seen your Aunt in a while."

"So, basically, Enzo will be a fifth wheel?"

"I thought about that. And I decided to take matters into my own hands."

"You know that Enzo hates you setting him up."

"Yes, but he'll thank me for this later." Elena rolled her eyes. "You remember my friend Rose-Marie?"

"Wasn't she your girlfriend in high school?" Elena asked, although her tone was genuinely curious and not jealous. She's learned to not get jealous over Damon's ex-girlfriends because she knows that he got around before they were together- he is one of Mystic Falls most attractive (non-available) bachelors, and plus she is the one who dated his brother for two years.

"Not really girlfriend girlfriend, more like really good friend who happened to be a girl." At that comment, Elena rolled her eyes once again.

"So what about her? You're gonna set her up with Enzo? Do they even know each other?"

"I don't think so. She moved away right before I met Enzo, but we still kept in contact. We haven't seen each other in like twelve years though, so she's coming down for a visit. I'm trying to convince her to stay here and not go back to boring ole' Boston, so I thought if she gets a boyfriend and is reminded about how awesome her good buddy Damon is then she'll stay and join my drinking club."

"Is that the only reason you have friends? So you have people to drink with?"

"That's not my only reason, Elena. So, what do you think of my plan?"

"Sounds interesting, and I can't wait to see how it plays out."

"You like it?"

"Count me in," she said which made him grin. A thought occurred to her and she gasped, "Wait! We can't go out tonight, because who's going to watch Christian?"

"All covered. Stefan said he'd do it."

"On such short notice?"

"Yes."

"But doesn't he have a test this morning?"

"Its starts at eight, I'm pretty sure he'll be done by seven tonight."

"Thank god for Stefan. He's a life saver."

"I know. Why did you ever break up with him?" He teased.

She hit his arm a little too hard, "Because of your stupid face."

"You love my stupid face," he pointed out.

"That I do," she leaned up to kiss him.

...

"God, why does planning a wedding have to be so much work?" Rebekah asked as she went through the list she had made for what they needed to decide on for their wedding. She didn't realize how many things she wrote down until now. She must have lost count and just wrote whatever came to her mind.

Matt looked over her shoulder and said, "Holy crap. Are you sure we need all of that stuff? We already figured out like twenty things."

Rebekah was siting crossed-legged on Matt's bed, while he leaned backwards against his pillow. It was only eight o'clock in the morning but Rebekah was bored so she grabbed her journal dedicated to wedding details.

"Yeah, well. Let's do a couple of things each day. We're still doing the date on Christmas Eve, right?"

"If you want to, yeah."

"I don't know why but I think getting married on a holiday makes it special, so yes I want to still do it on that day." She looked over at him and smiled sheepishly.

"If you wanted to do it on a holiday, then why not Valentine's Day?" He teased.

"Because everyone gets married on Valentine's Day!" She gently slapped his shoulder and laughed.

He sat up and kissed her cheek before resting his chin on her shoulder. "So what's the next thing we need to figure out?"

She glanced down at the list. "Who do you want to be your best man? Jeremy?"

Matt thought for a second, "I guess so. But Tyler and I have been best friends since we were five. But at this point in time; Jeremy and I are closer.. I don't know. Wait, I also need groomsmen right?"

"If we want to have more than one friend up there with us. I don't really have many friends, so I don't even know who I want up there with me. I'm going to have Elena, maybe Lexi. I wish Stefan was a girl so he could be my maid of honor."

Matt laughed really hard before asking, "Do you think your brothers would be my groomsmen?"

"Maybe. Why?"

"Aren't the bride's brothers or the groom's sisters supposed to be part of the bridal party?"

"They don't have to. I'll ask them. That's very sweet that you thought of them, though."

"I try," Matt joked as moved Rebekah's hair to one side and kissed her shoulder. "So if I ask your brothers, it means that Katherine, Sage, Caroline and Bonnie have to be part of your bridal party."

Rebekah groaned, "Nooo. Whyyy?"

Matt chuckled and sat back again. "Why don't you like them?"

"Katherine's a bitch, Sage is a peasant, Caroline's just plain annoying, and Bonnie's too goody two-shoes."

"Well, that's nice," he said sarcastically. "Come on, they're your sister-in-laws, at least try to like them."

"I do try."

"No, you don't. I know you. Seriously, what is the real reason you don't like them?"

Rebekah sighed. "I don't know. I mean, yes Katherine is a bitch, and Caroline is a little annoying, but... All of them are legit perfect for my brothers if you think about it. Sage wouldn't leave Finn even if hell froze over, and he needs someone who won't abandon him. Elijah's too proper and stiff; he needs someone like Katherine who can show him how to have fun and let loose a little bit. Klaus has anger issues; he needs someone like Caroline, she may be a little too perky but she's his bright light in the dark and he could use a little happiness and kindness. Kol's a bad boy, and Bonnie just rounds him out. You know, they all just fit. It's pretty amazing. Not to mention, they're all incredibly happy."

"So, what's the problem?"

"I guess it's just.. Growing up as the only girl in the family, especially after my mom left, I was used to being the favorite girl in their lives. None of them really dated when we lived in London, except when Elijah dated Celeste but that just ended up tragic. Kol dated around a lot once we moved here, but he didn't really care about any of those relationships until Bonnie. He actually tries with her. And.. I just feel sort of left out. I can't really explain it. And I like them a lot more than I did all those years ago. I loathed Caroline in high school, remember?"

"That was funny all the times you guys competed for things," Matt chuckled. "Everything she wanted, you wanted. Whatever you wanted, she got it. Funny how you ended up dating her ex-boyfriend, and she ends up with your brother."

"Yeah, good times," Rebekah thought of when her and Caroline fought over which decade to do for the decade dance. And who should tutor Matt. And homecoming queen. Okay, they fought over a lot of stuff in high school. But they're pretty good friends now, Rebekah just thinks Caroline's a bit annoying.

"Speaking of high school.. Remember our first date?"

Rebekah thought back and a huge smile crossed her face. She leaned back beside him and turned her head so she was looking at him. "You took me bowling and were appalled that I had never been before. It's not my fault that my town didn't have a bowling alley!"

"And yet you still kicked my ass," Matt chuckled. "Was that even our first date? Because I believe we had just met."

"No, we met in homeroom when I dropped my pencil. It was my first day, and you walked me to my classes because I had no clue where I was going. We didn't have any classes together because I was a year behind, but you always said hi to me in the hall so I kept thinking that you were trying to have sex with me, but then after a couple weeks, you asked me to go bowling. I consider it a date because that was when I realized I actually liked you. That you were different, because I got to know you. And then I waved to you every day I passed you in the hall, and we just kept hanging out after school, until I finally had to make the first move and kiss you on my door step."

"I remember that kiss! I was actually really nervous to kiss you because I was scared that you'd punch me if I made a move.. I also remember Kol coming out like a second later threatening to hit me with a baseball bat."

"He was just being protective."

"Sureee."

Rebekah laughed and kissed his arm. She dangled her right arm over his torso and snuggled her head into the crook of his neck. "I can't wait to be married." He kissed her hair as a sign of agreement.

...

"I can't wait to go to Kol-ey's house!" Emma exclaimed as Jeremy pulled his car into Kol's parking lot. Bonnie moved all hers' and Emma's stuff into Kol's place yesterday, but Emma spent the day and night with Jeremy so Emma hasn't seen the condo yet. It's all she's been talking about since yesterday- besides when she claims that "Daddy has a crush on the cashier girl!"

"Well, we're here, Em." Jeremy pulled the key out of the ignition.

"Yay!" Emma hurriedly undid her seatbelt and threw her door open, jumping out and taking off toward the building.

"Emma!" Jeremy yelled as he rushed out of the car and ran after the five-year old. She was already waiting at the back door and banging of the door so they'll let her in. Jeremy reached the door and picked her up, throwing her up on his shoulders. She squirmed to get down as the door flew open, revealing both Bonnie and Kol on the other side. To the couple's embarrassment- Jeremy's as well- their hair was messed up, Kol's shirt was on backwards, Bonnie's right shoulder was showing from her shirt being yanked down, and both of their lips seemed swollen. Jeremy also noticed a small red mark on Kol's collar bone. Maybe nine o'clock on a Saturday morning wasn't a good time to come over.

"Morning, guys," Jeremy grinned, flashing them a knowing smile.

Bonnie's cheeks flushed while Kol glared at the father-daughter duo. "Nice of you to come over at 9 A.M." Kol groaned.

Jeremy laughed and took Emma off his shoulders, "It was this kid who woke me up at seven. This has been all she's talked about since yesterday."

Emma jumped out of her dad's arms and ran to hug Kol. "I get to live with you now! We're gonna have a lot of fun!" She then reached over to hug Bonnie, "Hi mommy!"

"Hey Em," they both laughed simultaneously.

"Now bye!" Emma cheered as she ran into the house, leaving the three adults in awkward silence.

"Hey.. Jeremy," Kol greeted as he scratched his head. "So, how was your day yesterday?"

Jeremy couldn't help but laugh. But then he said, "It was fun, we went to the park and then Emma made me watch Disney Movies. Oh and just so you know, if Emma starts talking about me and this cashier: I do not have a crush on her!"

"Ooh, a crush?" Bonnie teased.

Jeremy's voice went high as he said,
"No, it's nothing." Bonnie and Kol knew he was lying.

"What's her name?" Bonnie asked.

"Anna," Jeremy answered immediately.

"Ahh, you remember her name. You definitely like her," Kol grinned.

"Shut up, guys. How would you feel if I tease you about your love life? Or should I say sex life?"

"There's a child in the other room!" Bonnie hissed as she reached through the threshold to playfully push her ex-boyfriend's shoulder.

"Well, just a FYI: Kol, your shirt is backwards, and Bonnie, you might want to watch where you bite because I could see that hickey on his neck a mile away."

"Shut up!"

...

It was now evening at the Kalijah Household. Elijah retired early for the day because he didn't feel like listening to his mother any longer. Katherine had just finished her shower and walked into their bedroom wearing her fluffy, hot pink robe, and her towel wrapped around her wet hair. She flopped down on her side of the bed, sending her husband a big smile.

"Why're you so happy?" Elijah smiled back. Every time she smiled, he couldn't happen but smile too.

"I'm just happy." She shrugged. She rested her hand on her stomach, it had become a regular thing these past few weeks. It was a security thing for Katherine: to rest her hands on her stomach, like she was protecting her child. "I wonder if it'll be a girl or a boy. I want a girl! What do you want?" She asked him.

Elijah was taken back by the question. He had known about the baby for weeks now, but he honestly never thought about whether he wanted a son or a daughter. "We still have like three months before we can find out the gender, Katherine."

"I know, but you know I like to get stuff done early."

"Get what done?"

"Names."

"Names?"

"Yes."

"Why do you want to start think of names now?"

"It's never too early to start thinking of what we'll call someone for the rest of their life."

"I'm not winning this argument, am I?"

"Nope," she said while popping the p.

"Okay, so what names do you want to name the baby if it's a girl?"

Katherine thought for a moment, "I really like the name Sophia. Juliette and Isabelle are pretty too. But I don't know, I feel like those names are too girly."

"Any daughter of yours will grow up loving clothes and shoes," Elijah pointed out.

"Yeah, but what if she doesn't? I don't want to give her a name that doesn't describe who she is. Like I am a Katherine."

"Your name means pure."

She feigned hurt and slapped his shoulder, "Shush! Seriously though, naming a kid takes so much pressure. Why do we have to name the kid right after he or she is born? Why can't we wait until they develop a personality? Or can't they just name themselves?"

"Katherine," he put his hand on her forearm. "Calm down."

"What if we named her something like Hope or Patience?"

"Nadia means 'hope' in Slovakia."

Katherine smiled, "I actually like that name. But I can't get the name Sophia out of my head. We could have Nadia as her middle name? But both names ending in a sounds weird."

"Maybe Sophie Nadia? But Sophia Nadia doesn't sound too bad."

"Sophia Nadia Mikaelson. I like the sound of that."

"We're using my name?" Elijah asked with a small smile. He knows how proud she is of her last name, he thought she'd want to use her name.

"Yeah. Unless you don't want to? I know, because of.."

"No, it's okay. I shouldn't discontinue the name."

"I really like the name Mikaelson, though. Oh, and now what about for a boy?"

"I don't know.. How does Hayden Lucas Mikaelson sound?"

"I really like it! Wow, you're way better at picking out names than me." Katherine took Elijah's hands and placed them on her stomach. She started talking to her stomach, "Are you a Sophia or a Hayden?"

Elijah bent his head to place a kiss on her stomach and whispered, "Hi little one. I can't wait for you to get here." If only they could feel the baby kicking excitedly at the sound of its parents' voices.

...

"Thank you so much for watching Chris on such short notice," Elena told Stefan as she watched Damon chase their son around Stefan's front yard.

"No problem, Elena. I'm always happy to see my favorite nephew," Stefan grinned.

"He's your only nephew."

"Not unless you two start popping out more kids," Stefan joked.

"Oh my god, don't even say that!" She pushed his shoulder. "I'm not ready for another kid."

Stefan laughed. "Are you guys planning on having another one in the future?"

"I'm not talking about this with you right now!"

"Is that a yes?"

"We want to try for a girl in a few years, but that's ways a way."

"You should name her Stefanie," he joked.

"Oh, yeah sure." Elena rolled her eyes.

"Good choice in name, she'll go far."

Elena smiled at him.

"Elena, it's time to go," Damon called her.

Christian ran up the steps and hugged Elena's legs, "Bye mommy!"

Elena bent down to kiss her son's forehead. "Bye, sweetheart. Be good for Uncle Stefan, all right?"

Damon showed up behind her and said, "Elena. Don't confuse the poor kid, I told him to make Steffy's life miserable."

"You did not!" Elena hit his arm.

"Don't worry Elena. If Chris is anything like Damon, I can handle it." Stefan picked up his nephew and ruffled his hair.

"Watch the hair, dude," Christian swat at Stefan's hand.

"That's my boy!" Damon laughed as he leaned forward to kiss his son. "Bye, buddy. We'll see you tomorrow morning, kay?"

"Night!" The three-year old cheered as he leaned his head against his Uncle's.

"Bye!" Christian and Stefan waved as Elena and Damon drove away.

They arrived at The Grill twenty minutes later. As they walked in, they noticed Alaric and Jenna waiting at a table for six.

"Aunt Jenna!" Elena exclaimed as she saw her aunt who's only five years older than her. She ran to hug her. "How are you?" She asked.

"I'm great! You? I hear your book is being published?" Jenna answered.

Elena smile sheepishly, "Yeah.."

"Why don't I hear from you? I had to hear about the book from Jeremy and Alaric."

"I'm sorry, we need to hang out more."

"We do," Jenna said. Even though Jenna raised Elena for a few years after her parents died, they're relationship wasn't all guardian/child. They were friends, too. Jenna was closer in age to her niece and nephew than she was to her own sister.

Jenna and Elena looked over at their husbands who were already talking about the football game that was on last week. They rolled their eyes and shared a look that said boys.

"Hello ladies and gentlemen!" Enzo announced his arrival from behind the two women. He dangled his arms around Elena's and Jenna's shoulders in a friendly way.

"Hey Enzo," the two girls gave their husbands' best friend a smile.

"You know I'm always happy to see your pretty faces, but I'm not so excited about being a fifth wheel," he told them.

Damon and Alaric now walked over to the trio. "Don't worry, buddy," Damon grinned. "I might have done a little something."

Enzo took his arms off of Elena and Jenna, and turned to glare at his friend. "You did what?"

"I think he's saying he set you up," Alaric said.

Enzo punched Damon's shoulder, a little too hard, "Mate! You know I hate it when you do that. And you know I'm not ready to date again."

"Yes, you are." Damon looked at the door and saw Rose walk into the restaurant. "And here she is." He raised his hand and shouted, "Hey stranger!"

Rose looked his way and grinned. "Damon!" She lightly ran to her old friend and engulfed him in a big hug. "I missed you!"

"I miss you, too! How is Boston?"

"It's okay. How's things in Mystic Falls?"

"Just great. You should totally move back," he winked.

"I might have to," she joked. Damon heard the teasing in her voice, but still hoped she would move back.

He turned toward the party of four behind them and started the introductions. "My friends, this is Rose-Marie: one of my close friends from before I knew any of you. She moved away twelve years ago, but we still kept in contact. Rose, this is my lovely wife Elena," he gestured to Elena who waved and gave a smile. Rose was happy to finally meet Elena; she's heard so much about her and Christian. "My drinking buddy, Alaric but you can call him Ric. His wife, Jenna." Alaric and Jenna both smiled at Rose. "And finally, my cell mate: Lorenzo, but you can call him Enzo. Or whatever you want, because he's your date for the night."

"My date?" Rose raised her eyebrow.

"Yes, he's setting you up," Elena repeated the news.

Rose shared a look with Enzo and gave a small smile. Enzo had barely moved since he saw Rose run over to Damon. She had shoulder-length brown hair, and bright green eyes. She was stunning, he had to admit. And if Damon liked her, then that's one of the best compliments you could ever get, Enzo believes.

Damon looked at Enzo who was still staring at Rose. He shared a look with Elena that said my plan is totally working.

Alaric nudged Enzo to snap him out of his trance.

Enzo broke out of his reverie and gave a big smile. "Should we get this night started then?"

...

Esther sat on the edge of her bed Sunday morning. She has been in Mystic Falls only a week, but she thinks it's time she tells her children things they never knew about their father, about their family, about her; like why she left thirteen years ago, why she decided to move them to America, and why she came back now. She knows its only right they know all of this now, because there's not enough time left.

She walked downstairs and saw Elijah curled up on the couch with Katherine sleeping peacefully on his shoulder. He had his arms wrapped around her and his chin resting on her head. A purple blanket was wrapped around the couple and Esther couldn't help but smile to herself.

She walked up to them and gently touched her son's shoulder. "Elijah," she whispered.

He turned his head to look at her. "Mother," he acknowledged. "Good morning."

She smiled at how polite he was, even if she knew that he secretly didn't want her here as much as his siblings.
"I was wondering if you ask your brothers and sister to come over today?"

He was hesitant, "I don't think they-"

"It's important. Don't tell them I'll be here if you have to. Tell them whatever to get them here. I need all of you here."

"Can't this wait? Why don't you let Niklaus and Kol warm up to you-"

"This can not wait. It's urgent, and we're running out of time."

Elijah was shocked about the phrase "We're running out of time." Running out of time for what? But nonetheless, around ten o'clock, he called all of his siblings and asked them to come over because he wanted to talk to all of them. Of course Klaus and Kol asked about Esther, but Elijah swore she would be out until this evening. He hated lying to them, he felt incredibly horrible.

And hour later, the five siblings were all seated around the kitchen table. Elijah had told them all that there was an emergency about the baby. Klaus, Rebekah, Kol, and Finn thought they were waiting for Katherine, who actually went out with Elena for the day, when instead they were waiting for their mother.

"So, we started thinking about names for the baby," Elijah continued the conversation. Rebekah had just asked them if they'd be Matt's groomsmen in the wedding, and they all said they'd do it. "What do you guys think of Sophia Nadia for a girl, and Hayden Lucas for a boy?"

"Those names are beautiful," Rebekah answered as she reached over Kol to take a handful of jellybeans.

"I especially like the Hayden part," Finn said.

"Speaking of the baby.." Klaus started.

"Where's Katherine?" Kol finished.

"Oh," Elijah said. "She should be here soon."

And he was right. She did walk into the room a few seconds later. Except the she wasn't Katherine, it was Esther.

Klaus stood up so fast you would have thought he was a vampire, "What the hell is she doing here? I thought you said she was out until later today!"

"That's what he told me, too!" Kol added as he stood up too. Rebekah and Finn followed suit and stood up as well.

"I am so sorry, she told me to get you guys here-" Elijah said.

"You tricked us?" Rebekah asked.

"I can't imagine you doing this," Kol said.

"Why would you do this? You know I didn't want to see her." Klaus asked.

"Guys, maybe he has a reason," Finn tried to reason.

"I could have thought you doing this like ten years ago," Kol told his eldest brother. "But Elijah? Never."

"You never sell out the people you love," Rebekah accused Elijah.

"It's not that I don't love you, I do!"

"Children!" Esther shouted. All of them turned their heads towards her. It was funny, that was the first time she felt like their mother in years. "Don't yell at Elijah, he was just doing what I asked him. I need all of you here."

"Why?" Klaus shared a look with his sister.

Esther took a deep breath and looked at all five of their faces. "There is something that all of you need to know. A lot of things, actually. I have to tell you now, because there's not much time left."

The siblings' faces all shown of confusion, curiosity, anger, and sadness. Some more than others. Rebekah took a deep breath as she prepared for what her mother had to say. Elijah still wondered what the not-much-time-left had to do with anything. Finn was curious, but mostly hoped he'd get answers. Kol's eyes shown with anger, but he was also extremely confused. Klaus just stood there completely expressionless. He didn't know what to think. He didn't know what he was expecting to hear. But all five them had one thing in common: none of them wanted to be there, but did at the same time.

"Now, what I'm about to tell you... I don't know if it'll make you hate me more, or maybe even less. But it's something that you should have known a long time ago."

Mwahaha how's that for a cliff hanger?! What do you guys think Esther will tell the Originals? Leave your guesses in your review!

And lol what do you guys think of Damon setting up Rose and Enzo? And we finally got to meet Jenna!

And do you guys like the names Kalijah picked out? I've just had the names Hayden and Sophia set since the story started, but the middle names can change? Now the question for you guys is.. Should the baby be Sophia or Hayden, or both?

Lot's of things will happen next chapter! Review if you want to read it :)

Until next time xx