Part 22 – To do or not to do
Caroline was furious when she awoke to find Bonnie and Damon had skipped out on her with Stefan in tow. She had Elijah use his contacts on threat of being magically drained to track her errant selfish friends who were grinning as they signed a piece of paper to legitimize their relationship. No ceremony or witnesses except for Stefan and Lucy Bennett.
"Love, they didn't want to inconvenience you" Klaus tried to calm the enraged vampire who only snorted in anger.
"I'm pregnant not invalid"
"Hey…. Care" Bonnie said wide eyed as she ran out the tiny home office Damon in tow.
"You didn't even wear a dress!" Caroline hissed at Bonnie's jeggings and strappy top.
"We didn't need the pomp and ceremony" Damon rolled his eyes.
"You are a man you will not understand, but you!" Caroline wagged her finger at Bonnie.
"We are going home, you are going to look for a dress and do this properly!"
"Hey Care… you realize there is no properly right? We are supernatural beings, we have no religion or ceremony." Stefan added.
"Actually witches do have a ceremony" Lucy responded and immediately regretted it due to the glare Bonnie directed her way.
"Fantastic, come with me" Caroline grinned at Bonnie in a way that made the witch want to run away to a different continent.
"She's going to torture us isn't she" Damon sighed then looked at Klaus.
"What do you expect me to do? The woman is on her own mission."
"You could distract her" Damon shrugged.
"How? All she seems interested in is getting people hitched."
"I wish she would just get herself hitched." Bonnie grumbled then made her way to Caroline to try and ease her upcoming torture.
"That's actually not a bad idea…" Stefan said as he and Damon closed in on Klaus.
"Why on earth would you want your bridesmaids to wear the same color as you on your big day?" Caroline whined as her champagne colored dress was fitted.
"Because, I am not excited about this 'Big Day' as you put it. You're more excited than anyone else. Why don't you just marry Klaus and leave me alone." Bonnie almost growled at her best friend.
"Why can't we just get hitched together?" Hayley sighed as she tried on her third wedding dress only for Caroline to point back to the dressing room.
"Why can't Caroline give birth already so that she can be busy being a mom…" Bonnie mumbled under her breath as she sent off another string of angry, sad and frustrated emojis to Damon who responded with a pic of his dick wearing a hat causing the witch to yelp and hurriedly switch off the phone.
"You better hope that man of yours is doing as I asked" Caroline warned Bonnie.
"I'm sure Klaus is being as attentive as you are" Bonnie rolled her eyes at Hayley who was sent back to change for the fourth time.
"This one!" Caroline shouted with glee as she ran her fingers over her creme silk colored tummy.
"I know this is not the color you wanted but, this dress was made for me!" Caroline trilled as she turned around in the mirror.
"Yeah it is, you look gorgeous. Go for it Care" Bonnie smiled for the first time since Caroline dragged her to the boutique.
"You, however, that dress is not made for. Go and change and make sure Hayley still has the 3 dresses I picked out for her."
"You just want her to wear your selection"
"You haven't the diddliest when it comes to fashion. Now go try out the dresses I chose"
Friday came around quicker than expected, Bonnie and Hayley were doing the final touches on their make up while Damon and Jackson tried to sneak in through the window.
"I don't get why you couldn't just mist us up here" Jackson complained.
"I'm not Harry Potter, and it only works for me because I am part vampire" Damon snapped then almost pounced on his wife.
"Hey wifey, you're pretty hot. Want to skip this charade and fast forward to the honeymoon?"
"Hey, my wedding is tomorrow if you haven't forgotten."
"Have you seen my wife? How can I resist wanting to ravish her."
"Are you sure he's over 100?" Jackson asked Bonnie.
"Seems his age came alone" Bonnie responded which earned her a nip on the ear from her new husband.
"So you think Caroline knows? What if it doesn't work out the way we planned?"
"Oh Jackson, it will work out." Hayley answered.
"And we don't have to do this pointless ceremony."
"I don't think it's pointless…."
"Excuse me?"
"The handfasting ritual is part of who you are Bonnie – I think we should do that part tonight with your kin and mine" Damon said seriously, his eyes an intense blue that made Bonnie almost forget to breathe.
"She said it's best done on a new moon."
"It's a new moon tomorrow night" Damon shrugged.
"That's perfect, we'll just have both ceremonies together." Hayley replied.
"An Alpha and her Beta getting hitched on the same night – is that not going to mess up the ritual?" Damon asked.
"I doubt it, only bloodlines affect the pack." Jackson shrugged.
"This is Bonnie Bennett people, she's special" Damon said in all seriousness.
"Well then if it does affect the ceremony it can only work to the betterment of the pack" Hayley said with finality.
"This cake is wrong, the bride and groom are both dark haired. This bride and groom are blonde" Caroline snapped at the caterer.
"Actually, it's exactly what we asked for" Hayley answered where she stood with Bonnie, both of them wearing slim fitting burgundy dresses.
"What- wait, why are you dressed like that?" Caroline asked.
"Because, it's your day" Klaus answered behind Caroline with his devil may care smirk, Caroline felt her stomach tighten in shock and delight when she took in Klaus in his baby blue waist coat and bow tie with a matching undershirt to her dress color.
"What, I don't get it"
"It's your wedding silly" Rebekah answered in a huff, gracing them with a very rare but genuine half smile.
"My, what but Bonnie. No ring" Caroline had forgot how to use her words as Klaus licked his lips and led her to the small but well decorated arch in the Salvatore backyard.
"No one asked me" Caroline said in a daze.
"We know this is your end game Care, why wait?" Hayley asked.
"That's why we got hitched. We can't keep waiting for every evil we have to face to blow over or we're never going to live." Damon said holding Bonnie around the waist before he peppered her neck with kisses.
"Shall we make hay while the sun shines?" Patrice asked as he pulled his brown faux fur coat tighter around him waiting to officiate the ceremony.
"Are you sure?" Caroline asked Klaus.
"I'm a fool not to be. This is where our paths merge until the end of our very long days. I want this" Klaus said as he placed his hands on either side of Caroline's ripe belly. He smirked as he felt a slight magical pressure from within Caroline acknowledge him.
"They know you" Caroline smiled and teared.
"Of course they do, that's their daddy. Now can we get going? I don't much like hanging around blood suckers for long periods of time" Patrice complained glaring at Marcel who stood between Davina and a chained Kol.
"I like that – daddy. Sounds much better than 'Father'" Klaus smirked as he took Caroline's hand in his whilst Elijah and Bonnie took their respective places behind them.
Caroline was surprisingly accepting of the whole situation as Kai rubbed her swollen feet while Klaus danced with Rebekah.
"It was a great ceremony. Even if it was a surprise. You didn't fight them much" Kai said as he began on Caroline's calves.
"I resigned myself to becoming Mrs Klaus sooner or later very recently" Caroline shrugged and smiled tiredly at her new husband.
"Patrice?"
"How did you know?"
"He um… predicted my future too" Kai said turning a sickly shade of green before he almost ran away.
"You look like you're ready for bed?" Elijah said with a smile as he sat beside Caroline.
"Though the twins aren't draining me I feel exhausted. I feel so huge. It's hard to believe I have a week or 2 left." Caroline admitted.
"Well you won't be alone, you are now family; all of you" Elijah said implying the twins as well.
"Care Momma" Hope called to Caroline as she sat on her other side.
"Hey sweetheart, did you have a good nap" Caroline asked.
"My dear girl, why did you call Caroline Momma?" Elijah asked.
"Sisters" Hope said then hugged Caroline's belly as gently as she could without any visions this time, Caroline smiled the affirmative to a very worried looking Elijah.
"Love sisters" Hope giggled and kissed Caroline's belly before heading towards Hayley.
"Well this is going to be very interesting."
"Oh it is, I was alone and now we have a generation of women coming to" Rebekah gloated raising a glass to Caroline.
"Finally some balance" Rebekah said to herself.
"They already formed their coven? She's a toddler and the other 2 haven't even been born yet!" Kol whined.
"Someone's jealous" Rebekah jabbed then squeezed Caroline's hand affectionately.
"Welcome home Caroline, you were meant to be one of us"
"Finally you see it" Klaus added as he joined his siblings and his new bride.
"Shall we leave the festivities to the rest love? You look as if you might fall asleep any second.
"We should, tomorrow night is a big night" Caroline agreed as she downed her tea and kissed her new in laws goodbye.
"Klaus I don't think we-" Caroline tried to explain her hang ups regarding intimacy in her current state.
"Relax love, I have no intention of making unwarranted demands of you. Now sleep my love" Klaus gently commanded as he pulled his new wife to him and pulled the covers over them both.
"What brought this on?" Caroline asked Klaus.
"Your maker and Bonnie. When you left with Caroline and left me to Damon we had a talk. I actually am on your side regarding the whole deal with their court marriage, some things need ceremony especially something as binding as marriage"
"Thank you for this wonderful man vampire Jesus" Klaus chuckled and nuzzled Caroline's neck.
"Damon told me that our lives are constantly surrounded by danger, he died almost as many times as Bonnie and if they kept waiting to for peace they would wait forever… He was right, we've always jumped from one situation to the next, I can't even remember what peace is like"
"Right now, this is peace" Caroline said as she held Klaus hand over her tummy.
"I love you Klaus Mikaelson" Caroline sighed.
"And I love you Mrs Mikaelson"
A/N: Hello my lovelies, I am so sorry for taking sooo long to upload, I have been soooo busy with work. Hope you enjoyed the update. Thank you to everyone who commented and followed. Love you all.
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