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He has probably never been this nervous before in his long immortal life. Having to tell his sibling all that has happened, they are probably going to wonder if he has gone mad.
When Caroline takes his hand, he feels himself relaxing, but the nervousness doesn't go away. If it were up to him and only him, then they wouldn't have this conversation, they would keep it a secret for as long as possible.
They can hear the care coming towards the mansion and the first to reach the door is Kol. He wants to be the one to great them, to see the surprise in their eyes when they learn that he is alive.
He looks to Caroline beside him, it feels right to have her here, he hopes that his sibling will welcome her into the family. To him, she is as much family as his siblings and he might not have realised it before, but he has wanted it that way since they first talked on her birthday.
Soon the door opens, and Elijah lets Rebekah in before him, which causes him to almost walk into her when she just stops. "Kol" she whispers, and both siblings can barely believe their eyes.
Kol, on the other hand, is smiling widely. "It's good to see you to sister." Before he can react, Rebekah has thrown herself at Kol, wrapping her arms around him.
They just stand there quietly and it's not until Elijah talks that anyone moves. "How is this possible?" he asks, with uncertainty in his voice.
The three with answers look between each other, maybe they should have discussed who to explain all of this before Elijah and Rebekah showed up.
In the end, it's Klaus that gives the answer that they feel like they have grown too used to say. "We don't have all the answers yet."
"Can you at least answer what she is doing here?" Rebekah asks, pointing at Caroline.
To get his sisters attention and make sure he doesn't lose it, Kol grabs her head. "Be kind Bex, she is the reason I'm alive." It's obvious in Rebekah's face that she doesn't believe him.
"Would you like to explain, Miss Forbes." Elijah says.
"Caroline, Miss Forbes sounds wrong." She starts saying. "As Klaus said, we don't have all the answers, but those we have we will give you." She then turns to Rebekah. "You remember that I couldn't be compelled?"
Rebekah snorts. "You tried to explain it by mention a witch that can't exist."
"Cyrena Maganti," Klaus adds. "And she exists, we have all meet her." Kol nods in agreement. "She has done something to Caroline, made her pure. That gave her the power to bring Kol back to life, and defeat Silas. That is if Elijah would be so kind and hand over the cure."
"Oh no, that cure is mine." Rebekah glares daggers at Klaus, daring him to try and take it from her.
As with everything else they can't agree on, this isn't going to be handled quiet and civilised if they let the two argue. Both Klaus and Rebekah are strong-minded with no intention of backing down.
The only reason Klaus isn't putting a silver dagger in his sister's chest to take her out of the equation is because of the promise he made to Caroline that he would try to play nice with her. Why she cares he doesn't understand, but it had something to do with her always wanting siblings and she wanted to get on good terms with Rebekah.
Both siblings knowing that it isn't just each other that they have to get through they both turn to Elijah. "The cure." They both say, as if demanding it will convince him.
Their older brother sighs at their never changing behaviour. "Why don't we calm down and discuss this like civilised people?" he suggests and leaves the foyer without waiting to see if the others are coming.
The first thing Elijah wanted to know once they all had gathered around a table was their plan. He was aware of what Silas wanted with the cure and it does seem like he isn't a fan of that idea.
They aren't either and Caroline can understand if he is worried about what may happen if they fail, she would just like to never find out what would happen if they don't even try to stop him.
She takes a deep breath before she starts to explain everything in hope that it will convince Elijah. "We can stop him from bringing down the veil. At the moment he doesn't even have a witch to help him, so that's a plus on our side.
Elijah nods, understanding her reasoning. It appears that the fact that she is calmer than the sibling also helps to win him over. When she looks to Klaus and Rebekah, she can imagine two children not getting what they want.
"It sounds like you have thought this through and know what you want to do with the cure." Elijah says and then looks to his sister that he is still uncertain if this is just a passing thought or if she really has thought of everything that would come with being human.
Caroline is thinking if she should tell Elijah what is on her mind, everything seems to be going her way right now and her next word could change that, but she wants to be honest. "I have no idea what to do with the cure." Well, she knows that she has to use it on Silas but not how they are going to do that.
"It was my understanding that it would be used to stop Silas, am I wrong?" Elijah asks.
She shakes her head. "No, but I don't know how to do that. Cyrena has been difficult to get answers from and she hasn't explained my powers properly." Considering what Cyrena wanted, she might not even know how to take Silas down. "We don't know if we can force it down Silas' throat or if there is another way, but I plan to figure it out."
"Don't tell me you're actually considering giving it to her over your family." Rebekah objects.
"If you haven't realised it, Rebekah, giving it to Caroline would be the same as giving it to Kol or Niklaus." He explains to her. "But I have not made any decision yet and I would like to ask for something in return."
"Let me guess, your bargaining for your beloved Katerina," Klaus says rolling her eyes. "If her freedom is the only thing needed to get the cure from you then she's free."
The two brothers are staring at each other, the older one trying to read if the younger is telling the truth or lying to get his way. In the end, Elijah chooses to trust him and places the cure in front of Caroline.
She opens the box is placed in and studies it for a while. This little ugly vial with some red liquid is the one thing they have all been after and here it is now in her hand, it feels a bit surreal.
"I'll let you guys keep it safe till we know what to do with it." She hands it over to Klaus. "Because I have to meet with Bonnie and having the cure and Silas' planned witch in the same location doesn't sound like a smart idea."
Halfway out the room she sighs and turns around looks at Rebekah. "I'm going to try on a dress for prom, would you like to come." It can't hurt to try and make peace with the original sister and it would give Klaus a chance to talk with Elijah without Rebekah nagging them about the cure.
At first, it appears that Rebekah is planning to flat out refuse her, but something stops her, and Rebekah rises from her chair. "I guess you could use some fashion advise."
Caroline rolls her eyes at Rebekah's attempt to get a rise from her and is doing her best to not give a comment back, she just has to remember that she wants to build a better relationship with Rebekah and not argue with her constantly.
the whole way to the boutique is unusually quiet considering that the two blondes can argue over almost anything during normal circumstances. Most of the time Caroline wonders if this was a mistake, maybe there is a better way for her and Rebekah to get closer.
Bonnie is waiting outside of the boutique, she gives Caroline a hug while she is looking questioning at Rebekah. "Do I want to know?" she asks Caroline in a whisper.
"Your friend is trying to make peace." Rebekah answers, having heard the question with her superior hearing. "So, you are free from Silas control?" she then asks.
Bonnie nods. "And had my memory erased" she explains, it hadn't been easy for her, learning about Jeremy's death. "Stefan tried to explain that you've changed." She tells Caroline. "But I didn't understand much."
Caroline smiles, trying to show that everything is okay, and holds open the door for the other two. "I don't know if I can do much better." But she is going to try at least. "It's all because of this witch Cyrena."
"That isn't supposed to exist." Rebekah adds while she starts looking through the dresses. "How do you survive with this limited selection?" she wonders.
The two friends have to hold back laughter when Rebekah makes disgusted faces at the clothes.
"We do our best." Caroline comments, but can't help to agree with Rebekah, sometimes she wishes that they lived in a bigger town.
Leaving Rebekah to look through the dresses, Caroline collects the one she decided on months ago and take Bonnie to help her zip it up. It's a simple yet beautiful red dress and looking at it now makes her remember how good everything was when she chose it with her friend.
She does miss it, and she still wishes that they could have helped Elena more, but she can't put her friend before everyone else, that would just be plain wrong.
The first thing Caroline notice is wrong with the dress is the size, it takes Bonnie much more effort than it should to get it closed and it's sitting way to tight, it's just her luck that something has to go wrong.
It appears that it's noticeable too. "It looks a bit too tight." Is the first thing Rebekah says. "Which is weird since vampires can't gain any weight."
Caroline sighs. "Not really a vampire any more, closer to an immortal witch." But she doesn't think that she will be able to gain weight anyway since she doesn't need to eat any longer.
But it's obvious what's causing it to be too tight now. She looks at herself sideways in the mirror laying a hand on her belly. "I'm pregnant." She says in a whisper that only Rebekah can hear.
When she looks back at her fellow blond Rebekah looks completely choked. "Nik's?" the original sister barely manages to get her brothers nickname out.
"Yeah." Caroline says with a smile. "This is what everything Cyrena has done was for."
"Wait, what are you two talking about?" Bonnie asks since she couldn't hear the first vital information.
Caroline takes a deep breath and grabs her friend hands. "I'm pregnant and Klaus is the father." She really hopes that her friend won't judge her.
When the girls left, the brothers went their separate way. Kol disappeared out somewhere, Elijah to his office and Klaus to his studio, but only to get some equipment before he goes to the nursery.
He finds it comfortable in there and it's unlikely that he will be disturbed since Elijah doesn't know of its existence yet. He is going to tell him at some point, he just has to figure out how. It's very likely that Elijah is going to make a bigger deal out of this than it is.
The time to tell Elijah comes sooner than he expects, or maybe he has been sitting here longer than he thinks, when he starts to look through how many papers he has used, he's been here a lot longer than it feels.
Elijah is looking around the room at the painted walls and Klaus just waits for him to ask. "What is this supposed to be Niklaus?"
Not finding the right words Klaus holds out his drawings of how the room might look like when it's furnished. While Elijah looks through them Klaus starts to feel nervous once again.
It feels like an eternity before Elijah looks to him again. "What would you need a nursery for?" he hands the drawings back.
"Cyrena didn't change Caroline to stop Silas, that is just something that became possible with the change." Elijah listens quietly while Klaus explains what they know of Caroline's new powers and that she is no longer a vampire.
When it comes to telling what Cyrena wanted with this he has to take some time to collect himself. It was easier with Kol, he can't really explain why it just was. Now with Elijah, it feels like he is going to expect something that Klaus knows that he won't be able to live up to.
He takes a deep breath, preparing himself for whatever Elijah's reaction is going to be. "Caroline is pregnant."
His nervousness rises as Elijah takes his time answering. Klaus can understand if his brother doesn't believe him, this shouldn't be possible, it took him some time to understand and believe it when Caroline gave him the news.
The thing that made him believe her were that this is something she wouldn't lie about and having met Cyrena it sounded like something she could cause. The problem is that Elijah hasn't met the witch that caused this and he doesn't know what Caroline is like.
"The child is yours?" Elijah then asks when he seems to have gathered his thoughts. "And you believe her?"
Klaus nods. "According to Cyrena, I'm the constant in this, Caroline was chosen because I care for her." he is happy that they're given a chance to be together, he just didn't expect it to happen like this.
"Who knows about it?" Elijah wonders and Klaus can see the gears turning in his brother's head, he is already starting to think about damage control.
Klaus sighs and rises from the armchair he has been sitting in. "For the record, we are fully capable of handling this." Not that it's going to stop his brother from doing what he believes is right. "But Caroline's mum, Kol, you and maybe Rebekah if Caroline has told her." at least those are the ones he knows about.
"She should be kept safe, we have a lot of enemies and if they found out she's caring your child then…"
"We are handling it, Elijah." Don't take him wrong, it's nice knowing that his brother cares, but he has a habit of overdoing it. "And Caroline can take care of herself, whatever we should call what she has become, she is stronger than us."
Even if that wasn't the case, anyone that would dare harm her or his son would have to go through him and he wouldn't let them walk away from it alive.