Cami was woken up early the next morning by a little hand nudging her.
"Mommy?"
Cami opened her eyes and saw Hope standing next to her holding her stuffed wolf. "What's wrong?"
"I can't sleep."
Cami scooted over and let her into her bed. Hope snuggled into her and spoke.
"Uncle Elijah and Momma are making a lot of noise."
Cami listened and heard moaning. She laughed and kissed her forehead. "They're watching TV."
"I don't think so."
They fell asleep. Cami woke up a few hours later and looked at Hope. She was still fast asleep. Cami snuck out of bed and went downstairs. All of the Mikaelson's were already awake. Elijah was making breakfast and smiled.
"Good morning. Coffee?"
Cami accepted a mug and looked at them. "How are you all up right now?"
Rebekah smiled. "We've been asleep for five years. We are well rested."
Cami nodded and sat at the counter next to Hayley. She looked up at Cami curious.
"Hope wasn't in her room when I went to check on her."
"yeah she's in mine. She came in during the night." She threw her a look. "You may want to keep the moaning and yelling down."
Almost everyone snickered. Elijah and Hayley both looked guilty. Elijah spoke after a minute.
"She heard us?"
Freya spoke before taking a sip of coffee. "The whole house heard you."
Just then Hope walked downstairs and rubbed her eyes. She climbed onto the stool next to Cami and looked at Elijah.
"Why were you and Momma moaning?"
Klaus almost broke a rib to stop himself from laughing. Hayley quickly thought of something.
"We were pretending to be ghost."
Hope threw her a look. "Sure we'll pretend that I believe that."
Cami laughed and poured Hope some milk. She handed it to her and then Hope smiled.
"Can we go now?"
Cami looked at her confused then remembered her promise. "After breakfast. You don't want to scare them with your growling stomach."
Hope huffed but started eating her omelet that Elijah set in front of her. Klaus looked at them.
"Where are you going?"
Hope smiled. "Horse back riding!"
Freya smiled. "That sounds fun."
Vincent walked in and looked at Cami. "Whatever you told Marcel he actually believed."
Cami looked stunned. "Seriously?"
"Yup. He thinks I am the one who got Klaus out. He doesn't suspect you or Josh."
Rebekah glanced over. "Has he realized that the ring is gone?"
"Not yet. But it's only a matter of time before he tried to find Klaus."
Klaus spoke darkly. "If Marcel wants to talk to me then he knows where to find me."
"Careful he may just do that and you ain't exactly back to your old self. Hope could take you down right now."
Hope looked at him hurt. "What's that suppose to mean?"
"Nothing."
Cami snickered into her mug. Vincent sat down and glanced at them.
"Just a word of advice I wouldn't leave the house for a couple of days."
Elijah nodded. "I figured we could straighten our rooms a little bit and get reacquainted."
Hope put her plate in the dishwasher then looked at Cami.
"Now?"
Cami nodded. "Go get dressed."
"Yes!"
She took off out of the room. Cami soon followed her.
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"Can we go down that path?"
Cami looked at where Hope was pointing. "No that one is pretty steep. But if you go down this one we can go see the water."
She nodded. Cami led her horse down the path and made sure that Hope was right behind her. When they reached the water Hope smiled.
"It's pretty here."
Cami nodded. "Yeah it is."
When they went back to the barn Cami loaded Hope into the car and headed back to the compound. Hope ran inside still in her boots. Rebekah caught her and smiled.
"Did you have fun?"
Hope nodded. "I got to pick my own horse this time. Usually they put me on the oldest horse there."
Rebekah laughed and set her down. Hope went into the den and hugged Klaus.
"Daddy we rode all the way down to the water!"
He smiled. "Wow. That must have been fun."
She nodded. Hayley smelled and made a face.
"Girl you smell like a barn."
Hope giggled. "I like petting the horses."
Cami walked in and handed Hope her jacket. "Go take a shower please."
Hope did as she was asked. Cami handed them new cell phones.
"I already put your numbers in."
Elijah looked at his. "These have changed."
"The general programming hasn't."
He nodded. Later that evening once Hope was in bed Cami snuck out of the house and ran to the same spot that they had gone riding. She had pulled off her t shirt and jeans and adjusted her plain red bikini. She was about to step in when a familiar voice came from behind her.
"May I ask what you are doing?"
Cami turned stunned and saw Klaus standing in the shadows. "I told you to stay in the house."
"I saw you sneak out."
She rolled her eyes. "I'm just going for swim."
"It's not even May yet the water is ice cold."
"Only at first."
She stuck her feet in and let the water hit her feet. She then looked back.
"Are you going to just stand there or are you going to join me?"
She dove in without hesitation. When she came up she wiped her hair back. Klaus sighed before stripping down to just his boxers and getting in.
"You are insane."
She smiled. "Yeah but I always get what I want."
He chuckled and splashed her. She laughed and dove back under the water. He caught her around the middle and pulled her up. Next thing she knew her lips were on his. Limbs were tangling and Cami's mind began to blank.
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Cami opened her eyes and found herself naked and with her head on Klaus's bare chest. The sun was just rising. Klaus moved and looked at her.
"Good morning."
She smiled and kissed him deeply. "We stayed out all night."
He nodded. "We should probably get back."
She nodded and tossed him his shirt. When they walked through the front door a sing song voice came out of the den.
"Oh my the walk of shame. A tale as old as time." Kol appeared in the hallway. "Did you two stay out all night?"
Klaus tossed his jacket at his brother. "Bug off Kol."
Cami went upstairs and jumped in the shower. She turned when the door opened and Klaus stepped inside. He grinned.
"Where were we?"
She smiled and let him kiss her neck.